Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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L ,w 14 5 1 iam, THE WINNINGEST COACH, Bear Bryant from the University of Alabama, was a title eorned with an amazing 315 col- lege football victories, THE ROYAL WEDDING, the marriage of EngIond's Prince Charles to Princess Diana of Wales, attracted the attention of 750 million people around the world. NEAR MISSES occurred when President Reagan, policeman Thomas Delahan- ty, and press secretary James Brady were shot In Washington D.C. leaving the PresIdent's speaking engagement. John Hinckley, 25, who was charged with the shootings, told officials his act was meant to impress teenage actress Jodie Foster. i. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS I 55

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Global elevision news repor- ting informed students in minutes of events occur- ring around the world. 'Global echoes' of national and international news stories were heard immediately. Assassinations and as- sassination attempts were shots heard 'round the world. On March 30, Presi- dent Reagan was shot in Washington D.C. On May 13, Pope John Paul ll was shot in St. Peter's Square. And on October 6, Egyptian Presi- dent Anwar Sadat was shot and killed as he watched Egypt's Armed Forces Day Parade. Tragic killings of 28 young Atlanta boys were reported over 23 months. Green rib- bons were worn and displayed in honor of the boys and their families. ln June Wayne Williams was charged with two of the murders, and the chain of killings seemed to have been broken. NA TIQNAL NA T ION Echoes S X Fighting for human rights was a major issue. On June 12, professional baseball players began a 50-day walkout over salary disputes and free agent rights. Mean- while, IRA hunger strikers fasted in hope of receiving political prisoner status in Ireland, and in Poland, Mar- shall Law tortured Poles, driving them to breadlines. Walter Cronkite ended over 20 years of broad- casting the CB5 Evening News, which had won con- sistent first place ratings. Dan Rather, of 60 Minutes fame, took over as head anchorman. On August 4 economic echoes were heard as the Dupont Company bought Conoco for 7.9 million dollars. It was a year of startling beginnings and shocking ends. Violence dominated the 'global echoes' that were heard around the world. A SPECIAL GUEST to Mr. Joe Toumey's 2nd period CPS class was Mr. Keith Car- michael, the economic advisor to England's Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. He gave a lecture and answered students' questions. A CAMPAIGN PROMISE was fulfilled by President Reagan with his nomination of the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor. TRAGEDY STRUCK in Missouri as floors in Kansas City's new Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed onto a dance floor killing 113 and injuring 186. 54 X NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS

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56 I MEDIA THUMBING THROUGH the jozz record section, Jeremy Morse found the perfect olbum for his musicol toste: Grover Woshington Jr.'s Just the Two of Us. A PERFECT PASTIME wos going to the movies. Louro Cunninghom ond Richord Wilson ottended o Sundoy ofternoon motinee ot the Countryside 6Theotres, iw f psf' ff'-1' 1 'lf'Qf'-'mf' Q 15 THE CONTINUING SAGA of Hospltol held mony students, including Koy Gillenwoter, spellbound eoch afternoon following rigorous school doys. General