Robbinsdale High School - Robin Yearbook (Robbinsdale, MN)

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Cowper of. Violence, tragedy shock world Shocked at the news of CBS journalist Bill Stewart’s shooting death in Nicaragua, the world paused to reflect on this unfortunate incident, and pondered the causes behind the force that erupted in this deliberate display of violence. Unsuspecting citizens of Morvi, India, failed to save a major dam from bursting and thousands were virtually washed away in the resulting wall of water. The gold rush of 1979 left the American economy in a complete frenzy, as prices reached an all time high of over $500 an ounce. Anticipation of the fall of Skylab prompted the sale of “Target’’ T-shirts before it disintegrated over sparsely populated Nullarbor Plain in Australia, fortunately causing little damage and no loss of lives. Torn apart by seemingly endless religious conflict the people of Ireland experienced a brutal eruption of human emotion when English Lord Louis Montbatten was murdered by the IRA who placed a bomb aboard his fishing boat. England experienced another tragedy when a sudden, unpredicted storm with winds up to 75 knots hit an annual yacht race and caused the worst disaster in yachting history taking nineteen lives. “Such stuff the world is made , +n International News 3.

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This page, top to bottom. The U.S. and Japanese yachts are shown in the ill fated Admirals’ Cup race off England; More than 5,000 persons are reported killed in India after a dam collapsed; An Honor Guard escorts the coffin of Lord Earl Mounbatten. Opposite page, top to bottom: Correspondent Bill Stewart is killed in Nicaragua; Gold Bars remain in the U.S. Mint in San Francisco as the price soars; Skylab’s final orbit ends over Australia. 2. International News

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.. let us strive to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds. Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address Lack of spirit dismays nation On the national level, Americans were confronted with what President Jimmy Carter called “a lack of spirit.” The president’s own future was suspect as he faced a faltering economy and a dim political future. His position was further complicated by the controversial resignation of United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young. Confused Americans searched for an understanding of these and other complex national problems. The nation was faced with the problem of rebuilding after hurricanes caused millions of dollars of destruction in the southern states, an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico contaminated Texas shorelines, and the crash of a DC-10 jetliner caused the deaths of 270 people in Chicago. A man who for years had lifted the spirits of Americans, Arthur Fiedler, died at the age of 83. while another American, Bryan Allen, exemplified the spirit many seemed to lack as he soared across the English Channel in his homemade glider to accomplish his goal. 4. National News