Robbinsdale High School - Robin Yearbook (Robbinsdale, MN)

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This page, top to bottom. The pedal powered tlight of Bryan Allen takes two hours and fifty minutes; The fury of Hurricane David provides seven foot waves at Tybee Island. Georgia. Opposite page, top to bottom Andrew Young is forced to resign as United States UN ambassador — designate; The engine of the ill-fated DC-10 lies in the foreground at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport; Boston Pops director Arthur Fielder conducts at the age of 83. National News 5.

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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

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This page, top to bottom: The RHS Band performs in Montreal: Joe Salem, the new football coach at the University of Minnesota; The Delta Queen leaves St Paul with passenger President Carter; Conductor Neville Mariner is welcomed to the Twin Cities by members of the Youth Symphony. Opposite page: Gerry Speiss. White Bear Lake teacher and The Yankee Girl ; Gas pumps register liters not gallons. 6. Local News