Rogers High School - RYB Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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Forest fires spread throughout the western part of the Country in the summer of 1988 due t0 the intense heat and the Jack M rain. The fires destroyed milliom of acres of national parkland. The most hcawly damaged was Ycl- lowstonc National Park in north- west leomingt President George Bush. after serving for eight years in the Run- ald Reagan administration, got the expected nod at the Republican National Convention and chose: Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running matct The Bush and Quayle team defeated Senator Mi- cheal Dukakis of Massachusetts and his running mate, Senator Lloyd Bentson. despite the public opinion polls that showed Quayle as an unfavorable Choice, Elimhcth Carlson L'ruptcd into tmrs its her name was Grctchcn .mnuuntcd Ax Miss AIIICFICJ WWI The 32 vmr-uhi Miss Minncwu hcmmc the first Classical x'iolinst tu win the Miss America crmwn.

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The shuttlc Discmcry blasted into orbit m Scptcmhcr. nine months aftcr thr shuttle Challenger mission ended tragically lastjzmu- ary. Thc Dlscm'cry ended its suc- cessful four day. 1.6 million milc mission with a triumphant landing at Edwards Air Iinrac Base, Hurricane Gilbert killed murc than 500 pcmplc. left hundreds of thousands homtlcss, and caused billions 0f dullarx in damage last September. United States President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Leader Mik- hail S. Gorhachm worked for several years to bring the tvm umntrics together. Thc twm amn- trics agreed m 513m a treaty to eliminate certain nuclear weapons. Nineteen cighty'vninc was the year thc efforts of thsc twu lcadcrs wcnt into effect,

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The worst drought in many years hit most ofthe United States in the summer of 1988. Through- out the midwest, farmers watched helplessly as their cmps wcnt dry. The World Series belonged to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers captured their sixth World Series title in OCtObcr with a 5-2 victory over the Oakland A's in the fifth game of the series. Two California gray whales created an international effort of good will. Russians and American rescuers cut through thc ice in Alaska to save the whaicsi The whales were trapped in the ice fur more than three weeks. News me- dia from around the world con- verged on the tiny village of Bar row. Alaska, to cover the successful rescue. 19884989 EVEN