Roncalli High School - Lance Yearbook (Aberdeen, SD)

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jwmpu? Americans focus on election, Olympic Games 1984 was a presidential election year. Democrats nominated Walter Mondale as their presidential candidate. Ronald Reagan was renomi- nated as the Republican candidate, and he went on to win a landslide victory. Although Mondale lost the election, he helped open a door for women in politics. History was made when Mondale chose Geraldine Ferraro as his vice-presidential running mate. (Photos 1 and 2.) The Olympics once again united American citizens as they took pride in hosting the 1984 Summer Games. The Soviet Union as well as other communist countries boycotted the games, nevertheless, the most countries in history participated in the Los Angeles Games. Mary Lou Retton and Carl Lewis became American heroes during the games. (Photo 4.) Much controversy was caused when a team of doctors transplanted a heart from a baboon into the body of a dying baby. This baby known as Baby Fae” died after only weeks with the baboon heart. The reputation of the Miss America Pageant was marred when porno- graphic photographs of the once-reigning Vanessa Williams appeared in Penthouse magazine. Williams was pressured into giving up her crown to first runner-up Suzette Charles after the incident. Leadership in the Soviet Union once again changed hands as Yuri Andropov died after only 15 months as the Soviet leader. He was replaced by Konstatin Chernenko, a top official in the U.S.S.R. but thought to have limited powers. Relations between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. remained quite cool. Presi- dent Reagan’s position of his new Star Wars plan for defense clouded relations. New efforts were being made in January to start arms-control talks in Geneva. (Photo 3.) Indira Ghandi. leader of India, was assasinated by her own guards. Her murder sparked many riots and disorder throughout India. The world sympathetically turned their eyes to the hungry and starv- ing people of Ethiopia as drought and famine swept the country. Aid started pouring in. but for many Ethiopians it was too late. 6 Introduction (Page by Patty Mattern)

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Roncalli's people are not only a group; we are a community. We rejoice the good news of the Lord together, and we agonize in de- Pat Hansen. Tom Martian. Kristi Gollnick. Lee Lar- son, and Chad Kraft hurry on their way to first hour class. feat together. We are student, faculty and administration with similar goals and beliefs. The people of Roncalli are truly a family.