Safford High School - Ocotillo Yearbook (Safford, AZ)

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Shattered dreams. Following her heartbreaking fall at the 0h'mpio games, Mary Decker verbalb' attacked Zola Budd the runner who cut in front of her and possibb' trmped her. WORLD NEWS lt seems only fitting that a summary of the year begin with that year's top news story, and for 1984 that was without doubt the XXIII Olympiad. Just the fact that the Olympics were held in Los Angeles created quite a stir when the Soviet Union decided to boycott. They in- sisted that security mea- sures in LA were below stan- dard and that they would be placing their athletes in dan- ger should they have attend- ed. But even so, the games went as scheduled, made a record S150 million profit, was attended by 5.5 million spectators and was watched on TV by another 2.5 billion - over halt the population of the world. Winning four gold medals in track and field events, Carl Lewis also set a world record time in the 4X100-meter relay. The men's gymnastics team took the gold medal, thanks to outstanding routines by Bart Conners, Mitch Gaylord, Pe- ter Vidmar, Tim Dagget and Jim Hartung. And the women took the silver in team com- petition, with Mary Lou Ret- ton winning the first ever in- dividual gold medal by an American woman. Greg Lou- ganis scored two of the U.S.'s 83 golds when he took the diving competitions by storm, but there was disap- pointment at the games too. Mary Decker was favored to win the 3,000 meter run and was in tact leading the race when Zola Budd, running barefoot and for Great Bri- tain, passed her close on the outside. Decker tripped and went down, ending all hopes for a medal. The spirit that the Olympics created was evident in many of the events of 1984. Good and bad, happy and sad, wonder- ful and terrible, the happen- ings of the past year are all here. lt was another election year, with its endless con- ventions, debates, and speeches. But when the smoke cleared, the U.S. had lt's governmental leaders for the next four years chosen. Walter Mondale was consid- ered by many as the man who would put Reagan out of the White House, especially since he had Geraldine Fer- raro, the first woman to run for Vice-President, on the ticket with him. But when it got down to the actual votes, Mondale carried only Minne- sota and the District of Co- lumbia. George Bush filled the position of Vice-Presi- dent for his second term. On July 18th at four p.m. in San Ysidro, California, Brave Baby Fae. lust a few days after her operation, and a few weeks before her death, Baby Fae seems lo be in good health. Her actual identity wasn 't released to the press. Don't get them wet. This little Mogwai named Gizmo stole the hearts of movie- going audiences all over the country. Some of his favorite pastimes are watch- ing TIL driving cars, and singing. James Huberty, an unem- ployed security guard, walked into a local McDon- ald's heavily armed and be- gan shooting anyone who moved. Nineteen people

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Crowning glory. Rhonda While, Miss Arizona and the former Miss Graham County, was eligible lo compete in lhe Miss llmerica pageanl, which was held in New lersey. Here, she displays lhe crown which she received in Yuma, Arizona. Ready, aim, fire. Minor grass fires sprung up on several occasions around Graham county. Here, hre hghfers lake care of a small blaze. LOCAL NEWS me And November 12-19 Es officially declared Norma Bellamy eek, for her outstand- g contributions to fford High sports. rlier in the year, Mrs. Ilamy led Safford's lleyball team to their xteenth state victory. Tania Lea Pye, a sen- ir from New Zealand, nd the sixth foreign xchange student at afford High, arrived at we beginning of the -econd semester. The weather in Gra- Em County made big ws this past year. igh winds in the May '84 caused damage several homes and ve firefighters prob- :ms with grass fires. A iajor storm hit the val- ley one weekend, caus- ing- flooded streets, downed tree limbs and electrical outages that lasted as late as Mon- day afternoon. Most of the damage was cen- tered in the downtown Safford area. The Gold- en Corral and Tiki signs were badly damaged, as well as the roof of the Pizza Hut. And fi- nally, the events that caused the most joy and wonder, the snows. People woke to a winter wonderland once in '84 and again in early '85. Although the snow didn't stay on the ground for more than one day either time, everybody enjoyed it while it lasted, Some students who made lo- cal news included Sen- ior Laura Call, who was chosen by the Rickover Science Institute to at- tend classes in Science and math for six weeks in Washington D.C. Mike Player and Paige Randall both re- ceived 1's at the Dis- trict Music Festival. Paige earned honors in vocal and piano areas and Mike in vocal. He was also selected as lead bass for all-dis- trict. Kim Sansom was se- lected as a Southern Belle and will be travel- ing to Seattle, Washing- ton and Atlanta in the near future. She also won a national award for Order of Rainbow. Taking first place at a Scottsdale bowling tournament were Freshmen Valerie Hartner and Roxanne Martin. They competed against other doubles teams from all over the state. And the FFA traveled to Douglas for another competition. Robert Barney won the District information contest, Reed Larson placed 2nd in Extemporane- ous Speaking and will go on to state, and Ruth Ann Skinner placed 3rd in the same competition. The class's Parliament Pro- cedure team of six placed 4th. A car accident claimed the lives of Ju- lie Peck and Alex Hor- nalez.

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rn in the U.S.A. Bruce Spring- en had one of lhe higgesl selling rms of lhe year. Following il's re- re, he began a tour of the U.S., ith had tremendous success due lo three lop len singles. ire wounded and 21 dead minutes later. The oldest rson killed was 74, the ungest was eight months d two of the women killed ire pregnant. Reasons for iberty's actions are un- own but that day marked e date of the worst one- an massacre in U.S. histo- William Schroeder, 52, be- me the second artificial art recipient in history. In a days that followed his eration, he was able to get t of bed, be interviewed on ', and even drink a beer. Baby Fae became the fifth man and first infant to re- ceive an animal heart. She was born with a fatal cardiac defect and was only able to live 12 days with her own faulty heart before a baboon heart was transplanted. She lived for 20 more days but then died of kidney failure. Indira Gandhi, the 66-year- On June 17th, just eight days after winning the Bel- mont Stakes, racehorse Swale died on unknown causes. The World's Fair opened in New Orleans on May 12th, but was forced to close down some months later because she took on the starring role in The Burning Bed , a dra- matic made for TV movie. OBITUARIES: One of Ameri- ca's best-loved actors was Richard Burton, who died at the age of 58 . . . Yuri Andro- pov, 69, was the President of Soviet Union before his old Prime Minister of India was gunned down by two Sikh members of her securi- ty guard in December. Her son Rajiv was named as her successor. In the 98th year that the Statue of Liberty has been standing, major renovation began to strengthen her in- sides and restore her out- side. She will be returned to view on July 4th, 1986. The third in line to the Brit- ish throne and the second child for Princess Diana and Prince Charles was born. His name: Prince Henry Charles Albert David. Vanessa Williams, who was crowned Miss America in '84, resigned her title when sexually explicit photos of her appeared in Pent- house magazine. Ex-automaker, John Delor- ean, who was brought up on charges of cocaine dealing two years ago, was fully ac- quitted after a lengthy trial. The San Francisco 49'ers defeated the Miami Dol- phins, 38-16, in Superbowl XIX, which was held in Palo Alto, California. The Detroit Tigers met the San Diego Padres in the World Series, where the Pa- dres won one of the games, but the Tigers took the rest of them, and the title. of bankruptcy. On the lighter side of the news, fashions and trends of- ten made bigger headlines then the main events. Music tours drew millions of people to auditoriums and colli- seums. The largest and most extravagant tour in history was the Jackson's Victory tour, which featured Michael Jackson upfront. If it was dif- ficult to get a ticket to a Jackson's concert, it was next to impossible to get one to Bruce Springsteen's. Tick- ets to see The Boss usual- ly sold out four hours after going on sale. Even though many groups and perform- ers didn't stage major tours, they were still popular. Cyndi Lauper gained recognition not only because of her four top ten singles, but also for her wild appearance. A fad that carried over into '85 was breakdancing. The street dancing craze also helped breakdance music and movies have phenom- enal success. One motion picture that rated highly with moviegoers of all ages was Gremlins It still isn't clear whether peo- ple went to see the movie or just to watch Gizmo, the fur- ry hero of the film. On the tube, Farrah Fawcett shed her dumb blond image when death Marvin Gaye, 44, was the internationally known singer and songwriter who won his first Grammy award just a year before his death Andy Kaufman, 35, was best known for his portrayal of the mechanic, Latka, on the TV series Taxi Truman Capote, 59, was known best for his work in literature and his best selling novels . . . Fran- cois Truffaut, 52, directed many internationally ac- claimed French films Count Basie, 79, was one of the prominant jazz musi- cians of the Big Band era ... John Eric I-lexum starred in many TV movies and had just begun a TV series when he was killed Martin Luther King Sr., 84, lived a life of peace even after both his son, the civil rights leader, and his wife were killed Actress Ethel Merman, 75, was a star of both stage and screen for over 50 years . . . Actor William Powell, 91, starred in such movies as Life With Father and, most memorably, six Thin Man films. It was an unforgetable year. It had the trends and the ends, the news and the views, the in's and the out's and the happenings that made history.