San Dimas High School - El Santo Yearbook (San Dimas, CA)

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Jim and Tammy Bakker come into the news after Col. Ollie North is sworn in at the Iran-Contra hear- PTL goes bankrupt. ings. Cartoons poke fun at the serious freeway shootings. MM Making Front Page News . . . - On October first a 5.9 earthquake hit the Whittier area and made headlines across the country. - Several aftershocks followed, including the 5.0 one on February 11th - On PSA commuter flight 1771, David Burke shot the pilots and himself sending the plane into a nosedive to crash 15 miles from San Luis Obispo - 18-month-old Jessica McClure was rescued after 58 hours of being stuck in a well in Midland, Texas - Robby, Ricky, Randy Ray were driven out of their school and town when diagnosed with the AIDS virus - When the weather got colder than 30 degrees, homeless people were given shelter in L.A. ■ A Filipino ferry sunk in shark- infested water, hundreds lost lives - The stock market crash in October stunned the economic community ■ Pitbull attacks had everyone scared - Freeway shootings had people worried about driving the highways In the arena or on the field ■ Dr. (Julius Erving) J retired after 16 seasons, 30,000 points - Ben Johnson beat Carl Lewis and was proclaimed the world ' s fastest human. - Sugar Ray Leonard beat Marvelous Marvin Hagler in the richest prizefight in history, $25 million. • Tyson won the World Championship boxing bout by TKO-ing Holmes - Minnesota Twins beat the Cardinals in the World Series - The Washington Red Skins whipped the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl with a 42- 10 score. • Ivan Lendl won the U.S. and French Opens - Wilander won the Australian Open • Calgary was the setting for the February Winter Olympics In front of the camera . . . - Col. Oliver North was accused of aiding Nicaraguan Contras from the profits of arm sales to Iran - President Reagan and Head of Soviet State Mikhail Gorbachev signed a treaty to ban medium and short range nuclear missiles in Europe. - The Pope visited Southern California in his bubbled Mercedes - Gary Hart dropped out of the presidential race and then came back in after going after Donna Rice • Jim and Tammy Bakker resigned from the PTL Club and still asked The attraction between Donna Rice and Gary Hart Sugar Ray is happy beyond words after beating The October stock market crash devastates and may have been the death of his political career. Marvin Hagler. shocks people everywhere. ASV UC yuf

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Electronic dolls that talk and eat captivate Pop singer Tiffany makes it big at the age of 15. children ' s minds and hearts. Princess Fergie appears at the debut of The Phantom of the Opera. A lot of kids did not watch the television because of too much homework or too little interest, but for those of us that loved the boob-tube the schedule was as follows: Sunday . . . old movies on the Family Film Festival reruns of CHiPs It ' s A Living Married With Children 21 Jumpstreet , with Johnny Depp (sigh) The Disney Sunday Movie Family Ties moved from Thursday The Tracy Oilman Show 60 Minutes Monday . . . Valerie changed to Valerie ' s Family. Kate and Allie Designing Women Newhart ALF Monday Night Football and Baseball Tuesday • Growing Pains ■ Who ' s the Boss • Moonlighting ■ Thirtysomething Wednesday • Highway To Heaven ' • Head of the Class • Perfect Strangers • Dynasty Thursday • The Cosby Show ■ A Different World • Knots Landing • LA Law Friday • Beauty and the Beast • Sable • Mr. Belvedere Daily Beverly Hills Teens Three ' s Company reruns Oprah and Donahue Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune Duck Tales Saturday It ' s A Living Golden Girls 227 Amen Facts of Life Comedy Club Intermission - Chester Cheetah had mouths watering for Cheetoes ■ Bartles and Jaymes sat on the porch asking us to buy their drink ■ Milk showed us that it was good for driving lessons • Clay raisins singing I Heard It Through the Grapevine dominated the stage to promote raisin sales • Garland. Mary Ellen, and Ed remained friends through phone calls The toy industry had a slow year, but there were: ■ Talking Cabbage Patch Kids. Pee Wee. Cricket, and Mother Goose - Garfields for car windows • Couch Potatoes • Col. Oliver North dolls On the weekends, teens could be found - Spending $5.00 to $5.50 for a movie at the Edwards. Mann 6, or the Capri ■ Cruising on Arrow Highway or hanging out at Carl ' s Jr. • Dancing at Studio K or going to a party that was advertised on a flyer - Going to yearbook on early weekend morning: which turned into late afternoons, for those lucky few of us - staying home, relaxing with a rented movie In Good Morning, Vietnam, Robin Williams ad libs more than he uses a script. Johnny Depp and co-stars of the hit show 21 Jump- street make Sunday night television worth watch- ing. Prince Andrew disgraces England ' s Royal family by quitting the Royal Naval Academy to become a stage hand. £tttet Utt»te t t%3

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Cecelia Cichan is the only survivor of the Northwest Airline flight that crashed in Detroit. Robert Bork was backed by President Reagan as a Supreme court justice candidate, but failed to P.S.A. flight 1771 leaves a devastating mess in get the vote by congress. central California for officials to clean up. ■ • IfKh f,nj I Big jolt for Bork SlVl liT I I V- their viewers for money because they were slumming in Malibu. Marriage: ups and downs . . . - Rumors of Princess Di and Prince Charles getting a divorce circulated for a while and then vanished - Joan Collins and Peter Holm divorced in a bitter court battle • Madonna and Sean Penn re- reconciled ■ Brigette Nielson and Sly Stallone divorced - Princess Fergie ' s royal pregnancy was announced • Demi Moore and Bruce Willis shared the birth of their first child ■ Ronald Reagan stood by Nancy ' s side during her mastectomy Other News . . . - Robert Bork was rejected as a Supreme Court Candidate, as was Ginsberg before Anthony Kennedy was confirmed. - Spuds MacKenzie showed us how real party animals live - Coach Richard Shelbourne resigned as head coach of the football program • Dr. Rosen resigned as principal - The Big Mac had its 20th birthday - The Golden Gate Bridge celebrated 50 years Final respects and farewells . . . • Jackie Gleason (actor) - William Casey (C.I.A. director) - John Huston (movie director) • Andy Worhol (artist) - Lee Marvin (actor) - Fred Astaire (dancer actor) • James Baldwin (writer) - Danny Kaye (actor) ■ Lome Green (actor) - Henry Ford (businessman) - Clara Peller (the one who asked Where ' s the Beef? ) - The military men who died in the Persian Gulf - Andy Gibb (singer) - Mickey Thompson (race car driver, promoter) With sound of the gun Ben Johnson is off running to beat Carl Lewis. Ryan White is thrown out of school discovered he has the AIDS virus. Even though there was help, the homeless problem got worse. The Pope raises his hands in reverence at Dodger Little Jessica McClure minutes after she is Stadium. rescued. ' ZeadUte ?X5