Sayreville War Memorial High School - Quo Vadis Yearbook (Parlin, NJ)

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Marine Lt. Coi. Oliver L. North, was a key official in the plan to finance anti-government rebels in Nicaragua with money from arms sales to Iran. In tes- timony before the Iran-Contra hearings in Washing- ton, North became somewhat of a celebrity. A barge filled with 3,128 tons of garbage became a national joke and a symbol of the nation's worsening problem with solid waste management. The barge, looking for a place to dump its cargo, was banned by six states and three foreign countries before an inciner- ator reduced it to ash. THE YEAR IN REVIEW The year 1987 brought with it a great deal of triumphs and trage- dies. Technology advanced and ma- jor obstacles were overcome. Both human successes and failures were Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart was forced to drop his bid for the presidency after it was reported that he was romantically involved with Donna Rice, a 29 year old aspiring actress and model from Miami. The Dow Jones industrial stock average dropped 508 points, the largest in history, on Monday, October 19. Some called it a “crash, others called it a “meltdown and others called it “Black Monday. Whatever it was, it stripped $500 billion from the market value of U.S. securities. spotlighted. All in all, it was an eventful year. Here are just a few of the stories that kept us intrigued as well as en- tertained. Television evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker said farewell to the PTL ministry in March. Jim Bakker resigned after confessing to a sexual encounter with a young woman. Tammy Bakker bowed out of the broadcasts to undergo treatment for drug dependency. An earthquake that measured 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Southern California in October. It was not a cata- strophic quake, but the damage was extensive. 16 Student Life

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INDUCTION CEREMONY HONORS SCHOLARS Scholarship, leadership, character, and service. These are the words that best describe the members of the National Honor Society. Election into the society is a distinction of which every student can boast. Both juniors and seniors can be elected, but they must satisfy certain requirements. Qualifications include a 3.0 grade point average and membership in at least three different school sponsored clubs. Once you are in the prestigious society, you are in for life. Under the guidance of Miss Annette Sowa, the Induction ceremony was one of the highlights of the school. Students draped in blue robes and carrying candles gave the ceremony all the charm it needed. The audience was rewarded with a stirring rendition of Believe in Yourself by Alicia Dietsch. Afterwards, all were invited to a delicious snack prepared by Mrs. Newton and her foods class. Student Life 15

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The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco celebrated its 50th birthday. About 250,000 people jammed onto the bridge for an anni- versary walk across the span. Another 500,000 packed the bridge approaches but were denied access because the engineers feared the span could not support the weight. A 24-day strike by the NFL players ended in mid-October when the union capitulated and went to court instead of trying to fight the club owners at the bargaining table. The Senate rejected President Reagan's nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court by a 58- 42 vote, which ended a long con- tentious debate over a judge alterna- tely portrayed as a brilliant jurist and a dangerous extremist. In the six years since Americans first heard of a mysterious immunity-robbing disease from which no one recovers, AIDS has killed nearly 25,000 Americans, millions of dollars have poured into medical research and President Reagan has proclaimed the plague Public Health Enemy No. 1. Kirby Puckkett and Jeff Raerdon of the Minnesota Twins celebrate their World Se- ries victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Twins won the seventh and final game of the series 4-2. The year also brought with it the deaths ot some eternally famous biggies. Student Life 17