South Vermillion High School - Old Gold and Black Yearbook (Clinton, IN)

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VX ... A local concern Burn it here? Store it here? Transport it and burn it somewhere else? The VX controversy will continue for some time. What is VX? It was the most lethal chemical war- fare agent known to man. A drop on the skin could have caused death in a matter of minutes. It was stored in Newport, Indiana. Many proposals Fall from glory “Hallelujah, Praise the Lord, Amen. These phrases were not uncommon to tele- vision. Sunday mornings, as well as late night television, became plagued with many television evangelists. Many watchers tuned in every night making heroes of the preachers. However, scan- dals made headlines as some of these people fell from grace. Jessica Hahn came for- ward to publically announce she had an affair with Jim Bakker this year. Although he denied it at first, he finally admitted something hap- pened. Tammy Faye, his wife, cried as she publically forgave him. The PTL club, his television program , did not forgive him though. The couple was fired after it was made known that they were were made on how to dis- pose of it. One idea was to destroy it by incineration at the Newport Army Ammuni- tion plant. Another idea was to transport the remaining VX to a national dump site, away from people. With an incineration at Newport, many citizens were afraid of a leak, or an explosion. If taken to an iso- lated area, it would have taking a portion of the dona- tions made by viewers to purchase their mansion, several cars, and to add on to their set, which was al- ready worth millions. Hahn still continued to try to make her innocence ap- parent as she did a complete story in Playboy, in which she was the centerfield. Jimmy Swaggert also fell from grace when his rende- vou with prostitutes were uncovered. Although he claimed the meetings were just pornographic acts, he was suspended from the pul- pit, while capturing the cov- er of People magazine. Despite their actions many people still believed in both Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggert, saying they were only human, while others lost faith in both men. 28 MINI MAG been transported by train. This had been done safely for the past forty years, al- though there was always chances of an incident by derailment. The Army had complete control over what was to be done with the supplies of VX. They had the experience and capabilities to decide on where and how the VX would be destroyed safely. The Army recommended outside incineration. They wanted to start testing of the process in 1997 in Iowa, testing it for a year to make sure of its safety. Starting in December of 1990 the investigation, plan- ning, and designing would begin at Newport, Indiana. If it was decided to burn the VX at the Newport site, it would be done May of 1995 through September of 1996. Nothing would be decided until 1990. Heidi Bruce October 19, 1988: Black Monday Dow Jones plunges 508 pts. The period of October 16 through the nineteenth was dubbed “The Panic of '87”. When the closing bell rang at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, Octo- ber 19, dubbed Black Mon- day, the Dow Jones had plunged 508 points. A sum of $500 billion in paper value was lost. Economists blamed the stock market rash on the staggering trade deficit and rising interest rates. Some critics believe that “pro- gram trading” with comput- ers was also a cause. The computer programs acceler- ated the buying and selling of equities. The after-effects of Black Monday were felt worldwide: I in Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, and Paris. On Tuesday stock prices fell by 12.2% in London, 15% in Tokyo, 6% I in Paris, on top of big losses Monday. Besides panic and chaos, the stock market crash pro- : duced some big losers. Sam | Walton, the owner of Wal- Mart stores, lost $500 mil- ’ lion. Leslie Wexner, chair- man of the Limited, Inc. lost $1.65 billion off of his esti-' mated value of holdings, | when The Limited’s stock fell from 49 to 21 Vi a share. I Although the stockmarket recovered from the losses, it ■ will be quite some time be- | fore the owners of stock feel confident with their invest- ments. Dona Kuykendal BRIAN Boitano won the gold medal in figure skating at the winter Olympics. Picture courte- sy of UPI

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Aids can affect anyone Should aids testing be mandatory? Could you imagine want- ing to attend school, but not being able to, or being a per- son who loves their work, but couldn't? People in America had dreams that were only limited by the dis- ease AIDS. Acquired Im- mune Deficiency Syndrome, known as AIDS, put confine- ment on the lives of people and what they could accom- plish. By the time the coun- try acknowledged the sever- ity of the disease, it was felt to be too late for anything to Super Bowl week focused on Denver's John Elway and his Three Amigos, wideouts Mark Jackson, Ricky Nattiel and Vance Johnson. Super Bowl Sunday, however, found viewers focused on a 42-10 final score — Wash- ington. Doug Williams, Timmy Smith, Ricky Sand- ers and the rest of the Wash- ington Redskins scored 35 points on 5 touch downs in an incredible second quarter to turn a 10-0 deficit into a 35-10 lead, thereby ending the show before the Rock- ettes could even get warmed up for their halftime numbers. In that dazzlilng second quarter Washington racked up a play-off record 356 yards offense, breaking the old record by 14. That may even be a regular-season reord as well; the statistical people weren’t sure. We don’t keep one-quar- ter records,” said Seymour Siwoff, head of the Elias Sports Bureau which han- dles NFL stats, but geez, 356 yards, Who could have Doug Williams was named MVP of the Super Bowl, picture courtesy of UPI be done about the situation. Right now the deaths of the people who have Aids can only be slowed, not stopped. With this traumatic experi- ence, people felt pain emo- tionally, as well as physical- ly. People were dying from AIDS, but initially the media paid little attention, because covering material concern- ing homosexuals was con- sidered too controversial. More people became affect- ed by the disease. The death tolls were too high to ignore; gained more than that?” Doug Williams, quarter- back of the Redskins, was named MVP and broke a Su- per Bowl record of 340 yards on passing. Smith, a surprise starter for George Rogers rushed for 131 yards in the first half, five more than he had the entire regu- lar season. He finished with 204 yards, breaking another Super Bowl record. Ricky Sanders also turned in an impressive performance in finishing with 193 yards and 9 receptions to topple yet another record. The Red- skins were so “on” their game that they even broke the record for breaking records. The Redskins' record- breaking spree was not typi- cal of how the game started. The Broncos scored on their first offensive play, a 56- yard pass from Elway to Ricky Nattiel and added three more points on their second possesion on Rick Karli's 24-yard field goal. But then came the boom, an offensive noise louder than the noise from the for- mation of jets that flew over Jack Murphy Stadium at the close of the national an- Washington wins Super Bowl XXII people began to realize that something needed to be done. The treatment used for AIDS consisted of dangerous and difficult conditions. What made the process worse was that the drugs frequently used for treat- ment had life-threatning ef- fects of their own. Though no cure had been found, it was predicted that a cure would be found by the year 2000. Eddie Connell them. It was followed by a defense that limited Elway to two completions in 15 at- tempts in that period, sacked him four times and picked off three of his passes. Fifty-three seconds into the second quarter, Williams threw an 80-yard TD ran by Smith, his first pro touch- down a 50-yarder to Sand- ers and an 8-yarder to Clint Didier. Beginning with the 56- yard touchdown pass from Elway to Nattiel on their first play from the scrimmage, the Broncos befuddled the Redskins in the first quarter with just about everything in their diverse playbook. While Washington was starting its first five possessions at its own 20 or worse and open receivers were dropping passes, Denver was moving up and down the field. The second period, how- ever, arrived and Washing- ton started it the way Den- ver started the first — hot. The record breaking extrav- aganza transpired and it was only a matter of time before the final period's seconds ticked away and the Red- skins could claim Super Bowl XXII. MINI MAG 27

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The 50th annual NCAA tournament held in Kansas City, Missouri pitted Big Eight rivals Kansas and near- by Oklahoma against one another. The Jayhawks of Kansas entered the game with a so-so record of 27-11. Oklahoma on the other hand had an impressive record of 35-4. In a seesaw battle that cul- minated in the final minutes, the underdog Jayhawks, led by Danny Manning, pulled off a stunning upset by beating the sooners in a final count The 25th Winter Olympic games in Calgary, Alberta, provided a chance for life- long dreams to be achieved. McMahon Stadium was the sight of the opening ceremo- nies, which was considered the most colorful winter cer- emony in history. The United States began the Games on a tragic note. Speed skater Dan Jansen re- ceived news of his sister Jane’s death to leukemia. He found this out the morn- ing before he was going to have to skate the 500. Dan fell in the 500 competition, eliminating him from a chance for the gold. Dan had a few days to sort his feel- ings, and concentate on the upcoming 1000. Tragically, Dan fell again, he was left in a dazed disbelief of the week's happenings. After he was eliminated, he flew back home for his sister’s funeral, but returned to be with the team for the closing cere- monies. There was a show down between the U.S. and Cana- da in the Men’s Figure Skat- of 83-79. It was Kansas’ sec- ond national title since 1952, and coach Larry Brown's first in three trips to the final four. The win was a fitting end to an up-and-down season for the Jayhawks. Early sea- son injuries and lackluster performances by Manning nearly spelled demise for the Jayhawks. However, ev- erything came together at the right time and place to spell victory for Kansas. Dona Kuykendal ing competition. It was called “Brian vs. Brian, Canada’s Brian Orser, and the U.S.’s Brian Boitano. Boitano’s higher marks in technical merit, brought home the gold, while Orser's close second, awarded him the silver. A similar situation pre- sented itself in the womens’ competition. America’s Debi Thomas and Russia’s Katar- ina Witt squared off for gold medal honors. Debi ran into a few problems, while Katar- ina skated a very respect- able performance. Canada's Elizabeth Manley displayed an outstanding perfor- mance, which proved to take the silver. Thomas had to settle for the bronze, as Witt took the gold. The United States sal- vaged only six medals, while the Soviets led in the medal count with 29. The U.S. was plagued with bad luck, and depressions from their showings. They claim how- ever, Americans will prevail in Albertville. Indiana 76 21% Purdue RICK Mears holds up three fingers to signify his c. U third Indy victory, picture courtesy UPI Mears wins Indy 500 After setting speed records in qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 pole posi- tion, Rick Mears did not sur- prise anyone when he cap- tured his third 500 victory. Mears did become the first pole winner to take the flag since Bobby Unser did seven years ago and joined Johnny Rutherford as the only two- time winner from the pole. However due to a record fourteen yellow flags Mears' winning average was only 144.809 mph. This was the slowest since Unser’s vic- tory. Mears did have some problems at the beginning of the race. His Penske car, which was made especially for the race, offered the pit crew a challenge as they searched for the right align- ment. After several tire com- binations and working on the aerodynamics and wing set- tings, they were able to find the right combination to gain Mears a place in the winners circle. Marc Ugo MINI MAG 29