Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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Tylenol poisoning claims seven lives. In early October seven suburban Chicagoans died. Not unusual for a city of more than three million citi- zens. Then a common denominator was found in the deaths. An airline stewardess, a homemaker and a young Year in Review school girl who had been ailing from a cold had all taken cyanide-laced Tylenol. The deaths kicked off a chain reac- tion of shock and panic. The result was a $100-million nationwide recall by the makers of the nationis number one over-the-counter pain reliever, J ohnson 8L J ohnson. More than 22 million bottles of the tablets and capsules poured into re- gional testing centers and authorities followed any lead they came across. To complicate matters, itcopy cati, crimes soon followed. In one instance 'another pain reliever was laced with strychnine and in another, acid was mixed with eyewash. Several weeks after the recall Tyle- nol was reintroduced to the public with a new threefold safety wrapping. Other corporations soon followed Mac- Neil Labs in instrumenting tamper- proof features. El CHICAGO-Employees of the Chicago City Health Department test Tylenol medications for deadly cyanide that killed seven Chicago area residents who took the extra'strength capsules. Wide World Photo 13

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The Year in Review SALTLAKE CITY, UTAH- The worldts first heart trans- plant recipient Dr. Barney Clark manages a smile a day after a team of surgeons, including Dr. William DeVries trightt, completedx the implantation on the Seattle dentist. One hundred and twelve days after the landmark Decem ber 2, 1982 operation Clark died at the University of Utah Medical Center. Clark makes medical history. h Medical history was made on De-- cember 2 when a team of surgeons at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted an artificial heart in an ailing Seattle dentist. One-hundred and twelve days and more than 13-million beats later the 12 man-made, plastic and aluminum heart was shut off. Not'because it was defective but because the 62-year-old Barney Clarkts other organs, includ- ing kidneys and lungs, failed. A lot can be said for Barney Clark,s courage and stamina. In addition to the seven-and-a-half hour operation to install the first permanent artificial heart, Clark underwent surgery to close blisters on his lungs, replace a cracked valve in the mechanical heart and to stop severe nose bleeds. Clark also suffered seizures, bouts of pneu- monia, kidney failure, depression and Wide World Photo mental confusion. Clarkts sacrifice and suffering has added to the medical profession,s knowledge and will save lives in the future. Dr. Robert J arvik, the hearts designer, feels that his invention has proved its worth. ttWe have been able to offer at least one patient who was terminally ill a reasonable level of hope for a good life? El Year in Review

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The Year in Review Cards win series while football strikes out. The St. Louis Cardinals beat Har- vey Kuhnls Wall Bangers in a dra- matic seven game World Series. Catcher Darrell Porter drove away with the cars as the series MVP and Manager Whitey Herzog,s Redbirds beat the Milwaukee Brewers a pitch at a time. It was a season when big league attendance was increasing almost as fast as Gaylord Perryls all-time win mark was. The 42-year-old ttAncient Mariner pitched his 300th career vic- tory in 1982. It was also a year for fury and. confusion in the N ational Football League. The NFL Players Association went on a 57-day walkout beginning September 21, that exacted some $210 million from the league,s clubs and more than $63 million from playersl pockets. The strike was caused by dif- fering views on the way a billion d01- lar television revenue pie should be cut. By end of the strike the NFLPA made many concessions to Commis- sioner Pete Rozelle and the club execs. In the Super Bowl Miamfs Killer Bees got stung by the Hogs of Wash- ington by a 27-17 margin. Skinls full- back J ohn Riggins scampered 43-yards t0 the goal line to put Washington on top for good. Riggins set a single game Super Bowl record with 166 yards rushing, ten fewer than Miamils 0f- fense collected. Former New Orleans .Saint and Miami Dolphin Defensive Tackle Don Reese revealed that he had been a heavy cocaine user and said that the league faced a drug problem of epi- demic proportions in a J une 14 Sports Illustrated article. By seasonls end superstars like Chuck Muncie and George Rogers confessed to having drug related problems. The new United States F ootball League made spring football a reality and landed both some of the biggest 14 OIOHd PHOM epwx ' t ST. LOUIS-St. Louis Cardinal players, including Mike Ramsey !on topl who scored the deciding run in the seven game World Series, celebrate after beating the Milwaukee Brewers in the annual fall classic. television contracts and college players around. Among the top-rated college stars were Heisman winner Herschel Walker and Trumaine J ohnson. Repeated blows to the head of Duk Koo Kim only 19 seconds into the 14th rounds of a WBA lightweight championship bout by Ray Mancini killed the South Korean fighter and changed the face of boxing. Kim,s death was follov'ved by the imposition of a discretionary standing eight count and a 12-round limit on all title fights. Following a May 9, 1982 operation to repair a detached retina suffered during training Sugar Ray Leonard announced that he would retire from professional boxing. Adorning a tuxedo the 26-year-old Leonard stepped into the ring for the last time for a media-event to an- nounce that his five year middle weight career would end. December 2, 1982 a man that could, at best, be described as a tllegend in his own mind7 revealed that he would no longer commentate boxing matches. Year in Review