Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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Wide World Photo LONDON-Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales are shown with their infant son, Prince William, who was born June 21. Announcing his retirement in the Washington Post, Howard Cosell said, tTtn not doing anymore boxing . . . I donlt want to be a part of the hypoc- risy, the sleaziness . . . Fm worn out by it. D Potpourri Two questions pondered in the minds of those who observe Great Britain,s Royal Family this past year. When would the Prince and Princess of Wales add a new generation to the Year in Review Royal lineage and what would they name the child. Both of those questions were an- swered on June 21 when Prince Charles and Princess Diana gave birth to Prince William. The appearance of Prince Charles, successor, however, was not Englandls most prominent story. Headlines tainted with phrases like ttTrouble in Paradisell and ttPlease, Di, donlt . . . Youlre Being Stupid crowded the front pages of many of Englandls tabloids. By the years end the Reagan .Ad- ministration had accepted resigna- tions from Security Advisor Richard Allen, Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis and Secretary of State Alexan- der Haig. John W. Hinckley, Jr. was found not guilty of shooting the President by reason of insanity. Benjamin Sas- way became the first youth to be sen- tenced for failing to comply with draft standards. . Strains of Mendelssohn filled the air as 2,075 couples, all dressed in identical black tuxs and virgin white gowns, exchanged J uly wedding vows in unison and unilaterly exchanged gold wedding bands. The event lasted for more than two hours and united couples from 75 nations. Many stars found themselves in legal trouble in 1982. Italian movie actress Sophia Loren spent 17 days of a 30-day sentence for tax evasion in jail. The Reverend Sun Myung Moon was sentenced to 18 months for tax evasion related to his nationally known Unification Church. Car-maker J ohn DeLorean was jailed and charged with allegedly 15

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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

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The Year in Review Dustin Hoffman starred in the zany hit Tootsie? smuggling drugs but spent very little time in the Los Angeles lock up after he scrapped together the $10-million for bail. D Bombs over Bread When it came down to making a choice between social programs and arms, the Reagan Administration came across loud and clear, choosing bombs over bread. The Reagan camp cut hundreds of millions of dollars from social pro- grams for the second straight year while adding nearly $500-bi11ion to de- fense programs. The Administrations projected $1.6 trillion military build up would amount to about $20,000 for each US. 16 J, household over the next five years. When questioned about where money would go several analysts noted that men in the service would receive pay hikes, and said that much of the money would be invested in develop- ment of new technology. The Equal Rights Amendment met a prolonged end on June 30. Despite polls showing that two-thirds of all men and women supported ERA the effort for passage fell short of the 38 states necessary for ratihcation. In the end, the pro-ERA movement employed theatrics such as chaining themselves together and fasting in the Illinois state house, and shrewd poli- ticking. Many anti-ERAiers were exuberant as the Witching hour on J une 30 came and went. ERA is dead for now and forever in this century? cried Phyllis Schlafly, president of Eagle Forum, a right-wing pressure group. But it was not really dead. Two weeks later the constitutional amend- ment was reintroduced by a joint resolution of 157 congressmen and 46 senators and the ratification process begins again. Despite the imprisonment of Soli- darity Trade Union leaders the strug- gle for economic and political freedom continued in 1982. On August 31, the second anniversary of the independent trade unions birth, millions of P0- landts oppressed appeared to be on the verge of confrontation with the Soviet-installed J aruzelski regime. Authorities resorted to water can- nons and tear gas to maintain the members of the outlawed union. Mem- bers were unified in their attempts to shut down the government, who, in- turn attempted the same. The result of the protest in 54 Polish cities was the arrest of more than 4,000 rioters, the deaths of five and the injury of 148 policemen. After squelching strike attempts in late October and early November the government released Solidarity leader Lech Walesa on November 15. He promptly renewed the unions pledge to protest. El Year in Review