Springville High School - L Artiste Yearbook (Springville, UT)

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Phillipines election between Marcos and Aquino were held early in February. Long delays in elec- tion results fueled accusations and charges of election fraud. Charges and counter charges flew as Marcos declared himself the winner. Aquino pledge to fight for her election which she claims was stolen from her. The hopelessness of digging survivors from the mass metal and stone building remnants shows on a weary worker in Mexico City. An earth- quake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, shook downtown Mexico city with such force that many of the cities' hotels, apartments, and even hospitals were destoryed. An estimated ten thousand people were killed with hundreds of thousands left homeless. Happy astronauts wave to crowds minutes prior to boarding the ill fated Challenger 25. Shortly after take-off all seven astronauts on board were killed in a violent explosion. Christy McCulliff, the first American teacher to fly in space, was programmed to speak to thousands of the na- tion's school children. 18 World News

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In Springville people were constantly being detoured. The roads were torn up. in fact, the Homecoming parade was detoured around everywhere However, the roads added to the overall beauty of Springville and gave it the new “black look ’ Local News 17

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World News — 1985-'86 Bill Cosby and family stars are America's top rated T.V. enter- tainment. Nelson ratings showed the Cosby Show to be 1 among all different age groups. The sudden fury of volcano Nevada del Ruiz killed 22,800 residents of several villages in Columbia. The village of Armero was especially hard hit by a wall of mud which enveloped the area after heat from the eruption melted the mountain snow cap. Survivors stuck in the mud and unable to move were be- ing located and rescued for days following the disaster. 248 Airforce service men stationed in Sinai were killed in a plane crash on their way home for the Christmas holidays. The plane crashed shortly after refueling at Grander, New- foundland. Remains of the dead were taken to an airplane ranger used as a temporary morgue where authorities tried to identify the dead. Shock and grief is reflected in the faces of those who mourn the loss of family and friends. Boris Becker, a seventeen-year-old Wimbledon champion, leads a pack of new European ten- nis stars. They have invaded the U.S. Open in- tent on putting an end to the seventeen-year winning streak of American men. World Xews 19