St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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Page 4: Upper Right: Richard Queen, one of the 52 hostages tn Iran, was the first to be returned Lower Lett: In 1980. gold prices fluctuated, reaching a peak ol $850 per ounce in February Lower Right: The Shah of Iran. 6t. died m Egypt of cancer. Page 5: Upper Left: President Jimmy Carter ran for re-electron Center Left: The American athletes, after many years of training, fell the Olympics should not be a political affair Center Right: A dead cow lay m the burning sun during the summer drought Bottom Left: Ronald Reagan, ex-governor of California, ran for President Bottom Right: As Soviets paraded their missies, the U.S worried about the arms race Permanent Waves: 5

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J; U PERMANENT WAVES @Many people and events made changes throughout the nation and the world that affected our lives permanently •After the Soviet refusal to leave Afghanistan, the Carter Administration boycotted the Moscow Olympics, which began on July 19 The boycott occurred after the U S. warned the Soviets that the removal of their military forces was necessary for the U S participation in the Olympics ‘During the summer, the U S suffered one of the most deadly, destructive heat waves in over 40 years The wave was blamed for more than 1.000 deaths in 20 states The fourth week of the heat wave averaged nearly 100 deaths per day. ’Draft registration began July 21. 19 and 20 year old men were required to sign up In January, all men born in 1962 were ordered to register. From then on. all men were expected to register on or around their birthdays. Some people blamed the draft registration on low pay for the volunteer Army and protested Others felt that since draft cards were not issued and the draft did not take place in peacetime, the registration could benefit the U S. On July 21, Richard Queen, one of the hostages held by the Iranian Militants, was returned by Iran because he was afflicted with Multiple Sclerosis •Josip Tito, the Communist Dictator of Yugoslavia, died on May 22. He was the first independent communist leader in the Soviet Bloc ’The death of Mohammed Reza Pahlevi. the controversial Shah of Iran, on July 27 brought hopes of a hostage release His death caused some unsurety in the hostage issue •More than 300.000 Polish shipyard workers went on strike in October They called for economic reforms, higher wages and increased food supplies After 17 days, the strike had paralyzed much of Poland's economy Warsaw agreed to allow the formation of unions with the right to Strike. qcc 50 SCO r k « aves of Cnange

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mETRO WZM : . Wm Left: Many new faces were pul on St. Louis Park. Miracle Mile and Knollwood each received a new outlook A new Byerly's came, boasting a gift shop comparable to Tiffany’s and an ethnic bagel bakery. Along with these specialties, the new store provided jobs for many Park High students. Right: A new twist was added to the old ’’get rich quick” idea: the Pyramid Game lured many people into a scheme to rake in unlimited amounts of money from a small initial investment The object was to get many people to join the pyramid, thus causing the original investors to increase their money. Too often, however. the pyramid would die out and the founders would take the investments and run.