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

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Lights, Camera, Action As a marquee lights up there is a sense jof anticipation and excitement. It's a new beginning. a new production whether in |Hollywood or Las Vegas or on Broadway jWe. however, were just suburbanites, |many miles away, living at our own pace .. or were we? While the people of Las Vegas cruised ‘The Strip, the students at Park hit Lake Street. Dakota Avenue and Calhoun 3arkway. While we weren't nationally renowned for our Bo Derek frames, our Robert Redford good looks, or our Dudley Moore charm, we were known by our peers for the talents we did possess. These talents were not facades like those of many sets in a production. They were, however, often masked by the stuffiness of a classroom or the intimidation one often felt when surrounded by fellow classmates. What we needed was to take time out of our own hectic schedules, to develop our own flair and to be ready to perform when the spotlight shone on us as individuals. For we were all a part of the production. AOn a beautiful fall day Marti Starr. Karen Hyde and Robyn Korengold appreciate their lunch time at Lake Calhoun. Lights, Camera, Action 3

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►Teresa Harrow finds It's hor lime ◄in the midsi of a busy cafeteria. Benjy Kent takes a moment to rest and refuel his energies ◄ ◄Beth Musolf stops to think through the next stop In her chemistry experiment.

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World In Review The event of the summer, in international social circles, was the Royal Wedding. At St. Paul's Cathedral on July 29. Lady Diana Spencer and Charles the Prince of Wales were wed amid royal splendor. Not to be left out. Nancy Reagan flew to England. For those unable to attend, the networks had live coverage, but we had to get up at 4:30 a.m. In Ireland, hunger protests raged on. The number of deceased protestors rose to ten. and riots continued. Britain's Parliament refused to listen to the protestors’ pleas for political prisoner status. Unrest was the natural state of affairs in the Mideast. On October 6, Anwar Sadat was assassinated by a group of terrorists during a ceremony commemorating an Egyptian victory in the Suez. Ten days later another warrior-turned-peace-maker died. Moshe Dayan died of a heart attack on October 16. The world mourned the deaths of these leaders. Across the world in Japan and the U.S. scientists worked at developing artificial blood. Fluosol. a milky fluid, could be frozen for storage and then thawed quickly in a microwave oven. This 'blood' was tested on about 300 people in Japan where it was manufactured and in California where it kept five people alive. Here at home President Reagan scored points with women's groups with his nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to the Supreme Court. The Senate approved the nomination and made O’Connor the first female Chief Justice in our history. Reagan may have been an actor but he was no magician. Try as he might, the high interest rates wouldn’t disappear. Instead, he made social services and programs disappear by drastically cutting their funds. Finally Reagan was forced to cut the defense budget, much to the chagrin of Casper Weinberger. Secretary of Defense. Even Reagan's tax cuts caused doubt; experts feared the cuts would further inflation. Meanwhile Nancy Reagan bought the White House $ 1.000,000 worth of new china. Supposedly the old stuff was too shabby. ▲Just prior to Sandra O'Connor's nomination to the ▲Supremo Court. First Monday In October, a film about the first female Chief Justice, was released. ►British merchants capitalized on the Royal Wedding by selling souvenirs like mugs, calendars and boxes of candy bearing the royal couple's likenesses. FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER ▲A virulent strain of fruit fly. the Medfly. attacked crops in Florida and California, disrupting the fruit trade. ►With the deaths of Anwar Sadat and Moshe Dayan the continued strength of Arab-lsraeil peace was uncertain. 4 Productions