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

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gonaitt 'Plata's D ifferent languages, scenery, people and ways of life. Travel enabled us to experience it all. Highlights of summer travel in '82 include trips to such diverse areas as Israel, France and Scandinavia. Dave Linne, English teacher, spent 22 days of his summer in Scandinavia visiting relatives and viewing historical places. Anna Motzko, French teacher, chaperoned a group of students touring the northern coast of France and Paris. Twelve of Park's French students took advantage of the opportunity and joined Motzko in experiencing the French way of life. Vico Khabie, senior, described his six week trip to Israel as a meaningful experience. “I’ve never been in a place where I felt such a historical closeness to the people. Khabie also got a better perspective of the conflict on the Israel Lebanon border. This event was only one ... MOD' 2•Echowan

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MASSACRE o f the many national 10.1 percent In October. Fans of pro and international news makers during the football were forced to look elsewhere for summer, and as we returned to school in Sunday afternoon entertainment after the 1982. NFL Players’ Association went on strike On the international level, the dominant only a few weeks into the season, happening was the violent conflict During the late summer, three between Israel and the PLO In Lebanon. prominent figures died: Henry Fonda from One of the more tragic occurrences was a heart disease. Ingrid Bergman from cancer massacre of hundreds in two Palestinian and Grace Kelly after an auto accident, refugee camps. In Poland, a severe On the brighter side, the US space economic slump occurred and the labor shuttle Columbia completed its fourth and union Solidarity was banned in October. final test flight in July. It was found to be There was widespread celebration in Great fully operational and ready to carry cargo Britain when a future heir to the throne and passengers into space on a regular was born in July, Prince William Arthur basis. Another endeavor into the future Phillip Louis. In November. President was completed: the Epcot Center at Walt Leonid Brezhnev of Russia died at the age Disney World was opened to the public, of 76. The 800 million dollar complex was The happenings in the United States designed to give visitors a sneak preview were widely varied. One prominent issue of new technologies and ideas. If you didn’t was the economy; although inflation began get a chance to go to Florida, right here in to slow down, national unemployment hit Minnesota ...