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

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Nowhere else but $r Loua Pork (PW pu.|q oqi JO) lUOUKSUtoot lioqesoq-deeq C96i «m «) O Amid much pomp ond ceremony the new City Center opened Its doors to Minneopolis shoppers. The elegonr shopping center wos port of on overoll attempt to resuscitate the downtown orea's dying shopping industry A few blocks owoy in the dome, the outlook wasn't quite os hopeful. The Vikings were beset with Injuries, including quorterbock Tommy Kramer ond tight-end Joe Senser, both with knee Injuries. While the Vikings limped through the seoson. the Gophers extended their longest losing streok In the University's history. They rong up record losses of 84-13 to Nebrasko ond 69-18 ro Ohio Store in the process. The Dome's new olr conditioning system come In hondy this summer While Twins fons cooled off inside, the rest of the srote sweored through one of the hottest summers on record. Despite the hear, home-grown presidential hopeful. Walter Mondole wos busy politicking. His compoign received o shot In the orm when It got bocking from the NEA ond the first pre-primary presidential endorsement in AFL-CIO history. Opposite Top: Pork's Own Lyle Honks wos cougttf up in kxol politics Opposite Bottom The link between Highways 7 ond12 wos (molly completed, reducing traffic congestion m that oreo Top Left: Although the City Center dxJn t ottroct hordes of shoppers, it did bring some much needed business ro the downtown oreo Top Right: Pork students were forced to spend their quorrers on phone colls becouse the shcool odminwonon cfcscontmued free phone use m the off e 5

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Students of Pork High took on ovId interest In the world oround them. News articles, telecosts ond discussions kept them alert to events In on ever-changing world. Test your knowledge in a game of triviol pursuit; find the news fact that was not o mojor event of 1963-64, The U S S R, shot down o Korean 747 containing 269 civilians because their intelligence ogency believed it wos o spy plane. Numerous problems orose within different factions of Centrol ond South Americon governments. Within the Mld-Eost. the Lebonese government was in turmoil becouse of problems between Christian ond Moslem groups The IRA in Irelond was still fighting for its independence. In Poland, the Solidarity movement received the blessing of Pope John Paul II while Lech Walesa wos o recipient of the Nobel Peoce Prize. Blacks in South Africa fought ogoinst their white regime government to gain equality. Even in the midst of destruction ond chonge. some good things did occur. The first woman ond block Americon ostronouts blasted off from Earth in the summer before our foil term begon. Presidential candidate Jesse Jockson flew to Syrio to gain the freedom of prisoner Novy Lieut. Robert Goodman. Because of on influential Congress ond public disfovor, Jomes Watt resigned os President Reogon's Interior Secretory. Scores of sleeping Morines were killed In o suicide bombing mission in Beirut. Yuri Andropov hod been missing from Russion public offolrs since August 18. The first new U.S. cruise missiles orrived in Europe. Yosuhiro Nokasone won the office of Prime Minister in Jopon by o narrow margin. Jimmy Carter wos elected President of the United Srotes. Wait! Did you corch thor? Jimmy didn't even run os o condidote. If you did cotch it. congrots! If not. remember, trivio is never trivial. Here comes Oef ectivt, u. Toward 20,000 Solids S3) Pioneer Korean oiit of the solar system At least 14 inan in Beirut suicide boi