Stephen F Austin State University - Stone Fort Yearbook (Nacogdoches, TX)

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Gary Hart Donna Rice - Launching his candidacy, Hart made a strong pitch for family values. Then five weeks later there was all the monkey business involving model Donna Rice. Judge Robert Bork - To supporters, he is a brilliant jurist who is faithful to the Constitution. To critics, he is a right-wing zealot. APRIL --Gary Hart announced his presidential candidacy. -Texaco, in its battle against Pennzoil, was the biggest U.S. company ever to file for bankruptcy. -Congress voted to allow states to raise the speed limit to 65 mph on rural interstates. MAY -The 50th anniversary of San Francisco ' s Golden Gate Bridge was celebrated. -The Supreme Court ruled that the males-only Rotary Interna- tional must admit women in states with public accommodation laws. -Former Labor Secretary Raymond Donavan was acquitted of larceny and fraud after a nine-month trial in New York City. -The Iran-Contra hearings opened in the Senate Caucus room in Washington D.C. -In South Korea, anti-government protests broke out at Kwang- ju ' s Chronnam University and spread across the country, forcing a government shake-up. -A twister destroyed the town of Saragosa, Texas. JUNE -Kurt Waldheim paid a controversial call on Pope )ohn Paul II. -Margaret Thatcher won her third straight election to become first British Prime Minister to win three elections since 1826. -The Madonna tour began. -Lewis Powell retired from the Supreme Court. NaXio aL AW — ,

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A Different Look at 1987 JANUARY --Worst accident in Amtrack history; three linked contrail en- gines skidded into the path of a 12-car Washington-to-Boston passenger train near Baltimore. --New York Giants won the Super Bowl. -Industrial average topped 2,000 for the first time ever. -Anglican envoy, Terry Waite, on his fifth mission to negotiate for hostages, vanished in Beirut. FEBRUARY -The Tower Commission started its investigation on Iran Con- tra Affair. -Federal ruling restricted smoking by 890,000 government em- ployees in 6,800 U.S. buildings. -Former senator Howard Baker replaced Donald Regan as White House Chief of Staff. MARCH -Deaf actress Marlee Matlin won an Oscar for her role in Chil- dren of a Lesser God. Tammy Faye and Jim Baker - Scandal brought this couple to their downfall, which has been described as, Mickey and Minnie being kicked out of Disneyworld. —A ferry to Dover overturned in the worst English Channel disaster since World War II. -Indiana University, led by coach Bobby Knight, won the NCAA basketball crown. -Jonathon Jay Pollard, U.S. naval intelligence analyst, was sen- tenced to life imprisonment for spying for Israel. -Sugar Ray Leonard beat Marvelous Marvin Hagler in the middleweight championship fight.

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JULY --Eighteen illegal Mexican immigrants, trapped for 14 hours in a boxcar in Sierra Blanca, Texas, suffocated to death. -Iran-Contra hearings continued. AUGUST --More than 200 dolphins washed ashore beaches from New Jersey to North Carolina. Bacterial infection was suspected as the cause of their deaths. -Cecilia Cichan was the sole survivor of a Northwest Airlines crash during takeoff in Detroit. --Iran-Contra hearings ended. -10th anniversary of Elvis Presley ' s death. -Miners were on the largest strike in South African history. SEPTEMBER -The worst forest fires since 1910 occurred in California, Or- egon, Washington and Idaho. -Micheal Jackson opened his 15-month world tour. -The NFL went on strike for three and a half weeks. -Pope John Paul II arrived for a 10-day visit to seven states and Northern Canada. -A meeting of East German Communist leader Erich Honecker and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was held. -The 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution took place. -The U.S. Open tennis matches began. W JL ' Aill Caricatures by Jay Carr Oliver North Fawn Hall - ,v l came here to tell you the truth - the good, the bad and the ugly, said Lt. Col. Oliver North during the Contra hearings. His secretary Fawn Hall also testified. OCTOBER -The Minnesota Twins beat the St. Louis Cardinals in the se- venth game of the World Series. -The worst earthquake to hit California since 1971 shook the state. 10 — NaXi Hol New -Tania Aebi made a solo trip around the world in a 26-foot sloop.