Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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The NEWS in full view The news was filled with extremes: from the serious to the joyful. News sprung up from places as far as the White House and as close as your own back- yard. In sports there were triumphs and de- feats. Lives contained births and deaths. The news covered it all. In the White House the Iran Contra Hearing became the Big (bad) News. Oliver North learned what life is like in the spotlight and so did his beautiful secre- tary Fawn Hall. The question of the year be- came: Oliver North — hero or villan? To bal- ance the reputation of the White House, good news was welcomed in the form of the Summit Meetings between Rea- gan and Gorbachev. Foreign relations, espe- cially between Russia and the United States inproved. Other news in Wash- ington revealed presi- dential hopeful, Gary Hart, being involved in an extramarital affair with Donna Rice. The pressure at first caused Hart to drop from the race but the he re- entered as the year wore on. Another falling from grace occured on October 19,1987. The day that the stock mar- ket dropped 508 points and $500 billion dollars. This crash was dubbed Black Monday. Due to the Baby M case, the Su- preme Court ruled sur- rogate mothers are ille- II Headline News The summit meetings of Reagan and Gorbachev Oliver North — Iran Contra Hearings Black Monday — $500 billion Stock Market crash Gary Hart and Donna Rice affair Baby M — surrogate motherhood voted illegal AIDS — treatment and rights of victims in controversy Pope John Paul II — U.S. visit, including San Antonio 65 m.p.m. — Rural interstates speed limit increased by Congress Sports Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Marvelous Marvin Haglar Minnisota Tv ins win World Series Steffi Gray, 18, No. 1 Tennis champion Julius Irving-retires after 30,000 points in basketball career Washington Redskins win Super Bowl gal. The Court ruled that paying a woman to have a baby is the same as paying for a child. AIDS (ammune- defiency syndrome) be- came one of the bigges items of news during the year. More cases arose and with it, the fear. Commercials promoting condoms and the safety of donating blood swept the television screens. The movie Fatal At- tractions caused much controversy over cheat- FAITH: In the faith that a lecture campaign tour would stir interest in his campaign, the Reverend Jesse Jackson spoke to Victorians at the Com- munity Center. Rever- end Jackson is running on the Democratic Party Ticket in the ' 88 Pres- idential Race. CRACK: November storms brought fierce wind and rain that dam- aged many large trees. Power lines were pulled down by the falling branches causing many neighborhoods to lose electricity. ing and AIDS. The American morals be- came more conserva- tive. Many lives changed due to new laws, new people and new id« The year left its mark the minds of the peoj Because of the media was all IN FULL VIE tL IN THE NEWS

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IN CHARGE: The Stroman Girls ' Varsity Bas- ketball team approached Mrs. Stovall with a direc- tor ' s chair for her birthday. Mrs. Stovall is always in- volved in activities at the school so, she was honored to receive her present. MISTER; Mr. Kiss E. Face was one of the many visitors that arrived on campus for Valentines Day for one very lucky student. BALLOONS: Russell Lassman received this gift from a special someone on Valentines Day. THANK YOU: Senior Kim Hill received flow- ers along with balloons as many other students did on this special day at school. CELEBRATING

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A Lasting Tribute Andy Warhol, 58 Jackie Gleason, 71 Willi Smith, 39 Danny Kaye, 74 Geraldine Page, 62 Liberace, 67 Fred Astaire, 88 Rita IHayworth, 68 Heather O ' Rourke, 12 Midland, Texas volunteers who saved the life of Jessica McClure jj ife from well. CLOSED: Closed roads became a familiar sight as the Guadalupe River rose to extreme heights. Riverside Park wras bad- ly flooded causing ex- tensive damage to roads. IN THE NEWS tb