Thornwood High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (South Holland, IL)

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Iranian hostages free after 444 day ordeal INTERNATIONAL We are not really heroes. We work for the Government and just did our job, was the way former hostage, Sergeant Joseph Subic ex- pressed his views. But Americans, weary of bickering and division, had been looking eagerly for heroes who could inspire a healing outburst of spontaneous affection and patrio- tism. The nation welcomed the freed hostages back from their 444 days of captivity with a whirlwind of emo- tions. Yellow ribbons were tied to virtually everything: trees, lamp- posts, public buildings and even the White House. In Poland, strike threats contin- ued throughout the year with Lech Walesa heading the labor move- ment. On what appeared to be a normal day in the Vatican city, a Turkish terrorist made an attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II, the world - Catholic and non- Catholic - grieved and prayed for a healthy and quick recovery. NATIONAL In November of 1980, all the world became Ronald Reagan's new stage after winning the Presidential elec- tion by a landslide. Later on in the year, shortly after 12:15 p.m. on a rainy April day, a pudgy young man with unkempt blonde hair stepped off a Greyhound bus and sat restlessly in a seat. He seemed in no hurry to go anywhere. Less than three hours later, this man, John Hinkley, Jr. made an at- tempt on the life of President Rea- gan. After several hours of surgery, the President emerged in happy spirits despite the pain and proceed- ed to a near-miraculous recovery for a man of seventy. Tragedy struck in Atlanta where over thirty bodies of Negro boys were found, with few clues to uncover the perpetrator of the slayings. More advances in technology were made by the successful firs1 flight of the space shuttle, the Voy ager I. This year also saw the deaths oi many famous people and some well- loved entertainers: John Lennon the imaginative wordsmith wh stressed the themes of peace an love in the songs he wrote for bot . the Beatles and himself, Peter Sell- s 5 E E 2 2 5 144 FEATURES