Timpview High School - Talon Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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NEWSMAKERS Top stories of 1986 artwork as it kept showing up all over the city. B.Y.U. got in the national news not for sports, but for a massive pillow fight. Newscas- ters speculated about BYU's strict standards but most peo- ple thought it was hilariously funny. In world news, the worst nu- clear accident in world history occurred in Russia at Cherno- byl. The lack of information caused panic in the (J.S. and other countries as news media speculated and reported the worst. ROCK GROUP OR GANG? Johnny Blade graffiti could be found all over Provo Orem. even on a B.Y.Ci. over- pass. The signature appeared on a Timpview wall and Qu iil Valley Dr. Contro- versy was made this year nationally and local ly. Ronald Reagan found himself quickly los- ing favor with the public as the Iran Arms scandal hit the news- papers. Poindexter and North were forced to resign, while others were in danger of losing their jobs. Locally, Johnny Blade graffitti caused a stir. Even those not responsible ad- mitted to the mysterious 1983 was the last year of the Indian mascot and Sa- die Hawkins. They were re- placed by the Sweater Swing. 1983 also marked the year MASH said its farewell and E.T. dominat- ed the theatres, while val- ley girls put valleys near Los Angeles on the map. Utah also had a record breaking snow fall. 40 1983 32

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1982 OLO DISCO.NEW WAVE. Timpvtew students discovered and Haunted New wave music.” The B52's. Oingo Boingo. and the Congo's were leaders oi the new wave pack that hit Timpvtew High School The new electronic Sony Walkman. aided In the movement which spawned the word Tubular”. Hot or Not 39 YOU'RE IN THE AIR FORCE NOW. Top Gun. the hottest movie of the summer, sent girls ogling Tom Cruise. The movie also has a highly success- ful soundtrack album. TALENT AT ITS BEST. Denise Dinsdale. Drama Sterling Scholar, shares her talents. Jeff Nielsen plays Henry Higgins in Afy Fair Lady, and is the Music Sterling Scholar. In a survey taken at Timpview, students were asked what their fa- vorites were in albums, television, and movies. Here is the Hottest in Entertainment. Albums- Control-Janet Jackson Please Pet Shop Boys True Blue Madonna Human Human League True Confessions Bananarama T.V. shows- Moonlighting Family Ties Cosby Show Late Night with David Letterman Pee Wee's Playhouse Days of Our Lives. Movies- Top Gun Stand By Me Crocodile Dundee Ferris Beuller's Day Off Star Trek IV Little Shop of Horrors. — 49

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tions which offered insight for the fu- ture. Soviet nuclear reactor at Chernobyl explodes, killing 31 people. Five million Americans join hands across America, to raise money for the nation s hungry. Statue of Liberty celebrates her 100th birthday after a complete renovation. Sarah Ferguson is royally married after wedding Britain's Prince An drew. Reagan and Gorbachev met for two days in Iceland to discuss nuclear arms. Halley 's comet was seen on its way to Neptune, for the last time until 2061. Nationwide war on drugs after ath- letes. Len Bias and Don Rogers die because of overdose. Challenger exploded and fell into At lantic Ocean after lift off. All seven members of the crew were killed. CHERNOBYL. On April 26.1986. a Soviet nuclear reactor explodes. Locally United Steel workers claim they are locked out of Geneva and unemployment soars in Utah Coun- ty- TOPPER. Cary Grant, the 50 s Holly- wood heartthrob. died this last year. He starred in movies from the late 40's to the 70’s as the debonair bon vivant and man-about-town. Newsmakers 41 ► j 49