Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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Grllll REZIIEI' malles tl'8llElS thl'0llyll0llt Dlltl ill 1985 DYAI7Qela CaI'Cfa Death rahg throughout the world lh four major events which shook the hatiOhS dur- lhg the year. The fil'St was the death of people trapped lh what Seem- ed to be a vacuum of never- ending conflict ih the Middle East. AlthOugh SOme advances toward peace were made with the evacuation Of the PaleStlrllah LlDeratlOh Orgahl- ZatiOh lPLOl from West Beirut, LeDarlOh, lh September. lt WaS eStlmated that mOre thah 17,000 LebaheSe ahd PaleSti- hiahS had been killed ih the country since the lhVaSlOh De- Qah. By the time the eXOdUS WaS completed, more than 'l'l,000 PaleStlhlahS had Deeh evacuated from LeDahOh arld 3,625 Syrian SOldiel'S had Deerl moved by COhVOV from WeSt Beirut to the Bekaa Valley ih LeDaDOh. Yet the crisis WaS far from over. Just when LeDahOh had ap- peared to be emerglrlg at laSt from War ahd the dOmlhatiOh Of the PLO, a bomb killed Ba- Shlr Gemayel, Lel3ahOh'S presi- deht-eleCtj a massacre of as mahV as -400 PaleStlhlarlS fol- lOWed, not OhlV killing people DUt alSO deStrOVlhQ the hope of SOlVihQ the war-torn ha- tion's DrODlemS. The refugee massacre by Lebabese ChrlS- tlah forces prompted the lS- raeli government to send armed forces into Muslim- dominated West Beirut in mid- September after the assas- sination ofoemavel. l Fihally, ih what Time maga- zine called A pinch of pro- gress, lSrael and Lebanon agreed on an agenda. This modest advance revived a small hope when diplomatic progress lh the Middle East WaS practically hOh-eXlSteht. The SeCOhd WaS the death Of over two years of SOlidarltV in POlahd. LaStlhQ from AU- gust 1980 to OCtObel' 1982, SOI- idarity WaS the nine million member lhdeperlderlt UhlOh federation that for nine mOl'lthS had shaken the ehtire SOVlet bloc with ltS CrV for freedom. After SeVeral VlOleht demOrlStratlOhS of deflahCer ahd Dl'O-SOlidal'itV l'i0tS involv- ing tear gas and bullets, an overwhelming vote by Depu- ties decreed the death of SOI- idarity. The vote, approving a sweeping new trade-union law, finished thejob that Gen- eral Wojcuch Jaruzelski had begun when he imposed mar- tial law and suspended Soli- darity in December 1981. Parli- ament outlawed not only SOI- idarity but all other existing labor organizations as well, Clearlhg the way for a new set of factory-based unions that the government clearly ih- tends to control. lh short, this was one of the 20th century's most extra- Ordlharv political experi- ments, ah attempt to wed democracy ahd COmmUhlSm. The attempt Degah to die when QOVerhmeht resistance to reforms fOrCed SOlldarltV'S

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leaders into an increasingly l'adiCal position. Finally with unions in effect challenging the exclusive rule of the par- ty, General Jaruzelski seized military control of the gov- ernment, swept away short- lived freedoms, suspended unions, and detained several thOUSal'1d Solidarity leadel'S and supporters. , The third major event was the death of a coalition gov- ernment in West Germany when the battle over the de- teriorating West German economy forced Chancellor Helmut SCl1rTlidt to Call new elections in September. A member of the Social Demo- cratic Party, SChlTlidt hoped that through this, he COUld use his power of incumbency and personal popularity to obstruct the opposing Chris- tian Democratic party's rise to power. But the plan failed, in OCtO- ber, Opposition leader Helmut Kohl became West Germany's first Christian Democratic Chancellor in 15 vears. All over the world, nations antici- pated the country's future and possible changes in DOli- cy. After only one week in of- fice, the American media pro- vided the public with an il'O- nic description of the man. Kohl was compared to Presi- dent Reagan: folksy and con- servative. When the new chancellor took office, he said he wanted to head a govern- ment ofthe middle ground. By March, the West German government was back to busi- ness as usual. Chancellor Kohl intended to re-establish the coalition government created six months before when the Free Democrats fled their partnership with Social Demo- cratic Chancellor Schmidt. Kohl also emphasized strong support for the North Atlantic Treaty organization lNATOl and the deplOVlTlel'lt of addi- tional miSSleS in Western Europe if necessary. Perhaps the most impor- tant event of the year, how- ever, was the death of Soviet Union Communist Party lead- er Leonid Brezhnev in No- vember after 'l8 years of rule over the superpower. Time magazine reported, Half of the world lies open. Brezhnev leaves a vacuum greater than the man who filled it. The Soviet Ul llOl'1 under- went a seemingly smooth transition as former Russian lf1t6lllQeI lC6 chief YUl'l Af'lCll'O- DOV succeeded Bl'eZl ll'l6V to face 8 l lOSf of economic, poli- tical, and fOl'elQl'1 p0liCV DFO- blems. As Brezhnev was buried, Andropov moved quickly and confidently to show he was in charge. At the funeral, the new leader met 32 heads of state, 'l5 prime ministers, and four princes. vice president George Bush and Secretary of State George Sl'lUltZ . attended the ceremonies. Although Kremlinologists were still undecided about the new regime, no major changes in policy were ex- pected from Andropov by December. Yet, even as 1983 began, it was too soon to know how much had changed in Moscow. Hope and appre- hension were reflected as the world paused in anticipation. Where one thing ends, ano- ther must begin. And so death can bring the birth of new hope for the future. ln the Mid-East, Poland, West Ger- many, and the soviet Union,- peODleS of the world have ex- perienced this natural process of change in different terms: deaths of people, organiza- tions, governments, and lead- ers. But the future brings fur- ther change, more sudden and often more frightening than ever before. For one of the greatest fears of the people of the world today is death through nuclear war, which could oc- cur at any time...with the push ofa button. 1. F0l'llllll9 3 Dllllllll Ill Gdlllill ls 3 Illflllllllflly IIOIICG f0fCE. 2. Piylllg fllill' l3Sf l'ESP8CfS to BISIIII' Gallllyel IIB the DEOIIIQ Df Bllflya. 5. l60Illll Blelllllell addresses I QI'0lIll of YOIIIIQ COIlIl1lIllllSf Plffy IIIGIIIIIEIS. 4. Hellllllf KUIII ls Wllgfafllllfed by IllllIlI'8l'S. World ESSGV