Traverse City High School - Pines Yearbook (Traverse City, MI)

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1. Former Beatle John Lennon speaks out at a peace rally in New York in 1972 with his wife Yoko Ono 2 A charred helmet of a U.S. serviceman lies in the desert sands of eastern Iran with a burnt-our helicopter lying behind it. This wreckage is the remains of the aborted rescue mission for the American hostages in Iran. 3 A lone man walks through the wreckage in the village of Balvano after southern Italy was struck by a devastating earthquake 4 Polish workers sit under the Polish and Soviet flags in the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk in August of 1980. 5. Clouds of smoke billow from an Iranian refinery at Abadan after an attack by Iraq’s forces 6. Part of the Freedom Flotilla'' heads into Truman Annex Pier in Key West Florida, carrying 700-900 refugees PKhses Ov Wk world Photos

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International News Many things of international consequence happened in the years 1980-1981. Iran became a focus of attention after the capturing of 53 American hostages on November 4. 1979. On April24. 1980. the US attempted a secret rescue mission, but it ended in disaster, leaving 8 servicemen dead when one of the helicopters developed engine trouble and crashed. Finally, on January 21. 1981. the remaining 52 hostages were released and were flown to Frankfurt. West Germany. Iran's troubles, however, did not cease. It was soon plunged into war with Iraq which left many of the oil fields destroyed in both countries. Then the USSR invaded Afganistan. and in reaction the United States boycotted the summer Olympics. Polish workers wanted better hours and more union representation, so they went on strike. This caused international concern, for many countries feared the intervention of the USSR in the affairs of one of its satellites. People from all over the world immigrated to the US during 1980-1981. Southeast Asian refugees settled throughout the country, and some entire families were adopted by communities. Thousands of Cuban and Haitian refugees entered the U.S. in Key West. Florida, after travelling across the ocean in generally unstable boats. Most settled in Miami which soon became like a country within a country. Clashes of culture soon resulted in riots, and the city became an armed camp. Droughts in already hunger stricken Africa and an earthquake in Italy caused the death of thousands of people. The earthquake killed 3.076 people and left 200.000 people homeless. The death of former Beatle John Lennon caused the world to focus their attention on Yoko Ono his widow. Thousands of notes of condolence were mailed to her. and there was a revival of many of the Beatle's greatest hits. Pictures by Wide Word Photos

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Many things happened during the year 1980-1981 of national consequence. Perhaps, the most memorable was the return of the American hostages on January 21, 1981. The Americans wrote thousands of letters to both the 52 hostages and their families during the 444 day ordeal. And when they came home, thousands of yards of yellow ribbon, tied around anything that would support it. welcomed them back. The 1980 election showed the country's swing to the right when both a Republican president and a Senate were elected. Ronald Reagan, the 69 year old actor from California, was victorious over Jimmy Carter, the 56 year old peanut farmer from Georgia, by a huge number of electoral votes. Later in the spring of 1981. John Hinckley made an assassination attempt on newly elected President Reagan, injuring four people, including the President. The United States made great advances in the field of space technology during the year. In November of 1980. the Voyager I successfully photographed Saturn. During April the US launched the Columbia space shuttle from Florida and landed it in California, and the country celebrated being the first to build a reusable space shuttle Natural disasters occurred with seemingly great frequency. Probably the most tragic was the MGM Hotel fire and the many tragic arson fires that followed. In the MGM fire alone, 84 people died. And nationwide, travellers started requesting rooms on the first or second floors of hotels. Mt. St. Helens, which first erupted on May 18. 1980, continued to keep the southwest part of Washington on edge as the citizens watched the volcano erupt again and again Fhcti es by Wide Work.1 Photos WELCOME BACK TO' FREEDOM •A a 20