Troy High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, OH)

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,International N WS John Paul discovers the world By Maryam Ili! Managing Editor Among all the intemational crises of 1979, there was one world world leader who triumphed in imifying people of all nations and religions. In a miraculous world tour, Pope John Paul II visited Mexico, Ireland, the United Sates, and his native Poland. The Pope attracted millionsofpeoplewhowantedtosee and hear his inspiring words. In his messages John Paul II spoke of the importance of human rights, his belief .1111-f in the traditional Catholic values, and his view on many important world affairs. While in the U.S., the Pope travelled bo Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Des Moines, Chicago, and Wahington D.C. His visit was high- lighted by mases in Sxea Sadium, on afarminIowa,andameetingwit.h President Carter at the White House. Pope John Paul II's charisma was refreshing, and the world welcomed him for what he was, a natural leader they had searched so long for. is A 'J ' 'Q nj .N I A . 4 n ' if N Y 5 A 1 ' 'fa Lgfqlv' as' if 1 wa rss.. a + ,uf as Q 'Wea fu if ' gqsg' ' ',.'i'f'g 4'5',, fi, , ii 'fl Ci Q' ' ' , fatty? f , ffvt , 5, 4 4, A , . , A ,f ., Area experiences mild Winter The days of digging snow for days just to find your car did not really hit this area this year, .s v,.Vfwf.g zkkk ,Km MA M .if ' '. My f x I ft ' ' ' M .-93. .4 X '-,,,-- . ,Y .t iw .sw cg, Ex, . . J 1. ,Q A .,.af,L, A Zg.f ist 'M Rather, what did hit was per- haps worse, Troy Schools, as did many other districts, ex- perienced tremendous problems with flu, mono, and measles. Many students had to receive shots in the health clinic for those pesky illnesses. Although nobody really looked forward to the return of blizzard conditons, there were probably some who would rather have been shoveling the snow then suffering through the flu. 13

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International News -1 y America held hostage? By Shirli Sensenbrenner Yearbook Staff Writer United States foreign policy has been dramatically affected within the past months. Militant students overtook the U.S. Embassy in Iran and took 50 Americans hostage. While the U.S. was still debating over this, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. These events have created many problems for the Carter adminis- tration. On November 5, 1979, the U.S. embassy in Tehran was overtaken and the occupants held hostage. They remained inside those walls, with the exception of women and blacks who were released. The students wanted to trade the 50 Americans for the former Shah of Iran, who was in the United States after being exiled from his country. Iran had undergone a revolution in which the -1 religious- tradi- tionalists, led by the Ayatulloh Khomeni ousted the Shah's pro-western, modernizing government. The new government is ex- tremely nationalistic and anti-American. While the U.S. was involved in seeming the release of the hostages, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. In the last week of the decade, Soviets overran the country, excuted the president, and set up their own govern- ment , never thinking the world would protest. But the United States and other nations were outraged. This crisis, which may lead to a new cold war, is claimed to be the world's worst since Hitler's invasion of Poland. The U.S. has retaliated by cutbacks in grain sales and other trade, a pending boycott of the 1980 Olympics, and consideration of reinstatement of the draft to build up strength in the ground forces of this country for possible use in any conflict evolving from this situation. These crises brought an uneasy end to the 1970's and a new look for the future foreign policy of the U.S. One of the brighter incidents of the hostage situation was the cloak and dagger episode involving the Canadian govemmentfs embassy in Iran and a hand full of American embassy employees. It seems that during the seize of the American embassy by rnilitent Iranians, some of the employees fled through a rear exit and ran to the near by Canadian embassy building. These people were secretly hidden by Canadian officials until necessary papers could be make up to allow these people to leave Iran under the cover of being Canadians. . L, , . . I g H Q Algv MW .wt 4, iw . 1-it r' EN T GC N ' LJN L ES X I - . .H y 9 Q x, MP1 IETNAM vUNDE'-R vc ' nf . , -A U,.vU5. 1 A - - ' A. lf !'..'5Ul Cv'VOU t M 1 't'if'1-r-+i't ..:'-Tv-f ' fri, ,.,.. it E 'i 7 'l 'i W 'V' V 'W' N 5

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News ,wif J 'Bk money. By Ken Bartley Inflation. Recession. We have all heard of these words and are familar with their effect. They affect everyone in our society, including high school students. Many students at THS have suf- fered a loss of some form or another from the declining eco- nomic situatuion of our country. The problems that we have had to face range from our jobs to higher prices of all products. Teenagers make up a large part of the con- sumer body, spending millions of dollars every year. Vldth the con- start increase of prices, our na- tional economy may suffer a se- N vere blow from the loss of our Many students at Tl-IS hold down a part-time job after school and on 'J . 'Y ff, f .. ww 7 fgf' in .. Prices take a hike weekends. The money ac- cumulated from these various jobs are used to buy clothing, records, automobiles, or just to go out and have a good time. This money has recently diminished because of inflation. Most of these students that do work, work on an hourly basis. The average earnings for a part-time employee is minimum wage, or 53.10 an hour, although many workers earn considerably less than -that figure. The law states that the employer must pay eighty percent of minimum wage to those employees under the age of eighteen. Snce employers can not cut a worker's salary by wage decrease, many do shorten the number of hours that one works. This happened to a great deal of the students that are a member of the working force. One such exam- ple of this is told by Senior, Mike Howe. Mike states, A few months ago I was told that I would be working only three or four hours a week. The reason was, that the company had to cut back on ex- penses. Ten dollars is definitely not enough to meet the needs of a teenager in today's society. As one can now see, students' jobs are greatly affected bythe economy of our nation. Rising prices also contribute to many problems faced by the stu- dents. Inflation has made the cost of products skyrocket through the roof. If a guy wants to take a girl out on a Saturday night, it will cost him, at the very least, six dollars for tickets to a movie, two bucks for something to eat, and two more for gas. Most record albums cost almost eight dollars and eight track tapes are more expensive. The price on clothes is un- believeable. It is hard to find a pair of decent jeans for less than twenty bucks. Money is getting harder to come by and with prices increasing, students have restored to doing without some of lifes luxuries. , I Tragedy at Riverfront - 11 dead at WHO concert On December 3, 1979 one of the worst tragedies in Ohio's history occured. ll persons were trampled to death while attempting to enter the Riverfront Coliseum, to hear the rock group the Who The concert was sold out and officals blame general admission seating as the factor leading to the those 11 deaths. Personnel at the Coliseum say it started when the crowd began pushing through a small set' of doors which was not large enough for that size of crowd. Along with the 11 deaths there 'were many other people severly injured by the crowd of young people trying to get in to hear the rock group perform.