University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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U.S. News UNITED STATES NEWS: The U.S. throughout the year was plagued with forest fires as country wide record setting highs kept the ground dry and in perfect condition for fires. Some of the more costly fires en- countered were in Santa Barbara, California where in June over 280 homes were lost and damages were estimated in the mil- lions. At the Tonto National Forest in Arizona fires con- sumed over 35,000 acres of land before it was able to be The battle on drugs never stopped as drug enforce- ment agents were continu- ously battling the drug world. The year was no ex- ception as drug enforce- ment agents uncovered a wide variety of stashes and drug related mechanisms. In Nogales, Sonora Mexico ... A large warehouse was used to store illegal drugs in a concealed room under a hydraulic lift. Mexican officials seized 601 bales of Marijuana after a 10 minute gun battle with the drug controlled. Oliver North who in July of 1987 was convicted on dif- ferent accounts for his par- ticipation in the Iran Contra Affair had a conviction re- versed by federal appeals court which sent his case back to a lower court to determine whether it was tainted by his immunized congressional testimony. On June 8th the trial closed on brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez who were ac- cused of killing their par- ents. Later that month the trial came to end and both brothers were found guilty of murder one. 134 NEWS I runners. In addition three 12-gauge shotguns, four 9mm machine guns, two silencers, a .22 caliber rifle and a 7mm scope-equipped rifle were seized. The warehouse and hydrolic lift were believed to be linked to a drug tunnel discovered recently in Agua Prieta, Mexico and Douglas, Arizona which connected the U.S. -Mexico borders and was thought to be in use over a period of years allowing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of drugs to be traf- ficed. Other significant drug busts took place in Los Angeles where agents from the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire- arms as well as the DEA took possession of 20 tons of cocaine worth more than $2 billion at a Los Angeles warehouse. It was the larg- est seizure on record. As well as the cocaine more than $10 million in cash was found. The DEA men- tioned however that for ev- ery 1 million dollars of drugs busted there is over 20 million dollars worth of drugs making it suc- cessfully to the streets of America.

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world News WORLD NEWS: On July 31, 1990 English Conservative member Ian Gow was killed in a car bomb explo- sion as he started up his car. The IRA responded by taking responsibility for the action. Gow was known for his strong views against the IRA and their terrorist acts. Due to the bombing security has stepped up at government buildings. Following the bombing of Gows car the IRA then took responsibility for the bombing of the English Stock Exchange. A bomb was placed in the visitors gallery and the IRA called up before hand so no casu- alties were reported. English soccer fans made the news again by clashing with German fans in the downtown of Turin, Italy. Because of their actions England citizens are once again under consideration to have restrictions placed on their travel outside their country for soccer matches. Britain ' s Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, cele- brated her 90th birthday June 5, 1989, millions of mourners flooded in to a square where Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ' s body lay. The stampede killed 8 people and injured at least 500 others. Khomeini, 86, died Satur- day, June 4th of a heart attack after 11 days of in- testinal surgery His death left Iran in its worst politi- cal crisis since the revolu- tion that catapulted the Moslem cleric to power in 1979. 136 NEWS I After two years of talk, in March, a media giant was created when Time Inc. and Warner Communica- tions Inc. agreed to create the world ' s biggest media and entertainment con- glomerate through an $18 billion merger. The agreement between the two corporations fol- lowed two years of off again, on again talks. As Warner chairman Steven J. Ross commented, I do not know of an item we did not explore. With the consolidation of the two companies, the combined interests of the multi-million dollar merger now have a small monopoly of the enter- tainment industry. In February of 1989, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho- meini placed a death threat on British author Salmon Rushdie for his novel The Satanic Verses which depicted ideas of unholy dreams by the prophet Muhamad. September 28, Ferdinand E. Marcos, former presi- dent of the Phillipines died. Marcos, 72, died at 12:40 a.m. at St. Francis hospital, Honolulu, Ha- waii. For nearly 10 months Marcos had been hospi- talized with kidney, lung and heart ailments, pneu- monia and bacterial infec- tions. Marcos was one of the most controversial charac- ters of his time. In 1986 he was driven from the Phi- lippine presidency and was exiled to live at an estate in Hawaii. Supreme Court Justice, William J. Brennan, Jr. re- signed his position due to medical reasons.