University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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Page 8 •National Jferoa Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Brezhnev dies Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, the man who led the Soviet Union to great military expansion and economic decline over a period of 18 years, died at the age of 75. In a surprisingly sudden turn of events, the Soviet Politburo turned the nation ' s reigns over to Yuri Vladimirovich Andro- pov, a former spymaster in the KGB, the Russian Secret Police. Brezhnev drove the Soviet Union as hard as he could to match the United States in mili- tary supremacy. He was also known the world over for his harsh handling of dissidents, as exemplified by his heavy hand in Iron Curtain nations such as Po- land and Czechoslavakia. The Soviet people were not in- formed of Brezhnev ' s passing until 26V2 hours later. One day later, the Politburo met and an- nounced in an uncharacteristi- cally rapid action that 68-year- old Yuri Andropov would be Brezhnev ' s successor. Political analysts listed five main tasks that Andropov would have to satisfy as the new Soviet leader: 1) Satisfy the Russian Generals, 2) Measure the risks abroad involving the plans of the NATO allies, 3) Keeping East- ern Europe in line with Soviet policies, 4) Reforming a strug- gling economy, 5) Coping with Russian dissenters in a fashion that may differ from his han- dling of them as head of the KGB. Jury calls Hinckley insane John W. Hinckley Jr., the man accused of shooting President Ronald Reagan and three oth- ers, was found not guilty by rea- son of insanity on June 21. Hinckley had been brought up on 13 charges, ranging from at- tempted assassination of the president to possession of an un- licensed weapon. Hinckley was the first person to escape conviction of attempt- ed assassination on a president since 1835. As a result of being found not guilty, Hinckley was confined to St. Elizabeth ' s hospital in Wash- ington, D.C., where he would re- main until the courts rule that he would not be a threat to him- self or to society. War rages in Falklands Alexander Haig was in Lon- don by the end of the week to try and work out a peaceful solution with the British government. Britain warned that time was running out and that only Haig could persuade the Argentines to pull out of the Falklands. After meeting with Haig on April 10, Argentinian President Leopoldo Galtieri announced that his country would fight if provoked by the British. The first sign of British resur- gence occurred on April 25 when the port of Grytviken was cap- tured. The next day, the entire island of South Georgia had been recaptured. On April 2, the ruling junta in Argentina announced that its armed forces had taken hold in the British-controlled Falkland Islands, located approximately 250 miles from Argentina ' s southeastern tip. In response to the Argentinian aggression, British Prime Minis- ter Margaret Thatcher the next day ordered several large naval units to head for the Falklands at once. She also announced that about $1.5 billion in Argentinian assets in Britain would be imme- diately frozen. On May 2, Argentina ' s only cruiser, the General Belgrano, was hit by a British torpedo. The next day, it was announced by the Argentine government that 500 of their seamen had been killed in the attack. Two days after the attack on the General Belgrano, an Argen- tine jet fighter crippled the Brit- ish destroyer Sheffield, which had to be abandoned. On June 14, Thatcher made the announcement that the Ar- gentine forces on the island of Stanley had surrendered. Three days later, Galtieri resigned as president, commander of the army, and member of the junta. New President Maj. Gen. Reynaldo Bignone, was sworn in on July 1 and pledged that one day, the Argentines would be free from British rule. His first task, however, was to negotiate the release of some 600 prisoners being held by the British. A couple of months later, Ar- gentina and Britain worked out a cease-fire, and mourned the losses of thousands of troops killed in battle. Pope meets Arafat; Begin is critical In what one of his aides called ... the most important meet- ing of his life, PLO leader Yasir Arafat met with Pope John Paul II for twenty minutes. It was a meeting that delighted the PLO ' s leaders and outraged the Israelis. Commenting on the meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Mena- chem Begin said: It shall now be recorded in the national memory of the Jewish people that the spiritual leader of mil- lions of believers the world over did not recoil from meeting the head of the organization that had written into its constitution as a central aim the annihilation of the Jewish people. A Palestinian Roman Catholic priest named Ibrahim Ayad said of the meeting: Now that the head of the Palestinians has been received by the Pope, Catholics throughout the world will cease to look on the PLO as a terrorist organization. Many Jewish sympathizers were outraged to see pictures of the Pope and Arafat on the front pages of many daily newspapers and the weekly news magazines. Scattered protests against the media soon followed. face a Mesicr

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orlh Jfaroa Page 7 01 EPCOT: Future is now Walt Disney once said that our greatest natural resource is a child ' s imagination. The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EP- COT) in Walt Disney World has captured this natural resource and brought it to life for people of all ages. The lure of such a project is evident in the number of people who have visited the (EPCOT) Center since its opening on Oc- tober 1, 1982 — 50,000 on the first day alone went to Lake Buena Vista, Florida. EPCOT allows people to trav- el to nine countries in a single day, see where our society has been since the beginning of time, and move into the future. All of this on 260 acres. The World Showcase takes visitors to Mexico, China, Ger- many, Italy, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and America. Here are some high- lights of the World Showcase: In Mexico, visitors sail on a river takin g them through the country. Pihatas, flowers, and a restaurant overlooking a beauti- ful river and miles of land are exhibited in the setting of a breathtaking sunset. Canada takes its visitors into the canyons of Moosehead Mine for a movie which literally car- ries them through the country. The theatre is composed of nine huge screens that encircle the audience. The cinematography, com- bined with the theater in the round, produces a feeling of movement. Prior to the presen- tation, an announcement is made that nothing in the theatre moves. Most of the people who work in the World Showcase are na- tives of their respective coun- tries. Paul, who works in a Unit- ed Kingdom workshop said that Disney World officials are striv- ing for authenticity. EPCOT officials take this ex- tra step to insure that visitors to the Showcase can discuss each country and feel as though they are travelling around the world. Another feature of EPCOT, that adds to its authenticity are the double-decker buses. Not only do the buses add to the overall aura of the World Show- f! ■ • 4 »±m %3Li te a. S m W MVKM Millions of people have traveled to EPCOT to see the world of tomorrow. case, the buses are quite practi- cal. Walking from China to Mexico can be hard on one ' s feet. Separating World Showcase and Future World is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. A ferry takes travellers from the present to the future (and back again) in style. Hundreds of thousands of people have relived the evolu- tion of man in the 180-foot glove that makes up Spaceship Earth. Once the past has been traced, one steps into the future through movie presentations and live exhibits. The World of Motion Presents the development of transporta- tion, the Universe of Energy brings to life the world of knowl- edge that is available at the touch of a button. The myster- ies of the computer age are sim- plified as young and old work with computers. Journey Into Imagination in- troduces two new Disney char- acters, Dreamfinder and Fig- ment. These two characters are very significant because they are the only animated creations which are allowed to go through the EPCOT Center. One may ask, so what is Walt Disney World without Mickey and Min- nie? It is a world of adventure which leads today ' s society by the hand over the horizons and into an unknown world of fact and fantasy. C Lovin And so Walt Disney ' s dream of capturing the greatest natural resource of all is realized and preserved in the Experimental Prototype Community of To- morrow. By Amy Jacoves A look Inside EPCOT ' s Comminicore exhibit

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Hattflttal Jferos wmm Page 9 Millionaire car dealer John De Lorean: busted in a $60 million cocaine deal. Dems gain 26 seats The Democrats picked up 26 seats in the House of Represen- tatives and seven governorships in an election where the reigning Republican party was lucky to get out alive. After all was said and done, the Democrats had 46 seats in the Senate, 267 seats in the House and 34 governorships. The Republicans had 54 seats in the Senate, 166 seats in the House and 15 governorships. Still to be determined were two Georgia House seats and the close race for governor in Illinois where the incumbent James Thompson and Democratic challenger Adlai Stevenson were locked in a battle that was too close to call. Some of the big winners on Election Day were: San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson, who defeat- ed California Governor Jerry Brown for the Senate; Republi- can George Deukmejian, who beat out Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley for the governor- ship despite the fact that two lo- cal Los Angeles TV stations had projected Bradley as the winner; Mario Cuomo, who won the gov- ernorship of New York in a tight race against Lew Lehrman, who spent $11 million in his bid for the post; Jeff Bingaman, who beat Reagan loyalist Harrison Schmidt for a senate seat in New Mexico; Democrat Frank Lau- tenberg, who defeated Republi- can Rep. Millicent Fenwick for a New Jersey Senate seat; and Texas Attorney General Mark White, who scored an impressive upset victory over GOP incu- mbent William P. Clements, Jr. in the Texas gubenatorial derby. The Republicans were indeed lucky to escape with many of the victories that they did. House Minority Leader Robert Michel from Illinois won by only four percent over his opponent G. Douglas Stephens, a Peoria Lawyer who won the Democratic nomination as a write-in candi- date. Many political analysts theorize that this was a direct message to the White House by dissatisfied Americans. With the election returns from this year ' s elections count- ed, vulnerable GOP senators up for re-election in 1984, such as John Warner of Virginia, Gor- don Humphrey of New Hamp- shire and Roger Jepsen of Iowa, were already working on their campaign strategies; the fresh- ness of the Democratic gains of 1982 very much in mind. In their usual political jargon, the Democrats called this year ' s results a signal that the voters wanted a change, while the Re- publicans, still in control of the Senate, called the results a man- date from the voters that they were willing to stay the course. By Howard Burns DeLorean busted in cocaine deal Multi-millionaire automobile designer John De Lorean was ar- rested by police for dealing co- caine just seven hours after the British government closed down his ailing company. De Lorean, a former top ex- ecutive with General Motors who quit his position there to form his own automobile com- pany, was arrested by FBI agents in what was the final stage of a drug deal that would have netted him up to $60 mil- lion. Assistant U.S. Attorney James Walsh tried for a $20 mil- lion bail for De Lorean. Walsh contended: This man is recog- nized as a genius, a visionary. But one does not create an in- dustry on the backs of cocaine users and heroin addicts. Walsh said that he had a vid- eotape of De Lorean cradling a packet of cocaine in his lap and saying: This is better than gold. This comes in the nick of time. After his defense attorney ar- gued that his client was more of a victim than a lawbreaker, De Lorean pleaded not guilty. DeLorean was held on $5 mil- lion bail. By Howard Burns War in Middle East; Israelis invade Beirut On June 6, the Israeli army in- vaded southern Lebanon, thus triggering the most thorough at- tack Israel had ever launched in its attempt to destroy the Pales- tinian Liberation Organization. The most immediate reason for the bombardment was the assassination attempt in Lon- don of Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to Britain. Israel ac- cused the PLO of the attack and immediately retaliated the next day by attacking PLO guerrilla camps in Lebanon. On July 6, President Reagan agreed to send a small group of U.S. troops to Beirut to help in a multinational peace-keeping force, sparking some concern in the U.S. that American troops were being asked to fight some- body else ' s war. A week later, Reagan an- nounced that he would hold up a U.S. shipment of cluster bombs to Israel because reports were saying that Israel had used the American-made bombs in its at- tack of Lebanon. At about this time, the U.S. sent in special envoy Phillip Ha- bib to act as a mediator between the two waring factions. On August 6, the PLO agreed to Habib ' s withdrawal plan, pending the agreement of Jor- dan, Syria and Egypt to take in some of the PLO members. The next day, they agreed. Towards the end of the month, a contingent of U.S. Ma- rines landed in Beirut and PLO members led by Yasir Arafat left for Syria and other Middle East settlements. On Sept. 14, Lebanese Presi- dent-elect Bashir Gemayel was killed when a bomb exploded and destroyed the headquarters of the Christian Philangist Par- ty. Three days later, there was revenge. Over 300 Lebanese citizens were killed on Sept. 17 by Phi- langist soldiers who went on a raid of refugee camps in south- ern Beirut. Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon later admitted that the Israelis helped the Philangists gain entry into the camps. Calls for Sharon ' s resignation, as well as the resignation of Prime Min- ister Menachem Begin started being heard worldwide. In Feb. of this year, Sharon was found to be guilty of negli- gence in his handling of the situ- ation and was asked to step down as defense minister while retaining his position in the cabinet. By Howard Burns