Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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the U.S. should intervene militarily in Iran. A senior stated, We should declare war on Iran and go in and take back the hostages. On the other hand, 47'Z, were against the use of military force. I think there must be some kind of agreement that can be reached besides war, wrote a sophomore. Not everyone was as concrete in their answers. Cris Nel- son, a senior, explained, I think we should wait this thing out unless one of the hostages is hurt. Then we have no choice but to intervene militari- lv. Q Iran! Feature Story

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X isees Three Hostages CSI EGIIQSIIQS HN HEART Dateline: November 4th, 1979. Some 60 hostages are taken at the United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran. Militant students demand the return of the exiled Shah of Iran. Riots and pandamoneum ensue throughout the city. The world is shocked and appalled. It had been more than 100 days since the takeover occurred and there was still no end in sight. Ten- sion throughout the world had mounted to a dangerous peak. Indeed the global situation appeared grave. How had the Iranian crisis affected Walnut students? What were their opinions on this crucial issue that could dramatically affect their lives? A survey of over 85 stu- dents taken by the Cayuse Staff gave an insight to the answers to these and otherquestions. When asked whether or not Presi- dent Carter was handling the Iranian -gif tygwfvrlv 5711: ASTRONG FEELINGS are expressed in Rita Shiang's Civics project. Rita's.political collage was composed from various newspapers clip- pings and cartoons about Iran. LA PLAN FOR INVADING the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was outlined by Richard Long and Ben Alagar. This detailed blueprint was one exam- ple of students' varied reactions to the embassy takeover. Feature Story! Iran crisis well, 651, of those polled felt that he was not. President Carter had so far tried only purely diplomatic means of freeing the hostages. For example, he had cut off selling all military equipment to Iran and ordered all Iranian students in the U.S. to have their visas checked to insure that there were no illegal Ira- nian aliens in the country. As one senior stated, I think that Carter has been too wishy-washy. He's just not By Gretchen Mark lt had been more than 100 days since the takeover occurred and there was still no end in sight. firm enough. I Walnut students appeared uncer- tain about two key issues. Fifty-five percent of those polled felt that the U.S. was right not to have given the Shah back to Iran at the beginning of the crisis. However, 43'Zs felt that we should have returned the Shah to Iran. Wrote one student, We should talk to lran's new president fBani Sadrl, return the Shah and get the hostages back. Others felt that we should have never allowed the Shah to enter the U.S. at all. We were just asking for trouble, explained a soph- omore. The question of using military force was an emotional one with most students since declaring war would mean that many of the people in high school now would have to go to war later. However, 4921 felt that f Q1-,flair lbdikku W - A A Clrzfsrggg :inf-5 Ocffw E 1 : Puilgfl ,WU 3xl L hbhhb I A A 71 lk' If-. 4 ' I Z MMT ' cvlfdoe A COUSTYUC 2710 gmsniyo Lfi'.dA' . 4 me ' s,c7x,T SW-f.1l sat 0 I N G '. .... X Otgiirzd 3 lg. 0 0 Xf,g.z.2p7lrEl X t .2-L i - T 6 4 1 lf 'S' K 'f7'S'a Uimiix ,I . 3 I sz I 2 E.. gf EM fi. lg A TE' 9 33 T '. - gf r 7-7. mafrgg MQ, Hpveu S sauce K -ff M4191 Govt! I-lo

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