Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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W ' I V : I I ollywood star or poli- tician? Both in June of ' 86, Clint Eastwood ran for mayor of Carmel, California, and won. When asked by a Time maga- zine writer what office would be next Eastwood answered This is where it stops. I ' m staying in Carmel. 2. Facelifts after 200 years? Happy 200th anniversary to our Statue of Liberty. From Liza Minelli singing New York, New York to the spectacu- lar twenty ton firework show it was a celebration to remember for years. 3. Terror in Paris! Terrorism hit all parts of the world in ' 86- ' 87. Five ter- rorist attacks in ten days stunned Parisians. On a Wednesday at about 5:30 p.m. in the busiest part of Paris, two men in a black BMW drove by and tossed a package into a trash can, seconds later an explosion shat- tered the town. Five died and fifty- three were wounded. 4. Iranscan? After some investiga- tions it was found that the United States government was selling arms to Iran, putting the money in Swiss banks and sending funds to the Con- tras in Nicaragua. Two officials, John Pointdexter and Oliver North were fired and others resigned. Investiga- tions continued while the President lost popularity. 5. Go get them Stars and Stripes! Losing the America ' s cup to the Aus- tralians in 1983 was a big blow to America and Captain Dennis Conner. But it only gave him new life and en- ergy to win it back in 1987. not to mention their video to go with it. 6. Aquino Corazon became Presi- dent of the Phill;pines and was cho- sen ' women of the year by Time magazine. News IVIini Gazette 47

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I -V — H opof the heap, Top H Gun, starring Irre- mJI sistlble Tonn Cruise and Kelly Magllls. was the hot movie of the year. It grossed over eighty million dollars and raised Navy enlistments. Top Gun also took best movie of the year in the People ' s Choice Awards. 2. Bruce or Bruno? A little of both made up the newest hunk. Back in the Woodstock days, Bruce was not Bruce but Bruno in his rock band. In ' 86 we knew him as David Addison of Moonlighting. Bruce decided to re- emerge as a music star in videos and cable specials. 3. You have the right to party, so the Beastie Boys said. They were the hottest all white rap band of the year. The band started as punk but their stardom came from their raps, with favorites as Brass Monkey and You have to fight for your right to party. (If you took a good look at them you could tell they did!) 4. Let ' s go Mets! The ' 86 series paired the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox. Boston had it wrapped up in the sixth game, but in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs left New York came back to win. The seventh game also went to the Mets along with the World series trophy and rings. 5. Hot Stuff! Whitney Houston was one of the years hottest music items with her album Whitney Houston. The album sold seven million copies making it the most successful solo album of all time. At the fourteenth annual American Music Awards she managed to pick up five glass pyra- mids. What a lady! 6 Apacolypse Revlslted-Platoon, the latest in Vietnam film, was a box office and critical hit. Its main com- petition for the Best Picture Acade- my Award was expected to be Woo- die Allen ' s Hannah and Her Sisters. story by Heidi Calderon: layout by Jennifer, Brannon. 1 48 MiniGazette Entertainment