Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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December. Presidential candidate Ted Kennedy dropped in popularity polls after condemning the former Shah of Iran. Many felt that, with the crisis in Iran, it was no time to make such comments. December. Eleven people at a Who concert at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum died when they were caught in a frenzied rush for seats. December. After seven months on strike, members of Local 3-689 of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International settled contract disputes and went back to work at the Goodyear Atomic Plant. 1979 ended, with hostages still in Iran and dollar-a-gal Ion gas. Inflation was up and Ted Kennedy was out. Into the 80’s we went with sex goddess” Bo Derek and New Wave rock, roller skates and economy cars, designer jeans and double-pierced ears. We were ready for anything to happen... Right Before Our Eyes 8 Opening

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October. Winners of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize included Mother Teresa, a nun working in the slums of India, who was awarded the prize for her work with children and the poor. October. The Pittsburg Pirates “family”—led by hard-hitting Willie “Pops” Stargell — defeated the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. Fleetwood Mac released Tusk. rock’s first $ 15 double album. October. The First Baptist Church of Waverly on Third Street completed an addition, housing and auditorium and educational space. November. Iranian students, supported by Iran’s leader. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, seized the U.S. Embassy in Teheran and held the Americans hostage. The students demanded the return of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi for trial before the release of the hostages. Eventually, blacks and women were released, but for the fifty that remained. Americans wore wrist bands, rung bells at noon and. for Christmas, sent bushels of cards and gifts. November. Ohio’s “ban the can” ballot proposal, requiring a ten cent deposit on all beverage containers and outlawing snap tab cans, was defeated in elections. December. Despite a United Nations Security Council ruling that Iran release the fifty American hostages, no progress was made. Opentng

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hen the nation's biggest star is a ham like Miss Piggy and the argument of the day is rock vs. disco, you wonder what’s going on. But it seemed perfectly natural to hear that a muppet might be up for an Academy Award, and a “Disco Demolition” was no big surprise. If you went to a movie, you probably went to see Steve Martin in The Jerk, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in The Electric Horseman or. the original television cast in Star Trek: the Motion Picture. On TV, Saturday Night Live and The Best of Saturday Night captured a big student audience. But when you were sitting in the classroom, these things didn’t seem as close to home as nine new teachers, a shipment of new desks crowding the halls, or the “No Key, No Pee” syndrome (locked restrooms). □ Left: Juniors in yearbook hall. Opposite: Mrs. Janet Jones, daughter Heidi and sophomores dt boatbuilding. FHA inductee Susie Lore; Paul Bearhs; Junior vocational school students working on new supply building. « »«••••• 9