Westville High School - Janus Yearbook (Westville, IL)

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Pictures on these pages furnished by Danville C-N. Royal Wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles takes place at St. Paul's Cathedral in London . . . Space Shuttle Columbia makes its second orbital flight . . . Many top figures in the entertainment world join the Writers Guild of America to strike against the networks and major producers (lasted 13 weeks) . . . Riots break out in London and its suburbs arresting 250 and injuring 100 people ... Sandra O'Conner becomes first woman justice of the U.S. Supreme Court . .. Voyager 2 is launched to examine Saturn and Uranus ... The World's Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee ... A 737 jet plunged into the Potomac River after hitting a bridge when taking off from Washington National Airport . .. Argentia invaded the Falkland Islands .. . Brittain declares war on Argentina . . . Argentina forces surrender to Brittain . . . Anwar Sadot, president of Egypt, assassinated at the age of 62 years . . . Jack Albertson dies at the age of 74 ... William Holden, 63 years old, dies . . . Allen Ludden who was married to Betty White dies at the age of 62 years ... Natalie Wood, age 43, wife of Robert Wagner dies . . . Blues Brother John Belushi dies at the age of 33 years . . . Dodgers win the World Series, the first win in sixteen years . . . Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA championship playoffs ... San Francisco 49'ers win the Superbowl ... Illini Skating rink burns but owner will reopen . . . Jeff Slavic Critically injured in Lauhoff explosion and transferred to Springfield Burn Center, weeks later returns home ... Three Westville teeneagers spend blizzard night in car until rescued by a person on snowmobile the following day ... Hostage taken in Lynn Apartments, but returned hostage in exchange for liquor . . . Womans Club celebrated their 25th anniversary in which they topped the $34,OCX) mark . . . One of the coldest winters in seven years with temperatures bottoming twenty below . . . Thunderstorms and high winds race through the area causing over one million dollars damage . . . Ridge Farm suffers severe damage from April 2 storm . . . Westville teachers strike for 17 days for contract . . . Charlie Pride, Johnny Cash, Terri Gibb, Cheap Trick just some of the performers at Danville Civic Center ... Danville gets a farm league of 6 California Angels, the Danville Suns.

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Walking The Line For seventeen days kids didn't go to school, teachers picketed in front of schools and in front of the town hall, board members suffered much criticism, and parents joined together to get things straightened out. The W.E.A. went out on strike for many different reasons. The main one was for a contract. The contract would consist of changes in salaries, working conditions, and benefits. This alone made many teachers upset enough to stop working. On the first day of the strike about 590 students showed up for school out of the district's 1,400 students. By the second day only 343 kids came. Attendance dwindled until it hit an all time low on September 29, 1981. The attendance was 211 students for all four schools. After that attendance rose, but only very minutely. On October 16, 1981 the teachers went to court and were ordered back to work by Judge Carl Lund. It was seventeen days since September 23 when the strike began. Parents were overjoyed and students were both happy and downcast. The strike was not something that would soon be forgotten. 8 Scrike