Wheeler High School - Wheelerite Yearbook (North Stonington, CT)

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SHOWING HER AGE TORCH Severely corroded and badly leaking. Needs to be removed and reconstructed on the ground. OBSERVATION PLATFORM Iron framework badly rusted. SHOULDER Original connections to right arm were defective. It is hoped that repairs can be made without removing arm. COPPER SKIN A giant scaffold will be needed to repair rust damage to the statue’s thin copper shell. ARMATURE Replacement needed for the 600 vertical and 750 horizontal iron ribs that hold outer copper skin on its iron frame. LATTICE GIRDERS Advanced corrosion damage to the parts that support the base of copper skin. TIE AND GUY RODS Restore tension to these support structures. INTERIOR Install modern air-conditioning system. Repair interior spiral staircase. Also possibility of adding elevators. The Panic Over AIDS SHOWDOWN ON SMOKING KREMLIN CHARGES JETLINER WAS ON U.S. SPY MISSION Dioxin: How Great a Threat? Video Games Zap Harvard The New Sound of Music Sharing Something American Thousands of country-music pilgrims reach for the stars at Nashville’s Fan Fair, and the stars reach back. Begin Quits After Delays JERUSALEM (AP) -Prime Minister Menachem Begin resigned today after a tumultuous six-year term as Israel’s leader.’ 5

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Anchorage CANADA Sakhalin I. Apparent Flight Path Ending an Era Australia II. with skipper John Bertrand at the helm, sails across the finish line as a puff of smoke from a cannon rises from the committee boat Black Knight, signaling the Australians' victory in the seventh and decisive race for the America's Cup Monday on Rhode Island Sound off Newport. With a 41-second lead, the Australian challengers defeated the U.S. 12-meter yacht Libert} under skipper Dennis Conner to win the Cup and end a 132-vear reign of successful defenses by boats racing under the New York Yacht Club flag. (AP I.aserphoto • M A S H Sally Ride: Ready for Liftoff SOVIET JETFIGHTERS SHOOT DOWN STRAYING SOUTH KOREAN AIRLINER A FEW LAST LAUGHS ANT1) A WEEK FULL OF TEAKS THE WORST WEATHER IN 40 YEARS Mother Nature has been pummeling the world cruelly — with worse to come. “We’ve cried together, laughed together, been angry with each other, says Mike Farrell, 44, at center below. “But there's a lot of happiness here.” Now there’s a big secret too: where the cast burled its private time capsule. Even the studio is in the dark, . and nobody’s talking (especially not LIFE). The crowning achievement of 19th-century civil engineering, the Brooklyn Bridge remains in good enough shape to stand tall into the 21st century. THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE TURNS 100 Saving the Queen 4 The Pope’s Mission to Poland

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Re-dedication Fighting Losing Battle Firemen from North Sloningtoa and five surrounding communities »«r unabir to sa»r thh IIO-year-oM frame dwelling on Denbon Hill Koad this morning. The blare had too much of a head start, firemen said. The lone occupant was able to reach safety. sustaining only a cut wrist. (Sun Photo by Rick Booth ■ The Giant Takes Command Parishioners and friends of the Third Baptist Church in North Stonington village gather at the church Sunday in a service of re-dedication, celebrating the completion of extensive renovations to the 15:t-year-old structure. The appearance of area church officials and former pastors of the Third Baptist Church highlighted the afternoon service. A buffet in Glen Chapel afterward refreshed those who sweltered in the day’s sultry heat. The $200,000 project saw a complete overhaul of the san.tuary, construction of a new stairway to the balcony, the installation of new lighting, and a restoration of the exterior of the building. The church was the chief beneficiary of Car-roll Maine, late of Chester Maine Road. (Sun Photos by Steve Szydlowski) Wheeler Students Honored Blaze Destroys North Stonington Home Wheeler students do well on tests NORTH STONINGTON - Results North Stonington Will Examine School System Birkbeck Cops GOP Slot NORTH STONINGTON — Wheeler High has been notified that two of its students have been designated “commended students” in the 1984 National Merit Scholarship Program. of the state ninth-grade proficiency tests administered in October show that 93.2 percent of Wheeler High School’s ninth-graders scored above expected performance levels on all four sections of the examination. NORTH STONINGTON -“Lack of interest” has forced Wheeler High School to drop girls’ cross-country from its fall sports program. Enrollment Drops Principal John Hanley said that Kathryn Johanessen and Robert Banker placed in the top 5 percent of more than one million participants in the 29th annual program. STATE SCHEDULES STARLIGHT HEARINGS NORTH STONINGTON -Public school enrollment is down somewhat this year from last, according to figures released last week. Wheeler Cuts Female Harriers 6