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Heavy metal

t's no secret that high school thrown from the car through the
I students are diseased with the rear window, but all escaped serious
obsession of power and beauty in injury and walked from the car.
their vehicles. Budgets were tight, On a lighter note, junior Steve Self
but many students worked long was driving down Park Drive when
hours and took pride in their “ ma­ he struck a sign reading “ No Trucks
chines/' and the upkeep of them. over 12 Tons Allowed". Later, on his
Still, examples arose when cars, way to the E.L.O. concert, Self was
trucks, and their drivers fell prey to coincidentally struck by a 12-ton
the ever-dreaded accident. truck at the intersection on 84th and
After pulling out from Town and “ L" St. After that wreck the black
Country, north of Harrison St., on Monte Carlo never moved again.
November 15, sophomore Ron It must have been a bad year for
Dowler decided to pass the car Monte's and Mustangs, as junior
ahead of him. He checked his blind Harold Shuman found out when the
spot, but found that the car ahead of brakes went out on his Mustang. He
him had slowed, so he cranked the was driving down 84th toward “ L"
wheel towards the bridge. The car when he realized he could not stop.
was out of control as it skidded along He tried to get into the turning lane
the bridge. At the end of the bridge to his left when he saw a car in his On the door of junior Steve Self's car are the
the car jumped the guard rail and blind spot. He swerved back and hit scratched-in names of many students. At the time
tumbled down the enbankment un­ a Monte, but the ride wasn't over Self had to replace only that door.
til it came to rest on its side against a until he'd jumped the island and
tree. come to rest on the grass across 84th
What was once a beautiful, metal­ St.
lic red '69 Mustang with a fast back And finally, there was winter. It ar-
and spoilers became a tangled mass tacted senior Mark Moore's car leav­
of metal. Freshman Terry Promes ing him with a dented wheel well
and Millard sophomore Steve Lane and with a missing grill.
were also in the car. Promes was

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