1985 Miracle Yearbook

Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale made history when he chose a woman, Geraldine Ferraro as his vice presidential running mate. Mondale and Ferraro were nominated on the Democratic ticket at the par- ty convention in San Fran- cisco in July. He announced early in his campaign that to lower the federal deficit in- creased taxes would be nec- essary. Tukulababa, Sudan, No- vember, 18, 1984, A man's emaciated body shows the effects of malnutrition as he lies in front of sick children at the Tukulababa refugee camp in Sudan. The world looked on in horror at pictures like this one when they real- ized the extent of starvation in Africa. Current Events 125