I was born on May 1, 1984. There were many political, social, cultural, and economic events taking place during that month. While none of these events are earth shattering they still shaped the history for that time and I am sure that there are many individuals that were impacted by these events.

Only two days after my birth, Kathy Boudin, received a sentence of twenty years to life in a stat e penitentiary. She was involved in the Brinks armored car holdup in which a guard and two police officers were killed. She ha originally faced three consecutive sentences of twenty-five years to life but pleaded guilty and in exchange for a reduced sentence. Kenneth Gribetz, who was the Rockland County district attorney agreed that she was not direc

Reverend William W. Morris, who was a minister from Murfreesboro, Tennessee also made the statement, “We’re not excluding anybody from the family of God, but ordination is the right of the church and it must maintain the highest standards of the ministry.” Homosexuality had been a rising concern among most major Protestant churches but had gained much attention at the general conference.

May 24th was a very special day for the women of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Midshipman, Kristine Holderied was the first of the one thousand and four graduates to receive a diploma from Admiral James Watkins, chief of naval operations. Kristine became the first woman to graduate at the top of a class in a service academy.

With President Reagan’s successes in the democratically controlled house, the democratic primaries may have seemed insignificant. On May 15th , Senator Gary Hart won the Oregon and Nebraska primaries by almost a two to one margin.

Ten days later, the dispute between Rockland and Westchester counties, over the costs of the Brinks trial came to an end. Rockland County agreed to pay over one and a half million in salaries and overtime to Westchester County. Westchester agreed to absorb the cost of equipment and supplies which totaled approximately two hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars. The entire trial was estimated to cost over six million dollars and last between six and eight months but both were reduced by nearly half because of Kathy Boudin’s plea acceptance and the states willingness to cover some of the security costs.

“Since the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching, self-avowed, practicing homosexuals are not to be accepted as candidates, ordained as ministers or appointed to serve the United Methodist Church.”

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