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Warm and Wet ACCENT: Putting students in their place A 70 percent chance of showers today, with a high in the low 80s. A 60 percent VIEWPOINT: Solution for security problems chance of showers tonight and tomorrow. NOTRE DAME COLLECTION VOL. NO. 10 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1987 the independent newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Palestinians bury victims of Israeli raid, vow revenge Associated Press rael’s 22 air raids in Lebanon Officials were arranging the peace force sources in south in the teeming Ein El-Hilweh this year and Israel’s deadliest burial of seven other Palestin Lebanon denied this. camp, the biggest in Lebanon SIDON, Lebanon - About attack on Palestinians since ian victims in the vast Ras- with a population of 60,000. 15,000 angry Palestinians the 1982 Israeli invasion of hidiyeh refugee camp at A police spokesman, who vowed revenge Sunday as they Lebanon. Lebanon’s southern port city of cannot be identified under reg Mourners waved Palestinian buried victims of Israel’s dead “We shall avenge our mar Tyre, police said. The seven ulations, said Shiite Moslem and Lebanese flags as they liest air raid into Lebanon this tyrs!,” chanted the mourners came from Rashidiyeh camp, militia positions fired on the marched ahead of a convoy of year. as the bodies of 40 victim s were which houses 30,000 people. gunboats with heavy machine 17 ambulances carrying the Police put the final casualty buried in a mass grave in guns and rocket-propelled bodies to the cemetery. They Two Israeli gunboats came toll at 49 killed and 60 woundedSidon’s Palestinian refugee grenades “when they came were led by representatives of in Saturday’s air attack on P al camp of Ein El-Hilweh. under fire off Tyre on Sunday. alarmingly close to Ras Yasser Arafat’s PLO, Syrian- hidiyeh.” estinian guerrilla bases on Police said two Lebanese vic A Palestine Liberation Or backed guerrilla groups and Sidon’s outskirts. They said tims were buried separately in ganization spokesman said the The U.N. sources also spoke the Abu Nidal faction. on condition of anonymity. eight bodies were recovered Sidon, provincial capital of gunboats shelled the Ras In Jerusalem, an Israeli mil from the rubble overnight. south Lebanon 25 miles south hidiyeh camp, but both All shutters were closed itary analyst said the raid was It was the highest toll of Is of Beirut. Lebanese police and U.N. during the funeral procession pre-emptive, not retaliatory. 7 dismissed from the Irish Guard By ERIC M. BERGAMO members from last year’s Irish Senior Staff Reporter Guard, band members said. The three new members who Seven of the 10 members of had made the squad this year the Irish Guard have been dis were not dismissed, band missed, Director of Bands Lut members said. her Snavely told the band Guard members were also Friday afternoon. dismissed last November by Snavely repeatedly said at James Phillips, who was acting the meeting with the marching director of bands at the time. band, which took place before Band members said they did afternoon practice, that the ac not know if the guard members tion was taken by the adminis were dismissed because of in tration and was not a band m atcidents relating to last year’s ter, according to band dismissal or if there had been members. any recent problems. Snavely referred any further Conners talked to the band comment to Vice President for after practice on Friday to ask Student Affairs Father David for its support. Connors also Tyson. Repeated attempts to said the seven dismissed this reach Tyson Sunday night were year were not involved in what unsuccessful. transpired last fall, according “ We’ve been given the oppor to band members. tunity to appeal, and we’ll ex According to band members, haust all the channels available Snavely told the band that audi to us,” said Irish Guard Cap tions to fill the vacancies would tain Mick Conners. take place this Thursday. The Observetzoltan Ury “We’re out for the solution Last November, Phillips dis Tag-off that is best for Notre Dame and missed the entire guard, but at An ND student tags his partner In a blalthalon and his partner will have to run two miles. NVA for the guard,” he added. that time he said that not all of sponsored by Non-Varsity Athletics. He has just sponsors many activities that the average student All seven who were dis the Guard members were in completed a half-mile swim of St. Joseph Lake, can participate In. missed Friday were returning volved in indiscretions. U.S. security prepares for popeBomb threat made Associated Press “You like to dream that things state and local police and at Sacred Heart could be otherwise, that there sheriff’s offices along the way. ing a m em orial Mass for F a Thousands of security offi could be a freedom of move By CHRIS BEDNARSKI ther Niles Rasmussen, who cers, bullet-proof shields, dogs, The security challenge is News Editor m ent.” was found dead from a gun metal detectors, helicopters - John Paul’s second extendedcommensurate with the A bomb threat led to the shot wound last week. even the Mounties - will guard visit to the United States begins popularity, and unpopularity, evacuation of Sacred Heart Father Daniel Jenky, rec Pope John Paul II during his Thursday in Miami. In 10 days of the bishop of Rome. Tens of Church Friday morning tor of Sacred Heart Church, nine-city U.S. tour. The guar he will also visit Columbia, thousands of friendly people during a Mass for a priest interrupted the homily to tell dians can only hope, however, S.C.; New Orleans; San An are anticipated along parade who committed suicide on the congregation that there that the pontiff cooperates. tonio, Texas; Phoenix, Ariz.; routes and at gigantic Masses Aug. 29. had been a bomb threat and “One of the major problems Los Angeles; Monterey, Calif.; in each city, and there will be A call came through the that everyone should leave is the Holy Father himself,” San Francisco and Detroit. smaller numbers aggrieved University switchboard at the church immediately, a said Deacon Norman Phillips, In Miami, security forces with church positions on wo 10:14 a.m . Friday indicating singer in the choir said. who is working on security ar will have the additional respon men, abortion, birth control, a bomb would go off in the The congregation, includ rangements for the San Fran sibility of protecting President homosexuality and other is church at 10:32 a.m ., accor ing University President Fa cisco Archdiocese. “If he sees Reagan, who will meet with the sues. ding to Notre Dame Director ther Edward Malloy, who somebody on crutches or in a pope on Thursday. In Los An All landing areas will be of Security Rex Rakow. was celebrating the Mass, wheelchair there’s no telling geles, first lady Nancy Reagan swept for explosives. Manhole A search of the church then left the church, said the what he’s going to do.” will join the pope in visiting a covers along all motorcade after it was evacuated found singer. “The pope wants to go out to routes will be secured, and school. no bomb, said Rakow. Rakow said it is a felony the people and the people want The Secret Service has a $5.7 dogs will sniff for bombs at the About 250 people were in to call in false bomb threats. to go to the pope,” said Mon- million appropriation for sites of each day’s events. Air the church at the time of the No arrest has been made in signor Roger Morin, coordina protecting the pope, and mil traffic will be restricted over threat. They were celebrat connection with the threat. tor for the visit in New Orleans. lions more will be expended byhead. page 2 The Observer Monday, September 7, 1987 In Brief Olliemania is a protest Rev. Richard McBrien, chairman of the Theology not a folk-hero cult Department, will be an on-air commentator for CBS-TV “America Loves Ollie.” during the papal visit later this month. McBrien will be In late July this sentence suddenly sproutedChris with Dan Rather doing live coverage of Pope John Paul on T-shirts throughout my hometown under a II’s September 10 arrival in Miami and then work out of portrait of the man directly responsible for the Julka New York City. A priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford, sale of missiles to Iran and the diversion of Connecticut, McBrien writes a syndicated column for the profits therefrom to the Contras. diocesan Catholic press, is the author of “Caesar’s Coin: Although an artist from my hometown Assistant News Editor Religion and Politics in America,” published last March, created this shirt, just several days ago I ob and has been a commentator on news involving the Cath served that Col. North also seems to have taken olic Church for CBS News before. - The Observer the Golden Dome - at least part of it. I entered an elevator, and then I saw someone’s shirt say “Ollie for Prez.” An ND maintenance worker was killed in an auto T-shirts, buttons, demonstrations - all in fa accident near Elkhart Friday afternoon. Donna Bostwick, vor of a person who was one of the great villains 33, of Goshen, died in E lkhart General Hospital of m assive in the public eye only several months earlier. head injuries suffered in a two-car accident, according to To top it off, millions of viewers saw the spec Elkhart police and the Elkhart County coroner’s report.