The BG News December 5, 1986

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Falcon icers to face Western Michigan, pg. 10 THE BG NEWS Vol. 69 Issue 56 Bowling Green, Ohio Friday, December 5,1986 Disagreement arises over arms sales Senate investigators probe Iran arms sales Iran reneges on weapons, hostage swap with Israel WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate try. The president announced JERUSALEM (AP)-Israel soldiers who have been missing groups have claimed their ab- investigators quizzed the CIA's Tuesday mat his administration shipped VS. weapons to Iran on since the 1982 Israeli Invasion of ductions. No. 2 man for four hours and Reagan, embroiled in the would seek appointment of an the understanding that two kid- Lebanon. subpoenaed documents around most serious crisis of his presi- independent counsel to probe the napped Lebanese Jews would be Fourteen members of Leb- The Oppressed on Earth the country yesterday in an ex- dency, has defended bis decision Issue, although the White House freed as part of an arms-for- anon's small Jewish community p, also believed to be com- panding probe into the secret to sell arms to Iran as part of a disclosed Quit Attorney General hostages package, government have been kidnapped, and at i of Shiites loyal to Iran, sale of arms to Iran and transfer secret diplomatic initiative to Edwin Meese is still at work on officials said yesterday. least three have been found offered last year to trade four of profits to Nicaraguan rebels. re-establish ties with the strate- the formal application. The Jewish captives were to killed. A group calling itself the Jewish hostages for 300 Leb- President Reagan said Cabinet gically-placed Persian Gulf na- be freed following the release of Organization of the Oppressed anese Shiites held in a detention officers are free to decide tion. But he says he was U.S. hostages held by pro-Ira- on Earth has claimed responsi- camp in Israeli-controlled south whether to invoke the Fifth unaware that money In connec- Senate Republican and Demo- nian I4MBSJS. Bailttsj, the gov- bility for the killings and says it Lebanon. Israel never re- Amendment when their turn tion with the sales was being cratic leaders met privately to ernment officials told The holds some of the others still sponded officially. comes to testify. tunneled through a Swiss bank discuss establishment of an 11- Associated Press on condition of mlaring Officials said at the time that A long-distance disagreement account to contra rebels battling member "supercommittee" to anonymity. the French government and in- surfaced within the administra- the Nicaraguan government take over the investigation in The United States has con- THE ISRAELI officials did ternational groups were trying tion over the roots of the presi- January, but in the meantime, firmed it secretly shipped arms not say which two Lebanese to find the missing Jews. dent's controversial Iranian THE MONEY was made the Senate Intelligence Commit- to Iran but has denied that the Jews were to be freed in the In a related matter, Prime arms policy. White House available at a time when direct tee pursued its own probe. main purpose was to win free- deal, or why only two were in- Minister Yitzhak Shamir again spokesman Larry Speakes said and Indirect government mili- dom for the American hostages. cluded. denied yesterday that Israel 'we don't agree with" Defense tary assistance to the contras With extraordinary security But Israel's government nas Islamic Jihad, an under- supplied arms, funds or training Secretary Caspar Weinberger's was prohibited by law, and there provisions in effect, the panel sak) the hostage issue was deci- ground group believed made up to Contra rebels fighting the contention that Reagan acted on was evidence mat the Justice heard first from unnamed U.S. sive when it agreed to send the of pro-Iranian Shlite Moslems, Marxist government in Nicara- bad advice when lie decided Department was looking into the officials Involved in covert oper- weapons to Iran. claims it is holding three Ameri- gua. there were responsible officials operations of a privately fi- ations, then questioned CIA Dep- The officials told the AP that can hostages in Lebanon and But Shamir did not rule out the to deal with in Iran other than nanced support program for uty Director Robert Gates for Israel also hoped to receive in- killed a fourth. Three other possibility that Israeli weapons the "lunatics" who run the coun- contra rebels in Nicaragua. more than four hours. formation on the fate of three Americans are missing and D See Israel, page 6. Greeley to address fall grads The Rev. Andrew Greeley, a profesaoi of sociology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, will address the fall commence- ment exercises Dec. 20 at Ander- son Arena. Carol San- ner, admins- Iritive secretary of University Relations, said the in- fluential and outspoken Catholic rriest and _ ournalist a™«iey will receive an honorary doctor- ate of humane letters during the ^Whinffncftment ceremony. Greeley established a »1 mil- lion Catholic Inner-City School Fund to provide financial support to schools within the Chi- cago Archdiocese. He is also doing research on ethnic family structures and BG N«wi/Rob Upton ethnic pluralism. Tree Hunting Greeley, who is a research Denise Klimack. freshman elementary education major, and Michelle Stone, fresh- parking lot of K mart Shopping Center yesterday afternoon. The two were looking associate at the Nation Opinion man hospitality management major, browse through the Christmas tree display In the for a tree to put In their room to add some holiday cheer. a See Greeley, page S. McCoy gives State of the University address USG president speaks on overcoming setbacks by Susan McDonald "The elections came and went through the passage of resolu- start reporter with little excitement outside of tions, she said. These resolu- the fact that students specif- tions supported the 0.5 percent ically at our University were city income tax increase, Alco- Although the Undergraduate unable to make the connection hol Awareness Week and the Student Government faced set- between the casting of their bal- creation of the emergency Oil backs at the beginning of the lot and (the possibility of) In- number. semester, such as lack of a full creased tuition," she said. She said the intent of her ad- cabinet and general assembly, it Another issue she addressed dress was not to list the accom- was able to overcome them, said was the campus debate about plishments of USG, but to reflect President Kelly McCoy in her homosexuality in response to a the committed efforts by student State of the University address Bowling Green Review com- leaders. last night mentary about the Lesbian and "The obstacles I wish to ad- She said these problems led to Gay Alliance dance in its Sep- dress are not inconveniences the fact that USGactrvities often tember issue. that can be settled by the writing did not run as smoothly as those "Many students responded to of resolutions or the re-alloca- sponsored by other student orga- the views of the Review with an tion of resources; this hurdle in nizations. emotional charge," she said. essence can be summed up in "Yet upon stepping back, stu- one word - tolerance," McCoy "Bat because we are a (rep- dents were able to see that free said. resentative) body, that is to be speech is an Inherent right; no eipected, And because the assis- matter how offensive and objec- She said although the Univer- tance of dedicated individuals tionable, It must be protected." sity has a burden of providing was there to pick up the slack. students with a well-rounded USG weathered that early and McCoy said one of USG's goals education that extends beyond difficult storm," she said. is to initiate activities to develop merely teaching students bow to utxieretaikjlng of how broad is- read, write and think analyti- McCoy also referred to the two sues ftt into students lives, such cally, It does not have the re- percent votar turnout by the as through the Mti-epartheid sponsibility of providing student body in the November rally in October. students with an environment BG News/Peter FaOman general elections ss another Is- reflective of life after gradua- USQ President Kelly McCoy delivers her state of the University address to a nearly empty room. sne that became a learning ex- USG also consistently ad- tion. ' perience. dressed the needs of students a See McCoy, psge «. Editorial BG News/December 5, IMC Z Court should approve Blind faith: ignorance two hours after being told by my It strikes me that in one re- It was probably a lot easier to Perry's full operation dad that Nixon was right to do spect our country Is schizoph- be the subject of an absolute what he did and the media were renic. We pride ourselves on monarch than it is to live in a OUT out of line to ask whether the having a representative govern- representative government.

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