On The Inside
Catholics react in N. Ireland . . . p. 8 THE OBSER serving the noire dame - st. mary's community Volume VI, No. 113 Thursday, April 20, 1972 St. Mary's students protest Viet war
by Maria Gallagher iiiiiiim iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiii St. Mary’s Editor SMC Student Government statement on strike About 40 Notre Dame and St. M ary’s students at We, the student government of SMC, are endorsing tended a hastily-scheduled meeting last night at the following activities as viable means of showing our Regina Hall to plan protests against the Vietnamese protest against the resumption of bombing in North escalation. Vietnam. We urge anyone to follow any other means of SBP Jean Seymour and SBVP Sue Welte offered peaceful protest. We do not feel, however, that these I. “constructive” ideas for campus participation in the things will be be the most effective. nationwide student protest. - Wire or write your congressman. We can vote now. “Our biggest problem is that we are working against time,” said Seymour. She encouraged the community - Use luxury money for the Vietnam Children's to “feel free to express yourself in protest in any form Relief Fund. as long as it’s not destructive.” -Use money you would have used for food for the Seymour suggested working with Saga to collect above, if you fast. money for any of the various Vietnamese relief funds. - Attend the peace mass at 1:00 pm Friday on the If a large number of people would sign up pledging to quad outside the SMC dining hall. miss a definite number of meals, Seymour contended, - Urge your teachers to devote class time to discuss Students discuss war and upcoming strike in SMC rap the war and particularly the recent escalation. Saga could possibly be persuaded to donate the money session. in the students’names to Vietnamese relief. - Come hear speakers set up by student government, “If your moral committment is great enough,” hopefully, some students, faculty and administration Seymour continued, “join the boycott of classes.” will be willing to attend. However, she listed several alternatives to boycott: Anyone willing to assist should contact SMC student attending classes in guerilla attire, writing senators Notre Dame representative John Short called on government. and representatives, or refusing to pay the telephone students to “go back to their halls and spread the Jean Seymour, Student Body President tax. According to Seymour, this tax finances the white word.” He cited lack of publicity as the reason for the Susan Welte, Student Body Vice President. phosphorus chemical used in Vietnam. poor attendance, and asked students to take the Freshman Lenore Cote added that teachers are responsibility to make their neighbors aware. Short being contacted and urged to dismiss classes. also mentioned wht mock convention as a possible ND Student Government statement on the strike “Those who can’t or do not wish to do so are being vehicle for protest, as well as the ROTC building. We have decided not to call for a general student asked to participate as speakers,” she said. “Perhaps A list of activities planned for the next few days will strike We feel that it would have no effect on Nixon's we can plan some open seminars.” be distributed to individual rooms tonight around policy and that several of the students are not in Cote participated in the guerilla theatre staged in the midnight. Among them are a “dead body ” demon terested in the strike and they should be able to attend SMC dining hall Tuesday night. Many students stration Friday before the dining halls, along with a class. We stand in agreement with the St. Mary's “ mocked” the demonstration, she reported. reading of Mark Twain’s war prayer; a concelebrated student government statement. We would like to add “We wanted to confront the students directly draw Mass for peace outdoors at SMC; and a collective fast. that non-violent, serious people with serious motives their attention to the situation,” she explained. Former St. Mary’s SBP Kathy Barlow reported that who do participate in the strike have our support Further guerilla theatre demonstration, sheet a march on government buildings downtown is being and applause. Also a student government office has painting, and readings are planned for today con planned for Friday afternoon. Beginning at Deeper been made available for the coordinators. tinuing through the weekend. Park at 3:00, it will proceed to the Sherland Building, "Contrary to reports in yesterday's Observer, I Students interested in a major guerilla theatre which houses the draft board, and to various federal favored the calling of a student strike to allow me to get demonstration before and after the Allen Ginsberg offices. The IT T and Honeywell Corporation offices out of my art history class." lecture Friday in Washington Hall can attend an may be picketed as well. R. Calhoun Kersten 11:00A.M. meeting today in Fiesta Lounge. At 11:30, The People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice hopes to Student Body President. noon picketing of the Huddle and dining halls will be coordinate area high schools, townspeople, IUSB, and organized in the second floor ballroom, LaFortune. the ND-SMC campuses in this march. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIjllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIII
Demos halt Republican war move
consideration of his resolution, only to be blocked by an by John ’ W. Finney objection by Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia,
New York-China’s Ping Pong team was in New York as part of an American tour returning the American team’s visit to China last year. on campus today The Chinese players received a key to the city from Mayor Lindsay and played a team from the United Nations for the benefit of the w orld United Nations International School. 3:30 symposium, poetry sym m m f Washington -The Commerce Department reported a strong ex posium, robert duncan, alien p t g * pansion in the nation’s economy in the first quarter of 1972-but more ginsburg, diane wakoski, W 1 1 v A M than half of the increased gross national product simply represented library auditorium. higher prices because of inflation. The inflation rate was reported to 4:30-meeting, continuing protest have worsened followed the wage-price freeze. activities on campus for friday strike, 2nd floor lafortune 7:00- meeting, credentials comm., mock convention, lafortune (C) 1972 New York Times New York As protests against the escalation of the Indochina War continued on campuses around the nation, the presidents of the eight amphitheatre. Ivy League Universities and the Massachusetts Institute of 7:30 lecture, jose gutierrez, socio Technology issued a joint statement deploring the heavy bombing of political conditions and North Vietnam and supporting nonviolent, non-coercive demon liberation movement of strations against the war. chicanos, 123 nieuwland. 8:30 lecture, john a. williams, soph lit festival, library auditorium.
Washington- The manufacturers of Anacin, Bayer Aspirin, Bufferin and Exedrin and their advertising agencies were accused of deceptive advertising by the Federal Trade Commission. The commission contended that one nonprescription pain killer ia about as effective as notre dame-st. another; aspirin is the main ingredient of all analgesics. Campus announcements, ARTS AND LETTERS INTENT FRESHMAN An Tostal Other positions went to Jan magna cum laude graduate of Meet Your Major Night for the Dunking celebs Natale, public relations, Julaine Notre Dame as well as a 1939 law Brophy, community relations degree recipient from Harvard, "An Tostal’’ Dunking Booth, 8:00 commissioner, Pam King, off was elected to hear the pm will include the following campus commissioner, Nan Albers reorganized Board of Trustees on GENERAL PROGRAM targets tonight. student body treasurer, Sue the occasion of the change-over to 8:00 Tom Prifferetti (Senior Class Oglesbee, student body secretary, lay government at Notre Dame in OF LIRERAL STUDIES Pres.) Jennifer Jones, student assembly May of 1967. Mr. Stephan will gear 8:30 Naked Kahuna (Jim Egan) secretary; Ann Rogers, NSA his talk toward "A look into Notre After 10:00 Beer Slayer coordinator; and Mary Ann Dame's Future and the Future of 7 pm Thursday, April 20 8:30 Tom McGowan (Senior Bar Gillespie, student union assistant Higher Education". The club has Mgr.) director. included as a specially invited From SMC Student Government. In addition to these officers, guest Robert Calhoun Kersten, 103 O Shaughnessy 8:30 Jean Seymour (Student Body academic affairs commissioner the newly elected Student Body Pres.) Natalie Dwyer, student affairs President. An invitation is also 8:30 Sue Welte (SBVP) commissioner Barb McKiernan, extended to all area alumnae of 9:30 Jack Candon (Public and judicial board chairman Patti Saint M ary’s College to attend this Relations) Kampsen hold cabinet seats. The year’s U.N.D. Night celebration. 9:00 All the Girl Cheerleaders lour hall presidents and four class Interested persons may secure Possibly: Don Mooney (9:30 if presidents when elected, will further information by contacting he comes); Viking Rich Sherman, comprise the full cabinet of the Joe Sassano at 283-7724 or Mike Glen Corso administration. Toal. Co-Chairman, at 232-8201. And definitely The "Prime Mover," after 10:00, R. Calhoun Stephan to speak Students Kersten. at U.N.D. night for McGovern Come take a throw at your favorite target. 10 cents a throw, Mr. Edmund A. Stephan, three for a quarter. Chairman of the Board of Trustees Notre Dame-St. M ary’s students at the University of Notre Dame, for McGovern will meet at 7 pm SMC cabinet will be the featured speaker when Sunday, April 23, in the Ballroom of LaFortune. Discussion will appointm ents the Notre Dame Alumni Club of Saint Joseph Valley has its annual center on the Mock Convention, and on the Michigan and Ohio The SMC student assembly last Universal Notre Dame Night celebration. The event is scheduled primaries. All persons interested night approved the appointment of in working for Senator McGovern ten new members to the student for Wednesday, April 26th in the Monogram Room of the Athletic in the Niles area, in Toledo and government cabinet. Cincinnati, and at the Mock Junior Mitzi Tracy was named and Convocation Center. Joe Sassano, Chairman of this Convention are urged to attend. hall life commissioner, a newly- For further information call Trish year’s event, said that all Notre created post that had been Moore at 3355 or A1 Cramer at 1363. proposed in the Seymour-Welte Dame Alumni, as well as friends of platform. SBVP Welte defined its Notre Dame, are most welcome to function as "a coordinator of the attend and hear M r. 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magnetism chiefly on the far side SMOKY by Walter Sullivan that presumably produced this M T N APOLLO 16 (C) 11)72 New York Times crater, could in some way leave a of the moon with a sharp peak near residue of local magnetis. Two the crater Van de Graaf. Houston, April 18-In what was magnetic measurements by The latter is close to the center of described here today as possibly astronauts of the Apollo 15 mission, the far side of the moon. the most surprising d; overy to S T O N E MT N one near Cone Crater and the At press briefing today Dr. GATOR come from exploration of the other midway between there and David W. Strangway (CQ), chief of LANDING SITE moon, it has been found that rock their lunar module hinted at this the geophysics branch at the samples of differ^ it types possibility. manned spacecraft center here, collected at all four Apollo landing As on previous missions a summarized the magnetic sites were imprinted with a sub magnetometer will be left at the laboratory analyses of lunar STUBBY; stantial magnetic field from three site, its readings radioed to earth samples from the four landings. to four billion years ago. automatically. This one, It was established, he said, that WRECK The Earth is believed to be however, will be twice as sen most of the rock cooled from the magnetic because it spins rather sitive and five times more stable molten state between 3.2 and 4 DESCARTES rapidly and has a molten core. The billion years ago. Furthermore, he LUNAR ROVER than its predecessors. TRAVERSES moon spins only once a month and Furthermore, a lunar sub added, it is “almost certain” that it has been widely assumed to be satellite capable of prolonged the rocks acquired their more solid throughout. magnetic measurements will be stable, or “ hard” magnetism at A major effort will he made on ejected from the command module that time. On April 20th Apollo 16 astronauts will attempt to land in the unex the current Apollo 10 .mission to before leaving lunar orbit to head When hot or molten rock cools plored lunar highlands between Stone and Smoky Mountains. seek explanations for the observed home. below a certian temperature - The astronauts will perform three separate extra vehicular activities magnetism. For example, Navy Dr. Paul J. Coleman of the roughly 1500 degrees fahrenheit - at the sites numbered on the map. Captain John W. Young is to carry University of California at Los it captures whatever magnetic magnetism observed in in lunar out a magnetic survey of Palmetto the most unexpected finding of the Angeles reported today on findings field may exist in its vicinity. rocks. Crater, a little more than one mile Apollo program.” It would, he obtained with the subsatellite Laboratory tests on rocks like The results suggest, he said, that north of the projected landing site. added, be bound to have a profound launched from Apollo 15. It those brought back from the moon it must have been about 400 or 500 By means of a pointable bearing upon our eventual un transmitted data from lunar orbit have been conducted, Strangway gammas (the gamma being a unit magnetometer this survey will derstanding of both the earth and between last August and February said, to determine how much of a of magnetism). While this is 70 to assess the possibility that impacts moon.” .of this year. The results showed local magnetic field would have 100 times weaker than the of large meteroites, such as the one Lunar magnetism of this sort m arked variations in lunar been needed to leave the magnetism on the earth's surface - was unexpected because it was - that which controls the compass assumed that the moon could needle - its existence on the moon have been hot enough to have a apparently for at least a billion molten, churning core like that years, starting some four billion which is believed to generate the (T H E OBSERVER) years ago, is a puzzle magnetic field of the earth. Dr. Charles P. Sonnett of the Ames Research Center, operated Its existence, he said, is evident Moon landing by the National Aeronautics and from its affect on solar gas blowing Space Administration at past the moon - “the solar wind” - Mountain View, California, said as well as in the rock analyses and this lunar magnetism “could be the observations from lunar orbit.
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Apollo 16 orbits moon attempt 5th lunar landing
by John Noble Wilford After a journey of three days and For more than four hours, the (C ) 1 !>72 New York Times News all the worry of peeling paint, astronauts circled the moon in an Service communications bugs and orbit ranging from 67 miles guidance quirks, the normally altitude behind the moon to 195 Houston, April 19-Apollo 16 laconic Young greeted the spec miles over the visible face of the rocketed into an orbit of the moon tacle of the lunar mountains and moon. Then, at 7:30 P.M ., Apollo today and was in position to at craters and broad plains with the 16’s main rocket re-fired for 24 tempt man’s fifth lunar landing exclamation: seconds to swoop in closer to the tomorrow afternoon. “ Boy, this has got to be the surface with a new orbit of 12 miles “Sweet 16 has arrived,” Captain neatest way to make a living by 69 miles. John W. Young of the Navy, the anybody’s ever invented!” From that orbit, Young and Apollo 16 commander, radioed to The 41-year-old young became Duke plan tomorrow to enter the mission control as the spaceship the first man to go into lunar orbit attached lunar landing craft, emerged from behind the moon twice. The first time was as a pilot Orion, and descend to the lunar after going into orbit. in 1969 on Apollo 10, the pathfinding surface north of the Descartes A six minute, 15 second firing of mission for the first lunar landing Crater. The two men are the main rocket slowed the flight of Apollo 11. scheduled to cast off from the spaceship by 1,900 miles an hour It was an entirely new ex command ship at 1:08 P.M. and until it was captured by lunar perience for the two other complete the landing at 3:41 P.M. gravity. The maneuver began 3:23 astronauts of Apollo 16-Lt. Comdr. The two lunar explorers are then Recovery helicopter readies for Apollo 16 splashdown D.M., E.S.T. while Apollo 16 was Thomas K. Mattingly 2D of the scheduled to begin at 7:19 P.M. the in Pacific on April 28. behind the moon and out of com Navy and Lt. Col. Charles M. Duke first of three planned excursions munication with earth. Jr. of the Air Force. outside the landing vehicle.
Buffalo Five charged with three counts
had been told by the assistant witness walked toward the stand. pleading self-defense will nable by Cliff Wintrode be dismembered. We are sure agent in charge of the Buffalo This held true when the FBI the defendants to “clearly and we have a soul. Our souls office two days before the arrest agent testified. positively present themselves to brought us here.” that “something was going to Wide differences in what the you.” Horrigan accused te US or Buffalo, New York: An FBI happen in Buffalo.” issues before the court were “They lack the criminal in pursuing a policy of “genocide in agent here testified today that he The Buffalo Five are charged could be seen in the opening tent.” Doyle said. “We intend to Indochina.” “How can we believes two people escaped in a federal indictment with statements of prosecutor, James move that . . they regarded equate protection with killing.” from a building seconds before conspiracy, theft of government Grable, US assistant attorney, their action as an absolutely Masters said that “every five who are now standing trial records, and intent to commit and each defendnat including necessary step to prevent citizen has the responsibility to for allegedly stealing draft files burglary. The five defendants their co-counsel, Vincent Doyle, c rim e .” stop war crimes. Good Gc- ns and army intelligence files, were are Maureen Considine, Chuck a lawyer. Considine said in her opening had a responsibility to stop Nazi arrested. Darst, Jeremiah Horrigan, Jim Grable told a jury that their statements that “we are not atrocities,” she added. Donald Adams, special agent Martin and Ann Masters. only duty was to decide the guilt going to have much quarrel with Supporters of the Buffalo Five with the Buffalo FBI office, said The first day of testimony was or innocence of each defendant what Mr. Grable will have to were pleased by the day’s events he saw two shadowy figures marked by a remarkable ex on the three alleged offenses. say.” But, she added, “we are at which they felt the invisible disappear down a stairwell pression of solidarity with the "The only issues are issues not here to talk about what presence of momentum to be where two of the defendants were defendants, witnesses, and jury related to these three charges,” happened on August 21.” sided with the Buffalo Five. apprehended the night of August members by the spectators. All hr aaid The legal process cannot be an The government will begin 21, 1971. the spectators stood each time Doyle began the defense autopsy . . . or moral passion their second day of pv -c ■ Adams also testified that he the jury filed out of the room, or a statements by saying that cannot excluded . . . we will not tomorrow. the observer Thursday, April 20, 1972 Circus maxim us The George Wallace show
minium, Ed Ellis
By far the most impressive element in Democratic candidates ” by pointing out tered in enough states to win a majority of Tuesday’s George Wallace Show in South that the six-now five-senators against primary delegates. Bend was the Alabama Governor’s concept whom he is running have been office during Another point that seems fairly obvious is of “ the message” . Wallace told of the the time the country has allegedly that the Alabama governor will not run a message at the airport press conference, his deteriorated, and that they should be held third-party race as he did in 1968. At least on-stage coordinator screamed it to the 3000 responsible. This section of his speech was he doesn’t intend to do so now. Should the Wallace fans at the Morris Civic Auditorium delivered with particular intensity Tuesday Democrats behave uncourteously in Miami, before Wallace appeared, and the Governor night and drew the loudest applause. this may change. The work necessary to put himself trumpeted it to the crowd when he Wallace also points out -and according to Wallace on the ballot in 50 states is just too finally arrived. most reports is totally accurate-that his much to be handled this late in the year, and The message is an angry one. It says, opponents in the Democratic race have Wallace has no one working on it. Also, he is quite simply, that the “top leadership ” of “stolen ” his issues. He was the first to talk entered in several states-Indiana and the labor unions, of the Democratic Party, busing, the first to talk tax reform, and the Michigan among them-where a candidate and of the nation as a whole have become first to talk about the problems of is prohibited from running in November in a insulated from the people they are supposed bureaucracy. In recent months, Senators party different from the one in whose to be serving. As a result, the service is no McGovern, Humphrey, and Muskie have primary he participated. Lengthly court longer there, and the “average citizen, who begun to talk about those things too. battles might get him on the ballot, but this m k * works and pays his taxes” , gets done in by McGovern has had particular success, i.e. is not even certain. George Wallace, presidential hopeful, spoke “pointy headed bureaucrats who can’t even Wison What, then, is the Wallace strategy? to voters in South Bend, photo by Jim Hum park their bicycles straight." Wisconsin. Consider that he will have around 600 to 700 Wallace apparently sees his candidacy as And Wallace confronts the accusation of delegates commited to him for the first course, is hazardous and would reflect a vehicle for transmitting the anger and demogoguery especially well. He merely ballot. Unless a big Humphrey drive starts crippling pride on the part of the fear of the citizens who support him into points out that he is saying what the people in Pennsylvania, Wallace could be in a “regulars." policy on the level of the party and the are saying-he is delivering the message- position to deal with other candidates for a The obvious course of action is to simply nation. which is a clever form of populist vice-president, busing concessions, admit that the noisy populist from the South Note carefully that Wallace rarely talks demogoguery in itself, but then no one southern Supreme Court justices, etc. It is right, and that the leadership of this about winning the Miami convention. He seems to mind. won’t be the first time a southerner “sent country has indeed been alienated from the rarely talks about beating President Nixon- In times of trouble people tend to look for 'em a message.” populace. Senator McGovern seems on the unless specifically asked. He does talk, the easiest way out of the trouble. This is Looking at the near future, Wallace will way to saying this implicitly already, and however, about having enough delegate natural, and one of the easiest ways out is to be in position the next few weeks to severely his scores in Wisonsin reflect this. strength at the convention to get his redefine the problem so that a simplistic damage Humphrey or Muskie. This he The most beneficial course for the message across. solution will work. So long as the definition could do by drawing blue-collar support in Democratic party would be to deal with Occasionally, of course, he lapses into the of the problem corresponds fairly well to the Pennsylvania or by winning either Indiana Wallace, accept some of his ideas as valid, cockiness that characterizes so many of his voters’ perception of reality we find or Michigan-or both. He is currently invite him into the high councils of the supporters. For example, at the airport a successful demogogue. If Wallace is a favored in Michigan, where busing is an party, and to move together against the Tuesday, he said, “ If I win in Indiana, I may demogogue, he certainly qualifies as a extremely touchy issue. Republicans no matter who is nominated. just may just deliver that message myself successful one. What, then, are the options availble to This course of action represents ac instead of sending it.” One point that is rarely argued among “regular” Democratic aspirants like ceptance of “the message.” If the However, this sort of approach does not political observers today is that Wallace will Humphrey, McGovern, and Muskie? First, Establishment refuses to hear the word that characterize the Wallace speech in general. not be the Democratic nominee. He will get "they could ignore Wallace and risk a serious is coming through loud and clear from the One of Wallace’s approaches is to little or no support from party regulars in split in the party and certain victory for people, then they may cease to be the maximize discontent with ‘‘regular the non primary states, and he is not en President Nixon in November. This, of Establishment.
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For students and faculty 21 and over. Thursday, April 20, 1972 the observer 5 4 to 3 decision ATTENTION Court limits conservation action ALL By Lyle Denniston ment departments to go ahead have to prove in order to get their drafting new legal principles in GRADUA (c) 1972 Washington Star with a plan to develop mineral challenge into Federal Court. But order to help “perpetuate the King V alley in the Sequoia the opinion said that the harm wilderness and its beauty, solitude Washington, April 19-The National Forest and Game Refuge could be “ esthetic and en and quiet.” TING Supreme Court, in a 4-to-3 decision, into a major recreational project. vironmental” and thus need not be He protested that the law was strictly limited today the right of Today’s ruling allows the Sierra economic or physical. being kept rigid in a way that STUDENTS conservation group to go to court Club to try again in lower courts to Stewart’s opinion was supported inhibits solutions to environmental to protect the environment. prove that it or its members would by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger problems, and predicted that the A group may not file a federal be directly injured by the resort and Justices Thurgood Marshall Disney project will now hastily case to protect the outdoors unless project. and Byron R. White proceed to completion and one it can show that its members have “No matter how long-standing Justices Harry A. Blackmun, more wilderness area “will MEASUREMENTS been personally and directly the interest and no matter how William J. Brennan Jr. and become defaced.” harmed. Justice Potter Stewart qualified the organization is in William 0. Douglas dissented, and Douglas said that the Court was will be taken wrote for the majority. evaluating the problem,” Stewart each filed a separate opinion. ignoring the problem of providing The decision blunted the Sierra commented, “ It is not sufficient by Justices Lewis S. Powell Jr. and “spokesmen” for the “ inanimate Club’s attempt to challenge the itself to render the organization William H. Rehnquist were not on objects” of nature for proposed $35 million Walt Disney “adversely affected” and thus in a the court when the Sierra Club Brennan's one paragraph resort in California’s Sierra position to sue. case arose, and thus did not act on dissent argued that the court Nevada Mountains. The opinion did not define the the decision. should not only give the Sierra Disney productions has been kind of injury which the con In a six-page dissent, Blackmun Club the right to sue. but should granted permits bv two govern servation groups’ members would spoke glowingly of the virtues of strike down the Disney project. COLLE Laird: the bombing continues GIATE
By John W. Finney to see whether there would be any CAPS (c) 1972 New York Times might even blockade or mine the demilitarized zone and north of the harbor of Haiphong unless the political response from the North demilitarized zone.” invasion was ended. Vietnamese Government. The Later, during the questioning in and White House underscored the Washington. April IS-Secretary Yesterday, Secretary of State his four-and-one-half hour ap denial by saying that Laird was of Defense Mcivin R. Laird said William P. Rogers told the Com pearance before the Senate “stating the authorized position of GOWNS today that as long as the North mittee that the Nixon Ad Committee. Laird suggested that the U.S. Governmnet.” ministration would continue to the U.S. might take the additional Vietnamese continued their in In Saigon, however, official U.S. take “whatever military action is step of attempting to seal off vasion of the South, any area of military sources, to whom the necessary” to halt the enemy Haiphong, the principal port of North Vietnam was subject to reports were attributed, continued North Vietnam. drive. bombing attack by the United to stand by them. He said he would “not rule out” Wednesday, States. At today’s session, Laird em Laird branded the Saigon the possibility that the U.S. might Testifying before the Senate phatically denied reports from reports as false in response to a impose a naval quarantine on Foreign Relations Committee, the Saigon that President Nixon had reporter’s question. He added: Haiphong to stop the entry of ships April 19 Secretary said he would “not rule ordered a suspension of the “The bombing continues south of carrying military equipment, or out the possibility” that the U.S. bombing of Hanoi-Haiphong area the demilitarized zone, in the alternatively mine the channel leading into the harbor. Thursday, U.S. attempts new Olympic program April 20
(c) 1972 New York Times informally after the trials will be field talent expected to compete that athletes have over permitted, Giegengack said. with the exception of the African whelmingly endorsed the idea of between New York, April 19-An Between July 20 and 29, another nations. having “a real shakedown” elaborate training sequence optional training program will be “The entries of the American before Munich instead of being designed to sharpen the instituted at Bowdoin College in team in Oslo will be the holed up in training camps 9:00 - 4:00 American men’s track and field Brunswick, Me., where members responsibility of Bill Bowerman, getting “cabin fever” from team for the Munich Olympics also will be processed, outfitted the coach,” Giegengack said. inactivity. has been approved by the United and checked physically. “And there will be no guarantees Giegengack said the American States Olympic Committee. “ Any athlete who has a job or that a Jim Ryun or a Marty decision to leave early was not at the The program will include is married and can’t report to Liquori has to run a mile there. without precedent. optional, informal training Bowdoin or leave with the team We’re not going to allow this periods in Oregon and Maine in early for Oslo will be processed competition to interrupt our Wygant Flo ral Co mid and late-Julv and a major through Washington with the rest long-range plans for Munich.” NOTRE DAME invitational meet Aug. 2 and 3 in of the official p a rty ,” Nevertheless, the meet may Flowers for all occassions Oslo, Norway, less than one Giegengack said. raise eyebrows in international month before the start of the The Amateur Athletic Union circles, particularly if East 327 Lincoln Way BOOKSTORE Olympics. has agreed to cover travel Germany and the Soviet Union West 232-3354 Robert Giegengack, chairman arrangements for the American send more than token entries, as of the men’s track and field team to Oslo. The A.A.U. is A.A.U. officials believe they will, committee, confirmed today that helping to organize the August and if international Olympic the board of directors of the meet, which will be televised officials feel the meet will be Greatest Advdnce Since the U.S.O.C. was unanimous in its back to the United States that reigning on their parade in support of the program, which weekend,and talks confidently of Munich later that month. Typewriter was Invented! would send the men’s track and staging "a little Olympics,” with In defense of their position, field team to Europe almost most of the world’s top track and American Olympic officials say Ho More Smeary Erasing— three weeks ahead of the official U.S. Olympic entourage. Covers Mistakes Instantly, “ A great deal of time, thought Alumni Club and research went into this Permanently! project,” said Giegengack, a former U.S. Olympic coach. “It An Tostal Weekend was agreed that this plan would provide us with the best op SELF-CORRECTING portunity to have our athletes in top shape for Munich.” Tonight: Bar Open (Thurs) U.S. men’s track and field TYPEWRITER RIBBON! trials will be held June 29 to July 10:00-2:00 with 25c 9 in Eugene, Ore. A team of 70 Most exciting, needed advance since the typewriter was invented! As athletes will be selected during ot this moment, every messy, smudgy, smeary typewriter eraser in the the competition. Beer & world hits the scrap heap for good. No more erasing—ever! Bottom Athletes who qualify for the half of miracle ribbon is like a magic wand that makes errors disappear squad and who wish to remain in F eaturing before your eyes. To make corrections, just back space, shift ribbon Eugene to continue training selector and retype error. Presto! White ink makes error completely Chris Manion invisible. Order extra ribbons for friends. This is one gift they'll love you for! No CODs.
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Political rallies always appeal to a voter’s emotions as well as to his intellect. But the Wallace rally in South Bend convinced me that this candidate is willing to sacrifice intellectual appeal by aiming his cam Congressional representatives, a paign at his audience’s gut emotions. The strike proposed for tomorrow to The Governor knows what the people want. The people standing out protest the escalation of the air war in petitioning drive to awaken the com munity, and support of prominent faculty side Morris Civic Auditorium waiting to see him demonstrated with Vietnam will be an ineffective attempt to Wallace buttons, hats and banners that they wanted Wallace. The line get the point across to the forces which and administrators are potentially more influential. stretched down Michigan Avenue and around the corner. The doors have embroiled the United States in the opened at 6:30 as anti-Wallace leaflets were passed out by kids who No one needs to be told the power of the Southeast Asian conflict. worked quickly and smiled nervously. While the strike will calm the con newly enfranchised student, and most The colorful (red, white and blue) crowd and the inside of the old sciences of those sincere enough to attend can imagine what logistic problems Auditorium (which looks like a barn, a Church and the Grand Ole Opry the daily organizational meetings, to would be created by the influx of an rolled into one) provided the perfect atmosphere for what followed. The paint their faces white, and to march additional thousand or so letters a day whole show began when the Master of Ceremonies (and that is the right outside the dining halls and in the could do to a representative’s office term ), a large, white-haired Southerner with a bright orange jacket, library; it will become nothing more than schedule. Two years ago more than 20,000 introduced a local minister to give the invocation. The minister mounted an irrational excuse for an academic rip- signitures were gathered downtown and the podium and the crowd cheered politely. “Oh Lord,” the minister off by students who want to hit the links door to door to protest the Cambodian began. “Eat shit,” someone cried. Then, 6,000 eyeballs scan the balcony early or cut out for Chicago or the dunes invasion. People will listen when for the pagan who ruined this prayer. “That’s disgusting! ” says the man provided there is good weather. someone like Fr. Hesburgh denounces seated next to me. It was. the bombing. After the prayer, the M.C. grabbed the microphone, jabed a finger at Deserve Recognition the balcony and vowed: “That is the sort of junk that George Wallace is going to put an end to.” I wondered how he will do that as the crowd goes Your Choice wild, shakes it fists and Confederate flags at the balcony. They Strikers and those who participate in seemed to know how he will end it. That scares me. other forms of local protest should be The show goes on with a country-and-western band led by Billy commended for their efforts to express Actually, when you come down to the Brammer singing “This Ole Town” and requests from the audience.' “ I the feelings of what may well be a individual it is his choice whether to don’t want to hear anything new, I won’t play it.” The old folks stook to majority of students on this campus. It is waste his time or not. There is no sense to yell for tunes from years back. “I played Dixie once.” While Billy through such efforts, and those which are strike for the sake of saying, “Hey look at played, “ Wallace Girls” circulated in the crowd and collect for their more effective, that young Americans me, this is my way of saying I ’m against candidate. TV crews charged up and down the aisles documenting can show that they have not given up the the bombing,” if it is not going to contributions. Billy played “Y a ’ll Come” and “The Beer Barrel Polka” cause of peace simply because draft stimulate any more of a response than (a request) and then the M.C. took the mike again waving a $20 bill in his hand and with all the jubiliation of a preacher who has snatched a sinner quotas have been reduced, and at times “O.K.. I hear you. So what.” cancelled. While there is no guarantee the above from the depths of depravity, announced, “This twenty dollars was There are several ways Notre Dame’s four suggestions will have any better contributed by Mrs. Betty Randolph (or somebody) sitting out there in unofficial protesters might utilize to get result, there is certainly more potential. the eighth row.” “You fool ” someone shouted. More junk but Billy their statement across to the military The only to make a strike work is to Brammer was already into the “Wabash Cannonball” and the crowd was industrial complex. While the strike and produce enough supporters to at least stomping and clapping in time. other activities may merit a few inches in reach the same scale as two years ago. It was the last song because the Governor had arrived. The M.C. an the local press, and perhaps a little less As far as Notre Dame is concerned, nounced. “The next President of the United States - George C. Wallace! ” from the Chicago media, chances are it there is now way to reach that scale by The crowd responded thunderously as the man strutted onto stage. He will not reach beyond those who patronize Friday. If you feel you have to do was short, handsome and well-dressed. There were sundry presen tations, including a hard hat ha handed to Wallace by a black con these sources of news. something to protect the recent However, mobilization of the student struction worker who looked out of place. I wondered what he was escalation do something tha will at least thinking and he probably wondered what we thought and I ’m sure we both vote, a vigorous letter campaign to state have a chance to produce ijsults. guessed wrong. Wallace stepped to the podium and jumped right into his speech, like he just turned the page of a book. “Back in 1964 when I was demanding tax The Editorial Board reforms I was called a demagogue and now all six senators are calling for tax reform.” His deliver was magnificently calculated, fast and, despite what I expected, not perfunctory or routine. He lashed out at Letter the war- another view taxes, bureaucracy, the war. The balcony began to heckle him and chant, “Go Home George!” and other things I couldn’t hear because George was drowning them out Editor, against the South by the North answer is simple, he had no choice. without changing his tone or subject. He drew in great cubic feet of I would like to express my Vietnamese Army. Lutkus Neither do we. Either we stop empty air and spewed it back full of denunciations, promises and energy disappointment when I read your mentions that a “Soviet seaman North Viet Nam in its advance or to overwhelm every other sound in the auditorium. editorial, written by Jerry Lutkus, who was aboard a Russian ship” we let them repeat the massacres He began to speak of “pointy-headed intellectuals” using his hands to “The Bombing Must be Stopped,” was killed by the bombing. The of past years, because it is not only emphasize and illustrate. The crowd snickered. “Yeah!-Go George. in the Observer of Monday, cover page said that a Russian the U.S., Jerry, the ones that kill You tell ’em !” The old man sitting across the aisle from me wearing people. April 17. I really never thought officer had been killed. I believe a Wallace button the size of a frying pan was nodding his head faster and that an editorial, not even in the that there is a big difference The “ innocent and peace-loving” harder. He jumped in his seat, clapped, and cheered. I thought he would Observer, could be so misleading between a seaman and an officer. Communists also kill. Two pass out. and prejudiced. Your editorial is It seems as if Lutkus thought thousand and thirty-two were obviously directed against Nixon that it makes no difference for the killed by the Viet Cong in 1965, Wallace talked for about forty minutes. You know what he’s going to and his ideas about the war and I people of South Vietnam whether 1,732 in 1966 and 3,706 in 1967. If say before he says it. Taxing, busing, bureaucracy - he’s against them. can see why Lutkus wouldn’t like the U.S. planes support them or you want the numbers for the Local control, locally elected federal judges, - he’s for them. It ’s always Nixon to be reelected. What I don’t not, or whether it makes no dif years before and after I am sure what the audience wants to hear. approve is the use of an editorial ference that the Communists gain you could find them if you were And then was done, a few handshakes and he was gone. The crowd was containing so many misleading control in the South. I cannot really interested. But I think that moved because he had touched them. He cherishes and respects the statements, for this purpose. You discuss such a broad theme in this your editorial carried a message, a same things they do - he understands what they want. They love him and say that the bombing of North space, but I would like to ask you, misleading one, but it doesn’t they want him. It ’s all gut I tell myself as the crowd pours out onto Vietnam is a “senseless, merciless Jerry, have you ever lived in a matter. Or does it? Well just to Michigan Avnue and how do you argue with that? I wish I knew. act attempting to merely save face Communist system? Well I have make the war a little more fair in the wake of a strong Viet Cong and believe me it’s no fun. Lutkus, don’t you think that the offensive.” Finally, you say “war is hell” of U.S. should next time drop some Well I think Lutkus forgot to course it is! But, remember that flowers instead of bombs? mention that what the U.S.is trying the general that first said it burned to stop is not only a Viet Cong of Atlanta immediately afterwards. Juan Carlos Fernandez fensive, but a full scale invasion You may ask yourself why and the 340 Morrissey Hall Thursday, A p ril 20, 1972 the observer 7 john d. short should wemichael dwyer
Secretary of State Rogers tries to explain styles? Most interaction between people All of that is away from Notre Dame and publicly demonstrate their outrage over this the massive bombing of North Vietnam to takes place in this type of setting. Aside Saint M ary’s. New York and Los Angeles, escalation of the war. Guerilla theater and the people. Nixon quirks: ‘We’ve got to hit from a deep and intimate relationship, this Saturday, are not here. Thos sitting at leafletting are being started on these ’em hard.” Barry Goldwater states that we people see us from the vantage of daily off lunch or in a dorm are all that is here. This campuses. Some have organized hall should have done this 9 or 10 years ago. and on activities. It is interesting to is all we got. We think it is potentially ef representatives and faculty for future ac Suddenly people decide that it is time to speculate as to where and how Richard fective though. We know it has to be after tion this week. discuss violence and non-violence. Nixon sees us. Most can readily guess the we caught ourselves tossing aside the In accordance with our own convictions That happened Monday night in a Non- answer. Chicago Tribune upon reading the and those of the National Student Violence Seminar. The discussion quickly Nixon too is acting from a philosophy of headlines of the past two weeks thinking, Association, people are organizin^strike on took on a quality of theorization. People • Vietnamization-something which he was “So what?” this campus for Friday, April 21. It is spoke in lofty ideals about the morality of supposedly elected upon. Like most though, There are people on these campuses who designed to coincide with those to be held on bombing, killing, and violence in general. he is a clever politician. Are we letting have already decided that their “day-to- 300 other campuses throughout the country We covered everything from Chicago 1968 to “ his” daily activities become immersed in day” activities are doing far more violence prior to Saturday’s demonstrations. Kathy Kent State and the latest escalation of the his elegant rhetoric? What about his in to this nation than the development of a life Barlow is planning and organizing a day of war in bombing Haiphong and Hanoi. And cidental bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong? style in accord with non-violence. Maybe / activities on Friday against this escalation on and on and on.... What about that statement: “We’ve got to this is not the best time to reflect-reflection with the assistance of other students and For most of us, we have discovered that it hit ’em hard” ?? Is he going to be able to j*et seems hellish when people are being faculty. is imperative to act from a philosophy - by with this? Someone must scream out to murdered by the hundreds with the bombs We have personally decided to take in from an individualistic life style. Reflec him STOP! which we supply through our taxes. We are ventory of ourselves. The inventory is long tion, growth, and fulfillment begin to take on Some already have-the ND-SMC students impatient and restless and are beginning to overdue and has been hastened by the a semblance of reality for us sooner or later. who got together .yesterday afternoon , act here on these campuses. outrageous actions of Richard Nixon. Our Suddenly though, someone screams discussing and planning action to take place Action will be taking place for the readings are not good. We discuss, discuss, H A LT! Stop the action. We are also living - on these campuses. Some have screamed remainder of the week in the Fiesta Lounge evaluate, theorize, moralize and finally ask here and now - April 20, 1972 at the stop in San Francisco and major college of LaFortune at 4:30. We invite all mem ourselves: “Should we?” Many are University of Notre Dame. Are we not just campuses on the East and West Coast in bers of ND-SMC (students, faculty, and beginning to answer that. We have said as accountable for the consequences of this cluding Columbia, University of Maryland, administration) to join us in our efforts. YES! one day as we are about the morality of life Stanford, and the University of Wisconsin. Students are currently organizing a fast to
a word to those who mourn fr. robert griffin
miracles seem a lot like no miracles at all. miracle. Faith must build bridgesbetween spoke these words to a man crippled from “Talk of miracles,” said another priest, present sorrows-the death prpclaimed in birth :“I have neither silver nor gold, but I Elijah said to them, I alone am left as a “just encourages false hopes.” I suspect yesterday’s headlines, the accident you will give you what I have: in the name of prophet of Yahweh, while the prophets of that he, like myself, was hearing voices in heard about this morning;-and that ancient Jesus Christ the Nazarene, w alk! ” To those Baal are four hundred and fifty. Let two the background: 1 '“Call louder, for he is a violence reported from a Galilean hillside, of this Campus who are suffering-to those bulls be given us...You must call on the god; he is pre-occupied or he is busy, or he so that our suffering bears the imprint of who have in very recent days been injured name of your god, and I shall call upon has gone on a journey; perhaps he is asleep nails and wears upon its brow a crown of in senseless accidents and are awaiting mine; the god who answers with fire, is God and will wake up.” thorns. As the figures of a Pieta, we wait God’s healing-all of us who are campus indeed... Eventually, the Word of the Lord came under a night sky as mourners praying for ministers, all of us who are Christians, all of upon us: “It is an evil and unfaithful the victory of light. Soon, we hope, the dark us who feel compassion, wish we could say From morning to midday they called on the generation that seeks for a sign. The only passion of innocence will be over, and death, to you: “ In the name of Jesus Christ the name of Baal...but there was no voice, no sign it will be given is the sign of the prophet like winterkill, will be defeated in the Nazarene, w alk!” Instead, only the sign of answer...Elijah mocked them. ‘Call Jesus.” The sign of Jonas, of course, is the triumph of the life that lives again. Jonas is offered.. .the sign of Jesus, the louder,’ he said ‘for he is a god: he is pre Resurrection; “as Jonas was in the belly of In he infancy of the Church, St. Peter suffering servant; the sign of Jesus, the occupied or he is busy, or he has gone on a the fish for three days and three nights, so wondering what we dared hoped for from beloved Son, born through suffering to journey; perhaps he is asleep and will wake will the Son of Man be in the heart of the this God of ours Who, if He really wanted to eternal life. up.’...Midday passed, and they ranted earth three days and three nights.” upgrade the market value of the prophetic on...but there was no voice, no answer, no At this point, we put our finger upon a office, could make Elijahs of us all. To us, attention given to them... mystery: for to us priests, struggling with hoping for a rain of fire, was given the sign Because we believe in the miracle whose the problem of God’s silence and searching of Jonas-the sign of the murdered God, born best symbol is the year that blooms again, Then Elijah stepped forward. ‘Yahweh, for a sign of His love in the face of tragedy, again like the Springtime in the dark heart we dare pray for the other miracle of God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel,’ he said, the Resurrection was presented as our of the earth, Who teaches us the notes of the healing-not because we are wonder ‘let them know today that you are God is contemporary miracle. Easter song in the uncertain glory of the workers in need of a sign, but because we Israel, and that I am your servant...’ Then At first, it seemed like a conventional April season. are children of the God of consolations who the fire of Yahweh fell and consumed the evasion of religion. Here were a bunch of You have to be in an April mood to accept promised to them that mourn that they shall holocaust...’ campus prophets licensed by the Pope, the Resurrection as a contemporary b e comforted.
1 Kings 18 myopic physicians? linas sidrys
One cartoon character asks his doctor: of a college professor’s salary. The good to give to fhose who resnect an N D M D ? financial status of a doctor merely reflects Isn’t his neglect of the larger issues and Recently, I sat in a meeting of eleven “ How much do you earn?” The doctor a more important characteristic-the the common good typical of the modern priests, and we considered the news that a replies: “Oh. about 50 per cent.” In average doctor’s individualism and in doctor? friend whom we loved was the victim of an another cartoon a girl exclaims to her dependence. This desire to remain Most of today’s social problems are incurable illness, doomed to ex friend: “We’re going to be millionaires! autonomous, and perhaps aloof, has im related to medicine; the abortion issue is traordinary suffering until death some John was just accepted to med school!” portant effects in our complex doubly pertinent. It not only affects public years from now. A dreamer said, “What we obviously these jokes exaggerate; but organizational society-effects it did not health and medical practice, it directly need is a miracle. Let’s organize the they reflect an increasingly prevalent have in the days of country medicine. and greatly detracts from the image of the community into teams of prayer as attitude among the public. How many pre-meds are interested in medical profession. Even though the preparation for a service of healing Let’s The transition from general practice to the current social and moral problems general public permits abortions for ask the Lord for a miracle to cure our friend specialties among doctors in today’s which closely involve medicine and various reasons: reducing the welfare who suffers.” medicine has seen a concomitant change physicians; abortion for instance? Not rolls, racist prejudices, saving the U.S. Shades of Our Lady of Lourdes! A in the medical doctor’s public image. The many! The majority of pre-meds choose to from overcrowding or eliminating miracle, for God’s sake! The word itself previous fond image of the oldfashioned restrict themselves entirely to the very illegitimate children, it has low regard for reeks of the stale odor of incense from the doctor; the family Iriend and self- direct, immediate, practical problems the men and the profession that carries it Jesus-corners where the old ladies are sacrificing worker who rarely got a full which confront them: tests, quizzes, out. The assassin and executionner are forever cornering the Sacred Heart with night's sleep, has now been giving way to papers, grades. Pre-med students study as held in low esteem in every society. prayers for the conversion of Protestant that of a greedy, golf-playing specialist they their lives depended on it—as indeed it A physician’s proper function in society nephews, or with requests that the Holy who cares little about the patient per sonally. The American Medical does. They work hard and worry about it is to protect health-not to protect or to Spirit needle the family lush into making his Association is being heavily attacked for even harder. Only occasionally do some destroy it selectively or as he pleases. A Easter duty. Speak of miracles, if you must- leave their studies long enough to pen an policeman’s role is to protect the lives of -but don’t be troubling the good Fathers with being stagnant and is socially ineffective. impassioned denunciation for the the citizens. Undoubtedly we would all be expectations of priest magic. It isn't good Obviously the old country type doctor who treated the whole person is much Scholastic or a bitter staire for the Ob disturbed if a state legislature gave their theology, and it gives religion a bad name, more appreciated than the modern doctor, server. protesting the dehumanization of police the power to protect or to kill like on of those give-away programs on even though he was perhaps more kindly I he narrow restrictions they themselves selectively. television. than competent. However, there is no have constructed. As for positive steps- I would certainly be disturbed if a Of course it boggles the mind to consider reason to think that the young doctor interest and thought about social, ethical surgeon-abortionist were to operate on me, how stunning would be the victory of faith if coming out of medical school is any less issues-not much. The idealism for good or on anyone I know. In small towns, other Yahweh were to directly, publicly answer work is certainly there, but it is a doctors' opinions suffice to stop any the prayers of the Campus Ministry, or of kindly and concerned with the patient-he misdirected idealism which flounders into surgeons from performing abortions. the Community of Holy Cross, or of the is definitely more adroit and effective therapeutically. If the men have not all exclusive study, into the “work-a-day Nationally, the AMA has the power to spell peace freaks assembled at Mass offered for world atmosphere. It is not an intelligent out the boundaries of proper medical the intentions of peace. Only one sign: a changed, why are they appreciated less- altruism. practic'd, yet nothing has been done; blind man cured; a resurrected body; a why are they pictured as money-hungry < >ur school counterparts to the AMA, the nothing has been heard from them. paralytic healed; a graffite (In hoc signo, golfers? This problem is well worth con sidering by the pre-meds- and an answer is pre-med and Aesculapian clubs provide Thus although individually modern vinces!) traced on the night clouds with only social banquets and lectures on how to doctors are as kind and as competent as fire...then would the false prophets of Baal suggested by considering the pre-meds get accepted to medical school, leaving doctors ever were, their corporate stan be confounded; then would the critics of God themselves as a microcosm of the whole situation. issues such as abortion to the Knights of ding seems to negligent, unintelligent and be put to rout. Columbus and government majors. ineffective. The complexities of modern In our collective priestly wisdom, none of W hen a surgeon questioned an N.D. pre- society demand excellence not only from us Eleven dared, as Elijah had done, to ask I low many pre-meds are attracted to med student (4.0 GPA) applying to Har private medical practice but also from the God of natural causes to give evidence of medicine by the money? I think not many. vard about his ideas on abortion he an social organization. Lacking this, it is nc His thaumaturgy. The real miracle in Not more than by any other paying swered that "he had not thought about it wonder that the physician’s public suffering,” murmured one priest, “is the profession. I do not share the opinion of my yet"! lie was rejected. When this guy prestige is slipping. Ironically, it is miracle of acceptance. The true healing is a brother at U.C.L.A. who thinks that half of graduates from med school he will because the doctors’ social organization healing of the spirit.” The answer was kind its med school students would leave if probably be an excellent researcher and a has remainedin the horse-and-buggy stage of a cop-out, I thought, since invisible financial controls were instituted and a concerned practitioner; but what kind of that the fond image of the horse and buggy doctor's earnings were brought to the level social and ethical direction will he be able doctor has been eroded. 8 the observer Thursday, April 20, 1972
Lord Chief Justice tries to whitewash Catholic blood
i c) 1972 New York Times and fired indiscriminately at the I R A. I have seen in a long time,” Regiment, a part-time militia, had in an effort to keep Catholic ghetto huge demonstration in the Bogside said Tom Conaty, chairman of the been shot through the head and areas from responding to London’s Belfast Northern Ireland, April area. Central Citizens Defense Com tied up in a rubber sack. Around initiative in imposing direct rule !)-The Roman Catholic minority, The report, coupled with the mittee, a powerful group in the body were six claymore mines ending the half century of n a mood of growing anger, killing last Saturday of a popular Belfast’s Falls Road Ghetto. “ It as well as 200 pounds of explosives Protestant dominance of Ulster. reacted bitterly today to Lord Irish Republican Army leader, destroys the credibility of anyone and a large bomb. Widgery’s report on the killing of Joseph McCann, has turned the who says, ‘Give Britain a chance. Elliott was kidnapped at gun 13 men by British soldiers in ' Catholics with renewed fierceness She will do the right thing,” ’ point Monday night near the Londonderry last Jan. 30, and against the British Army and In Londonderry, James Wray, border town of Newry as he termed the findings a government, including William whose 22-year-old son was one of crossed into the North driving his Union of Students "whitewash.” Whitelaw, the new secretary of the 13 victims, said simply: “I am company’s truck. In recent Bernadette Devlin, a mid-Ulster State for Northern Ireland. More glad I fathered the son who died, months, the Ulster Defense member of Parliament, called than three weeks after Catholics rather than fathered the son who regiment has been a target of the Lord Widgery, the Lord Chief had largely welcomed the im murdered him.” IRA. Justice, who headed the inquiry, position of direct rule by Britain, And Father Edward Daily, a a lia r.” the minority is, once again, sullen. priest who testified before Lord Through the night this bleak Ivan Cooper, a political leader in ‘The Widgery report will have the Widgery, said: “I’m flab capital was torn by sporadic Londonderry, said angrily: ‘‘I effect of lessening still further bergasted. It’s a disgraceful terror. An army spokesman said have no hesitation to say that Lord zmr. Whitelaw’s and the British report." that there were 21 shooting in Widgery has been dishonest in the government’s credibility with the The anger over the report’s cidents, mostly shots fired at eyes of many people in this city anti-unionist population,” said findings-which criticized the patrolling British soldiers: and he is nothing short of an ac Kevin McCorry, the key organizer Civil Rights Association for One 99way from JFK. London, Paris, of the militant Northern Ireland organizing the illegal march- The army has pointed out in a cessory to the actions of the or Amsterdam. Round trip $195. paratroopers." Civil Rights association. followed a surge of violence that statement that both the official and Although today’s report pinned “It comes at a very critical time. has struck Northern Ireland since provisional wings of the I.R.A. by 707 and 747 Jets some blame on Army tactics The W idgery report is the the weekend. have intensified the terror cam Student power does it! Our inter during Londonderry’s "Bloody whitewash we feared it would be. Today, the body of 33-year-old paign in recent days “in an ap national service just for students The report is an attempt to excuse James Elliott-the father of three parent effort to rally support for a gets you special jet air fares to Sunday,” Lord Widgery’s con and throughout Europe. Confirmed clusion that a sniper opened fire murder by saying that the army children-was found on a deserted policy of continued violence.” seats, pre-scheduled departures. first at paratroopers left Catholics was provoked, ” McCorry added. road outside Newtown-Hamilton, Army officials say privately that Complimentary meals and bar furious. Virtually the entire Catholic moderates were angry near the border with the Irish in the last few days a token service. Avoid higher summer Catholic community here believes too. “ I think it is the best republic. Elliott, a Presbyterian solidarity has been established rates by booking now. Also flights to Tel Aviv, Zurich, Frankfurt, that the soldiers were unprovoked, recruitment pamphlet for the member of the Ulster Defense between both wings of the I.R .A ., Rome, Athens, and others. For full information call (212) 986-89801'I IN ^ I U.S. resumes N. Vietnam bombing or mail couponll I I J I National Union of Students Travel number of raids Wednesday were earlier strikes below the 20 parallel Service, Inc. Saigon, Thursday, Anril 20- Tuesday, after Sunday’s massive 30 E. 42nd St., N.Y., N.Y. 10017 raids over Hanoi and Haiphong - “logistical” in nature, the officers last week involved B-52 heavy After a pause of two days in which the latter being the principal entry said. In the previous raids, which bombers as well as sm aller Nam e, only a handful of bombing missions port for war supplies. No raids as began April 6, such targets in fighter-bombers, which between Street- were flown over North Vietnam, far north as Hanoi or Haiphong cluded petroleum storage areas, April 9 and April 15 flew a reported City— the United States command have been flown since, according roads, bridges, and airfields. 275 sorties in the North Vietnamese State & Zip- resumed the air campaign Wed to the officers. American planes also have been panhandle. nesday with more than 125 strikes, The United States command has hitting surface to air missile sites according to informed officers. maintained official silence about and antiaircraft artillery positions STARTS TOMORROW All the raids were in North the raids. American officers close just north of the demilitarized zone Open 6:45 Vietnam’s southern panhandle, to the planning for the air war say to eliminate the threat they pose to below the 20th parallel, according that the two-day letup was American and South Vietnamese Mat. Sat & Sun 1 :00 to the officers. designed to permit an assessment airplanes flying bombing missions The officers said that “Only a of the raids' political effect by the in support of Saigon Government handful ” of raids were made in Nixon Administration. troops below it. North Vietnam Monday and The targets for the increased The raids over Haiphong and the Vietcong begin major spring offensive
iffensive also was apparent 9 (C) 1972 New York Times Division’s base camp at Laikhe Vednesday in Auangngai Province came under enemy mortar attack orth of Binh Dinh. By Craig R. Whsitney early Wednesday morning. A Therej over the last four days, regiment of the division has been according to senior American encircled at Anloc, the Binhlong Peter Cushing Saigon, April 19 - North Viet officers in Danang, namese and main-force vietcong Province capital, for more than a main-force Vietcong units, week and a 10,000-man relief force •roops overran a district town on taking advantage of the movement .the central coast 45 miles north of has been unable to break its way STUDENTS AND FACULTY of the large South Vietnamese Quinhon, causing heavy casualties through the North Vietnamese army units out of the coastal to the South Vietnamese battalion lines and move North of the high 21 AND OVER lowlands to counter North Viet way into Anloc. defending the town and forcing the namese reinforcements in the government to withdraw, Whitney News reports from Cambodia mountains, have laid waste to a senior m ilitary officials in Pleiku also suggested that North Viet dozen towns in Son Tinh District on namese troops may be sweeping RENT-A-PINTO said Wednesday. the Batangan Peninsula of Chulai, through Preyveng Province and The heavy fighting in the Hoaian resulting in an estimated 10,000 trying to make an end run around district came with simultaneous refugees. the government forces in Binhlong, $5 A DAY 5* A MILE attacks on several other cities in On the other fronts there were Binhdinh Province, the most and open another front west of these developments: Saigon from Highway 1, the main Bill Kelley CALL heavily populated on the Central Communist attacks in Binh Long Coast, where another main-force road between Saigon and Romy Hammes Province north of Saigon continued Phnompenh. Chuck Hamilton Bob Atkinson North Vietnamese regiment has Fordland to intensify as North Vietnamese South Vietnamese troops on the Joe Hayden Ford Jordan Motors for the last 10 days cut the forces estimated at more than South Bend Niles, Michigan strategic highway 19 at the Ankhe far northern front in Quangtri Mishawaka 20,000 men continued to move east 289-4041 (616) 683-3920 ss between Quinhon and Pleiku. Province held off North Viet 259-1981 from Cambodia. There ws heavy he loss of the first district town namese attacks to the West of fighting up and down the length of he central military region II in Quangtri city Tuesday and highway 13 through the Province, Wenesday, aided by B-52 strikes lINCBtll-HEItllYf current North Vietnamese with at least four more North cks was seen by senior officers that rained nearly 1000 tons of Vietnamese tanks reportedly bombs on Communist troop con WE SAY IT WITH PRICE! he headquarters in Pleiku as spotted moving south toward Binh- dling the beginning of major centrations in the mountains seven duong Province closer to Saigon. miles west of the Province capital. MERCURY ;ified activity in the highlands In that province, the Fifth n, which has long been ex- ■d to be the focus of the of- Better Ideas Moke Better Cars COMET e this year. BEST BANDS IN TOWN 7 2 KACS 7 3 senior american adviser of gion, John Paul Vann, said in -Two Bands a night a that the North Vietnamese -Dancing 6 nights a week division, which infiltrated i long the Ho Chi Minh tr a il (closed Monday.) to Kontum Province in iry, had moved east to Binh- -No cover on Tues., Wed., Thurs. rovince, and that other -Open till 2 a.m. Comet 2-dr. Decor No Vietnamese units in the Une stop entertainment center no, oins would possibly begin to Come see Metro Itac v in earnest in the next 72 Cocktail Lounge and ask about our\j. ou special purchase single most important Bowling Billiards this year may well prove plan for college been in II Corps,” he said, SI*Jus JVite O U raduates. / / to the m ilitary region II V ig the 12 provinces of the 2802 SOUTH 11th ROAD legion. $ NILES, MICHIGAN 49120 w phase in the fighting in 7 2 KACS 88 e-week-old communist 616/683-4350 Thursday, April 20, 1972 the observer 9 PLACEMENT BUREAU Wallace speaks to Mid-America JOB INTERVIEWS BETHLEHEM STEEL v ia 'downhome' fanfare CORPORATION home becaue he didn’t have any heckler shouted an obscenity by Jerry l utkus more money. Gramer said that from the balcony. Upon com Monday, April 24 Observer News Editor the government had taken it all pletion, Mungrum rumbled back The man was quite large and away in taxes. “When Governor onstage and used the heckling to just over six foot tall. He wore a Wallace becomes President, we Wallace’s advantage. “That’s DEGREES: B.S. in M.E. and M.E.I.O. fire-engine red blazer with won’t have to worry about that.” the kind of junk that Americans Wallace ‘72 printed on the breast The crowd broke into loud and are getting fed up with,” he LOCATION: Burns Harbor, Indiana pocket and he screamed out to lengthy applause and then bellowed. “People don’t even the crowd, “This is Wallace stomped along as Gramer sang. have the common courtesy to (on Lake Michigan) Country.’’ The psychology of the situation shut their traps when a man of George Mangrum was was amazing. The band would God is invoking his name.” The FOR: Management Development speaking to an overflow crowd at stir the people up and then hall again broke into cheers and Program (Loop Course) the Morris Civic Auditorium in Mangrum would come out and a standing ovation which lasted South Bend on Tuesday night talk about Wallace and then over close to two minutes. prepping them for the arrival of to the band to settle ’em down The Mungrum offered the Interested Students should sign up Governor George Corley Wallace and then Mangrum would stir people “an opportunity to give.” of Alabama. ’em up again. This all built up A group of young schoolgirls then immediately in Room 207, Main Mangrum bellowed out to the until Wallace was about to come circulated through the audience Building. crowd that the Wallace entorage onstage and then Mangrum collecting from the people. had been in Detroit a few nights rushed and hollered “Without Again, the average citizen, down ago and they drew nearly 10,000 further adieu I give you, home approach came out. people in back to back rallies. Governor George C. Wallace.” Mungrum searched out a woman He cried that this happens every And Morris Civic Auditorium in the crowd who had given $20. where Governor Wallace goes. went birds. The hall resembled Then came the litany of “Thank Morris Civic never looked any the heart of the confederacy as Ya Man, God Bless Y M am ’s.” better. There was a huge red- the rebel flags popped out from The MC confessed to the people white-and blue draped podium in all corners. Signs by the hun that “There’s no big foundation the center of the stage and to the dreds appeared screaming, giving us money. We depend on right of the podium Billy Gramer “ Wallace tells it like it is,” “Bus Mr. and Mrs. Middle America. and his country-western group the Senators, Judges and We nickel and dime our way played their foot stompin music Eurocrats,” and “Send them a across America.” Wallace’s message, vote Wallace.” speech hammered home at the Observer News Feature Wallace stood near the front of point that the whole performance was keyed to - the average Y O U G E T g The crowd was mostly middle- the stage accepting the appaluse citizen. Not only did he say it in aged, the gentlemn sported crew graciously and saluting the his speech, but even the little cuts and the ladies dressed audience. He was surprisingly IBETTER LOOKING AT UNIONl things were geared in that conservatively. All of them were short with light brown hair. His direction . . . the presentations covered with their red,white and suit was inspiringly neat and from the majorette and workers, blue stickers that holered trim. His composure was ob with CONTACT LENSES vious. the country-western band, the Wallace for President. Gramer thank ya mam ’s, the preacher. was playing their kind of music, Everything went to the people. the music they remembered for The whole performance was No hassle. Slip into the action with better vision Even the way that Wallace the days when they were keyed to middle America, the without bother. Contact lenses help you see better, appeared went to the people. younger. average citizen, the rank and file. Three presentations took When Humphrey came to South keep you looking great. Feel free to join the action The atmosphere was high- Bend, he met with the Press and charged with excitement. The place as Wallace came to the with contact lenses . . . You get better looking at small groups of Democratic Governor was coming to speak to poidum. A young girl voted the Union. leaders. Wallace comes to South an average citizen and Mr. and “Prettiest Majorette in Indiana” Bend and he speaks to the people. Mrs. Middle America turned out presented Wallace with a baton. The Governor is conscious of his in force. Then he was given an authentic u n i ® i i ] Wallace Scotch plaid tie, strength and where it lies. He ^ Phofre Cram er’s job was to entertain builds on it and he works it over. the folks, on the surface, but in finally two “rank and file Phone 259-1968 ^^EYECAR^^J laborers” offered the governor a He speaks to the little man and truth he seemed to be there to the little man reacts. It ’s build up the exictement and white hardhat with an American flag on it. One of the workers questionable if Wallace really 2201 N. Division, 4107 S. Main St. energy of the crowd. After every can do anything for the little man few songs, M angrum , who was a black man, the only one to M ishawaka be seen throughout the night. in America, but he is also the Elkhi served as the MC, would ap first one to speak directly to him. proach the microphone and talk But no matter what happens, about Wallace. The build-up to W allace’s appearance was marred by whether he wins or loses, George Then Gramer would play C. Wallace has gone to the people again. Ashe went into playing “ I heckling only once, though his MEN ONLY! in a style much like that of An Wanna Go Home,” he introduced speech was often interrupted. The only heckling came when a drew Jackson, he’s trying to it as a tale of a boy who went to become one of us. And the people Eddard and Baron take pride the Motor City, but couldn’t go preacher gave the invocation for the evening. As he began, a are buying it. in announcing - direct from metaphorical order Ft. Lauderdale - “ Barbara". Gass lectures on life's order and South Bend’s “ Chris".
human behavior as a model EDDARD take metaphors and models as E x p e rt ho named society, in which man reality, He said, “A model may weaving consult By Beth Hall adopts the behavioral pattern give us order, but contradictions r prescribed by that society. will occur if a metaphor is Gass described fiction as “a carried too far. Books are found BARBARA In a lecture entitled big metaphor, a model with by getting to books. The real Men's hair stylist “Measurement and Metaphor”, tremendous scope.” A good world is found only by getting to fro m Ft. Lauder- novelist William H. Gass spoke of metaphor is one which fits into a the real world.” man’s concern for creating pattern so that the named object A former philosophy professor BARON metaphors or models to measure “ possess all the properties seen at Washington University in St. Award winning and order the chaos of life. in light of the name.” The depth Louis, Gass is author of Willie men’s hair stylist Before the small group in of a metaphor would then be the Master's Lonesome Wife, Carroll Hall yesterday af “degree to which it is analogous Omensetter's Luck, Fictions and ternoon, Gass outlined the CHRIS to the object." Figures of Life, and a collection Men’s hair stylist process by which man makes a Gass warned, however, not to of short stories. HAIR SPECIALISTS and hair analyst metaphorical order, in life as in . . . of Redken Labor well as in poetry and fiction. atories, Van WE'RE M O VING JUNE 1 st Nuys, Calif, and South Bend. A basic problem to man, ac 1. Sensuous slithering layer cuts cording to Gass, is the COMMUNITY NEWSTAND 2. The British Shag with kittles measurement of nature, “the to 11 3 W. M onroe St. South Bend, movements around us, too 3. Sculptured hair styling vague, too numerous, too transitory to number.” Man puts 4. Floridian soft hair look DID YOU KNOW THAT ST. FRANCIS IS ALIVE things in life in terms of numbers 5. Specialists in hair weaving and words to give them an order. AND WELL... By fastening names to chaotic And working for Christian Unity? We are elements man makes them a members of a young, American, Franciscan CALL 2 5 9 -7 6 7 9 for APPOINTMENT part of a master plan and [Community which is a bit different: our life provides a means of measuring work is the reunion of separated Christians. How OPEN EVENINGS and classifying them in what TUES., WED. AN D THUR. TIL 8 :0 0 Gass called “an informing visual about spending a weekend with us in searching field." for vocation thru prayer and Christian No. 1 Once a name has been given to Fellowship? Both men and women are invited something, that object takes on April 21 - 23. the properties of the model it has HAIR STYUNG, LTD. been provided. For example, For details call: Peter Canauan, S.A. 7735 Gass described the order of A rthur Gouthro. S.A. 8814 ______1321 L McKinley Art., Risk, (ent dew te Wemeh Pkwmmty) 10 the observer Thursday, April 20, 1972 Duncan reads, sings own works
by Steve Lazar we call poetry a bird I cannot throughout with a four-beat San Francisco poet Robert name crows.” In an excerpt from movement of his hands, much as Duncan concluded the fourth day a masque wicch he wrote in if much as if he were conducting of the week-long Sophomore volving Adam, King Samuel, and a musical exercise. Literary Festival last night by the Archangel Michael, Duncan Following this poem, Duncan reading and singing a number of concluded with the following sang a composition of his own his works to a large audeince in words: "Thus poetry resembles which could loosely be termed a the Library Auditorium. the works of things, and Adam lovesong. Entitled ‘Song of the Duncan referred to his public must find himself in Eve.” Old Order’ the piece moved reading as a "trip" and ex In a work called "The Fire” through a number of verses and plained that he wished to present Duncan attempted to create a refrains, touching as it went on a variety fo his styles to the kind of poetry which does not such objects as knights and audience along the way. Stating exist within a boundary. To do ladies and the seasons of spring that "I love darkness in and of this he opened and ended the and fall. itself,” Duncan told his audience poem by speaking a sequence of After a short intermission that if perchance some peoms single, isolated words, of various Duncan read his eight finished appeared obscure to them, they parts of speech, each word sections of a proposed ten-piece would remain certainly no less separated from the next by a well suite,written in the style of the obscure to himself. measured length of time. He metaphysical poets around 1590- Several of Duncan’s first explained that "Each word 1609. Among the poets Duncan readings seemed to present exists in a world of itself and can imitated, though with his own aspects of his poetic philosophy. be related to the others as a manner of treating themes, were In a poem dedicated to a poet- resonance.” Between these George Herbert and Sir Walter friend of his (Duncan pointed out open' nd ending passages of Raleigh. that such dedication-bearing the i i Duncan recited more Duncan will appear again Duncan: Presents a variety of styles of his poetry and songs along the poems as this are actually conveniional verses of poetry, today with Diane Wakoski and way of his "trip" of public reading. "letters” to another person), seemin ' (here to treat the topic Allen Ginsberg as part of a Duncan stated that "from what of existence of evil in the poetry symposium to be held at political order. He accompanied 3:30 today in the Library this central section of the poem Auditorium Light sculpture SIMERl'S Happy Hour 7 to 1 0 pm showing in Fieldhouse 64% pitcher Bud. $1.32 Illuminated Forms II, an floored center room of the ferent aspects, one effect when exhibition of sculpture in light, Fieldhouse. “because of the space viewed up close, and others when -PIZZA- opened Tuesday at the Fieldhouse. available here,” Dyer explained, viewed at a distance and from Conceived and built by Bill Barnes “ it allows us to work in neon different angles. Italian sandwiches and Jim Byer, graduate students lighting. The Fieldhouse gives a The constructions, all non Spaghetti & Sea foods in the Fine Arts Department, the closed enviornment with the effect permanent, will be dismantled exhibition will end with tonight’s of outdoor space.” after tonight’s final exhibition. 7:30-9:30 showing. In some pieces, notably a con LIQUOR & COLD CARRY OUT The sculptures, six in number, struction of large free-standing are created from tubular neon loops of light, the light tubes mock convention lights and bricks, dirt, and logs. On themselves are structural Free use of dining room the darkness shrouded main floor elements. In others, the light is Agenda set of the Fieldhouse, they stand out as reflected off and among the highlights of brilliant colour and massive bulks of tree trunks, and muted, coloured shadows. within long brick latticeworks. The by Committee 410 N. HILL According to Dyer, the work use of naturalistic elements is The Rules Committee of the began about two months ago with a stressed. Mock Democratic Convention general plan to “utilize the prime Many of the pieces are so met Wednesday night to discuss space of floor area, ” the huge dirt- arranged as to present two dif- thethe rules and procedures for the convention. Blake Wordal of Clothes and things the South Dakota delegation was Chinese team vs. the U.N. elected chairman. Attendance was very poor and the chairman Men‘s Boutique expressed concern for the en thusiasm of the convention. Ping-pong balls fly The Committee passed an agenda for the upcoming con vention. Some suggestions were by Murray Schumach The Chinese gave the mayor a (c) 1972 New York Times Chinese scroll and assurance that discussed as to the election of the to them, friendship was more presidential candidate. The simple majority rule electing the United Nations, N.Y., April 19- important than whether they won The ping pong ball, having induced or lost a game. party’s candidate was tie P it St*fr challenged in favor of a two- the United States and the Peoples The mayor, when asked about thirds majority election. The Republic of China to say polite his ability as a table tennis player, committee deferred action on “On the Mall” - McKinley Town & Country things to one another, became an said: the challenge until the next Shopping international symbol tonight as the “I do play table tennis oc visiting Chinese ping pong team meeting where there will Center - Mishawaka, Indiana Phone 259- casionally. I get soundly blasted by 7335 performed at the United Nations. my children.” hopefully be more delegates. The invincible visitors took on a team from the United Nations for the benefit of the United Nations International School as well as Saturday, April 22, SB Armory, 9 to f world amity. Symptomatic of the good will of 0 Tie Mcry you Luu buy a ^L^iavnond the visitors was the resignation An Tostal Irish Wake with which they accepted a Advance ticket Sales only! makeshift court that was put down in 24 hours in the Trusteeship Limited Ticket Supply Council room. CGmcmZ/ During a preliminary brief tour of the building, when the players $3.00 per couple only first walked onto the sawdust smelling boards and made ten tative leaps to test its resiliency, Buses leave Circle: 8:30, 8:50, one of the players talked briefly, through an interpreter to C. V. ^ S a p p h ir e 9 :1 0 , 9 :3 0 Narasimhan, undersecretary General who was acting as a guide. "He said,” Narasimhan said 18 It. je w e lry Tickets on sale later, “ that the court is too small. I told him it was the best we could do, and that we even covered some Thurs. in Dining Halls steps below to make it bigger. He ca 11u s ... was willing to make the best of the and the Huddle at Noon situation.” The match was the climax to the team’s first visit to New York, J&Jiarnond iavnonJ