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(ttmtnrrttrut iattg (Hampita Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol. LXXXVII No. 65 The University of Connecticut Wednesday, February 1. 1984 Shuhz begins tour U.S. planes Aid to El Salvador cut keep watch on if killings continue Shiite militia ^HINGTON (AP)—Sec- He also was expected to meet with leaders of opposi- BEIRUT. Lebanon (AP)— tary of State George P. U.S. warplanes shrieked over Schultz was flying to El tion political parties. Officials said it was not clear whether Beirut on Tuesday to recoil- Salvador today where he is noiter positions of militiamen expected to again tell leaders Shultz will meet with rightist presidential candidate who had shelled American that American military sup- Marines, and a spokesman for port could be jeopardized if Roberto D'Aubuisson. the Shiite militia said there rightist death squad activities The election of were strict orders to avoid are not curbed. new clashes. El Salvador is Shultz's first D'Aubuisson would be viewed Diplomatic activity inten- stop of a tour that also as a major setback to adminis- tration policy because of his sified in the Syrian capital of includes Venezuela, Brazil, Damascus, meanwhile, and Grenada and Barbados. alleged links to the death there were reports that of- All are in varying stages of squads and his opposition to ficials were seeking ways to democratic development but the US-backed land reform Filipinos jam a pedestrian overpass to cheer on some of program. the 10,000 people taking part in a massive anti-govern- replace U.S. and other Wes- none is in more precarious tern troops in Lebanon with condition than El Salvador, me nt march through Manila (UPI Photo). UN. peacekeeping forces. where officials acknowledge Congress approved $64.8 Pairs of F-14 Tomcat inter- there is little prospect that million in military aid to El ceptors crisscrossed the hazy presidential elections set for Salvador last fall but the Anti-Marcos marchers Beirut skies at daybreak, mid- March 25 will end four years National Bipartisan Commis- morning and midday. Local of civil war. Leftist insurgent sion on Central America, radio stations reported that groups are boycotting the headed by former Secretary welcomed in Manila of State Henry A. Kissinger, no one fired at the jets. elections. MANILA, Philippines (AP) marchers who had been kept One Marine was killed and Shultz's visit to El Salvador recommended that aid be —Tens of thousands of out of the city for three days three others were wounded comes at a time when the increased substantially. cheering people lined a by soldiers. on Monday in a battle with administration is gearing up Manila boulevard Tuesday to The procession of 300 antigovernment Shiite for a request to Congress for welcome a band of protest marchers protesting the 18- Moslem militiamen. Shiites some S30Q million in addi- year-rule of President Ferdi- said Marine fire killed three tional assistance, about nand E. Marcos grew to civilians and wounded 22 - equally divided between several thousand as it turned others. economic and military aid. USG gives PIRG $1,050 into a broad street heading The Marine Corps office in After a stay of about nine toward Manila's airport, Washington identified the hours in El Salvador. Shultz where oppositoni leader slain Marine as Lance CpL will fly to Venezuela to attend for voter conference trip Benigno Aquino was assass- George L. Dramis of Cape the inauguration of President- inated five months ago. May.NJ elect Jaime Lusinchi on By Erica Joseph "I'm overwhelmed. The The Marine spokesman in Thursday. News Editor support of the people doubles Beirut, Ma). Dennis Brooks, In the coming weeks, the The Connecticut Information Research Group was allotted our resolve," said Agapito said all was quiet Tuesday question of whether future $1,050 by the Undergraduate Student Government last night. Aquino, younger brother of around th Marine base at military aid to El Salvador This allottment will enable 30 students to attend the National the slain politician, as confetti Beirut International Airport. A should depend on human Student Conference on Voter Registration on February 10. In and shouts of Aquino's name spokesman for AMal, the rights performance is expec- other USG business, the resignations of four more members filled the air. dominant Shiite militia, said ted to be a hotly debated issue were accepted. The march started Friday in the group's leaders had between the administration Other schools across the state have made similar allotments Aquino's home province of issued strict orders to avoid and the Congress. for this conference, according to ConnPIRG projects coor- Tarlac, 75 miles north of new friction with the dinator, Earl McWilliams. In El Salvador, Shultz Manila, but was stopped by Marines. The conference taking place at Harvard is the largest national hundreds of soldiers who Police said Lebanese army planned to confer with Presi- student conference since the end of the Vietnam War. dent Alvaro Magana, Foreign blocked the highway. The troops and Druse insurgents McWilliams said, "There will be a debate and descussion of marchers, many in jogging traded sporadic artillery and Minister Fidel Chavez Mena, issues of national and student interest, and voter Defense Minister Carlos clothes, set up camp in the rocket barrages on hills south registration drive skills will be taught." small town of Maycauayan and southeast of the Marine Eugenio Vides Casanova and Five hundred to 1000 student leaders are expected to attend other officials. until the military decided base. They reported that one See page 5 Monday to let them march. army soldier was wounded. Inside: ILS. Marines, Hondurans f No TV is better for Farmington continue military exercises SAN ESTEBAN, Honduras (AP)—A force of The U.S. troops are trying to "improve the Page 6 300 U.S. Marines and 5,000 Honduran soldiers defense self-sufficiency and counterinsurgenry • Afro American History Observance month Monday advanced through a forest in eastern tactics of our military personnel" during the Honduras to begin the final operation of the Big one-week operation in Olancho province. Col. Pages 9-12 Pine II joint military maneuvers that began Cesar Klvir Sierra, spokesman for the Honduran last August. armed forces, said. • Huskies lose to BC The defense department is planning to leave a Five battalions and combat and service sup- contingent of 1,000 U.S. military personnel in port units backed by U.S. and Honduran air sup- Page 20 Honduras after this series of exercises, The port are participating in the exercises along with ashington Post reported in Wednesday edit- 600 Honduran and 40 U.S. airborne troops. ions. The Post reported that senior administration The Post, quoting unnamed administration officials are trying to restrain Gorman so that sources, said Gen. Paul Gorman, commander in Congress won't conclude that the Big Pine II chief of the Southern Command in Panama, is exercises, which involved as many as 5,000 U.S. Weather pushing the Defense Department to establish servicemen at a time, were used surreptitiously permanent or semi-permanent naval and air to establish a network of U.S. bases in Honduras facilities in Honduras. The Post also quoted an unpublished con- Sunny and clear.highs in the mid-20 s. Clear and Gorman's request has touched off a debate in gressional staff report as concluding the cold tonight, temperatures 10-15. the Pentagon about how much U.S. military pre- Defense Department should have informed sence is needed to challenge leftist influence in Congress it had constructed permanent or Central America. semi-permanent military facilities in Honduras UConnPIRG sets example for student activism legislation would not have passed. February 10 through 12. Designed to organ- &tudent apathy has been getting a kick in Sometimes being on campus can make us ize 1984 student participation drives, it will the pants from a group of involved, active feel isolated from the rest of the world. We inform students on the power of the vote; we and productive UConn students. They are feel out of control and that things happen to can't drink in this state if we're not 20 years the UConnPIRG chapter of the national us we can't do anything about. The PIRGs old because we didn't do enough last year to Public Interest Research Groups. Estab demonstrate that is not an accurate picture keep the age limit down. We all know raising lished by Ralph Nader in 1970, the work the of the power we have to affect legislation the age to 21 is being considered for next chapter has been doing for several years that will change our lives. As the only group year in several New England states. Think should change our minds about student to lobby in favor of the Lemon Law for new about how your dorm parties have been this effectiveness. car owners, ConnPIRG was responsible with semester. This isn't about difficult concepts UConnPIRG has been on campus since freshman State Representative John Wood- and international diplomacy, it's about how 1976 setting up internship programs to ena- cock for its passage. The group gathered we are allowed to live on a daily basis. ble students to get academic credit for witnesses, wrote letters, and even served Legislators are aware and concerned about problem-solving jobs in the real world. The lemonade at a state capital press con- the pool of potential voters in colleges and amount of work accomplished in a few years ference as a media event. They did what was universities even though citizens in the 18 to is impressive. necessary to get the law enacted with out- 24 age bracket constitute the largest group Their list of publications include the Feed- standing success.