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. R obbin s VOL XV, NO. 117 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary’s TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1981 Brady ‘critical’ Reagan rests after surgery WASHINGTON (AP) — President At 2:25 p.m., EST, six shots rang dition after surgery. —“1 can Reagan was wounded in the chest out, one hitting Reagan in the left reassure this nation and a watching Monday by a gunman who tried to chest, others felling Brady, a Secret world that the American govern assassinate him with a burst of .22- Service agent and a policeman. ment is functioning fully and ef caliber bullets from a “Saturday Secret Service agents and police fectively,” Vice President Gvorge night special ” White House press seized John Warnock Hinckley, 25, Bush said at the White House last secretary James S. Brady was critical of Evergreen, Colo. night. “We’ve had full and complete ly injured in the blaze of gunfire. He was wrestled to the ground communication throughout the Dr. Dennis O’Leary said "a really outside the Washington Hilton, day.” mangled bullet” was removed from pinned against a wall and taken O’Leary said Reagan might be Reagan’s left lung. He said the presi away. Hinckley was booked on hospitalized for as long as two dent’s condition was stable, the charges of attempted assassination weeks, but called that only a guess. prognosis excellent. of a president, and of assault with in While Reagan was in the operat But Brady was said to be fighting tent to kill a police officer. He was in ing room, his aides made a point of for his life, a bullet through his brain. FBI custody Monday night. emphasizing the banter with which “His condition is critical,” the There was no known motive, for he went to surgery, as reassuring doctor said. He was shot in the side the savage burst of gunfire that ex evidence that he hadn’t been of the forehead, the bullet passing ploded as the president stood beside grieviously wounded. through his brain. “He obviously has his limousine, ready to step inside He winked, according to Nofziger, significant brain injury and he is in for a rainy, one mile ride back to the then saw three top staff members critical condition,” O’Leary wfiite House. and said, “W ho’s minding the store." reported. One eyewitness said the assailant, The gunman leveled his pistol at He would not speculate on standing ten feet from the president, Reagan from amid a crowd of Brady’s chances of recovery, but “just opened up and continued newsmen and bystanders as the said it is likely Brady, 40, will suffer squeezing the trigger ” president left the hotel after address permanent brain damage if he Anxious hours later, Reagan was ing the AFL CIO building Trades survives. pronounced in good and stable con C ouncil Social Security Senate endorses benefit axe WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate that they lack compassion Monday, The vote on Social Security President Ronald Reagan was wounded yesterday in an assas Republicans, intent on giving Presi and endorsed elimination ofthe min followed Democratic attacks on the sination attempt outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. See related dent Reagan the budget cuts he imum Social Security benefit. GOP for allegedly singling out the story at left. wants, ignored Democratic charges On a vote of 55-39, the Senate poor and elderly in their drive to rejected a move to restore *800 mil restrain federal spending. lion in spending to continue a * “You’re talking about thousands Social concerns guaranteed monthly benefit of * 122. of people who are literally eating out The majority was made up of 51 of garbage cans to stay alive, ” Sen. Republicans and four Democrats. All David Pryor, D Ark., said as he the opposing votes were cast by argued for a proposal to keep money Democrats. in the budget to continue paying the Students vie Shorly afterwards, the Senate *122 minimum retirement benefits. rejected a move by Sen. Ted Stevens, Sen. Donald Riegle, D-Mich., Editor's note: The following is the first o f a three-part seminar will be continued annually.” R Alaska, to restore *1.5 billion of leader of the move to restore $800 series on a Social Concerns Seminar held in Washing Sr. Carolyn also considered the seminar a success. the $3 billion the Senate Budget Committee recommended cut from million, said he would save the ton,D.C. during semester break. Observer reporter Kelli “The first-hand exposure to the legislative process and spending for the Strategic money elsewhere in the budget by Flint participated in the seminar, which focused on the accessibility of the congresspeople had a significant Petroleum Reserve, an emergency justice issues in government. im pact,” she said. allowing "junkyard dogs” to go after oil supply. The vote was 71-23. waste, fraud and abuse. “Speakers such as Fr. Peter Henriot of the Center of Seventeen students participated in a Social Concerns Concern, Fr. Brian Hehir of the International Office of seminar in Washington,D.C. during the semester break. Justice and Peace, Kathy Flaherty of the Religious Task The Center for Experiential Learning sponsored the Force on El Salvador, and the NETWORK staff focused week-long seminar, which was coordinated by Sr. many of the legislative issues as they related to social Large voter Carolyn Burgholzer, developer for the CEL justice. The students who attended the seminar include: Senior “Congrssman Romano Mazzoli (D-Kentucky) Thcrese Anne Brown; Juniors Ann Barsanti and Tom provided a Notre Dame link. Mazzoli, N.D.’54,met with McSteen; and Sophomores Julianne Chesky, Kathy Col the students and arranged tours at the Pentagon, the the highlights primaries lins, Ken Golonka, Gregory Hartmann, Gregory Hauth, White House, and the Capitol. He also arranged Michael Holloway, Roger Keating, Josephine Nevarez, meetings with Congressman Dan Lungren (R- By JEFF HARRINGTON Karin Olsen, Tom Parrill, Denise Smith, Loren Solfest, California), N.D.’68, and Principal Deputy Assistant for N ew s S ta ff and Diane Tobelmann. Navy Logistics Tom Harvey, N.D.’63 and ’66(law).” The seminar focused on justice Issues in government, Former Congressman Fred Schwcngel (R Iowa), Two tickets from each class advanced from yesterday’s class elec according to Sr. Carolyn. Students met with President of the Capitol Hill Historical Society, con tion primaries to tomorrow’s runoffs with what Tom Koegel, Om representatives . ducted the tour of the Capitol building. budsman election chairman, termed "a phenomenal turnout, the best of organizations T | ir~C r\ A V Schwcngel stated his views on the 1980 Presidential in years ” such as the Legal I U C O U A Y election. “I wasn’t satisfied with either candidate,” he said. “I knew and supported John Anderson. He did not The tickets headed by presidential candidates Tom Lupo and Tom 5S. % «**» FOCUS win the election, but he won something else. Schuler received 227 votes (23 percent) and 216 votes (21.8 per Select Commit- “Neither political party is perfect, but now they will cent), respectively, to earn spots in the senior class election runoff. Over 56 percent of the current junior class voted. tee on Aging, be closer to perfect as a result of John Anderson. He NETWORK, the International Office of Justice and didn't win votes because he spent most of his time win In the race for junior class officers the tickets of Mark Mai and Julian Peace, the Center of Concern, the Religious Task Force ning ballots.” Rowe advanced to tomorrow’s runoff. Nearly 62 percent of this year's on El Salvador, and the Department of the Navy at the Schwcngel also stressed the need for religion and sophomore class cast ballots giving the Mai ticket 295 votes, or 28.2 Pentagon. morality in politics. "The moral force has got to be kept percent of the votes cast, and the Rowe ticket 290 votes, or 27.7 per cent of the votes cast. "Sr. Carolyn and I designed the trip to help students alive,” he added. “The Moral Majority does not ade learn how the political process works, ” Task Force quately represent this force. It is dangerous to allow the An unprecedented 69.3 percent of the freshman class turned out to Chairperson Thcrese Anne Brown said. “We organized Falwells to tell Congress how much to appropriate push the tickets headed by Lou Nanni and Bob Thompson into runoff positions. The Nanni ticket gained 307 votes, or 26.4 percent of the it to enable them to see how Christian values can be towards defense.” reflected within the political system. Students looked at NETWORK staff member Ruth Nieland gave back votes cast, while the Thompson ticket garnered 294 votes, or 25 3 how NETWORK and other lobbying groups that are ground information on the Catholic social justice percent of the electorate. solely committed to Christian values and ideals in lobbying organization. Kathy Jurado and Anne Maureen Slowey advanced to the runoffs in fluence the political process. “We have 5500 members throughout the United the race for off campus commissioner, capturing 47 percent and 31.3 “ The trip was a pilot project this year. I am really States, ” she said. “We are organized via states and Con percent of the vote, respectively. excited with the way that it went. My hope is that the gressional districts. I News Briefs Tuesday, March 31, 1981 — page 2 by The Observer and The Associated Press J o h n W . H in c k le y J r., arrested in the wounding of President Reagan and three others yesterday, was carrying three hand Observing changes guns when he was arrested in Nash vile last October while then President C arter was in town, the FBI said.