The BG News May 13, 1982
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 5-13-1982 The BG News May 13, 1982 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News May 13, 1982" (1982). BG News (Student Newspaper). 3999. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/3999 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. THe weather Partly cloudy today. good High near 82. Mostly cloudy tonight. Low morning near 60. Thursday BG News Bowling Green State University May 13, 1982 British destroyer shoots down two Argentine fighter-bombers by the Associated Press the encounter was inside a 200-mile against airfields on the Falklands. war zone Britain declared around the A British destroyer attacked by South Atlantic islands April 30. BRITAIN CLAIMED after the Argentine warplanes shot down two of McDonald said there was no dam- Falkland Sound encounter that its the Skyhawk fighter-bombers yester- age to the warship, which was not battle fleet had a stranglehold on the day in a battle about 30 miles west of identified, nor any British casualties. Falklands, 250 miles east of the Ar- the Falkland Islands, the Defense He said the Argentine fighter-bomb- gentine coast. Ministry announced in London. ers were U.S.-built A-4 Skyhawks and It was the first Argentine air attack were shot down by fire from the Britain claimed it has isolated the on the British fleet since May 4 and warship. He did not say whether they estimated 9,000 Argentine troops oc- the Defense Ministry in London said were knocked down by anti-aircraft cupying the islands since April 2, and the planes apparently flew from the fire or missiles and would not confirm said that 3,000 British soldiers who Argentine mainland and attacked the report that Sea Wolf missiles were left Southampton Wednesday aboard through thick cloud cover. The new used. the requisitioned luxury liner Queen fighting was the first reported since McDonald identified the Skyhawks Elizabeth 2 would arrive in several Tuesday morning when a British ship as A4-Ps, which are land-based. weeks to bolster the armada. attacked an Argentine ship in the Argentina's air force has 68 of the But well-informed sources in Lon- channel between the two main is- bomb-carrying planes, some sta- don said British defense chiefs fear lands. tioned at Rio Gallegos, the nearest air Argentina's three submarines are Spokesman Ian McDonald said a base to the war zone. They have a prowling the Falkland Islands war third Argentine Skyhawk escaped range of about 460 miles, enough to zone to sink British troop .and supply anti-aircraft fire from the British reach radar picket ships of the British ships, and that British warships and destroyer. The destroyer apparently task force. spyplanes have been deployed to hunt was on radar picket duty in advance The British have now claimed to the Argentine subs. of the main British fleet, which has have downed at least five Argentine ringed the Islands, seized by Argen- combat planes and helicopters in dog- Agentina said Tuesday it would tina on April 2. fights or anti-aircaft fire since May 2. attack any British ship or plane in the They claim others have been de- South Atlantic heading to the Falk- THE DEFENSE MINISTRY said stroyed on the ground in strikes lands. Actress testifies, denies having BG News photo'TIm Appel Tammy Thomsen, a sophomore marina biology major, taada a crab aha kaapa In a tank at tha marina laboratory In tha relationship with John Hinckley Llla Sciancat Building. About 50 atudanta take care ot tha lab, which was started nine years ago by assistant professor Cynthia Groat and two of her students. WASHINGTON (AP) - John Hinck- The videotaped deposition given by wait any longer to impress you ... I ley remained impassive when his Foster had been on the screen for 25 am doing all this for your sake.'" father sobbed "I am the cause of minutes when Hinckley, appearing Miniature ocean hooks students John's tragedy." but the presidential pale, suddenly rose from his seat and THE SOUND on the videotape attacker bolted from the courtroom walked rapidly out with four U.S. shown the jury was bad, overlaid by a yesterday upon hearing actress Jodie marshals just behind. loud hum, and it was hard to follow Foster's videotaped disclaimer of any the questioning. on University marine biology lab relationship with him. Hinckley had been present during Before adjourning, the jury donned The younger Hinckley's own writ- the two hours of videotaping sessions headsets to listen to Hinckley's tape by Dan Murphy tion of assistant professor Cynthia food pellets, algae, brine shrimp ten words said his unrequited love for March 29 and 30, and therefore "his recordings of two telephone conversa- Groat. and vitamin supplements, Groat the actress led him to snoot President presence in the courtroom was not tions he had with the actress. Two brown and white barb-tailed The lab gives students a chance said. Ronald Reagan last year. required for the replay. stingrays glide through the water to observe live specimens and do Groat and two of her students Hinckley's father, John Hinckley The 26-year-old defendant did not Foster said she had received poems as a box fish, looking like a striped, research, Groat explained. started the lab in 1963 with five Sr., wept near the end of his 3 'h hours speak. The videotape showing contin- and love letters from him on three thorned Twinkie, swims endlessly The specimens are collected by aquariums in Moseley Hall and of testimony as he recalled how be ued without him. He came back after different occasions - a dozen different back and forth. University biology students each "|50 to try it with," she said. told his son he could not come home. it was over, still pale. documents in two batches in the fall of In other tanks there is a small, year during spring break on a field It has grown since that time. It Burying his face in his hands, the 1980 and more in March 1981, the bright orange and white clown fish trip to the Gulf Coast Research attracted more than 800 visitors father sobbed: "I am the cause of "DO YOU KNOW him at all?" the month he shot Reagan. straight from a Walt Disney car- Laboratory in Ocean Springs, last year, is used for classes, in- John's tragedy." actress was asked. Three weeks after the parting of toon, a barb fish that looks more Miss. The trip follows a winter cluding a seminar on tidal marsh The defendant's mother was led A. No. father and son, John Hinckley Jr. was like a rock, red-and-white-striped Juarter class that teaches the stu- ecology, and is the basis for re- weeping from the courtroom. Young Q. Do you have mutual friends? arrested outside the Washington Hil- lion fish with poisonous quills, and ents about the ocean. Hinckley, on trial for shooting the A No. ton Hotel and charged with attempt- two long, lean, sharp-toothed speci- Instant Ocean, a blend of salts Students do preliminary work president and three other men, did not Q. Have you ever been introduced to ing to assassinate the president. mens - a gar and a moray eel. that simulate the sea, is used for and reading before deciding on react visibly. him? Hinckley senior, the balding, Less-noticeable inhabitants in- lab water, Groat said. The balance their research projects and enroll- Recalling his rejection of his son, A. No. wealthy chairman of an oil explora- clude algae, plants and barnacles. of chemicals in the tanks is delicate ing for credit, Groat said. the elder Hinckley said, "I'm sure Q. Or him to you? tion company headquartered in Ever- The University marine labo- and must be closely monitored. Current research includes an ef- that was the greatest mistake of my A. No. green, Colo, told of stormy arguments ratory is the only one of its kind in fort to find out how bacteria attach life. We forced him out at a time he Hinckley looked grim when the ac- with his son over his wanderings in Ohio - a 3,000-gallon miniature "ABOUT HALF OF the speci- themselves to gravel and how just couldn't cope." tress was asked her relationship with and out of college, of failure after ocean on the second floor of the mens die from disease or growth oyster-drilling snails 'drill' into him. He jumped up when she replied: failure in finding a job. Life Science Building. problems. Crabs invariably die clams so they can eat the oyster. AND, HIS voice now quavering, the "I don't have any relationship with "I told him how disappointed I was when they're trying to molt," she "The students learn from each father added: "I wish to God I could John Hinckley." in him, how he'd let us down, how he THE LAB is operated by about 50 said. "We hope that the majority other," Groat said. "The lab gives trade places with him right now." In an unmailed letter found in his had not followed the plan we all students who volunteer to be in live until the next trip." them a chance to show their abil- He took out a handkerchief and hotel room the day of the shooting, agreed on.