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It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. vol. 66, issue 13 tuesday, September 20,1983 new/bowling green state university Naval guns open fire in support of Lebanese BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - US. na- sea forces. shelling "is the best method to military and the U.S. diplomatic Previously U.S. officials ordered before the naval barrage, but none of val guns hammered away at Druse Druse spokesmen in Beirut claimed achieve" a settlement. corps personnel. The naval gunfire retaliatory shelling after the Marine the 1,200 Americans were injured. artillery positions in Lebanon's cen- the American shells landed in about The destroyer John Rodgers and support missions are defensive ac- camp or other American installations tral mountains yesterday and for the five towns around Souk el-Gharb and the guided missile cruiser Virginia tions." were shelled. The Marines took refuge in sand- first time a U.S. spokesman said the an undetermined number of civilians fired repeated barrages in the morn- A Western military source said the bagged bunkers and foxholes, but firing was in support of the Lebanese were killed. But U.S. officials insisted ing and again in the afternoon as the A STATE DEPARTMENT official attackers penetrated Souk el-Gharb there were no reports of retaliatory army's defense of Souk el-Gharb. the guns were firing at military posi- U.S. trained Lebanese Army's 8th in Washington, who requested ano- twice, but the army drove them out Druse shelling after the UJS. bar- The government's Radio Beirut re- tions. Brigade fought with Druse and Pales- nymity, suggested the loss of Souk el- each time. The Druse and Palestin- rages. However, Marine officers said ported fighting raged into the night in Israeli Druse leaders protested to tinian guerrillas attacking Souk el- Gharb could spell a major defeat for ians left behind SO bodies after one forward positions came under small- the mountain town overlooking the U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis in Gharb, the mountaintop town nine American policy and lead to a reas- attack, and two of their tanks were arms fire. Lebanese capital. An army commu- Tel Aviv, claiming Washington was miles southeast of Beirut that over- sessment of whether the Marine force destroyed, the source, who asked not nique said s Lebanese Bulldog recon- supporting the Christian Phalangists looks the U.S. Marine base at the should remain in Lebanon. to be identified, said. Army communiques said the three naissance plane crashed near the against the Druse in the fighting. The Beirut airport. surviving Hawker Hunter jets of the Druse mountain town of Aley "and Druse sect is an offshoot of Islam. "The naval gunfire support was The White House announced last He also said the defenders "ran Lebanese air force struck at insur- the fate of the two pilots is still un- conducted on military targets threat- week the Marine command in Beirut very abort of ammunition." and shells gent positions near Souk el-Gharb. known." FRENCH FOREIGN Minister ening the Lebanese armed forces had been authorized to call in naval from the U.S. ships offshore were The army also said its artillery It was the third time in the 16 days Claude Chevsson, whose government defending Souk el-Gharb," U.S. Em- fire support when the Marines and trucked to the garrison. shelled Syrian army rocket launchers of renewed civil war that U.S. ships has troops in the multinational force bassy spokesman John Stewart said. other troops of the multinational in the northern Lebanese province of have opened fire and the first time in Beirut, also criticized American "Successful Lebanese armed forces forces were threatened and when the WARRANT OFFICER Charles Batroun to stop them from shelling a since Syria warned Sunday that its military intervention in the civil war. defense of the area is vital to the Lebanese army was threatened with Rowe of San Francisco, a Marine makeshift airfield where the Leb- troops in Lebanon would fire back if He said be did not believe the U.S. safety of U.S. personnel, including the loss of a position from which the spokesman, said the Marine camp at anese planes are kept near Byblos. M attacked by American ground, air or operations and particularly the Naw U.S. multinational forces, other U.S. Marines could be attacked. the airport was hit with two rockets miles north of Beirut. SLS acts as model by Janet Boyer by-step pamphlet on establishing an slot* reporter SLS program which would explain to other universities how to avoid pit- Editor's note: This is the first la a falls and handle problems that might two-part series on the Student Legal be encountered in the process. Service. Today's article deals with help the board wants to give to other "WE WOULD like to make a con- universities. certed effort to give them informa- tion," Dave Ryan, public relations Although 25 to 30 states have some director for SLS, said. form of student legal service at their Cooperation is needed between all universities, the SLS program at this the SLS programs, Ryan said. University will be the first program of its kind in Ohio, Brian Baird, under- If Ohio State University starts a Edilate student government presi- student legal service the cor "■* t, said last week. should be such that if a B. M t gets in trouble in Columbus he or she As a result, 12 state schools who could use the OSU service, he said, have expressed interest in having an adding students would have better SLS program are using the Universi- coverage if more schools were in- ty's potential system as a model to set volved. up their own. he said. There would also be some cost Baird made an appeal to the SLS advantages to working with other board last week, asking them to put universities, Ryan said. Specialised together a comprehensive report on services could also be shared. the program so a presentation could There are some cases that need be made to the Ohio Student Associa- specialized lawyers, such as foreign tion. students wishing to gain citizenship, bg news staff/Jim Youll Ryan said. The SLS board is also planning . .Two men in a tub some other programs to help schools Instead of schools hiring separate set up a student legal service pro- lawyers to handle these types of gram, Leigh Hollingsworth, chair of cases, schools could colaborate and Brad Neff (left) and Rob Adams of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity sink their oars into the waters of Peregrine Pond the Student Legal Service Board, hire one lawyer to travel to different during the annual Phi Kappa Psi bathtub race held Saturday. Winners of the event included the Little Sisters of Kappa Sigma. said. schools and work on such cases, Ryan Phi Mu sorority, and the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Gamma Phi Beta won the spirit award. The board wants to compile a step- said. Pranks practical? USSR increases Some Jokes aren't humorous airliner search by Marcy Grande jail, but the sentence was waived Ohio Revised Code, which applies to and heard me," Hinckley said. staff reporter under the condition that Hinckley crimes of inducing panic, Hinckley Setting false fire alarms and tele- WAKKANAI, Japan (AP) - The ing an area about 24 miles north of the would not commit a misdemeanor was subject to a maximum penalty of phone harassment which fall under Soviet Union yesterday increased its Soviet island of Moneron with their Many students fail to consider the violation or greater for the next two one year's suspension from all sec- the category of inducing panic fleet searching for wreckage of the nets in the water. As the salvage ship consequences involved in playing i'ears and due to the fact that Hinck- ondary schools funded by the state of according to the Ohio Revised Code, South Korean airliner it shot down Kipektor reached the scene with a 36- "harmless" practical iokes or "acci- ey had no prior criminal record. Ohio, a $1,000 fine and six months in are first degree misdemeanors ana Sept. 1, and a South Korean research foot minisub and a diving bell about dental" stunts that "didn't mean to jail. are punishable by a maximum gf gur. ship with six frogmen also prepared 12-feet in diameter, the survey ship hurt anyone." Such feats include set- HINCKLEVS CASE is lust one months in jail and a $1,000 fine. to join the sweep. Gidronaut retrieved another minisub ting off false fire alarms, telephone example of students who fail to con- "1 CANT believe I actually got in Japan reported finding more from the water. harassment and calling in bomb sider the consequences of their ac- trouble for this," Hinckley said, de- POLICE BLOTTERS show that wreckage from the Boeing 747, includ- STILL ANOTHER minisub was ob- threats, all of which are classified as tions. cribing the incident as one of those over a period of three weeks, there ing a piece of the cabin wall and a served operating from the rescue ship crimes of inducing panic.