Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 9-3-1987 The BG News September 3, 1987 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 September 3, 1987" (1987). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4682. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4682 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 BG NEWS Vol.70 Issue7 Bowling Green, Ohio Thursday, September 3,1987 War intensifies in Persian Gulf MANAMA, Bahrain (API — Iranian in February 1984. Iran attacks third- The escalation of the so-called tanker a six-week lull, reported air raids Tues- ton said the U.S. assault carrier Gua- ships attacked five vessels in a 24-hour country ships on the theory that they war increases the threat to U.S. war- day on four ships in the waterway and dalcanal rescued an Iraqi pilot Monday period, including a cargo vessel and a may be carrying cargoes to Iraq or ships escorting reflagged Kuwaiti tan- five industrial and oil targets. from the gulf waters. tanker yesterday, in an unprecedented states that allegedly support it. kers through the gulf. Two groups of re- Iraq has claimed hits on nine ships In London, meanwhile, Britain war- reprisal campaign in its 3-year-old tan- Meanwhile, Iraq said its jets hit a flagged tankers were taking on oil in since Saturday, but only five have been ned Iraq to stop attacking ships in the ker war with Iraq In the Persian Gulf, "large maritime target" off the Iranian Kuwait today, and one convoy was ex- confirmed by Lloyd's and other inde- gulf and said Iraqi military actions snipping sources said. coast yesterday. Baghdad radio, moni- pected to start its outbound trip through pendent sources. were not in keeping with Baghdad's ac- The Iranian attacks yesterday on a tored in London, quoted a military the gulf with U.S. warships shortly. The Iraqi targets are mainly tankers ceptance of a United Nations resolution Cyprus-owned cargo ship and a Greek- spokesman as saying the maritime tar- owned by Iran or chartered to shuttle on a cease-fire. owned tanker followed strikes Tuesday get—Iraq's usual term for a supertan- Gulf-based shipping executives ex- crude oil from the Kharg Island oil ter- on South Korean, Japanese and Spanish ker— was hit at 7:30 a.m. local time. pressed surprise at the unprecedented minal, at the head of the gulf, to a In Washington, the State Department tankers, gulf shipping sources and There was no independent confirmation numbers and range of the Iranian at- makeshift terminal at Larak island, in said the II.N. Security Council should Lloyd's of London insurers said. of the report. tacks on neutral snipping, from waters the mouth of Hormuz. draft sanctions against Iran unless that The attacks caused no injuries and off the northern Saudi Arabian coast to country agrees to the cease-fire by the five damaged vessels sailed to The Iranian attacks were in apparent the Strait of Hormuz. Iran claimed it shot down three raid- week's end. nearby ports or dropped anchor to retaliation for a string of Iraqi air raids "We have to expect more," said a ing aircraft Tuesday. It also reported The United States agreed to provide make repairs, the sources said. that began Saturday on Iranian targets Dubai-based shipping executive, speak- retaliatory raids on military and in- U.S. Navy escorts to 11 Kuwaiti tankers The five strikes were the most by Iran in the gulf area. On Tuesday, Iraq said ing on condition ot anonymity. dustrial targets in Iraq. after Iran accused Kuwait of aiding in a 24-hour period since the 7-year-old its planes hit four ships as well as Iran- Iraq, which resumed attacks on Iran- Iraqdenied losing any of its aircraft, Iraq and began attacking the emirate's Iran-Iraq war spilled over into the gulf ian industrial targets. ian oil targets in the gulf Saturday after but a Pentagon spokesman in Washing- tankers. BG might add license fee tax tax is implemented, the cost of by Caroline Langer registering a passenger vehicle cily editor would be $32. "This is as low a licensing fee A tax may be added to the cost as you'll find in the 50 states, of auto license tag fees in order even with the new tax," Ken- to aid the city with the cost of said. road maintenance. "We are not keeping pace with The new permissive motor maintenance," he said. "There vehicle license tax, part of the are 70 miles of street which need state's transportation budget, to be resurfaced every seven H.B. 419, allows local govern- years." ments to add up to a $15 tax to It costs the city $369,600 to tag fees to be used for road and resurface 10 miles of road a traffic signal maintenance. year, Kerr said. This is in addition to the $5 li- "We are trying to maintain cense tax the General Assembly the present level of services to granted local governments in citizens in spite of increasing 1967. costs and decreasing aid at the Bowling Green has not yet federal level," Kerr said. used this taxing ability, but the The legislation has already administration is recommend- been read once and is due for its ing to City Council that it be second reading during the coun- enacted later this year, said Col- cil's Sept. 8 meeting, Smith said. leen Smith, assistant municipal A decision about the tax can be administrator. made by council at its Sept. 22 The administration is also meeting after the third reading. recommending that council ap- If the legislation passes and prove the first measure of the enough citizens are against it, permissive tax by Sept. 30, so they can file a referendum about $60,000 could be generated which would be voted on during BG News/Mark Thalman by the $5 licensing fee which the Nov. 1988 elections, Smith Attention! Lt. Colonel Thorn Ruhe, senior management information systems would be collected beginning said. If the referendum fails, the It is inspection time for candidates in the Air Force ROTC program. major, takes notes on his performance. Gebbie was admitted into the Jan. 1,1988, Smith said. tax money could not be collected Tom Gebbie. junior marketing major, stands at attention while Cadet Flight Commander program following his interview and inspection. Finance Director Charles until 1989. Kerr said that if the permissive C See Tax, page 5. Students help Forest fires scorch west Overwhelmed firefighters let smaller threatened rural communities. One fire in after being left to burn itself out. Arson was area children hotspots burn and awaited reinforcements Washington forced evacuation of a state believed to be the cause of at least three of from as far as the Northeast yesterday as park. the more than 30 fires in Southern Califor- they battled hundreds of fires that had Lightning-spawned fires had charred nia. by Tina Onder tiate discussions and lead activi- blackened more than 130,000 acres in the 89,115 acres of brush and timber yesterday reporter ties." Federal and state firefighters used at least Students also work on special West. in northern California, swelling 20,000 acres 48 air tankers, 296 fire engines, 31 helicop- projects at the Center. Last More than 300 California National in less than 24 hours. ters and scores of bulldozers. Students who have knowledge week volunteers organized a car Guardsmen were called out yesterday to "There are now 910 fires going," said John Scores of residents were evacuated in Tuo- of children and their special wash to send the children to Ce- help in hard-hit Tuolumne County, along Carter at the joint state-federal fire infor- lumne City, Harding Flats and Smith needs and want to put it into ac- dar Point Amazement Park. with aircraft and 90 trucks, said Guard mation center in Sacramento, Calif. "We Station. tion will find a challenging and Both undergraduate and spokesperson Sgt. Carolyn Hamilton. have 11,000 people fighting the fires." A Forest Service firefighter was killed worthwhile graduate students are needed at The tires in tinder-dry Oregon, California The biggest single fire, in the central Tuesday when he was hit by a motorcycle, place to do so the Center and may be eligible and Idaho forced scattered evacuations, Idaho mountains, was a blaze that flared up said Harley Greiman, a forest service at the Chil- for a practicum, field experi- destroyed or damaged dozens of homes and and doubled in size in one day to 15,000 acres spokesman. dren's Re- ence, independent study or in- source Center. ternship placement at CRC. This "Our pro- may apply to students in a var- gram relies on iety of majors, including social student vol- work and criminal justice. unteers. We "The practical experience Search to begin for new dean couldn't func- makes sense of all the classroom tion without theory," Kerr said. Over 5,000 undergraduate stu- them," said "err Dara Stutzman, senior family by Judy Immel dents are enrolled in the College Roseann Kerr, director of vol- services major, started working staff reporter "Acting as dean is a full-time job." of Arts and Sciences.