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THE BATTALION MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1978 Page 3 Fight song penned B ~ 52 vandaUsm probe for phony school ‘Inside job’ suspected Battalion photo by Susan Webb Waiting warbler here’s not much to sing about for this songbird, as it waits etween Geology and Reed McDonald buildings in the cold nd wet weather for springtime to arrive. Contractor helps ‘ark/ Post says By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL DES MOINES, Iowa — Okoboji University — Iowa’s nonexistent university — now has a real live fight song. And a recorded version of this song may be on its way to becoming a local hit. Dennis Kintzi, general manager of Iowa Great Lakes Recording Co. of Milford and co-author of “Univer sity of Okoboji,’ said the song was written as a tribute to the area. The whole Okoboji University thing was started by two Milford businessmen who began selling shirts and clothing with Okoboji University on them as a way to raise money, Kintzi said. And they were able to buy a new fire rescue truck for the town of Mil ford with the proceeds. People liked the idea so much that the idea of Okoboji U. has continued to grow, so we wrote the song as a kind of nice thing to do.” The school was established in jest and named in honor of Lake Okoboji. But people like it. Its a source of pride for the area. The idea has mushroomed because area residents feel Okoboji U. stands for all the good will of the Iowa Lakes region, NOW YOU KNOW United Press International There is enough stone in the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt to build a wall around all of France. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL ASHINGTON — South Korea garmed a U.S. defense Con or in 1973 to help pay the costs mgressional lobbying done by gsun Park, the indicted Korean trader in the Capitol Hill ence-huying scandal, the Wash- on Post reported in its editions y. ie company involved was iden- dby the Post as E-Systems Inc., talks. The newspaper said offi- of E-Systems say the company sed to make the suggested pay- its to Park in exhange for Park’s 'ed help in winning a contract the company to manufacture radios for the Korean army, owever, the company, accord- to the Post, retained other Ko- i businessmen a few months and federal investigators have id that much of the more than $1 ion paid to these other Korean iultants was converted to cash directed back to an embassy of- in Washington, the Post said. omeofthat money, the Post said istigators believe, was used to ;e the same kind of illegal pay- nts to American officials that has been accused of making. The commission payments were legitimate, E-Systems officials con tended, adding they did not know what happened to the money they paid to the Korean businessmen. The Post said it had obtained its information through non government sourses. The information included an April 11, 1973 letter sent by Korean ambassador-at-large Yang You Chan to former Defense Department counsel John Davis. Davis later for warded the letter to E-Systems, the Post said. The letter claimed Park had in tervened to “pacify the congres sional supporters ’ of a rival E-Systems, thereby helping E-Systems to become the radio supplier to the Korean army. “Since it was Tongsun’s interven tion that caused the project to be re vived,” Yang’s letter read, “and since it is his guidance to which we look for our Washington operation Congressional Military Appropria tions, it goes without saying that it would be most advisable for you to recommend to your friends at E-Systems that they should ac comodate Tongsun’s requirements as well as E-System can, so that he can better serve his role.“ ranian chef uses lowtorch to cook United Press International METAIRIE, La. — Those tiny, Jrotected shrimp never had a nee. liere they were, laying cold and in the frying pan. bury Azimi stepped into the xiglass booth. He picked up the wtorch hanging on the wall and ;an to cook. Some call it welding food to per. 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So on one side, we have a sing-along version complete with easy lyrics and a catchy tune and on the other side we have a disco version with a good beat that you can dance to. “We have pressed 2,000 copies of the song and have many requests for the song by individuals who live in the small town,’ Kintzi said. Kintzi said a tape of the song has been sent to several Des Moines radio stations and at least one is playing it on the air. “We are pleased with the good re action and if anything, the reaction shows that more people are ready for Okoboji U.,” Kintzi said. By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — An investigation into vandalism of a Strategic Air Command B-52 bomber, reportedly armed with short-range attack missiles and nu clear warheads, is focusing on mili tary personnel, according to the commander of Robins Air Force Base. Col. Leslie Candee said Sunday the chances were “extremely re mote’ that an outsider could pene trate the area where the B-52 was parked. “I would discount it entirely,” said Candee, adding he was certain “a party or parties in the military did the damage, which he termed vandalism. Candee said the investigation in volves SAC crew members, security guards, maintenance personnel and aircraft technicians at the base. Lt. Col. Larry Brown, chief of public information at SAC head quarters at Offiitt .Air Force Base, Neb., said the bomber was on alert at the time of the incident Friday, but “upon discovery of the van dalism, the B-52 was immediately replaced with a mission-ready air craft and the 19th Bombardment Wing allert commitment was main tained.” Brown said a preliminary Air Force investigation indicated “dam age is minor and confined to the air craft’s electrical and hydraulic sys tem. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution earlier quoted sources as saying the bomber was on alert, meaning it was armed with nuclear weapons, and that one missile had been tampered with, but was not damaged though it “looked like somebody beat on it (the missile) with a hammer.” The bomber, parked in an iso lated area of the base, was under guard at the time of the vandalism, Mahr said. “This area where the plane was parked has a very, very controlled access,” Candee said. blowtorch to cook the food at his new restaurant in suburban New Orleans. It takes less time than cooking in a heavy-duty microwave oven and, surprisingly, the finished product actually can be eaten. He engineered the torch to pro duce up to 500 degrees of cooking heat — just enough to cook a medium rare filet in 20 seconds, a duckling a 1’orange in 45 seconds and a spicy hot Shrimp Diablo in 15 seconds. 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