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. Azimi prefers to call it art.
he Iranian-born chef uses a
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Fr. James Moore, Chaplain
which is located on the lowa-
Wisconsin border in northern
Iowa, he said.
There has been no negative reac
tion to the song.
“We wanted to have something
for everyone. 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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