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Page 10 THE BATTALION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1981 National Police chief becomes priest Badge versus pulpit * United Press International ^PALATINE, Ill. — There’s not rrijuch difference between being a good cop and a good priest. That’s the gospel according to Harry Walsh. 'Walsh, 45, describes himself as “the only ordained police chief in captivity. ” By this time next year, he says, he hopes to turn in his badge for a full-time pulpit. “The church is like a floating crap game — you go where the action is,” he said, eyes twinkling behind tinted glasses. • Walsh in uniform looks like the stereotype of a small town law man. He has been a policeman for 19 years — nine of them as police chief in nearby Buffalo Grove. “It might sound corny, but I go where God is leading,” said Walsh, who became an Anglican priest 2 and one-half years ago. ■ At age 15, Walsh entered a Tr^ppist monastery. He left at 26. ‘“I got up in the morning in the 12th century — we even wore 12th century underwear — and in the afternoon stepped off a plane in The 20th century in Chicago,” Walsh said. “I left because I couldn’t become a Catholic priest.” ! A cousin of his, Timothy John Doyle, helped him re-adjust to the modern world. “He was a good man and a good police officer,” Walsh said. “He re-introduced me to the world and asked me what I was planning to do. “I really hadn’t thought about it. In the monastery you don’t have those concerns. He sug gested I become a police officer. It paid pretty well in those days — $100 a week. I admired Tim, so I took the test and came in sixth on the eligibility list.” During his career, Walsh said, he “has seen it all — the ugliness. I cannot be shocked by anything. “The worst thing — I remem ber going to the scene of an explo sion and fire. There were two in jured. I went to pick up one of the men. As I pulled, the skin came off his back. Nobody really understands what a police chief does, Walsh said. “People get a $5 parking ticket and they have got to talk to the chief of police, ” Walsh said. “I’ve got plenty of men in the depart ment who know more about those things than I do. That is not my job. I have to see that my officers are properly trained and moti vated. ” Police work has changed markedly over the years, he said. “It used to be people looked to police for order,” he said. “Now the attitude is ‘Screw you.’ And it’s just as bad in the suburbs as in the city.” He said part of the fault lies with the courts. One Two Fingers’ Dorm Shirt Yours for $ 6 95 It’ll cover you up* It’ll keep you warm. Besides, it says you have good taste when it comes to Tequila. Two Fingers. Order one up. . . the Tequila and the Dorm Shirt. Just fill out the coupon below and send along $6.95 for each shirt. The rest is up to you. Send check or money order to: Two Fingers Tequila Merchandise Offer P.O. 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Judges should just examine the facts.” Walsh said he is in favor of strict gun control “so that eventually we can take the guns away from the police, too.” He also favors capital punish ment. “There is a punitive aspect to the law,” he said. “If a crime is severe enough, a severe punish ment has to be injected. Even while he immersed him self in his police career and man aged to secure degrees in sociolo gy and law, Walsh remained com mitted to the Roman Catholic Church. “I became a deacon in 1972,” he said, “but I couldn’t become a priest. Then my marriage disinte grated. I became a nonperson.” “Divorce forced me to start a new life,” he said. “I had been looking at the Episcopal Church for years. Walsh became an assistant pas tor at St. Hillary’s in Prospect Heights shortly after his ordina tion. He now is assistant pastor at St. Philip’s Church, the Rev. Sheldon B. Foote’s parish. •I' j V ** 1 if ,-s^^i M -W H 1 » - : ” 1 The House Brothers, a musical group from Dallas, play a tune for the audience gathered at Bee Creek Park in College Station Saturday. The occasion was the Second Pickin' the Bluegrass Annual Brazos Valley Festival of Bluegrass. Sponsoredbv L the City of College Station Parks and Recreation Depart la ment, the event was free to the public. Wednesday, September 16 Rudder Auditorium 8:00 p.m. Tickets *3, 4, 5 On Sale Weds. Sept. 2 MSC Box Office m-f 9-5 box office info. 5-1234 FAA violated agreement* in ’79 mishap, court says DE' vert has be public is char “In United Press International WASHINGTON —The Feder al Aviation Administration had no authority to ground foreign- registered DC-10 airliners for five-weeks following a 1979 crash that killed 273 people, a federal appeals court has declared. In a little-noticed decision re leased just before Labor Day weekend, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Col umbia ruled 3-0 the FAA acted illegally in temporarily prohibit ing flights by foreign-operated DC-lOs within U.S. airspace. The appellate panel found the international agreement covering such emergencies, known as the Chicago Convention, “permits a country to safeguard its airspace when entry by all aircraft would be dangerous or intrusive because of conditions on the ground.” But the agreement “does not allow one country to ban landing and takeoff because of doubts ab out the airworthiness of particular foreign aircraft,” Judge Roger Robb wrote for the court. The controversy stemmed from the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 on May 25, 1979. The accident, which occurred soon af ter takeoff from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, killed all passengers and crew on board and two people on the ground. When early reports indicated the left wing pylon and the engine attached to it had separated from the wing, the FAA ordered all operators of U.S.-registered DC- 10s to inspect the pylon attach points. The directive also was sent to all foreign operators of the air craft. Subsequent inspections re vealed cracks in the pylon mount- be atti mg assemblies of some DC-IDi usual.’ leading to an order 11 daysafe The the crash to ground all 1I.S. blitz w operated DC-lOs. Thatorderlale as the 1 was expanded to prohibit digit; It doe: within American airspace by a “comii U.S. and foreign-registered DC;sumpt 10s. ftivec In response, a number of forti Am ign governments halted DC! man L flights in their airspace. Europei regulai aviation authorities then dre« vision i an inspection and maintenans past. I program to restore the “airwortl. ferenc ness” of DC-lOs, and exactly on ad. month after the crash asked fifflAct( FAA to rescind its order for plane associa that had been re-certified. doba, 1 The FAA refused, promptiipew ft British Caledonian Airways Lta LeBan to file suit in federal court. Evet compe tually, the company was joined tJ equipp Lufthansa German Airlines, Ate mid-si; lia Airlines, Swissair, Swiss li j Mon Transport Co. Ltd. andBelairAC on as t dream Hey, College of Agriculture Majors! DON'T FORGET PCPA ixury , Chry binatra with th eback f porate but wo 1 associa! Othe | Chrysk v Harmo 14e Le 400; ve man cit 4* & t The MSC 0PAS I It student committee presents: THIS WEDNESDAY! 2nd FLOOR MSC Professional Career Planning in Agriculture oastin | bucks. Anot ^OlUUOIIl piooonio. ^ I FOUR ENCHANTED AFTERNOONS I # & # * * * & * * & OF MSC 0PAS Student Season ticket sales MONDAY SEPT. 14 Century Singers 12-1 p.m. Rudder Fountain WEDNESDAY SEPT. 16 Los Crystales 11-2 p.m. Rudder Fountain (In conjunction with MSC Committee for Awareness of Mexican-American culture) £THURSDAY SEPT. 17 * guitarist 12-2 p.m. Rudder Fountain * * * * * * * * * * & & & & M John Sharpe,4* * * & * * * * * * 4* 4* FRIDAY SEPT. 18 Dance Arts Society 12-1 p.m. MSC Lounge 4* 4* 4* 4* & & All Week OPAS Student Representatives will be available to answer questions about the season & explain the substantial savings of season tickets. 4* 4* 4* 4* 4** Off Campus Aggies Apartment Council President Elections: Sept. 23-24 Filing: Sept. 14-18 pick up information at OCA cubical in SPO Off Campus Center Meeting — 201 MSC Sept. 15 6:30 p.m. said, is for the Dodge Dody lost pe; such of Charge Driving “We ormpan “lymou Dodge Wage Hym Va lue in )&ntcai •can w; ^orth.” The Motor Bvertis Inste 6rs aboi ^onom 'celing i jtonfidei Bely, f 1 “The m thi & C t! 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