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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1981
National
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Officials protest Libyan mission
United Press International
NEW YORK — Officials in
New York, which serves as a
second home to many foreign
dignitaries, are not putting out
the welcome mat for Libyans.
Sen. Daniel Moynihan, D-
N.Y., said Monday through a
spokesman he will ask the State
Department if Libya can be
stopped from building a 25-
story mission to the United Na
tions on Manhattan’s East Side.
Moynihan’s action was
prompted by a letter from Man
hattan Borough President
Andrew Stein, who charged
Libya would use the mission “to
enhance its presence in a coun
try where it is certainly unwel
come.”
The United States, which has
charged the regime of Libyan
leader Col. Moammar Khadafy
is a major supporter of interna
tional terrorism, still has diplo
matic relations with Libya, but
on a reduced level through
third nation intermediaries.
Deterrent of Soviet aggression
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WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen.
Robert Kingston, commander of
the Rapid Deployment Force,
said Tuesday he has 200,000 men
ready to go into combat to oppose
any aggression in the Middle East
or Persian Gulf and to confront the
Soviets if necessary.
“The Rapid Deployment Joint
Task Force is the only meaningful
free world deterrent to Soviet
adventurism in Southwest Asia,”
Kingston said in an address pre
pared for the annual meeting of
the Association of the U.S. Army.
“It is primarily a deterrent
force, one designed to underwrite
stability in the region.” he said.
“But if deterrence fails, this force
must have the capacity to oppose
aggression with real military capa
bility, including the Soviets.
“If deterrence fails, the Rapid
Deployment Joint Task Force will
be prepared to carry out the
orders of the national command
authority — and ready to go into
combat.”
Meantime, the top military
officer on the National Security
Council staff was quoted Tuesday
as saying that the “Soviets are on
the move, they are going to
strike.”
Army Maj. Gen. Robert L.
Schweitzer said the Kremlin now
has nuclear superiority and spoke
to an Army group Monday of “a
drift toward war,” the Washington
Post reported.
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cleared by the White House, and
of the claim the “Soviets are on the
move,” White House spokesman
Larry Speakes said Tuesday: “He
was talking when he should have
been listening. His views do not
reflect policy.”
Kingston said his command,
with the authority for an instant
combat call on designated units of
the Air Force, Army, Navy and
Marines, is ready to handle any
thing “from a small contingency to
a major confrontation.”
He said critics of the makeup
and intent of the Rapid Deploy
ment Force he took over three
months ago were “dead wrong” in
their judgments.
“Some of our critics see us as an
invasion force, poised to move
into the Persian Gulf at the slight
est provocation,” he said.
“Some see us as a paper tiger, a
force, without forces, which is
neither rapid nor deployable”I*j
said. “And some see us as|
panacea for a challenging as;
troubled area.
“They are simply and mj
quivocably wrong. Dead wroni l
Kingston said there is nonalimi
in the Persian Gulf area able I]
take on the Soviets alone, and®
regional group to do it. Hesaidbi
200,000-man force is the onlydtl
terrent now available, empbasi!|
ing it is there to provide
when asked.
He also said the presenceofi®I
force in an area would put lk
Soviets on notice they risk a
confrontation with the l
States if they move into an area.
“A direct confrontation issomei
thing I would not like to see,"It
said. “But I believe the Soviet!!®
ion would like to see one eve®
less.”
Super- wealthy
facing shortage
of plush homes P
United Press International
BAR HARBOR, Maine —
These are trying times for the
very, very rich.
While sky high interest rates
have put even a modest home out
of the reach of most Americans,
the super-wealthy are caught in a
housing shortage.
The problem is not interest
rates. There simply aren’t enough
suitably plush mansions to go
around, says real estate broker
Charles W. Sawyer Jr., who has
catered to some of America’s most
affluent families for 30 years.
Sawyer says the headache be
gins when you start making, say $5
million a year.
Not only is the number of list
ings for oceanside mansions skim
py, but the law of supply and de
mand is driving up prices that
swallow even a bloated pocket-
book.
Take, for example, a few of the
“quarters” recently up for sale
along the Maine coast, long one of
America’s most exclusive hide-
—Blue Hill: “Circa 1840yeai j
round Greek Revival Colonia 1
with magnificent columns located
on hill for perfect setting. Cob-
tains 27 rooms, 6.5 baths, 10 fire
places, eight bedrooms, full base
ment. Bam with horse stables,!'
acres, with 2,000 feet of granite-
laced bay frontage. $375,000.”
For those who want to build
from the blueprints up, there b
land available, however scarce:
—Bar Harbor: “One hundred
spruce-covered acres — 6,000feel
of oceanfront on the Mount De
sert Narrows. $350,000.”
—Gouldsboro: “One hundred
and thirty acres — 7,700 feet of
deep ocean frontage. A portion
suitable for moorage and (the rest)
in bold pink granite frontage
$425,000.”
aways:
—Blue Hill: “‘Dundree,’ a 22-
room estate considered to be one
of the finest in this prestigious
coastal area. Offers 850 feet deep
water ocean frontage, 2.5 mani
cured acres with pier, dock, sand
beach, swimming pool, stone but
tresses and retaining walls. Ele
gant suVnmer living at its finest.
$595,000.”
—Winter Harbor: “Tum-of-
the-century charm and opulence
become obvious when you enter
the impeccable grounds of this 15-
room Georgian- style home.
House contains seven bedrooms,
seven baths, 30-by-18 living room
with fireplace, dining room with
stone fireplace and French doors
to rear terrace overlooking waters
Bar Harbor was once the ocean
playground for the very, very ricb
rivaled only by Newport, R.I.,as
the in place for summers away
from the rigors of the workaday
world.
In 1947, a fire destroyed most of
the magnificent old homes and
hotels, hut the area still serves as
summer residence for many not
ables in the world’s of business
and letters.
“You can see Rockefellers, Ken-
nedys and other heavies here in
the summer,” Sawyer said. “But
there is a lot of new money around
as well.”
While many real estate brokers
are struggling in today’s tight
money market, Sawyer is uncon
cerned about his business.
“The middle-class slugger who
has been the heart-and-souloftbe
real estate business is waiting for
rates to come down. For those
who deal with homes for them, the
of Frenchman Bay and Cadillac
Mountain. Would you believe,
furnished and only, $210,000?”
market is slow,” he says.
“But business is good, as
ways, for the very rich.”
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