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78 No. 46 USPS 0453110 16 pages
College Station, Texas
Friday, November 4, 1983
acuity discusses
ilitary actions
by Michelle Powe
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Battalion Staff
jrly two weeks after the mas-
|e of American Marines and
ch paratroopers in Lebanon and
JP k J.S. invasion of Grenada, there is
confusion among Americans —
ss the country and at Texas A&M
n bout what happened.
rtau\y ve Texas A&M faculty members
-atoy . -viewed this week by The Batta-
T^^^pirrored those mixed feeling ab-
tlQflU.S. foreign policy and American
Ivenient abroad.
here is confusion about why the
6S ed States is in Lebanon and in
ptada. There is confusion about
Ether the Grenada invasion was
4^ ^, or if it violated the charters of
Jniled Nations and the Organiza-
; of American States — both of
■forbid intervention by mem-
u an r. into the internal or external
rs of other member nations.
’eg. lames L. Payne, political scien-
""■^roessor, says the invasion of Gre-
Q0 i was “a very necessary type ac-
concerned about human rights we
have to object to communist regimes.”
He blamed much of the current
confusion about U.S. foreign policy
on “hysterical” journalists and con
gressmen, who blow U.S. involvement
abroad out of proportion.
Dr. John D. Robertson, an assistant
professor of political science, has dif
ferent views. He said the invasion of
Grenada was “a repugnant, illegal,
immoral act that has shamed this
EA.
Die e said the vital interests of the
ed States were threatened by the
Pence of Soviets and Cubans in
JH.ada.
m ^esaid the United States must con-
EA. : t(> resist Soviet presence — and
resence
akeover by totalitarian govern-
in the western hemisphere
inlthe Middle East.
-banon and Grenada are just two
□LECC-s "where we’re pushing back,” he
Without a doubt, communist reg-
are the greatest violators of hu-
rights in the world and if we’re
country.”
“We don’t have the right to tell peo
ple who their friends should be,” he
said. “We have invaded another coun
try to replace a government which we
find distasteful.”
“What gives us the right to con
demn the soviet actions in Poland, the
soviet actions in Afghanistan, the
soviet actions in South Korea when we
do the same thing in Grenada?”
He said the Grenada invasion is an
example of President Ronald
Reagan’s willingness to use military
force instead of diplomacy.
And the American people are part
ly to blame for Reagan’s “shoot from
the hip” policies, he said, because they
are not acting as a conscience for the
American government and making
the government answer for its actions.
“My problem is why we (United
States) think we can play an effective
role in every part of the world,” he
said.
He said the multinational peace
keeping force in Lebanon does not
seem to be effective.
“We would be better off playing the
role of a cautious, distant mediator —
not a participant (in Lebanon),” he
said.
Robertson said he thinks the Amer
ican people have needed some sort of
victory, especially after the Lebanon
bombing, and that victory came in the
form of the Grenada invasion.
But Robertson says that although
the administration may have reaped
short-term rewards in U.S. public
opinion, there may be high costs to
pay in the long-run because of the
Grenada invasion.
He predicts that the Soviets will use
the invasion as a propaganda ploy in
the third world to lessen support for
the United States.
He said third world countries may
be less trusting of the United States
now that it has invaded a small
country.
He said the Soviets also may try to
use the invasion against the United
States by convincing U.S. allies in
Europe to prevent further deploy
ment of U.S. nuclear weapons there.
But Robertson said the important
issue at hand is not the costs or be
nefits to Reagan, or the criticism from
allies. He said these are im-
European
portant, but secondary concerns.
Robertson said the important issue
is whether or not the invasion of Gre
nada was consistent with the moral
principles of the American people.
The three other T exas A&M facul
ty members who were interviewed
said that time will answer most ques
tions about Lebanon and the invasion
and how these incidents might affect
U.S. foreign policy in the future.
See MARINES, page 7
raveling philosopher
Lucky rolls into town
by Clara N. Hurter
and Elizabeth Hascall
Battalion Reporter
[housands of miles have rolled
■ this man’s wheels: his wheel-
jr wheels.
[‘My friends call me Lucky,” he
Kcky, a 46-year-old, cigar-
iking, jewelry-making, traveler
Jjourneyed from his home in
Springs, Fla., to Oregon and
within the past seven years.
Bespite his 16,000 mile trek, this
ucky’s first trip to Texas A&M.
de said he’s just passing through
on on hi
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ise
own
an-College Station on his way to
“g'p en uston, Beaumont and then
Thee lW t>sville.
Lucky plans to vacation and go
ing when he gets to Brownsville,
le left Florida in 1977 after many
mpts to Fni' 1 a job and a place to
he said.
:olUI#No apartments would rent to me
/^$\&use I’m handicapped,” he said.
(((Mouldn’t get a job either.”
'^i/ajcky has been confined to his
!_T*eichair for many years because
lias multiple sclerosis.
Tattered Texas and Confederate
;s fly from his wheelchair, packs
is belongings hang off the sides.
ky wears a large white button on
shirt that proclaims: Lucky
ipe, a crusader for the hand-
>ped.
Put his handicap doesn’t seem to
|| affected his sense of humor.
|iVhen Lucky went into a College
ion McDonalds, he made up a
new Aggie jokes.
‘I (made up three Aggie jokes in
McDonalds,” he said. “It’s a
3"
d place to think.’
ucky lit his stubby brown cigar
chuckled.
“How do you make a piranha
'py?” he said. “Take an Aggie to
chi”
raveling around in a wheelchair
its problems.
Lucky parks under highway
Ipasses when it rains and some-
ss‘sleeps there.
When the weather is nice, any
;e [he can find to park his chair
the night will do, he said.
Ihis isn’t Lucky’s first wheelchair.
Ichair he currently “lives” in has
ken several times.
I busted 14 spokes on one wheel
California and had to flag some-
y down,” he said,
ucky said he needs to have some-
ig welded on his chair and hopes
lave it fixed at Thompson Hall.
I’ve got $10,” he said. “I hope
’s enough cause that’s all I’ve
Elizabeth Hascall, Battalion photo
High mileage barely shows on Lucky or his rolling home.
Lucky makes jewelry, does odd
jobs, and takes donations to support
himself.
He said he hasn’t been able to re
ceive funds from any national orga
nization because of the red tape in-
volved and dues required.
Lucky stuck his cigar in his mouth
and wheeled down the sidewalk.
Everytime someone would ask
him where he was going. Lucky
would chuckle before he answered.
“To the corner,” he said and
pushed away.
Troops
to leave
Grenada
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President
Reagan, announcing U.S. troops will
pull out of Grenada soon, Thursday
angrily rejected comparisons of
America’s military “liberation” of the
island and the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan.
On two other occasions during a
brief session with reporters in the
White House briefing room, the
usually unflappable Reagan bristled
at questions about what the Grenada
operation means to overall U.S. fore
ign policy.
The president testily informed the
tha
group mat a U.N. vote condemning
the invasion “didn’t upset my break
fast.” And he chided reporters for
parroting Nicaraguan leaders’ asser
tions that their nation might be next
on a U.S. military hit list.
The session opened with Reagan
smiling as he delivered a statement
announcing the “situation is stable”
on Grenada and that “military resist-’
ance” has ceased.
Karla James, Battalion photo
Practice, practice
The women’s drill team practices spinning guns and
marching in formation during an early evening practice.
The women are preparing for the officers’ tryouts held
Wednesday. The new officers will be announced Sunday.
“Our objectives have been achieved
and as soon as logistics permit Amer
ican personnel will be leaving,” he
said.
The president said the 18 Amer
icans killed and 89 wounded are
“heroes of freedom.”
A White House spokesman said
Thursday some of the nearly 6,000
American troops may leave Grenada
“as early as tomorrow,” depending on
transportation arrangements.
Stressing the operation was needed
to rescue some 1,000 Americans on
Grenada, Reagan said it also “saved
the people of Grenada from repres
sion and laid aside a potential threat
to all people of the Garibbean.”
CCF project receives
letter from president
by Ronnie Crocker
Battalion Staff
With nearly $13,000 of its $25,000
goal reached, the Texas A&M Village
of Hope project is gaining the support
of some very prominent people, both
locally and nationwide.
In the last two months Dr. Robert
Scott Kellner, coordinator of the pro
ject, has received letters from Presi
dent Ronald Reagan, Rep. Phil
Gramm, and Alan Romberg, spokes
man for the U.S. Department of State.
Kellner said that the attention has
been directed not to him but to the
students for their efforts in the fund
raising drive, which is to end around
Christmas.
In a letter dated Oct. 21, President
Reagan expressed his thanks to Kell
ner for informing him about the pro
ject. He also extended his best wishes.
The project will “adopt” a village of
children in Colombia. This will be
done first with financial support but it
won’t end there, Kellner said.
The long-range goals are to make
the village completely self-supportive
by instructing the natives in the tech
nical, agricultural and other fields.
Reagan wrote: “The type of peo-
ple-to-people project you are under
taking is one of the most effective
ways Americans can demonstrate to
others our concern for their well
being.
“It also shows our commitment to
the democratic ideals we share with
our hemispheric neighbors.”
The letter from Gramm, dated
Sept. 27, reflected similar sentiments.
Romberg’s Sept. 29 letter was writ
ten in response to a letter from Kell
ner to Secretary of State George
Shultz.
In it, Romberg wrote that the prog
ram is “a prime example of Reagan
Volunteerism,” referring to the presi
dent’s attempts to give the control of
such projects to non-governmental
bodies.
He also wrote “the students, faculty
and residents of College Station all
deserve praise for their efforts.”
Kellner also has received an invita
tion from the local Lion’s Club to
attend a luncheon to honor five Texas
A&M students who broke a world re
cord Oct. 23 by running 193.8 miles in
24 hours while raising close to $1,600
for the Village of Hope.
The luncheon will be held at noon
on Nov. 7 at the Ramada Inn.
Financial support also has come re
cently from several other student
groups including the Aggie Cowboys,
who donated about $1,000 of the re
venue from their Oct. 29 Bourbon
Street Bash.
Women from Briggs Hall sold soft
drinks at the Texas A&M-Southern
Methodist University football game
that same day and made $500 to be
donated to the project.
In addition, a College Station cou
ple, Mr. and Mrs. Franco Daconturbia
presented Kellner with a check for
$1,000 about a week ago.
After the money is collected it goes
to the Christian Children’s Fund, a
charitable organization for needy
children founded in 1938 by a Rich
mond, Va., minister, J. Calzitt Clark.
Don Murray, public relations man
ager for CCF, said the first action the
group takes is to set up field offices
staffed entirely by nationals of the
country.
Surveys are then taken to find
where the needy children are. Infor
mation on the children then is sent to
the group’s headquarters in Rich
mond, where requests for sponsors
are sent out nationwide.
About $200 will feed one child for
one year. Of the money donated to
CCF, 80 percent goes directly to the
child while the remaining 20 percent
stays in Richmond for salaries, equip
ment and advertising, Murray said.
CCF currently operates in 20 coun
tries around the world.
But Kellner said that after CCF
presents the money to the Village of
Hope, its role ends and the project
becomes solely the responsibility of
Texas A&M.
MPACT and Pulse tellers
at MSC to operate soon
by Ray Walker
Battalion Reporter
The long awaited moment of hav
ing access to the MPACT and Pulse
teller machines at the Memorial Stu
dent Center is almost here.
money in the machines until the
alarms are working,” he said.
The MSC Council began discussing
the installation of the automatic teller
machines in May of 1982.
“1 am fairly confident that the
machines will be working this
weekend,” asst. Vice-President for
Fiscal Affairs and Controller Robert
Smith said.
The machines are to alleviate long
check cashing lines at the Memorial
Student Center’s main desk.
A contract for the automatic teller
machines was written between three
local banks and the University.
“They were scheduled to be ready
f or public use by the beginning of this
semester,” he said, “but some pieces
were late in arriving to the campus.
This caused a delay in the use of the
machines.”
File last missing pieces are needed
to complete the alarm system in the
machine. They are expected to arrive
from Dallas this week, Smith said.
“The banks refuse to put any
The machines, property of the
banks, will be maintaned on a rota
tional system. Republic Bank of A&M
will have control of the machines the
first year. United Bank and then First
Bank and Trust will lake care of the
mainlaince in the following years.
Anyone who has a Pulse or a Teller
II card will now find it easier to get
“quick cash” on the Texas A&M
campus.
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