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Tuesday, November 22,1983/The Battalion/Page 7 Dallas readies to honor Warped by Scott McCullar r? JFK for the last time A 7t» n - r<ll ‘ Vk hh f ijBenu I Tl shop ctivii eld & by 4 United Press International I DALLAS — Services marking ^ Ihe assassination of President '"A John F. Kennedy, which have ; diawn lukewarm local response ii recent years, have piqued Biedia interest worldwide as the anniversary approaches, mocratic party officials said, lie ceremonies Tuesday, shunned by members of the fKennedy family and national fi- lures, mark the last time the |!ov. 22, 1963, shooting is to be fficially commemorated in alias. County Democratic Party 3icssut-Bfficials said beginning next ‘ "ear, services would mark the lain president’s birthday, lather than his death. “The attention of the world is n Dallas,” said County Demo- ratic Party chairman Robert ireenberg. The attention of the world as been on Dallas whenever the ssassination has come up. (nown for its reactionary poli- jics at the time of Kennedy’s eath, Dallas has spent the past 0 years living down its “City of late” image. “In the long run, we were not he ,l Q;| umplfj tures prestJ 1 Knoij Wes*] iew| not co®| nninj, )en ; honcil 51ancl ie helil i an call udem i tah'l lociaifl lec.jl ttalis d in mi what we were labeled, and that has come through,” said former Mayor Erik Jonsson. The services are scheduled to begin at noon Tuesday at Ken nedy Memorial Pla/a about one block from the assassination site, with music from Eastfield Com munity College choir and Dallas Civic Opera singer Edward Coker. The only speaker of approaching national stature is former U.S. Sen. Ralph Yarbor ough, who anchored the liberal wing of the Democratic Party during the early 1960s. Yarborough nearly missed being included in the cere monies altogether, following a misunderstanding over invita tions. Kennedy’s only surviving brother, U.S. Sen. Edward Ken nedy, D-Mass., declined an in vitation to attend, as did Ken nedy’s widow, Jacqueline Onnasis. The speaker of the Mas sachusetts house, State Rep. Thomas McGee, also was sche duled to adress the assembly. “I am extremely satisfied,” said Greenberg. “It is one of the most positive things we have as a people in many, many years.” The event has drawn interest “from as far away as Sydney, Au stralia,” said Greenberg’s press secretary Marsha Hooker. More than 100 reporters and film crews from Europe and across the United States have been shooting footage of the assassination site in preparation for the memorial, officials said. The sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, where accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired the shot that killed Kennedy and wound ed then Gov. John Connally, has been sealed since the shooting. It was reopened for journal ists preparing background for the memorial, and Dallas Coun ty Historical Foundation plans to convert it to a museum within the next two years. i j j “It was strange,” said Oklaho ma University journalism stu dent Ellen Knickmeyer, who came to Dallas to report on the services for her college news paper. “I could almost see a skinny, beady-eyed little guy in that room,” she said. .kL: I HEX RALPH, you EOlMCr To Bonfire? Ygah. yoVMNEToTHEGAHE? YEAH... You GOINS- To M VICTORY PARTY AFTER? ent fcl man J tudemf feral ess an: I medial on White’s opposition to PCB burn draws loud support WHOOPH SECRETARIES United Press International I BROWNSVILLE — While [bout 500 people cheered their pproval, Gov. Mark White lontlay told Environmental 'rotection Agency officials that exans do not trust the agency’s issurances that incineration of 'CBs and other toxic wastes in he Gulf of Mexico could be done safely. “No one ever believed that he titanlic could be sunk,” hite told EPA hearing ex- miners who have given tenta- ive approval for Chemical Vaste Management Inc. to burn 100,000 metric tons of toxic che- Imicals at a site 180 miles off the [Texas Coast. White accused the EPA of [trying to “herd” through the proposal without sufficient pub lic input and said the agency’s tactics had engendered “public mistrust, ill-faith and lack of (confidence.” He questioned whether selecting the burn site off the Texas Coast might not be a poli tical decision such as the alleged tampering of former EPA Administrator Ann Gorsuch Burford and fired EPA official Rita LaVeile in California poli tics. White charged the former EPA officials “tried to channel funds to Texas to help (former Republican Texas Gov. Bill) Cle ments’ gubernatorial campaign” and “stalled assistance to Cali fornia to damage Jerry Brown’s campaign.” “If it (offshore incineration) is just for politics, we can handle that, but I have grave concerns about this proposal,” said White, interrupted numerous times by applause from opponents of the ocean incineration project. White noted that officials of the Texas Air Control Board, Texas Department of Water Re sources and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department also were opposing granting the burning permits for up to 100 shiploads of toxic wastes over a three-year period. “It appears that the EPA has more interest in automobile pol lution in Houston than the pos sible contamination of the entire Gulf of Mexico,” White said. White also charged that the National Maritime Administra tion’s guarantee of millions of dollars in loans to build incinera tion ships amounted to a “con flict of interest” for the federal government. He accused the NPA of trying to “turn our mer chant marine fleet into chemical garbage skows.” White’s remarks were the most dramatic of a long list of speakers who condemned the EPA’s ocean incineration plan as potentially dangerous to the sea food industry, tourism and population centers along the Texas Coast. While Congressmen Kika de la Garza and Solomon Ortiz and numerous environmenalitsts spoke against the proposal, peo ple in the audience waved “Ban the Burn,” signs and shouted their agreement. Members of the audience often interrupted the testimony by shouting out questions, ignoring pleas for decorum from Jack Ravan, the EPA’s new administrator for water who will make the decision early next year to grant the permits to Che mical Waste Management. 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