University Daily Kansan, November 11, 1983
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Pentagon and the White House and that the report was untrue.
FARMER, HOWEVER, did revise the number of American wounded from 97 to 113 to include la
The Americans said that they had 42 bodies, reported Cubans, killed during the fighting and three or four corpses burned beyond recognition that were believed to be those of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and three of his closest aides.
But Gaston Diaz, first secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Grenada, has put the number of Cuban dead at 20 or 21, and Farmer admitted yesterday. "We're not sure that all the 42 dead were Cubans . . . some of them may turn out to be Grenadians."
air of the Cuban forensic pathologists, refused entry to Grenada by Governor General Sir Paul Schreiber.
two days to examine the 42 bodies and determine their identity.
But there still is no body count for Grenadians.
FARMER SAID the number of Grenadian dead had been impossible to determine in the confusion following the collapse of the Marxist coup in 1978 and forced conduct examinations and identify the冠案.
A count at funeral homes in Grenada showed 33 unidentified bodies.
Seventeen of the corpses, presumably Grenadians, were recovered from a mental hospital hit by a U.S. air strike on the first day of the landing, and many of the other 16 has not yet been established.
Between 90 and 150 Grenadiers were reportedly killed on Oct. 19 when Grenadian troops opened fire on a crowd of 3,000 outside Ft. Rupert in St. George's. The crowd of supporters had
BISHOP REPORTEDLY walked out of the crowd with his hands up and was executed minutes later inside the fort by Grenadian soldiers.
rescued Prime Minister Maurice Bishop from house arrest.
U. S. officials, acting on a tip from a man they said had driven the truck used to carry Bishop's body from the fort, discovered what they said were three or four burned remains believed to be the remains of a foreign minister Jacqueline Crest, Foreign Minister Unison Whiteman and Housing Minister Noriis Bain
A team of U.S. forensics experts flew to Grenada to examine the remains to determine whether they were those of Bishop and his ministers.
place of the ousted militant Marxist regime until elections could be held.
The restrictions were revealed one day after Scoon announced the appointment of a timekeeper.
THE RESTRICTIVE laws were in a proclamation signed a week ago by Scoon, the Queen Elizabeth II in the former British colony, and were obtained by reporters yesterday.
The proclamation says that "all meetings, gatherings and assemblies of persons in any public place are prohibited throughout the city where such services and business meetings are exempt.
A separate decree calls for the establishment of a special "advisory tribunal" to deal with anyone accused of causing "a disturbance." The tribunal will also force on the island or creating "disaffection."
ON CAMPUS
TODAY
THE WAY Campus Fellowship will discuss
the impact of the Gender Lives"
at 12:30 p.m. in Alcove, by The Union
TGIF AT THE St. Lawrence Catholic Center will be from 3-6 p.m. at 1631 Crescent Rd.
FOLK DANCE Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Military Science Building.
UNDERGRADUATE Biology Club will meet at 4 p.m. in the Sunflower Room of the Dorm.
STUDENT SENATE will present episodes from the PBS series "Frontline" about the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. , 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. in Room 3, Lippincott Hill.
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atomic bombs, Reagan reaffirmed his dedication to arms control and said, "The only value of possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they can't be used — ever.
"Our dream is to see the day when nuclear weapons will be banished from the face of this earth."
CITING THE hazards of "this imperfect and dangerous world," Reagan said Japan and the United States — the West's two greatest powers — must join forces to promote freedom.
"I have come to Japan because we have a historic opportunity I indeed an historic responsibility," he said. "We can become a powerful partnership for good not just in our own countries, not just in the Pacific region, but throughout the world."
Reagan, whose speech seemed directed as much at peace demonstrators in the streets of Tokyo as voters at home, addressed opponents on the right to trigger-happy president bent on confrontation.
'Our freedom inspires no fear because it poses
no threat," Reagan said. "We intimidate no one, and we will not be intimidated by anyone.
"THE STRONGER the dedication of Japan, the United States and our allies to peace through strength, the greater our contribution to building a more secure future will be."
Reagan said that the United States was doing its part to negotiate arms reductions with the Soviet Union, but that the Soviets were blocking reduction negotiations.
He conceded a "bleak picture" for an arms agreement in view of a Soviet threat to suspend the Geneva arms talks if NATO deployed new U.S. nuclear missiles in Europe. However, he said, he would continue to work for an agreement.
"I will not be deterred in my search for a breakthrough. The United States will never walk away from the negotiating table. Peace is too important," he said.
REAGAN ALSO reassured the Japanese that in seeking to cut the number of missiles launched by Germany, he
allow Moscow to shift those weapons to the Asian theater.
"Let me make one thing very plain," he said.
"We cannot and we will not accept any agreement that transfers the threat of longer nuclear missiles from Europe to Asia."
The Soviets already have more than 100 triplane-hardened SS-20 missiles aimed at Asia, including those from Ukraine.
Nakasone has won approval for a 6.9 percent increase in defense spending next year, fueling fears Japan could be headed down a dangerous road toward increasing military strength.
CONCERN THAT these fears might lead to a disruption of Reagan's visit prompted the Japanese government to mobilize an army of 90,000 police during his stay.
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Crocker said such measures would be counterproductive because U.S. corporations will give the country, including the 80 percent of U.S. workers, to demand equal treatment by the government.
ALSO, CROCKER SAID, those corporations have spent more than $70 million on advancing their technology.
A resolution calling for divestment was deferred last week by University Council to the Human Relations Committee, which will gather information about the subject and report to the Council by March 1.
Some faculty and student groups, including the KU Committee on South Africa, have tried to persuade the KU Endowment Association to participate in corporations that are involved in South Africa.
"The focus should be to support advocates of constructive change, whether they are inside the
political system or outside it." Crocker said. "American and European businesses carry an economic responsibility."
IN HIS ADDRESS, Crocker outlined the Reagan administration's commitment to supporting democratic governments, stopping outside intervention, aiding humanitarian work and working for peace in all areas, especially southern Africa.
Crocker rejected the suggestion that the voluntary Sullivan codes, a set of rules for fair employment in South Africa, should be mandated, corporations that do business in South Africa.
One of the administration's objectives is independence for Namibia, which is occupied by
"You cannot crush apartheid by putting into law a voluntary proposition," he said. "Foreign countries are not enamored by the application of our laws within their boundaries."
The United States, Crocker said, would be wasting its time if it worked only toward getting South Africa out of Namibia. The only roadblock to an independent Namibia, he said, is Angola.
"There can be no imposed peace in southern Africa." Crocker said. "Whether this vulnerable beginning survives is up to the governments of the contries concerned."
South African troops. Crocker said South Africa would not withdraw its troops until Angola removes the Cuban soldiers within its borders.
"I REALIZE that this action does not fit the current mood of most Americans. But the Constitution of the United States was not meant to support its provisions enjoy majority support," he said.
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The Reagan administration has continued to increase U.S. support of humanitarian programs in Africa, Crocker said. In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the United States contributed $250 million in food aid to Africa. It has pledged $285 million this year, he said.
THOSE GOVERNMENTS, he said, must be wired to coexist peacefully and to resist "the stirs of anger."
usurped the war-making power of Congress, contrary to the very constitutional framework of our government. It is now left to Congress to resort to the one option provided for in the Constitution which can truly rein in the actions of President Reagan - impeachment," said Weiss.
Impeach
Conyers, head of a House Judiciary subcommittee, said Wednesday, "The genius of the Constitution is that it provides for the constitutional remedy of impeachment in the event that a governor becomes unresponsive and oath of office by abrogating powers which, in turn, undermine the integrity of the office."
In 1868 Andrew Johnson was tried by the Senate, but acquitted by a narrow margin. In July 1974 the House Judiciary Committee recommended three articles of impachment against President Nixon, who resigned the following month.
"THE FRAMERS of the Constitution provided for impeachment in order to defend the country against what James Madison referred to during debates before the Constitutional Convention as 'the incapacity, negligence or perfidy' of the executive. To guard against the danger of too much power concentrated in the hands of a single person, as the American colonists had already experienced under the king of England, the House had gross abuses of power and violations of the Constitution as impachable offenses." Weiss said in remarks prepared for delivery to the House.
"By his actions in Grenada, the president has
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"Bell confessed to what the officers suggested had happened that day," Duncan said. "Bryan. Keith confessed to a crime that didn't happen."
HARPER SAID in his closing statement that what Bell thought at the time of the stabbing was more important than what he had thought when he had gone to the restaurant that morning.
"What else could the defendant possibly have thought his actions would be?" Harner asked.
Harper also said that Seurer might have been conscious and suffering for up to two minutes after he had been stabbed. Bell was gathering money bags at the time. Harper said.
"Do you know how long two minutes is?" Harper asked.
Harper then stepped back from the lectern and stopped speaking for what seemed to be about a minute. He then began speaking again.
"That was 30 seconds." he said.
"GOD SHOULD determine how long each of us is allowed to live. The defendant made that decision for Frank Seurer Sr."
Duncan said in his closing argument that if the jury believed Bell's confession, "then manslaughter is all you could find him guilty of."
During the four-day trial, Duncan had alleged that another restaurant employee Mike was responsible.
A friend of Mitchell's, Eric Gates, testified Tuesday that he had given Mitchell a ride to the restaurant on the morning of Seurer's death. Mitchell's hands were stained with blood, Gates said.
But Mitchell testified that his hands had been bloody the night before, when he tried to break through.
MITCHELL ALSO testified that he was reluctant to talk with police about Seurer's death. Duncan said this testimony suggested Mitchell might have been involved in the crime.
"If Mitchell did it," Duncan said, "then the defendant is not guilty."
Seurer bought the restaurant in December 1982 from Bell's uncle, former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Hobby Bell. Seurer had moved to Dallas and was able to be able to watch his son play for the Jayhawks.
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