University Daily Kansan, October 28, 1983
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under the wing of forces from six small Caribbean states that had contributed roughly 300 troops to the attack.
SIMILARLY, HE vowed Marine peacekeepers would stay in Lebanon, saying that to leave would undercut the quest for peace in the region. He also stated a final region to incorporation in the Soviet blue.
Speaking of the Americans killed Sunday in the truce bombing of a Marine barracks in Beijing, Russia,
“Are we to tell them their sacrifice, wasted? They gave their lives in defense of our national security every bit as much as any man who ever died fighting a war.”
Failure to stick with his Middle East peace plan, he said, would not only jeopardize Israel's security, but also thrust the oil-rich region toward Moscow's grasp, impressing the economies of the United States, Western Europe and Japan.
While he acknowledged many Americans are
REAGAN SAID, "Let me ask those who say we should get out of Lebanon: If we were to leave Lebanon now, what message would that send to those who foment instability and terrorism?
questioning this' commitment, Reagan said the Beirut peace-keeping force had brought a degree of stability to an area "vital to us and to world peace."
"If terrorism and intimidation succeed, it will be a devastating blow to the peace process and to the stability of our nation."
"Can the United States or the free world ... can and see the Middle East incorporated into the world?"
ON GRENADA, the president repeated the reasoning he and his spokesman had offered for the pre-dawn invasion Tuesday. He said the leaders of a coup, two weeks ago, were "more radical and more devoted to Castro's Cuba" than Marxist Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, who had approached Washington earlier this year seeking closer relations but had been spurned by
The action, he said, was prompted by his own concern that the Americans on the island — principally medical students — might be harmed or held as hostages and the fears of other Caribbean states that Grenada's increasingly militant leaders posed a threat to the region.
the administration.
He again cited circumstantial evidence suggesting a breakaway group of Iranian-backed extremists was to blame and who would be the cause his atrocity must be dealt justice. They will be."
He praised the Army Rangers and Marines who carried out the operation, which continued as he spoke, and said of their casualties, "They were number, but even one is a tragic price to pay."
REAGAN, WHO has been in conflict with Congress over the presence of the Marines in Lebanon, now faces a parallel dispute over the war against ISIS. From Democrats, some of who have accused him
of a "cowboy mentality."
But Reagan was confident in his address of support and cited a recent display of bi-partisanship in foreign affairs — evident in arms control, the response to the attack on Korean Air Lines Flight 007 and support for the Marine presence in Lebanon.
Sen. Charles Percy, R-III, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Reagan "skilfully took highly complex situations and bulbed them down to their essentials."
Reaction to the speech was generally mild among members of both parties, apparently because the president did not offer any new arguments or information.
But Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said Reagan had failed to make a convincing case for either the U.S. invasion of Grenada or continued Marine presence in Lebanon.
"I think the verdict is still out." Dodd said.
"He has a good reason for being there, or we don't."
A CARPENTER working on a porch of a residence across the street from the Haislip residence said that at about 2 p.m. Wednesday he heard someone knocking on the door of the house. The carpenter said he also heard shouting.
Shooting
"I couldn't understand what he was saying, but he seemed mad," he said. "Eventually he got tired of knocking on the door and stepped off the table and looked at a window above the porch and said, 'Sheril'."
"He then stepped back on the porch and kicked
After the shot was fired, the man walked out of the hose holding a rifle, the carmerton said.
identified himself as being from Long Beach. Calif
"She seemed upset," the carpenter said. Neighbors said that they thought Haislip had moved into the residence a little more than a year ago. The neighbors said that they had seen
"HE SAT on the porch and waited for the police," the carpenter said. He said he saw a woman leave the house and go across the street, apparently to call the police.
the door in with one kick. He then stood there for one or two seconds, as if to say, 'What now.'
"One or two seconds after that, I heard a gunshot."
Schall visit the Haislip house several times throughout the year.
Olin said that the police would consult with Harper about what charges would be filed in the case.
Reaction
Harped said yesterday morning that he was still receiving oral and written reports about the new disease.
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"It may be a white before that determination is made." he said.
DEBORAH BLITZ, a friend of Schall, said that Schall was one of the organizers of the Big Eat, a three-day festival of food, bands and beer. She said that the Big Eat started about 1967 when
Scalli, Blitz and several others in college then, thought of it as a way to celebrate the end of final exams. She said that the last festival was about showing appreciation for them were staged on Scalli's farm in Lecompton.
"It always rained." she said.
She said that in 1974 Vern Miller, the attorney general of Kansas at the time, tried to prohibit the fair because he thought that the festival was being run to *pause* a profit and that taxes weren't being paid. He said that the festival was being sold and that the $3 admission charge was used to cover costs.
"We lost $200 that year," she said.
STANSFER AGREED, saying that Reagan was playing on the emotions of the American people by talking about the bravery the military displayed in Grenada.
the speech last night was dripping with worship for the military as a solution to the world's problems," Stansifer said. "But you know, I always said that he magnified the problem enormously."
"The chronology of the event botheres me also, mostly because we don't know what it was. He said that he diverted the vessels from Lebanon to Grenada last week. The vessel was ready when the heads of state in the Caribbean asked for intervention."
John P. Augelli, chairman of the department of geography and meteorology and a specialist on the Caribbean, said that Reagan had put on a "brilliant performance." Augelli he thought that Reagan actually believed there was a threat to democracy in Greenada, but that he wasn't sure that the invasion would supply democracy to the island.
"It WOULD BE difficult to go into any, country and not find arms," he said. "Here, the intention is to imply that the country is a base for terrorism."
"I'm amazed at the way this administration operates. It is dead wrong on the rights of the United States to intervene when the government is not to its liking."
Oppenheimer said that Grenada was too close to Cuba to be of any military use to Cuba. Grenada, which is about twice the area of Washington, D.C., is about 1,800 miles south of Havana.
"I don't doubt that there were Cubans there," Oppenheimer said. "But strategically, Grenada is of limited use for Cuba. It's too close. And it's not big enough for real military importance."
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