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University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Monday, June 7, 1982 Vol. 92, No. 145 USPS 650-640
Israel battles guerrillas
By United Press International
BEIRUAT, Lebanon—Thousands of Israeli invasion troops pushed into Lebanon yesterday to battle Palestinian guerrillas from the southern border region to towns near the capital of Beirut, Syria said its forces joined the fighting in an escalation of the conflict.
The Israeli offensive, spearheaded by columns of tanks with naval, air and artillery bombardments, had by evening reached the town of Damour, just 13 miles south of Reitur.
"We are in a war situation," an Israeli air force commander said at a base in Israel. "We're succeeding in catching the terrorists no matter they are, and we are keeping them under fire."
The PLO also said Israeli troops had made an amphibious landing north of the coastal city of Sidon, 22 miles south of the capital, and were fighting fierce battles with eperuas.
Palestine Liberation Organization sources said Israel gumbots were pounding the coastal road outside Damour and that Israel warplanes were flying low-level missions over the town.
"They are coming from everywhere!" a man shouted in Sidon as he and thousands of other civilians fled north to escape bombing by Israel jet fighters who "yelled a woman her cellphone."
The long expected invasion, the second in four years, came on the fifth anniversary of the 1967 war. The Americans were on the attack.
In Jerusalem, a military command statement said that "Israeli defense forces today launched a search-and-destroy operation against sources of Palestinian fire and guerrilla concentrations that have been firing on Israeli villages for the past few days."
The invasion followed two days of intense Israeli bombing raids of guerrilla positions in the town. A number of civilians were killed.
retaliation for Thursday's shooting in London of Israel's ambassador to Britain.
A PLO spokesman in Beirut vowed: "Our mor-
tunity is very high, and our fighters will fight until
the end."
There were no immediate reports of casualties from either side, but a U.N. spokesman said one Norwegian soldier in the peacekeeping force in North Africa was killed when he was caught in a cross-fire.
The PLO said its forces destroyed two Israeli warplanes, two helicopters, 42 tanks and 20 armored personnel carriers. It also reported 150 Israel casualties and said Israel commanded the fight against them but abandoned the town of Zahrani "after suffering unexpected fatalities and material losses."
Israel released no details on the invasion, but admitted for the first time since the 1973 Mideast war that it had lost aircraft in combat - one jet and one helicopter, presumably shot down by
Palestinian sources placed the size of the Israeli force at 20,000 men, but Israel would provide no figures on its troop strength. Israeli military sources there were about 8,000 guerrillas in the south.
Israeli troops also battled the Palestinians in the streets of Tirey, 13 miles north of the border on the Mediterranean coast. Paratroopers landed in the towns of Anasar and Zahrain further to the north.
The PLO and U.N. sources said the guerrillas had slowed the advance of armored columns in Tyre. The fighting enveloped the city in a cloud of black smoke, and terrified civilians poured into the Lebanese army barracks seeking protection.
In Damascus, the Syrian military command said contingents of its 25,000-man force occupying Lebanon were engaged in artillery duels with Israeli forces in an escalation of the conflict that
Photo by Susan Page
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Participants in the American Legion Boys' State play volleyball Friday in the Lewis Hall parking lot. The Boys' State activities ended Saturday.
Argentina united in crisis,prof says
Rv ANDREW DEVALPINE
Staff Reporter
Day recently returned from a 10-day stay in Buenos Aires.
The 'Gaucho ethic' is an important factor in understanding Argentine determination to hold on to the Falkland Islands, Larry Day, professor of journalism, said Saturday.
"If the Argentinians stick it out at Port Stanley, if they make a fight of it, part of it will be the oath of the Gancho. who also stonched the man to tight or a cause he believes in," he said.
Day has covered Argentine affairs off and on since 1961.
story. Buenos Aires has been my beat," he said.
"THE GAUCHO." Day said, "is a tradition in Latin American like our cowboy, but more adventurous."
After it became apparent that the British would invade the Falklands, Day said, he found himself 'more and more anty on wanting to be in on the story. I felt that it was my
After hectic last-minute preparations, mostly concerned with trying to secure financial commitments by newspapers and news services to buy his stories. Day after Kansas
"I ARRIVED IN BUENOS Aires the following morning at 1:30, just about the time the Brit
Day said that this undeclared war between Great Britain and Argentina had united the Argentians as nothing else had in all their history.
"I've never seen Buenos Aires so calm, prosperous and united," Day said.
Despite the war, Day said, information was easy to obtain.
"In 1962, the military was everywhere," Day said. "Just to get into a building, you had to show everything but a birth certificate and note from your mother."
"I found Buenos Aires more open this year, during this state of emergency than at any other," he said.
British move toward Port Stanley
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—British forces, backed by 4,000 fresh troops from the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, pressed toward the Falkland Islands' capital of Stanley yesterday to cut off the main 7,000-foot garrison, reports from the islands said.
Argentina, in a military communique, said its bombers pounded British positions on the island after dark Saturday, and a top Argentine admiral called the British position "hopeless." Britain made no comment on the reported bombing raid.
There were no new reports of ground fighting, as both sides assembled their forces under dense fog for a final and possibly bloody battle.
The Argentine military presence is squeezed into a little corner around Port San Juan, the gateway. Gen. Jeremy Moore, the ground forces commander, little more squeezed before we are finished."
CONTRIARY TO speculation by the press that the military junta of Argentina can't resist an attack.
"There was no war hysteria or military heavy-handedness." Day said, "That's why I don't think there will be any public retribution for the junta for occupying the Maldivines."
"Las Islas Malvinas" is the Argentine name for the islands.
There is a possibility of more political friction after the conflict is resolved, Day said, but it won't be a reflection on the decision to occupy the Falklands.
"I was on the streets, in the subways, buses, trains and coffee shops 18 hours a day for 10 days," he said, "and I didn’t find more than a couple of times who felt that the move was inappropriate."
A key to understanding what happened is that the Argentinians are united in one cause, Day said. A number of factors cemented that unity. Most important were Argentine militias and police who reported reports indicating the British were going to declare the Falklands independent, Day said.
"Of course, these have been rumors, and that's all I know they are." Day said.
Anglo-Argentine—the descendants of British settlers—thought to be 500,000 strong, also voiced their support for the Argentine position. Dav said.
The German community in Buenos Aires held a demonstration of solidarity for the Argentine cause, Day said. Thousands of German-Argentines marched into a plaza in Buenos Aires carrying banners and signs, pledging their allegiance to Argentina by singing the Argentine national anthem, Day said.
Budig baby doing fine
The newest resident of 1532 Llane Lane - the Chancellor's Residence - is expected home
Kathryn Angela Louise Budig is the five-day-old daughter of Chancellor Gene A. Budig and his wife, Gretchen. When she was born at 1:34 p.m. Wednesday at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., she was 18 and one-inch lengths long and weighed five pounds, eight ounces, according to extensive care nursery records.
Mrs. Budig said the baby had a respiratory problem at birth.
"She was breathing too quickly at first, so she couldn't take a bottle," she said. "She was put into the intensive care unit, in an incubator or isolete, and fed intravenously."
MRS. BUDDY SAID Kathryn remained in ICU during BUDG, but was moved into her mother's care.
"She's fine now and very hungry." Mrs. Budig
The baby was taken back to the nursery Saturday night, however, because Mrs. Budd had a
breakfast, it is normal when a mother's
bread milk meal comes to the table.
Mrs. Budgid said that when the mother had a fever, for whatever reason, the hospital staff would not let her near her baby. Her fever was gone yesterday morning.
She said she visited the nursery yesterday to watch the baby being bottle-fed.
Mrs. Budgid said she expected to leave the Med Center with her new daughter sometime this month.
THE BUDIDS also have a son, Chris, 17, and a daughter, Mary, 15.
Mary said she expected to be baby-sitting her little sister soon.
"I think she looks like my dad," she said.
Mrs. Budig said the baby had lots of dark hair
"But I don't expect it to stay that way, because her evelipses and brows are so fair," she said.
Mrs. Budig, 39, said she did not know whether she planned to have more children.
CLOUDY
Weather
Today will be mostly cloudy, with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms and highs in the low 80s, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
Winds will be variable at 5 to 15 mph.
Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms and lows in the morning.
Tomorrow will be cloudy, with highs in the low 80s.
Wednesday will be mild, with a chance of thunderstorms and highs in the low 80s.
St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church celebrates its 129th anniversary yesterday. Paulette Barnes (left) and Wandra Washington (right), daughters of Pastor J.F. Washington, provide music for the celebration.
Photo by Susan Page
African church honors past
By KATHLEEN FEIST
Staff Reporter
Not every church is so honored as to have the governor read the liturgy for its Sunday services, but yesterday was a special occasion for St. Lake's African Methodist Episcopal Church, 900 New York St.-the celebration of its 120th anniversary.
Gov. John Carlin, along with State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Darlevance, Mayor Marc Francisco and other city commissioners, attended the ser-
vices meeting of the council, pastor of the predominantly black parish.
"The church has a very important part in history in Lawrence and an important place in American culture."
The congregation's first church building was constructed in 1862 and was like a shack. Washington said. In 190, on a adjacent lot, the present church was built, he said.
51. UCKE'S CHURCH is part of the AME Church, which was founded in 1873 in Philadelphia by Richard Allen. According to Washington, Allen and all other black walks between Chicago and St. Louis could not receive communion until after the white congregation had received the sacrament.
"The church was founded on a principle of kindness." he said.
St. Luke's, despite its predominantly black population, is open to all members of the communal community.
The AME Church developed because of the inhuman treatment of blacks and other social class groups.
The church in Lawrence served as a refuge for citizens during Quantrill's raid in 1883 and grew with the influx of slaves and ex-slaves escaping through the underground railroad. Washington
The church continued to develop out of the AME philosophy of self-help. "We preached to do what they could for themselves." Washington said.
LANGSTON HUGHES, poet and novelist, was a member of the church, where, Washington said, he worked as a janitor while he lived in Lawrence.
Washington attributed much of the success of
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the church to the determination, courage and faith of the parishioners.
"Many churches in the area have started and closed," he said.
When his church ceases to meet the needs of parishioners, Washington said, then it fails to do so.
"For 20 years, we have been meeting the needs of the people," he said.
Washington admitted there was "plenty more to do" to continue the success of the church.
"I'M HOPING to get 12 people to study and re-evaluate the church, to think in terms of all of them," said Ms. Barris.
Washington, who served as a minister in Spokane, Wash., before moving to Lawrence last October, said he enjoyed the church here.
"I'ts growing and moving," he said. "At the See AME more."