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Friday. Saptambar 8.1972
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Carter Cromwell
Games Rise Above
Murder, Terrorism
The bloody events that occurred in
Munich Tuesday and that temporarily left
the future of the Games in serious doubt
seemed to be another, far more serious,
instance in which politics debased the high
ideals of the event.
At first.
Now, the act of
the Arab commandos
and its results may
prove to be the savior
of the Olympics. By
refusing to allow the
Games to be halted,
Olympic officials
showed that the event
is, after all, able to
rise above mere poli-
tics. Some observers were beginning to
wonder after seeing each succeeding Olym-
pic cheapened by biased judging and un-
fair decisions made because 01 the judges
nationalities.
BUT WHY the decision to continue the
games? After all, there was considerable
sentiment all over the world for canceling
the remainder of the games in deference to
the slain Israelis and because the spirit
of the Olympics had been considerably
dampened by what had happened.
First, most Olympic higher-ups did not
want to have to admit that the Games had
had to be canceled simply because of the
raid.
Secondly, many athletes had not com-
peted up to that time. To cancel the Games
would rob them of the goal they had been
training for for four years.
A THIRD reason, somewhat over-
looked, exists.
Literally millions of Germans had
worked for several years to make this
Olympics the biggest and best in history.
This was Germany’s big chance to
redeem itself in the eyes of the world. And
then it blew up in its face. What is worse,
the Arab attack came against Jews. Hit-
ler’s anti-Semitism remains associated with
Germany, ami since the Arab attack came
on German soil, the reputation will prob-
ably stay with Germany for years to come.
So, to a great extent it was a matter of
pride with the Germans. Were they going
to let their dream Olympics be shattered?
Or were they going to try to pick up the
pieces?
McGovern Meefs the People
A large, friendly crowd greeted Democratic presidential candidate
George McGovern in a parking lot behind the Dallas Fairmont Hotel
Wednesday The rally set off a stiff Democratic campaign geared to
win the state's 26 electoral votes in November. McGovern, who ar-
rived at Love Field at 8:25 p.m. Wednesday, then went to the hotel.
He was scheduled to tour a Dallas supermarket Thursday.
Peace/Death
Plane Noise
Olympic Tragedy
Renews Hatred
At times, words seem so frustratingly inadequate in describing a tragedy
of such monumental horror and devastation as the murders at the Twentieth
Olympiad in Munich. Condemnation seems hardly enough.
The reactions and counterreactions to the murders, however, are practi-
cally as frightening as the event itself. Leaders the world over are bracing
themselves for the reactionary violence sure to come.
As the Arabs and Israelis stand on the brink and watch their world fall a-
part, one of the most basic and fundamental questions of society stares
back at them: Must acts of violence be met with similar retaliation? Must
death result in more death'.’ More bloodshed? The answer, as far as the two
parties are concerned, is becoming increasingly and alarmingly clear. Yes,
they are say ing, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. One of our boys
dies, one of yours is going to go, too.
The mood of the Israelis for the next months and years was set immedi-
ately after the hostages were confirmed dead. A sobbing Jewish television
commentator on ABC announced to a stunned world, “Somebody is going
to have hell to pay."
The bitter irony of it all is incredible. The Olympics—a monument to
brotherhood and goodwill. The Olympics—where the nations of the world
gather together in supposedly friendly athletic competition. The Olympics
where in 1968 at the closing ceremonies in Mexico City, thousands of ath-
letes from hundreds of countries danced and rejoiced together in an emo-
tional fellowship that even the TV announcers found hard to believe.
And now. The Olympics a breeding ground of death. The Olympics—
the birthplace of what may very well be the brutal beginning of the brutal
end of the Israeli-Arab conflict. The Olympics caught up in terror. Caught
up in the mixed-up problems of a mixed-up world.
So, in the name of peace, there will be death. In the name of peace there
will be more bitterness and disillusionment. Read the words of the Israeli
paper Maariv: “We will not follow the terrorist methods and strike from a
distance we w ill hit them in their homes . . .
“We want not only justice and vengeance, but to cut off the arm that
threatens us." So says Maariv.
i lie w o i us aie Daunting anu intcuicinng . . . hit them in thciT hemes . . .
not only vengeance. . .
Many people are going to die. Innocent people. Children who have never
heard of hate and terrorism will die.
As a helpless world stares pessimistically ahead, some words written over
a hundred years ago by a disillusioned man come floating back with a brutal
frankness that seems appropriate now .
“ I here are times," wrote Mark Twain, “when one would like to hang the
whole human race, and finish the farce.”
RANDY RIGGS
The North Texas Daily
56th Year North Texas State University Denton, Texas
Rattles TVs,
Homeowners
By ROBERT E. FORD
Associated Press Writer
If you see a certain lad walking around
who is 6 feet 2 and still shooting up at only
14 years of age, don’t credit his height on
genes, chromosomes or heredity. Airplanes
did it.
If you’ve never lived at the end of a run-
way of a major airfield, count your bless-
ings.
Just imagine huge four-motor passenger
planes, screaming 200 feet over your home,
all throttles out, fighting for altitude.
THE TELEVISION turns over—not just
the picture, the whole set. Conversations
stop. Telephone callers can’t make them-
selves heard. Everything loose rattles.
And babies? Don’t expect them to get
much sleep.
This particular youngster was awakened
a dozen times a night by the planes.
The only way he would return to sleep
was after a parent stuck a bottle of milk in
his mouth.
THE EXTRA food made him oversized
in no time at all and the doctor said that
had to stop. It did give the baby a great
start in growth, however.
The neighborhood considered the plane
noise just another problem of city living.
That was until a flyboy in a home-made
open-cockpit jet sailed over one day, reach-
ing for the landing strip.
He missed it half mile and crashed into a
house, ripping out about 30 feet of the
ridgepole and landing in the back yard
which fortunately was unoccupied. The
llyboy walked away with a debonair sirui.
THE NEXT morning, “For Sale” signs
sprang up on front lawns like bamboo
shoots in the monsoon season.
The family with the tall youngster that
bought the house originally did so because
it was a mile from the landing strip at right
angles to planes’ take offs and landings.
Then more planes began using the field
and a new runway was poured pointing
straight at the family home.
Other runways were laid later, and hun-
dreds of families who had bought or built
believing they were safe from severe noise
found themselves in real trouble.
All this happened in Dallas, but the pat-
tern has been repeated over and over in
other cities.
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AT THE moment, for instance, it is the
Los Angeles International Airport that is
the target. Homeowners have won a state
Supreme Court suit for damages, but it
will not end there.
There are two sides to the question.
Frequently the land around airports be-
comes valuable, the businesses and housing
developments move in.
On the other hand, the airports build
new runways that the homeowners never
expected, and meanwhile planes become
larger and noisier.
Builders of the new Dallas-Fort Worth
Airport, due to be finished in 1973, con-
sidered this problem.
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THEY OBTAINED zoning from a com-
plex of cities and counties which presum-
ably would prevent home building near the
airport. And the airport itself bought I8,(XX)
acres which it can control and thereby halt
crowding
Yet the airport has set off a huge land
boom in the region, including a completely
planned new city which will have hous-
ing for 60,000 persons four miles from the
installation.
What happens at the big new airport,
which has taken over a largely rural set-
ting, can’t be forecast.
Ellen Moore
Eat, Drink and Be Merry—
But Not on Campus Here
ize and update itself, has woefully over-
looked one area in which some kind of re-
form is badly needed: legalization of liquor
on the university campus.
Oh, yes—liquor is bad. “Kids” can’t
handle their liquor—look at all the traffic
fatalities caused by drunks. Kids can’t buy
liquor legally, so if the university allowed
liquor on campus it would be tolerating
breaking of the law.
Get real.
TRUE, KIDS under 21 can’t legally buy
liquor, but don’t kid yourselves—they
have it. Most college students drink in
some measure, whether they pursue it as a
dedicated pasttime, or have just one drink
at night. And they do have liquor in the
dormitories. Perhaps the dorm directors
and Resident Assistants believe or would
like to believe--that the threat of room
checks is enough to discourage liquor stor-
age and consumption in the dorm. They
who subscribe to that belief are in for a rude
awakening.
Why is liquor illegal on the university
campus while in every dorm and in the
Union Building, cigarette machines are
daily operated by minors in spite of the
warning they bear—“Minors are forbidden
by law to operate this machine.” The uni-
versity deftly closes its eyes to this kind
of illegality, but will not do so for liquor
use and possession. Strictly speaking, minor
cigarette buying is illegal, regardless of
whether one argues that cigarettes are not
dangerous to anyone but the smoker him-
self. There is a law - notice of which is
printed on the machines themselves which
is duly ignored by anyone who has 55 cents
and a smoking habit.
If the issue were to get down to the real
nitty-gritty of why Denton is dry, and why
this university, on page 43 of “Onset,” the
student guide, has a section reading, “The
possession or use of any alcoholic beverage
is not permitted on the campus of North
Texas State University or in its supervised
or maintained buildings,” the answer is
really pretty simple Denton’s church pop-
ulation.
DON’T MISUNDERSTAND me. 1 am
in no way putting down churches for be-
lieving in the doctrine of nondrinking, but
as a drinking Catholic 1 resent having my
“morals” dictated by other people. If a
person doesn't want to drink, fine. That de-
cision is his and his alone. But for those
of us who do enjoy a can of beer or a glass
of wine, the right to do so legally should
be available.
As it is, students living iri university
housing sneak liquor into the dorms in suit-
cases, oversized purses and bulky coats.
They sit behind locked doors to have a
drink, then compete with each other to find
the least-likely-to-be-discovered place to
hide the bottle. And the knowledge that
this goes on is not reserved for some elite,
“in” group.
The University of Oklahoma in Norman
allows liquor on its campus, sells beer in
its union building, and the school is still
standing. Louisiana allows its “kids” to
buy liquor when they are 18, and crowds of
drunk, uncontrollable college students do
not run rampant in the state. Why, then,
does North Texas practice selective legal-
ity? It’s about time that this university ad-
mits there just might be a better way.
Drill Team
In preparation for the expansion of the
Union Building (UB) this drilling crew takes
a core sample in the parking lot east of
the present UB, The sample will determine
the soundness of the subsurface on which
the foundation of the new building will
lie. Approximately 120,000 square feet
will be added to the present facility which
will be vacated in January and completed
sometime in 1975. The snack bar, meeting
rooms and recreational facilities will be
moved to the Men's Building during the
construction is completed, the new UB
will be moved to the old Quads and ad-
ditional cafeteria space will be opened
in Marquis Hall. As yet, temporary Post
Office space has not been found. When
construction is completed the new UB
will house facilities for arts and crafts such
as weaving, needlework, rughooking,
leather work, copper work, enameling,
jewelery, silk screening and ceramics.
Game rooms, small shops and restaurants
will be in a mall-type arrangement around
a large open area in the basement of the
building.
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