The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 17, Ed. 1, Tuesday, October 25, 1983 Page: 1 of 6
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Lebanon
Radical group claims bombing
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'fJBEIRUT Lebanon (AP) More
than 300 VS. Marines headed to Beirut
Monday their emotions at a "fever
pitch high" following twin suicide
terrorist bombings that killed at least
161 of their comrades and left 58 French
;acckeepers dead or missing.
The Pentagon gave the American
:ath toll as 161 but U.S. Marine of-
jkiak in Beirut said as many as 50
.Marine's bodies mlht still be buried in
the wreckage of the command post At
least two bum areas and th basement
vf ere still covered with tons of concrete
r "There's nobody alive In there nowt"
Marine spokesman Maj. Robert Jordan
said of tlie wrecked battalion command
nter "No it would be a miracle." He
said about 80 American troops were
wounded.
As many as 300 Marines and Navy
rtien may have been fa the four-story
jbmmand center at Beirut airport when
I was blown up early Sunday by a ton of
TNT in a red pickup truck driven by a
sUlcldc terrorist said Jordan.
About a mile away and only seconds
later another vehicle packed with
explosives blew up a nine-story building
housing French troops.
French officials said 20 Frenchmen
were killed 38 are missing and 15 were
wounded while Beirut radio said 34
Frenchmen were killed.
jA hitherto unknown group called the
.Islamic Revolutionary Movement
.Walmed responsibility for the blasts a
Students travel to workshop
n BvEMOHtaomeorHAM
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I Seventy-five ACU students and five
faculty members attended the 24th
'annual World Mission Workshop at
"Lubbock Christian College this past
weekend said Les Bennett missionary-jfln-resldence
at ACU
; The theme of the workshop was
w'God so loved the world..." Speakers
'lectured on different themes from 'John
djft:16 such as "That he gave hie only
jpegotten son..." and MThat
whosoever..."
Pi Intermittent with the lectures were
aPP
special class and Informational
leetlnge Bennett said. These classes
dealt w4th such topics as children In the
'mission flekl sponsoring churches
jWiiMloHary preparation mission teams
sHd fund raising.
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few hours after the bombings telling
the French 'news agency Agenco
France-Presse it would not rest until
Beirut was controlled by revolutionary
Moslems and the combative
democratic youth.
U.S. officials in Washington
suggested the attackers might be linked
with Iran.
Iran denied Monday any connection
with the bombing. Iran's official
Islamic Republic News Agency
monitored in Nicosia said the
Americans were trying to link Iran to
the attack as an excuse to deploy U.S.
troops in the Persian Gulf.
Late Sunday evening Marine
replacements took off from Cherry
Point Marine Air Station 60 miles
northeast of Camp Lejeune N.C They
were to bring the 24th Marine am-
phibious unit in Beirut back up to
strength Maj. Gen. Al Gray com-
mander of the and Marine Division told
reporters at Camp Lejeune.
He said the morale of the Marine
replacements was at a "fever-pitch
high."
President Reagan tekt reporters In
Washington big commitment to keeping
the Marines in Lebanon was unshaken
and that he was more determined than
ever that the forces battling Lebanon's
government cannot take over that vital
and strategic part of the Earth
He dispatched the Marine com-
mandant Gen. Paul X Kelly to Beirut
A special event was conducted
Saturday afternoon with 120 students
carrying flags from various foreign
countries Bennett said. "Some of these
countries have no one from our
fellow&Wp working with them" he said
Special topic meetings were con-
ducted to discuss various foreign
countries and the impact of Christian
missionaries there Bennett said.
Dr. Clyde Austin professor of
'psychology spoke en the topic "Who is
the misttoftary" Bennett said.
ACU faculty members teaching
classes at the workshop included WU
Goodheer mlsslonary-in-residence
and Wendell Broom assistant
professor of Bible on the topic of
considering a field; Gaston Tarbet
missleiwry-in-residence on apprentice
programs; Ed Matthews associate
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to determine how American forces
could be better protected.
The Marines who were killed or
wounded had been in Lebanon since
June and were due to be sent back to the
United SUites before Thanksgiving. The
unit that had been scheduled to relieve
them was diverted to the Caribbean last
week after the coup in Grenada.
U.S. Marines continued searching
through the rubble Monday in hopes of
finding comrades still alive.Tbey dug
through the debris and combed the
ground that was littered with shattered
glass singed clothing helmets and
cooking pots'.
Others stood and sobbed stunned by
the sight of the massacre the worst
attack on the multinational
peacekeeping force since it arrived in
Lebanon 14 months ago and the
heaviest loss of life for a U.S. military
unit since the Vietnam war.
Medics and survivors laid out dead
Marines in rows their bare feet
protruding from beneath blankets and
other coverings.
Jordan describing the Marine-
compound explosion said "a truck
filled with explosives crashed through
the gate drove into the lobby. . .and
detonated collapsing all four floors."
Defense Secretary Caspar W
Weinberger said Sunday on CBS's
"Face the Nation" that "cir-
cumstantial evidence" pointed to
Iranian fanatics in the latest attacks.
professor of Bible on mission training
programs and Gary Sorrels
mlssionary-in-residence .
Between 500 and 600 people attended
the workshop Bennett said.
"Percentage wise among the
Christian schools attending ACU
should ha ve had at (east 260 students"
"We took 75 students and Pep-
perdlne from California had 50
students there" Bennett said.
Oklahoma Christian College had the
highest attendance among the
Christian schools with 160 students
attending Bennett said.
The next workshop will be the 25th
anniversary of the world mission
workshop Bennett said. That workshop
will be at Oklahoma Christian College.
"We've already set a goal of taking
250 students" Bennett said.
Students to vote Wednesday
for '83 Homecoming
The nominees for Homecoming
Queen will be presented Wednesday in
Chapel said Mark Slough
Homecoming co-chairman..
Students will veie for the queen
beginning Wednesday after Chapel
until 5 p.m. in the ticket window of the
Campus Center
The queen will be crowned during
Homecoming Chapel at 9;30 a.m.
Saturday in Moody Coliseum.
The student body elected eight senior
women for Homecoming Queen
nominees Oct. 10.
The nominees arc Joan Bartktt
education major from Dallas end vice
president of Ko Jo Kai women's social
clubr Rebekah Glbbs physical
Sign-ups to continue this week
for SA Christmas for Children
By KATHiC HENRY
Oetlmtct Stall
Sign-ups for Christmas for Children
a Students' Association activity to
benefit underprivileged children will
continue in the SA office from 1-5 p.m.
fonday through Friday said Kathy
Craven co-director of Christmas for
Children.
The last day to sign up will be an-
nounced later said Cravens
sophomore public relations major from
Windermere Fk.
ACU students will be assigned
children from local church bus rolls
and students will take the children to
scheduled activities she said.
The theme of Christmas for Children
is Matthew 18:5 "And whoever
welcomes a little child like this in my
name welcomes me."
Library receives book donation
A donation of several thousand
national and international physic
journals was made to ACU's Brown
Library said Cheryl Mann director of
iformatioa and publicatiens.
The donation was made by Dr.
Harlan J. Smith director of the
University of Texas' McDonald Ob-
servatory said Mann. Smith was the
guest speaker at the annual
mathscience awards banquet last
One-day vacation
goes before Senate
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The intent of a Senate proposal for a
one-day holiday has not changed said
Robert Pitman junior class president.
"Our only purpose In thk proposal
WlH be to trade All College Day for an
extra day of Spring Break" said Pit-
man. The Senate will vote Tuesday on
whether to present the proposal to the
administration.
Pitman and Brad Chcves Students'
Association president met briefly
Friday afternoon with Dr C.G. Gray
vice president of academic affairs.
Pitman said the administration will not
act on the proposal until it k approved
by the Senate.
The idea of turning All College Day
and the Friday afternoon before Spring
Break into a one-day holiday was
presented at the Senate meeting kst
week by Pitman.
Pitman said he realized after the
Senate meeting that the Friday af-
ternoon before Spring Break was not a
holiday
"It's my mistake but I still don't
think it alters our proposal" he said.
"We still want to trade All College Day
for an extra day of spring break."
Pitman said he could not comment on
whether or not an extra day of classes
would be added II a one-day holiday was
created. Since last week's Senate
meeting the admiektraUon has in
education major from (Abilene and
member of Sigma Theta Chi women's
social club; ' and Julie Gipsen
marketing major from Austin and
m ember of Sigma Theta Chi
Other nominees are Mary Kirschner
biology major' fretrt Fort Worth and
president ef Ke JorKa(; Lori Mc-
Cormiek marketing major from
Sflyderaedtraaeurerof Ko JoKa; and
Jill Pearson physical education major
from Sulphur Springs and president of
Sigma Theta CM.
Others are Joy Polvado social work
major from Houston and president of
GATA women's social club; and Janet
White elementary education major
from Amarillo and secretary of Sigma
By Friday Craven said she did not
have an exact number of students
signed up to participate but she said
the number was between 80 and 100.
Approximately 350 children will be
involved in the program) said Greg
Casey junior pre-med major from
Kingwood and co-director of Christmas
for Children
Casey said Christmas for Children Is
"extremely rewarding" for those who
participate. He encouraged more
students to get involved in the program.
Group leaders will be chosen this
week said Craven. Group leaders will
make sure children have rides to ac-
tivities know times of events and know
places of activities she said Group
leaders also will assign children to
students said Craven.
Scheduled activities will be a park
spring.
This donation is the largest of a series
of donations that came from scientists
around the country who. were contacted
by Dr. David Talent 'assktant
professor of physics said Mann. Talent
contacted professors research
scientists and Dr. Karl Henlze
astronomer and space shuttle
astronaut about donations.
Smith's donation included: The
dicated certain considerations and
concerns about the proposal but has not
acted on It he said
He said the pessmUity of an extra day
will have to be negotiated but hk main
concern was to get the proposal past the
Senate
"I don't think that It's anything that
can't be dealt with in negotktlens if the
Senate decides to proceed with the
proposal" said Pitman "Unless I have
endorsement of the Senate I don't want
to pursue It any further."
The extra day would enable Spring
Break campaigns as well as the
student body In general an extra travel
day. Students also would not miss
classes on the Friday before spring
vacation said Pitman
The second reason k because All
College Day has kst Ik original intent
he sald.lt was originally intended for
students to attend planned activities
that Friday afternoon said Pitman.
"Since I've been here it has been an
afternoon that nobody knows why we
get off" Pitman said. "WWkerigtaaHy
the Students' Aseecktton might have
pknned activities on that afternoon
since we've been here and for all
practical purposes it has not been an SA
responsibility."
Pitman said he has received only
positive student reaction to the
proposed one-day holiday. The Senate
should reflect student opinion Ue said.iV
T.
queen
Theta CM.
The nominees will be honored at the
annua queen's tea Friday at 4 p.m. m
Mrs 3hMT0ft WHson ef swi AAtewo
the Coming Home Queen from 1W3.
Members of the Comihg Heme Court
are LeeAnna Fenter Ladymand of
Abilene Marida Mann Baucaht of
Quaush PauU Baught Chance of Fort
Worth and Terry Casey Lemmens of
Oklahoma City C4ck.
Others of the returning court rt
Candy Johnson Ramsey of Beaumont
Kandy Turner of Dallas Mary Beth
Durham Shumate of Tampa Fk. Ann
Mackey Chapman of Garland and
Jama Castles Duty of Grandbury.
day family night at the movies zoo
day church day and a Christmas party.
.Students will take their assigned
children to the park on Nov. 5 and all
participants will meet as a group said
Craven. 7m day Nov. 1 will be
bandied the same way she said.
'Students wfli take the ettMren te a
campus mevie Nov. 10 en family night
said Craven. Students and children will
be admitted for a family rate she said.
Students will be free to choose which
church they want te take the children te
Nov. 30 on church day said Craven.
The Christinas party Dec. 3 will in-
clude a visit from Santa Ckusv A gift
will be given to each child and a turkey
will be given to each child's family.
The Christmas for Children com1
mittee is hoping to provide Bibles for
the families she said.
Aitrophy$tcal Journal (1949-19g2)The
Astronomical Journal (1944-1963)
Publication of the Astronomical
Society o the Pacific (1969-Mtt)
Astronomy and Astrophysics (1999-
1999)' Sky and Tekscope (1941-1979) j
and several other complete journal
Issues.
These books comprised meet of
Smith's personal library of
astrophysics journals.
Heston to visit
ACU campus
lyLWAMeDOMALD
OetlmMSteM
Actor Charlton Heston will be on
campus Saturday to attend a private
dinner tape a segment of a
television talk show and attend the
Homecomln musical. Dr. Wlllkm
J. Teague president of the J
university saia.
"We would like him to see the
quality of the program we have at
ACU " Teague said. "But we would
jlke for him to be able to be an
unobtrusive guest at the musical."
Heston k scheduled to arrive in
Abilene Saturday morning to vkit
with personal friends and friends of
the university Teague said.
During hk one-day visit Heston
will be a featured guest at the
President's Circle dinner a dinner
for special contributors to the
university by invitation only
Teague said.
He k also scheduled to be in-
terviewed by Dr Gary D. McCaleb
Vice president and dean of campus
life for the television Utk shew "On
Campus" McCaleb said. McCaleb k
the host of the 30-minute weekly
shew produced by Dutch Haggatt
assistant Instructor of com-
munication and video director for
the program and students In the TV
production class.
i Teague said Heston will attend the
Homecoming musical 'The Sound
of Music" Saturday evening.
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