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H 1 v . TATE lil. vr'. RIC. V, OCIE7Y B hit: !;'. i?. v . yr. gehv gj CvL'j:.: i5i, ,. 652M I 72nd Year No. 201 Good Morning! It's Thursday, May 8, 1980 16 Pages - 1 5 Cents IHow officials 1 I fight drug use I at local schools ByJodyMcPherson Missourian staff writer E Rock Bridge High School Principal Wayne Walk- - B er tells this story: g A student went home so drunk after a ball game fi that she threw up on her living room floor. Her K mother assumed that the girl was only reacting to 1 the excitement of the game. After all, she behaved the same way after every game. m When Walker told the mother that school officials H had observed a drinking problem with her daughter H over several years, she would not believe him. The S girl had been drinking heavily since she was in sev- - m enth grade, and hermother never knew. I Drugs f; and our school kids Insight itus story says several things about drugs and alco-hol in Columbia and the school- ag- e youngsters who use them. It demonstrates the po-tential for harm in the use of alcohol and drugs. v It illustrates the inesca-pable link between home and school. I - p In telling it, Walker . demonstrates the concern shared by administrators -- and teachers in the city's fr secondary schools. $ v Finally, it points out the irrelevance of disci- - ? plinary rules and procedures in dealing with what :- - has become a fact of life. & Superintendent of Schools Russell Thompson K says, " The drug problem is a worldwide problem at fi this time, and society hasn't really determined f2 what stance it wants, to take on drugs. H " Society has not clearly defined for young people " whether drugs are bad or not." M Officially, the stance of the Columbia Public 0: Schc& s is clear enoughThe schools' statement of f policyis, " Because of the physical, emotional and - -- 1 legal consequences involved in me illegal use, sale , ' or possession of drugs or alcohol, students are pro- -' ; hibited from such involvement in or on the school --' premises and at school- sponsore- d activities." The penalties prescribed are suspension from J school for not more than 10 days or transfer to an alternative educational program. --;;' " Any time a student is caught violating the rules Jf about tobacco, drugs or alcohol, the rules are en-- y forced," says Jim King, assistant principal at Rock f Bridge. ja But it's an unusual occurrence when a student is caught. Walker estimates there have been only six t to eight instances in the past year in which students were caught under the influence or in the posses- - sion of drugs or alcohol. Hickman High School North Hall Principal Gerald McCollum gives the ', same estimate for Hickman. - Discipline in the junior highs is even less frequent two or three instances in the past year in each ' v? school. While the enforcement record reflects the num- L- S ber of students who get caught, it does not reflect 1 '' the number of students using drugs or alcohol at school. A month- lon- g investigation by three Colum- - ' bia Missourian reporters shows the use of drugs, in-- eluding alcohol, is widespread among secondary , school- ag- e youngsters. lr " The administration has to be concerned about - the rights of students," says Thompson. " Legally, . they can't be falsely accused. We must have clear- - i. ( See SCHOOLS, Page 16) HHf W' BKBKSB& SBBsSSSSBLbSrSBSBKBB bBB'' . BlBBBBBBBBBSSBMStBaVwBBk ObvsSmkBlmwttBBBBBKau fv tsSBKBBr flHBfl bbjbbhbh JSm Gamier and Hero with owner Barney Birger nmo. ua... Schutzhunds stop burglary and return suspect to police ByJuliCragg Missourian staff writer Barney and Marguerite Birger of Collinsville, III., were asleep Tuesday night in their first floor hotel room at the Ramada Inn, 1100 Vandiver Drive, when someone kicked open their door. The intruder had chosen the wrong room to break into. Also asleep inside were two large Ger-man shepherds trained as Schutzhunds lovable peis, aggressive izunuy pro-tectors. Hero, 11 months, was tied at one end of the room. Four- year- o- ld Gauner lay against the door. When the man's kick opened the door, Gauner was shoved across the floor, and both dogs started barking. The couple inside woke in-stantly and saw the man's face outlined in the light out-side before he pulled the door closed. " He backed out real fast," says Birger. After pulling on some clothes, Birger took the dogs and started out on the intrud-er's trail, stopping in the mo-tel office to inform the em-ployees what had happened. Led by Gauner, an experi-enced tracker, they found the hidden fugitive. " I held my two dogs while they were rea- - he was. He might have been a drunk." Later the Birgers learned the man was wanted by authorities in Illinois and they were told he was a criminal mental patient. Birger and the dogs marched the suspect ahead of them back to the hotel, where four Columbia po-lice cars soon amassed in response to the call made by hotel employees. The next day, the Birgers and their dogs at-tended a Schutzhund seminar at the country home .$ s '"' jBmBcBIBB9 BUBB& dy to attack on signal," Birger says. The dogs are trained to stand and bark as long as the aggressor remains motionless. " He ( Gauner) made a gesture to go for him be-cause the fellow moved his hand. I held the dog be-cause I didn't know for sure how bad ( dangerous) oi ooiumoian jerry aiavens, national president of the Unit-ed Schutzhund Clubs of Ameri-ca. Schutzhund is a German word which means protection dog. Most dogs given this training are German shep-herds, but any dog can benefit from the training and Dober- ma- n pinschers frequently re-ceive it. Schutzhund training is re-garded as a sport by the par-ticipants who diligently train their dogs for competition. Some members are working to get Schutzhunding accepted as an Olympic sport. Introduced in the United States about 10 years ago, Schutzhunding has become in-creasingly popular in the last four or five years. There are more than 70 clubs with a total membership of approximately 2500 in the United States, says Slavins, Route 2. The sport has an 80- ye- ar history in Europe. There are about 68,000 dogs handled by approxi-mately 25,000 people in Germany, Slavins says, ( See PUBLIC, Page 16) . Ashland police learn a lesson : ii. I Lock it up and pocket the keys H By David Ring H Missourian staff writer 11 ASHLAND The Ashland Police H Department was minus its means of m transportation for eight hours Tuesday If night and early Wednesday morning. The police car belonging to the two it man- for- ce was stolen Tuesday at about H 10 p. m. when Maj. Ed Dunwiddie, an-il swering a disturbance call at a mobile H home court, inadvertently left the p-oll lice car running. ffl While Dunwiddie was breaking up H two fights at the trailer court, someone H made off with the car. m What followed was an all- nig- ht search by Dunwiddie, Ashland Police Chief Earle Brubeck, Fire Chief Dale Christian, Mayor Jerry Arnold, Boone County sheriffs deputies, Missouri State Highway Patrolmen as well as a group of area teen- age- rs and men. Not all of them made it through the night, but Dunwiddie and Brubeck per-severed and at 6 a. m. found ' the car, still intact, hidden behind two large water tanks in the countryside. " Once we got out in the daylight we spotted it from a quarter- mil- e (. 4 kilo-meters) away," Brubeck said, noting that they had passed the same spot a few times during the night. The chief did not seem particularly miffed by the incident, laughing as he called it the strangest experience he has come across during his tenure. His immediate concern had been for the safety of Dunwiddie. " My initial re-action was, is he all right?" he said. " Then we worry about the auto-mobile." Brubeck, who has been police chief for about two years, said he was inves-tigating the case. For now, Ashland residents can once again rest assured. Their police car wUl once more be circling their quiet community of 860, searching out wrongdoers and trying to stay out of trouble. 1 III town I today m II 7 p. m. Columbia Planning and EE Zoning Commission, Council H Chamber, Fourth Floor, County-- p City Building. Eg 7: 30 p. m. Theater, " Goodbye, III My Fancy," South Campus Audi-- torium. Tickets $ 3.50 for general III public, $ 1.75 for students. IH 7: 30 pjn. Concert, Annual All-- W City Elementary School Concert, Hickman High gym. Adults $ 1, HI children free. W 8 pan. Recital, Susannah III Gaines, vocalist, Windsor Audi-- lp torium, Stephens College. Free. W. 8: 15 p. m. Recital, Karl Haas, W pianist, Jesse Auditorium. Free M tickets available at First Nation-- W al Bank and Trust, 8th and Me Broadway. m Movie lfaiJsgs en Page 15 Libyan terrorists hole up in embassy , defy expulsion - New York Times WASHINGTON Four Libyans ac-cused by the State Department of tak-ing part in a campaign of harassment and intimidation of fellow countrymen living in the United States have defied a federal demand that they leave the country and were holed up in the Li-- -- byan embassy here Wednesday. State Department officials asserted " that the four, who until recently were students at various American universi-ties, were linked to an international campaign of terror that has resulted in the murders of four I J byan dissidents in London and Rome in the last two months. The same officials said scores of the 3,0K or so Libyans living in the United States, mainly students, have been threatened with " extermination" un less they return home immediately. Few have. " By ordering the expulsions we are seeking to deter the sort of violence that occurred in Europe from happen-ing in this country," a senior State De-partment official said at a news confer-ence. A complicating factor is that the Li-byans say their embassy here is not an embassy any more, but as of a few months ago became a " jamahiriya," or congregation, and that the four men thus are not diplomats and are not sub-ject to ouster without a court heanng. Departmental officials said no final decision had been made on the disposi-tion of the four should they stay inside the building, although they said the four would be detained and expelled from the country if they went outside. It seemed apparent that no attempt would be made to enter the building. Marines aid control of refugees KEY WEST, Fla. ( UPI) U. S. Marines were ordered to refugee- swamp- ed south Florida Wednesday because the Cuban exile sealift was ferrying more Cubans across the Florida Strait than overwhelmed federal and state officials could han-dle. Anxious to move on, more than 5,- 0- 00 refugees packed the huge Trum- bl- e Point seaplane hangar on the Na-val Air Station annex by early afternoon. Weary Florida National Guard troops broke up frequent fights as Cubans jostled for seats on buses to refugee centers. The 400 Marines were dispatched from Camp LeJeune, N. C., to relieve the 705 Florida guardsmen under pressure by employers to return home. National Guard Gen. K. C. Builard said the Marines were ex-pected to arrive before nightfall. Federal officials said about 75 U. S. marshals were brought in Wednes-day to help Guard forces maintain order. The Pentagon also decided Wednesday to reactivate Fort Chaf-fee, Ark., as a refugee center be-cause Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle was overwhelm-ed with refugees being processed from Key West President Carter Tuesday de-clared a state of emergency in Flor-ida because of the surging tide of ref-ugees from the Cuban port of Mariel, and said up to $ 10 million in federal funds will be available to pay for ref-ugee processing. The dispatch of the Marines was seen as the first step in the eventual federal takeover of the Cuban refugees cling to a newly- erecte- d fence at Trumbo Na-val Station, Key West, Fla., where over 3,000 are being housed. Classifed " C- 2-," these refugees are being sent to Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., for further questioning because of possible criminal records or because they have no family in the United States. refugee processing program. A pushing match erupted in the crowded seaplane hangar Wednes-day morning, but the disturbance was quelled by guardsmen and Flor-ida Highway Patrolmen. Authorities said it was one of many flareups breaking out in the bus lines. " They don't want to lose their place in line," said Lt. Col. Richard Capps of Jacksonville. ' They're not bad people. They just want to get out of here." Capps said 2,500 people were moved out Tuesday night from Key West " but we received another 3,200 at the same time." He said tents pitched outside on the hangar Tar-mac would expand the hangar area capacity to about 10,000 refugees. U. S. Customs officials said 61. ves-sels with 2,456 refugees docked at the old Navy Station between midnight and noon on Wednesday, bringing the unofficial refugee total to over 23,500 since the exile sealift began 18 days ago. Builard said the Marines and guardsmen would work " side by side," providing security at the hold-ing areas and logistical support until the Marines begin their takeover. Two Air Florida Boeing 737s and one DC-- 6 from Mackey Airlines con-tinued to shuttle refugees to Eglin for processing Wednesday. Buses shipped about 40 percent of the refu-gees those with relatives in South Florida to local centers. INS officials said 122 of the 199 ref-ugees suspected of having criminal pasts had been sent to the federal prison in Talladega, Ala., by Wednesday morning. Senate confirms Edmund Muskie secretary of state WASHINGTON ( UPI) - The Senate confirmed Edmund Muskie as secre-tary of state Wednesday 94-- 2 in an emotional session where Democrats and Republicans alike praised their longtime colleague as the best man for a tough job. He is expected to be sworn in today. Muskie, who served 22 years in the Senate, made a farewell speech in a voice mat broke several times. He re-ceived a long, standing ovation from the senators and people in the galle-ries. Just a few hours earlier, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ap-proved his nomination 12-- 1. During that session, Muskie pledged to be-come President Carter's No. 1 foreign policy adviser and spokesman a notch above national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. Then he went before the Senate. " This is the moment I have dreaded for 10 days," he said. " The moment in which I have to say goodbve to the Sen-ate." One by one, he listed the senators with whom he has served saying, " I can't think of any stronger motivation for excellence than the awareness that I must meet your test. " The only two senators to vote against confirmation were Republicans Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Gordon Humphrey of New Hampshire, and Helms said it was " easily the most painful vote I have ever cast." He said he was protesting President Carter's foreign policy and voted against Mus-kie in committee as well. Muskie voted " present" on his own nomination, which does not count as a vote either way. Sen. Frank Church, D- Ida- ho, chair-man of the Foreign Relations Commit-tee, introduced the Muskie nomination on the Senate floor. " I can think of no man better equipped to pursue the process of con-sultations between the executive and the legislative to achieve unity" in American foreign policy, Church said. Democratic leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia, noting the problems the nation faces, said, " I know of no man in America better suited to meet these challenges." Senate Republican leader Howard Baker of Tennessee said, " I see great progress for this country's foreign poli-cy under the guidance of Ed Muskie, a colleague and a friend." Sen. Robert Stafford. R- V- t., summed up what seemed to be the general feel-ing, " I will sleep better tonight be-cause Ed Muskie is the secretary of state." Officials said Carter faced with Cyrus Vance's decision to resign in op-position to the military rescue mission ' This is the moment I have dreaded for 10 days. The moment in which I have to say goodbye to the Senate.' Edmund Muskie into Iran chose Muskie in part be-cause he knew he would have no trou-ble getting the nomination through Congress. During Wednesday's committee hearing, Muskie outlined some of his ideas on foreign policy, which are simi-lar to Vance's. He also made clear that Carter has promised him the No. 1 for-eign policy role. ' The first and most important of my priorities is that the secretary of state is the principal adviser to the nresident on foreign policy issues and is the pres-ident's principal spokesman for his for-eign policies." Muskie said. '" President Carter has made it clear that he expects me to play this role and I intend to do so. I intend to be very ac-tive in this role." He added, " I am not interested in be-ing a caretaker." Muskie said one of the first things he probably will do as secretary of state is to meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Vienna next week, where both will be attending a treaty anniversary ceremony. As for the Russians in general, Mus-kie said, ' While ( Soviet; aggression continues we must not relent in impos-ing a heavy price. As Soviet policies al-low, we must never be blind to opportu-nities to work for peace." Muskie said he favors the SALT II treaty with Moscow, but does not ex-pect Senate ratification of the pact for some time, in light of the Russian inva-sion of Afghanistan. On Iran. Muskie said he backs " peaceful means" to free the Ameri-can hostages held in Tehran but " we will not and should not eliminate any options." He said the United States should con-tinue putting pressures on the Tehran government because ' ' the hostages are as much a dilemma for Iran as for the United States. He concluded his formal statement to the committee with the words: " I do not believe there can be unanimity on the great and complex questions be-fore us. But there can be a spirit of co-operation as we address them. I ap-pear before you in that spirit. ' '
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Item.Transcript | H 1 v . TATE lil. vr'. RIC. V, OCIE7Y B hit: !;'. i?. v . yr. gehv gj CvL'j:.: i5i, ,. 652M I 72nd Year No. 201 Good Morning! It's Thursday, May 8, 1980 16 Pages - 1 5 Cents IHow officials 1 I fight drug use I at local schools ByJodyMcPherson Missourian staff writer E Rock Bridge High School Principal Wayne Walk- - B er tells this story: g A student went home so drunk after a ball game fi that she threw up on her living room floor. Her K mother assumed that the girl was only reacting to 1 the excitement of the game. After all, she behaved the same way after every game. m When Walker told the mother that school officials H had observed a drinking problem with her daughter H over several years, she would not believe him. The S girl had been drinking heavily since she was in sev- - m enth grade, and hermother never knew. I Drugs f; and our school kids Insight itus story says several things about drugs and alco-hol in Columbia and the school- ag- e youngsters who use them. It demonstrates the po-tential for harm in the use of alcohol and drugs. v It illustrates the inesca-pable link between home and school. I - p In telling it, Walker . demonstrates the concern shared by administrators -- and teachers in the city's fr secondary schools. $ v Finally, it points out the irrelevance of disci- - ? plinary rules and procedures in dealing with what :- - has become a fact of life. & Superintendent of Schools Russell Thompson K says, " The drug problem is a worldwide problem at fi this time, and society hasn't really determined f2 what stance it wants, to take on drugs. H " Society has not clearly defined for young people " whether drugs are bad or not." M Officially, the stance of the Columbia Public 0: Schc& s is clear enoughThe schools' statement of f policyis, " Because of the physical, emotional and - -- 1 legal consequences involved in me illegal use, sale , ' or possession of drugs or alcohol, students are pro- -' ; hibited from such involvement in or on the school --' premises and at school- sponsore- d activities." The penalties prescribed are suspension from J school for not more than 10 days or transfer to an alternative educational program. --;;' " Any time a student is caught violating the rules Jf about tobacco, drugs or alcohol, the rules are en-- y forced," says Jim King, assistant principal at Rock f Bridge. ja But it's an unusual occurrence when a student is caught. Walker estimates there have been only six t to eight instances in the past year in which students were caught under the influence or in the posses- - sion of drugs or alcohol. Hickman High School North Hall Principal Gerald McCollum gives the ', same estimate for Hickman. - Discipline in the junior highs is even less frequent two or three instances in the past year in each ' v? school. While the enforcement record reflects the num- L- S ber of students who get caught, it does not reflect 1 '' the number of students using drugs or alcohol at school. A month- lon- g investigation by three Colum- - ' bia Missourian reporters shows the use of drugs, in-- eluding alcohol, is widespread among secondary , school- ag- e youngsters. lr " The administration has to be concerned about - the rights of students," says Thompson. " Legally, . they can't be falsely accused. We must have clear- - i. ( See SCHOOLS, Page 16) HHf W' BKBKSB& SBBsSSSSBLbSrSBSBKBB bBB'' . BlBBBBBBBBBSSBMStBaVwBBk ObvsSmkBlmwttBBBBBKau fv tsSBKBBr flHBfl bbjbbhbh JSm Gamier and Hero with owner Barney Birger nmo. ua... Schutzhunds stop burglary and return suspect to police ByJuliCragg Missourian staff writer Barney and Marguerite Birger of Collinsville, III., were asleep Tuesday night in their first floor hotel room at the Ramada Inn, 1100 Vandiver Drive, when someone kicked open their door. The intruder had chosen the wrong room to break into. Also asleep inside were two large Ger-man shepherds trained as Schutzhunds lovable peis, aggressive izunuy pro-tectors. Hero, 11 months, was tied at one end of the room. Four- year- o- ld Gauner lay against the door. When the man's kick opened the door, Gauner was shoved across the floor, and both dogs started barking. The couple inside woke in-stantly and saw the man's face outlined in the light out-side before he pulled the door closed. " He backed out real fast," says Birger. After pulling on some clothes, Birger took the dogs and started out on the intrud-er's trail, stopping in the mo-tel office to inform the em-ployees what had happened. Led by Gauner, an experi-enced tracker, they found the hidden fugitive. " I held my two dogs while they were rea- - he was. He might have been a drunk." Later the Birgers learned the man was wanted by authorities in Illinois and they were told he was a criminal mental patient. Birger and the dogs marched the suspect ahead of them back to the hotel, where four Columbia po-lice cars soon amassed in response to the call made by hotel employees. The next day, the Birgers and their dogs at-tended a Schutzhund seminar at the country home .$ s '"' jBmBcBIBB9 BUBB& dy to attack on signal," Birger says. The dogs are trained to stand and bark as long as the aggressor remains motionless. " He ( Gauner) made a gesture to go for him be-cause the fellow moved his hand. I held the dog be-cause I didn't know for sure how bad ( dangerous) oi ooiumoian jerry aiavens, national president of the Unit-ed Schutzhund Clubs of Ameri-ca. Schutzhund is a German word which means protection dog. Most dogs given this training are German shep-herds, but any dog can benefit from the training and Dober- ma- n pinschers frequently re-ceive it. Schutzhund training is re-garded as a sport by the par-ticipants who diligently train their dogs for competition. Some members are working to get Schutzhunding accepted as an Olympic sport. Introduced in the United States about 10 years ago, Schutzhunding has become in-creasingly popular in the last four or five years. There are more than 70 clubs with a total membership of approximately 2500 in the United States, says Slavins, Route 2. The sport has an 80- ye- ar history in Europe. There are about 68,000 dogs handled by approxi-mately 25,000 people in Germany, Slavins says, ( See PUBLIC, Page 16) . Ashland police learn a lesson : ii. I Lock it up and pocket the keys H By David Ring H Missourian staff writer 11 ASHLAND The Ashland Police H Department was minus its means of m transportation for eight hours Tuesday If night and early Wednesday morning. The police car belonging to the two it man- for- ce was stolen Tuesday at about H 10 p. m. when Maj. Ed Dunwiddie, an-il swering a disturbance call at a mobile H home court, inadvertently left the p-oll lice car running. ffl While Dunwiddie was breaking up H two fights at the trailer court, someone H made off with the car. m What followed was an all- nig- ht search by Dunwiddie, Ashland Police Chief Earle Brubeck, Fire Chief Dale Christian, Mayor Jerry Arnold, Boone County sheriffs deputies, Missouri State Highway Patrolmen as well as a group of area teen- age- rs and men. Not all of them made it through the night, but Dunwiddie and Brubeck per-severed and at 6 a. m. found ' the car, still intact, hidden behind two large water tanks in the countryside. " Once we got out in the daylight we spotted it from a quarter- mil- e (. 4 kilo-meters) away," Brubeck said, noting that they had passed the same spot a few times during the night. The chief did not seem particularly miffed by the incident, laughing as he called it the strangest experience he has come across during his tenure. His immediate concern had been for the safety of Dunwiddie. " My initial re-action was, is he all right?" he said. " Then we worry about the auto-mobile." Brubeck, who has been police chief for about two years, said he was inves-tigating the case. For now, Ashland residents can once again rest assured. Their police car wUl once more be circling their quiet community of 860, searching out wrongdoers and trying to stay out of trouble. 1 III town I today m II 7 p. m. Columbia Planning and EE Zoning Commission, Council H Chamber, Fourth Floor, County-- p City Building. Eg 7: 30 p. m. Theater, " Goodbye, III My Fancy," South Campus Audi-- torium. Tickets $ 3.50 for general III public, $ 1.75 for students. IH 7: 30 pjn. Concert, Annual All-- W City Elementary School Concert, Hickman High gym. Adults $ 1, HI children free. W 8 pan. Recital, Susannah III Gaines, vocalist, Windsor Audi-- lp torium, Stephens College. Free. W. 8: 15 p. m. Recital, Karl Haas, W pianist, Jesse Auditorium. Free M tickets available at First Nation-- W al Bank and Trust, 8th and Me Broadway. m Movie lfaiJsgs en Page 15 Libyan terrorists hole up in embassy , defy expulsion - New York Times WASHINGTON Four Libyans ac-cused by the State Department of tak-ing part in a campaign of harassment and intimidation of fellow countrymen living in the United States have defied a federal demand that they leave the country and were holed up in the Li-- -- byan embassy here Wednesday. State Department officials asserted " that the four, who until recently were students at various American universi-ties, were linked to an international campaign of terror that has resulted in the murders of four I J byan dissidents in London and Rome in the last two months. The same officials said scores of the 3,0K or so Libyans living in the United States, mainly students, have been threatened with " extermination" un less they return home immediately. Few have. " By ordering the expulsions we are seeking to deter the sort of violence that occurred in Europe from happen-ing in this country," a senior State De-partment official said at a news confer-ence. A complicating factor is that the Li-byans say their embassy here is not an embassy any more, but as of a few months ago became a " jamahiriya," or congregation, and that the four men thus are not diplomats and are not sub-ject to ouster without a court heanng. Departmental officials said no final decision had been made on the disposi-tion of the four should they stay inside the building, although they said the four would be detained and expelled from the country if they went outside. It seemed apparent that no attempt would be made to enter the building. Marines aid control of refugees KEY WEST, Fla. ( UPI) U. S. Marines were ordered to refugee- swamp- ed south Florida Wednesday because the Cuban exile sealift was ferrying more Cubans across the Florida Strait than overwhelmed federal and state officials could han-dle. Anxious to move on, more than 5,- 0- 00 refugees packed the huge Trum- bl- e Point seaplane hangar on the Na-val Air Station annex by early afternoon. Weary Florida National Guard troops broke up frequent fights as Cubans jostled for seats on buses to refugee centers. The 400 Marines were dispatched from Camp LeJeune, N. C., to relieve the 705 Florida guardsmen under pressure by employers to return home. National Guard Gen. K. C. Builard said the Marines were ex-pected to arrive before nightfall. Federal officials said about 75 U. S. marshals were brought in Wednes-day to help Guard forces maintain order. The Pentagon also decided Wednesday to reactivate Fort Chaf-fee, Ark., as a refugee center be-cause Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle was overwhelm-ed with refugees being processed from Key West President Carter Tuesday de-clared a state of emergency in Flor-ida because of the surging tide of ref-ugees from the Cuban port of Mariel, and said up to $ 10 million in federal funds will be available to pay for ref-ugee processing. The dispatch of the Marines was seen as the first step in the eventual federal takeover of the Cuban refugees cling to a newly- erecte- d fence at Trumbo Na-val Station, Key West, Fla., where over 3,000 are being housed. Classifed " C- 2-," these refugees are being sent to Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., for further questioning because of possible criminal records or because they have no family in the United States. refugee processing program. A pushing match erupted in the crowded seaplane hangar Wednes-day morning, but the disturbance was quelled by guardsmen and Flor-ida Highway Patrolmen. Authorities said it was one of many flareups breaking out in the bus lines. " They don't want to lose their place in line," said Lt. Col. Richard Capps of Jacksonville. ' They're not bad people. They just want to get out of here." Capps said 2,500 people were moved out Tuesday night from Key West " but we received another 3,200 at the same time." He said tents pitched outside on the hangar Tar-mac would expand the hangar area capacity to about 10,000 refugees. U. S. Customs officials said 61. ves-sels with 2,456 refugees docked at the old Navy Station between midnight and noon on Wednesday, bringing the unofficial refugee total to over 23,500 since the exile sealift began 18 days ago. Builard said the Marines and guardsmen would work " side by side," providing security at the hold-ing areas and logistical support until the Marines begin their takeover. Two Air Florida Boeing 737s and one DC-- 6 from Mackey Airlines con-tinued to shuttle refugees to Eglin for processing Wednesday. Buses shipped about 40 percent of the refu-gees those with relatives in South Florida to local centers. INS officials said 122 of the 199 ref-ugees suspected of having criminal pasts had been sent to the federal prison in Talladega, Ala., by Wednesday morning. Senate confirms Edmund Muskie secretary of state WASHINGTON ( UPI) - The Senate confirmed Edmund Muskie as secre-tary of state Wednesday 94-- 2 in an emotional session where Democrats and Republicans alike praised their longtime colleague as the best man for a tough job. He is expected to be sworn in today. Muskie, who served 22 years in the Senate, made a farewell speech in a voice mat broke several times. He re-ceived a long, standing ovation from the senators and people in the galle-ries. Just a few hours earlier, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ap-proved his nomination 12-- 1. During that session, Muskie pledged to be-come President Carter's No. 1 foreign policy adviser and spokesman a notch above national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. Then he went before the Senate. " This is the moment I have dreaded for 10 days," he said. " The moment in which I have to say goodbve to the Sen-ate." One by one, he listed the senators with whom he has served saying, " I can't think of any stronger motivation for excellence than the awareness that I must meet your test. " The only two senators to vote against confirmation were Republicans Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Gordon Humphrey of New Hampshire, and Helms said it was " easily the most painful vote I have ever cast." He said he was protesting President Carter's foreign policy and voted against Mus-kie in committee as well. Muskie voted " present" on his own nomination, which does not count as a vote either way. Sen. Frank Church, D- Ida- ho, chair-man of the Foreign Relations Commit-tee, introduced the Muskie nomination on the Senate floor. " I can think of no man better equipped to pursue the process of con-sultations between the executive and the legislative to achieve unity" in American foreign policy, Church said. Democratic leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia, noting the problems the nation faces, said, " I know of no man in America better suited to meet these challenges." Senate Republican leader Howard Baker of Tennessee said, " I see great progress for this country's foreign poli-cy under the guidance of Ed Muskie, a colleague and a friend." Sen. Robert Stafford. R- V- t., summed up what seemed to be the general feel-ing, " I will sleep better tonight be-cause Ed Muskie is the secretary of state." Officials said Carter faced with Cyrus Vance's decision to resign in op-position to the military rescue mission ' This is the moment I have dreaded for 10 days. The moment in which I have to say goodbye to the Senate.' Edmund Muskie into Iran chose Muskie in part be-cause he knew he would have no trou-ble getting the nomination through Congress. During Wednesday's committee hearing, Muskie outlined some of his ideas on foreign policy, which are simi-lar to Vance's. He also made clear that Carter has promised him the No. 1 for-eign policy role. ' The first and most important of my priorities is that the secretary of state is the principal adviser to the nresident on foreign policy issues and is the pres-ident's principal spokesman for his for-eign policies." Muskie said. '" President Carter has made it clear that he expects me to play this role and I intend to do so. I intend to be very ac-tive in this role." He added, " I am not interested in be-ing a caretaker." Muskie said one of the first things he probably will do as secretary of state is to meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Vienna next week, where both will be attending a treaty anniversary ceremony. As for the Russians in general, Mus-kie said, ' While ( Soviet; aggression continues we must not relent in impos-ing a heavy price. As Soviet policies al-low, we must never be blind to opportu-nities to work for peace." Muskie said he favors the SALT II treaty with Moscow, but does not ex-pect Senate ratification of the pact for some time, in light of the Russian inva-sion of Afghanistan. On Iran. Muskie said he backs " peaceful means" to free the Ameri-can hostages held in Tehran but " we will not and should not eliminate any options." He said the United States should con-tinue putting pressures on the Tehran government because ' ' the hostages are as much a dilemma for Iran as for the United States. He concluded his formal statement to the committee with the words: " I do not believe there can be unanimity on the great and complex questions be-fore us. But there can be a spirit of co-operation as we address them. I ap-pear before you in that spirit. ' ' |