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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1975)
Senate volleys troop question WASHINGTON - The Senate began debating America's military policies in the post-Vietnam era Monday, and was warned the 42,000 U.S troops stationed in South Korea pose a constant danger of involvement in another Asian war. Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., told the Senate, ‘The present situation in Korea is an unthinking tripwire under which the U.S. could be drawn into immediate combat — without time for reflec tion, consideration or reason — in the event of an invasion of South Korea.” But Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., said South Korea was an outstanding example of the need for U.S. ground combat troops in the nuclear age. Should North Korea again in vade the south, Goldwater said, it would be an occasion where “conventional troops are the only ones the President can rely on.” upi roundup As the Senate's scheduled week erf debate on defense policy got under way, Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, Mont., again stated his desire that the Un ited States move to ease world tensions by removing its troops from South Korea and cutting in half its 300,000 man force in Europe. But he said that for the time CELLER LEATHER WORKS is having a moving sale Everything Reduced Wallets . Checkbooks . Belts. Leather Framed Mirrors Brief Cases. Purses. Visors.. Keyfobs. .$4.00 .$4.00 .$6.00 .$12.50 .$25.00 $10.00 & $12.00 .$4.00 .$.75 Celler Leather Works 2005 Franklin Blvd. Eugene 344-9328 being he would not offer his pe rennial bill to order such moves, because of the “confusing and chaotic situation which exists in the world today." Opening debate focused on troop levels of the peacetime, all volunteer U.S. armed forces and how they should be deployed. ERA quashed again JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The state Senate voted 20-14 Monday against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, the third year in a row the proposed constitu tional amendment has been killed in Missouri. It was toe first time toe ERA issue had come to a vote in the Senate. The controversial amendment passed the House by a narrow margin two months ago. Thejxoposal was debated for two hours with two senators filibustering until all the opponents could reach the chamber. It needed 18 votes to pass. The ERA has been ratified in 34 states. Thirty-eight are needed before toe constitutional amend ment becomes law. Suspects sent home WASHINGTON - Cuba has quietly sent three American citi zens to Barbados and into FBI hands on aircraft hijacking charges, toe State Department said Monday. The three were toe first alleged hijackers to be sent home by Cuba since it signed an agreement with toe United States more than two years ago either to hold persons who forced airliners to carry them to Cuba or return them to toe Un ited States to stand trial. The State Department said it was studying the significance of toe move which came as a sur prise until the prisoners arrived in Barbados. SttCU @cttbciat 'pvutm <uut Suqchc TfCci^afiMC fau46*t RUSTY RHODES Executive Director, Committee to Investigate Political Assassination to speak on WHO KILLED JFK? A decade of conspiracy: From Dallas to Watergate In the three-year period which followed the murder of President Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald, eighteen material witnesses died—six by gunfire, three in motor accidents, two by suicide, one from a cut throat, one from a karate chop to the neck, three from heart attacks, and two from natural causes. An actuary, engaged by the London Sunday Times concluded that on November 22, 1963, the odds against these witnesses being dead by Feb ruary, 1967, were one hundred thousand trillion to one. Also! The Controversial Zapruder film will be shown (UNCUT VERSION) Wednesday June 4 EMU Ballroom 8:00 pm ADMISSION FREE •focus: students They were ready ‘to break, smash...’ CLEVELAND (UPI) — An associate professor of jour nalism at Kent State University testified Monday students demonstrating on the university campus two days before the 1970 shootings seemed determined "to physically break, smash...” The professor, Charles Brill, testified during the trial of a $48 million civil damage suit filed in U S. District Court here in connection with shootings May 4, 1970. Four persons were killed and nine wounded by National Guardsmen. Brill, who began his testimony Friday, was questioned about events leading up to the burning of an ROTC building on campus on May 2 “I was concerned that there might be destruction,” Brill said. “I was very much concerned for people and property. At this point it was obvious the students wanted to do some type of destruction. I can't recall specific words but it seemed to indicate they wanted to physically break, smash...” Brill said just before the ROTC building was set afire he saw faces "I didn't recognize” in the crowd around the building but the group did not appear to have a leader. A flare was tossed into the ROTC building and Brill tes tified that he told another instructor, “I can get that flare. I can stop it" but said he was persuaded not to go after the flare because he may have gotten hurt. Brill was asked by defense counsel why he did not at tempt to extinguish the flare and he replied. “I was probably chicken, sir." The suit is a combination of civil suits filed against Gov. James A. Rhodes, former Kent State University President Robert I. White and 42 other persons. GOD BLESS OUR PAD Tuesday night is hot dog night at the Paddock Hot dogs are 100 8:00 p.m. until closing time 3355 E. Amazon j n a J/