Ebb Tide, Vol. 29 No. 4 (May 1976)

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SALVE REGINA COLLEGE I NEWPORT, R. I.

Vol. XXIX, No. 4

May 1976

Sully: A Big Fish In A Little Pond by ANTHONY KUTSAFTIS John Francis Pershing SulUVian i·s a remarka;ble· man. He is handsome in his middle fifties, has silver gray hair and is a natty dresser. His resonant voice, commands respect and his intelligence is etched in ·h is brow. He's Newport'·s most outspoken citizen, a man loved and admired by many. Being a vital cog in his community, " a big fish in a little, pond," has led to a radio program the 'open forum' which is heard

daily on WADK, 1540, at 12:30. His worshippers caLl him Suhly. A high sohool dropout who made good, Sully enjoys his notoriety but readily admits he is an average guy. ''I don't like what youth has done to my country. They have split .t he gut of America wide open and we still haven't recovered from that . I'm afraid of the intelligence of our youth." The radica.ls of the fifties and sixties namely Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, Jane Fonda, and Joan Baez have robbed the young of their mora.l.s and beliefs. Being raised in a permissive society has made us kinky and rude while our college professors bearded li\Ild in jeans lead us to the brink of ana.rchy. Sully would back Barry Goldwater for President. He would reverse the liberllJl trends in our society and turn back the communist tide. Goldwater believes in a strong m i l i t a. r y posture which would put respect and decency back on our streets. A fiag waving conservative, Sully claims no political aspirations. As to the future of our city, Sully sees Jai Alai as the most constructive thing to happen to Newport in years. Socially, economically, and culturally, it will

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with a diabolical enemy who has sworn to turn the world into communism and they are succeeding." Communism is the easy way out. It stifles individualism by taking care of the peoples' every need from the cradle to the grave. If more pepple don't see the warning signs and don't heed the prophetic voices of doom, we will soon be consumed by our enemies. Sully is not anti-education. He thinks knowledge is a marvelous tool. "Salve is an outstanding contribution to this community. In every way it is a definite benefit to have them down here. Bless them aJl 8/t Salve." l'he world is unsafe. "I wouldn't walk in my own neighborhood at night." His preferences in reading are strictly non-fiction. He enjoys William F . Buckley and Fitzpatrick. The news m:edia is dishonest and slanted. As for movies " J don't go to tlhe movies that often. A guy says 'hello' to a girl and before you know it, they've taken off their clothes and they've jumped into the sack." As an additional note, during the in t e r vi e w an unidentified woman offered to shack up with Sully. Oh, you're interested in

Sully' s reply. What would any loyal, devoted, honest, happily married man say to an offer like that. N ever mind, Sully said no! Maybe he's an anachronism, a living fossil. He's the fading image of what man used to be; clean, honest, and God fearing . We didn't agree with a lot of what he said but when we left, we felt as if we had been in the presence of somebody speci8il. He is a rare man and it was a rare experience.

Needs Renovation

by JAMES BOULAY

Downtown on Wastungwn Square stands tne N e w p o r L County l;OUrL house. ·1·ms reu bnck and mar01e structure, buuL in the 19:.lu·s, at one tlme, must , have been a very impreSSilve building. But the stamed maroie, ch.lppect br1CK and ye.u.owed walls taKe away nom its beauty and show its age. l<'rom the time _ o.t its construction it has housed the Sheriff's office, probation and parole office, the public defender's office, _law Hbrary, Superior and District court. These offices take and fill to capacity the entire building. In 1961, along with a steady increase in criminal and civil court cases, the Rlhode Island Assemb<ly created the Family Court. At 9:10 I had an appointment with supel'ior court Judge Carrellas who is spending this term at the Newport County Court. When I al'rived he was in the process of pa.cking many of his belongings, for on the first and third Mondays of each month he must vacate his office and hold court in a small back room, to make room for the Fam-ily Court. The problem, lack of •a dequate facilities. '1.1his problem is not just confined to Newport County, it is state wide. In fact the Judge informed me that N e w p o r t 1- County has one of the best Facilities. Some of the buiidings have no running water, lack of rest room facilities and evei).

prove a boon to the city. When I mentioned corruptioR on the betting aspect of Jai Alai, Sully emphatically replied "Hell no!" On this particular day Sully had drawn a sizeable crowd of people to watch him do his live broadcast. During station breaks and newscasts people eagerly crowded around him exchanging greetings and pleasantries. "I try to keep my broadcasts topical. So my broadcast usua1ly revolves around what is going on politically and philosophically." His broadcasts are usually lively, always interesting and controversial and branded with the personal touch of the man. "Don't look llJt me as if I'm a big shot. I'm just an ordinary guy and I've got a lousy bank balance to prove it." Being a conservative, Sully thinks there are too many liberals running around our college campuses. Most of the people that put our country into turmoil in the sixties were college people. There is no more dedication to a cause or patriots willing to expound fln the virtues of our country. Sully sees colleges as potential tinder boxes of trouble. "Our country win get itself into another war by stupidity, by not showing muscle. We are fooling

What will they do this time? When asked if the people of Rhode Island once again voted down an issue if they would be cheating themselves, his reply, "I certainly do."

some left overs from the 1800's. Why are Rhode Island courts in such a delapidated condition? When asked if U was an indication that the people of Rhode Island were apatlhetic to criminal justice the judge an.Swered no, in fact you always hear people talking about the system. At the present there is a bill in the assembly to esta.]:>lish three new judgeships. But if this bi!ll is passed the-r e will be 18 superior court judges and ondy 12 places to put them in. New facilities are oalled for. But just a few years ago the people of Rhode Island voted down a bond issue that would have updated the system.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA • by Dawn Nun•s

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