T9E1EillE October 4, 1983
Vol. 82, No. 11
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Air massacre: Publisher says...
Incident changed attitudes
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Cathy Christianson (left) is conCrowning the royalty gradulated by Lauren Allen after being crowned as Homecoming Queen for 1983 at the Homecoming Ball Friday night in the University Center. —
By Terri Carpenter Staff Writer The United States is already in a cold war with the Soviet Union and is "skirting on the brink of a hot war," according to Ed Livermore, Jr., publisher of the Edmond Sun. Despite public statements by officials in the Nixon years that the cold war had ended, Livermore, who is a former member of the Board of Regents for Oklahoma Colleges which governs CSU, feels it never ended and "we ought to recognize that." "I think it's really never stopped," said Livermore. "There was a lot of wishful thinking and a lot of public statements by leaders that we have ended the cold war, back during the Nixon years and so forth," said Livermore. "It never ended. All you've got to do is look at what's happened in the intervening years. We're the ones that ended it, they didn't." Livermore recently prepared a letter to send to Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov in response to the downing of the Air Korea jetliner 007. Livermore urged Edmond residents, including CSU students, to sign it. The letter was left in the Administration building for students to sign. Livermore signed the letter "the people of Edmond." Approximately 1,000 signatures were included. A portion of the letter said, "...This letter is to give a grassroots opinion from Central Oklahoma. We who have signed it are farmers, homemakers, business people, students, professionals and laborers. "It is heartbreaking to realize that 269 people, including 12 children and two tiny infants, were murdered by the government of one of the world's two most powerful nations. We are dismayed by your fascist act. "...We earnestly hope that world reaction to this act has a sobering and civilizing effect on you and your government. "Until there is a real and long-term evidence of this, we certainly want our government to be vigilant and ready. "You and your government have demonstrated to us and to the world that you are capable of any atrocity." Livermore said he wrote the letter "just to give people an opportunity to express their frustration with the situation...Of course, I don't know if he will ever see the letter." He said he thought the letter had "a one out of 10" chance of ever reaching Andropov.
"I had two or three people that said they were afraid to sign it because they thought the Russians would find out," said Livermore. "Basicallly people were pleased to sign it. It was kind of fun." Livermore said the downing of the civilian plane displayed a tendency in the Soviets some had previously ignored. "I think that it has shown people again what we are dealing with," he said. "We're dealing with a vicious bunch of killers who will stop at no length to accomplish what they want to accomplish. "There are a lot of people in this country that knew that all along, and so the airline situation was not a surprise. But there were an awful lot of people who...thought that the Russians were nice people, I guess. And I think they have kind of been set aback by it." Livermore predicts this country will see war on it's southern border by 1990. "I forsee a continuation of arms revolution such as we now have in Central America. I forsee a continuation of that type of revolt. It will continue to move north. It will be on the Rio Grande by 1990. "I think unless we are very fortunate indeed, Mexico will be in revolt by 1990, that is communist inspired. "The communists are very good at taking advantage of legitimate problems that the people in many countries are facing...Frankly, there are some very legitimate problems in Mexico, as throughout Latin America and these things will be taken advantage of. "If we think for a moment that they are not going to, then we are just crazy. They are just going to do it "There will be, in my opinion, unless some miracle happens and we somehow find some policy that works...armed insurrection by 1990 on our southern border inside Mexico," said Livermore. He said this will "lead to an onslaught of refugees from the south into Texas and California the likes of which we have never seen before, we think it's heavy now, it is heavier than ever in our history. "But it will be much, much heavier, and those people will be bringing with them the same problems they are fleeing, ignorance, malnutrition,...disease, but most important of all, political frustration. That problem may continue to spread north. "The reason is because the communist are going to be working it, said Livermore. Action needs to be taken now in El Salvador and Nicaragua to stop this from happening, according to Livermore. "Whatever is necessary."
TKEs roll kegs, but not for party By Terri Carpenter Staff Writer Fraternities are notorious for emptying beer kegs, but one CSU fraternity's empty keg will help raise $10,000 this year for a children's hospital. Mark Wood of CSU's Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter has been chosen to participate in the fraternity's fifth annual nation-wide fund-raising beer keg roll. This is the first time an Oklahoman has been chosen for the team.
Miller Brewing Co. is underwriting the cost of the $25,000 event and Adidas Shoe Co. will supply the warm-ups and running shoes. Celebrity Danny Thomas, who is a TKE alumni, founded St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in 1964 which was adopted as the fraterniy's national charity. Each TKE chapter across the country raises money for this hospital. The total amount they hope to
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raise through all of these five keg rolls combined is $1 million, according to Wood. The routes the rollers take are different each year. This year they will be going from Minneapolis, Minn. to New Orleans. The trip will begin Oct. 12 and they hope to reach New Orleans on Dec. 29. The team consists of five members who will each run 10 to 12 miles per day, traveling at five to seven mph. The empty keg will have a handle similar to a lawn mover which will be used to push it One team member will run a couple of miles and then trade off with another. A van will travel along with the runners carrying those who are not running, according to Wood. Each member is responsible for raising $1 per mile totaling $2,000 each. This is the largest fraternity fund-raiser of its kind by the largest fraternity in the world, according to Wood. "The running part is basically pretty easy, just training and lif-
ting weights. But the real hard part is getting organized, getting people involved and raising money, that's what is comes down to," commented Wood. The team's schedule is very strict because certain cities that they travel through have rallies planned at a certain time, involving a great deal of publicity, according to Wood. "All of these rallies have been planned, I mean right down to the hour... What bugs me is that we are on such a tight schedule. "We may go into a chapter, like Kansas for instance, and they will have a lot planned for us. They will keep us out late at night showing us the sights and wanting to talk and we have got to get up the next morning at 5 a.m. and run. Staying on the time schedule will be pretty tough." The team members will all be flown home for Christmas. They will be passing through Oklahoma on Thanksgiving which they will all spend with Wood's family.
Mark Wood