6The Daily Tar HeelThursday. November 18. 1982
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90fz year of editorial freedom
JOHN DRESCHER, Editor
ANN PETERS, Managing Editor
KEN MlNGIS. Associate Editor
RACHEL PERRY. University Editor
Lucy Hood, cay stow
JIM WRINN, State and National Editor
S.L. Price, sports Editor
LAURA SEIFERT, News Editor
Linda Robertson, Associate Editor
Elaine McClatchey, Pro& Eiw
. SUSAN HUDSON, Features Editor
LEAH TALLEY, Arts Editor
Teresa Curry, Weekend Editor ,
AL STEELE, Photography Editor
Vietnam remembered
By MIKE DAVIS
On the road again
Anyone who has driven America's bumpy highways, crossed its creaky
bridges, dodged potholes or waited for tardy buses has firsthand knowledge of
the roadblocks facing a society that thrives on mobility. And anyone looking for
a job knows similar frustration. The Reagan administration could help clear up
both traffic jams on the roads and in unemployment offices if it gives a green
light to the proposed five-cent hike in the federal gasoline tax.
The plan proposed by Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis to raise highway
taxes for the improvement of roads and public transit systems has been gaining
momentum among members of Congress interested in creating jobs. The new
tax would bring in $5.5 billion annually while putting 320,000 people to work
patching up the nation's deteriorating interstate highways, dilapidated subways '
and crumbling bridges.
There has not been an increase in the gas tax since 1959. But the leveling off of
gasoline consumption, along with 300 percent inflation in construction costs
since 1959, has rendered the 4-cent rate inadequate. The Department of
Transportation's plan calls for art 8-cent tax, and the equivalent of another cent
would be raised through higher user fees for truckers and higher taxes on
automobile replacement parts.'
Because the burden would fall mostly on drivers, President Ronald Reagan
feels justified in calling the tax a "user fee," which is a convenient way to keep
his promise of no tax increases. However the measure is termed, Reagan's sup
port is crucial to its success.
Some wavering supporters are stressing road and bridge repair only, at the ex
pense of mass transit, because highway improvement would put more people to
work. But stop-gap public works projects are not the answer. Lewis is correct in
emphasizing a long-term national transportation policy, one which does not ig
nore urban areas and their unemployed. Mass transit improvement would be a
sizable employer as well, and those jobs could be created quickly since cities like
New York, Miami, Buffalo and Atlanta have finished engineering studies and
have local matching money on hand. ;
The gas tax hike is far from a cure-all. The cost of bridge repair is estimated at
$60 billion alone. And with 10.4 percent unemployment, 320,000 new jobs are
just the tip of the iceberg. But it certainly would help. Not only would the tax
promote fuel conservation, but it would also put immobile Americans back on
the job and on the road.
For 'toon, Shoe
The congressional races are over and now it's time for UNC students to turn
their attention to a far more pressing issue: the selection of a new cartoon strip to
replace "Doonesbury" in The Daily Tar Heel. It is an important decision. Heck,
the cartoons are the second most popular feature in the DTK , after, of course,
the well-read editorials. That's why students should exercise their right to vote
and send in their cartoon preference.
, No doubt many people would like to see "Garfield" win the 'toon contest.
But scratch that idea. "Garfield" has consistently refused to take a stand on the
issues. His past statements amount to, nothing more than kitty, litter.
"Superman" would have been a good choice, except for his recent FUI (flying,
under the influence) conviction. Besides, we've already got enough mild
mannered reporters around here now. "Broom Hilda's" out too: She's always
flyjng off trjejandle.,., ,, ,., ,. t.. .. , - ..... . .
-When it comes down to it, there's only one choice that crusty, cigar
smoking old bird, "Shoe." It doesn't matter that the comic strip's author, Jeff
MacNelly, used to work for the DTH. And the fact that Jim "Shoe" Shumaker
is a lecturer in the journalism school makes no difference.
After interviewing all the cartoon candidates and analyzing their strengths and
weaknesses, the DTH believes "Shoe" would be a stronger, more effective car
toon and would represent the DTH better than any other.
David Michael McPherson, from Clyde,
N.C., was an SP-5 (Specialist5th class) in
the Army when he was killed in a jeep
rollover during a bombing raid. A buddy
of his, Stephen Acai Jr., from Raleigh,
clutched a camera and a North Carolina
state flag as he stood behind a temporary
fence that separated him from the new
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in
Washington, D.C.
During the moments before the dedica
tion of the memorial last Saturday after
noon, I sought out the delegation from
North Carolina. I found them and saw
Acai pressed up against the fence, looking
expectantly, at the memorial and three
veterans in fatigues displaying the
American flags at the vertex.
"There's about 100 of us vets up here
from North Carolina that I've been able to
find," Acai said. "And it's great to be up
here. Nothing could have kept me away
from this.
"Can you help me?" he said. "I'd like
neither are dead," she said. "My husband
I ended up alienating one son because he
was in school at the time and wanted to be
a conscientious objector. He left home 10
years ago and never returned. We know
where he is but he won't talk to us; he
won't even answer our letters."
Her other son served four years in the
Navy and returned. "But he returned as
an alcoholic," she said. "My husband was
very proud of him, and we tried to help
him overcome it, but he couldn't handle
being home. He didn't want our help, left
home, and ended up in California. But he
never comes home any more, either."
Such was the divisiveness that
characterized the homecomings of the
Vietnam war. Family ties, friendships and
marriages that weren't severed by death
were cut or almost irreparably damaged by
the disapproval of Americans at home.
One Illinois veteran came to the dedica
tion and stood before a panel that held the
names of half of his company. He stood
proudly, but his mood was cynical and bitter.
"When I stepped off the plane in Cali-
to get a picture of David's name, and since fornia there was no one there to meet me,
For the record
The Daily Tar Heel inaccurately reported in an editorial Wednesday ("The
Contender") that the mother of comatose boxer Duk Koo Kim was dead.
Several newspapers reported Kim had no living relatives and doctors in Las
Vegas said they had seen the death certificate of Kim's mother. Confusion sur
rounding the case was cleared up when Mrs. Yang Sun-Nyo, 65, was located in a
South Korean village and flown to her son's beside Tuesday night. The DTH
regrets the error.
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"No problem," I said, and took the
camera. I found McPherson's name on
panel 14E, line 28 and snapped two pic
tures. "Thank you. Thank you very
much," Acai said as I handed him back
the camera. He wiped tears from his eyes,
but he wore a proud smile.
That day over 150,000 Americans,
mostly veterans and their families, con
verged upon the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial to remember and to pay their
respects to themselves and their fallen
comrades, who had lost their lives in the
most controversial, misunderstood and
divisive war in our history. They came
from all across the country, many hitch
hiking from as far away as Arizona and
Oregon, for the homecoming they never
had. They had come to experience the
long-needed senses of pride, brotherhood,
respect and above all, catharsis, that had
been denied them by their government and
fellow Americans for several years.
They came looking for old friends, bud
dies they had fought beside, nurses whp
had bandaged their wounds, the leaders of
their units. They found them. But all too
often they found not their friends, but
their friends' names etched on the gleam
ing black granite slabs of the memorial
itself a brooding, austere and elegant
tribute to the 57,939 servicemen and
women either killed or missing-in-action in
the jungles of Indochina.
In the days before and after the dedica
tion, they came and searched for names in
scribed in chronological order, beginning
with the first American adviser killed in
1959, and ending with the last man killed
in 1975. Many would locate a name and
stand or kneel for " many minutes,
remembering the person and touching the
name on the slab. Many would fight back
the tears; many simply cried, publicly let
ting out frustrations kept inside for years.
By the time dedication began, the base
of the memorial, a 429-foot-long chevron
at an angle of 125 degrees, black for its
reflective qualities, was littered with
mementos honoring the dead: small flags,
wreaths of flowers, lighted candles,
photographs, snapshots, a serviceman's
boots, medals, newspaper clippings and
many single red and white roses.
One woman from Ohio wandered from
panel to panel, tears streaming down her
face. "I lost two sons to the war, but
I
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so I began hitchhiking home. I was wear
ing some of my army greens. On this road
not too far from home I stuck out my
thumb and these young girls stopped.
They rolled down the window and yelled,
'hey, did you fight in Vietnam?' andjike a
fool I said 'yes' and they spit at me and
took off. That's the kind of homecoming I
got."
Every day for a week there were hun
dreds of moments where total strangers
found common ground in sympathizing
with the victims of the war and remember
ing the dead. .
The Rev. Theodore H. Evans, in his
memorial sermon Sunday at the National
Cathedral in Washington, said, "The act
of remembering is to take our past and
bring it into our present with love and
understanding in the hopes of learning im
portant lessons so .our past will not repeat
itself." '
The common ground of those present at
Constitution Gardens Saturday .from
Gen. William Westmoreland, who led the
U.S. troops in Vietnam, to the Gold Star
Mothers, to be Vietnamese refugees with
their red and yellow national flags
helped to create an important dialogue. It
was a meeting of hearts and minds of the
veterans who have struggled to' overcome
anger and guilt, and the people in this
country so sharply divided over the
political questions of the war that they
forgot to "hate the war, but honor the
warrior," as Billy Ray Cameron of San
ford, national junior commander-in-chief
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said in
his speech.
For the most part, politics and politi
cians stayed away from the ritual that
hopefully has set in motion a national
healing process. In bars and hotel rooms,
celebration, reunion and camaraderie led
to more political concerns ofj the Veterans
Administration, Agent Orange and Rea
gan Administration policy. But fqr the
ceremonies that "marked the end of the
Vietnam era, politics were laid aside.
As the fences were rolled back, and a
lone bugler played taps, the crowds walked
forward together again to share a nation's
grief and regret for past injustices, and
commemorate America's own Wailing
Wall.
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Brenda Starr
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Dick Tracy
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voting day Nov 23
Bowl fever
Post-season games for patsies
By ADAM KANDELL
chance at the prestigious
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if thp i
nay uowi man in his little boat 1
inemgntcap, tor those die-hard f I
still tuned in, will feature the Toilet rS
a meeting between the two teams JJ
worst won-ioss
ball.
.I" f? of a multiple-team tie. officb J
Bowl Fever.
It's that time of year again. The
autumn leaves are dropping out of the
sky like incomplete passes and the chill of
the fall breeze sends the stadium faithful
off to the concession stands in search of of the Toilet Bowl have announced Si
steaming not chocolate. unique ucoreiuung system. For instaa
College football has reached its climac- if five teams go winless, the two 3
tic point once again. And come this with the most total fumbles of the sea S
Saturday, all those major football bowl will receive the elusive bowl bids if )
officials will end weeks of speculation by then comes down to a three-u-,',, A
extending invitations to those brave and penalty yards will be the criterion. SI 1
nwuij giiuuuu uvit-rvo. I w iuu,i IX)wl
It's a crazy process, those bowl invita- Here's another post-season
tions. bveryone wants one ot tne iNew iravaganza we can institute th d... ,
Year's Day biggies the. Rose, Sugar, Bowl. In this contest, officials areclS
Cotton or Orange. Anything less .would scrutinizing game films and checking aj
be a way of saying, "It was an OK year, tional Collegiate Athletic AJ1
but we didn't achieve our goal," disciplinary reports to find the two
rui 1 m not nere 10 conueinn uiuc .ici icouo iu uuxe 11 out. The k
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coacnes wno take that pniiosopny oi "un aicaior, mey ciaim, is the personal M
well, let's go to the Tangerine again." I'm penalty. 1
here to salute those teams who played Everyone associated with the Iw
their hearts out tor 11 baturaays, touea m uowi, inciuaing honorary cJ
the trenches and struggled for the sole .Woody Hayes and Frank Rush, is expea
purpose of improving the better teams ing a real knock-'em-down dogfight ir'
records. this one. j
We should commend these good sports ' And how about the Soup Bowl? Since?
and, to show them we love them, it's the NFL strike may have taken the ln3
about time we provided some of the pat- from the pro season, why not go with th
sies in the college ranks with bowl games Super Bowl's little cousin as a rerJaJ
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ment.
Of course, Soup Bowl officials
iuva. ua naiu ai uic iwu learns goinw
this biggie. Especially since they've
scheduled this game for Jan. 23, flj
traditional "Souper" Bowl Sunday.' I
CBS will broadcast this one with five
rpnor5 from Timmv tViA CXrotA, n I
- -f - " wu.u.j .v vjvA.iv aim Did
of their own, After all, they worked just
as hard week after week as the Michigans,
the Notre .Dames, the Alabamas.
After being served up as the main
course every Saturday afternoon by these
bowl-hungry powerhouses, here's what I
believe should be their just desserts:
For starters, how about the Salad
" wtWllU
Bowl? That's rieht. Salad Bowl officials Musbereer. And don't tell anvrm k,i
have scoured the country, looking at the the Soud Bowl hones to attran nJ
eating habits of some of the worst teams Campbell to do the national anthem.
in the nation. The officials have observed Hopefully we've nut thines in haw
training table menus and taken into con- perspective for all those gung-ho greedy
sideration the healthiest, most nutritious fans and players out there who feel it's-
meal programs on which to base their New Year's Day or bust. j
selections. So let's give a. rousing ovation to thp-
Although they hadn't come out with forgotten heroes, those Saturday sweet
their list of main candidates when this hearts who take the beatings with pride
story went to press, officials are confident Let's send them off to postseason spec
of attracting two quality teams. After all. tacles. er. spectaculars to thank them for!
the Salad Bowl is being played in the their efforts. j
How about the Tidy Bowl and the Bulldogs and the Washington Huskies'
Toilet Bowl? These two games could be have the inside track on the Dog Disfij
sold to a major network as a television this year's feature bowl game. Alpo is!
doubleheader package. sponsoring this canine classic and Lome
In the opener, the Tidy Bowl, the two Greene is handling the television play-by
worst teams in the country which have
displayed the neatest appearance both
on and off the field would square off
for the Tidy Bowl title. Also at stake is a
play.
Adam Kandell is a junior journalm
major from Remsenberg, N. Y.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Stand up , band
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Mike Davis is a junior journalism and
art history major from Sylva. '.
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box in The Daily Tar Heel office between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Final
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To the editor:
Many things have been printed in the
DTH about the band in the past weeks,
but the recent letter' to the editor "Sit
down, band" (DTH, Nov. 16, 1982).
merits a response. Joe Smith's letter can be
divided into two separate issues: the stand
ing band and the actual events at the
Clemson football game.
The band realizes that it is hard for fans
behind us to see when we stand. We
apologize for this inconvenience, but we
don't go to ball games just to provide
musical entertainment. We, along with the
cheerleaders, are the spirit squad for the
University. It is our job to provide a win
ning atmosphere for the players. It is
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almost impossible to do this sitting dow
We see no reason why matunty should 6j
linked with sitting down at football gang
The team stands throughout the enaj
game to support their cause. We are prwj
to stand up "from the opening kick mu
the last play of the game" for all our M
Heel teams and are puzzled when otik
complain that we do. We will continue
stand until the team reauests that we
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not. The band is there tor tne ream h
and foremost students and alumni s
ond. . J
The part of Smith's letter concern
circumstances of the third quarter of
Clemson game requires some clarifiaMjj
The band member accused of losing co
trol was simply responding to unprovoltej
physical assault. Three times the
gentleman grabbed her by her coal :m
and shook her vigorously. As president J
the band, she had gone to the comply
fans with an outstretched hand of apoljg
to explain why we could not sit down,
hands, one holding a flute, remained i
her sides as he shook her. She gave ;
physical defense. To call this a sno
match is a total misrepresentation, w
can this be deemed a total lack of cone
on the student's part?
' Smith's letter implied that the k
director, Major John Yesulaias, to
himself in the eyes of the wnter. The rej
ty was that Yesulaitis was angry dm
one of his students had been ph
assaulted. If the director cannot aog
one of his students, much less to
dent, from the verbal and phys",
of a "fan," the University is m neea
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re-evaiuauon oi puuuuw. ujm
Yesulaitis' actions simply Pia:j
tremendous sense of maturity anojj
class as weU as concern for his 1
We question the matunty ot tne j
70 years of age, who spent the rernai
f v, nomo monthine obsceruuw j
v.i e.-"- v-i1a tlS3i-l
making obscene gestures to
should be noted that
the band.
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cheerleaders, including Mitch Bany
.vrvt tflnd and cheer througj
the entire game. They apprecieou d
port and realize that it is not immai
express enthusiasm. .
We do not know whether Srnitn
observed the exchange anu qi
conclusions or whether he was ; p a j
action, but we would prefer nd .jd
article he writes be oeiu-i -more
accurate. Until further
will continue standing lor tnt
hope that you will too.
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