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Serving The Students Of The Umveraity Qf Ngrth Carolina at A^eville since 1982
Vblune 3, Number 15
Hiursday, Deoenter 8, 1983
Nuclear disarmament, draft, Lebanon, Granada
Clarke covers the issues
for GNCA Democrats
By Chris Streppa
The answer for Amer
icans troubled by the
escalating threat of war
is to "elect another
president in 1984," said
North Carolina Congress
man James McClure
Clarke.
The College Democrats
of UNCA sponsored
Clarh's caitpus appear
ance Dec. 5.
Nuclear arms control
is "the overriding issue
of our time," declared
Clarke. But, he adued,'
itany members of the
House believe the Reagan
administration is "not
serious" about negotiat
ing a nuclear freeze.
As a result, said
Clarke, many representa
tives, himself included,
voted for a bilateral
nuclear freeze to "push
the administration into
serious arms negotia
tions ."
Ihe congressman point
ed to the "swing group"
of House Democrats that
provided the margin for
approving funds for the
MX missile.
They did so, said
Clarke, only after the
administration made a
firm ccaranitment to take
"meaningful steps to
wards arms control
negotiations."
Clarke said he voted
against appropriating
funds for the MX mis
sile. The ejqjenditure,
he explained, will a-
mount to more than $22
billion, or "about $400
for every man, woman,
and child in America."
In addition, Clarke
questioned the value of
missiles housed in "fix
ed silos," sites whose
locations are already
known and "targeted" bj’^
the Soviet Iftiion.
This, he said, makes
the MX missile a "first-
strike weapon," one thsit
can only increase the
danger of nuclear war.
Concerning the deploy
ment of nuclear warheads
in Europe, Clarke advo
cated that the United
States support its al
lies and honor all com
mitments made to them.
However, he added, "if
they change their posi
tion, I think we should
change ours."
With the threat of nu
clear war growing in-
creasingly ominous,
Clarke said it is essen
tial for the United
States to "persistently"
seek agreement with the
;1
Soviet Union on arms
control, regardless of
"indefensible" actions
such as the Russian
shoot-down of a Korean
airliner.
The political situa
tion in Central America
is a "tough problem,"
said Clarke.
He said the United
States has made "numer
ous mistakes" in the
past by supporting dic
tators who preserved
their power at the ex
pense of human rights.
He called the situa
tion in El Salvador
"glooity and depressing." „ . ,
It is a government Congressional report:
based on terror, and ^iep. James McClure
murder, and death Clarke spoke in the
squads, he said. Student Center Dec. 5.
, . , , E1x>to by David La Pour
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Library catalog
goes computer
"Did you hear the one about...?" Soviet soldiers
joke together in a Moscow square. UNCA student
Gary Davis caught them in this relaxed mood c«i
his recent trip to the Soviet Union for eye
surgery. For his story see page 6.
Photo by Gary Davis
By Anna feulette Witt
Ramsey library is
getting a new cat in
January.
Its name is COMCAT
and it can coitpute. Or
at least it can be com
puted.
Because of this tal
ent it is expected to
soon ej^jel the librar
y's old cat. Catalog.
Actually, COMCAT is
an acronym for Conputer
Output Microform Cat
alog.
And UNCA is the first
of the 16 UNC sister
institutions to get
one.
"We ejpect COMCAT to
be delivered Jan. 11;
and we plan to imple
ment it immediately,"
said Head UNCA Librar
ian Mel Blowers.
"COMCAT will provide
library users With the
same information as the
card catalog," but
without the large ca
binets and the cards,
said Robert Bland, UNCA
technical services
librarion.
Instead, said Jlow
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