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Volume 93, Issue 136
Monday, February 4, 1991
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7 Marines killed by
friendly missile fire
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Investi
gators have found that seven Marines
were killed by a missile fired by an
American warplane during a fierce ar
mor battle along the Kuwaiti border last
week, U.S. military officials said Sun
day. The officials said four other Marines
killed in the battle were hit by an Iraqi
tank round, apparently the first U.S.
ground fatalities from enemy fire.
A second incident involving the ap
parent death of a Marine by friendly fire
remains under investigation, they said.
The report on the friendly fire incident
said a Marine reconnaissance vehicle,
known as an LAV, was involved in a
head-to-head battle with Iraqi tanks
along the border Tuesday night when a
Maverick missile, fired by a U.S. war
plane, hit the vehicle, killing the seven
Marines.
Four other Marines aboard a second
LAV were killed after it was hit by an
Iraqi tank round, Johnston said. Two
other Marines were wounded in the
clash.
White House projects
largest deficit ever
WASHINGTON President Bush
on Monday will send to Congress a $ 1 .4
trillion spending blueprint for 1992 that
will project the largest budget deficit in
the nation's history while counting on
America's allies to keep the Persian
Gulf War from making that deficit even
worse.
The administration also will propose
sharp cutbacks in Medicare, including
restraints on benefits received by more
well-to-do recipients, to keep the
government' s tide of red ink from rising
even higher.
White House Budget Director Rich
ard Darman said Sunday the adminis
tration is forecasting that the Persian
Gulf War will cost the United States
$15 billion, with another $51 billion of
the tab picked up by its allies.
Darmah didn't provide any details
on where the foreign money would come
from. But Treasury Secretary Nicholas
Brady, who has been heavily involved
in the fund-raising effort, said the ad
ministration expected to receive $41.5
billion from the allies to defray the costs
of the fighting in the first three months
of this year.
300,000 participate in
rally supporting Iraq
RABAT, Morocco At least
300,000 people took to the streets of the
Moroccan capital Sunday in a raucous
but orderly show of support for Iraq in
the Gulf War.
The crowd, estimated as high as
500,000 by political opposition parties
which organized the march, held aloft
copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book,
portraits of Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein and Palestine Liberation Or
ganization leader Yasser Arafat, and
pictures of Scud missiles.
Demonstrators burned American,
British, French and Israeli flags and
demanded that allied troops, including
Moroccan soldiers, withdraw from the
Persian Gulf.
. Morocco has sent 1,200 troops to
Saudi Arabia and another 500 to the
United Arab Emirates as part of the
coalition fighting Iraq.
From Associated Press reports
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Embattled econ
Fate of U.S. economy hinges on
Persian Gulf War . 2
Pancake power
Chapel Hill Kiwanis Club flips flapjacks
for charity 4
Gurgling Gamecocks
Tar Heel swimmers sink South
Carolina in final home meet 10
Campus and City 3
Classifieds ....6
Comics 7
Opinion , 8
Sports Monday 10
1991 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved.
The
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with waiter Mlooiiis,
bottle rockets Satordlay
By STEVE P0LITI
Staff Writer
Seven College Republicans wearing
boheaddresses attacked a group of stu
dent pro-peace demonstrators with wa
ter balloons Saturday night in the Pit.
Later that night, UNC Committee tor
Peace in the Middle East members, who
have been camping in the Pit since
Tuesday, said two bottle rockets were
fired above the tents, one landing inside
a tent on a sleeping bag.
Charlton Allen, UNC College Re
publican chairman, said the College
Republicans were responsible for the
water balloon attack but were not re
sponsible for the bottle rocket.
Ristin Cooks, a member of the UNC
Committee for Peace in the Middle East
who was not present Saturday night,
Fraternity disputes police report
By JENNIFER DUNLAP
Assistant University Editor
Conflicting stories have surfaced
concerning a police report that a UNC
student was attacked while he slept at
the Alpha Tau Omega house early Fri
day morning.
Phil Gruber, a sophomore from Ra
leigh, was awakened and attacked by
five or six men about 3:30 a.m., ac
Bush addresses families to
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Union buys metal detectors
for more than $3,000 in fees
By GILLIAN MURPHY
Staff Writer
The Carolina Union recently used
more than $3,000 of student fees to
purchase three metal detectors in re
sponse to violence associated with
open parties in the Student Union's
Great Hall last semester.
The Carolina Union purchased two
hand-held metal detectors for about
$150 each and a walk-through metal
detector, which has not arrived yet, at
a cost of about $3,000, said Jon Curtis,
assistant director of the Carolina
Union.
A third hand-held detector was
borrowed from N.C. Central Univer
sity, he said.
Using metal detectors is a new ad
Election
Two letters of endorsementfor SBP,
RHA, DTH, and CAA candidates, and
one for each senior class president
vice president team should be turned
in to the DTH letter box by no later
than noon today,
. One letter endorsing each referen
dum on this year's ballot will also be
printed if received by noon Feb. 5.
perfect lover is
said the group had not decided whether
it would file a complaint with police
about the incident.
"The police are making an investi
gation, and we're aware of our rights
legally," she said. "(Filing a complaint)
is something we have to discuss as a
group."
The water balloons had "SCUD"
written on them and hit the pavement
around the tents. None of the peace
demonstrators were hit.
Lt. Joe Jackson of the Chapel Hill
Police Department said the water bal
loon attack would legally be an assault,
regardless of the intentions of the Col
lege Republicans or whether anyone
was actually hit.
"If they threw balloons and hit
someone, it's an assault," he said. "If
cording to a Chapel Hill Police report.
He was treated at Student Health Ser
vices for cuts and bruises.
Gruber said Sunday night that he was
not sure how many men attacked him.
"I got jumped from behind. I never saw
a punch."
He declined to comment extensively
on the incident, but said, "What is in the
police report is the exact truth."
boost morale at Seymour Johnson Air
dition to the policies governing use of
the Great Hall. Everyone who now
attends Great Hall parties must be
searched with a metal detector.
Four security officers must be
present at all open parties in Great
Hall. At least one must be a University
police officer. The previous policy for
using Great Hall required a minimum
of one security officer at events that
ended after 2 a.m., and a minimum of
two security officers at events in
volving alcohol.
Friday night Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity, Inc., sponsored an open party
in the Great Hall. Five uniformed
University police officers were present
See PARTY, page 5
Update
The editorial board will hold inter
views with SBP, RHA, DTH and CAA
candidates and will hear presentations
on this year's referenda on Feb. 9
before making endorsements.
For more mformation about letters
and to set up an endorsement inter
view, call Kelly Thompson at 962-0245.
one who turns into a pizza at 4 a.m. Charles Pierce
they threw balloons at someone, it's
still an assault."
Allen said the water balloon attack
could not be viewed as an assault any
more than an argument could.
"This is no more an assault than any
other protest on campus," he said. "The
closest thing to an assault was when one
of the peace protesters lunged at our guy
with the gas mask trying to rip it off.
What he did can be considered assault
with battery."
Chris Horstman, a member of the
committee, said the water balloon attack
was uncalled for, and the attackers
should have talked with committee
members instead.
"We are trying to look at the same
See ATTACK, page 3
But Andrew Patterson, a member of
Alpha Tau Omega, said Gruber hit him
without being provoked.
Gruber, a member of Sigma Chi
fraternity, was attending a mixer at the
Alpha Tau Omega house.
Al Stubbs, Alpha Tau Omega vice
president, said although the mixer ended
at 2 a.m., fraternity members didn't
mind Gruber sleeping in their house.
DTHGrant Halverson
Force Base in Goldsboro Friday
U.S. fighters launch counter-strike
on Iraqi missile sites; B
From Associated Press reports
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia
American "Scud patrol" jets, in a swift
counter-strike, pounced on two Iraqi
missile launchers Sunday and may have
knocked one out. But the Air Force also
lost a big one a B-52 down in the
Indian Ocean.
Three of the giant bomber's crewmen
were plucked safely from the sea, and a
search continued for the other three, the
U.S. command said. It said a mechani
cal problem was probably to blame.
American military sources say the
Air Force has begun mounting "counter
Scud patrols," warplanes flying over
areas where Iraq's ballistic missiles are
believed based, ready to swoop down
when a launch is detected on radar. One
of the patrols apparently scored on
Sunday.
Just minutes after Scuds were
launched toward Israel and Saudi
Arabia, U.S. planes descended on two
launch sites, the U.S. command said. It
said the pilots reported secondary ex
plosions at one target indicating a
hit.
One of the Iraqi missiles, fired at
Riyadh, was intercepted by U.S. Patriot
defense missiles, but debris fell into a
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College Republicans prepare
Tim Gregg, Alpha Tau Omega presi
dent, said two of Gruber's fraternity
brothers had carried him upstairs around
12:30 a.m.
Gregg said Gruber went into
Patterson's room, where he removed
his shoes and demanded a place to sleep.
Patterson said he told Gruber he could
sleep downstairs.
After looking around the fraternity
Bush, visits
ffafifflies at 3 'bases
By GLENN O'NEAL
State and National Editor
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR
FORCE BASE President Bush
greeted family members of troops sta
tioned in the Persian Gulf Friday,
promising victory and continued support
from Congress and the American pub
lic. "Because they are and you are doing
the hard work of freedom, the cause of
freedom will prevail," Bush said to the
partisan crowd of 3,000. "I'm absolutely
certain of that."
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
near Goldsboro is the home of the 4th
Tactical Fighter Wing, portions of which
are currently involved in the air war
over the gulf. As of Friday, two mem
bers of the fighter wing are prisoners of
war, and two are listed as missing in
action.
The president also visited Cherry
Point Air Station in Havelock and Fort
Stewart in Savannah, Ga., Friday as
part of his one-day, morale-building
trip. His visit to Seymour Johnson was
marked by patriotic music, hundreds of
waving flags and a barbecue picnic with
the families.
residential area of the Saudi capital.
The Saudi Press Agency said 29 people
suffered minor injuries.
Two other missiles struck central
Israel or the occupied West Bank, but
no injuries were reported. The U.S.
command said one Scud may have
landed in Jordan, but Jordanian officials
disputed that report.
American strategists have made the
hunt for Iraq's elusive mobile Scud
launchers a top priority. Although
militarily insignificant, the missiles are
keeping Saudis and Israelis on edge and
threatening to drag Israel into the Gulf
War.
As ground fire died down for the
moment on the northern front lines, the
Desert Storm allies pressed their re
lentless air war.
The U.S. command said the air
campaign had passed the 40,000-sortie
mark some 10,000 more missions
than were flown against Japan in the
final 14 months of World War U.
Most major bridges in the Kuwait
region have now been destroyed or badly
damaged, the command said, and the
Iraqis have had to throw makeshift
pontoon spans across rivers new
easy targets.
DTHGrant Halverson
to strike Pit with water balloons
on it
house for his coat, Gruber started a fight
by punching Patterson, knocking him
to the ground and giving him a black
eye, Patterson said. "I was totally dazed
for a couple of minutes."
Then Gruber began fighting with two
other Alpha Tau Omega members who
had helped him look for his coat,
See FIGHT, page 7
"We are on course, and we are on
schedule," Bush said. "And as each day
passes, Iraq's war machine thanks to
many of your loved ones is being
systemically destroyed by our allied
military forces."
Both Gov. Jim Martin and U.S.
Representative Martin Lancaster, D-3rd
District, agreed that the war was going
well. Gov. Martin said the president
was doing a good job in supporting the
military's decisions about how to fight
the war. "He's doing it just right as far
as I can see."
Lancaster, whose district includes
Seymour Johnson, said that patience
among the American public and the
military would be the determining fac
tor in realizing the goals of Operation
Desert Storm.
The president acknowledged the
difficult nature of the mission and told
the family members that sacrifices
would still be necessary, but added that
the allied forces would succeed.
"And when we do, we will have
taught Saddam Hussein and all others
like him that there is no place for law
See BUSH, page 5
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Air strikes Sunday rocked Iraqi tar
gets from Kuwait to Baghdad.
Late in the afternoon, a missile
probably a U.S. cruise missile
slammed into downtown Baghdad,
sending up a column of white smoke,
according to an Associated Press report
from the Iraqi capital.
Fresh reports came in of air attacks
on civilian vehicles on the road from
See WAR, page 3
Troop Support
TheDaily Tar Heel wants to know
about students, faculty, staff or their
family members who are serving in
the Middle East and want more mail.
" Pleasedropofftheperson'sname,
address in the Middle East and, if
possible, a front-facing or profile
picture to the DTH office in the
Union. Please write the person's
name on the back of the photograph.
The DTH will print the informa
tion for students interested in writ
ing letters to service personnel in the
PersianGulf. Pictures may be picked
up at the DTH office after they run.
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