Over 3 Tiny Islands In South Atlantic
Chile, Argentina Near War In 1978
by Joe Aschenbach
National Geographic Newt Service
It could easily have been a
preview of the Falkland Islands
crisis: Argentine warships moving
into position in the cold waters off
the South Atlantic to press their
claim to some tiny, desolate islands
near the bottom of the world.
That state of near-war occurred
just 3Vj years ago on the border
between Argentina and Chile over
three islands that are so small they
don't appear on many maps. Even
more isolated and less populated
than the Falklands, they had been
declared Chilean by a British
sponsored international arbitration
panel.
Gunfire was averted only when
the Pope agreed to mediate the
century-old controversy between
the rival neighbors. It was the first
time since 1493 that the Vatican
had to step into a South American
land dispute.
In Papal Hands
The appal emissary shuttled
across the Andes between Buenos
Aires and Santiago, but the conflict
over the islands in the Beagle
Channel is still unresolved. Con
sidered one of the most serious
threats to peace on the South
American continent, it is now in the
hands of Pope John Paul II.
Representatives of both countries
have been meeting with the papal
mediator in Rome to try to end the
standoff.
Until the Vatican was called on
to intervene, the two nations had.
since the days of Queen Victoria,
usually turned to the British as the
trusted arbiters of their differences.
In this latest tug of war over the
islands, Argentina had initially
resisted this path, fearing bias
because of its own dispute with
Britain over the Falklands. In
1971, however, both Argentina and
Chile agreed to the binding
arbitration of the five-member
international panel, whose findings
were subject to Queen Elizabeth's
veto power.
The panel decision, approved by
the Queen and announced six years
later, was denounced by Argentina
as violating its national interests.
Like the Falklands 300 miles
away, the Beagle Channel seems an
unlikely spot for conflict, situated
at the southernmost tip of South
America below Tierra del Fuego.
Naturalist Charles Darwin, who
sailed through the channel in 1833
aboard its namesake H.M.S.
Beagle, likened it to "the valley of
Lochness in Scotland, with its
chain of lakes and friths..."
See Around Them
Most people haven't heard of the
three disputed islands: Lennox.
Nueva. and Picton. Rocky, windy
and treeless, they are inhabited
only by a handful of Chilean
fishermen and shepherds.
"It's the sea around them that's
important and the 200-mile eco
nomic zone that comes with them."
said political geographer Dr. Mar
tin I. Glassner of Southern Connec
ticut State College, a specialist on
the law of the sea. Possession of the
land, he said, means control of
surrounding waters.
The islands are looked upon as
stepping stones to potential deep
sea and minerals and to future
claims to valuable Antarctic terri
tory. Ownership of them also is a
matter of intense nationalistic pride
to the two nations, who share a
bitter history of conflict over their
3.298-mile common border. The
Beagle Channel is their final boun
dary dispute.
The problem stems from the
STUDENTS' ART ?? These pictures show some of the art work done by
West Hoke School students in the Third and Fourth grades. The paintings
and other art forms were displayed May 24 at the Art Show that followed
the West Hoke School Fourth Grade Chorus's musical play. "What's
New0". The show and the concert made up the school's "Arts on Parade.
Martha Warren is the art teacher for West Hoke as well as South Hoke
School. Betsy Floyd is the director of the Chorus.
PUBLIC NOTICE
COUNTY OF HOKE
The 1982-83 Proposed Budget has been presented
to the Hoke Board of Commissioners and is
available for public inspection from 8:00 A.M. -5:00
P.M. Monday through Friday in the office of the
Clerk to the Board, located in the Courthouse An
nex Building.
A budget hearing on the Proposed Revenue Shar
ing Budget and the regular County Budget will be
held at 8:00 P.M. on June 14, 1982, in the cour
troom of the Hoke County Courthouse. All in
terested citizens will have the opportunity to give
written and oral comments.
Summary of Proposed Budget:
REVENUE TOTAL
CATEGORY SHARING ALL FUNDS
General Government $ 84,160. $ 916,231.
Education 153,000. 008,412.
Health ft Social 8ervlcee 14,040. 1,308,004.
Cultural ft Recreation 51,083. 100,442.
Sanitation 173,442. 240,100.
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interpretation of an 1881 boundary
treaty that drew the line between
the two nations. It gave Chile all
the islands "south of the Beagle
Channel up to Cape Horn," but it
didn't actually spell out the chan
nel's course, which forms the
international border at this point.
Chile sets it on a totally east-west
course, north of all the islands.
Argentina contends the channel
veers south at a certain point and
then stops, placing the islands to
the east andm the Atlantic Ocean.
Argentina points to an 1893
treaty to back its claim that Chile is
considered a Pacific Ocean country
and should stay out of the Argen
tinian-controlled South Atlantic
waters.
History, however, has been on
the side of Chile. Successive media
tion efforts in the 20th century have
pronounced the islands Chilean.
But Argentina has just as persis
tently said they're not.
Finally in the 1970s the five
member international panel was to
settle the issue once and for all. But
once again Argentina rejected an
other ruling in favor of Chile.
Final Earthly Authority
That led to the near-war situa
tion in late 1978 and the llth-hour
papal intervention. Both predomi
nantly Catholic countries agreed to
put down their arms while the
Vatican pondered the matter. The
Pope's proposal, given to the two
countries in secret in late 1980. was
immediately accepted by Chile, but
questioned by Argentina.
While the mediators meet in
Rome, periodic border closings and
incidents have continued in the
Beagle Channel itself. Earlier this
year Chile accused Argentina of
sailing a military vessel into
Chilean waters. Argentina claimed
the area wasn't Chilean.
LAW
For Laypersons
It is always tragic to see any
person injured in an automobile
accident, but for some reason it
seems doubly tragic when a very
small child is hurt in a wreck.
Perhaps it is because the child
usually has no say in traveling in a
car and certainly has no control
over the car's movements.
Although very small children will
certainly not fit in seat belts
provided by law in a car, many
small seats are sold today which
can be fitted in the car and used to
restrain a child safely in the event
of a wreck. Unfortunately, many
parents do not take the precaution
of buckeling their small children
in.
On July 3. 1981. the North
Carolina General Assembly took
the initiative to pass a law requiring
the State's drivers to be responsible
for placing their children in a
restraint system in their car. Hope
fully, this law will reduce the
number of car related injuries to
children.
The act is not effective, however,
until July 1, 1982, and it will
remain in effect only until June 30.
1985. The idea behind allowing the
act to be effective only for a
three-year period is to allow the
University of North Carolina High
way Safety Research Center to
conduct a study to determine
whether the act is really effective in
reducing death and injury to
children in car accidents. If the
study determines that the act is not
at all effective, it is likely that our
legislators will not extend it. How
ever, if the Research Center does
determine that death and injury to
children in car accidents has in fact
been reduced, the act will certainly
be extended beyond its June 30,
1985 deadline.
"This article is written as a
matter of general interest only. It is
not to he construed as legal advice,
and you should not rely on the
statements made in the article to
govern your actions in any specific
case.
Last year, warning of the possi
bility of armed conflict, Argenti
nian President Leopoldo F. Gal
Thnrsday, June 3, 1982
Read Romans 8: 1-14
I am not a born cook; I am a
cook who knows how to follow
recipes. My few attempts at "doing
my own thing" with a bread recipe,
for example, have been disastrous.
When 1 follow the recipe, however,
I can bake light, fragrant, nourish
ing bread.
Obedience to God's direction
was one of Paul's virtues. How
painful it must have been for Paul
to turn his back on his old lifestyle
and admit he had been wrong
about Christ. But Paul's commit
ment was total; he put his life into
God's hands.
The result was not that he
stopped being Paul and became a
robot; rather, the unique combina
tion of characteristics that had
always been in Paul came together
to make a dynamic whole. The
drive that had sent Paul down to
Damascus road to persecute Chris
tians now took to the far, reaches of
the empire to preach Christ; the
mind, trained in Jewish law. pro
duced the epistles; the persecutor
became the persuader. In obedi
ence, Paul found God-and him
self.
So can we.
PRAYER: Dear God, so often
"doing our own thing" does not
turn out as well as we thought it
would. Teach us the joy of obedi
ence and commitment. In the name
of Christ. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When we truly find God. we truly
find ourselves.
-copyright -THE UPPER ROOM
-Patricia Garrison
(North Carolina)
Hoke Rescue
Gets 21 Calls
The Hoke County Rescue Squad
received 21 calls.
It administered first aid on the
scene to five people. One call
required heavy dilty equipment.
The members worked a total
82:05 hours, and the squad vehicles
traveled 286.4 miles* using 68.8
gallons of gasoline.
Of the calls 10 were highway
accidents involving personal in
juries, three were highway acci
dents involving property damage,
one was a house call, one a
shooting, one a sick call, three
public service, and two programs
for the public.
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to the provisions of N.C.G.S. 106-242
and to those Warrants For Collection of Taxes, 202
9 47 1230, dated March 24, 1982 and April 20, 1962,
the undersigned Sheriff of Hoke County will on
June 9, 1962, at 10:00 o'clock a.m. at that business
known as Jackson's Pure Oil located at Route 1,
Box 177, Lumber Bridge, North Carolina offer for
sole to the highest bidder for cash all inventory
and all equipment including heating and air condi
tioning units, refrigerators, coolers, ice makers,
adding machine, cash register and leasehold im
provements upon the premises of Jackson's Pure
Oil.
The 25th day of May, 1962. .
Signed: D.M. Barrington
SHERIFF OF HOKE COUNTY
Hoke County Sheriff's Department
E.Edlnborough Avenue
Reeford, North Carolina 28378
tien, then commander in chief of
the army, said: "Chile will know
how far it can stretch the rope."
LEGALS
CITY OF RAEFORD
PUBLIC NOTICE
A budget hearing will be held on
June 14, 1982 for all interested
citizens of the City of Raeford. The
following budget expenditures are
proposed for fiscal year 1982-83.
FUND
General Fund
Debt Service
Water and Sewer
Revenue Sharing
Capital Reserve
TOTAL
$1,067,625.
182,435.
587,925.
226,225.
340,000.
Total Proposed Budget S2.404.210.
The meeting will be held at City
Hall for the purpose of discussion
of the proposed budget at 7:00
p.m. The proposed budget may be
examined on weekdays at City Hall
between 8:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. All
interested citizens will have the
opportunity to give written and oral
comment. Senior citizens are en
couraged to attend and comment.
Helen Huffman
Finance Officer
6C
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
HOKE COUNTY
EXECUTRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as Executrix of
the estate of Malcolm Kelly Ses
soms of Hoke County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the
estate of said Malcolm Kelly Ses
soms to present them to the
undersigned within 6 months from
date of the publication of this
notice or same will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please make
immediate payment.
This the 10th day of May, 1982.
Lucille T. Sessoms
N. Main St.,
Raeford, N.C. 28376
6-9C
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
82-E-49
82-3-468
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
HOKE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE
Having qualified as Administra
trix of the state of Harold Mclntyre
of Hoke County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
Harold Mclntyre to present them to
the undersigned within 6 months
from date of the publication of this
notice or same will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please make
immediate payment.
This the 20th day of May, 1982.
Ophelia Mclntyre
P.O. Box 503
Raeford, N.C. 28376
5-8C
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
82-E-42
82-3-453
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
HOKE COUNTY
EXECUTOR S NOTICE
Having qualified as Executor of
the estate of Nannie J. Hamilton of
Hoke County, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
Nannie J. Hamilton to present
them to the undersigned wtfhin 6
moMfca from tmbttea
tion of this nnffcw <* tiiVne wflf be
LEGALS
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate
please make immediate payment.
This the 14th day of May, 1982.
John McLean
907 Jackson St.
Durham. N.C. 27701 (
5-8
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that maps
showing property boundary lines in
the City of Raeford, N.C. and its'
immediate surrounding area, pre
pred by John T. Furmage, Regis
tered Surveyor, are available for
inspection by affected land owners. 4
The maps may be inspected at any
time in the Tax Listing Office,
Courthouse Annex, Raeford, N.C.
Mr. Furmage will be available to
answer questions about the maps at
the following time:
Day -? Tuesday
Date ?? June 1, 1982
Time -- 3:00 p.m. through 7:00
p.m.
Place ? Tax Listing Office
Courthouse Annex M
Raeford, N.C. ?
Telephone - 875-8751
If the above time and date are
not convenient, call the above
telephone number to make other
arrangements.
Tax Office
Hoke County
CREDITOR S NOTICE
Having qualified as executrix of
the estate of Joseph P. Davis,
deceased, late of Hoke County, this
is to notify all persons having
claims against said estate to present
them to the undersigned on or
before November 27, 1982 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate will please make
immediate payment to the under
signed.
This the 27 day of May, 1982.
Hester R. Davis, Executrix
Willcox & McFadyen
Edinbo rough Ave.
Raeford, N.C. 28376
5-8C
NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF HOKE 6
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain Deed
of Trust executed by DOUGAL
LOCKLEAR and wife, IDA W.
LOCKLEAR to BOBBY BURNS
McNEILL, Trustee, dated the 15th
day of February 1977, and recorded
in Book 197, Page 437 in the Office
of the Register of Deeds of Hoke
County, North Carolina, and de
fault having been made in the
payment of the indebtedness there
by secured and said Deed of Trust
being by the terms thereof subject
to foreclosure, the undersigned
Trustee will offer for sale at public
auction to the highest bidder for
cash at the courthouse door in
Raeford, North Carolina, at 12:00
o'clock Noon on the 8th day of
June, 1982, property conveyed by
said Deed of Trust, the same lying
and being in the County of Hoke,
State of North Carolina, Que
whiffle Township, and more par
ticularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at an iron stake in
a farm road located S 5? 14' W
280.0 feet from the intersection of
said road and State Road No. 1225,
said intersection located S 88? 06*
E 769.0 feet from intersection of
State Road No. 1225 and U.S.
Highway No. 15-501; thence from
said beginning point, S 84? 46' E
322.95 feet to an iron stake in a
ditch; thence S 22? 00' E 157.45
feet to an iron stake; thence N 84?
46' W 395.0 feet to an iron stake in
above mentioned farm road; thence
with the road N 5? 14' E 140.0 feet
to the BEGINNING, and being Lot
No. 3 of the plat by Matthews
hereinafter mentioned. This de
scription is taken from that plat
entitled "M.C. BROWN ESTATE,
QUE WHIFFLE TOWNSHIP,
HOKE COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA", dated April 3, 1968,
and prepared by J. A. Matthews,
R.L.b. The subject lot is a part of
that 101.7 acre tract designated as
Lot No. 27, Map Book 2, Page 16,
Hoke County Registry. This lot lies
East of and adjacent to a private
dirt road leading from State Road
No. 1225, said dirt road running in
a southerly direction across the
aforementioned Lot No. 27. This
instrument includes a right of way
and a right of ingress, egress, and
regress over the said dirt road or so
much thereof as lies on or across
the aforementioned Lot No. 27,
and said right of access is hereby
specifically designated, granted,
and conveyed in this instrument.
This sale will be made subject to
all outstanding taxes, if any, and
prior liens of record, if any.
CASH DEPOSITS; Ten per cent
(10%) on the first $1,000.00 and
five per cent (5%) on any addi
tional amount bid will be required
at the date of the sale.