Show Utah State University Logan Utah' Monday May 24 Vol 1 73 No 86 976 16 Pages Marshall: 'Israel’s survival chances poor by Dave Kingham Israel’s chances for survival in the face of continued Arab aggression are poor SLA Marshall an authority on Middle Eastern military affairs said here Thursday "I can’t see any real prospects survival by Israel” for long-terthe retired general said “Nine years ago I thought there were but there have been some radical changes since then” Indifference to the plight of Israel on the part of Western nations has intensified and the tyranny of the Arab League has expanded he said In addition the influence of the UN is withering and the credibility and muscle of the US as a world power is shrinking “Israel’s temporary margin of military superiority is the single fragile peacekeeping force in the Middle East today” he said m Henry Kissinger’s shuttle diplomacy and peacekeeping efforts have had little or no ef fect Marshall said “It has no more to do with the current shaky peace than Sadat’s mile” Marshall said events have turned radically against Israel in the last 18 months especially in neighboring Lebanon Lebanon conflict misinterpreted “No event in recent history has been as crudely misinterpreted and glossed over by the Western world as the conflict in Lebanon” he said “It is an attempt at outright genocide of the Marin Christians by the Moslems the PLO and other Islamic guerrillas” Calling the Christians rightists and labeling the conflict a civil war is wrong and just what the executioners want he said Marshall who has written 38 books on various wars and military engagements analyzed the Yom Kippur war in detail The most recent of the Arab-Israeconflicts the Yom Kippur li War was fought for 18 days in October and November of 1973 Marshall said he was scheduled to go to Israel on a military mission on Nov 1 but it was scrubbed when the war broke out Instead he made the trip on his own and arrived just after the cease-fir- e began The information he gathered and his reports never were reported by the news media or war historians becase Moshe Dyna and the Israeli high command never released them he said The Israeli cabinet first learned of the impending war at 4:30 am on Yom Kippur They learned of the attack so late because the cabinet had been relying on the estimates of a lieutenant colonel on the Egyptian front rather than on high-comman- d intelligence Marshall said Prime Minister Golda Mier informed the American ambassador of the attack expected at 6 pm Ambassador Keating got in tough with the State Secretary of State Department Kissinger instructed the ambassador to Egypt to try to restrain Sadat contacted then Sadat Damascus and an agreement was made to start the attack four hours earlier at 2 pm The Israelis never learned of this message Marshall said Israeli Chief of Staff Gen Elih-za- r wanted to launch a air strike but Mier pre-empto- ry wouldn’t allow it Prime Minister correct The prime minister was correct in her decision because it was too late to stop the attack with an air strike and it would have made Israel look like the aggressor he said At 2 am the Israeli soldiers in the Suez zone who were only partly alerted were hit by an artillery barrage from 1200 pieces “I consider this estimate to be (Continued on page 2) affairs says he doesn't see any real prospects for longterm survival by Israel Expert suggests US eases tension The US must seek an easing of tension with communist China to restrain the Soviet Union Peter Van Ness an expert on China said Friday Van Ness a professor of in- studies at Denver and China have Russia and about views similar astounded are by both countires the similarity ternational said the US “Relations between China and 'need not be formal alliances” Van Ness said but something beyond mere detente between the two countries is the US necessary” said the only way the US excan maintain Soviet He pansionism of The UC patio fountain was remodeled into a garden during the past weeks amid the noise jack-hamme- which disturbed many rs DMA Sino-Americ- rs society defects Chromosome research may have solutions to cancer and medical unanswered mysteries a Nobel Prize Winner in the field of Medicine said Thursday Dr Arthur Kornberg who won the prize in 1959 for work in breaking down and reproducing chromosome portions cancer other said continued - research with DNA particles could find cures for and through “Some experts on Russia claimed a warmer relationship between the US and China would erode relations between the Soviets and Americans Van Ness said but just the opposite has occurred research may lead to cures by Lyn Smith other sun-worshipe- is cooperation with the Peoples Republic of China Van Ness said the cooling of relations was caused because President Ford would not give another campaign issued to Ronald Reagan his presidential opponent He said since former president Richard Nixon visited the People’s Republic in 1972 and the US established liaison offices in 1973 the cooperation between the two countries' has halted He said the State Department resists more cooperation and better relations with China because China is a country the US spent 20 years trying to the even though defeat American people may like the idea of improving relations medical Cancer irregular growth “Proper growth is based on is - the an process Cancer example of unexplained irregular growth caused by some link in the DNA chain” Kornberg said DNA Kornberg derstanding said better un- the DNA process to halt abnormal man could allow ' growth Although some believe genetic research poses a threat to of Kornberg said it promises much good to medicine and agriculture Not creating a Monster “No research is absolutely benign and it carries a lot of responsibility” Kornberg said “We’re not trying to create a monster we’re just trying to understand the process better” Kornberg does research and teaches biochemistry at Stanford University Fall quarter pre - 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