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Show uIk Suit akf tribune 12, 1979 Wednesday Morning, September Seetion f.it I Ilinjc 1 Releasing Puerto Rican Radicals Doesnt End Trouble Sources That the four Puerto Ricans granted clemency by President Carter and released Monday from federal prisons defiantly answered repor- ters questions and pronounced them-sejve- s as committed to Puerto Rican independence as ever shouldnt be astonishing. Although each spent more than 25 years behind bars they have remained activists enough to know an opportunity for getting maximum public exposure for their political doctrine when they see one. In the history of American political violence, Monday provided a sequel which couldnt be ignored. When, almost 30 years ago, two men tried to shoot their way into then-Preside- Trumans Harry nt temporary resi- dence at Blair House, Washington, d War D.C., it was the first II assassination attempt on a U.S. Chief Executive. That alone startled the nation and the world, but the claim this was part of a Puerto Rican protest was even more astonishing. However, the Puerto Rican separatist movement was imposed even more violently onto the front pages when, four years later, four separatistas fired onto the U.S. House of Representatives floor from the spectators gallery, wounding five congressmen. n inciNow, those dents are recalled as the imprisoned attackers gain their freedom, thanks to a presidential dispensation. Not that Puerto Rican extremists have been idle the last quarter post-Worl- almost-forgotte- century. Just three years ago, the separatistas detonated a few sticks of dynamite in three major U.S. cities, again to get attention for their cause. The cause, independence for Puerto Rico, has always been rather forlorn. The Caribbean island developed a commonwealth relationship with the U.S. after it was occupied by American forces during the Spanish-American War. Political groups have since espoused a change, some favoring complete independence, others outright statehood. But plebecites in the late 1960s and votes on the three options in 1972 gave majority backing to continued commonwealth status. computerized guidance systems make it possible for the cruise missile to fly low and keep out of range of defensive weapons. All these fantastic claims rest upon a single condition that has Washington Star Syndicate All last week, the N.H. managers of the Hillsborough County Annual Democratic Piem nad themselves on having Miz Lillian as President Carters representative at the affair. NASHUA. Still the island has serious problems with unemployment, a generally uncertain economy, sagging health and education services, noticeable disparities between poor and wealthy. Activists play on the discontent such conditions create and separatism, although not popularly supported, enlists new adherents, particularly among the young. observation while travelling 80 North in along Interstate Highway Oregon : The state has seemingly done a much better job of ridding the landscape of a clutter of gigantic billboards than has Utah. But, how does the touring stranger know where to gas his car, rest his road weary body and stuff his tummy with sustenance? The same way he finds out in Utah. Near every inter- e' is the usual si.n state highway Gas. Food, Lodging." advising But Oregon goes one step further. And for the visiting motorist it is a boon. Gallon, the nice, steady man who succeeded the wayward conservative Meldrim Thompson as governor of the nations first primary state. With Jerry Brown bringing in half the national press corps, with Teddy Kennedys startling change from no" to maybe, and the incorrigible Sen. John Durkin on the program, all felt that the mother was needed to presidents keep oratorical order. As it turned out the matriarch was the only one to speak out ot turn and to illuminate the resentment that the First Family feels about the growing Kennedy threat She chatted along pleasantly about the voting governor of California, "a courageous man Then she shitted gears. tor Son Kennedy. I fool like tho governor. I believe him when ho says ho isnt running." "It ho does run," she fluted mi. hope to fondness nothing happens to him. I really do. There was a sharp intake ol breath through the sunlit speeator section, and then a low sound somewhere between a groan and a hno Mi Lillian did not miss a heal. Hugh Mr. Carter demonstrated mainland and U.S. government capacity for reconciliation in freeing the Puerto Rican four. Their separatista friends and collaborators are more apt to tout them as martyrs and victors. Moreover, the grim likelihood is that outrage by Puerto Rican radicals will randomly erupt as long as conditions perceived in Puerto Rico as systematic injustices go uncorrecled. Beyond the initial standard white lettering on green background sign advising, for instance, that the next community is Baker, Ore., and that food, gas and lodging are available in the town are three additional signs of the same size. One will advise that food is available and under that legend will be the familiar trademarks of restaurants. ie, the golden arches" if a McDonalds has been established up ahead. The same applies for gasoline, with the next sign displaying the green star of Texaco if such fuel is available at the coming town' and finally, the last of the three, will similarly show the familiar logotypes of motels and hotel chains t The signs do not discriminate. The lodging signs will show the trademarks of every suitable motel available in the coming community expects him to be an active participant in the primary' and went on to endorse him. There is no split in the Democratic Party he declared. We want leadership. y The official spokesman. Dudley W. Dudley, a composed and articulate liberal, offered Kennedy as the only alternative to Ronald Reagan and called on New Hampshire to provide so clear and firm and strong a call that he can not resist. California Snowflake' Amid these rampant tensions. Brown, hailed m a Manchester Union-Leade- r editorial as the California snowflake, seemed He stirred up considerable dust on his arrival, but little when he spoke. His entrance into the pinegrove of the park looked like the approach of an inlantry column. He moved at the center of three solid rows of incessantly clicking photographers and several dozen Brown sign carriers bused in from Boston mercenaries, snipped the Kennedy people. His speech was somewhat muted. His followers shouted. "Right on! From time to time, hut the only spontaneous applause from the locals came on his statement of opposition to nuclear energy Seabrnok. a plant under const ruction, has Wasnt Very On the basis of test results so far. both General Dynamics and Boeing seem in danger of striking oul. Draft-Kenned- Carter Shows Ineptitude New York Daily News President Carter's inept handling of the Soviet troops in Cuha situation vividly demonstrates why he is in such WASHINGTON Nice That wasnt very nice," she scolded. hope you weren't booing either him or me. She had. it was agreed even among Carter loyalists, retired the poor taste cup of the disast rous political ! ( trouble. From tbe beginning of ;!' the slow building crisis in midsummer to the public disclosure that a Soviet combat brigade of between 2,000 to 3.000 troops was stationed in Cuba. Carter was never really in command of the situation. The first public charge Mr. Wieghart that the Soviets had a brigade of conihat troops in Cuba came from Son Dick Stone, early in July. Stone, next year in a state who is up for where Cuban exiles make up the largest-minoritvoting block, was naturally concerned about the issue, possibly as much for political as for national security reasons. But Stone was reassured that the United States had no evidence to support the report of Sov id combat units in Cuba in a letter from Secretary of State Cyrus Vance July 27. Church Raises Issue Semite Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Frank Church. who is also up for reflection nekt year, was sufficiently concerned nlmut the reports of Soviet combat troops in Cuba to raise the issue with top U.S. intelligence and defense officials at a closed door hearing in July. When told there was no evidence ol Ibis. Church came out of the hearing and made a public statement to that day. .Who, it was asked, needs to he reminded of the danger ot assassination to a Kennedy? "A dirty dig from a little old lady" observed one woman picnicker. Alice Muhail of Antrim, who is torn between dread and anticipation that Kennedy will run. said. It just goes to show they are going to use everything they've got to scare us off voting lm 'One Little Slip Lucille Kelly, an early Carter supporter, said she defensively, "it was just one little slip was being realistic and sincere." Mi Lillian is obviously feeling a mothers hurt pride at the growing coldness oi the Granite State which four years ago set him on his way to the White House. Now he is universally blamed for the prospect of a choice between eating and y heating in the coming winter in case you didnt know it." Miz Lillian aid tartly at one point, he is the president." Tlie only other speaker who seemed com pietely aware of the fact was Gallon, who is unequivocally supporting Carter, a com c that tans m Midi parties warn him is smeidal although they agiee it is bringing New Hampshire many federal considerations Durkm Carters most vociferous energy critic, diil not disappoint tho-- c w tin expect turn In break a lew dishes when he approached a -- mu rnphotie Hidioul Man.ng keonoih filed lliukin s,mi he What hai eh and Stone did not know ( w as that Kill. in Wliod Have Thought Jeans Could Be Sexy ? ( ; r Tribune Howland NI.W YORK mam Anion:, tin- in,m r tilings ft i not understand about i O' lll;itlon are Jeans Ttioro yeas n Unio when innloi looil io.ios peileclly That wa- - 'he V,ik o. ti. n n.-i'o loll tor tho minimum wage ;il a ummoi oh on !t,o ni m ol I low In n In m- - , i : I . I ; i -- I 111 -- i I huge 'looped. granite I, i( cd Ynnket Vila ms is soiik one I now no ore in men tun ns one ol the front men ol the century Hu i ol Ins sartorial splendor i can nnb say dial he made the Grapes of Willll seem like n He el lv Hills eoekl ,ui part y With Now Joans lie woic his leans to the point where lhe iinild walk around without him lie would stiake Ins head m dismay when wo reported lor work m June wearing brand new ie.no right oil tin1 store shelves New jeans Ini Howland were those that had nnb a h-- pal olios Iait Ibis because nul made pelleellv rood miisi le.ai-li.ithose Mluplel lime- one purpose Tliev were ha wmk 111 g ririart Jam him as will the fuel and food signs. We dont know who pays for the posting of these uniformly sized and displayed bits of useful information, but the Oregon practice is the ideal compromise between ha ing the freeways near communities cluttered with offensive billboards and denying the touring stranger the specific information he needs about what sort of gas. food and lodging is a ailahle in the town ju.st over the horizon or around t lit next bend of tho road. ( home-heatin- . 1 sent aloft one fell to the ground. In baseball two hits in three times at bat, or even one hit in two would be considered sensational if sustained throughout the long season. But in the grim business of missile warfare that kind of batting average may not be good enough. l become controversial since Three Mile Island. instead of talking to them about their oil, he talked about obsession, the Carter plans for the MX missile. He promised to come hack as often as he can to give them concrete detail about making New Hampshire bold enough to find out our own new frontier." He has little support here, but the Nevv Hampshire people were plainly pleased that he had come. They expect to look into the face oi their candidates time and again. They seemed less concerned about his views than about the women in his life. There were snide remarks about Linda Ronstadt. and one man questioned him closely about Jane Fonda, a traitor to our and the harm she could do his country, campaign Everyone said he had spoken well, and several older women kissed him. and one "although I could pronounced him a doll never vote for him against Kennedy." It was, in short, no picnic for Brown. He had launched the New Hampshire primary campaign for sure, hut w hat he found out was whai he already knew, that Carter is weak, that Kennedy is strong, that the White House is hitter and that, as Durkin said. New Hamp shire is in fur a tough fight." 'Copyright 1 apparently been taken for granted: that the things will fly. Tests at Dugway do little to foster that assumption. Of three General Dynamics missiles launched so far, one has crashed. Of two Boeing craft Mirli.n will cool the promised It rhetoric. Some Better Signs An Lillians Poor T aste in Picnic T a 1k Miz First, They Must Fly When the B1 bomber was ruled out last year one of the reasons was faith in unmanned cruise missiles. Results of tests being conducted at Dugway Proving Ground between the concruise missiles of two would-b- e tractors raise doubts about the vaunted weapons future. Cruise missiles are supposed to bo able to fly great distances over enemy territory and hit selected targets with pinpoint accuracy. Their Man MrCrorv - aimed, mt dams eavi there was mi gaiii belli siuled lot planting cm n haling hay loading elm kens stringing barbed wire repairing lone walU, milking cows, cleaning barns or tailing into manure splendors lienee mv contusion bm ana the locales most olten see leans nowadays in which ale III big Cities like New Volk Expensive looking women even go around wearing hen with high heels .nut fur coats Men loo I ( an oiilv ask. What h iv do Miev hale" What barns do they ( lean" Now High Fashion impmed ol several people inlmileK n e.eioii a- to note i I i more werldlv lhaii I. and was told some inoiomc Itink might he told leans are now lug'll fashion t v wav ol further explanation as that I slick New York lasliion magazine Mler looking at all the jeans ads, j llunk a gel the 'dea The ad lm Geollrev Beene leans lealui' d rimieh blonde wearing leans and a lull hlniisi )l la hcl navel The I'.iheice leans ad had a similuilv mihiii .1 W 11 f lulled blonde and die headim. Ahhkldi By her lean covered derncre were the words, "verv filling" Bon Jour cdon .leans I old (mother Monde and del ricre and ' . I fie w Ol d - 'racy fll Nubile Wench Klein leans were modeled by a mibdr wem li being chilched and nuzzled by a man with a silly grin Calvin Klein jeans w ere sported by a man w ith a silly scow and a shirt unbuttoned to Ills navel the n ad describing Hie wonders ol lord. k he Look in jeans lealured a yoluplu oils blonue and a man w dh a silly stale, hnlh wearing jeans .md absolutely nothing else and plav mg horsey So that's it ill tin II de mealed nnspc' ceivmg way. New Yorkers have somehow '.alien il inlo their head that jeans have something to do with sex Vine .leans and e " Howland liivi III li vastly aliilc-emake love on a hav h del I hoi dav Adams would Who d Wall! to lallv on a " 'oiv chi i is"' over the past several years, the U.S. mtellig cnee community had numerous reports of the presence of Soviet combat troops in Cuba and had compiled some fragmentary evidence to support these reports, but that the evidence was deemed insufficient to prove the point. it was because of this that the decision was made at the highest levels of the Carter administration that a total review of the question should he conducted and that stepped-uintelligence efforts, primarily by should be made. It was satellite photographs of the Soviet brigade conducting maneuvers Aug. 17 thal provided the clinching evidence Carter was informed of the new hard evidence of the Soviet troop deployment Aug 23, when the president was in Hannibal. Mo waxing eloquently on the literary merits ol Mark Twain. The president directed thal all information on the matter he brought togethei for discussion of it with lus top national security officials, a meeting which was subse qnenlly held in Washington Aug. 30 - a lull week later. Meanwhile, word of the discovery hegain. ns it always d(KS, to leak out and at least one publication began asking questions about the presence of a Russian combat brigade in Cuba At this point, it was deemed wise to inform the key members of Congress, presumably in preparation for an official public statement b the administration Calls Press Confereiu r Church, campaigning in Idaho whcc his credential'' as a commie fighter an ( h.illengei! by right-winopponents from tune to time, ci.lled a pi ess conlercnce Aug. .in ami told the world about the Soviet brig. ale in Cuba The administration confirmed Hus the m l day using State Department spokesman Hmhling But the Carter III to expiess U S "concern spokesman added that the Sov let unit poses no threat to the United States" and violate- - no Soviet U S. understanding or agreement Vance escalated the rhetoric .somewhat a week later in a press conleience in w lm h tie expressed serious concern and added dial on the issue was status quo the whatever Ilia' means iinac( eptable." wn.sn'1 until last Fndav that Cartel spoke mil publicly on the matter am! when lie did. !u ichoed Vance's previous remark- - ami called mi the na.ion to toy calm and not to panic In a meeting with newspapereditors Friday Cartel expressed the view thill Senate dellhei aliens on the strategic arms limitations Irealv with die Soviets should not lie linked to the troop issue Carter, by conducting himself m a business as usual fashion lost control ol evenls This led th" first public announcement of die troops Ini Church and it set the stage for Church Stone Fold and Others to set the tone of tile the issue More importantly, d robbed the ol the ability to try to resolve die pi issue quuklv ami deusiveh with the h secret, high level diplomacy Wlule the issue of offensive nuclear me. lies in Cuba which posed a direct threat In the United Slides ami the presence ol 2, (Kill Sov lei combat troops near Havana, which threaten im one. are dearly not ol equal significance die lad remains Ilia) meet Americans. imTudim lias one w.ml those Soviet troops out ot thole Vml lo Ins slipshod handling i.l die im idmil Urns l.o Carter lias mil inspired innl.di'iiee dull lie Is ( up, due ol everlmi' the kind ol le.iili rship that will he leipureil to aeenmphdi . -- Soviet-dirmm- dim 't- lit |
