Show P p. p We f It is understood that all r opinions views ideas etc that appear in Points West are not necessarily the views of any other person except the 1 author of t those ose views and andr r 7 opinions They alone will be beheld beheld held responsible for all reI re- re I percussions ti Being Tuesday morning I Iwas was expecting to see that obscene ob- ob r Ii scene gross and vulgar newspaper come out again And practically knock Fred down gett getting ng the fr first t copy as ashe he brought them into the caf- caf i 11 eteria In introducing myself to Fred I mentioned I would c I. I like to become part of the ungodly ungodly un- un ly god for forbidden apathy apathy- 1 newspaper here at atI I Tech called called Poi Points ts West Fred in return introduced 1 himself himself's as s that vulgar editor t and ld told me me of a meeting at 1130 today in the he CC where I could find out more I proceeded proceeded pro- pro back t to my seat eat only k to fill my mind with smut W L 1 gross cartoons and the cries of certain students who have hav had their virgin eyes and ears submitted to this awful newspaper I must say that I fully enjoy enjoy enjoy en en- joy reading this low taste of print in our very own newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper of In fact I find those disgusting cartoons poorly worded ar articles cles including including including in in- in- in mine and out far-out ideas on meeting the opp opposite ite sex quite qute am amusing sing If Im I'm able to join the staff of Points West Ill I'll back everyone everyone everyone ev ev- ev- ev of th them m up and encourage encourage encourage en en- courage more articles cartoons cartoons cartoons car car- etc to be printed for our enjoyment Plus add my myown myown myown own disgusting ideas Tim Manning P PS S. S If yo you dont don't enjoy fun dont don't read the paper A AV S 1 H w. w Let me tell you a story i. i There was a man and his name was Daniel Gearhart Danny was a soldier who believed believed believed be be- in defending his country country country coun coun- try who believed in right and truth and justice as he saw them and who believed that thata a mans man's work is to stand up for what he believes in even ven evenin evenin in his country's uniform even under the guns gun of the even in the face of certain dea death tho Well he wore the uniform with honor in Vietnam with the 1st Infantry Division later he was a sergeant sergeant-in in the Special Forces of the Maryland Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- land National National- Guard Early in 1976 the word went round that tha t men were needed good goodmen goodmen goodmen men and true and well trained trained train train- ed to help with the war against the enemy in Angola the same enemy we had fought in Korea and Vietnam and a few other places one doesn't talk about Let the comfortable television viewers viewers viewers view view- ers scoff in the security bought for them by the lifeblood lifeblood lifeblood life- life blood of the Danny Gear- Gear harts of this world but please not in my presence unless you feel like losing some teeth He went of course and as the Ute world knows he died under the guns of the enemy not norin in honorable battle but in what can only be defined as a murder of prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- of war But it was sort of a bad scene a widow four kids no job and a report that the Maryland National Guard had discharged Danny so as to avoid paying the lawful benefits to the widow Robert Cessner and Bill Willson Dannys Danny's lawyers didn't take a nickle nickIe by way of offee offee offee fee for trying the case In a losing side of a Marxist show trial and andin andin andin in a foreign language and in Africa they went and they tried the case and presented all the defenses under the Law of War i and Danny Gearhart died under the guns of the enemy But be be- fore he died he spoke up like a man and soldier in th that t kangaroo courtroom in Luanda There was a modest fundraising fundraising fundraising fund- fund raising pitch wl which ich was ab able e eto to raise only a thousand dol dol- dol- dol lars Shiela Dannys Danny's wife is doing well The various bureaucracies bureaucracies bureaucracies bur bur- the Veterans Ad- Ad the Social Security Security Se Se- Administration and contrary to the early rumors even the Maryland National Guard have done all things lawfully comp compassionate And Andall Andall Andall all sorts of other folk coming from all sorts of directions have turned up to help If what you have just read has moved you made you more aware of what you have and what you could lose and even if you disagree disagree disagree disa disa- gree with Dannys Danny's motives but still want to help contributions contributions contributions contri contri- to Gearhart's family are still needed They can be besent besent besent sent to Mrs Shiela Gearhart Gearhart Gearhart Gear- Gear hart o c-o John J. 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