President's guards The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, April 1, l981-Page 9 look for answers ,.} WASHINGTON (AP)-The Secret Service is off on the inevitable soul search, trying to find out how President Reagan could have been shot qn home turf, barely a mile from the White ouse. "These guys were competing with a bullet," said Jack Warner of the Secret Service, the agency charged with protecting presidents. WARNER SAID yesterday the service is conducting an in-house investigation, likely to take several weeks, to see whether the agents with Reagan made any wrong moves or could have prevented the gunman from firing six ~hots at the president Monday as he left the Washington Hilton Hotel. "After reviewing the videotapes a dozen times, we believe the presidential protection was as effective as it could possibly be," War- ner said. "These guys were competing with a bullet. They moved as quickly as they could." Warner said the inquiry, by the agency's of- fice of inspection, is similar to those conducted after John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas and Gerald Ford escaped injury in two Califor- nia assaults. It will include interviews with agents and law officers who were at the scene, as well as eyewitnesses. "THE REASON is to see whether we did everything that we should have," he said. "We have no answers yet." On most occasions when Reagan leaves the White House, he is accompanied by at least a dozen Secret Service agents, all armed with handguns. Some carry small, light, Uzi sub- machine guns. In situations like the one he was in Monday, Reagan is preceded from the hotel by one agent. Several others walk on either side of him. As the president leaves a building, the agents form a human shield between him and everyone else. While he walks to his car, a time agents consider particularly vulnerable, the armored door is opened to provide another shield. AGENTS FOLLOW Reagan's car in a vehicle of their own, a vehicle carrying Uzi sub- machine guns, M-16 rifles and hand grenades. The assault on Reagan was the first in the nation's capital since Puerto Rican nationalists tried to storm Blair House, across the street from the White House, to kill Harry Truman in 1952. Warner said the inquiry continues to indicate that the gunman acted alone. "Everything at this time points to the one-gunman theory," he said. IRONICALLY, THE Washington Hilton Hotel where the assassination attempt took place is considered a particularly secure area as hotels go. Its side entrance, with a cement canopy over the driveway, is designed for quick presidential access. Agents acknowledge they feel more secure in Washington, where they know the buildings, roads and location of hospitals. In other areas. a local officer is always on hand with such in- - formation. Warner said he doesn't know whether the assassination attempt will prompt changes in presidential security measures. f--- Disabled students seek transportation Other handicapped advocates say (Continued from Page i e there are solutions that "won't cost the Markley (whose renovations will be University a mint," said Breakthrough completed this summer) have been peietRt hlis Housing president Ruth Phillips. made accessible, according to Housing PHILLIPS SUGGESTS that the ivision Physical Properties Coor- University could persuade a cab inator Paul Bowyer. Each dorm has company to purchase some accessible approximately two modified rooms. taxis. Modifications include lowering closet "If the University would convince the bars, widening doorways, renovating cab company the demand exists that bathrooms and installing ramps. the cabs would be utilized and that they BOWYER ESTIMATED that $250,000 (the cab company) will be reimbursed has been spent so far on the by the University, they would probably renovations. be willing to try it," Phillips said, ad- The University has made all its ding that the cabs could also be used by programs accessible to the handicap- non-disabled students. ed in one way or another, said Susan Another alternative suggested by hompson from the Office of Affir- some members of the adminstration is mative Action. "Each case must be that students use public transportation handled indi Vidually," she said. such as the Ann Arbor Transportation For example, if a student has a class Authority's Dial-a-Ride. on the third floor of a building that is not "THERE IS FEDERALLY funded accessible to a student in a wheelchair, transportation available, public tran- the University will move the class so sportation," said University attorney the student can attend. William Lemmer. TRANSPORTATION for mobility But both DSS and Breakthrough said impaired students remains a major a program such as Dial-a-Ride is not a problem, however. Spokespersons from viable solution because rides are often both Breakthrough and DSS say they late and students miss their classes. Sealize that complete accessibility - And other University administrators installation of lift equipment on all say they realize a public transportation University buses - is next to im- is not the answer. possible because of the costs. While both the administration and However, they claim that the request handicapped advocates say they hope for some lift-equipped vans is not the problem of accessible transpor- unreasonable. A lift-equipped van costs tation won't be resolved in the cour- about $25,000. - troom, they realize that it may. Army overthrows Thai government Join cIbe 1ttagp Edit Staff Dance Theatre THE PR OTECTO R Your key to protection against violent crime This is a non-lethal weapon that could save your life. The attractive Protector key case contains a canister of the strongest chemical self-defense spray ever offered to civilians. It is legal to carry because it causes no permanent damage or lingering side effects after usage. The Protector is a highLy effective self defense product designed to stop an assailant in seconds. Afterspraying an attacker, you should have sufficient time to escape and notify authorities. 2 in concert I' / ,c . 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The constitution was abolished and the Cabinet and Parliament dissolved by the committee, which took over at 2 a.m:, according to the broadcast made at 5a.m. The coup came one day after Thailand allowed Indonesian comman- dos to assault a hijacked Indonesian jetliner at the Bangkok airport and free 55 hostages. THERE WAS NO indication that ac- ion was connected with the removal of Prem, also a general and commandeer irichief of the army. Sant, 59, is a close personal friend of Prem. He was scheduled to assume Prem's duties as army commander last October when Prem became 60 years old, the mandatory retirement age for that post. Top military officers decided to; give Prem one more year as army *hief. No violence was reported as the military once again took over the government. About 50 police officers and soldiers wearing yellow armbands and armed with rifles and pistols were outside the royal palace and the gover- nment house where Prem had his of- fice. 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