The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, April 13, 1982-Page 5
Mood aboard British fleet stiffens
ABOARD THE HMS INVINCIBLE
(UPI)- They are not afraid. But for the
1,000 British fighting men sailing south
toward the Falkland Islands Monday,
war was suddenly a grim reality.
"I get some young lads coming up
with a pro forma for wills in their han-
ds," said Len Jones, 37, a chief petty of-
ficer aboard the Invincible and a navy
man since age 15.
"THEY ARE beginning to realize as
we get further south that it could come
to a punchup," he said. "Many of the
lads thought in the back of their minds
that it might never happen to them.
Now they are beginning to think it
might."
The smell of cordite from the rocket
target practice and the firing of deadly
Sidewinder missiles from Harrier jets
has removed much of the levity from
the aircraft carrier's crew.
'Many of the lads thought in the back
of their minds that it (war) might never
happen to them. Now they are begin-
ning to think it might.'
-Len
Jones, petty officer
HMS Invincible
given way in the cool light of the Atlan-
tic to boli a greater degree of realism
and apprehension," he said.
AUSTERITY measures will be
inaugurated as the ship nears its
southwest Atlantic destination. With
temperatures rising, the crew was
given orders yesterday to change into
tropical white dress.
The Daily Telegraph's A.J. McIlroy
said the choice of menus was being
gradually restricted. And officers' ser-
ving stewards will soon disappear to
work in the explosvies storage area and
on the ship's defense.
Monogrammed napkin rings,
fashioned from shell casings for the of-
ficers' mess, will go into storage. They
could become dangerous projectiles if
the ship were hit in battle. Mirrors and
other breakables on board also will be
removed.
Unaware that yesterday's talks bet-
ween London and Argentina were.
showing a hint of optimism, the sailors
and marines continued preparations for
armed conflict-but with one differen-
ce.
"THE MOOD is changing," London
Times correspondent John Witherow
reported from the HMS Invincible
yestef day. "The bellicose talk about
giving the Argentines a bloody nose-
and the feeling that this was some
phony war-are being tempered a week
after the carrier made a triumphant
departure from Portsmouth.
"The old British bulldog spirit has
Haig says troubles persist
in Falkland Islands dispute
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p.m. Sunday, but it has made clear, it
considers the blockade aggression that
would have to be removed by force 1f
Haig's efforts failed.
Argentine Foreign Minister Nicanor
Costa Mendez said last night "there is
not progress" in negotiations.
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
announced she was recalling the House
of Commons from Easter recess
tomorrow afternoon for a one-day
session to brief lawmakers on Haig's
shuttle diplomacy.
FOREIGN Secretary Francis Pym
spoke briefly to reporters agreeing with
Haig that difficulties remained but
stressing Britain remained "anxious to
resolve this problem by peaceful
means."
U.S.-made C-130 transport planes
took off from the southern Argentine
city of Comodoro Rivadavia every two
hours carrying troops, weapons and
supplies to reinforce the estimated 9,000
Argentine troops dug in on the disputed
islands, residents said.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in
Buenos Aires said yesterday all
Americans on the Falkland Islands
have been told to leave and one family
has departed the disputed territory.
An embassy spokesman said it was
not known precisely how many
Americans are on the islands. He said
the embassy staff made contact with an
unidentified American there who
agreed to advise fellow Americans that
they leave.
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After Byrne, life goes on at Cabrini-Green
School
CHICAGO (AP) - Gang members to others, 'We run it;' " he said.
still loiter in graffiti-scarred hallways. "They do run it when the police aren't
Some now carry baseball bats instead around . . . If you are from another
of guns. But one year after Mayor Jane building, you're in trouble. You are in-
*Byrne's move ,into the Cabrini-Green vading their turf."
housing project, fear remains the big "THE BIGGEST thing going on is
enemy. drugs being sold there," White said.
The mayor set up temporary "You have to give a percentage of your
housekeeping at the crime-ravaged cut to the gangs if you want to do
protect in March 1981 after agang war business there."
expo 3j a s ving 1 pep Dead in. Despite this activity, White says gun
three hronths: Byrne vowed to remain battles have subsided since the mayor's
a Cabrini-Green resident- until the move. "We are not hearing gun. shots
frequent shootings stopped and peace at night."
was restored. Gangs apparently have traded guns
THREE WEEKS later, saying 'crime for baseball bats since the police
is almost zilch": at Cabrini, she retur- crackdown at Cabrini, he said. "If you.
ned to her posh righ-rise apartment on get caught with a gun or knife, off to the
the city's Gold Coast. police you go."
A year later, many Cabrini residents . Gang members caught with a
say the presence of police and the baseball bat, he added simply claim,
mayor - who last visited the project in "I'm going to play ball."
December - brought a brief respite WILLIE CONERLY, a Cabrini
from the bullets, the - gangs, the resident for 24 years, agrees that the
terrorizing of residents, but the days of shooting has subsided since Byrne's
fear never disappeared. move. "There was a time you could
Others disagree. Some community
officials and police say the mayor's
stay at Cabrini sparked a turnaround in Those in advanced states of famis
'the community and life is now better for Will f hune pas m ai
the 13,600 residents of the 26 high-rise Will find hunger pains magically
and 55 row houses that make up the When they dine at the Leagu
near north side project. Yet, no wallet fatigue
"LIFE HAS improved 100 percent," 'Cause the prices are never outlan
said Cmdr. Dominic Rizzi, head of the E.G
police division's public housing force.
"I think Cabrini-Green is the safest -heMich
development in the city." He cited a 60
percent drop in crime there form last L OLJ Next to Hill Auditors
May to January. Located in the heart of the cam
* et, even those who believe a change it s the heart of the campus
4as occurred say fear and gangs
r main facts of life.
i;!I'd say fear is our biggest enemy,"
Rizzi said. "Unfortunately, fear is a
very real thing.".
R izzi and state Rep. Jesse White say
gang activity has diminished. "We still F A B U LC
have gangs over there," White said.
?There are no ifs, ands, or buts about
that. The kids are intimidated by some
*K these young men."
,THEIR MOTHERS are not immune
Lither, said White, who lives a few
blocks from the project. A gang mem-
ber, he said, may tell a mother of a
teen-age boy that if she pays $2 a week,
her son won't be harmed.
Some mothers who are afraid they
can't make "protection payments"
send their sons to live with relatives in
the South, he said.
-'Cabrini gangs, White said, have cer-
ta in buildings as their turf. "They say .
hardly walk down the street for fear of
being shot from a window," she said.
"Now they're using bats more than
guns. We just had a 14-year-old killed
with a baseball bat."
"The gangs don't make it a secret,"
she said. "They put out a message
they're going to get you. Most people
don't want to get involved."
Cora Moore, another Cabrini
resident, said there's a fear if you
testify against a criminal, he'll be'back
the next day to "terrorize your family."
"I DON'T see anything that's im-
proved," said Moore, a 20-year Cabrini
resident. "and there's not, as much
police as there used to be."
"People today are probably seeing
less police now," Rizzi acknowledges.
"We don't have the same crime
problem."
When the mayor moved into Cabrini,
police increased patrols and a special
unit patrolled the area on foot. Rizzi
said crime statistics show the effort
paid cff.
Compared with 11 murders in the fir-
st three months of 1981, only two have
been reported in the same period-this
year, he said. Other crimes, such as
rapes and aggravated battery, fell from
217 in the first two months of 1981 to 114
in the same period in 1982, he added.
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