{ 4 Page 2-TheMichigan Daily-Sunday, March 17, 1985 U.S. missiles arrive in Bel1gium BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Sixteen U.S.-made cruise missiles arrived at Florennes air base less than three hours after Parliament was told they would be deployed, and the defense minister said yesterday they are now operational. "All I can say is that, in the spirit of the Belgian government's decision to deploy 16 cruises on Belgian soil, the United States can proceed as soon as they are technically ready to do so," a government spokesman said. The U.S. mission at the North Atlan- tic Treaty Organization headquarters at Brussels refused comment. The newspaper said the 16 cruise missiles, the first of 48 to be deployed on Belgian territory, arrived late Friday at the base in Florennes, about 40 miles south of Brussels. "Friday, at 6:26 p.m., a first tran- sport plane landed with the nuclear warheads on board," Defense Minister Freddy Vreven said in a radio interv- iew. A second cargo plane landed four hours lager with "the engines, which means the missiles, on board," he ad- ded. Vreven was asked if the medium range missiles had already been deployed, and he said they are "operational." Both planes, the first of which arrived less than three hours after Prone Minister Wilfried Martens told Parliament that Belgium would deploy the missiles, "arrived directly from the United States," the minister said. , The Florennes air base is 40 miles south of Brussels. Martens announced his government decided to deploy the first 16 missiles "in solidarity with the NATO allies," but the government had delayed a final decision on the action for five years. The prime minister said the remaining 32 rockets scheduled to be placed in Belgium would be deployed in late 1987 if the U.S.-Soviet arms talks that resumed last week in Geneva do not bear fruit. Martens defended the decision, saying the Soviet Union "had continued its deployments of both medium-range nuclear SS-20s as well as other short- range missiles that also threaten Western Europe." He, later said the execution of the government agreement was "in the hands of NATO." "And because U.S. missiles are in- volved, it is of course the U.S. gover- nment that has to carry out the deployment within the framework of the alliance." In Washington, White House spokesman Larry Speaks noted "the steadfastness of the Belgians in keeping with NATO plans despite strong domestic opposition." He said the decision "could have a considerable ef- fect on the arms discussions at Geneva." The missiles arrived two days before an anti-nuclear demonstration was planned in Brussels. Organizers said they expect tens of thousands to march against nuclear arms in Europe. The protest was scheduled well before the government announed it would deploy the missiles.- Belgium's deployment leaves the Netherlands as the only one of the five selected North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries yet to accept the missiles. The alliance agreed in 1979 to deploy 572 cruise and Pershing-2 missiles to Britain, West Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands to balan- ce the buildup of Soviet SS-20 rockets,, which NATO says now totals 414. The first of the missiles arrived in Britain, Italy and West Germany in late 1983. The Dutch government is to decide on the deployment of 48 cruise missiles on Nov. 1. NATO officials expect the Belgian decision will help sway the Dutch vote. IN BRIEF Complied from Associated Press and United Press International reports U S reporter abducted in Beirut BEIRUT, Lebanon - As fears of fighting between the rebel Christian militia and Syria grew, an American journalist was kidnapped in mostly- Moslem west Beirut and 11 more officials were airlifted from the U.S. Em- bassy and taken to Cyprus. Eighteen officials were flown out on Thursday. Three gunmen dragged an American reporter from his car, shoved him into the back seat of another vehicle and sped away yesterday in the third abduction of a foreigner in as many days. Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent and Beirut Bureau chief: for the Associated Press, was taken from his car at gunpoint when he drop- ped off AP photographer Don Nell at his apartment after an early morning tennis game. No group immediately claimed responsibility for kidnapping Anderson, 37, a former U.S. Marine from Loraine, Ohio. Lebanese Shiite Moslems had warned of attacks on Americans if the United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israel raids on southern Lebanon villages. The United States vetoed the resolution Thursday. Reagan flies to Quebec today WASHINGTON - President Reagan flies today to Quebec for two days of talks with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in a personal effort to forge a more harmonious partnership with America's northern neighbor. Disputes that have festered in the past over trade, superpower relations. and acid rain will be dealt with, but are expected to be overshadowed by ex- pressions of hearty goodwilland cooperation between the allies, the world's' two largest trading partners. Reagan, giving an upbeat preview of the visit in his Saturday radio ad-. dress, said he and his wife Nancy were going to Canada "for one simple reason - no other country is more important to the United States." Thetalks between the two men - who share an Irish heritage - have been dubbed "the Shamrock summmit," since they begin on St. Patrick's Day. U.S. officials hint that the harmony may even extend to a vocal note with. the leaders participating in a fendition of Irish tunes at a gala tonight. Quebec City, the capital of Mulroney's home province, is the site of three sessions today and tomorrow between the two leaders. Blacks boycott work and shops RealIrishmen don't drink green beer (Continued from Page 1) a holy day and that's what we were taught. We still go to Mass. Daily: Do the Irish make a bigger deal out of the celebration? F : The Irish don't make a big deal, about it. It's a holy day. P: The Americans make a bigger deal about it. Remember, it's a big country. We make a small hoopla out of it because we're a small country. We only wear the shamrock and a badge. We don't wear the hats, the green clothes, or all the plastic. And our shamrocks are real. We don't use all the noisemakers either. . . And by the way, I hate green. I'd never wear green. My wife won't wear it because it gets me upset. She once bought a green sweater and hasn't worn it since. I'll wear green tonight (for a party at Marrion Inn), but only for a little while. I just can't stand it. Daily: It seems like everyone in the United States joins in the celebration regardless of heritage. How do you feel about this? F: I think it's great. The party would probably run short without everyone. I was at a party at the Sheridan the other night and everyone was there-all dif- ferent races and religions. On St. Patrick's Day, everyone's Irish. Daily: Does the tone of the celebrations here bother you? Are you disturbed by the fact that tlere's a lot of emphasis on drinking and partying? F: Not at all. I think it's a great time. I think they've toned down a great deal since I was a kid in New York. The drinking age was 18 then and lots of kids had a lot to drink. P: No, it's to each his own. If theyr want to drink and celebrate, that's fine. But I think there's a misconception about how the real Irish celebrate it-and by real Irish, I mean those born in Ireland. We drink and eat but we don't get drunk. And we sweat it off with all the dancing. Daily: How do you feel about the stereotypes about Irishmen that say they're drinkers and very stubborn? F: There's nothing worse than a stubborn Irishman. Irish people will not agree with me, of course. They also like to get together and have a good time. They like to drink. During the prohibition at the wakes, they used to hide a bottle in the casket. Then, when they knelt down to the casket, they could take a swig. P: People will play that up. I think the American Irish play that up them- selves. I don't really agree with them. Daily: How cohesive is the Irish community in Ann Arbor? 4 F: There's basically no Irish com- munity here. There are four Irish parishes here, but even there, there's little cohesiveness, P: As far as I know, I'm the only one I can think of. I've never met a real Irishman in Ann Arbor. Daily: How do Irish-Americans dif- fer from the Irish? F: They're not as jovial as they are here. The Irish are more somber. You can hear it in their music, for instance: "Too ra loo ra loo, ra loo ra, too ra loo, ra li" and then there's "Oooooooh Dan- ny Boy." It's a sad sound. But this whole thing is only a guess. It's just based upon a sad sound. But this whole thing is only a guess. It's just based upon my experience in meeting Irish people in New York 25 years ago. Daily: Do you agree with this? P: Not at all. These people (like Foley) don't meet the right people. They don't go to the villages, and the pubs in Ireland-there are the real people. Rock Alike Daily Photo by DAN HABIB Will Carlson, an LSA Sophomore and member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity lip sings as David Bowie Friday night at the Union. The Rock alike com- petition is sponsored by Millions Against Multiple Sclerosis and is part of Michigras. A'THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS WHITE MARKET NABISCO OREOS or DOUBLE STUFF COOKIES 20oz. $1.99 FRESH GROUND BEEF From ground chuck $1.79 ib. to protest bus and gas prices PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa-Tens of thousands of blacks boycotted work and shops yesterday at the start of a three-day "stayaway" to protest increases in bus bares and gasoline prices. Police spokesman Lt. Cecil Vermaak said there were minor incidents of stone throwing and arson, but no major violence in the work stoppage by residents of Port Elizabeth's black townships. At the main entrances to New Brighton, the largest of this Indian Ocean port city's segregated townships, almost no traffic passed through police roadblocks. The few buses that emerged were all but empty. Police barred whites from entering the township. Sipo Hashe, secretary of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organization, which called the boycott, said it was "100 percent successful so far." He and others said it was the first time a protest strike had succeeded on such a scale in industrial, eastern Cape Province. The protest left the downtown white retail area deserted. Hashe said it had given notice to whites "of what we are.going through, that the people are suffering." The stayayay reflected the increasing degree of organizational muscle and skill by black opponents of white-minority rule. Bush arrives in Honduras PALMEROLA, Monduras-Vice President George Bush arrived yester- day for talks with Honduran and U.S. officials pivotal to the Reagan ad- ministration's strategy of countering the threat of communism in Central America. President Roberto Suazo Cordova greeted Bush on arrival with an "abrazo," the traditional Latin American hug, and said, "Honduras shows solidarity with the United States at this dramatic hour to choose between totalitarianism and freedom." Bush and Suazo Cordova, who met during Suazo Cordova's three visits to Washington, are expected to discuss ongoing negotiations for increased U.S. military and economic aid to Honduras and the perceived threat of leftist revolution spreading from Sandonista-ruled Nicaragua. Officials discuss runs on banks CLEVELAND-Gov. Richard Celeste met, with banking officials at Federal Reserve offices yesterday as he and the state's financial leaders sought a way to prevent runs on deposits at state-chartered savings and loan associations. The 71 thrift institutions remained closed yesterday under an executive order declaring a three-day holiday that was issued Friday morning by Celeste. The governor said he acted to give the financial community time to develop a plan to restore confidence in the institutions. Among the possibilities are providing state-chartered institutions with federal deposit insurance or having Ohio's major commercial banks consider taking over the affected S&Ls. 4 609 E. Williams 663-4253 HOURS: 8-6 Mon.- Sat. The National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce has one of the world's largest laboratories for research in RODO TICS There are currently senior positions available at grades 13, 14, and 15 in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, and Me- chanical Engineering. Salaries are competitive and based on pro- fessional experience and accomplishments. ($37,599 - $67,940). These positions are part of the NBS team working to implement in- telligent and flexible robots for a wide variety of applications. 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