The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, June 3, 1
AP Photo
A GROUP OF CUBAN refugees rush to the main gate of the Fort Chaffee, to a nearby highway, but were chased back to the gate by police.
Ark., relocation center Monday as rioting breaks out. Many refugees made it
Troops ordered to refugee site
From APandUPI
FORT CHAFFEE, Ark. - A con-
tingent of 1,400 Army troops was or-
dered to this seething Cuban refugee
relocation center yesterday, as
President Carter called for tighter
security to curtail rioting.
The White House ,also announced the
arrests of t about three dozen
"ringleaders" believed responsible for
Sunday distrubances, in which state
police fired toward hundreds of rock-
throwing refugees, four buildings bur-
ned, five Cubans were hit by gunshots
and 15 troopers were injured.
WITH ABOUT 18,000 Cubans who fled
their homeland in a flotilla of small
boats waiting to be processed at Fort
Chaffee, tension has been building. The
refugees claim they are being un-
necessarily detained by red tape, and
some officials say they weren't
prepared to handle such a crush. About
1,000 refugees have been processed
here so far.
There have been several noisy
protests and attempted break-outs.
The worst came Sunday evening
when three buildings at the fort were
destroyed and a fourth, a mess hall,
was heavily damaged by fires set by
angry Cubans who roamed in bands
through the compound after security
forces repulsed a breakout.
RELATIVELY LITTLE trouble has
been reported at several other centers
set up around the country to handle the
almost 95,000 refugees who have
arrived from Cuba in the past six
weeks.
White House press secretary Jody
Powell said military security personnel
at Chaffee had been increased from 600
to 2,000 on Carter's orders.
In Key West, Fla., there was a
resurgence of the Cuban exodus, when
at least 66 boats-set out for Florida in
rough seas yesterday. Included in the
exodus was a freighter carrying an
estimated 2,000 to 3,000 refugees.
U.S. REP. ROBERT Davis, (R-
It is said that the tradition of the
Christmas creche or manger
originated with Saint Francis of Assisi
in the 13th century.
Mich.), said yesterday in Washington
the United States "must stop the flow
temporarily" of Ctban refugees.
"If a person from a communist coun-
trywants to flee to a democratic nation,
I feel he should have every opportunity
to do so," Davis said.
"But for the United States to bear the
entire burden of that inflow is just too
much for our country to handle at this
time."
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