March 23, 1984 (vol. 94, iss. 137) • Page Image 4
…OPINION Page 4 Friday, March 23, 1984 The Michigan Daily U.S. should shelve 'Star Wars' toys By Jonathan Weiss Exactly one year ago today, President Reagan gave his famed "Star Wars" speech, in which he laid the "hope" for a new future, complete with space-based lasers and all those nifty things nobody really understood. Well, the man wasn't kidding around. While energy-beams are still strictly experimental, last January, the Air Force succ...…