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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1977)
di!ly Rcbrssk&n fdd:y, rrcrch 13, 1377 4 W J t fen 4 .-. J pep 4 Royal deal causes U.S.-English flurry The disclosure that tha CIA has purchased the Queen of England caused a mM flurry on both sides of the Atlantic. President Carter said he saw nothing "illegal or im moral" about the deal. And the Queen, herself, told News week magazine she felt the entire transaction was in keep ing with "the spirit of hands across the sea." The $100-mi!lion package includes Prince Philip and Princess Margaret, "Actually," the Prince said, "I'm look ing forward very much to living in a country where royalty is really appreciated." The Princess was not avail able for comment. The sale is expected to be of great help to financially pressed Great Britain. She was a good Queen and 111 miss her for a fact," an unemployed drayman said cheerily over his pint of bitter. "But wait till those Yanks-get wind of the upkeep." Some grumbling There was some grumbling, however, on Capitol Hill. "Instead," one senator Said querulously, "we should e bought that cute little Russian gymnast, Qlga Whatshername, and her cute little ." White House Press Secretary Jody Powell, in an attempt to quash such criticism, noted that the Queen was "probably the finest queen in the world." He said that while America had a plethora of female gymnasts, until now it has never had a single queen. innocent bystander Under present plans, he said, the Queen would "do what she does best" - presiding at rden parties, attend ing horse noes and presenting bouquets to starving coal miners, "Somebody has to take on the drudgery of pomp and protocol around here " Powell said. We think shell make a very valuable addition to our team." . - . . " A spokesman for the CIA vigorously defended the $100 million purchase price. "No one objected when we paid $20 million for a two-bit Arabian king," he said. "With the prices of leaders these days, the Queen's a sisal." He adamantly declined comment on rumors that the CIA was currently negotiating with Red China to swap the entire Kuomintang Party on Taiwan for Chairman Hua, the Gang of Four, two utility clean-up men and an undis closed sum of cash. ' Although the President, himself, has certified such transactions to be both legal and proper, the CIA still attempts to swathe them in secrecy. . One reason may lie in the recent odd behavior of ' Leonid Brezhnev, who emerged from his new villa on the Black Sea, climbed into his new Rolls Royce Silver Cloud tipped his new Ilomburg to reporters, and announced the release of all Soviet dissidents, Jews and nuclear secrets. That was two weeks ago. He hasn't been seen since. (Copyright Chronid Pi&ilsfMng Co. 1377) -mi mi M .iiiub..,. mmm,t hi MMimimiiiiiMiMiMi jii Ol iCICll Student issues'merit concsrrv 7 When the NU Board of Regents meets Saturday, most students will be out of town. It is likely that the student fee increase will be voted on by the regents at their monthly meeting in May. Most students will be gone for the summer. Saturday the regents are discussing a tuition rate increase for courses in the Di vision of Con tinuing Studies and changes in the disciplinary code for the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The resents probably will discuss the expansion of Memorial Stadium, also, Most likely, the stadium expansion debate will be the most lengthy. Wednesday the Nebraska Legislature engaged in lengthy debate concerning a bill to name the Sports Complex after UNL Athletic Director Bob Devaney. The bill drew much discussion, caused one senator to walk out and several others to chide their fellow members for the time con sumed on the bill. Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers said the state places too much emphasis on football. The regents put this amount of emphasis on the sport at their meetings. . , At the last regents meeting, the Memorial Stadium expansion received the most comment from the regents. We hope that matters of student fees, tuition increases and disciplinary codes receive the amount of discussion they deserve. But students must show the concern also. Per , haps regents arrange their meetings when students are out of town because few students attend anyway. . ASUN President Bill Mueller probably will explain the ASUN election postponement to the board tomorrow, also. This is a topic that also merits serious concern by the board. Because Mueller is part of the controversy in this case, he has biases toward one side. We hope he will express both sides of the case to the regents. P3 til l 1 1 Ji 5 i i "Wi 8 " A 0m 0 m WOLEtXE! uoss. cross carmine in vmsi m m a unman 'terrorism Tashington was delivered from terrorism at 1 :47 last Friday morning. Policemen, diplomats, psychiatrists, all pbyed over their heads for 39 hours tad saved more than 1 00 lives. It was class all the way. Now comes the eras. The shaken hostages, the fearful town, the relieved officials' read with horror the morning after that movie dom had, in its infinite grossness, decided to bring back the cause of it all. . The show ryust go Mohsmmsd, Messenger of God, which lit the fury of the Ilanafi Muslims, is once again lighting up the screens' of nine theatres in New York and Los Angeles. ashihgton winds Washington's ordeal, its liberation, has been put in its proper, conmerca penpecuve. it was a promotion campaign, which CUxCt cost a dime -just one life, many iiiuries and infinite trauma. . You can just see the ads rcZirg off the drawing beards: :e the morle that almost killsd 130 people in the .ticn s Ccritil. Cf course, zr:X have freedom cf exrtsisn, and t'iZ people must be allowed to see a dreary movie if they want to. Of course, it is in the nature of merchants to make money. But what happened in Washington showed that sometimes if people go beyond their usual impulses, they can perform something like a miracle. The police impulse, for instance, when desperadoes have seized the barricaded property and liken hostage, is to rush the building and "get them out of there." But the Washington police force, under the calm, mature guidance of Chief Maurice Cullinane, swallowed its pride. The police understood that they constituted as much .of a threat t the hostages as their captors. Any signs of force could "hive spelled death to the people they were trying to save. Three Islamic ambassadors took their lives in their hands to help smooth the swollen and hrilamed ego of Ilamaas Khaalis. Tven it was over, a State Dpt. ofildsl mused, "I hope the paradox cf it doesn't escape anyone. Here were three Llamic ambaOadors in the lobby of the B'nai B'rilh build ing, pleading their hearts out for the Jews upstairs. No body is romantic enough to think that the beginnings of a new Middle Eastern understanding might have come out of that bizarre negotiation on Thursday eight. But it cer-tsl-Jy didn't hurt." Early on, the psychiatrists had become aware of Ilha ills' need to appear as a religious world kader. The thr:e ambandsrs, the police, tiie Justin Dept. were all perfectly willing to encourage his fantasy if it meant life for his victims. After the bizarre negotiations, the hedges were re leased, praising not AH ah bat the city police. They were shocked by the news of Khaslis icfcase.'peadlrig a grand jury hearing, Several who had grsntsd intsrviews in the early euphoria cf freedom later franikaSy caHsd reporters and demanded they not appear. They feared reprisals. llohammed. Messenger of God, which was yanked Wednesday when the movie housss were advised of the rage of Khaalis, was immediately rebooked. Mustn't let the grass grow on greed. A morbid public must be served. If it sparks some new catastrophe, that is not Holly wood's worry. Nobody was askfcg thera to bum the film cr even post pone the showing L-defirJtch. They could have waited. That's what the gratifying outcome on Friday morning was all about. It was about waiting. It was about patience, tact, intelligence, sensitivity. It was about doing the decent thing. When the hostages waSced out cf the B'nai BVith, the D&rict Elg. and the Islamic Mssqi Friday morrir.g, the church b:"s rarp, and pcopls f:lt pretty good about the human race. low the rauiic cf the cash rrgtster is being heard again, bringing with it the reminder that for the gross, the gross is all that counts.
