University of Maine at Portland - Reflection / Umpire Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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Portland. Me., Press Herald. Thursday. October 18. 1973 Tank War Peaks Along Canal American Consumer May Feel War By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Special Correspondent The new Arab-Israel war can mean a delayed but painful jolt to the American consumer and perhaps even to his Weal Eu- ropean and Japanese counter- parts. The war’s impact on an al- ready worrisome energy situ- ation depends on whether - And how much — the Arab oil producers want to punish Wash- ington for supporting Israel. Current figures show that Arab oi accounts for about 1.1 million barrels a day of U.S. imports, or only about six per cent of the U.S. daily con- sumption. It is highly unlikely that the Arab nations ever would net in unison to cut of! ali of that. But even what might seem a relatively small cutback would hurt In today’s circumstances. Western thtrs: for oil rises so sharply and rapidly that avail- able statistics tend to fall be- hind the actual situation. But it could easily happen that measures to conserve energy would require rapid and burdensome rationing for the U.S. public, say Industry ex- perts. Several days ago William E. Stmor., chairman of the Presi- dent's Oil Policy Committee, said that if the Uniter States was willing to make an ail out conservation effort it could cut consumption by as much as three million barrels a day. That could be achieved, but not without very severe ratio- ning. says John Licbtblau. an oil economist with tbo Petro- leum industry Research Foun- dation. A petroleum planner who askod to remain anonymous said that without stringent ra- tioning the best that might be accomplished would be a cut of half that much. As of this mooli) the United Stales was importing 6.4 mil- lion barrels of crude and refine- ry products daily, n large chunk cf a daily U.S. con- sumption estimated anywhere between 13 and 17 million bar- rels. The sources of these im- ports arc Iran, Nigeria, Cana- da, Latin America And the Arab producing countries. Recent figures indicate im- ports from Canada al the rale of about 71 mil!ion barrels a month, and LaUn America. 42 million. June figures from the Department of Commerce showed Iran shipping 7.733.0CO barrels a month to the United States and Nigeria. 12.302,COO. The following figures repre- sent the latest available Dc partment of Commerce break- down on Arab oil imports, country-oy-country. These are June figures and thus not up to date, but they terse to give a relative picture of America’s Arab suppliers Saudi Arabia. 13.C30.CX». the biggest US. supplier; Algeria, 4.59S.OXI. Libya. 2,060,000; Ku- wait. 1.332.00), Tunisia. 1.302.0». United Emirates. 393,000; Qatar. 183,000, and Egypt - undoubtedly ro longer available — 731,000 The oil story is complicated. In the 1967 Arab-Isr3el war, the Arabs declared an embar- Krupa: Sticks’ Last Fling By JEFFREY I . ALDERMAN there, a wan skeleton of a man jump - -Drum Boogie. Sttci Jump. Drum Boogie. After NEW YORK (AP) - His batr in what were the last months of you've Gore Then in the sec had turned from jet black to hjs life, ailver gray now, but it was full Krupa flashed his straight and elegantly trimmed. His ex- tooth grin in between gilm |jruin 30 c orvd set. It came. What every- one was waiting for: A Krupa . The crowd seemed to sense the sock v ho’.e night had been bard for Krupa. Perhaps he hadn't K was rough at first, Krupa's i n playing regularly lately: grin didn’t »e«m as cocky as Maybe j vu in u t health. pensive dark suit was impec- chomps end settled m behind cable as always, handkerchief the tubs to adjust In place, pants freshly pressed cymbals, mid wrinkle free. A little French cuff was showing. A handsome man with a dig- when ba played in the 30s'with perhaps TotfT Could’he really nified face, he seemed a stocky Ui« Benny Goodman swing solo? Everyone wanted to find version of Victor Mature. Only tsand. The beat faltered a the gum-chomping jaws told couple of times. Krupa had aP ou he wasn't a successful Wall ways been known for his steady Street lawyer in his early 60s. - .at. There were few of the afraid he But it wouldn’t be Gene Krupa without the gum. It wasn't the Paramount. The Dorse brotbcYs had long since died. His big' bard featuring Roy EMridge and Anita O’Day liad been disassembled when the' band era finally faded. He had formed « trio, but even I hat group was not together any mere Krupa. reported ailing — •«orne fiends said it was em- physema - hadn’t been Flaying much in recent years. But on this Apmmer night of J972, little drumming flashes — Mradiddlcs — he was so fa- mous for. A fan shouted out Gene, play 'Sing, Sing, Sing.' ” Krupa smiled and said ! don't re- member it.” He had not forgot- ten that one; it was his most famous piece, a Benny Good- man band classic which fea- tured Gene's pulsating tom loins. His comment vras an ob- lique admission that he couldn't take on such • vigorous musi- cal trip. But the audier.ee wouldn’t let Krupa1 was on. It was Gere jcat Krupa get away with it Krupa night at Your Father's jhey were with him and Mustache, and the grand mas- Showed it by applauding and ter of dramming wai going to coring after each number, play two full sets. They seemed to breath new life Even though it was a Sunday ;nto a tired man. The beat stea night and the event not much died and the flourishes In- heralded, the fan - men and creased women in their 40s, 50s and 60s were there to hear Gene get !a what would be some of hi final beks oo the trap . The late guitarist Eddie Con- Condon's gravel voice urged him on: Yeah Gene. Yeah Gene.’’ Krupa had been banging or. drums fer over SO years. And don. long a friend of Krupa and he was at it again that night, the man who gave the drum- The old songs poured out mer his first big break, was Massachusetts, Disk Jockey Everyone out; everyone was might stumble. He didn’t. It was slower and shorter than one of his blasts in the 405, but the people knew they wero watching a virtuoso: the man who made drum solas popular no, possible. Before Gene Krupa drums were basic- ally a boring metronome for the band Post-Krupa drums became the driving force of jazz music Gene Krupa Night at Your Father's Mustache was one of the last times Gene played a full night of drumming. He would appear briefly at Louis Armstrong Day at the iNcwport Jazz Festival in New York last summer and get a standing ovatioo. But by then he could barely play for a whole song, much less a whole set. At a special Newport Festival drummers' session, Jo Jones presented Krupa with a scroll honoring his contribution to r. It was signed, Jones said. every drummer of signifi- cance in the United States and «as designed to honor Krupa. suffering from leukemia, while he is still alive.'' Krupa died Tuesday. He was 64 go, but it had little impact be- cause the United States didn't need Arab oil then. Today trere is no spare pro- duction capacity in the United States to speak of, or almost any place else. Arab producers don't want, to Shut off their oil incomes Even a temporary shutdown would hurt and could even damage the Arab war effort that their contributions help finance. A selective embargo seeking to shut off exports :o the United States wouldn't work, either, because transshipment deals could get the oil to America anyway. The most likely action lies In slowdown of production or re- fusal to step it up to meet ever- growing needs. Japan would feel the impact quickly, relying as it does on Middle East Im- ports. So would Western Eu- rope. market for 30 per cert of Arab oil. In turn, pressures would increase cn available nor.-Arab oil supplies. Probably nothing short of an Arab-Israet cease-fire can re- lieve Arab oil regimes of the pressure to do something. If the rulers do act. whatever they do is likely to herald dislocations in the United States and per- haps Europe and Japan as well. To meet an emergency, the United States might try to con- serve by such measures as re- duced highway speed limits, car pools, reduction of airline loads, reduction of healing, air conditioning and lighting ia buildings and similar steps. But experts say voluntary measures on an unpoliced basis could hardly bring achievement of the conservation goal in less than, perhaps, six months. The crunch, meantime, would be immediate. Thoughts Of Man HAPPINESS is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. PROUST

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27 Hie schedule for Creek Week has been revised It row stands u follows: Mon.. Oct IS turn. Oct 16 Sat.. Oct. 20 Sun.. Oct. 21 Mon.. Oct. 22 Tues.. Oct. 23 Wed.. Oct 24 Thun.. Oct 26 Fri., Oct 26 Sat.. Oct. 27 Greek Blood Bank. 9 - S P M Conference Room. Student Union Open Campus Greecer Dance «nth Vito and the Oidsrcobtks. Pancake Breakfast. 10 AH. Greek Care «e, 1:30 P.M. Creek Style Dinner (Cafeteria) Creek Smoker. 8 P.M. Hastings Pormal Mow. 10 Bailey. 8 PH. Torch run from Portland to Gorham 2 P.M. followed by parade from Graffs ins Bonfire at the old soccer field. 8 PH. Greek Skits. 8 P.M., Student Center. BYOB Creaming of Greek God and Goddess. Softball game. 2 P.M., with cider and donut Off rainput dosed Greek Party. 8P.M. Greek Games. 1 P.M. Open Halloween Party at PMD house. 8 P M Parents’ Weekend Eureka!!! ‘Greecer’ Nile TV Fete hen is pmreiosg tlhisf fshue sees ctswh lot tfwdenti isletcsl me ikerr s s kigkly Ifcriy pou M r (km mIIkm fstwet coamts la either (he Pntlaed or Gorkim esmput gymo»- •hum Ort. IT • Carpenters Portland Eapo. Ort. 20 Beck. toga . A AgfMr Bamteflegr Oct 25 Ksk vnh«w Orckestrs mtk Joe Mc o«jhl«i and Cartos Saniaaa RowdotiK oUegt Ort 24 Foghst Pordsad Expo. Oct. 27 - Joe Wafah Coib CoOrgr Ort. 29 Ffertwood Mac Portland t po Ne» 1 Brace Spoopw- iUkcr Crt No». 11 - Edpr heiirr Portland Expo Coming The ftnt parent weekend m the hatory of USM will be sponsored by the Major Weekends Committee on October 27 and 28. Kicking off the weekend artivi, ties will be President Walter Fndin- ger delivering an address in tho Hill Gym on Saturday at 2:00 P.M. There «nil be exhibition of vari- ous activueu dunr the afternoon from 2 to 6 P.M. in the Gorham Student Center Thase nll include an Art Exhibition and Organizataon- al display with refreshment , a Stu- dent Life Exhibition, and a tour of tho USM Radio Station. Then «rill bo an open house in the Industrial Arts building. Stu- dent will be available to present inform it ion and answer questions. At 1 P.M. Saturday there mil be varsity soccer and cross-country meet A modem dance demonstra- tion mil be given in the Hill Gym at 2:16. Dinner «rill be served for students and their parents 4:00 • 6:30 in the Gorham Dining Hall. An Interfaith Serivce in Hasting Formal Lounge is scheduled for 6:30 P.M. Closing out the day’s activates will be performance by fotkunger Sue Brown in the Rafter and a band to be announced in the Boiler Room, both at 9 P.M. Shorn at the South worth Plano- tanum are scheduled for Sunday at 12 and 1 P M. Open houses in the Law Building and the Alumni House mil run from 11:00 3 00. There «rill also be an Art Display, a Greek display, and an Open House at the Radio Station. On Saturday evening. October 20 the Student Activities Board will present Vito and the Oidsmobdc in the Gorham Student Center from 8 to 12 P.M. for a new slant on the traditional grease danor. Thia year, to fit in with Greek Week, any cam- pus organization may submit a con- testant who they feel would best represent a Golden Age Greek Gree- ce!. All names must be submitted to SAB at either Student Union no later than Friday. October 19. Con- testant mil be judged on 1. Originality of dress 2. Best original Greecer dance 3. Porte’ (caparity...) A suitable pnte will be furnished to the winner’?? 19m mil be FREE- to all student with I'MPG I D ‘s and be sure to BYOB '!' Local Concerts Concert Committee Meeting Thursday. October 18. 3:30 PH. Portland Student Union Anyone who can't make this merung- call Art Piteau or you wor t ba on this committee.

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Images From An Earlier War By Smith Hempstone No two wars, even if fought over the same terrain by the same armies, can be identical. There arc subtle alterations in the moods of nations, more advanced weapons are developed, tactics change. But there is a sameness about the way men live at war — and about the way they die that is a common denomina- tor to all conflicts. Indeed, it caa be tru- ly said that when you’ve seen one war. you've seer, them all. Perhaps that is why most wars are fought by very young men. The following may not have beer, the way it was in Sinai, in Jerusalem and cn the Golan Heights in that June six years and more ago when the Israelis routed the Arabs in the Six-Day War. But it is the way it is remembered. Perhaps that is more important. The Desert Beyond the burning sands of Wadi el- Amr and the low, flinty hills of Abu Agcila, where l.avrcnct raided and Al- lenby marched, Egyptian and Israeli ar- mor dueled in a Wagnerian symphony of gunfire. So swift had been the Egyptian withdrawal that there was little ol Use litter which one normally associates with an army in flight At Jcbel L;vr.i and Bir Gifgafa and thfl Mitla pass, where the Israeli fighters caught the Egyptian army jammed into the defiles and gorges, it was different. Shots, weapons, empty canteens, articles of clothing and cartridge belts littered the flinty soil beside hurned-out tanks and wrecked personnel carriers. Tho- Egyptian dead were black and bloated, and if you rolled one over with the toe of your desert boot, the gases in his stom- ach would seem to sigh. There wore Is- raeli soldiers on the battlefield, picking up the weapons, bedouin pilfering the dead and here and there, a skittish Jackal The hot air was heavy with the buuing of flies ar.d scented with the sickly sweet smell of charred flesh. light oo the thick ramparts of the Jorda- nian-held Old City. Another Ware sil- houctled the twin domes of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Firing was heavy from the Israeli en- c'ave of Mount Scopus, to which Israeli paratroopers were trying to break through from the Police School. Away in the distance, a biaia sputtered in the minaret of the Aksa Mosque, not far from the Dome of the Rock, the third most sacred place ta Islam, from which Mohammed ascended into Heaven. Mortar shells were tending with a dull cru.u umpl cn tl Mount of Obves, marching down the hill toward tfcc Gar- den of Gctbse- f mane. Grccadcs a ’nBk j were popping all ; over the city, and H , you could hear the 'jl i sharp, angry stut- 1 ter of macnin- ; eguns. Later they • j I let us enter the A - —Jordanian city through the dclbaum Cate. , m Three Jordanian prisoners, blind- folded, their hands tied behind their backs, sat cross-legged on the floor of the customs shed. The streets were full of exultant Israelis making their way to- ward the remaining rampart of the Sec- ond Temple, which gcnlilcs call the Wail- ing Wall. The prisoners showed no emo- tion. The Heights por.h of Afula, the roads leading to Tel Dan and Tiberius were clogged with Is- raeli military traffic Some of the trucks were battered Arab Legion Fords, deco- rated with captured Jordanian flags draped across the radiators. 3Dd the Is- raeli troops riding in them, fresh from the conquest of the Wc:t Bank, gave ffc? thumbs up signal. They were eager to get at the Syrians on tl:; Gola.i Heights, who had been mortaring the border kib- butam for years. Across the Sea of Galilee, the Golan lay silent and smoking after the Israeli artillery barrages and air strikes. The war had moved across the bridge of Ja- cob's Daughters, through Tel Katsir and around Banias. There were dogfights ia the air over Mt. Hermon, bqt the Syrian war h3d moved toward Kunitra and Damascus, leaving behind it the smell of burning wheat and the faint sound of ragged firing. THE ROAD TO KUNITRA was yellow in the morning light. There was seldom any wind :n the morning in Galilee and the silent road lay smothered ir. dust There were apricot groves in the dis- tance, small herds of black fat-tailed sheep and. far away, the red-tiled roofs of Circassian villages. MOST OF THE CIVILIAN population had fled from Kunitra. Those who re- mained were being berded into a com- pound in the center of the shell-blasted town. An Arab who said bo was a school teacher accepted a proffered cigarette. Asked how he felt about things, ho shrugged, took a deep drag on tho ciga- rette and said: ‘There will be another day.” Tho Israeli miliary police shooed us •way from the Syrian prisoners. When ©ur ;ccp pulled away, the school teacher finished the cigarette and snuffed it out on the ground. He was watching impas- sively as we turned Use corner. The Six-Day War was over. What A Relief From Corruption, Dirty Tricks, And Brute Partisanship.’ FROM THE AIR. bumping along over Sinai at a couple of thousand feet in a doorless Israeli Dakota, it was all merci- fully more impersonal. Too wrecked Egyptian vehicles and jets destroyed on tho ground looked from that altitudo like crushed insects. Even tho masses of Egyptian stragglers, fleeing westward under a white-hot sky toward the sanc- tuary of the Suez Canal, looked ant-like. The dead did not show at all. When the plane dropped down to a lower altitude, you could see the stragg- lers more clearly. Ore dropped to his knees and raised his arms toward the sky ;n «n imploring gesture. Few, you knew, would make it to the canal. Most would die of thirst ar.d tho bedouin would get the rest. It was not that tho Israelis were heartless. Their job was to prevent tho Egyptian armor from es- caping across the canal; it left little time for tho taking of prisoners. Indeed, as the poet said, the Sinai campaign had been a famous victory.” Coing back to Israel by truck, wo passed through Bcersbeba, past the neat mili- tary cemetery where the British dead, killed in Alienby’s “famous victory” over the Turks, slept quietly In ordered rows under a blanket of alien earth. The Gty From the balcony of one's room at the Kir-g David Hotel, one had an armchair view of the battle for Jerusalem. The square tower of the Church of the Dor- mition, marking the legendary site of King David’s tomb and the Last Supper, was burring fitfully, casting a ghostly ‘Our Times’