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Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1983
The Red and Black
Off the Wire
World
Reagan respects War Powers Act
WASHINGTON (AP t — President Reagan said Tuesday
ne would ask for congressional approval of any sub
stantial expansion in the role of U S troops in Lebanon
and would seek agreement with Congress if he thinks they
must stay for more than 18 months
Reagan gave the assurances to anxious congressional
leaders in a letter designed to calm fears that the ad
ministration may not live up to its end of the compromise
struck with Congress
Those fears were aroused when Secretary of State
* Schultz refused to tell a congressional panel
what the administration plans to do with the troops after
18 months
The compromise, which Reagan said he will sign with
reservations, is scheduled for a vote today or Thursday in
the Senate Majority Leader Howard H Baker Jr R-
Tenn., has predicted it will be approved after a possibly
close vote on a move to reduce the 18-month period
It will then move to the House, where the deeply divided
Democratic majority met in closed session on the issue
Tuesday without reaching agreement.
The compromise recognizes that a timetable for
removal of the troops has been triggered under provisions
of the 1973 War Powers Act because the troops are in a
hostile situation In return for this, it authorizes the ad
ministration to keep the 1.600 Marines at their
peacekeeping posts for up to a year and a half
Nation
Lwngelist Stapleton never lost faith
MINNEAPOLIS ‘ AP' — An evangelist whom Ruth
Carter Stapleton credited for her spiritual awakening 20
years ago said Tuesday she never lost hope that God
would heal her of cancer
In fact, Norman K Elliott said that in a vist with the
sister of former President Carter on Sept 9 and in later
telphone conversations he encouraged Stapleton's faith
even though it was apparent to him she was dying
He said she asked him "Norman, do you think I'm
going to die'’ "’
I looked at her and I said. 'No."' Elliott said. "She
said. I don't, either '
“I would rather lend my weight on the side of optimism
and of hope." Elliott said "It is a terrible thing to over
come when all of the authority figures in your life say.
death To bo alone against that kind of outlook must be
tremendously difficult "
Stapleton, an evangelist and spiritual healer, died of
cancer Monday at her home in Fayetteville. N C She was
54
Elliot and his wife. Marian, of St Paul. Minn , operate
Camps Farthest Out, which conducts religious retreats at
60 U S camps and in many foreign countries
Elliott met Mrs Stapleton at a Camps Farthest Out
retreat in North Carolina in the early 1960s She said later
that she was in a deep depression at the time
"She came up to me and she was filled with anger," he
recalled in a telephone interview from his brother’s home
in Roslindale, Mass
"She said, 'I don't care who you are and I don't believe
any of this stuff
During the week-long camp "she had a change of heart
or whatever you want to call it," he said "She began to
think that maybe she was worth something, that maybe
with the help of God she could come out of her problems ”
He said she began speaking at other retreats, and main
tamed contact with the Elliotts as her ministry grew
"She had a very brilliant mind and she was a very, very
loving person," he said
State
Rodgers will haw his day in court
ATLANTA <AP> — The Georgia Supreme Court has
denied a request from the Georgia Tech Athletic
Association to reconsider an earlier decision refusing to
review a suit filed against the association by former head
football coach Pepper Rodgers
The suit, which Rodgers filed more than three years
ago. was remanded to Pulton County State Court for jury
trial by the Georgia Appeals Court
Georgia Tech appealed to the state's highest court,
which refused Sept 22 to hear the case, clearing the way
for a jury trial, said John Dunlap. Rodger's attorney The
Supreme Court on Monday denied Georgia Tech’s motion
for reconsideration
Rodgers sued Georgia Tech after he was fired in 1980.
contending that he should have been reimbursed for the
fringe benefits he lost with the jot)
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The Comateens: ‘Strew you—We wanna party!’
A review of "Pictures On A Siring," by the
Comaleens Produced by Norman Mighell.
A Virgin Records release
By CHRIS HOFF
Red end Klerk Sieff Writer
In the recent past, the fusion between
black and new music has had a profound
influence on the music scene Bands like the
Thompson Twins and the Tom Tom Club as
well as artists like Thomas Dolby and
Malcom McLaren have found their records
as comfortable on new wave stations as they
would be on black urban radio Even though
you add the electronic wizardry, you still find
one thing in this stuff—pure, unadulterated
funk Now there is one more name that can
be added to the list of these "party" bands:
Comateens
France is a nice place to visit and an even
better place to live It is also where these
guys had to escape to find the popularity they
needed to finally get themselves noticed by a
major record company Comateens were
formed in 1978 in New York where they
labored in the Big Apple's club scene while
gaming little attention from the locals. For
three years the band suffered through the
requisite personnel changes and in 1981
released " Comateens," their debut album,
after signing with a small record label
Although this record was ignored over here,
it established the band with a major
European audience
"Pictures On A String," is the latest at
tempt to find these guys an American
audience Billboard has ushered this record
in by calling it the best black / wave mix,
"since the Thompson Twins' last album "
There is no denying the funk influence is
strong throughout the whole album,
but Comateens may be one up on their con
temporaries with this release
The album starts in with a shorter version
of the single "Get Off My Case.” The longer
dance version has been released fo radio
stations for some time now. This song
displays vintage James Brown-style funk.
This is the first of the new dance / wave
white bands whose arrangements exhibit
this type of influence.
Oliver North handles the guitar with an
incredible passion for Brown's style of R&B
This influence is predominant once again in
Ice Machine." where North's forcefulness
on the guitar is used to steady the rap
monologue that is carried on.
From there the group goes into the self-
titled cut Comateens," This song contains
the most intimate lyrics on the record, which
are helped along with Lyn Byrd's hypnotic
synthesizer arrangements This is also
characteristic of "Uptown," in which the
band finds an almost psychedelic sound
reminiscent of the Ws. The rest of the
album basically demonstrates a funk in
fluence
It is quite evident in the guitar licks
provided by Oliver North (not to be confused
w'ith brother Nic North, who handles the
bass) and producer Norman Mighell, that
the main purpose of "Pictures" is to keep us
all dancing However, on “Cold Eyes,” the
hand shows off a mellow sound with a little
acoustic back-up that makes this song turn
out to be one of the best on the record
Another publication referred to the
Comateens' first album as a celebration of
teenage America "in the most innovative
manner since the Talking Heads ” The same
still holds true for “Pictures” in that it
makes a statement about the youth of
America. All of the three members of this
band were originally from New York City,
and this factor is crucial to understanding
their attitude in songs like "Get Off My
Case,” "Ice Machine,” “Comateens,"
"Uptown" and "The Late Mistake," The
Comateens' image, however, remains clear,
"Screw you—We wanna party!”
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