The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 264, Ed. 1 Monday, September 5, 1983 Page: 3 of 26
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Dallas Koreans Stopped From Burning Flag
A Catholic prieat, the Rev. John to burn a Soviet flag to symbolize
Kim of Dallas, later led the rally their hatred for the Soviet Union.
In prayer Ip Korean. “We’ve oot to do It," he said later.
The United Mates has charged But Newton warned Song that
that a Korean Air Lines Boring anyone caught burning a flag
747 en route from New York to would be charged with violating a
Seoul was downed Wednesday by city ordinance. Police officers
a Soviet missile The crash killed surrounding the crowd were told
206 people. to make arrests if the flags were
An estimated 15,000 Korean- torched.
Americans live In the DaUas-Fort Instead, the rally organizers
Worth area. Song said. About 100 ripped the flap to shreds to the
people attended a similar rally in cheers of the crowd and spread
downtown Fort Worth. them along the ground.
Bong told a police officer at the “They'd charge us with a
Dallas rally, Sgt. J.F. Newton, misdemeanor, so we’ve got to do
that the rally organizers wanted it this way, ’’ Song said.
Jetliner with 306 people aboard. be said represented the Soviet estimated that at toast M0 people,
ln ■SM1 Antonio,^lMto200 About 300 to 400 other Korean- Afghans living in the Dallas-Fort
peoplegathered attheNortheast Amerlcani attended a candlelight Worth area, attended the after
STp.k h^ memorial service Sunday at the noon rally.
^on pak r"* Korean United Methodist Church
Soviet block and use a karate t-g.* Antonio
saraSTS?£££ ■» : more than 500 Murder” and “U.S.S.R. — You
red with yellow Soviet hammer KoreaBi „ Vietnamese, Chinese are the Killer,” and chanted
and sickle emblem on top. gathered at City Hall to burn a slogans in Korean and English
“Let them got to bell, let all the Soviet flag and demand sanctions calling on the U.S. government to
murders go down to hell,” »g«in«t that nation to protest the take "strong action" against the
shouted Pak. killing of the 269 people aboard Soviet Union.
Burn and destroy the the jetliner. “You are murderers, you are
murderers of the world, destroy Henry Song, president of the killers, you are inhumane,” went
the communists, destroy,” he Korean-Amerlcan chapter of one chant. “We want to kill you,
shouted as he smashed the boards the LtOns Club in Dallas, but we can’t”
DALLAS (AP) - Several hun-
dred Korean-Americans, chan-
ting their desire to kill the Soviets
who shot down a South Korean
jumbo jetliner, wife prevented
from burning a Soviet flag and
settled for stomping the shreds of
three homemade banners.
Police told the leaders of the
rally staged Sunday on a plaza in
front of Dallas City Hall if they
burned the flap as planned they
would be arrested for violating a
city ordinance.
The rally was one of several
held ln Texas on Sunday to protest
the shooting down of the civilian
including a small group of
The group waved placards,
with sayings such as “Stop Soviet
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Koreans Across United States Protest Plane Shooting
communists,”, in another part of White House, to the . dent of the Korean He denounced the
shouted Won Pae the city, McDonald’s Jloviet Embassy, American Asociatkm Soviets as “worse
Park as he broke the brother and sistir-in- police said. of Central Florida, at than animals,” while
oodi law were among “There is no reason a rally to Orlando. passershy slowed
At the Georgia those listening as the for what the Russians “They have to pay tor their cars to honk
Capitol in Atlanta, Rev. Mark A. have done,” said what they have horns, wave and
250 demonstrators Leuthold eulogized Jung Su Yang, presi- done
gathered to condemn- the congressman,
the Soviets and who was also presi-
praise McDonald, dent of the John
one of 61 American Birch Society,
victims. Former describing him as
Georgia Gov. Lester “one Who would cry
Maddox told the pro- out to the people and
testers he believes warn them of Judg-
the plane was shot ment, warn them of
down simply because danger
McDonald, a Georgia
Democrat who was
an outspoken foe of marched from
communism, was a Lafayette Park,
across fronff the
ByTffiASSOCIAlTOPWM ly hurt. Demonstra- Five police were stomping three
Five hundred tors called for the ex- slightly Injured in a homemade replicas
demonstrators pulsion of Soviet dip- scuffle to get inside to shreds in front of
stomped on a Soviet lomats and AFL-CIO the mission, but there city hall,
flag in Dallas, leader Land Kirkland were no arrests. No Police told rally
Koreans sang hymns urged that the new Soviet personnel liters that burning
on Boston Common U.S-Soviet grain deal could be seen during the flag would violate
and Atlanta bescrapped
mourners charged
shout support
the disturbance, just a city ordinance.
About 70 chanting a German shepherd At another Texas
that U.S. Rep. Koreans — some dog at the compound rally, up to 200 people
Lawrence McDonald wielding baseball wagging its tail. gathered at a San An-
was “murdered” in bats — stormed the The town of Glen tonio church to watch
nationwide protests Soviet Mission Cove has been trying a black-belt karate
of the reported Soviet Retreat in Glen Cove, to bar Soviets from champion use his
downing of a South N.Y., shoving past using its beaches, hands to smash
Korean jetliner. police and breaking golf courses and ten- boards painted like
The sometimes through iron gates in ntscourts
unruiy demonstra- outrage over Thurs-
ttohs Sunday involv- day’s destruction of of protesters were and sickle. “Burn
ed thousands of peo- the Korean Air Lines prevented from burn- and destroy the
pie and left five jet with 269 people tog a Soviet flag, but murderers of the
police officers slight- aboard. Jttled instead for world, destroy the
Assistance Centers Listed
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which will be open to help area ministration loans,
victims of Hurricane Alicia in-
clude:
Red Ckuns Disaster Center—
Baytown Community Building,
", * 2407 Market, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Federal Emergency daily. Assistance includes
Management Agency Service shelter, food, clothing and
Center — Baytown Community family items. Call the Red
Building, 2407 Market, 9 a.m.-6 Cross at 422-9319 for recorded
p.m. daily. Assistance includes information explaining how to
temporary housing, family get emergency assistance.
the Soviet flag, red
In Dallas, hundreds with a gold hammer
In Washington,
D.C., a crowd of 2,500
passenger.
At Least 60 Wounded
Salvadoran Rebels Attack 3rd Largest City
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BAYTOWN MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITJU.
In other fighting at
least 12 troops and
five guerrillas died,
and there were at
least 10 other govern-
ment soldiers wound-
3rd Infantry Brigade the tide of an ag- rage was a c- risons of the treasury
and other buildings to gressive military companied by an to- police, national
San Miguel - the campaign over the cursion intoAhe city polios and national
reBels’ first major last three months. on all four sides by ^ard located in the
mortar attack on a ci- Guerrilla com- the rebels, the heavily fortified city,
ty. In most instances mander Joaquin destruction of a cof- One shell made a
the guerrillas have Villalobos, talking fee plantation and dirwt hit on a bar-
used automatic over the clandestine three large bridges, racks in the brigade,
rifles, machine guns Radio Venceremos, and the spelling of a tolling six people and
said two hattaltons major, sugar mill wounding 35. Other
from a crack rebel 'south A the city. shells destroyed
military brigade were involv- It began Saturday parts of the bus ter-
ed to the attacks, night, when rebels minal, treasury
with an estimated opened a barrage of police barracks and
81mm and 120mm two private houses,
mortars against the rkilltog two elderly
women.
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SAN MIGUEL, El
Salvador (AP) — Lef-
tist guerrillas
unleashed an ar-
tillery barrage on the
country’s third
largest city and tolled
or wounded at least
60 government troops
in possibly the
heaviest rebel offen-
sive to three months.
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By about 9 a.m.,
fighting was limited
to the sugar mill,
about three miles
south of the city, and
to the center of town'
where rebel snipers
perched on a
belltower and fired at
government troops.
and hand-held rocket
launchers
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No
Fee
Sunday they had ex-
pected such an attack force of 500 guer
for months, because riUas.
rebels want to’ turn
military sources said
at least 80 mortar
rounds fell on the bar-
racks of the army’s
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 264, Ed. 1 Monday, September 5, 1983, newspaper, September 5, 1983; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153794/m1/3/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.