PRINTER'S NO. 2459
No. 189 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, DININNI, PISTELLA, PERZEL, FAIRCHILD,
NOYE, YANDRISEVITS, BIRMELIN, WAMBACH, BARLEY, VROON, NAILOR,
KOSINSKI, FARGO, BUSH, DIETTERICK, J. L. WRIGHT, SCHULER,
MARSICO, COLAIZZO, DeWEESE, FOX, TRELLO, HERMAN, BUNT,
JOHNSON, GRUPPO, RAYMOND, CARLSON, MORRIS, HASAY, ROBINSON,
LASHINGER, TIGUE, GEIST, BORTNER, LAUGHLIN, PITTS, COWELL,
SAURMAN, HERSHEY, RICHARDSON, McNALLY, TANGRETTI,
E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, B. SMITH, McHALE, LEH, NAHILL, VEON,
HESS, MAINE, JAMES, McCALL, CORRIGAN, PESCI, MELIO,
J. H. CLARK AND TELEK, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989
A RESOLUTION
1 Praising Marine Lieutenant Colonel William R. Higgins for his
2 courage and sacrifice for his country; and condemning the
3 terrorists who brutally took his life.
4 WHEREAS, On February 17, 1988, Marine Lieutenant Colonel
5 William R. Higgins, head of an observer team attached to the
6 United Nations peacekeeping force in South Lebanon, was
7 kidnapped by terrorists; and
8 WHEREAS, On July 31, 1989, the captors of Lieutenant Colonel
9 Higgins announced that he had been hanged and released a macabre
10 display of pictures showing that he had, indeed, been killed;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Higgins was a man of outstanding
13 courage and character with a distinguished background in the
14 Marine Corps and well worthy of our admiration and respect; and
1 WHEREAS, The barbaric actions of these terrorists are
2 repulsive to all of us; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
4 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pause in its deliberations to
5 salute Marine Lieutenant Colonel William R. Higgins, recognizing
6 his supreme sacrifice for our country, and express its feeling
7 of repulsion for the terrorists who so atrociously took his
8 life; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives express its
10 condolences to Lieutenant Colonel Higgins' widow, Major Robin
11 Higgins.
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