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Hostage issue postponed TEHRAN, Iran ? An Iranian diplomat who met with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said Wednesday the U.S. Embassy hostage issue will not be resolved before May IS. He said he was told the Americans' fate will not be a "priority" item on the agenda of the new Iranian Parliament. At the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands, the United States charged that the Moslem militants holding the embassy had treated their American captives harshly during the first weeks of the takeover. In one instance, it was alleged, a militant pointed a pistol at a woman hostage and pulled the trigger repeatedly, Russian roulette-style. The 50 Americans at the embassy are spending their 139th day in captivity, and Iran's ambassador to Kuwait, Ali Shams Ardakani, said they face at least 67 more days in the hands of their young captors. Leftists lessen demands BOGOTA, Colombia ? The guerrillas holding 32 hostages at the Dominican Republic's Embassy for more than three weeks scaled down their demand for the release of jailed leftists from 215 to 28 but the government still said it would free no one. TV/fimion?nrfA I \/qrrfac cuiH in a 1* U1 Clgll lViUUOlV.i VI IMV V UI UUIV4 IK M broadcast Tuesday that the guerrillas sent the government a "non-negotiable" list of 28 prisoners whose freedom was demanded in exchange for the diplomats and others now starting their 24th day of captivity. But he reiterated that the government would not free anyone because that would violate the constitution. A local magazine said the leader of the embassy ' guerrillas told it by phone: "We will leave with them (the prisoners) or we will leave for the cemetery." The hostages include U.S. Ambassador Diego Aqpnoin and iftnthnr fnrpien dinlnmats Franco aide nearly killed MADRID, Spain ? A top aide to the late dictator Francisco Franco narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Tuesday when a bomb exploded a short distance from him outside his downtown Madrid home. His escort was killed. ronce saia we doitid, wnicn naa oeen piacea under the seat of a motorbike, exploded about 10 yards from Gen. Fernando Esquivias, a supply officer and former aide-de-camp to Franco, as he walked toward his car. His driver and one of his aides also escaped serious injury. But police said Esquivias' armed escort, Pvt. Jose Ramirez, 19, who was walking a few yards ahead of the general and was closer to the motorbike, was killed instantly. He was the 30th person to die as a result of :? c?i- .? r? iu:_ ici i ui lain in o)miii ?u icii mis year. Japanese fight inflation TOKYO ? Warning that "the price situation has now entered an extremely serious stage," the Japanese government has announced a new anti-inflation nil II CTO Hocifjnofl fA raplwnin -J ? ? 1 r r vivu.gnvu w ivouaiii uvciaii uciuauu ior months to come. The program calls for controls on public works spending, closer surveillance on price movements, release of commodity stockpiles to ease prices and maintenance of tight money. The package represented an apparent departure * from the policy the government has pursued to date of placing equal emphasis on inflation control and economic growth. Hanging out ii ,.t \ v * 'V" v2 The amazing spider man f| was caught patroling the i'&_ ,L it:. area arouna oiitt # li Apartments. . NmiUN Begin, Sadat to return WASHINGTON ? Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt will visit Washington for separate talks with President Carter in April, White House officials announced Wednesday. White House press secretary Jody Kowen, announcing the new move in the bogged-down talks over Palestinian autonomy, said the dates for the meetings had not been set. Powell said the Israeli and Egyptian leaders would visit Washington "to review the progress and pace of autonomy negotiations for the West Bank and Gaza." "The negotiations are being conducted in accordance with the principles of the Camp David ac' * i..U? fU/\ fliM/vn cirfnArl i n Cnrvl om Knr VJUIU, 1VII11II II1C nil uc icauci o oigiitu in 1978, Powell said. Reactor may not reopen flARKISBURG, Pa. ? It's likely the Three Mile Island nuclear plant may never reopen because of mounting expenses and public pressure, an electrical engineer told the Public Utility Commission on WednesdaV Robert Parente is a consultant with Theodore Barry & Associates, which the PUC hired to do a 10 month management audit of General Public Utilities. GPU owns the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, site of the nation's worst commercial nuclear power accident last March. Parente said GPU has underestimated the cost of cleaning up the reactor damaged last March. He said it could cost well over $1 billion to clean up and restore the crippled unit. He emphasized no one has been inside the reactor building vet so it's been impossible to assess the damage. ' "Within the limitations of that," he said, "in my view the most likely outcome is for it never to return to service but for it to be decommissioned." Breast-feeder wins suit NKW YORK ? A Long Island woman's three-year battle over the right to breast-feed at a public swimming pool has ended with a $7,500 out-of-court settlement. Although she originally had sued for $500,000 in J ? r? I rv li? _ a. uamages, uaruara uamon, ?5<?, 01 Mineoia, saia me suit was more a fight against government intervention and for women's rights. Damon was ejected from the Williston Park town swimming pool in 1977 for publicly breast-feeding her then 2^-month-old son, Michael. Her $85 family pool membership was also revoked. The village board of Williston and Mrs. Damon reached the out-of-court agreement Tuesday after a two-day hearing in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. In addition to the money, the agreement states that the village will also construct a canopied structure with an unobstructed view of the kiddie pool where infants can be breast or bottle-fed. >?^ .ii? Kj?overnment willed mone^ i PITTSBURGH ? Raymond Spetz, who died in 1978 at the age of 78, has remembered the United States in his will ? a thought worth more than $145,500. A check from the estate of the Erie, Pa., tavern owner was issued to the federal government last week, assistant U.S. Attorney Joel B. Strauss said Tuesday. The money will go into the general fund. "I know of no other incident where this office has become involved with the receipt of a gift of this character," said Strauss. __ '* ; 1 STRTE J Youth was not lynched , CHESTER ? Golden Frinks, a civil rights leader who organized several protests over the alleged lyn ching of a black youth, said Tuesday he was wrong and that the youth, Mickey McClinton, was not lynched. "The Southern Christian Leadership Conference apologizes to the state of South Carolina and to the County of Chester for their imposition," and for the accusation that the youth was sexually mutilated, Frinkssaid. Frinks organized the protests, including a 55-mile marcn 10 me t>iaie nouse in v.oiumoia lasi tan, because, he said, McClinton had been lynched for dating a white girl. State and local law enforcement authorities said they were unable to find any racial overtones in the 18-yearold textile worker's death and were unable to find any white girl who had dated him. "I will leave South Carolina," Frinks said. 4,I think the people of South Carolina will appreciate such an admission from me." Ml Kf a/piq n^nlinp-nt I v 1 \S V-/ v sj i i vj i i i i i CHARLESTON ? The widower of a woman whose death was ruled a result of negligence by the Medical University of South Carolina and a staff physician sajys he will appeal a jury's $100,000 award. A common pleas jury made the award to Leonard Moultrie Tuesday after finding Dr. John D. Thomas and MUSC responsible for the 1978 death of Moultrie's wife, Sandra Deas Moultrie. Thomas also plans to appeal the verdict. The jury deliberated more than eight hours Monday and Tuesday before reaching a decision in the Moultrie suit. Testimony in the case indicated that Mrs. Moultrie laosed into a coma after her oxveen was mistakonlv . a - ^ U y turned off while undergoing ear surgery Sept. 21, 1978. She died three weeks later. Bell increase challenged COLUMBIA ? The Public Service Commission has until early April to decide if it will rescind part of a $21 million rate increase it approved for Southern Bell Telephone Co. earlier this month. . Consumer Advocate Irvin D. "Pete" Parker is SPPkint? a O 4 million rpHnptinn in tho innroa&o authorized by the commission March 5. Parker contends the commission erred by placing too large a percentage of the hike in the basic monthly service rate charged residential customers and by including an $11.5 million allowance working capital in the rate base. The PSC must decide o .rker's petition within 20 days. If the PSC refuses the request, Parker could then go to court. K. i i i it iNewiyweds murdered HAN AH AN ? Authorities continued their investigation yesterday into the slayings of a newly wed /couple who were found shot to death in their mobile home. The bodies of Roger Utley, 21, and his wife Kathy, 18, were found Wednesday morning by a neighbor who went to see why Mrs. Utley had not shown up foi4 work. Berkeley County Coroner William Smith said Utley's body was in the living room, while his wife's bodv was in a bedroom. Smith said Utley had been shot in the back of the head and between the eyes. Mrs. Utley was shot in the face. The couple had been married about a month. Authorities believe the two were shot with a .22caliber pistol, but no weapon has been found. * & ' V^f' - - R)l .?<> x.%- . ' ". |jj^^ t ' " h-^S" J7'~: ' ! ^N^mrLSH^LAK :>r' , .*?:. ... yA jy,,.fJ