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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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TOKYO ? Warning that "the price situation has now
entered an extremely serious stage," the Japanese
government has announced a new anti-inflation
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spending, closer surveillance on price movements,
release of commodity stockpiles to ease prices and
maintenance of tight money.
The package represented an apparent departure
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placing equal emphasis on inflation control and
economic growth.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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