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Saboteurs executed in Iran I
TKIIKAN. IRAN -An Iranian firing squad yesterday tj
executed four alleged saboteurs, one of them a woman, |j
after they were convicted in a string of bombings and
attacks of officials in Iran's oil-rich southwest, Tehran
Radio reported. Iranian authorities charged they had
been trained in Iraq.
The Revolutionary Court of Khuzestan province
handed down the sentence Wednesday, the same day
that six persons were killed and 31 others were injured
in the latest attack in the province, a bombing in the
refinery City of Abadan, on the Iraq border.
Iran and Iraq are locked in a tense border con
frontation, but the government radio did not say immediately
whether Wednesday's bombing, which
destroyed several shops, was believed to be the work of
supporters of Iraq.
Ayatollah Kuhollah Khomeini's revolutionary
regime has repeatedly accused Iraq of fomenting
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Guerillas to free 3 more
BOGOTA, CO! 'MBIA -Guerrillas holding U. S.
Ambassador Diego Asencio and 19 others for nearly
two months said they will free three more hostages
Saturday, but negotiations for the release of the rest
are at an apparent standstill.
The Movement 19 Guerrillas, in statements reported
by Bogota newspapers and magazines this week,
volunteered to release three hostages from the
Dominican Republic Embassy on April 19, the 10th
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The Guerrillas did not say which hostages will be
freed, but the El Siglo newspaper named as likely
candidates Haitian Ambassador Luis Leonardo Pierre,
reportedly troubled by an ailing stomach, and Papal
Nuncio Monsignor Angelo Accibi. H
Refugees robbed in Cuba I
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA-A third planeload of 157
Cuban refugees from the Peruvian Embassy in
Havana arrived yesterday and some of them claimed
they were heckled, mobbed and robbed by supporters
of President Fidel Castro before they left.
The refugees said about 150 Castro supporters insulted
and mobbed them when they arrived at
Havanna's Jose Marti Airport at 3 a.m. for the flight to
San Jose, robbing most of them of their personal
belongings.
"They took away all our suitcases, from everyone.
They even took away our wristwatches," said Gilberto
Puig. 30. Referring to conditions in Cuba, he added:
"This is not just 10,000 people in the Peruvian Embassy,
but all the Cuban people angry at Castro."
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Costa Rican immigration and taken to the former [j
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WASHINGTON -Israeli Prime Minister Menachem
Begin says his talks with President Carter produced, in
addition to agreement for marathon [negotiations on
self-government for 1.2 million Palestinian Arabs,
''some progress" toward easing Israel's security
concerns.
Hut while apparently only proceduarl agreements
were reached in Carter's matching summits with
Sadat and Begin, the Israeli leader told reporters
Wednesday, "Some progress was made, indeed,'' on
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Ali Holmes to fight for title
BEVERLY II ILLS, CALIF. -Muhammad Ali,
overweight, out of shape and 38 years old, said pride is
the reason he's coming out of retirement to fight Larry
Holmes.
"The main reason is pride, to be the only four-time
world champion after I'm already the only three-time
world champion," he explained with Ali-esque logic
Wednesday after announcing an agreement to meet
Holmes for the World Boxing Council heavyweight
title.
The agreement calls for the $10 million fight to be
held July 11 in Brazil at Rio de Janiero's 165,000
capacity Maracana Stadium.
Radner may leave series ,
NEW YORK -Another member of NBC-TV's
"Saturday Night Live" cast may be on the verge of j!
leaving the DODular comedv series. h
Gilda Radner, who has gained renown with her
characters of Roseanne Roseannadanna, Emily Litella
and Babwa Wawa, is reportedly considering leaving
the show when her five-year contract expires at the end
of May.
Asked what she would do when her contract expires,
Miss Radner replied: "Actually, I don't know what I'll
do. I was thinking I might open a mall. But, if I had ?
some time off it wouldn't hurt."
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Arthur Ashe retires
SAN FRANCISCO -"For everything there is a
season," says 36-year-old Arthur Ashe, retiring after a
reign as the first black to win a major men's tennis
tournament.
Ashe, who has been one of the best known tennis ]
personalities for more than a decade, said he is quit- ]
ting "because it is time. Health is a factor, but that's
not the only reason."
Ashe, who suffered a heart attack last July 31 and
underwent quadruple bypass surgery in December,
was back practicing tennis lightly within weeks after
the surgery.
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COLUMBIA -Dr. George Graham said Wednesday
he plans to stop the growth of the GOP party's debts,
now at some $57,000, but not at the expense of progress.
"The party's financial situation is serious but it's not
critical,'' Graham* told a news conference at party
headquarters. "The only way to save the patient is to
stop the bleeding."
The Spartanburg oral surgeon said he will meet with
the GOP staff and determine what can be done to keep
the financial burden from growing.
"I'm not coming down here with a meat ax approach,"
Graham said. "I plan to continue the
programs that this office has under way," which includes
recruiting candidates and setting up efforts to
get them elected.
"That will be my top priority as it was under the
previous chairman," Dan Ross of Blackville, he added.
Cadets approve reforms
CHARLESTON -Most Citadel cadets will approve of
changes in the plebe system once they are in effect, but
the reforms may not have the desired effect, a cadet
leader said yesterday.
Cadet Capt. Arthur B. Stubbs, of Cheraw, S C., said
although the military college's officials believe the
changes will help improve freshman grades, "I don't
feel it's going to be used toward academics but for
something else."
"The reason the freshman grade average is so low is
due to previous educational experience, or lack of it,
and not the plebe system here at the Citadel," added
Stubbs, the cadet religious officer.
He also said the school's officials had failed to
communicate their ideas to the cadets. "As a result,
they feel their opinion is not wanted," the cadet said.
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bridge needs repidcement
CHARLESTON -A new bridge to replace the Grace
Memorial Bridge over the Cooper River at Charleston
will be needed in 10 years. But the State Department of
Highways and Public Transportation says there is no
state money for the project.
The present span is scheduled for $2 million in
repairs that will keep it usable for the next decade.
After that a new structure, estimated to cost $80
million, will have to be built the department says.
State officials say that, because there are no state
matching funds for federal monies to build the bridge,
tolls ranging from 80 cents to $1.60 are being conciHiiroH
But that idea has drawn opposition from local
government officials. Wilfred E. Lipman, mayor of
Sullivan's Island, is proposing the State Ports
Authority finance the bridge.
He said residents of those areas east of Charleston
who would use the bridge already pay high property
taxes.
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