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ukvi-b?i pb iiunkw Hostage's mother in Iran TEHRAN, Iran ? Clutching a copy of the Koran, a A *v*/> hnr orrixrnrl in Tohratl UCIC1 IIII1ICU nuici ivail IIIUUIVI amivu Saturday hoping to see her hostage son. Meanwhile, President Carter said he received reports Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini wants to keep the 50 Americans until after the U.S. presidential election Nov. 4, a year from the day they were captured. As Iran's leaders faced growing international economic pressures, they also had to grapple with a mounting wave of violence on the nation's campuses. It was reported that at least one youth was killed and numerous others were injured in clashes between Moslem and leftist students. The visit by Barbara Timm apparently defied Carter's sanctions against Iran, * which Portugal backed and other U.S. allies are considering. Oil Minister Ali Akbar Moinfar announced today that Iran stopped sending oil to Portugal in retaliation and is discussing selling it to the Soviet Union. Mrs. Timm, of the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek, Wis., is the mother of Marine Sgt. Kevin Hermening. She told reporters on arriving in Tehran, 4<I knew that Kevin felt our presence. Right now, I am very optimistic that we will have an opportunity to see Kevin before we leave Iran." Soviets-attack with gas PESHAWAK, Pakistan ? Refugees from the war in Afghanistan report the Russians have used a variety of gases that caused continuous crying, nausea, tem porary paralysis or loss of consciousness lor as long as four hours. But none of the accounts indicate any of the gases are lethal, as U.S. officials in Washington have suggested. Mohammed Sharif and other Afghan rebels interviewed were in northwest Pakistan 45 miles from the Afghan border said they knew of no one who suffered permanent physical injury from a Soviet gas attack. A 28-year-old farmer turned guerrilla, Sharif said Soviet helicopter gunships dropped red, yellow and green gases in late March on Sukhrod, a town in eastern Afghanistan. "T? lilrA r>onnor kittor " ho C!iul Cnp!]lfin0 in i L UIOICU pvppvi MIVIV1 , nv UM1M, til his native Pushtu through an interpreter. "I could not get air into my lungs and I gagged for what seemed like 10 minutes. Then I passed out and when I woke two hours later I found my leg injured by a shell fragment." ? jbbsb mm mm mmm hmbp hheb nsbb mbb hhh bsb bhm bks bhhb m f Now at Harol l^| with coupon ! uTfe npliriAus Home Co AI 3 PM until 8 PM f| D I I' 1 Choice of 1 meat, 3 home Ol cooked vegetables, hot a I I southern cornbread or nl ,oIs | CI Void after April [STEAKy Open Monday thru Friday 7 AM 9 PIN g HOME OF HAROLD'S FAMOUS STEAK SAf JOrders-To-Go Call 254-6382 ClosedSatimlj'/s >> ..' Su-idavs | 1317 SUMTER STREET, DOWNTOWN CO . rr i I Coach Jim I CARI I For Questions'N'Ans' Russell House Pati April 23, 7:00 p.it Sponsored by Your Student Gc <.<.<.< ( ^ \ * .* . V* A* \ v \ * V,* \fs ^ \ * NOTION Grumbles gets an 'A' SAN MARCOS, Texas ? Jim Bob Grumbles grumbled, grumbled and grumbled about the grade he 1 *ot in an agriculture course at Southwest Texas State Jniversity. The grumbling finally worked, but it took [ 25 years. Grumbles received a "B" from James Elliott in 1955, and he complained that he should have gotten an "A" as he did in his other ag courses. Over the years, Grumbles continued his good-natured grumbling every time he saw Elliott. Grumbles, a research and technical specialist for Dow Chemical in Dallas, saw Elliott again recently. Jim Bob Grumbles, Ph.D., was the main speaker at the 5WT5U Aii-Ag Danquet. Elliott produced the 25-year-old grade book during the banquet and said he had recalculated Grumbles' grade. A mistake had been made; he had an "A" coming. Fever threatens U.S. ATLANTA ? An outbreak of dengue fever has been reported in Tampico, Mexico, and U.S. health officials are worried it could spread to this country. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that causes chills, headache, muscle pains and a rash. Although the disease has proved fatal to children in the Far East, it has caused no deaths in the Western Hemisphere. The last major outbreak of dengue fever in this country occurred in 1922 in the southwest, the national Center for Disease Control said Friday. Tampico is a Gulf Coast city about 300 miles south of the border. Teamsters delay decision WASHINGTON ? The nation's biggest union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, won't decide until at least June 1981 whether to rejoin the AFL-CIO. The Teamsters, with 2 million members, said Fridav that the union's executive board has decided to put the issue of whether to roaffiliate with the AFL-CIO to the total membership. The Teamsters were expelled from the AFL-CIO on corruption charges in 1957. But earlier this year Lane Kirkland, the new president of the AFLCIO, invited the union back. There had been speculation that the Teamsters would rejoin the AFLCIO before the end of 1980. Former AFL-CIO President George Meany, who died in January, opposed letting the Teamsters back into the federation. --"l ? s | | You are oking J1 LOVEsS 0~ jlj WITH f 11 and mi jo, 1980 | jg dwich | ]g ' IIKAUIA b '<^> fjlh .EN I J? j;S Presented by The A/ers Ik _ Ik Live in Carolim k "R perfarrr g for it has r vernment Ff?e7p.m. R| ?i LoflMMfloweoflooQumoc Justice Dept. sues S.C. COLUMBIA ? The way state senators are chosen in South Carolina is under fire from the federal government in its first statewide voting dilution suit in the 15 years since the Voting Rights Act was passed. The Justice Department, noting South Carolina is the only southern state covered by the law without a black state senator, sued in U.S. District Court in Columbia on Friday, charging Senate selection procedures are racially discriminatory and should be changed. The suit asks the period for candidates to seek seats in the 46-member. all-white Senate be reopened. The filing period for this year's primaries ended March 30. The special attorney hired by the Senate to defend itself in another, similar suit, said Friday, "We're concerned the Justice Department chose to wait until the filing period had closed" to bring its suit." Randall G. Bell called the request unreasonable. Iranian suit dropped COLUMBIA ? The attorney for the wife of one of the American hostages in Iran has dropped plans to sue the U.S. government in connection with the takeover of the U.O. i^UlUCldd^ 111 x^llldll. J. Leeds Barroll said he decided not to file the suit after President Carter announced plans to freeze Iranian a^ets to pay reparations to families of the hostages. Barroll had said Thursday he would amend a $1 billion suit he has already filed against the Iranian government to include the United States. He is representing Angela Belk of West Columbia, whose husband, William Belk, is among the hostages being held at the embassy. The suit seeks damages for kidnapping, false imprisonment and mental distress. County elections unfair COLUMBIA ? A federal district judge has ruled that the method of electing the Edgefield County Council is unconstitutional because it dilutes the black vote. In an order filed last week, Judge Robert F. Chapman also enjoined the county from holding elections j until a constitutional method is adopted. The elections II ?uor?c^hpHiilpf1 fnr .lunp [Chapman's ruling came in response to a suit filed in 1974 challenging the current at-large voting method. Testimony was taken in the case in November 1975. invited in attend: S weet and Sour 1 1ELEN HAYES 1 WRICE EVANS 1 ? University of South Carolina <3 c\ Coliseum 7 pm April 24 H iance to be treasured f| never been duplicated." ? pril 24 Carolina Coliseum g