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WORLD
Pentagon denies shooting
TEHRAN, Iran ? Iran claimed two carrier-based
U.S. fighter jets "started to shoot" at an Iranian patrol
plane over the Gulf of Oman yesterday in the First
U.S.-Iranian military confrontation since the
American hostages were seized nearly six months ago.
The Pentagon denied there was any shooting.
In Washington, the Defense Department said. "Two
F-14 aircraft from the aircraft carrier Nimitz made a
routine intercept of an Iranian C-130 aircraft near the
Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. aircraft escorted the
Iranian plane back to Iranian air space. It was a
routine intercept. There was no firing of weapons."
Hirohito celebration
TOKYO ? Emperor Hirotiito's wife gave him an
electric shaver, and 10.000 Japanese thronged the
palace grounds to cheer the world's longest-reigning
monarch on his 79th birthday yesterday.
The emperor waved to the crowd from a palace
balcony along with Empress Nagako, 46-year-old
Crown Prince Akihito and his wife, Princess Michiko.
Four appearances on the balcony were the only
public events scheduled for the monarch on his anniversary.
And plans for any private celebrations were
not announced.
Now in the 55th year of his reign, Hirohito and
Yugoslav President Tito are the last remaining major
national leaders of World War II. The reign is the
longest in Japanese history and now is known as the
Showa, the era of enlightened peace, in honor of
Japan's postwar conversion to a prosperous, peaceful
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Foreign minister not hurt
KUWAIT ? A hail of bullets fired from at least two
cars hit a motorcade carrying Iranian Foreign
Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh yesterday in what app
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no injuries, the Kuwait news agency reported.
Police located two cars used in the attack which were
filled with weapons and explosives, according to an
announcement from the Kuwait Interior Ministry. The
announcement made no mention of any arrests.
Ghotbzadeh, who arrived in Kuwait on Monday, was
being driven to a meeting with Kuwait's ruling emir,
Sheik Jaber Al-Ahmad, at the time of the attack, the
agency said.
It first reported that Ghotbzadeh escaped an
assassination attempt but later said it "appeared" to
be an assassination attempt. Ghotbzadeh's motorcade
continued its iotirnev toward the oalace without fur
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Sanctions threatened
LUXEMBOURG ? Western European leaders
Monday renewed their threat to impose economic
sanctions against Iran on May 17 unless "decisive
progress" is made toward freeing the 53 American
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win the captives' release.
The nine-nation Common Market ended a two-day
summit pledging solidarity with "the government and
people of the United States in their present time of
trial."
The expressions for support came despite
displeasure over the aborted U.S. rescue attempt in
Iran and the resignation Monday of Secretary of State
Cyrus R. Vance, who opposed the mission.
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NATION
Cronkite denies rumor
WASHINGTON ? CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite
flatly denied yesterday that he would consider running
for vice president on a ticket with presidential hopeful
John Anderson.
Cronkite, named in polls as one of the most popular
and highly trusted men in America, was quoted in the
May 3 issue of New Republic magazine as saying he :
would be honored to join Anderson in the 1980
presidential race.
However, in a statement issued through CBS,
Cronkite said: "The New Republic reporter has
misinterpreted our conversation."
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time a political career has been suggested for me and
my answer is the same as it has always been ? not
interested."
Kissinger may sue show
NEW YORK ? Calling it "a hatchet job," former
Secretary of State Henry Kissi nger has threatened to
sue "60 Minutes" if it airs an upcoming segment about
his relationship with the deposed Shah of Iran, CBS
said.
In a statement released Monday, CBS said Kissinger
"reneged" on an agreement to be interviewed by
reporter Dan Rather.
The former Secretary of State was not immediately
available for comment.
"Last Friday," Rather said in a statement of his
own, "Henry Kissinger agreed to be interviewed if I
would postpone the '60 Minutes" segment for one week.
He personally gave me his word. On the basis of his
word, I pulled the segment from Sunday's lineup."
CBS said it planned to air the story May 4, despite
Kissinger's threat to sue.
Cubans invade Florida
KEY WEST. Fla. ? Gov. Bob Graham declared a
I state of emergency in counties struggling to cope with
3,500 Cuban refugees as Coast Guard officials found
dozens of deserted boats and two bodies and feared
more people may have died when a storm hit the
"Freedom Flotilla."
The Immigration and Naturalizaton Service
dispatched 100 more Border Patrol agents to deal with
the sealift and customs agents seized three shrimp
boats Monday, slapping heavy fines on the owners who
brought 507 illegal aliens into the United States.
In Miami, immigration oficials locked ud more than
a dozen Cubans who fellow refugees identified as
criminals, and INS officer Kent Wheeler said there
were signs Cuban President Fidel Castro was ''sending
his incorrigibles."
Sheep dog seeks sex
GREENVILLE, N.C.-The principal topic of conversation
at the Greenville police station today deals
with a sheep dog who isn't the least bit sheepish about
his needs.
It all beean when noliee received a comnlaint earlv
Ithis morning from a woman who claimed the dog was
ringing her doorbell. They responded to the call and
within 15 minutes the dog returned to the scene, got up
on his hind legs and rang the bell.
When officers approached, the dog growled and
barked before running away. At that point the woman
informed officers that her dog, inside the house, was in
heat.
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Radar detects mission
COLUMBIA ? The American rescue mission sent
into Iran last week may have been called off because it
was detected by Russian radar units, The State said
yesterday.
The newspaper quoted an unidentified source "with
access to the White House" as saying the Carter administration
is preparing to reveal that the mission
was complicated by radar sightings in the Soviet Union
and in Israel and that the Soviets warned Iran's
government of the attempt.
The State said its source's information was confirmed
by a second, independent source.
Coach shoots umpire
GREENVILLE ? An umpire was shot to death, a
player badly beaten with a bat and a player-coach
arrested for murder after a disputed call during a
softball game led to a brawl.
i ne umpire, Kaymona l,. uawKins, 52, 01 ureenvnie,
apparently was not the official who made the
questioned call, according to a spokesman for the
Greenville County Sheriff's Department.
Willie Lee Spurgeon, 44, was arrested at his Fountain
Inn home Monday morning and charged with Dawkins'
murder, according to Lt. Earl Barnett. No bond was
set.
According to Barnett, the melee started when an
umpire made a "bad call" and an unidentified man ran
onto the field with a knife.
A shot was fired ? investigators didn't know by
whom ? that struck Spurgeon in the buttocks and split
the seam of his pants. Spurgeon, who was batting,
began firing a .22-caliber pistol with one hand while
holding up his pants with the other.
Ballistics tests showed the bullet which killed
Dawkins was fired from Spurgeon's pistol.
Daufuskie Island unspoiled
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND ? State Sen. James Waddell
warns that Daufuskie Island, one of the few remaining
unspoiled barrier islands, should be careful of 0mmk
development.
"Don't allow the glitter of gold to affect this island,"
the Beaufort Democrat warned hundreds of people
attending the Daufuskie Day festivities Saturday.
The 15,800-acre island already has been selected by a
i group of investors as the site of an exclusive resort.
Waddell, who is chairman of the South Carolina
Coastal council, advised, "Do it right. It doesn't cost
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Council hears charges
CHARLESTON ? The South Carolina Coastal
Council will hear public comment next month on
changes in Folly Beach's application for a $440,000
j grant to control beach erosion.
The council already has agreed to release the money,
part of $600,000 set aside by the state after a bond issue.
But the council reserved the right to approve the
I erosion control plan that would be used at Folly Beach.
The town presented a detailed erosion abatement
plan to the council Feb. 22, but reaction was lukewarm,
and the council delayed a decision so members could
study the proposal.
the application has been changed to put tbburden
of some dune reconstruction on priv2t<i property
owners and divert funds originally earmarked for that
purpose to the repair of 42 groins on the island.
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