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Wire r^ponts i y j^^J| Leader appeals for halt GDANSK, POLAND ? Polish strike leader' Lech Walesa has appealed for a temporary halt to the spread of the strikes to give the communist government time to settle the labor crisis. "It is not good to have Poland terrorized," Walesa said. "The people must have food. If we don't get results in tnree to tour days, tnen let tne strikes spread." He said he would go on state radio and television to make his appeal. Walesa, chairman of the Gdansk area Joint Strike Committee, made the announcement at the request of government negotiators in an emotional speech while perched atop a gate at Gdansk's Lenin Shipyards, the unofficial strike headquarters. Dissident sources earlier reported that the work stoppages were continuing to spread beyond the Baltic seaport cities where they began Aug. 14. According to the communist regime's' top negotiator, r the government has agreed to most of the strikers' demands, but progress has yet to be made on the key question of free trade unions. Iranian wants quick decision TEHRAN, IRAN ? A member of the Iranian Parliament called of his fellow deputies yesterday to make "a speedy investigation and decision" on the 52 American hostages, Tehran radio said. The state-run radio quoted Abdolhosleyn Jalali, a representative from Neyshabur province in Northeastern Iran, as telling the Parliament that continuation of the OV icf inft cihiofmn TT C * " vAioung oii.uai.iuii icgaiuiug liic u.O. spy llUSUlgCS WdS not in Iran's interest. Further detail on his appeal, such as whether he favors releasing the Americans, was not available. Parliament has been given responsibility by revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to decide what to do with the hostages, in their 300th day of captivity today. Parliament has set no date for beginning consideration of the issue. Ambassador not injured BEIRUT, LEBANON ? U.S. Ambassador John Gunther Dean escaped unharmed from an assassination atfpmnt hv uniHontifioH crnnmon mlm ..j w u.a>uv?v?avu gullllltll Wilis 111 CU inaclllllf gUIlb and a rocket-propelled grenade at his armored limousine. The attack came Wednesday evening, only hours after ' Dean disclosed that the United States was working with Israel and the United Nations to halt the spiral of violence in southern Lebanon. Bracketed by two car loads of bodyguards, Dean, his Fre; ch-born wife Martine, and their adult daughter Catherine, had just left the ambassador's residence in predominantly Christian East Beirut when gunmen opened fire from a Mercedes. aecuruy sources saia mree suspecis were arrested at the scene after Dean's bodyguards shot out the tires of the Mercedes, forcing the gunmen to abandon it. The suspects were not identified. Prison standoff ends MONTREAL ? Nine convicts at the maximum-security Laval prison laid down their weapons yesterday, released the last of their hostages and surrendered, ending a threeday standoff. "It's all over," said Guy Verreault, manager of communications for the federal penitentiary service. His statement came after reporters monitoring police radio frequencies heard policemen report "they laid down their guns." The end of the siege came some six hours after the inmates had released three of the 12 hostages taken in an escape attempt. I Three hostages were released shortly before 4 a.m. yesterday, after Montreal criminal lawyer Robert La Haye arrived at the prison at the request of the convicts, all but one of whom was serving life terms for murder. I Last week many students spent their time trying to work out decent schedules; this week they're going to the classes and doing the work they chose. Was registration really that rough? (Photo by Kyle Holland.} l } ?> *+ ? ?? I" Nation - $27 billion in tax cuts I WASHINGTON ? President Carter is proposing about |j $27 billion in 1981 tax cuts for individuals, married couples [j and businesses as part of an economic program that also | aims to create almost 1 million new jobs in the next two |{ years. . H However, the wide-ranging, election-year package |j being unveiled today would increase the federal deficit to | about $40 billion in the fiscal year beginning Oct 1. Only five months ago, Carter was championing a balanced budget as the key to his economic policy. Despite the deficit, administration officials insist the package is not inflationary because the initiatives will spur investment, increase productivity and put people back to work over the next five years. Singer's relatives battling NEW' YORK ? Singer Kate Smith, suffering from severe diabetes and spinal arthritis, has been admitted to a Raleigh hospital while her nieces battle for control of her financial affairs. Miss Smith, 73, was admitted to Raleigh Community Hospital on Sunday. A hospital spokeswoman said today her condition was listed as fair. In New York, Helena Steene, 75, said her sister's condition had not worsened but it was thought best if she was hospitalized pending the outcome of litigation in Manhattan Supreme Court. Mrs. Steene later testified at the hearing, which involves a dispute between her daughters. The daughters and an attorney were named conservators of Miss Smith's affairs after the singer suffered insulin shock last year. Hostages to get tax relief WASHINGTON ? A House committee was approved legislation to give tax relief and other benefits to the Americans held captive in Iran and their families. The bill approved Wednesday by the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee grants a number of benefits and tax breaks to the 52 hostages held since last Nov. 4. Also covered would be six former hostages who escaped Iran with the help of the Canadian government and Richard Queen, a hostage freed earlier this year by the Tranionc fnr moilinol rooonnc uivuivm i vaoviio* Moonies loose to father CONCORD, N.H. ? A father who fought for five years to see his daughter - only to see her speak against him in court - has been awarded $30,000 after contending the Unification Church violated his rights as a part.it in recruiting her. A church official called the award unprecedented, but Don Kieffer said he would "giveup everything" to get his [ daughter Jana back. Vipffpr Vtari aclroH t1 million ir? Hn rv-i iKoc ^nntari/lin<i tKo 11MV4 MMnvva ?f jl IIIIIIAVII All viuiiiu^vu, WlltVllUlllg VIIVs church "deprived him of his natural parental right" by recruiting his daughter when she was a minor. He also ; contended the church "continued to exercise its mind control techniques" over Jana after recruiting her. Kieffer said the award was a victory. But the father, who saw Jana for the first time in five years when she testified against him at the trial, said he would not be satisfied until she returned home. Shah's son to leave school WILLI AMSTOWN, MASS. ? Reza Pahlavi, son of the late shah of Iran, is giving up his academic career in Massachusetts to stay in Egypt with relatives, according to officials of Williams College. Pahlavi, 19, notified the school of his decision Wednesday, said officials at the four-year liberal arts institution. Pahlavi's father, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, fell from power in Iran in February 1979 and died in exile in Egypt ! - T . - 1 [ 1 jgL '^flS^^nn mm * MmsXttSSfiaS^ ? ? ^*68j^Wry^ffl T^^ExaSSP^ V/ LU. Riiey subpoenaed in trial Gov. Dick Riley was subpoenaed Thursday to testify in the trial of Rep. John Jenrette, accused of bribery and conspiracy in the FBI's Abscam probe. An aide to the governor, Russ McKinney, said he believed lawyers for the troubled congressman may want Riley to testify about a conversation between the governor and the congressman. Jenrette said earlier he telephoned Riley to ask what he thought of a project to make slot machines at a munitions plant in Conway and to determine whether it would be illegal to make the machines in South Carolina and send mem luuuiei suties. Jenrette was indicted June 13 and charged with taking a bribe of $50,000. Jenrette has pleaded innocent, saying he was trying to obtain financing for a friend to purchase the plant. Jenrette's trial begins next week in Washington. Female soldier discharged ROCK HILL ? Lisa Munn, a U.S. Army private who went AWOL because of alleged sexual harassment by another female soldier, has been given an honorable discharge, authorities said. Ms. Munn said she was absent without leave for two weeks this summer because another female soldier in her unit had been making sexual advances to her and had harassed her. She returned to the unit in July, but was demoted from private E2 to private El, the lowest pay cfraHo B* The discharge provides for an honorable discharge under an "expeditious discharge" section of Army regulations. The provision allows the Army to discharge soldiers who don't meet Army standards, a Fort Jackson spokesman said. "The soldier must agree to this discharge or it isn't given," said Lt. Col. Bill Cauthen, public affairs officer at the post. The discharge is offered at the discretion of the commanding officer, he said. Museum probe continues nnVTITXIVfl I E* A nonal nf mnmKfltv nf Hin v>>?uuii T suuu n puiib! V/1 IIIV1I1WVI O yjk tlIt VJ1 CC1I" ville County Museum of Art heard testimony Wednesday night from two witnesses as part of a probe of charges that museum Director Jack A. Morris Jr. used his job for personal gain. Few details of the accusations have been made public. But Morris was accused of acting as an art consultant to textile magnate Arthur Magill when Magill purchased 26 Andrew Wyeth paintings from movie producer Joseph Levine. "My position is at it has always been," Morris said after Wednesday night's five-hour meeting. "The commission has been aware of all my outside activities, and I have nothing to hide." Morris is also arruspd nf unfair management practices involving two employees, Sylvia Marchant, director of the Museum School of Education, and Allison Muller, curator. Boys find human skeleton SHARON ? A group of boys playing after school found a partially buried human skeleton Wednesday in a wooded area in Sharon. Joe Thomas, 9, was playing with three other boys when they discovered the bones at 5:30 p.m. about 30 yards from a dirt road, said his mother, Bennie Thomas. The York County Sheriff's Department has not determined the identity of the dead person, Capt. Gene Ervin said Thursday. Deputies dug up the remains and took them to Rock Hill, where pathologist Earl Jenkins conducted an WWIIllliauull. FlUlimmary snowed Ihe person was more than 16 years old and probably had been dead for ? ri-~ ii imb?ir xtiiaifniif11111^ aiililiiiiii^liiiiiiiiitoiiiiiiii^ji^^uXl.lJLLi^M^M^^^i^^