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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
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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
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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.
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their time trying to work out
decent schedules; this week
they're going to the classes and
doing the work they chose. Was
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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 |{
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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