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Thursday, February 15, 1979
University Daily Kansan
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U.S. chastises Soviet action
WASHINGTON—The State Department said last night that Soviet advisers present at the Kabul hotel where the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan was killed "failed to heed repeated requests" by American officials that force not be used against the kidnappers.
State Department spokesman Holding Carter said that acting Secretary of State Warren Christopher summoned Supreme Ambassador Anikol Dolyken to the department to "express in the strongest terms the abstraction government" over the alleged Soviet role in the death of Ambassador Adolph
Dubs was killed by his four kidnappers when police charged into the hotel room, reportedly after firing automatic weapons through the door and from across the street.
U. S. diplomats in Pakistan said the unidentified kidnappers sought the release of three Shiite Moslem clergymen recently arrested by the leftist Afghan government.
Kahal also said government officials did their best to free Dubs, but the abductors refused and an attack was ordered.
Official Radio Kabul said all four gunmen were killed, but an American who witnessed the assault said only one kidnapper was captured.
Iran may resume oil imports
WASHINGTON--The United States has received informal word that the new government in Iran will increase oil production by enough to permit a resumption of exports to other nations this year, a top Energy Department official said yesterday.
Assistant Energy Secretary Harry E. Bergold Jr., cautioned, however, that the word came from Iranian officials below the cabinet level in the emerging government of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Testifying before a House Commerce subcommittee, Bergold said, "There is some indication of intent to resume production."
In informal contacts within the Iranian government, he said, U.S. officials have been advised that "a return to production will be possible sometime in the coming months."
Bergsold later declined to elaborate on the likelihood of a resumption of Iranian oil exports to the United States.
During the crisis in Iran, the decreased oil production was sufficient only to meet domestic needs. Before the shutdown Iran accounted for one percent of the global oil supply.
Mexican leader chides U.S.
MEXICO CITY—President Carter was challenged yesterday by Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo to abandon the United States big brother view of Mexico and establish a relationship based on equality.
and institutional relations in the United States. This means we are dromidizing the United States for its Mexican policies, told Carter, "Our people want definitive agreements, not negotiated."
López Portillo's comments, made during a toast at a state lunchunion honoring Carter, were an indication that the U.S. energy shortage and Mexico's newfound energy wealth has troubled U.S.-Mexican relations.
Carter was greeted on his arrival by 5,000 flag-waving Mexicans. Speaking first in Spanish, then in English, he said his visit offered a chance to resolve differences “in a spirit of peace, friendship, and mutual respect. We have a great deal to accomplish.”
Lopes chided the United States for "still redefining its policies" toward Mexico, and stated that differences between the two nations could be viewed as a problem or as a conflict.
State to change district lines
inasa Supreme Court is to review the Senate's redistricting plan.
TOPEKA-Gov. John Carlin signed into law yesterday a bill to reapportion the Kansas Senate's district, drawing new boundary lines to adjust for
Attorney General Robert T. Stephan said he would present the plan to the Supreme Court. It will be his first oral presentation to the high court since he took office in 1974.
The attorney general's aides and Chief Justice Alred G. Schroeder met Tuesday to discuss procedures that will be used in the court's review.
that we invite and Senate begin work early this session to redraw their districts to apportion the states' population. The Senate committee will plan how to do this.
Road deaths reach 5-year high
WASHINGTON — Highway deaths exceeded 50,000 in 1978 for the first time in five years, federal safety officials said yesterday.
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said an estimated 50,145 people died in traffic accidents last year.
ouan claybrook, highway safety administrator, said, "We need greater compliance with the 55 mph speed limit law."
Energy problems,compounded by the cutoff of Iranian oil,also prompted a
sales can cost a per capita of federal and if they fail to meet federal dards for enforcing the limit.
States can lose a percentage of federal aid if they fail to meet federal standards for deferring the limit.
Figures on compliance with the limit, provided by the states, indicated five states, including Kansas, had more than 70 percent of their traffic moving at an average speed of 150 mph.
Federal Highway Administration officials said in most states, half or more of the motorists have been exceeding the limit.
Oil import shortage predicted
WASHINGTON—Deputy Energy Secretary John F. O'Leary predicted a shortage of imported oil within two to six years and said the United States would need $25 billion by 2030.
O'Leary predicted Iran's new government would restrain oil production to save some of its major resource for its future economic development.
Other present or potential oil exporters may make similar decisions, 'OLeary said.
said
"We're going to need a lot of energy or we're going to suffer," he said. "I really think we are in bad shape."
imports are slowed soon, he said, the United States has only a short time to develop major substitute sources of energy.
Property tax lid bill passed
TOPEKA-The Kansas House yesterday passed a bill for a new property tax law that would喧动 to all cities and counties and sent it to the Senate.
the tax lid would reduce the amount of money a county or a city could raise from the property tax, to the amount raised in the base year of 1977, 1978 or 1979. The amount of money raised from property taxes could be increased only by an increase in ination from new real estate improvements, by an increase in personal property valuation or by a vote of the people to permit exceeding the limitation for specified purposes for one or more years.
In law they have 40 pips or two. The tax lid would free the amount of money a county or a city could raise
from an account raised in the base year of 1977, 1978 or 1979
Whittaker cleared of allegation
The Legislature originally enacted a tax lid law in 1970, but the attorney general ruled in 1977 that counties and cities could exempt themselves from the tax lid because the law no longer applied uniformly across the state.
the federal Exchange Commission recently notified Whitaker's attorney the dismissal of a complaint brought by Gordon Garrett of Topeka, Whitaker's lawyer.
TOPEKA—Rep. Robert Whitakert, R-Kan., has been cleared of an accusation that he violated federal law in an arrangement he made to sell his share of his
Garrett, who managed the campaign of State Sen. Don Allegrucci, D-Pittsburgh, had alleged that Whitaker's acceptance of a $1,000-a-month payment from his partner, David Crum, constituted an illegal campaign contribution. Whitaker defeated Allegrucci in the November election.
Garrett contended the arrangement amounted to Crum lending Whittaker money, which he said was illegal under federal election laws.
However, a recommendation by the FEC's general counsel concluded,
"There is no reasonable cause to believe there was any violation of law."
Weather
It will be windy with the temperature in the teens today, according to
the National Weather Service. Tonight will be windy with a low between zero and 5.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP)—Anti-American gangs were reported roaming the streets and bloody factional fighting erupted in a provincial city yesterday as Iran's new government struggled to keep control of this troubled nation.
At the heart of the new violence was the refusal by rebellious supporters of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to turn in their arms now that Khomeini's anti-bashkari stance in speaking poisoned The Khomeini camp blamed the emssary attack on communists.
Bloody strife continues in Iran
Fighting in the northwestern city of Iran, two women, lived, Iranian journalists reported.
The unrest followed yesterday's seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran by guerrillas.
SCORES OF unidentified gunmen led the mid-morning assault on the square-block U.S. Enbassy compound with bursts of heavy machine-gun fire. They wounded two
Marine guards, charged into the embassy and took Ambassador William Sullivan and
Armed Pro-Khomeini men then appeared and drove the insurgents from the badly damaged compound in a 3½-hour gun battle.
When the embassy was attacked, most of the Americans took refuge in Sullivan's office and in a top-security communications center while 19 Marine guards fired into the
U.S. plans for Iran airlift of 5,000
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Carter administration plans to resume mass evacuation of Americans from Iran this weekend with the ultimate goal of airlifting 5,000 from the embattled country, it was learned yesterday.
U. S. officials said 1,700 of the nearly 7,000 Americans still in Iran are prepared to leave immediately. The Tehran airport, kept shut by the new regime of the Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomrei as it tries to solidify its role as a host country, observes daily after observations of religious holidays.
The goal of the evacuation is to reduce the American community in Iran-U.S. officials, businessmen, teachers and others—to no more than 2,000.
The decision was made after the U.S. embassy in downtown Tehran was attacked
HOURS AFTER American hostages were freed, State Department spokesman Hodding Carter said he did not know why the attacking forces remained in the compound.
The spokesman credited the Khomeini regime for acting quickly to free the ambassador and the others and said Assad Homayoun, in charge of the Iranian embassy here, telephoned assurances from the US ambassador that would protect Americans at the embassy.
A power failure has prevented all but fragmentary communication between Washington and the embassy. There is no sensitivity for the passing of sensitive information.
Last summer, when violence in Iran mounted, there were 45,000 Americans in Syria.
In late December all Americans not having urgent business in Iran were advised to leave. Earlier this month, nonessential travel and all dependents were ordered out.
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By freeing Sullivan and the hostages who had been held by guerrillas in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, the Khomeini regime spared U.S. officials from having to decide whether to take military action to protect the Americans.
ficials said some airlift units in Europe had improved their readiness, but that no military forces had been placed on special alert.
President Carter was awakened shortly after 2 a.m. and told by Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance of the attack on the emirate in Iraq, deputy White House press secretary, said
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Guerrillas loyal to Khomihei said those who attacked the embassy in Tehran were communists. One of the attackers also said communists took part in the assault.
air and tried unsuccessfully to top the attaches with tear gas, officials said.
A reliable source in Washington who asked not to be identified said he had received reports that after the embassy attack "revolutionary police" were making searches of American homes in raided cities and confiscating personal property.
Grumt told reporters there was no reason to delay the president's scheduled state visit to Mexico and the situation in Iran was being watched "very closely."
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DURING THE attack, embassy technicians burned or blew up an estimated 100 hostages and cocoding equipment. They set fire to a number of secret documents. But some classified material was believed to have been left in offices penetrated by the attackers.
An unidentified Iranian employee of the embassy was reported killed. Marine Sgt. Ken Krau, 22, was hit by a metal fragment in the forehead and another Marine was grazed by a bullet. Embassy officials said both men were slightly wounded.
Iranian reporters in Tabriz, 330 miles northwest of the capital, said several officials were fighting involving pro-shah troops, SAVAK secret service agents, Marxists and separatists demanding independence for the province of Azerbaijan, which includes
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The reports could not be confirmed, but Khominei aides here said there had been no evidence.
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