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The Battaiion
Vol. 73 No. 78
16 Pages
Monday, January 14, 1979
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r^Iran will wait ‘more or less’ forever
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United Press International
TEHRAN, Iran — Foreign Minister
iadegh Ghotbzadeh Monday ruled out a
m peedy release for the American hostages,
J those hopes for freedom were further
plnishea by a Soviet veto of U.N. sanc-
ions against the Islamic republic.
Vowing Iran would wait "more or less
Iv.!; brever for the return of the shah. Ghotb-
adeh described U.S. efforts to negotiate
the release of the hostages as “beating
iround the bush,” and said, "Our position
tmains the same.”
Tltc foreign minister’s remarks came as
the Soviet Union vetoed a resolution for
*7. sanctions against Iran at the U.N. Security
tounril.
Speaking about the mood in Qom —
Iran’s center of power— Ghotbzadeh told
reporters there has been "no opposition
om Islamic leader Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini to his diplomatic efforts at the
United Nations and elsewhere, even
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The Shah
though Khomeini refused to see U.N. Sec
retary-General Kurt Waldheim on his re
cent trip to Iran.
But he warned “the work is going to be
much harder,” on setting up a so-called
package deal for a U.N. international tri
bunal to study the Iranian grievances
against the deposed shah, if sanctions
against the Islamic republic are passed.
The militants holding the Americans at
the U.S. Embassy said they had not been
consulted on the tribunal proposal, howev
er, and repeated their hard-line opposition
to all negotiations with Washington until
the extradition of the Shah Reza Moham
med Pahlavi.
Ghotbzadeh also said a solution of the
hostage crisis, now in its 72nd day, must be
sought in “simultaneous action — extradi
tion of the shah and release of the hos
tages.”
Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Agha
Shahi, returning from talks with President
Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance,
met with Ghotbzadeh briefly at Tehran air
port.
Shahi passed through Tehran on his way
back to Pakistan, where he was to brief
President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq on his
talks in Washington and Tehran, a Pakista
ni diplomatic source said.
Asked about the meeting, Ghotbzadeh
said the meeting was unscheduled and cen
tered on the situation in neighboring
Afghanistan.
The foreign minister denounced the
Soviet invasion of neighboring Afghanis
tan, but at no time did he indicate whether
he had anticipated a crucial Soviet veto
knocking down the U.N. sanctions move.
He charged U.S. policies had given the
Soviet Union “a golden opportunity” to in
vade Afghanistan.
Ghotbzadeh’s denunciation of Moscow
followed by a few hours Ayatollah
Khomeini’s sharp attack on the Soviet Un
Khomeini
ion, sparked by a Soviet diplomat’s re
ported remarks.
The official Pars news agency quoted the
Soviet charge d’affaires in Mexico as saying
Moscow was ready to give Iran military and
other aid to fight the United States. The
diplomat reportedly said Moscow would
offer assistance “only if Khomeini asks for
it. ” Khomeini branded the remarks “insult
ing” and ordered the Foreign Ministry to
convey his feelings to the Soviet Embassy
in Tehran.
He said, “The criminal America and the
Soviet Union must know that we shall de
fend our country against aggression by any
government with full force.
“A repetition of such statements will
cause our proud nation to indulge in activi
ties which may have to be regretted and
lead to a rethinking in government-to-
govemment relations,” Khomeini warned.
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N resolution against USSR
ill probably be passed today
United Press International
UNITED NATION A — The U.N. Gen-
I Assembly was expected to pass by an
jferwhelming majority Monday resolution
"theimmediate, unconditional and total
rilhdrawal" of foreign troops from Afgha
nistan.
Hie sesson would climax an emergency
lebatc in which dozens of delegates ac-
iscd the Soviet Union of invading the
ion-aligned Moslem country in disregard
m. fail international rules, among them the
ilnited Nations Charter.
In another development, the U.N.
Security Council convened late Sunday to
vote on an American-drafted resolution,
declaring an embargo on exports to Iran as
long as it holds the 50 U.S. hostages. The
votes were there, but so was the Russian
“nyct."
After hours of debate, the Council voted
10-2, with two abstentions in favor of the
resolution. The negative Soviet vote killed
the proposal under the rules of the U.N.
Charter which gives the five big powers the
right to veto any substantive council deci-
12 Pakistan chieftans urge ‘holy
Only Russia’s ally East Germany joined
in voting against the resolution. Mexico
and Bangladesh abstained, and China did
not participate in the vote.
The three had strongly advised that the
enforcement measures would do more
harm than good, would delay a negotiated
settlement of the hostage crisis and would
weaken the common effort in the U.N.
General Assembly to condemn the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan.
It was the second Soviet veto within six
days.
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FESHAWAY, Pakistan — Chieftains of
ttmc 3 million frontier tribesmen urged
- U|l MjStani President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq
: j:| g»|M todeclarean Islamic holy way against Rus-
*1 * "- M 1 invaders in neighboring Afghanistan,
9 !?? IiutZia cautioned the time was not right.
i:« KjjW "Tlicy are our neighbors and we cannot
Bgi: lecthcm like this, occupied by the Rus-
tans,' Chief Shahzada Khan of the Afridi
i fi tribctold Zia Sunday at a gathering of tribal
>:| (Si thiefsin Peshawar, near the Afhan border.
The assembled chiefs of Pakistan’s nig
ged Northwestern Frontier province for
mally asked Zia to declare a Jihad, or holy
war, against Soviet troops who overran
Afghanistan in a Christmas week invasion,
but Zia told them that “the time has not yet
come” for such a call.
Western diplomats said the possibility of
Pakistani tribal action against the Russians
raised the alarming specter of Pakistan be
coming embroiled in the conflict against its
will. Shahzada, spokesman for the chiefs,
said he thought Zia’s statement would be
heeded since onlv a head of state has the
right to declare a holy war.
But Yusaf Khan of the 800,000-member
Mohammad Tribe said some border tribes
were already fighting Afghan government
troops. Others may declare their own Jihad
in defiance of Zia’s declaration, Yusaf said.
“The tension is there and anything could
happen,” Yusaf said. “We believe that the
Russians will sooner or later withdraw and
leave Afghanistan as an independent coun
try. Otherwise the tribesmen will have to
take up arms.”
The tribal areas of northwestern Pakistan
are a mountaineous zone inhabited by
some 3 million tribesmen who manufacture
their own firearms and recognize no out
side authority, including the Pakistani gov
ernment.
In his reply to the chiefs, Zia said, “I fully
understand your sentiments and appreci
ate your spirit for Jihad — holy war. This
martial spirit is the hallmark of our tribal
culture.”
But he also called for restraint. “I want
the world to know there is no war in Pakis
tan,” Zia later told reporters. “We do not
want to create a war involving Pakistan.
“I told the tribal chiefs the time has not
yet come. When the time comes, we will
give the call.”
Rep. Bill Presnal with Jim Nugent
Jim Nugent
announces
candidacy
By RHONDA WATTERS
Focus Editor
The challenge of the 1980s is not to find
blame for the energy crisis, but to develop
new sources and produce efficiently the
energy we have, said Texas Railroad Com
missioner Jim Nugent Friday at a press
conference at Easterwood Airport.
Nugent stopped in the Bryan-College
Station area briefly on his statewide cam
paign sweep to announce his candidacy for
the next term of the Railroad Commission
of Texas.
“We cannot conserve our way out of our
energy dependence, and we can’t produce
our way out of it. We must do both. What
we must avoid are those tellers of fairy tales
who think we can talk our way out, blame
our way out, or dream our way out,” Nu
gent said.
Nugent resigned as Speaker Pro-Tern at
the Texas House of Representatives a year
ago when he was appointed by Gov. Dolph
Briscoe to fill a vacancy on the Commis
sion.
After becoming Commissioner, he led an
effort to remove overweight trucks from
Texas highways.
Nugent said the United States has
allowed itself to get in a “weak-kneed” posi
tion. He said it must use all its resources to
become strong.
Nugent said he was in favor of regulation
to conserve natural resources and prevent
waste.
He said he was also in favor of holding gas
utility bills to a minimum by cutting utility
company profits to the lowest level allowed
by law.
“In 1976, the Commission allowed gas
utilities a 7.7 percent rate of return on the
value of their investment,” Nugent said.
“This past year it was 6.1 percent. I believe
this is a fair return.”
1980 — The Year of the Yardbird
United Press International
NEW YORK — He often slept beneath
bandstands while the brass section blared.
He was known to have walked into the
ocean wearing a new suit, downed 16 dou
ble whiskies in two hours and gulped down
20 hamburgers in a sitting.
His name was Charles Christopher Par
ker Jr., but a legion of jazz fans came to
know him simply as “Bird.”
Because Parker died at the age of 34,
many never got to hear the great alto sax
ophonist whose artistic legacy resides in
much of the jazz played today. But for the
next year, the unlucky ones will have a
chance to become acquainted with his
music, for 1980 is the “Year of the Bird.”
“Music is your own experience, your
thoughts, your wisdom,” Parker once told
an interviewer in Sweden. “If you don’t live
it, it won’t come out of your horn.”
What came out of Parker’s horn with
consummate speed and fiery passion was
the post-World War II style known as “be
bop,” whose complex chord changes, Par
ker urged, are “convenient only for small
combos and ought to be played fast.”
Critics at the time with nearsighted ears
sneered at the “non-jazz” that “didn’t
The almanac
Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschpcr Jr.
Puppies need sleep. . . and so do Aggies
Senior Beth Calhoun and “Dixie” catch a few extra hours of sleep before the
end of their Christmas vacation. Beth and the rest of Texas A&M Universi
ty’s students begin spring semester classes today.
By United Press International
Today is Monday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of
1980 with 352 to follow.
The moon is moving toward its new
phase.
The morning stars are Mercury, Mars,
Jupiter and Saturn.
The evening star is Venus.
Those born on this date are under the
sign of Capricorn.
Philosopher and medical missionary
Albert Schweitzer was born Jan. 14, 1875.
On this day in history: In 1914, Henry
Ford began the “assembly line” method of
manufacturing cars, completing one “Mod-
el-T” car every 90 minutes.
In 1940, FBI agents seized 18 people in
New York City and charged them with con
spiring to overthrow the U.S. government.
In 1943, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill opened a 10-day World War
II strategy conference in Casablanca,
Morocco.
In 1976, Secretary of Labor John Dunlop
resigned because of President Ford’s veto
of a construction picketing bill.
A though for the day. Albert Schweitzer
said, “Truth has no special time of its own.
Its hour is now — always.”
Friday is the last day for students to add
classes. Deadline for dropping courses with
no record is Jan. 29. March 17 will be the
last day to drop courses with no penalty, or
Q-drop.
swing.” Today, most concede that bebop
was a visionary form that revolutionized
jazz.
“If Charlie wanted to invoke plagiarism
laws, he could sue almost everybody who’s
made a record in the last 10 years, ” pianist
Lennie Tristano, an innovator himself who
died in 1978, once said.
“Most music today is lame compared to
Bird, agrees David Himmelstein, the man
behind the “Year of the Bird” concert. “We
want to stage the ‘risorgimento del
bebop.’”
Himmelstein, a successful writer and
producer who revels in the title of “man-
ahout-jazz, ” plans to honor Parker’s genius
with a year-long series of balls, dances,
concerts, cruises and jazz festival tributes
throughout the nation and the world.
Picking 1980 to honor Parker is doubly
significant. The year marks the 60th
anniversary of his birth in Kansas City on
Aug. 29 and the 25th anniversary of his
death on March 12.
The doors to Birdland, the Manhattan
jazz club named after Parker, have long
been shuttered. Imbedded in a sidewalk
nearby is a plaque honoring Parker and
other greats who made 52nd Street “Swing
Street.”
Parker’s contributions to American
music remain alive, of course, on discs —
most notably a stream of reissues on the
Warner and Savoy labels, the “Parker with
strings” album of which the saxophonist
was so proud and an array of bootleg re
cordings made under nightclub tables.
There is a Parker biography by Ross Rus
sell — “Bird Lives” — frequent talk of a
film based on the book with Richard Pryor
in the starring role.
But the best way to appreciate Parker is
live. He died too young to afford that plea
sure to many. Himmelstein, who calls him
self a “keeper of the torch,” hopes that
hearing the disciples of bebop play such
Parker standards as “Confirmation,”
“Ornithology” and “Yardbird Suite” will
kindle the Parker flame in the hearts — and
ears — of generations to come.
Himmelstein, a bald, twinkly-eyed man
who brought pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines to
the Broadway stage after a long hiatus, is
casting about for backers in his new ven
ture, expected to cost more than $1 million.
Though plans are not yet complete, the
43-year-old entrepreneur expects to fea
ture: saxophonists Sonny Rollins, Phil
Woods, Al Cohn, Sonny Stitt, Dexter Gor
don and Johnny Griffin; pianists Barry Har
ris, Joe Albany, Al Haig and Jay McShann;
trombonists Dickie Wells and Vic Dicken
son; bassists George Duvivier and Red
Mitchell; trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and
drummers Max Roach and Oliver Jackson.
Most accompanied Parker at one time or
another.
Himmelstein would also welcome Miles
Davis — if the reclusive trumpeter, who
performed as an adolescent with Parker,
wants to join the list. The same invitation
applies to Thelonius Monk, the 62-year-old
pianist who lives in New Jersey and was
once dubbed “the high priest of bebop. ” “If
he chooses to come, we’d love to have
him,” Himmelstein said.
The producer wants, all the musicians to
attend an “inaugural ball” tentatively sche
duled for January at Webster Hall, a once-
popular Manhattan recording site that
Himmelstein will decorate as a “1947 time
capsule.”
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