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d nation THE BATTALION Page 7 TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1980 jCarter to expel diplomats, oughen Iran sanctions [/. S. doubts Russia utilizing nerve gas United Press International UVASHINGTON — President ter has decided to expel all Ira nian diplomats from the United States as one step in a series of new 11 measures aimed against Iran, admi ration officials said Monday. The officials said the expulsion of the remaining 35 Iranian diplomats accredited to Washington would only be one of several steps — in cluding economic measures — to be announced later. The announcement came after Ira nian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said the 50 U.S. hostages in Tehran will not be turned over to the Iranian government by their Moslem captors. The decision was taken by the president as he and his top foreign en of tkt ree karri ostages won t get xercise equipment the shift United Press International WASHINGTON — The Iranian jmbassy Monday refused to accept a eliyery of exercise equipment in- ^triumph recalling TR7 cars ailable ft imberollB „ , . „ , . , ]. . .. j|; United Press International dtste;DETROIT — Jaguar Rover s j n El ffiumph Inc. said Monday it is re- lOstuderalling all 1975 through 1978 riumph TR7 coupes because of a Dtential defect in the mechanism hich raises the retracting head- ?hts. y'l p Aj total of 47,776 vehicles are in- Jl uded, the company said. ■Corrosion could cause the electric lotor which raises the headlight to came til, (leaving it in the down position, the IT'said. d twooi“While most failures would be li- 1 offv. Tied to one or the other headlight, i investigation by Triumph en- ( re (j n neers has confirmed that simul- , i neons malfunction of both head- ?hts may occur, ’ the company said. JRT said it knows of no accidents i real»tributable to a headlight malfunc- theelfTn. ted him; | t all btilif 'tudent pilot ids in mud United Press International |WILLIS, Okla. — A report of a ecked airplane near Lake Texoma at search teams scrambling Mon- gbnly to discover the downed air- 1 had crashed several days ago. |Federal Aviation Administration eials said the small plane had empted to land on what a student |ot from Fort Worth thought was a nd bar in the Red River, but it ! turned out to be a mud hole. *C AGGIE CINEMA Had one of those days? tended for the 50 Americans held in Tehran. A professional physical health association attempted to deliver the 50 boxes of physical fitness equip ment after allegedly being told twice by the embassy that they would be handed over to the hostages. Dr. Ross Merrick, a vice president of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, told reporters the embassy had twice assured the group that the equipment would be delivered. But alliance spokeswoman Jane Habiger said the embassy refused to accept the equipment after Merrick drove it there in a station wagon. Merrick said the equipment was specifically selected to be used in small or restricted areas, such as the Papers explain, sell United Press International LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Alfred Eisenpreis, retail marketing vice president of the Newspaper Adver tising Bureau, Inc. suggested mer chandisers use newspapers to ex plain and sell complicated product technology. space reportedly experienced by the hostages. The boxes each contained two jump ropes, a handgrip, tone wheel and rubber pull exerciser. “I wasn’t in on the coversation, ” Habiger said, “but the information I have is the embassy refused to accept the equipment because they have had trouble getting anything out. Also, they said as of Sunday the air lines refused to accept anything bound for Tehran.” Merrick told a news conference prior to attempting the delivery that he had contacted the State Depart ment, the White House and the American Red Cross, but each “re ferred us to the (Iranian) Embassy. I am sure this was not because of a lack of concern on their part, but because of a high level of frustration. ” UFO’S: A VIEW OF FUTURE PHYSICS? A presentation by Alan Holt, astrophysicist training super visor, NASA. Tuesday April 8th Room 308 Rudder 7:30 PM Non-members 500 Sponsored by the Metaphysical Society ^ Y A \M<jl Film by Chuck Vincent B IN EASTMANCOLOR ' HIAL EH:: EH The A&M Civil Liberties Union invites you to hear John Duncan, Director, Texas Civil Liberties Union, discussing such civil liber ties issues as the draft, govern ment surveillance of citizens, and BRILAB. He will also present a short film, “The Intelligence Net work.” The program will be Wed nesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder 601. Admission is free. It’s magic you know.. and the artists at our two locations can show you the spell. 696-6933 693-0607 policy advisors met through the morning and into the afternoon. A State Department spokesman de scribed the session as an analysis of the “confusing” situation in Iran. Officials said that the expulsion of the diplomats had long been on the list of possible measures, but the State Department had previously hesitated to recommend closing one of the few avenues of communication with the Tehran government. Before the meeting, Carter told reporters that Iranian “terrorists offered to turn over the hostages to the government and the government refused.” Khomeini’s decision to rule out any conciliatory move on the fate of the hostages, until the new Parlia ment meets in a couple of months, apparently forced Carter to consider stringent retaliatory moves. Any further trade sanctions would apparently have little impact on goods flowing between the United States and Tehran since since U.S. trade with Iran has already been cut to a trickle. United Press International WASHINGTON — Despite claims by some U.S. officials, experts are doubtful the Soviet Union is real ly using lethal nerve gas in Afghanis tan against rebellious tribesmen, sources said Monday. The reports of nerve gas use sur faced several months ago when U.S. intelligence began receiving state ments from refugees and Afghan army personnel who fled into Pakistan. The Soviet Embassy here, author ities in Moscow and Soviet represen tatives in Afghanistan all deny re ports Soviet troops are using nerve gas. , Informed officials said confusion may have arisen because Soviet forces do appear to have used tear gas and other incapacitating agents. These gases can cause death if the dose is concentrated enough. An Afghan tribesman who witnes sed deaths caused by tear gas might well believe the Soviets were using lethal nerve gas, one official said. “We’ve received a lot of reports to the effect that they are using nerve gas,” the official said. “But the re ports are often second- or third- hand.” Other officials said the United States still has not received any con clusive evidence — neither a sample of the gas, nor the opportunity to examine the body of a person who died from exposure to some kind of gas. U.S. officials wanted the reports to come to public attention so they in formed the media. They speculated the Soviets were using the German-invented nerve gas “Soman.” However, the State Department 0 did not directly query Soviet author- A ities without corroborative evi- w dence. Nonetheless, high officials con tinue to draw attention to Soviet use of incapacitating agents in their effort to paint a black picture of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 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