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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
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United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Iranian
jmbassy Monday refused to accept a
eliyery of exercise equipment in-
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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
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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. ”
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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.
Deputy Defense Secretary Gra
ham Claytor, for example, told the
Washington Conference of Advertis
ing Councils, “There is mounting
evidence that the Soviets are using
incapacitating gas in the Afghan
countryside. ”
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