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Show ESTHER SEJ Thursday, November 15, 1979 Page 4 UTILES lrre stdi INTERNATIONAL Tehran, Iran Iranian leaders Tuesday dropped drop-ped their demand that the shah be returned to Iran immediately and set new conditions for freeing U.S. Embassy hostages. But the Moslem militants holding the hostages have spurned any compromise. After 10 days of apparent solidarity between the hundreds of militant students and the government govern-ment of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian foreign affairs chief Abolhassan Bani Sadr said the United States should agreee to an international inter-national investigation of Shah Mahammad Reza Pahlavi's alleged crimes and turn his U.S. money and property over to Iran. He implied that after the investigation Washington could not help but return the deposed monarch. Iran's radio and television director, Sadeah Gotbzadeh, said the Iranian regime is ready to end the embassy occupation "before the extradition ex-tradition of the shah for humanitarian reasons and the interests of the hostages." But the government-operated radio later quoted spokesmen for the militants at the embassy as rejecting "any conciliatory proposal." They said they could not compromise and again declared that the shah must be returned for trial. Tel Aviv, Israel A set of identical triplets married three brothers in a triple wedding Monday Mon-day night, proving that three is a magic number. The romance between Eti, Dalia and Batsheva Levi, 19, and the Ezon brothers began two years ago, after Eti stopped dating a fourth brother and found she had more in common with Itzik. The six have been inseparable ever since and each of the girls wears a locket engraved with the first letter of her name to avoid any marital difficulties. Mississauga, Ontario Firefighters controlled a fire in the wreckage of a chemical-loaded train Monday, but police said the continuing threat of an explosion of deadly chlorine gas meant that 200,000 people who fled their homes would have to stay away at least one more day. A Canadian Pacific freight train derailed late Saturday in the western suburb of Toronto and a derailed tanker car carrying 90 tons of poisonous chlorine lay close to burning tankers of propane gas. No injuries were reported, but six propane tank cars had exploded and authorities were fighting to extinguish the fires near the chlorine tank. Officials said the chlorine, if exposed to extreme ex-treme heat, could form phosgene, a type of deadly gas used in World War I. Moscow The Soviet Union warned Saturday that "irreparable consequences" could result if an apparent computer foul-up that caused a false missile alert in the United States happens again. The North American Air Defense Command in Colorado was using a test tape Friday when the suspected computer malfunction caused a warning warn-ing of a simulated Soviet missile attack to be transmitted to other commands and federal agencies, the Pentagon said. In the brief time it took to correct the foul-up jets assigned to fight attacking bombers were sent aloft. The Soviet new agency Tass reported: "No matter how hard the Pentagon spokesman tried to assure newsmen, they were not soothed by his statements. In reporting the incident, the press said that such an 'error' may lead to fatal consequences. con-sequences. "Another 'error' by the computer might have irreparable consequences for the whole world." Cairo, Egypt The Egyptian ambassador to the United States said Saturday Shah Mohammed Moham-med Reza Pahlavi has accepted President Anwar An-war Sadat's invitation to come to Egypt but only after he completes medical treatment in the U.S. Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbal said, "The shah has told me that he will be pleased to come to Egypt to spend a period of convalescence. ' ' Vatican City In an historic disclosure, the Vatican announced Friday it expects a budget deficit of $20.2 million this year and that it could be worse in 1980. Vatican observers said it was the first time in modern church history the Vatican has released figures on its financial position. Paris The International Federation for the Rights of Man claimed last Thursday that 215 persons between the ages of 17 and 21 were massacred and their bodies thrown into a river by government soldiers in Zaire's Eastern Kasai Province last summer. The troops mistook them for illegal diamond miners, it said. Zairean Embassy officials denied the report but the federation said the information has been verified. NATIONAL New York Ronald Regan formally announ ced Tuesday night that he is a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Washington California Gov. Jerry Brown declared his candidacy for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination last Thursday. Boston Senator Edward Kennedy declared Wednesday of last week that he will seek the presidency in 1980 and is a candidate for the Democratic nomination. Washington President Carter ordered a halt to U.S. purchases of Iranian oil Monday in response to the occupation of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and Ayatolla Ruhollah Khomeini's support of the militant students who are holding 98 hostages there. "No one should underestimate" American resolve, Carter said. "Our response will measure our character and our courage. I know that we Americans will not fail." Molino, Florida A locomotive and 29 cars hurtled off the tracks while crossing a bridge in a remote swamp area early Sunday, causing propane tank cars to burst into flames. Officials riding in helicopters surveyed the derailment site Monday to determine if an Army demolition team should be sent in to try to blow out the flames from the burning liquid propane. Residents of a nine-square-mile area around the site were evacuated and some of the 1,000 evacuees were forced to stay in emergency shelters. Holland, Michigan In still another train accident, ac-cident, a tank car carrying deadly ammoniated hydrogen fluoride derailed, overturned and began leaking Monday, forcing more than 1,000 persons from their homes in this southwest Michigan resort area. About 14 hours after the derailment, those evacuated were allowed to return to their homes. Officials said between one and 100 gallons of the chemical leaked when the accident occurred. New York Katharine Graham, head of the Washington-based communications empire, was named the most influential woman in the United States by publishers of the World Almanac. The selection was made by the editorial staff of 126 newspapers. Second on the list is Jane Fonda, followed by Rosalynn Carter, Ann Landers and Barbara Walters. Milwaukee, Wisconsin A hybrid car powered by electricity and gasoline was unveiled Friday and its manufacturers claim it can go 55 mph and get up to 145 miles per gallon of gasoline. The bright yellow car built by Briggs & Strat-ton Strat-ton Corp. carries 1,000 pounds of batteries and a seven-gallon gas tank. The driver decides how to mix electricity and gas power to meet driving needs. There was no estimate of what the car might cost if placed on the showroom floor. Atlanta In what is believed to be the largest single donation in the history of American philanthropy, Robert W. 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