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Show nnnr rnifl Pane 4 Wi'dni'sdu), Dvi-vmber .11, y0 I ho Newspaper mm IW st A Nil Wishes for H F the New Year 111 New Year's Eve Party! At The Grubsteak Restaurant Prospector Square Hotel 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. 801-649-7100 Note: the regular restaurant will be open for dinner to the public only from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and will be closed for the private New Year"s Eve Party after 9:00 p.m. Buffet dinner West Coast Brothers Band Champagne fountain Dancing Party favors Free set-ups Your choice of attire 2 1 year age limit (No blue jeans please) $20 per person No liquor or wine provided - BYOB! Rppr will hp qoIH At f hp Kar By reservation only with full deposit , R V. S I A I K A N LOCATED AT PROSPECTOR SQUARE 649-7100 INTERNATIONAL Tehran The U.S. received Christmas messages from the American hostages in Iran, plus indications from diplomats and a papal envoy en-voy that all 52 hostages were being held in the country's capital. Meanwhile, a battle of rhetoric broke out between President-elect Ronald Reagan and Iranian officials. For the first time since the abortive rescue attempt at-tempt in April, U.S. officials knew the whereabouts of the hostages. But State Department Depart-ment spokesman John Trattner disputed claims by Iran that the prisoners were being held in luxury quarters. Trattner said the U.S. believed many hostages are held in prison, without medical care. They were moved to more luxurious surroundings with comfortable chairs and bowls of fruit to be filmed for Iranian broadcasts which were broadcast this weekend via satellite to CBS news. By the weekend, at least 40 of the hostages had been seen on TV or on still photographs given to the U.S. Iran officials said the remaining hostages did not appear by their own choosing. The last film broadcast showed small groups of hostages singing Christmas carols, sitting sit-ting in front of a decorated tree, and receiving Christmas presents from two men, identified either as clergymen or diplomats. Prime Minister Rajai offered a new plan wherein the U.S. would unfreeze $9 billion in Iranian assets while the hostages would continue to be held as collateral. But Ronald Reagan rejected all money deals, saying, "I don't think you pay ransom for people that have been kidnapped kid-napped by barbarians." Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammed Rafsanjani replied furiously, "You thugs have been committing these crimes for. centuries in the name of civilization." "What have they got to be mad "about?" Reagan responded later. "They're the ones who did the kidnapping." Reagan refused to say if he would consider military force to liberate the hostages. - Peking The Gang of Four trial ended with Mao Tse-Tungvs widow being dragged from the courtroom, screaming, "I am prepared to die," and "Making revolution is no crime." The prosecutor asked that- the 67-year-old; Jiang Peking The city forgot political intrigue for a while to mourn the death of a white swan. The bird was one of four that entranced Peking by alighting at a city park pond, a rare event in winter. win-ter. Two part-time hunters killed one of the swans a few days before Christmas. Its mate wailed throughout the following night, then flew away to die, some are claiming. The killers had their gun confiscated and were forced to write a letter of apology to Peking citizens. NATIONAL East Langsing, Michigan and Washington-David Washington-David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's ultra-conservative ultra-conservative choice for budget director, may be on the files of a state police "red-hunting squad" because of his involvement with a 1960 s anti-war group. State Rep. H. Lynn Jondahl said he founded the group, called Vietnam Summer, and hired Stockman as the only paid employee, working at what he called "starvatipn wages." Stockman said the possible file "strikes me as an archaic whiff of another era The Michigan State Police "red squad" was declared unconstitutional in 1976 and police have begun opening the files. But a state spokesman said financial limits make it difficult to determine deter-mine quickly if Stockman is among the 38,000 dossiers compiled by the state. Meanwhile, Ronald Reagan added a black-Samuel black-Samuel Pierce for HUD secretary and a woman Jeane Kirkpatrick as U.N. ambassador to his list of Cabinet nominees. Other appointments appoint-ments included John Block as secretary of agriculture, James Edwards for the Department of Energy, and Richard Allen, officially named foreign affairs adviser, who said his role would be more "submerged" than past advisers Zbigniew Brzezsinski and Henry Kissinger. Perhaps the most controversial nominee was Interior designate James Watt, who told reporters repor-ters he supports the Sagebrush Rebellion, but believes a massive transfer of federal land to the states is not necessary. "The solution ... is good management that will put aside oppressive landlord land-lord attitudes and come in like a good neighbor ... to see that there's a balanced use of our natural resource environment." Washington President Jimmy Carter was reported feeling much better after a crosscountry cross-country skiing accident near Camp David Satur day that broke his left collar bone; Presidential Onina ho aivpn thti Hpnth Apnaltv vuhirh if it Uv lIld fniw rnt iQnm ' ' h 'jiftp'fi 'Vifl i Spokesman Rex Granum said the President was uies ui snuw .wueii one oi uie sjus cctuyin on d pistol snot in tne neaa. iru, :i -lojaaiiuuv SwhUuni The judge cut short.' Jiang's final statement and ordered bailiffs to take her away. Jiang had defended herself by saying her activities during the 1966-76 cultural revolution were carried out at the behest of Chairman Mao. The state prosecutor rebutted her in the strongest criticism of Mao yet allowed. The prosecutor blamed Mao for failing to "see through the . . . counter-revolutionary cliques" but claimed his merits outweighed his mistakes. There was no indication when sentence would be passed against Jiang and nine other leaders accused of plotting plot-ting armed rebellion, usurpation of power, and the persecution of thousands of Chinese. Tehran On the first anniversary of the invasion in-vasion of Afghanistan, native refugees of that country stormed the Soviet embassy here and burned the Russian flag a demonstration which prompted angry demands for punishment from the Soviets. The anniversary was also marked by protests in India, Wesi Germany, and even the Afghani capital, Kabul. According to Iran's official news agency, the Afghanis installed a picture of the Ayatollah Khomeini on the embassy gates. An angry article ar-ticle in Tass said the protestors forced their way into the reception area "and inflicted considerable con-siderable damage." The report blasted the Iranians, claiming they sent help only after repeated requests from the Soviet ambassador. In Kabul, angry citizens stoned a government building and passing cars until riot police sealed the area off and it was buzzed by Russian helicopter gunships. In New Delhi, 400 Afghans screamed, "Brezhnev, we kill you outside the embassy, Afghans marched in Frankfurt and Bonn, President Anwar Sadat called for a "collective confrontation" with Russia, and U.S. officials noted Soviet outrage at the Tehran incident in-cident was in sharp contrast to the blase attitude they displayed toward the 52 American hostages, Hamburg, West Germany Admiral Karl Doenitz, who assumed power in Germany for 23 days after Adolf Hitler's suicide just long enough to surrender to the Allies died Thursday at age 89. Doenitz rose from a naval cadet to commander of Hitler's U-boats a force that sank almost 3,000 Allied ships. He was chief of the navy during the last stages of the war. Doenitz was reportedly surprised or; April 30, 1945 to hear Hitler had chc .Ci. h : ,. successor, suc-cessor, but he went on Hamburg Radio urging Germans to fight against the, "Bolshevik enemy," even though he knew the war was lost. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Nuremburg Trial 3 and settled into obscurity after af-ter his release in 1956 from ".r?nda u Prison. He insisted his sentence was a kn! ; execution if a soldier for simply following orcr . rock and he fell. on his left elbow and shoulder. Granum couldn't say how steep the slope was. The accident fractured the clavicle near the connection to the breastbone. Rear Admiral William Lukash said the President was in considerable con-siderable pain and would have to be put on medication for several days.' But that prognosis had improved by Monday and Carter was taken off the medicine. The President was placed in a harness to keep his shoulders immobilized, but Lukash said the left-shoulder injury should not hinder the President, who is right-handed. Carter plans to follow through with plans to attend the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Washington An anti-violence group claimed 15 Americans have killed themselves over the past year playing Russian Roulette after watching wat-ching similar scenes depicted in TV broadcasts of "The Deer Hunter." The National Coalition on Television Violence released a list of alleged victims. vic-tims. In Mesa, Ariz, the group charged, small children watched the film, and then played the game with a 38-caliber revolver, and 8-year-old John Triste died from a bullet between the eyes In San Antonio, Texas, 24-year-old John Mendoza shot himself with a .22. Psychiatrist Thomas Radecki, on th Coalition's board of directors, said that on screen warnings about the picture are not helpful and may even further glorify the risks of the game. Radecki said stations have ignored the Coalition's appeals to stop showing the film. Sid Scheinberg, president of MCA TV, which distributes the film, called the protest a violation of 1st Amendment rights. "If you take (their) logic to its ultimate conclusion, you could not report the deaths of public figures, because some deranged people reportedly killed themselves upon learning of the death of John Lennon." Anchorage, Alaska Two pet store workers were arrested for allegedly selling rats and rabbits rab-bits to customers to feed to the store's pet boa constrictor. Lt. Bill Hoagsaid he took action after af-ter a woman reported her 7-year-old was. frightened after she saw rabbits being fed to th snake, named Sonny. Rabbits, Hoag said, aren't natural snake bait. Owner Sharon Fergusor defended the practice. "How do (the police) ex pect snakes to eat?" she said. "We're in-the business to promote reptiles, not to get peopl sick over them." |