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Show High Court OpensSession With Series of Rulings WASHINGTON (UPI The Supreme Court, in a downpour of orders startingits new term, agreedtoday to take up a potpourri of cases in. volving everything from child steriliza tion to lawyer solicitation and sex segregated pension plans. Thejustices rejected appeals involy- ing such sensitive minority issues as the firing of a homosexual teacher, racial quotas ordered for Chicago police promotions, and the Kiwanis Club’s policyof excluding women from membership. In a piece of good news for < rights groups, however, theylet stand a controversial desegregation plan for Wilmington, Del., that requires the mergerof school districts encompass: ing almost two-thirds of thestate’s stu- dents The court rejected Richard Nixon's appeal of a judge's ruling that his White conspiring to defraud the United damages by the daughter. The 7th L States Thecourt agreed to hear arguments tater this term on a ruling that shook up the communications industry by re quiring newspapers io give up ownership of broadcast Stations Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in an In diana case that the ayswer is yes addition, the justices offered to rule this winter or next spring whether af etipluyer iuay require women Wor kers, who have a longer averagelife spanthan men, to make larger pension ing antiwar demonstrators arrested at operating in the same market At stakeare 60 newspaper - television Station cross - ownerships and many But it appeared to put an end to tions The justices also agreed to decide judge’s ruling that police armed House tapes may be screened for evidencein a civil damagesuit involy- the Capitol in 1971 government efforts to prosecute Frank DeMarco Jr., the lawyer who prepared Nixon's 1969 tax return, on charges of more combinationsinvolving radiosta fund contributions They also accepted for review cases involving arrant acted unlawfully when searched offices of the Stanford whether a judge who approved a mother’s request to have her 15-year- Daily old girl strators sterilized can be sued for 105TH YEAR, NO. 55 in 1971 for photos of demon Whethe authorities st obtain a w ant b entering a fire: damagedbuilding ere evidence of arson Whether the organized bar may penalizea lawyer who recommendshis own services to a prospective client Challenges. tc a Maryland law plan is terminated federal law church-related institutions Tne court already has accepted the highly publicized Allan Bakke which bars oil companies from discrimination” operating their ownretail service sta tions and requires them to sell gasoline to dealers at a uniform price Whether The Minnesota Pension g: with The court upheld Tennessee's college student aid program, which goes to ap: plicants attending both secular and “reverse case and will hear arguments on it next week But today it turned down a new chanceto rule on the constitutionality of racial quotas or "numerical targets in affirmative action programs, letting Act, designed to protect workers when stand a judge's order that the Chicago a plant closed or a private pension (Continued on Page2) $4.00 PER MONTH — PRICE 20 CENTS PROVO, UTAH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1977 Treasury Ruling Victory For U.S. Steel Industry [HACKED ) #9) THE JAPAN AIR LINES DC-8, hijacked by Japanese Red Army terrorisis Wednesday, landed in Algiers where the last of the hostages were released and the terrorists agreed to leave the plane. Ten hostages were released earlier at Damascus and the remaining 19 were taken to Algiers after the plane was refueled. (UPITelephoto) Hijackers Release Last 19 Hostages At Algiers Airport ALGIERS, Algeria (UPI) — Japanese Red Armyterrorists aboard a hijacked Japan Air Lines DC-8 jetliner released their hostages today and agreed to leave the plane themselves, the Algerian Press Service announced. The release was announced two hours after the plane had landed in Algiers on a flight from Damascus, Syria, with 19 remaining hostages on the sixth day of a marathon hijack that began last Wednesdayover India. Immediately on landing in Algiers the airliner was surrounded by police 3 Foreign Firms Must INDIAN OCEAN The jetliner flew in from Damascus, Syria, where the hijackers freed 10 other hostages, including two Americans and eight Japanese. The plane landed in midafternoon at Algiers's Dar el Beida airport. Aboard were atleast five Japanese Red Army terrorists, the six confederates whose release from prison they forced during the hijacking and their last 19 hostages — 13 passengers and six crew members. Also aboard was $6 million in U.S. $100 bills the hijackers had demanded in ransom from the Japanese govern- and newsmen were ordered outof the ment. the airport. There had been 155 persons aboard “The hostages of the DC-8 have been when the hijacking began last Wednes released,"’ The Algerian Press service day after a Bombay stopover on a Paris-Tokyoflight. said ‘The hijackersfirst forced the flight APS followed its announcement off the release with an urgentdispatch that to land at Dacea, Bangladesh. At Dacca, they traded 115 hostages apparently had been written before. It said, ‘The members of the Red Army for six freed comrades flown in from commando, authors of the hijacking of Tokye and$6 million cash. Post Bonds WASHINGTON (UPI) — In a potential major victoryfor the nation’s steel industry, the Treasury Department Monday tentatively determined that five Japanese steel companiesareselling carbon steel plate in the United States at a substantialloss. As a result, the Treasury Department announced that the five companies would be required to post bonds to cover ‘dumping duties’’ amounting to 32 per cent of the imports. Japanese firms sold $174 million worth of carbon steel plate in the United States last year. The Japanese companies involved in the tentative decision arefive of the six firms involved in a U.S. Steel Corp. complaint filed Sept. 20. Americansteel producers have been seeking curbs on foreign imports for years, Pressure for such curbs has beenincreased in recent months hecause domestic production and profitability have lagged and imports have surged. Robert Mundheim, the Treasury Department's general counsel, told a newsconferencethe department would makea final determination on the case within 90 days. If the final decision confirmsthat the Japanese steel is being sold here at a ESTIMATED200 to 300 residents of the Damascus, , area were evacuated by rescue workers in the Aiea of heavy flooding in the southwest Virginia area. All-night thunderstorms left the town under Thaw in Deadlocked Flash Flood Hits Area Nuclear Talks Seen Of Virginia “less than fair value,’’ the case would GENEVA, Switzerland (UPI) — be referred to the International Trade Commissionfor a ruling on whether the U.S., Soviet and British arms domestic steel industry had been “in- negotiators began formaltalks todayin jured.” That will also take up to 90 aneffort to break a 20-year deadlock on the banning ofall nuclear tests days. Officials from all three nations said In the meantime, the five Japanese firms will be required to post the they believe there is a good chance for getting such a comprehensive treaty, (Continued on Page 2) the DC-8 of the JAL company, have agreed to liberate the hostages and to evacuate the plane according to the terms of negotiations with Algerian authorities.” APSdid not specify whether the hijackers had agreed to surrender to police or whether they would be given political asylum or would be free to KimballTells Conference Path to Peace, Righteousness Is to Live by Commandments leave Algeria But the 6,000-mile saga nowin its six- th day appeared to be nearing its end (In Tokyo, the Japanese foreign ministry said Algerian authorities took the five Red Army hijackers and the six terrorist comrades whose release fromprison they had obtained to an un diclosed location. } The Algerian government said it al: lowed the planeto land at the express request of the Japanese government and for humanitarian reasons. SALTLAKE CITY— The 147th semi- annual General Conference of the Mormon Church ended Sunday, with President Spencer W. Kimballcalling the two - day meeting ‘'a great con. ference” and speakers underscoring the need for adherence to church priitciples Rain Cools Hawaiian Lava Flow; Residents Return LAPANA, Hawaii (UPI) — The Kilauea Volcano which sent molten lava to within ahalf-mile of this coastal village has mellowed, permitting the 250 evacuated residents to return to their homes. Rain cooled the five-mile long lava flow, ending the threat which had forced Civil Defense and National Guard teamsto clear the 125 homes and businesses Thursdayand Friday. For the first night in almost two weeks there was no red glow over Kalapana Sunday. High up in Kilauea’s East Rift Zone, out of view of Kalap a lopsided new cinder cone marked the spot from which curtains of fiery lave had climbed as high as 600 feet during six days of steady eruptive activity which ended abruptly Saturday Kilauea's 48th recorded eruption began with sporadic activity Sept. 13 “ad cranked into high gear last Mon: entists from the U.S. Geolog- rvey'’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory were careful to emphasize that the world’s most active volcano remained just that the end of the erup. tion mayjust be the end of a phase. Sensitive instruments have recorded a continuing underground movementof molten rock out of Kilauea’s summit areainto the east rift zone, but whereit is going remains a mystery to the “I shail go home and be a greater man than I have ever been before said President Kimball after praising the caliber of the messages presented I havelistened to all the suggestions andwill incorporate theminto mylife. ‘I urge you to contemplate all the suggestions," President Kimball told Sunday's overflow audience in the historic Mormon Tabernacle. During the weekend conference President Kimball also named three new general authorities to help in administration of the church. The new officials are: F. Enzio Busche, 47, Dortmund, West Germany; Yoshihiko Kikuchi, 36, Tokyo ; and Hugh W. Pinnock, 43, Salt Lake City In his final-day message, Kimball said, in modern society Scientists said the 800-to 1,000-footThe 82-year-old leader said, “In this wide lava flow which stopped short of day of the new morality, as sex permis: Kalapana has now cooled sufficiently siveness sometimes called, we that, even if eruptive activity resu- should be aware of the Lord's concern med, there would be no immediate about immorality and the seriousness threat of sex sins of all kinds.” Marvin J. Ashton, a member of the The 30-foot-high lava front slid only 100 feet under its own momentum church's Twelve Apostles, said, “ between the timethe eruption stopped know that free expressionis a vital part Saturday and whenit was checked Sun: of the eternal principle of free agency scientists day 1 also know how certain forces use freedom of speech to degrade or and must be preserved andprotected considered a vital element in halting the nuclear armsrace. T amlooking forward to a constructive round,’ Paul Warnke, director of the U.S. ArmsControl and Disaramament Agency, told reporters before the Warnké said he expects ‘‘a lot of positive excitement” and added, ‘Iam sure we can work out a common position to present to the Disaramament Committee,” The head of the British delegation, Percy Cradock, former ambassador to East Germany, said he foresees ‘some useful neogtiations’’ while Soviet negotiator Igor Morakhoy told the press hefeels ‘confident cording to our church beliefs and nor the world’s,” Haight said, 'One of your most important obligations is tobe and remain clean and pure Twodissident notes wereinjected in sustaining the authorities be recorded as “no” during Saturday's sessions rchant has challenged the church's policies which had prevented blacks from serving as leaders in Boy Scout troops sponsored by Mormon wards fallace said he would ask the Utah Supreme Court to reverse a restraining order banning him from attending con: ference sessions. He was excom municated in 1976 when he ordained a black to the priesthood the task of cleaning up today, it was a repeat performance. An all-night thunderstorm Saturday caused flash flooding in the area for the second time in six months But the weekend flooding was not as extensive as a flood that swept through the area last April Hundreds of persons had to be evacuated from several Southwest communities, including Damascus and Thetalks are expected tolast three to four weeks and“produce proposals’ to submit to the larger 31-nation St. Charles. But by Sunday night, thoughaslight Geneva were back in their homes andalready Disavmament Conference. U.S. officials said The chances appear better than ever before,’ a British expert said Apostle David B. Haight also urged problems, there seemed to be enough the young womenin the churchto “help our young menstay morally cleanthat they might be worthy and prepared to serve as missionaries ‘You too have a duty to servethe Lord and to honor womanhood ac BRISTOL,Va. (UPI) — It wasall too familiar: waterin the streets up to the roofs of cars, mud everywhere, store windows broken, whole towns evacuated For Southwest Virginians, faced with meeting began debase,"’ Ashton said. ‘And this conThe remaining obstacles are Stitutes perversion and enslavement resolvable,’ echoed a Soviet official But | have faith that obscenity can be ‘The forthcoming formal negotiations fully eliminated in the lives of quality grew out of an exploratory session in individuals July whereall sides agreedthat, depite ‘The only path to peace and the conference one when Douglas righteousness is to keep the command- Wallace, an excommunicated Mormon ments and return unto the Lord and from Vancouver, held a press con: serve him.” ference Saturday outside Temple He urged members to emphasize the Square ; and the other when Byron teaching of the scriptures to their Marchant asked that his vote on families and strengthen their homes against the evils of the permissiveness several feet of water as rescue workers struggled through the pre-dawn hours to aid several persons trapped in their homes. (UPI Telephoto) common groundfor a solution rain had begun again, most residents cleaning up, Wesley Mays, night dis patcher at the Bristol Police Depart ment, said. Sheriff's deputies, local police rescue workersand civil defense crews helped evacuate about 200 families from the Damascus Alvardo area near Beaver Dam Creek There were no reports of casualties Ex-India Leader Arrested; Charged With Abusing Post NEW DELHI, India (UPL) Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was ar rested today under the Prevention of Corruption act on charges of abusing her position during her unsuccessful election campaign A group of policemen led by high police officials went to her house and presented a warrant for her arrest signed by a magistrate Mrs. Gandhi was likely t taken to a magistrate where she was expected to be released onbail. a police officer said The warrant under which she was ar rested said she used her position as prime minister to secure jeeps for the campaignearlier this year for herself and her party in the last general elec tions, which she lost Mrs. Gandhi said in a statement her arrest was a “political one” tended to discredit me in and in their (the people's) eyes world and the eyes of the witnesses said ndhi was not taken away im: Mrs. G mediately Witnesses among the large crowd that had assembled in front of Mrs. Gandhi's house said she asked the police official to take her away in explained handcuffs this was not customary There were shouts from the crowd of Indira Gandhi Zindabad’* Indira Gandhi (Long Live Mrs. Gandhi said she was concerned not with credit or discredit but “with my duty toward 1 am, my country, whatever that continues to be my endeavor She told the be with you peaceful crowd, "I can and shall all. So keep calm and let no person or deed sub- due your spirit and determination. |