Page 6-Friday November 30 1979-The Michigan Daily Iranian coverage was difficult for ousted Associated Press I By NICK KATSARELAS Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Walter Mears, completing a stint yesterday as a visiting professor at the University, described problems his organization faced covering the Iranian crisis without correspondents in that country. Reporters from America's largest news service were ousted from Iran in September because, Mears 'said, he believes the Iranian government didn't approve of AP's coverage of the Kurdish rebellion. In addition, he said the Iranian government may have objected to a close relation- ship between the deposed Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and an AP reporter. "ALTOUGH THE (Iranian) government was trying to play it down, we were describing the fighting, and they didn't care for that," Mears said. Until three weeks ago, when AP was permitted back in Iran, Mears said the service had to depend largely on Teheran radio broadcasts, correspondents from other agen- cies, and State Department information for its dispatches about the crisis. "We lacked eyewitness material, first-hand reports, and photographs," explained Mears, who is a Marsh professor in the Communications Department. "We kept making contacts when we could." MEARS, WHO is vice-president of AP, said the Iranian government values the presence of the American press in Iran, despite the widespread anti-U.S. sentimeit there. Mears said the head of the Iranian Embassy in the U.S. per- mitted AP to return to Iran because "he said they (Iranian officials) were very interested in having accurate reporting of the Iranian revolution." The press, Mears explained, plays an integral part in the running battle between religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and President Carter. He cited the recent in- vitation to the three major television networks to interview Khomeini. "They want the American media there to carry their message," Mears explained. "The Ayatollah wants film of eight zillion people stomping around outside the U.S. embassy," he added. The Marsh professor flew back to Washington last night after spending the week speaking to several communications classes. I~E~1 ']: Guess V 'ape at ibert St. 761-9700 rmerly Fifth orum Theater . '4,may q*50 O/ N r fin ea rs Iran disliked coverage She'd io back 7 Released hostage says life in Iran was good SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Terri Ted- ford, a secretary who was one of the 13 American hostages released from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, says she "would go back to Iran in a minute if I could." Tedford, 24, said she loved her em- bassy job, Iran's warm and dry climate, hikes in the nearby mountains, and numerous parties. "AS FAR AS being hostages, we weren't mistreated. It could have been much worse," she said in an interview Wednesday at her parent's home in suburban South San Francisco. "Physically I'm here, but emotionally I am in Iran," she said. "My thoughts are constantly on the FRI--6:00, 8:00, 10:00 FRI-Adults $1.50 til 6:30 (or capacity) SAT. SUN-1:50, 3:50, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00 SAT, SUN--Adults $1 .50 til2:15 (or cap.) Adults $2.50 til 4:30 (or cap.) remaining 49 hostages." sidered the safest. The State Department said yesterday "AFTER A ,three-hour period elap- that there were actually 50 Americans sed, we saw the situation was hopeless 5 remaining. and surrendered," she said. BECAUSE OF their concern for the She and six other women hostages hostages still being held by Iranian were kept in the same room most of the militants, Tedford said the freed time, guarded by Moslem women, she hostages had all agreed that "it could said. It was five days before they were be detrimental to the well-being of the allowed to bathe and change clothes other 49 if we went into detail." and their hands were tied most of the She said she had been transferred to time. Tehran on Sept. 20 and that she has "If you ate more, they left your hands become accustomed to demonstrators untied longer," Tedford said, adding chanting outside the embassy walls. that the women gained about six pounds But that changed on Nov. 4 when the each during their captivity because of a militants stormed into the embassy diet of Iranian bread, rice, and other grounds. As she was taking dictation, starchy food. Tedford said, a security i guard ran She said the hostages read to pass the down the hall, telling everyone to go up- time. stairs to the part of the building .con- Mexico: harboring shah not in national interest Tedford hostages not mistreated I QCINEMA - Presents THE FILMS OF CHICK STRAND9 Appearing in person to show and talk about her work is filmmaker CHICK STRAND. Audiences of the Ann Arbor Film Festival will remember her films as highlights of recent fes- tivals. In the forefront of the current avant-garde movement in cinema, her films explore and experiment with new pos- sibilities in personal filmmaking. Ms. Strand will discuss her films following the presentation. Tomorrow; UP IN SMOKE RACKHAM AMPHITHEATRE $1.50 7:00 only With the support of MCA sponsored in part by MSA Tomorrow: UP IN SMOKE (Continued from Page 1) The court, composed of 15 inter- national justices, is not in session, but Vance cited the "extraordinary urgen- cy" of the Iranian situation and asked for action "within days." "THE PRESENT crisis constitutes a serious threat to international peace and security," Vance wrote. The U.S. suit asked the court to "declare that Iran shall release im- mediately and permit to depart from Iran immediately all hostages and other members of the embassy. It also asked that Iran be required to pay unspecified reparations to the United States "for numerous grave violations of international legal rights." The resolution was sent to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, whose chairman, Rep. Clement Zablocki (D- Wis.) said he had no plans to act on it. Miss Lillian says she would have Khomeini killed BOW, N.H. (AP) - Lillian Carter said last night that if she had a million dollars, she would hire someone to kill Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. During a question-and-answer session at the Bow Men's Club, the president's mother was asked how she would "handle fanatics" like the ayatollah if she were president. "If I had a million dollars to spare, I'd look for someone to kill him," she said, and the crowd stood and cheered. Carter's mother, known as "Miss Lillian," also said she believed the deposed shah of Iran should not be returned to his homeland, saying: "How can you send the shah back to a sword? To certain death?"