4 STUD ENT APATHY See editorial page LIE Wan 1 ai g OPAQUE High-30 Low-law teens See Today for details Vol. LXXXIX, No. 98 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, January 27, 1979 Ten Cents Eight Pages AT LEAST 15 DIE Renewed anti-gov't violence rocks Iran By Reuter and AP Soldiers opened fire on crowds of anti-government protesters in Tehran yesterday as tension over the impen- ding return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the exiled Moslem leader who aspires to rule Iran, flared into bloodshed. At least 15 people were reported _ killed during violent clashes between i rtroops and pro-Khomeini demon- strators along the capital's main Shah Reza Avenue and near Tehran Univer- :, saty. - . HUNDRED OF thousands of people took to the streets despite a government announcement that a martial law ban on public demonstrations would be en- ' forced starting this morning. .y. l' Witnesses reported that several f, .soldiers, including an officer, had left their posts to join the protesters. Other . . . .~. ~ ~.. . .~ soldiers refused to shoot at demon- S'r. Khomr eiiwho ledthe. revolt which .. ./forcedShah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi :....to leave the country for an indefinite r.period, had planned to return to Tehran '. yesterday from 15 years in exile to -x," proclaim an "Islamic republic." ... :..2~ : , . . .ia"slmi .4. .. .... ,....THE 78-YEAR-OLD Shi'ite Moslem AP Photo leader postponed his departure from Anti-government demonstrators dive for cover from soldiers' bullets in downtown Tehran yesterday. The demonstrators Paris until tomorrow after the gover- were angered by the government's delaying of the return of religious leader Ayatullah Khomeini to Iran. nment of Prime Minister Shapur 'BR OAD A GENDA' PLANNED FOR C HINA SUMMIT: Carter: pa ct no threat to US Bakhtair closed all airports in Iran. Tens of thousands of Khomeini sup- porters marched on Tehran Airport and confronted troops seang off the air- flied on orders of the government. The big gun of a Chieftain tank was trained on the sea of people who streamed out of the capital as soon as the overnight curfew expired. Near Tehran's main bazaar people were shouting "Khomeini Amad, Khomeini Amad," (Khomeini has come, Khomeini has come) as rumors spread that the Ayatollah had flown back despite having earlier postponed a charter flight from Paris. BUT A CLOSE associate of the Ayatollah, Mehdi Bazargan, said ,he was still at his exile home in Neauphle- le-Chateau. Yesterday's. street battles were in sharp contrast to scenes of frater- nization and flower-exchanging bet- ween troops and demonstrators in recent weeks. Army commanders had warned on Thursday night, amid growing tension over Khomeini's plans to return, that they would tolerate no unauthorized demonstrations. Control of Shahreza Avenue seesawed between troops and protesters during a seven-hour battle. Some rioters pelted police manning water cannons with stones. Other demonstrators gripped wooden staves and lengths of pipe, but the heavy gun- fire kept them away from troops. TROOPS ALSO opened fire on anti- government protesters in the western city of Sanandaj, and it was estimated" that five persons were killed and 25 were wounded, the official Pars news 'agency reported. The state radio said troops broke up opposition demonstrators, many of them armed with battle axes, .swords, cleavers and similar weapons, who went on a rampage in the northwest city of Tabriz. It said 600 persons 'were arrested. Tabriz residents reported heavy. shooting during the day. The radio said two soldiers and one army officer suf- fered stab wounds, one officer was wounded by a bullet and three civilians were also injured. Opposition sources said there were some deaths. Government officials quoted Bakhtiar .as telling his aides that yesterday's army crackdown was carried out on his orders and there was no alternative but to try to maintain or- der. Islamic leaders have called for more demonstrations in Khomeini's support today, the anniversary of the death of the prophet Mohammed. The shah, who left Iran Jan. 16, remained secluded in Morocco yester- day. Sources there said he had not made a decision on his next move, and that it would depend on developments in Iran. The anti-shah movement consists of orthodox Moslems who opposed his Westernization of Iran as anti-Islamic and of political activists seeking to end his authoritarian rule. Both groups also say Iran has been dominated by the West under the shah. By AP and UPI President Carter said yesterday U.S. recognition of Communist China is not 'an opening for bloodshed and war" in Asia and neither the Soviets nor Taiwan should fear the Washington-Peking link. He said he sees no need for Sen. Ed- ward Kennedy's proposed Senate resolution reaffirming U.S. conern for Taiwan's independence and indicated he would veto "any legislation that would violate the agreement we have reached with the Peoples Republic of China." CARTER ALSO said he will attempt to negotiate a "broad agenda" of possible agreements with China during next week's summit, including set- tlement of claims and counterclaims dating back to the communist takeover of the mainland.k The president said he feels the sum- mit, which grew out of the U.S. decision Dec. 15 to extend full diplomatic Bangladesh train wreck kills 7 DACCA, Bangladesh (AP) - An ex- press passenger train packed with men, women and children ran off the tracks in western Bangladesh yesterday, killing at least 70 persons and injuring 182 in the country's worst train crash, officials said. Officials told The Associated Press by telephone from Chuadanga, 95 miles west of here near the border with India, that four persons were still trapped in crumpled train cars six hours after the accident. The locomotive and several passenger cars flew off the tracks and landed in a ditch, the officials said. Bangladesh radio said officials feared the death toll would rise. The deputy commissioner of Kushtia district said the track where the ac- cident occurred was disjointed. He said he did not know how it got that way. Two relief trains carrying medical supplies were sent to the scene. The injured were taken by truck to Chuandanga Hospital, but tents were set up to treat them because the hospital is not equipped to handle such an emergency, the officials reported. Earlier the United News of India, recognition to China, could open the way toward agreement between the two countries on airline travel pacts and scientific and cultural exchanges. Carter said he hopes the summit will provide for "stability and peace not only in the western Pacific but in the entire world," and - that some agreements may be resolved during Teng's visit. THE CHINESE leader is scheduled to arrive tomorrow in Washington for what will be a four-city, six-day U.S. tour. During that period, the Chinese leader also visits Atlanta, Houston and Seattle. "There are some outstanding ancient claims filed on the part of China against our country and vice versa," Carter said. "We ,hope to lay the groundwork for resolution of that difference." But Carter said most agreements would probably have to await further negotiations at the technical level and drafting of legal documents. "We would like to prepare for the future visits to China of some of our key Cabinet officers concerning ,trade and commerce," the president added. ON DOMESTIC matters, Carter defended once more his fiscal 1980 budget, saying that a proposed $600 million reduction in Social Security benefits constitutes only one-half of 1 per cent of all payments in the program. "This is not a politically popular proposal. I understand that," the president conceded. But Carter said spending restraints in the fiscal year beginning next Oct. 1 would pay dividends later in reduced inflation. And he said he has "no apologies to make" for proposing in- creases in military spending. "It is imperative that the Soviet Union ... know that we'are able to defend our- selves," Carter said. Secret button sparks UAW strike FLINT (UPI) - Some 7,000 workers at a General Motors' Chevrolet truck plant - angered by the use of a secret button to increase speeds of assembly lines - have threatened to walk off the job Monday unless negotiators can resolve the dispute. The giant automaker has admitted using the secret device, a control box hidden in a superintendent's office, over asix-month period. THE UNITED Auto Workers(UAW) Thursday said the speedup of the lines, about 25 minutes over a nine-hour shift, resulted in almost 1,600 trucks being built with free labor. The union said the device was used over 18 months. The workers, members of UAW Local 598, threatened to strike the plant, the largest truck plant in the world, at 10:45 a.m. Monday. The plant, which turns out 1,500. trucks a day, is the same one where 42 years ago this month, militant auto workers seized two GM plants to protest, among other things, assembly line speedups. THE EVENT later became known as the "Flint s tdown strike," and led to GM recognition of the UAW. The union was demanding back pay for 3,000 workers who turned out more trucks during the speedup than they thought. Assembly line speeds are negotiated with management. If the line speed were to be increased to boost produc- tion, Chevrolet would have to hire more workers, according to the contract. The union said Chevrolet sped up the line almost imperceptibly and thereby increased production without hiring additional workers. GM said using the speedup button was "improper."~ Three superintendents at the facility were suspended and then reassigned to other GM plants when upper level com- pany 'executives discovered the existence of the device, GM said. Negotiations between the union and company were to resume today and bargainers were attempting to decide how much back pay was involved and how many workers should be compen- sated. Lit. Richard.Hill Doily Photo by PAM MARK Lt. Hill retires after 26 years on force By KEVIN ROSEBOROUGH When Richard Hill was hired by the Ann Arbor Police Department in 1953, Eisenhower was the >president of the United States, and the University had an enrollment of only 17,500. Yesterday, after over a quarter century of service, Lt. Hill put in his last day as a member of the Ann Arbor Police force. "Looking back, it seems like a short 26 years," said Hill, who spent his final days "winding down and getting things wrapped up." HILL WORKED his way through the ranks of the department, end wound up. his law enforcement career as the AAPD's media relations officer. In ad- dition to handling the daily inquiries of local reporters about crime in the city, Hill handled a daily WPAG radio broadcast direct from the police station. On a typical day one could find Hill seated at his desk in the records section of the department, sleeves rolled up to reveal the tattoo of a woman on his forearm. He always seemed relaxed and at home on the job, and expressed some nostalgic sentiment over ending his long law enforcement career. "I've enjoyed my time here," said Hill, "but I'm looking forward to lots of friends and fellow officers, including a dinner and dance in his honor at the Campus Inn last night. All that awaits in the immediate future, said Hill, is plenty of free time. "I'm planning a trip to Florida with my wife Mary Ann," the lieutenant said, remarking this will be his first trip to the Sunshine State. "We plan on fin- ding a nice place to stay until the snow melts." Once the snow vanishes, Hill is looking forward to a long summer of boating on the craft he has moored in Alpena. Beyond his extended vacation, Hill isn't certain of his future. Many ex- police officers take security consultant- type jobs after their retirement, but Hill would only say, "All I want right / now is my own time." S""aturday " The Michigan icers stopped an eight game slide by sinking Notre Dame last night at Yost Arena. For an account of the ac- ..; 2'