Page 6-Tuesday, July 10, 1979-The Michigan Daily Khomeini to free war prisoners TEHRAN, Iran (AP)-Ayatollah other than murder, torture, or "plun- nouncement, however, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini an Ruhollah Khomeini announced a dering of public wealth." revolutionary regime was facing its fir- ayatollah said no one has the rig sweeping amnesty yesterday for Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan and st major power struggle in the armed dismiss me and that I should stayi prisoners of the revolution but ap- military leaders had appealed forces. position and carry out my duties." peared headed for a collision with repeatedly for an amnesty to end a Brig. Gen. Seif Amir Rahimi, the authorities of his own government over national spirit of "retribution" and tough military police commander who A SPOKESPERSON at Khom a pistol-packing general who is refusing restore the morale of the army. had vowed to restore discipline to the residence in the holy city of to relinquish his power. Revolutionary firing squads have shattered army with his 7,000 crack reached by telephone, confirm Khomeini's amnesty announcement, executed 299 men since Shah Moham- troops, was fired by Defense Minister the revolutionary leader w, read over state radio, was expected to mad Reza Pahlavi was toppled from Taghi Riahi, state radio reported. Rahimi to say on. The spokesma mean freedom for thousands of old- power in February. But Rahimi refused to step down, the 79-year-old Moslem clergyma regime prisoners-all who face charges WITHIN HOURS of the amnesty an- telling a reporter, "I have contacted formed of the general's situation said, "He must not go." The defense minister's move STATE HEARING SCHEULED TODAY: atrtea~~n itlcrn d the ght to in my neini's Qum, ed that anted n said an, in- n, had came nat Faust call LANSING (UPI)-On the eve of a scheduled hearing to salvage Michigan's presidential primary, Senate Majority Leader William Faust said yesterday he will fight to save the election and to "close" it.' "I think it is important that we allow Michigan voters to have a voice in the selection of party nominees for the presidency," said Faust, a Westland Democrat. "Unless we enact legislation by Oc- tober 1st that will meet National Democratic Pary guidelines for a closed primary, the Democratic poriton of our primary election will be nothing more than a beauty contest, with con- vention delegates selected at party caucuses at a later date." FAUST SAID he supports legislation currently pending in the Municipalities and Elections Committee to accomplish that goal. State panel to decide on ed. funding (Continued from Page 3) cording to House Fiscal Agency Analyst Rick Bossard. According to Shapiro, if the commit- tee decides to cut appropriations by $30 million, the University could face financial problems which could be remedied only by such measures as higher tuition and possible staff lay- offs. "We can't survive on our present status (with the cut backs)," said Shapiro. Shapiro added that he was unsure of what the committee will decide today. "I've heard all kinds of numbersand they don't seem to add up," he said. s for saving primary The committee is scheduled to debate a piece of paper or declaring it orally. two primary bills this afternoon. One bill, sponsored by Sen. Gary "ALTHOUGH DIFFERENT in ap- Corbin (D-Clio), requires that voters proach, both of these bills would ac- orally declare in which presidential complish the goal of allowing Michigan primary they wish to vote. A second citizens to play a meaningful role in the measure, sponsored by Sen. John Kelly selection of candidates for the single (D-Detroit), would give voters the op- most important elective office in the tion of writing their party preference on country," Faust said. his hip, said at a news conference yesteyday morning he had uncovered a "plot" against himself and the Islamic revolution and would be making arrests of the conspirators within hours. Rahimi, 55, said he was extremely close to Khomeini. Surrounding the general at his Jamshidieh barracks last evening were 70 armed, black- uniformed bodyguards whom he iden- tified as special troopers dispatched by Khomeini for his protection. NASA: Skylab falls tomorrow WASHINGTON (AP)-It looks as If the maneuver is not needed, if Skylab tomorrow may drop its Indian O cean Smith said, NASA will induce a tum- debris over the Indian Ocean and ble when Skylab is 86 miles high so some of the least populated stret- engineers can better predict the re- ches of land in the world, the space entry. p agency said yesterday. NASA's Skylab task force. "IF THE MIDDLE frame holds The agency forecast the end of OBVIOUSLY, HE SAID, NASA good for thenext few hours we are in Skylab to come between 3:21 a.m. expects the re-entry to be close to for an excellent set of orbits and and 9:21 p.m. EDT tomorrow. The the midpoint of the 20-hour period, maneuver won't be required," mid-point in that 18-hour time span but an hour or two either way would Smith said. At the 86-mile height is 12:21 p.m. when the spacecraft is shift the re-entry point and the track Skylab has about 71 to 8 hours of over the ocean south of Africa below of debris, life. the Cape of Good Hope. When it slams into the at- If Skylab enters the atmosphere at Skylab, which was an orbiting We tsasit h t home for astronauts who performed mosphere, if the predictions hold, that point, its violent breakup would experiments in space, girdles the Skylab will have completed 34,981 propel hundreds of pieces forward world every 88 minutes. revolutions since it was launched in along a 4,000-mile track, dropping The orbit before the midpoint in 1973. Most of that time it has orbited harmlessly into the Indian Ocean NASA's latest re-entry estimate 270 miles above Earth, but it has and over West Central Australia, a would take the spacecraft over been dropping steadily, and yester- sparsely populated area. Western Africa and an orbit later day the orbit was about 119 miles. THE 18-HOUR TIME span was the would take it over the Atlantic just The orbit on which Skylab would second refinement NASA made off the coast of Brazil. re-enter over Ascension Island takes during the day. Earlier it predicted "F T MDE time frame the spacecraft over the northern the 118-foot space derelict would en- holds good we are in an excellent set United States beginning just north of ter the atmosphere between 2:10 of orbits," Smith said. Everett, Wash., across the Rockies a.m. and 10:10 p.m. EDT with the NASA has the option of delaying and the Canadian prairies near Win- midpoint at 12:10 p.m. when Skylab the entry by repositioning the nipeg and eastward just above Mon- is over Ascension Island in the spacecraft so that it will have less treal south of Nova Scotia and Atlantic. drag when it hits the atmosphere. southeastward across the Atlantic. "That turns out to be the set of or- Such a maneuver, if it's required, NASA planned to refine its bits with the least population under would cause the spacecraft to begin forecasts continuously until the it," said Richard Smith, head of tumbling. spacecraft comes back. Abortion leader lists threats to cause s (Continued from Page 3) dealing with rational people. We're not." - Claiming that abortion foes want to limit a woman's right to control her own body, she emphasized that the goal of the pro-choice movement is not to advocate abortion, but to "maintain the ISRAEL LOW COST FLIGHTS EUROPE-ALL CITIES (212)689-8980 Outside N.Y. State TOLL jREE 1-800-223-7676 'The Ceer Afo WStudent Travel 11-- -ROA ---- - ---. N right of the woman to make that decision herself." "If we want to maintain our rights in this nation, we've got to fight for them now," she added. PRO-CHOICE fervor is increasing, she said, noting that national member- ship in her group has grown from 6,000 in 1973 to 60,000 today. The Washtenaw chapter of MARAL was formed in Sep- tember. MARAL is a division of the National Abortion Right Action League, which organized in 1969 to fight for legal abortion. Two state legislators, Sen. John Welborn (R-Kalamazoo), and Rep. Thaddeus Stopczynski (D-Detroit), filed a suit against Gov. William Milliken, claiming that he abused gubernatorial power when he vetoed a $1 million allocation for Medicaid abor- tions last September, Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Jack Warren, ruling in Welborn's favor, said the governor overstepped his legal authority. CERAMICS SHOW SYRACUSE, N. Y. (AP) - "A Cen- tury of Ceramics in the United States 1878-1978" has opened a two-year national tour at the Everson Museum of Art here and will remain. on view through Sept. 23. The show was organized by the Ever- son, which has the most extensive collection of American ceramics in the United States, and brings together over 400 works in clay by 160 artists. The museum says, "The exhibition traces the growth of American ceramics as an art form from its traditional-art pottery roots to pioneering personal statements in clay, which have dramatically influenced the development of ceramic art inter- nationally." ' -