Ninety-One Years of :Editorial Freedom ian ~IaiIr NIPPY Partly cloudy and rather cold today with a high in the mid 40s. okk PVOl. XC, No. 59 Copyright 1980, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, November 1'1, 1980 Ten Cents Ten Pages U.S. gives' Iran reply to hostage release demands From AP and UPI ALGIERS, Algeria - U.S. diplomats delivered ,to Algerian mediators yesterday the formal American response to Iran's conditions for the release of the 52 American hostages held by Iranian militants for more than a year. The reply, termed "positive" by a U.S. official in Washington, was presen- ted by Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher to Algeria's foreign minister for relay to Iran.- DETAILS OF the American response were kept secret, but the'Washington official said the message contained a pledge of non-interference in Iran's in- ternal affairs and'an explanation of the legal and financial difficulties in meeting the other terms. State Department spokesman John Trattner said the.department hopes the U.S. reply will mark the beginning of negotiations for the hostages' release. Trattner said Christopher - leading a team of other top-level U.S. diplomats - carried a written American response approved by the White House last weekend. MEANWHILE, IN Iran, President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr was quoted by Tehran radio as saying if the hostage crisis is resolved in a week, a resum- ption of arms supplies would help his country in its war with Iraq. "But, if it takes more time, then it won't have much effect," he added. Washington has said in the past that U.S. arms, already purchased by Iran but blocked when diplomatic relations were severed, could be shipped to the Persian Gulf nation if all the hostages are freed. Iran's Pars news agency reported that Hashemi Rafsanjani, speaker of the Iranian Parliament, told a press conference it "is now up to the United States to prove to the world that it has been working for the release of the AP Photo hostages. The United States should not expect any other move from our side." to was CHRISTOPHER AND the diplomatic to wasteam arrived in this North African a huge countryaboard a special Air Force plane, conferred with U.S. Ambassador Ulrich Haynes, and then delivered the documents to Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Benyahia. Algeria has been acting as an inter- mediary between the U.S. and Iran sin- ce diplomatic relations between the two countries were broken. It was not known if any Iranian of- ficials were in Algeria, and State Department officials in Washington said it is unlikely Christopher would meet with Iranian authorities. The of- ficials said, however, that the U.S. remains willing to meet in face-to-face talks. CHRISTOPHER CONFERRED with Benyahia behind closed doors for more than an hour yesterday. The text of the American reply was expected to be relayed to Iranian officials within hours. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said Christopher delivered the reply per- sonally "to explain to the government of Algeria several complex legal and See U.S., Page 7 Christopher ... delivers response Iranian official says Ghotbzadeh released From The Associated Press - ROME-An official of the Iranian Embassy in Rome said yesterday for- mer Iranian Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh has been released from prison but the revolutionary prosecutor in Tehran indicated Ghotbzadeh is still in custody. Ghotbzadeh was arrested last week by revolutionary guards after criticizing the Iranian media and the militant students holding the American' hostages in a television speech in Iran. THE EMBASSY official said the Islamic revolutionary court ordered Ghotbzadeh freed from Evin Prison, located on the outskirts of Tehran. The official said he had been given no fur- ther details. The prosecutor, Hojatolislam Ali Qoddusi, however, would not confirm the report and continued to assert that Ghotbzadeh had "done something wrong." Qoddusi said Ghotbzadeh hindered the Iranian war effort by charging the Iranian media with "lies." "At a time when the people should with complete self-sacrifice send their children and their property to the battlefronts, if someone says all that you hear are lies, does this not mean: People, don't send them? "If one day he is set free, and perhaps we may be forced-by certain issues I cannot discuss-to set them free, then the people will complain," Qoddusi said. a r Travel snapshot Voyager I transmits to Earth this photo of Saturn, taken October 30 from a 4istance of 11 million miles. The pho released yesterday. The spaceship, nearing its rendezvous with Saturn's mysterious moon Titan, discovereda hydrogen cloud surrounding the planet yesterday. 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"It's certainly not a low priority issue; it's a high priority ... we certainly have to respond to it because it's law," Moorehead said. He added that the University has consulted various automobile com- panies in relation to the program. The University is required by federal mandate to "make a transportation system available to han- dicapped students," according to Jim Kubaiko, director of University Disabled Student Services. IN 1973 Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act - part of which requires educational institutions receiving federal funding to establish a transpor- tation system for the handicapped. Kubaiko said that if the University is found in violation of the Rehabilitation Act, it could lose all money received for federal research grants. "The University might be dragging their feet because the law is not really enforced," explained Steve Biehle, a student who works at Disabled Student Services. KUBAIKO SAID he has worked out some details for the transportation system. But, Moorehead said, the .University still is examining its options. Kubaiko said that he knows of five University students who use wheelchairs and 15 others with mobility impairments on campus. Permanently disabled students and, in some cases, temporarily af- flicted individuals - with problems such as broken bones - probably would be eligible for the transpor- tation service, he said. Both Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University have programs for the han- dicapped. EASTERN MICHIGAN University recently has purchased a van for transporting disabled persons - both faculty and students. It seats a maximum of four wheelchairs. Officials at Eastern Michigan have been discussing the purchase of such a vehicle since 1977, but only put an order in writing several months ago. "We asked for it and they gave it to us," said Mark Brazill, director of Handicapped Student Services at EMU. Michigan State University has five buses especially designed for handicapped students. According to Henrik Christiajisen, MSU operations supervisor for transportation, the school has four vehicles'which accommodate three wheelchairs each and cost $25,000. The fifth vehicle holds two wheelchairs and cost $40,000. Christiansen said that MSU did receive a federal grant, but, to his knowledge, "it only covered part of it (the cost)." The number of students using these facilities varies from "term to term," but, he said, MSU has ap- proximately 20 students using them on a permanent basis. Polish labor unions gain major victory &Y wihcuts decision From UPI and AP WARSAW, Poland - Poland's Supreme Court handed the nation's independent labor unions a major. victory yesterday, allowing the unions to run their own affairs without Communist Party domination. Jubilant labor leaders quickly called off nationwide strikes threatened for Wednesday and said they share the responsibility "for the fate of Poland." 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"v:.v:::. :M E N .n.. ........ w.v w: v..v .. a.:.4::.:.:.:.:::.......... ....x .... n.. .. .. ....................... ..... ..............":::n".v:v{v:x::h:":"\::{:":::}:?{ ' T ODAY A cold excuse EMBER ALL THOSE times you decided to skip classes because of that terrible cold you had? Well, you were just goldbricking, according to Dr. Adrian Rogers. Rogers said in a British medical journal article that "the patient will be no more comfortable resting at home than at work." The good doc- tor further dismissed the excuse that fellow workers might natch the sufferer's cn1r .harging that dntnrs whn hand Gadfly victorious Attention Zolton Ferency fans: After 20 years of fruitless campaigning, the Michigan State University professor has won his first election for public office. Ferency took a seat on the 21-member Ingham County Board of Commissioners, defeating Republican Margaret O'Rourke by a slim 3,908 to 3,493 vote margin. "I'm pleased to have won an election at long last," Ferency said, and added he is "looking forward" to the prospect of "carrying the burden" for the causes he U-- Fhe prospec carryi gof Mihan the rocks. "I feel fine," parachutist Ken Hamilton said from his hospital bed. Hamilton, 27, suffered broken bones and cuts Saturday after his parachute failed to open during an exhibition jump marking the First New River Gorge Bridge Day near Charleston, W.Va. The stuntman, who makes a living jumping for advertising campaigns, said his guide chute, which pulls out the main chute, had tangled and only half of the main canopy opened. He tried to land in the river, but missed by about three feet. Close, but no cigar. "I never lost consciousness when I hit. I just started spitting out teeth so I wouldn't choke," he explained matter Sergio Pasetto, who died so close to the election that city of- ficials didn't have time to remove his name from the ballot. The Democratic Committee urged voters to cast their ballots for Pasetto as a tribute to him and also as a means of keeping his legislative seat in Democratic hands. Voters seemed to agree with the committee and elected Pasetto with far more votes than Leavitt. But Leavitt maintains that she is the winner. "The winner of an election is the per- son who gets the most votes," she said. "I don't believe a dead man is a person." i i i