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Clark agrees to
look into U.S.
crimes in Iran

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From UPI andAP
TEHRAN, Iran - Former U.S. At-
torney Genetal Ramsey Clark said
yesterday he has agreed to President
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr's request to
form a commission to investigate and
expose American involvement in Iran
during the deposed shah's regime.
. Clark, heading a 10-member U.S.
delegati6n to Iran's anti-American con-
ference, met Bani-Sadr for 45 minutes
and afterward said he had agreed to
help' the Islamic regime uncover
alleged instances of American inter-
ference.
Iraqi
embassy
in Rome
attacked
From UPI and AP
ROME - Shouting "Long live
Khomeini!" two gunmen shot up the
Iraqi Embassy yesterday, killed a
chauffeur, and left behind a time bomb
defused by police only three minutes
before it was set to go off.
One of the attackers was wounded by
an embassy guard and hospitalized in
serious condition and the second gun-
man escaped. The guard was wounded
slightly in the foot.
THE WOUNDED gunman identified
himself asan Iraqi, and police said they
believed his accomplice probably also
was from Iraq.
But the Iraqi news agency said they
were Iranians. A Beirut-based group
called "The freedom-fighters of Iraq"
claimed responsibility for the attack on
the embassy in a residential area of
central Rome.
It was not lear why the terrorists in-
voked the name of Iranian
revolutionary leader Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini.
Investigators noted the two gunmen
spoke another Middle Eastern
language in addition to Arabic, the
language of Iraq.
In Kuwait yesterday, an explosion
shattered doors and windows of the
Iranian Embassy, but caused no in-
juries.
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HE INDICATED he would begin his
work for the Iranians after returning to
the United States, where he faces
possible prosecution by the Justice
Department he once headed for
violating President Carter's ban on -
travel to Iran.
"The idea of the commission to
determine from the U.S. government
what its conduct has been is of enor-
mous importance to the people of the
United States," Clark said.
"There are methods of obtaining in-
formation and we will explore them
all," he said, adding he may make use
of the Freedom of Information Act to
"sue the goverpment to compel them to
give the information."
ASKED ABOUT reports that he could
face up to 10 years in jail and a $50,000
fine for violating Carter's travel ban,
Clark replied "The $50,000 don't worry
me a bit. I don't have it," and he added,
"I hope I have 10 years."
Clark conferred with Bani-Sadr after
he and the other delegates attending a
four-day conference in Tehran heard
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini describe
Carter as a "wild animal" who is afraid
of Iran and the fate it holds in store for
the 53 American hostages, who entered
their eighth month in captivity.
The 30Q conference participants were
bused from their hotels to Khomeini's
north Tehran home, where the 80-year-
old Iranian leader addressed them
from a balcony as Foreign Minister
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh sat at his feet,
busily taking notes.
ALLUDING TO reports that the
Clark delegation may face prosecution
for defying Carter's ban on travel to
Iran, Khomeini said:
"Why is Mr. Carter afraid of these
delegations coming to Iran? Why does
he impose fines on people who are from
his country and are especially high-
ranking people?"
Meanwhile, British government and
student sources said Iran is cutting off
funds of its students studying overseas
in an effort to force their return home
from countries at odds with the Islamic
government or for economic reasons.
The Tehran government, reversing a
tradition begun by the Shah of Iran, is
refusing to pay the schooling costs of
thousands of Iranian students in
Britain, with the result that the young
Iranians face expulsion starting this
month unless they can come up with the
money on their own, the sources said.
Informants here also said Iran's
Education Ministry has decided that no
undergraduates will be sent to study in
at least a dozen countries next term
because of political reasons. These
countries include the United States,
Canada, Portugal, the Philippines,
Egypt, South Africa, and Iraq.

Awakening to tourists AP
Sightseers, in a scene reminiscent of "Gulliver's Travels," stop to examine
the sculpture "Awakening" by Princeton, N.J. artist J. Seward Johnson
in Washington, D.C. Tuesday. About 3,000 sculptors from 35 countries are
exhibiting their works at the four-day International Sculpture Conference
in the nation's capital this week.
Senate to aet on tax
reformn proposal today

LANSING (UPI) - The Senate
yesterday readied for final approval
Gov. William Milliken's $800 million tax
reform proposal, altering it slightly to
gain more support from farmers and
local governments.
The plan is slated for final Senate ac-
tion today, sponsors said. Thus far it
appears to be opposed strongly only by
a handful of lawmakers.
THE PROPOSED constitutional,
amendment and nine accompanying
bills - drawn up by legislative leaders,
Milliken, and several special interest
groups - call for an average $350
property tax reduction for most
homeowners. Lost revenue would be
replaced by increasing the state sales
tax from four per cent to 5.5 per cent.
Placing the proposal on the Novem-
ber ballot - a move requiring a two-
thirds vote of both houses - is seen by
many as the state's only defense again-
st the drastic tax slashing plan ad-
vocated by Shiawassee County Drain
Commissioner Robert Tisch.
At the -,request of -the- powerful

Michigan Farm Bureau, and in an ap-
parent attempt to gain needed
agricultural support for the plan, the
Senate voted to include a special tax
break for farm and forest land in the
package.
THE NEW provisions allow those
lands to be evaluated for tax purposes
based on income levels rather than
market value.
The amendment's sponsor, Sen.
Harry Gast (R-St. Joseph), said the
basic property tax reduction does little
to aid farmers, who often have land
valued at near $1 million.
Upper chamber lawmakers also
moved to make part of the state con-
stitution the "rainy day" fund. The
fund, now a state statute, requires set
deposits of state revenue during good
years and withdrawals in bad times.
The Michigan Municipal League and
other municipal groups had complained
they were shortchanged by a provision
allowing the state to lower con-
stitutionally mandated payments to
local governments when federal
revenue sharing paymentsdrop.

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