The Michigan Daily Vol. XC, No. 29-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, June 18, 1980 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Hostage issue stalled A GUARD STANDS watch yesterday in Tehran at a wall of the U.S. Embassy, which is decorated with a mural depicting the American hostages held by the Iranian militants. A Tehran newspaper reported yester- day Iran's parliament is unlikely to consider the hostage issue until mid-September. More than 15 killed in S. African-clashes' Decision on captives'fate may be made in September From AP and UPI Iran's newly elected Parliament is unlikely to con- sider what to do about the American hostages until mid-September and the issue eventually may be put to the Iranian people in a referendum, aTehran newspaper said yesterday. The newspaper Donyaye Iran interviewed a num- ber of members of Parliament, who said they expec- ted to be occupied with routine business until the middle of September. "IF PARLIAMENT cannot make a unanimous decision on the hostage issue, a referendum should be held and the nation should vote on whether they want the hostages freed or tried as spies," the newspaper said. Parliament is dominated by the Islamic Republican Party, many of whose members have called for the hostages to be put on trial. The Americans were taken captive Nov. 4 when militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The militants have demanded the return of deposed shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wealth as the price for release of the hostages. MEANWHILE, IN Alexandria, Egypt, President Anwar Sadat said yesterday the shah is running a high fever because of the conflicting cancer treat- ments he has received, but is making "good progress." Sadat said an American doctor, whom he would not identify, visited the shah two days ago and said he was satisfied with his treatment. Hojatoleslam Moosavi Khovieniha, a spokesman for the militants who is also a member of Parliament, was quoted by another Tehran newspaper, Enghlab Islami, as saying: "Taking over the spies nest (the U.S. Embassy) for a while was uniting all of.us. Now it seems to be dividing us." HOWEVER, HE indicated no change in the militants' position on the issue, which has created a split between President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr and militant members of the governing Revolutionary Council and Parliament. Bani-Sadr asked that responsibility be turned over to Parliament but Iran's revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, rejected such a move. The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Abu Sharif, wrote a letter of resignation to Bani-Sadr, the Iranian news agency Pars reported. However, a spokesman for Bani-Sadr said the president had not yet accepted the resignation and refused to say whether he was likely to do so. The resignation came one day after Khomeini sent a message to 3,000 Revolutionary Guards who mar- ched to the U.S. Embassy in Tehran - where some of the 53 American hostages have been held for the past 227 days - saying there might be traitors among the guards corps. Khomeini called on the guards to find traitors within their corps and hand them over to the Revolutionary courts. The Revolutionary Guards have been criticized for not cooperating with the armed forces and not obeying the orders of the courts. From AP and UPI JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-More than 15 people were killed and at least 50 wounded in clashes with police last night during riots and looting in Cape Town's mixed-race districts, the South African Press Association reported. Pretoria police Capt. Quentin Papenfus said earlier there were an undetermined number of persons killed in the Cape Town clashes. The news agency, which initially reported at least eight killed and 58 wounded, said later that an official source put the deaths at more than15. The agency added that all official channels to information about the death toll were closed to the press on police in- structions. THE MIXED RACE people of South Africa legally are classified as a distinct race apart from the white and black populations. Pretoria police Capt. Quentin Papenfus said earlier there were an undetermined number of persons killed in the Cape Town clashes. Brig. J. F. Roussouw, commissioner of police in the western Cape area, told reporters "criminal elements" had started "looting and setting fire to property belonging to their own people." THE VIOLENCE CAME a day after the fourth an- niversary of the bloody 1976 Soweto riots that set off confrontations across this white ruled country in which hundreds were killed. SAPA said crows in a section known as Cape Flats stoned cars, looted and burned shops, and blocked roads with flaming tires. One witness said blazes appeared "all over the cor- doned-off area." The news agency-said cars were set ablaze and traffic lights in the area were out of order. RIOTERS ATTACKED CARS traveling to and from Cape Town's D. F. Malan airport, and some roads in the area were blocked off by police, SAPA reported. It said some cars arrived at the airport with injured passengers, and people at the airport plan- ning to-return to Cape Town waited for police escorts. The agency identified one of the injured as I. Julius, 30, and said he suffered head injuries. It quoted Julius as saying he was driving to his job with two com- panions and as their car approached burning tires on the highway two youths rushed out from nearby bushes -and threw rocks at the car, with one brick- sized stone smashing through the windshield.