May 31, 1979 (vol. 89, iss. 21) • Page Image 7
… gasoline that can be produced. Some oil industry conspiracies. companies have been diverting some Arabs, gov t troops clash in oil-rich Iran province KHORAMSHAHR, Iran (AP) - Weeks of discontent among Iran…
…'s autonomy-minded Arab minority ex- ploded yesterday into a bloody showdown between armed Arabs and government troops in this city at the heart of oil-rich Khuzestan province. State radio reported 21 persons…
… of Abadan, site of the world's largest oil refinery. But the National Iranian Oil Co. reported no in- terruption to oil operations. The army repulsed an attempt by the rebellious Arabs to take over…
… every corner. The guard, a militia-style group, cap- tured many barricades the Arabs had built from palm tree trunks and car tires, and the barricades smoldered in the night, along with many shops and…
… houses burned earlier in the day. IRAN'S'Arabs are an ethnic minority in a Moslem but non-Arab nation. In Khuzestan, where they number about two million, they claim to be a majority and are pressing for a…
… greater share of the oil profits, appointment of more Alab officials, greater use of Arabic language and an end to what they say is discrimination in employment. The fighting erupted at 4 a.m. yester- day…
… after a tense week in which the province's governor-general, Rear Adm. Ahmad Madani, ordered Arabs to turn in their weapons and evacuate buildings they had occupied. BANK REGULATORS DECIDE PASSBOOK…
… group his latest survey shows that 82 per cent of full-time students between the ages of 18 and 24 favor the idea of a voluntary national service program in which young people could work in either…