Gazette (Newspaper) - November 19, 1979, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Smash opener Cornets crush California page 3B) r Too busy to fight Whir of sewing and gab page 4A) Weather Clear and cooler tonight with lows around 40. Increasing cloudiness and cooler Tuesday with highs in the low 50s. Calm northwest Weather details on page 2A. Ml CITY FINAL VOLUME 97, NUMBER 314 EASTERN IOWA'S LEADING DAILY Monday NOVEMBER 19, 1979 25 CENTS CEDAR RAPIDS CITY OF FIVE SEASONS Iranians free 3, threaten spy trials UPl photo The three American hostages who were released from the U.S. Embassy in Iran arrive today in From left are Sgt. Ladell Sgt. William Quarles and secretary Kathy Associated Press Three American hostages freed from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran arrived in Western Europe today and Iranian militants appeared about to release 10 more for expulsion from the A White House statement said if Iran attempts to put any of the remaining 49 U.S. hostages on trial for as Ayatollah khomeini has it would be a flagrant violation of international In Swissair said it has sent a airliner to Tehran to collect more American hostages freed by the Moslem students holding the U.S. Embassy in the Iranian The Swiss national airline officially announced that the chartered by the U.S. left Zurich at 7:28 a.m. EST and was due to land five hours President Carter bluntly demanded the immediate release of all U.S. hostages in Iran and warned that putting them on trial as spies would further fire Carter's statement referred to a statement by Khomeini that hostages accused of spying would face Islamic justice unless the United States surrendered the specter has been raised of other American diplomatic hostages being placed on the statement a step would be a further flagrant violation of elementary human religious precepts and international law and The president kept in touch with his foreign policy advisers from the nearby Camp David retreat Where he was spending Thanksgiving Looking fit and a young woman secretary and two black Marine sergeants arrived in Copenhagen on a Scandinavian airliner and were immediately transferred to a U.S. military They later arrived in West for a medical checkup at a military A military source told The Associated Press the three were to be taken to the U.S. Army's 97th General Hospital in The who asked not to be did not rule out the possibility they might be transferred later to a larger hospital operated by the Air Force in nearby State Department officials in Frankfurt refused to say how long the three would remain but in Washington officials said they were expected to stay at least two or three days for debriefings and I'm still I'm still shouted Kathy Gross in a fuzzy telephone call to her parents Calling from the military hospital in Miss 22, told her Robert and May Gross of Cambridge she would meet them in Washington in time for Mrs. Gross said her daughter told her she was in good but had been tied to a chair at the embassy for 16 hours every day of her 16-day The release was the first break in the embassy siege that began Nov. 4. A report by radio that four more women and six more blacks had been freed and would leave Tehran Please turn to page 2A: Iran TODAY Cedar Rapids Steve Brett was dressed appropriately for a political announcement made this Page 9A. A five-year street construction plan is to the tune of Page 5A. Since VISTAs arrival in Cedar citizens have had help in standing up for their Page 4A. Sports While most fans know Nebraska's football team as the Gazette staffer Don Doxie says a more appropriate name is He could have sworn he was at a Santa Claus Page 4B. Iowa Over the at least nine persons died on Iowa highways and two Iowans Page 7A. Farm A champion was among the winners of the It With contest Page 8A. Nation As many as 12,7JM) soldiers were enlisted through fraud or irregular practices the last two Page 13 A. Index Page 2A Today's Chuckle One of the easiest lessons to learn is that if you want to be the toast of the you need a lot of ' copyright 3-county chase ends with arrest MUSCATINE - Police chased a Cedar Rapids man about 60 miles across three counties and through two roadblocks before arresting him in Muscatine Sunday officials Muscatine County authorities said they were holding the Michael G. 20, 507 Seventh Ave. on charges of second-degree theft and possession of controlled Authorities said they expected traffic charges soon will be filed by law enforcement agencies involved in the The which at times involved speeds up to 110 started about 3 a.m. in Linn County when Coombs allegedly stole a 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo owned by Gary 2717 O Ave. from a 7-Eleven store at 103 First Ave. Johnson County deputies joined the chase near Iowa Coombs managed to elude police while driving through downtown Iowa City at a high With the Iowa State Patrol joining the Coombs slipped through a roadblock set up by Muscatine County deputies near West He continued east on U.S. Highway 6, officials and then turned south on Iowa Highway 38. Coombs eluded a roadblock at the edge of Muscatine by jumping the a tire blew out and he abandoned the car in a church parking lot about a mile Police said he escaped into underbrush and was not he was spotted walking along U.S. Highway 61 in Muscatine about 7 a.m. and was Officials said they found articles that linked Coombs to the Police said they also found marijuana and amphetamines when they searched 38 cents per mile Record jump in auto costs DETROIT - The average cost of owning and operating a new car took a record leap in 1979 to 38 cents per the Hertz Corp. That represented an increase of 4.9 cents or 14.7 percent over last which specializes in auto leasing and said in an annual survey released A record yearly increase in average gasoline prices of 26.4 cents per gallon helped boost the cost of the study Hertz said it now costs more - 30.1 cents - to operate a subcompact car than the 27.9 cost of driving a full-size vehicle in 1974. 1973 and 1979, increases in new car ownership and operating costs totaled 88 far outrunning the 63 percent spiral in the cost-of-living index in the same said Hertz executive vice president for vehicle and equipment Hertz said it arrived at the average 38-cent-per-mile figure by computing costs of owning and operating an sedan driven 10,000 miles a year and owned three years - a configuration the company considers close to the national The study that increased operating costs have forced many drivers to purchase smaller cars and keep them Hertz said the cost of operating a subcompact increased from 25.8 cents per mile last year to 30.1 cents in 1979; compacts climbed from 28.2 cents to 31.9 small mid-range models went from 32.5 cents to 36.5 while full-sized cars increased from 36.9 cents to 43.3 cents per On the Hertz a person who drove an car 25 miles to and from work every day would spend for the trip - a substantial outlay compared with mass transit That works out to per roughly per month and per year - just for transportation to This year's cost increase was the largest overall since 1950, topping the previous record rise of 3.6 cents a mile that took average expenses from 20.2 cents per mile in 1973 to 23.8 cents in 1974. By Hertz said 1950 expenses were 10.9 cents per mile - the equivalent of 29.5 cents in today's inflated Virtually all costs associated with driving increased in 1979, Hertz It said the typical new car price increased 10.5 percent to Out-of-pocket expenses in the Hertz estimate also include oil and other service station parts and insurance and car loan interest and Depreciation - the difference between a car's purchase price and resale Please turn to page 2A: Iowa Carter backers by Florida straw vote victory ST. Fla. - In practical the straw vote held at Florida's Democratic vention this weekend didn't mean a But supporters of the president - saying they're excited and - claim they're ready to beat the challenger from Sen. Edward in this southern state that helped put Jimmy Carter in the White House three years Both sides are bracing for a bruising battle for Florida's 100 delegates to the Democratic National to be held In New York City next Those delegates will be chosen in the state primary March 11. have to take our case for the president to every single voter in the said Jay Carter's Florida campaign have to have a much wider audience than we've had up to this Carter's allies were pleased with the lopsided victory he scored over Kennedy on the straw ballot Sunday as the three-day convention came to a close with the atmosphere of a Carter campaign Carter won 1,114 delegates to 351 for Kennedy and nine with no a showing Hakes called Kennedy supporters point out that most delegates were activists or officeholders and that Kennedy has strong support among ordinary Another Carter California Gov. Jerry was not on the in state Republicans gave Gov. Ronald Reagan the nod in a highly publicized straw Reagan picked up 36.4 percent of the ballots Saturday to 26.6 percent for closest former Texas Gov. John director George Bush netted third place in the GOP race with 21.1 followed by Illinois Rep. Philip Crane and Sen. Howard Baker in last At the Democratic Kennedy forces also emphasized that the results had no official meaning and were heavily influenced by the Oct. 13 county caucuses in which about half the delegates were mainly by party The with Carter winning about 500 delegates to 300 for a were a test of organizational not the popularity of the candidates among Florida's 2.7 million Kennedy forces noted that the popular vote for the president and the senator in the caucuses was extremely close in several big a fact obscured by the winner-take-all delegate selection Although Carter's showing was his boosters touted it as proof the president has strong support among Florida They the straw ballot gives Carter a psychological UPI Photo Nancy and Ronald Reagan bask in the warmth of Florida Republicans during the state GOP convention in Reagan won a straw vote among the party's presidential
