Waterloo Courier (Newspaper) - November 7, 1979, Waterloo, Iowa Wednesday November Iowa 25 cents I 44 pages 5 sections leave Iran WASHINGTON AP State officials Wednesday said they have advised the remaining Americans in Iran to quietly leave the country because of the seizure of the U.S Embassy but that some intend to stay despite the seizure of the embassy Meanwhile two special U.S envoys were flying to Tehran Wednesday in an effort to gain freedom for some 60 Americans held hostage at the U.S Em- bassy there since Sunday State Department spokesman David Passage said about 200 Americans have left Iran on commercial flights days and 300 to 400 Americans remain in the country Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and a Senate aide flew to Iran carrying a letter from President Carter to Ayatollah Khomeini Moslem leaders as king them to free the Americans under threat of death by demonstrators But Tehran radio said officials would not meet with the emissaries the United States first turned over the de- posed Shah of Iran who is undergoing cancer treatment in New York The U.S government has firmly rejected this de- mand previously as the price for freeing the hostages IN LONDON the British Broadcasting Corp reported without attribution that two Americans were taken from the Hilton Hotel in Tehran and put with the hostages at the embassy BBC television also reported Americans were being rounded up around Tehran Carter said of Clark's mission we hope it will we pray it will The demonstrators said Tuesday they would kill the hostages if the States attempted a rescue operation The United States has said several times it had no such plans The BBC also quoted Khomeini as saying he did not fear military tion by the United States because America is far too impotent to do so If they had been able to intervene they would have kept the shah in They tried with all their might including propaganda to keep him here but our nation paid no heed The nation wanted something and America was unable to stand up to it Our nation regards America as its No 1 enemy because America has admitted the deposed shah who is our greatest enemy and taken him under its the BBC quoted Khomeini as saying in a broadcast by Tehran radio monitored in London MEANWHILE the Iranian oil minister and national oil company Wednesday de- nied that Iran supplier of up to 5 percent Council winners pictured on page 7 Rooff says his victory is By RON De CHRISTOPHER Cowier Staff Writer The elation on Waterloo Leo face was about as stark as the red and white stripes on the star-spangled tie he wore to his victory party Tuesday night It's Rooff beamed about his for a fourth con- two-year term and the tion of his seven incumbent councilmen In breath however Rooff commented on the 17 percent turnout among Waterloo's registered I wish there was some way to get more people out to vote Rooff his only opponent factory worker Loras Stejskal a newcomer to the political arena by a margin of to 884 votes The mayor's portion of the votes 87 percent was the same percentage he received in 1977 when he defeated Jan ROOFF WIDELY outdistanced in- dependent candidate Stejskal in most of the city's 40 precincts with Stejskal ting more votes only in the 6th Precinct of the 4th Ward Claiming to been on pins and needles about the outcome of Tuesday's election because of predicted low turnout Rooff never take any tion voters give you a message each time I probably fussed and worried more about this race other I've been said Rooff who also was twice elected as a Black Hawk County supervisor Joining Rooff in the winner's circle was the entire City Council all members of the mayor's ticket Incumbent councilmen who had nents are Tom 3rd Ward Del Bowers 4th Ward Jim Burton 5th Ward and Bob Wilharm west side Running unopposed wef Jack Roehr 1st Ward Frank Dowie 2nd Ward and Harold Getty east side NAMED last March to fill out the remainder of the late Sally Hutchison's term captured 71 percent of the vote in his ward defeating See WATERLOO Continued on page 3 col 4 Leo Rooff Hassman Sharp head for runoff CEDAR it Dale Hassman against Doug Sharp for mayor in the first municipal runoff election in the history of Cedar Falls Nov 27 Hassman led the field of six mayoral candidates in Tuesday's election with 43 percent of the total vote cast as com- pared to 21 for Sharp the place finisher Iowa law stipulates there must be a runoff election when no candidate re- a majority of the votes cast in a regular city election and when the city has elected not to have a primary tion Hassman with broad support in all five Cedar Falls wards received votes in unofficial returns Sharp garnered votes PLACING THIRD was Jeanette Winegarden with 948 votes or 17 percent She had been endorsed by the Political Action Committee of the Cedar Falls Chamber of Commerce Following her were Marv Haugebak 736 votes or 13.2 percent Stephen Ephraim 267 votes or 4.8 percent and Craig 54 votes or 1 percent In City Council races Mayor Jon Crews and Elaine Pfalzgraf won narrow tories in the and Second Ward races respectively Dennis Jensen was See CEDAR FALLS oo page 3 eel 1 Dale Dong Sharp Aldrich breaks wins By BARBARA Courier Staff Writer Robert Aldrich broke an Evansdale tradition with his re- election win Tuesday Evansdale voters had not re-elected a mayor since 1965 Aldrich easily defeated challenger Pat receiving 63 percent of the vote to Mrs 36 percent Aldrich was given 616 votes to Mrs 358 votes Aldrich's Unity ticket also made a clean sweep of the Evansdale City Council race defeating Mrs More ciency in Government ticket councilmen on the Unity included Leo Gage Sr First Ward Ray Dullard Third Ward Henry Epperson Fourth Ward Terry Helton First and Second Wards and Richard Deitrick Fourth Wards Larry Wilson succeeds Richard Adams who did not seek re-election on the pre- sent council Second Ward seat ALDRICH thanked Evansdale residents for their support and pledged to continue to work to make Evansdale one of the finer if not the finest city in Northeast Iowa Aldrich also thanked Mrs Muehl for her campaign and added that it was time we all work together to move Evansdale forward like we've been trying to do in the past Mrs Muehl said Wednesday she plans to remain active in community affairs in Evansdale despite her loss in the mayoral racer Evansdale had one of the better tion turnouts in the area Tuesday Forty percent or 969 of Evansdale's re- voters turned out at the polls This was a higher percentage of re- voters than the 17 percent that turned out for the Waterloo election and the 28 percent that turned out for the Cedar Falls municipal election THE CLOSEST mayoral margin was in Ward Four where Aldrich received 146 votes to Mrs 108 votes Mrs Muehl had her strongest showing of port in Ward Four Aldrich's strongest showing was in Ward One where he received 199 votes The More Efficiency in Government See EVANSDALE on page 3 col I of U.S oil consumption had cut off its oil shipments from its main Persian Gulf port Oil company and embassy reports from abroad also indicated Iranian oil still was flowing Sen Henry M Jackson chairman of the Senate Energy tee said in Washington that although there was a general cutoff yesterday and conflicting reports about I there was an announcement that they the Iranians are going to resume sales Kennedy makes challenge official Kennedy BOSTON AP Sen Edward M Kennedy decrying the lack of a clear summons from the center of Wednesday an- that he is challenging dent Carter for the 1980 Democratic presidential tion Kennedy heir to a modem political legend became the third brother to seek the White House The family turned out in force for his speech at historic Faneuil Hall where Kennedy accused the Carter tion of failing to set national goals Kennedy said he questioned no man's but charged there is a con- of direction in the administration Fear spreads that our leaders have resigned themselves to the Massachusetts senator said This try is not prepared to sound retreat It is ready to advance It is willing to make a stand And so am I KENNEDY has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in every ejection since 1968 But Wednesday's announcement marked his first entry into the nial race On Thursday California Gov Edmund Brown Jr is to enter the race for the Democratic nomination and on Dec 4 President Carter is to announce his quest for re-election Kennedy launched his first bid for the presidency once heid by his late brother John F Kennedy with help from his famous family His wife Joan and their three children were seated beside him and in the first row at Faneuil Hall were Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Ethel Kennedy widows of John and Robert Kennedy along with Kennedy sisters Patricia Lawford Eunice Shriver and Jean Smith Also in the front row was Mayor Jane Byrne of Chicago The most dramatic moment of Kennedy's announcement came during the question and answer period when a reporter noting that Kennedy and his wife have been living apart asked if she would campaign for him Kennedy supporters in the crowd booed when they heard the question but motioned for quiet and then turning to Ms wife who was seated behind him to his left said Joan SMILING wearing a violet dress Mrs Kennedy stepped to the microphone to and applause I look forward to campaigning for she said her voice quivering And not only that I look forward very very enthusiastically to my husband being a candidate and being the next president of the United States Meanwhile a statement said that underwent a physical examination several days ago and is in excellent condition and disclosed he had successful surgery for minor skin cancer on June 22 j And in a report on taxes Kennedy said he paid in U.S income taxes last year His adjusted gross income was In his announcement speech Kennedy criticized the domestic policies of the Carter administration While never mentioning President Carter by name Kennedy's references to the Democratic incumbent were un- I question no man's he said But I have a different view of the highest office in the land a view of a forceful effective presidency in the thick of the action at the center of all the great concerns our people share Des debate for Carter Kennedy Robert Aldrich WASHINGTON President Carter and Sen Edward M Kennedy will plunge into activities by squaring off in Iowa at a Jan 7 debate The president has accepted an tion to the Jan 7 forum a White House official said Tuesday Kennedy who is challenging Carter for the 1980 Democratic presidential tion also has accepted the invitation California Gbv Edmund G Brown Jr who is to announce his candidacy for the party nomination Thursday has not been invited because he has not mounted any campaign here that is cording to James Gannon executive editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune which invited Carter and to meet in Iowa Iowa will be the scene of important Democratic and Republican caucuses Jan 21 A debate among GOP hopefuls is planned by the two newspapers Jan 5 I think it's appropriate to have the debate I've always debated in the Kennedy said Tuesday adding I think anybody who seeks the presidency should debate and I'll look forward to that opportunity The Carter camp also is optimistic about the confrontation in America's heartland In the words of an The president intends to run on his record It is our impression that Sen Kennedy intends to run away from his In the debate the candidates will answer questions from a panel of re- porters representing local and national news organizations and from the I The format is similar to that of the 1976 debates between Gerald R Ford and j Carter t The Iron Duke It's not all energy If you think your heating bills are high you are right You should also know that a significant part of the costs contained in your natural gas covers items that contain no British Thermal Units A portion of your gas includes the cost of massive paperwork federal and state governments require of the gas producers In truth these hidden costs are dipping into your family budget twice They hit you once in your gas and again in your tax to pay salaries to the federal bureaucrats who shuffle the papers once they have been filed FOR EXAMPLE six years ago six gas producing Northern Natural Gas Co which Severin serves this assessing the environmental im- pact from construction of the Northern Border Pipeline section of the Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation System This statement had to meet federal and state government requirements before construction could begin Representing an estimated of work the assessment is now printed in a report weighing more than 70 pounds The total cost of this project to the their far adds up to just under million or an average cost of per page The pipeline will begin at Port Morgan Mont and the Northern Border section will interconnect with pipeline system near Ventura It will bring Alaska's North Slope gas to customers in the Midwest The Northern Border Project requires more than 240 different types of environmental and construction permits This number in terms of individual applications will grow to more than 800 when duplicate permits are included Karl Frantzen director of Corporate Engineering and Research Environmental Section estimates that the cost of meeting the environmental regulations may cost anywhere from 0.5 to 5 percent of a total project IN THE COST of the Nothern Border project the figure would be close to 1 percent of the billion project or million The cost of meeting all government regulations ing environmental is estimated to average from 12 to 15 percent depending on the size of the project So when yoir pay your gas be aware that you are paying for a lot of papet that you can't even use to ignite the logs in your fireplace Inside Black County's economic picture remains bright with unemployment at a low level Page 6 Weather Rain possibly mixed with snow ending early Thursday with bigh about 40 Complete weather page 2 Capitol quips Some passengers trapped in a New York subway said they had never felt safer How could a mugger
