30 Apr 1980
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1980
Page
1
Iran’s leadership resisted a quick body transfer for eight American commandos awaiting repatriation. Ayatollah Beheshti and officials suggested decisions rest with the Imam and Revolutionary Council. U.S. assets dispute and Greek Catholic Archbishop Capudji involvement cloud plans.
President Carter praised Edmund Muskie as extremely well qualified to lead state and project stability worldwide. The Maine senator, 66, with a 22-year Senate career, has concentrated on domestic issues and acknowledged not being a foreign policy technician while supporting the administration’s approach.
President Carter’s selection of Sen Edmund Muskie as secretary of state opens the Senate Budget Committee chair vacancy at a pivotal budget balancing moment. It may clear the way for Sen Ernest Hollings to assume the post, with Sen Warren Magnuson potentially forced to give up the Appropriations chair.
Luis Munoz Marin, Puerto Rico governor from 1948 to 1964, architect of Operation Bootstrap, died of a massive cardiac arrest at Millas Hospital San Juan after a weekend hospitalization. A poet and politician, he led industrialization turning the island from a sugar economy to a diversified industrial economy, raising per capita income.
Pentagon officials rejected claims the failed hostage rescue in Iran was stopped by a Soviet warning. Defense Secretary Harold Brown said commandos had needed manpower and gear, and the withdrawal was driven by ammunition explosions and a fiery aircraft collision rather than enemy presence. He called the Soviet warning assertion flatly false.
A garbled collection of headlines and features references a Washington merry go round style column, investigative notes, and a newscast sketch. It mentions critics, a columnist, reader questions, show business, and a piece on sibling rivalry.
About 20 Frederick County Human Relations Council executive session tapes are secured in a Winchester Hall safe. Chair Hazel Eagan returned them. only council members may check out tapes, others may listen in the AIRC office. Some discussions are off limits. County commissioners ordered return to county property after finding tapes kept at homes. NAACP President Nickens criticized council members for keeping tapes at home.
A twofold campaign seeks clemency for Dr Patrick L Christoff, convicted in July 1678 on fraud charges tied to college funds. Campaigners in Frederick and Anne Arundel County urge the governor to grant a pardon, while attorneys push for a state investigation into the prosecution and alleged conduct by the prior attorney general.
Three Iranian Arab gunmen seized Iran's London embassy taking 21 hostages including a British police guard. Scotland Yard said the attackers, Arabs from Khuzestan, demanded the release of Iranian political prisoners and threatened violence, while negotiations continued and no deadline was set. The incident occurred near Hyde Park with police surrounding the three story building.
President Carter says the rescue attempt could not erase the failure of not trying and pledges to continue steps to free the 53 hostages. He condemns the Tehran embassy bodies display as a ghastly act by militants, blaming them and Ayatollah Khalkhali for the crisis and urging unanimous action to secure release.
Frederick County Commissioners pick Walter N. Chitwood 31 of Annapolis as new county administrative assistant. Salary set at 23900 with 25 percent across the board raise, effective June 2. Chitwood currently executive VP of Anne Arundel Trade Council since 1979, succeeding retiring James L. Bryan.
The Middletown Valley Historical Society failed to stop the Bowlus house demolition as Zion Lutheran Church of Middletown secured a permit on April 24 to dismantle the former Frederick Stembie Home. Charles H. Lutz chairs the Bowlus property committee. John Murrbaugh of Hagerstown will lead dismantling efforts this week. The church plans landscaping, a parking lot, and possible playground expansion in Route 34. The historical society laments the missed compromise and will attend the dismantling, while an architect drafts drawings for the Library of Congress record.
A garbled report notes unclear events around a local incident with several figures and dates. The text references weather and odds but lacks concrete names or places. The fragment hints at a response by authorities and possible public reaction to a vague incident.
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