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A I I Sitka Alaska 25' April 21, 1980 Presidential Hopefuls Seeking Meth Send Message To Khomeini Votes in Pennsylvania Primary By R. MEARS "absolutely not" lead him to AP Special Correspondent quit the race. PHILADELPHIA (AP) The competition is for 185 Ronald Reagan campaigned Democratic nominating dele- with a Republican rival turned gates, apportioned in line with ally, George Bush said he has popular vote showings by con- the makings of a GOP comeback, and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy insisted that his Democratic challenge is neither divisive nor done, as candidates and proxies on the eve of the Pennsylvania presidential primary.

gressional district. In the Republican race, 83 delegates are at stake, and while they will be legally uncommitted, the Reagan camp claims at least 50 of them will be supporters of the former California governor, already the faraway leader in delegate strength. Senate Republican Leader Vice President Walter F. Mondale campaigned for the absent President Carter, asking Howard H. Baker who Pennsy vanians to "get every- withdrew his own presidential one out there voting and give candidacy after the first three this president a chance to continue serving our nation." Kennedy has spent 12 days campaigning for the pivotal Pennsylvania election, drawing to rally aroun( sizable crowds but shying away tain nom inee of from any forecast of the outcome on Tuesday.

The pollsters rate Carter the favorite. Kennedy vowed that defeat would primaries, endorsed Reagan on Sunday night. "On paper, the numbers simply say that the time has come almost cer- the party," Baker said. The Republican numbers read Reagan 411 delegates, Bush 96, Rep. John B.

Ander- Alaska Republicans To Vote for Reagan ANCHORAGE (AP) Ronald Reagan supporters swept all 19 national delegation seats at the Republican state convention in Anchorage on Sunday. incumbents Edith Holm of Fairbanks and Eldon Ulmer of Anchorage retained their seats as national committeewoman and national committeeman. With 231 of 286 state delegates in the Reagan camp, there was any question of California nor's hold on the Alaska convention. The biggest fight took place between rural and urban Alaskans over just which delegates would go to Detroit this summer. RuralTM representatives complained that an Anchorage- based group had a hammerlock on the convention, shutting out all but city dwellers on its na- tiohal slate.

Calling themselves the Free a strong arid; vocal residents were being "steamrblled" by Anchorage delegates. Lacking the votes to overtvirii convention action, they threatened to delay all business' by preventing a quorum from being formed. They were joined by disgruntled Reagan backers from Juneau, Fairbanks and even Anchorage. Former Gov. Wally Hickel, pleading for a broad-based, statewide delegation, withdrew his name from consideration as the first order of business on Sunday.

Hickel had been stumping the United States for former Texas Gov. John Connally, and was not looked on with favor by the Reagan group. Kenai Delegate Donald Oberg said the rural caucus wanted five to eight national delegates. son, who is not on the Pennsylvania ballot, 57. Anderson is on the verge of declaring himself an independent presidential candidate.

It will take 998 delegate votes to win the Republican nomination. Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes also endorsed Reagan on Sunday. Reagan said that would be a big asset in a June 3 primary, with 77 delegates at stake.

"This has been a magnificent week for us," Reagan said in Columbus. He gained a half- dozen delegates in Minnesota on Saturday, and picked up 19 delegates by sweeping Alaska's state GOP convention Sunday. Nevada Republicans decided in convention to run a slate of Reagan supporters in their May 27 primary. But Bush won 17 delegates in Maine, where Reagan didn't get any. Four uncommitted delegates were chosen there.

Those were skirmishes; the big test is Pennsylvania, where Bush insists that he can and will win in the popular vote. It is not binding, delegates are elected separately, and Reagan i is confident of gaining a majority. "I'm vain," Reagan said. "I'd like to win the beauty con- But they settled for two, replac- test." ing Anchorage delegates Cliff that cause, he added an Groh and Frank Harris with election-eve campaign swing. Johnny Gonzales of Clear and Baker endorsed Reagan at a Lawrence Dinneen of Barrow.

ra i suburban Springfield, The rural Alaskans won a then joined him for election-eve second victory when Edith campaigning that will take Holm defeated Marilyn Gay of them across the state to Pitts- Anchorage, Reagan's state burgh, chairman, in a run-off for national committeewoman. Ms. Holm is a George Bush Ulmer was chosen national unanimously. State delegates spent most of Saturday in a tug-of-war to see which of two district conventions held in Seward would truly represent District 5. The party's credentials committee said neither one had been conducted in accordance with party rules.

The state convention voted to seat a five- member group backing Reagan over a delegation backing Bush. Mrs. Hope Nelson was chosen chairman of the credentials committee and Jim Crawford was picked to head nominations. Both are Anchorage residents. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The governing conference of the United Methodist Church 'today authoritized a formal message to Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini and President Abolhassan Bani- Sadr deploring past Western imperialism and appealing- for the freedom of the U.S.

hostages. In doing so, the church became the first national Christian body to make such an official declaration of sympathy and plea for a reconciliation. The message to the Iranian leaders declares: "We hear the agonies of your people; we hear their cries for freedom from foreign domination, from cultural imperialism, from economic exploitation," says the message, unanimously recommended by a committee. "We long for that time when our peoples may dwell together in peace. In the words of Moses the liberator, let us say to each other, 'Let my people And let us begin to walk down the long, hard road toward reconciliation." LOOKING FOR FISH One of the 52 young fishermen who took part in Saturday's kids fishing derby, sponsored by the Rotary Club, tries to find the fish among the lily pads at Swan Lake.

Although buckets of rain poured down, the youngsters and their parents stuck it out and turned in a total of 35 fish. (Sentinel Photo by Betsy Longenbaugh)Iran Lets Hostage Talk With his Mom Libertarians Build Platform In Alaska ANCHORAGE CAP) During a state convention this weekend, Alaska Libertarians updated their party platform, heard various speakers lambasted big government and lost a potential statewide candidate. Party member Lew Beyer said the changes in the platform reflect more maturity in the party and allow the platform to be more exact in its language. Libertarian Presidential candidate Ed Clark of California, By The Associated Press The mother and stepfather of the youngest American hostage at the U.S. Embasssy in Tehran, defying President Carter's ban on travel to Iran by Americans, met alone with fier son today during a five-hour to the embassy, Radio Tehran re- san Bani-Sadr issued warnings against further violence.

Barbara Timm and her husband, Kenneth, of Oak Creek, visited with her son, 20- year-old Marine Sgt. Kevin Hermening, during the time they were in the embassy, the radio broadcast said. A militant ported. It was the first, visit by spokesman inside the Embassy a relative allowed by the mili- said by telephone the meeting tants since they seized the mis- with Hermening lasted one officials sion 170 days ago. hour Meanwhile, campus violence were continued for the fourth day to- said day as a crowd estimated by with witnesses as numbering in the the embassy.

thousands outside Tehran University and students threw stones at each other. The area was littered with injured, witnesses said. Revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and President Abolhas- and no Iranian present. The spokesman Mrs. Timm also talked Iranian officials while at The Timms returned to their hotel after the visit, which visit took place after the couple had toured a Tehran cemetery where Iranians killed in last year's revolution are buried.

who has campaigned heavily in Prominent at the convention the state, said "a Libertarian were members and supporters administration in Washington of the Moral Majority, spear- would pledge to leave Alaskans headed in Alaska by Dr. Jerry alone." Prevo, a Baptist minister. "The fundamental issue is Moral Majority members who has the right to control achieved an influential position your life and property," Clark in Republican politics earlier said. "How this question is an- this year as they flocked to pre- swered in Alaska will deter- cinct conventions in numbers mine how it is answered in the Costa Rica Offers Asylum for Cubans surprising to the old guard. One disgruntled Bush supporter characterized convention incidents as "one big power play by Reagan and his Moral Majority gang." But other political leaders, including Gov.

Jay Hammond, welcomed the rest of the United States." Former presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy, who says he is a registered Independent, spoke to the convention. McCarthy, who lost the 1968 Democratic nomination for Hammond Changes Mind, Says Reagan a Winner newcomers to the political are- president to Hubert Humphrey, na. says he agrees with the Libertarian challenge of bureacracy. said he does not agree He with Libertarians that volunteer army should posed. an be all- im- SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) Cuba wants to negotiate directly with Costa Rica over evacuation of the 10,000 Cubans still trying to leave Havana via the Peruvian Embassy, a Foreign Ministry official here said today.

The Costa Rican government sent an official request to Cuba on Sunday offering permanent residence to all the would-be exiles who wanted to stay in Costa Rica, and appealing for resumption of the evacuation flights Castro had cancelled. Costa Rica is expected to decide today whether to send a negotiator to Havana. Costa Rica made its offer after Castro insisted the refugees go directly to the coun- tries taking them in instead of to the Costa Rican staging point. In its offer, Costa Rica did not rule out the possibility the exiles could leave for other countries if they chose to do so. Foreign Ministry official Carlos Aguilar said Cuba had not said resumption of the flights would be allowed.

"At least they didn't say no," he said. A Cuban communique said "Costa Rica cannot utilize the flights programmed in its statement to us April 20 (Sunday) because it has no agreement with the Cuban government," Aguilar said. Castro did not lift the ban he imposed Friday, but he did allow 32 of the would-be exiles to fill empty seats BIG CATCH FOR SMALL FRY Shelby Twaddle, 3, shows off the 5 i ounce fish that brought her a J10 cash prize in Saturday's kids fishing derby sponsored by the Rotary Club, (Sentinel Photo by Betsy Longenbaugh) ANCHORAGE (AP) Gov. 4ay Hammond Sunday "ate" his words about the unsuitability of Ronald Reagan as the Republican nominee for the presidency, and welcomed Moral Majority members to the Republican standard with open arms. In a speech to the GOP state convention in Anchorage, Hammond recalled that he had recently declared the former California governor an "unsuitable" candidate because he couldn't win.

"Lacking a heaping plate of crow, I will now do the next best thing and eat those words," Hammond said. "There is one man who can prevail against the Democratic candidate in November and that man is Ronald Reagan. Hammond also said he welcomed the participation of Alaska's Anchorage-based Moral Majority movement to politics in general and to the Republican Party in particular. Hammond said people 'who strongly support the basic principles on which the United States was founded should certainly be accepted by the GOP. "It seems to me that you've got the sort of persons our party should be wooing," he declared to applaus and scattered Amens.

"Why there is so much dismay by some regarding the Moral Majority's participation in politics is beyond me." He said political parties have been agreeable to the participation of persons whose conduct is not necessarily appropriate. "Why in the world should those who preach virtue be denied the same podium we would demand for those who practice vice?" the governor asked. The governor also urged party unity, and recalled the time four years ago when he urged Reagan supporters, then in the minority, to make their peace with the supporters of incumbent President Gerald Ford. MAY HAVE IT WHIPPED TONIGHT: House-Senate Panel Grapples With Budget By JEAN KIZER Associated Press Writer JUNEAU (AP) House-Senate negotiators left the bargaining table late Sunday saying they hoped to agree by Monday night on a mammoth public works budget expected to top $500 million. The hoped-for settlement would put lawmakers on record as the biggest spenders in state history.

It also would resolve one of the major money issues standing in the way of adjournment of the I960 session now in its 99th day. A series of mostly private weekend sessions, including a sometimes-heated talk with Gov. Jay Hammond, resulted in an agreement by the budget free conference committee to aim for a $500 million capital budget ceiling for general fund money, conferees said. They previously had considered a $545 million ceiling. Sen.

George Hohman, D-Bethel and chairman of the conference committee, pushed the panel to work through the night Sunday to hammer out a final budget. But conferees adjourned when they discovered computer print-outs of new House and Senate project lists were not yet available. The panel also put off an expected showdown over an opinion by Attorney General Avrum Gross stating that many of the appropriations in the budget are "invalid" because they raise "serious legal questions." Another thorny issue Hohman said he plans to raise is whether the committee should add $75 million to the budget as an appropriation to the Alaska Renewable Resources Corp. to make short-term emergency loans to fish processors caught in a bind by high interest rates. Hohman said he supports the loan money and will push to include it.

He proposes that the loans be for up to six months, and that the Renewable Re- soirees Corp. (ARRC) decide the terms of each loan. Alaska processors have been hit hard by the collapse in Japanese markets, and many companies waited months before selling millions of pounds of Alaska salmon last year. In addition, most processors face extremely high interest rates for loans needed to provide working capital for the 1980 season. Hohman said the $75 million in loan money would serve a dual purpose: help the fishing industry and help the Renewable Resource which has come under fire recently for a loan it made to several Alaskans for a fish processing plant in Oregon.

"It gives ARRC a way to turn around some of this bad public opinion," Hohman said. "Plus it helps the fishery." Hohman said he is "not sure where the governor is on this," but he said House Speaker Terry Gardiner, D-Ketchikan, has indicated support for the idea. Howver, it was not known if House conferees would agree to include the loan money in the budget, or whether they would opt to put the funds in a separate bill Hohman and Rep. Russ Meekins, D-Anchorage, who chairs the House conferees, said they agreed to pare about $10 million from each side's list of priority projects, meaning that each side would get about $193 million. Youngsters Net Fishing Prizes More than 50 young fishermen braved cold rains Saturday to take part in the Rotary Club's annual kids fishing derby at Swan Lake.

In all, the plucky, rain-soaked youngsters turned in 35 fish. They receive their awards Thursday at KSA-TV. Prize winners are: John Phillips, 7, who caught the first fish of the day, a 5 ounce trout, won a $50 savings bond. Larry Snyder, 11, caught 11 fish to win a $25 savings bond for most fish caught. In the age 7-12 category, David Knapp, 8, won a $50 savings bond for his 7 ounce trout; Ed Mercer, ll, won a $25 savings bond for a 4Vi ounce fish, and Brett Bowman, 11, won $10 cash for a 3 ounce fish.

In the six-and-under age group, Carl Glick, 5, won a $50 savings bond for a 20 ounce fish; Kelly John Pellett, 3, won a $25 savings bond for his 19 ounce fish, and Shelby Twaddle, 3, won $10 cash for a 5Vfe ounce fish..