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-TODAY IN rs eignoo Maranans flock to auction block 4-H'ers sing of profits, an oink, there a sink, everywhere a buy-buy." Cotton caught on in couple's career The ups and downs of the Taylors' crop-dusting business make it far from cushy. A LOCAL NEWS SECTION TUCSON, ARIZONA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1980 iVln ivA I tr 104th YEAR VOL. 139 NO. 297 By BERNARD GWERTZMAN 1980 The New York Times WASHINGTON Iranian authorities sent new signals yesterday that they were moving closer to a decision on conditions for the release of the 52 American hostages. Administration officials said the United States was endeavoring to appear as approachable as possible to speed up resolution of the crisis.

But high-ranking officials here expressed caution, saying they did not want to create undue expectations for an early breakthrough in the nearly yearlong crisis. They said they still were unable to create even a secret channel for direct negotiations with the Iranians, and could not be sure how long the crisis might be pro-longedby internal feuding within Iran. Nevertheless, they said they were encouraged by the recent signals being exchanged between Tehran and Washington, largely through the news media, but fortified by some private diplomatic messages. Reagan's hostage militant students holding the hostages and also a member of the seven-man parliamentary commission created to propose conditions for the release of the Americans, told Reuters the terms could be announced as early as Sunday. And if ash-mgton accepts them, he said, the hostages could be freed as early as the next day.

United States officials said they had informed the Iranians in recent weeks through the Swiss Embassy in Tehran that they found Khomeini's stated conditions a suitable basis for negotiating the release of the hostages, and would endeavor to be as constructive as possible in finding a mutually advantageous solution. Crucial to the situation, it appears, is whether the Iranian Parliament is now ready to overcome divisions within Iran and approve a policy statement on the hostages that can be accepted by the United States. Last month, before the four-poim statement of conditions made by Khomeini. Rajai stressed the need for the United (See IRAN NEARER, Page 8A) A. arter ridicules secre plan' AP phutu Texas swing in Texarkana In recent weeks, teachers elsewhere have used it as a writing-thinking test: "What do you think about paying pupils to become good students?" The only criticism Amparan has heard came in a letter asserting that children should be taught that attending public schools is a privilege.

To thai, Amparan responded, "I agree. Kids should, but the trouble is, they don't." As word of the plan spread, absenteeism in the first month of this school year was only 2.8 percent, a figure that impressed the school board as an indication that the boys and girls were interested. Trustee Bob Filner told Amparan: "You have come up with a very creative idea. It can generate school spirit and achievement." Bonanno "no mobster." A government informant testifes that reputed Mafia kingpin Joseph Bonanno of Tucson "ain't got nothing to do with organized crime no more." Page 4A. China grain deal.

The united States signs a grain-sale agreement with China that is expected to appease American farmers angered by an embargo against the Soviets. Page 5A. Ex-CIA agent inquiry. Sources say a former CIA agent, under investigation for allegedly working for the Soviet Union, failed in his attempts to join the staffs of three government committees that deal with American intelligence-gathering operations. But they say he did do contract work for the CIA after he came under Soviet control.

Page 3A. i V) Young "Here 25 FINAL CENTS 66 PAGES Arizonans are urged to save gas again PHOENIX (AP) Forecasting a repeat of gasoline shortages, Gov. Bnice Babbitt yesterday called on Arionans to renew their commitment to conservation under a new voluntary program to reduce fuei consumption. The governor unveiled a fuel-saving campaign at a news conference after noting that the 1979 program, with the slogan "Waste Not, Wait Not," had been highly successful in cutting gasoline consumption in Arizona by 5 percent. "It's the best example of what can be done through volunteensm, and the new program is just an extension of that," he said.

"Our latest survey shows that gasoline consumption decreased bv 6 percent July." Despite the current surplus of fuel supplies, the governor said the situa'iou is "even more precarious today with the Middle East fighting. "My prediction is that supplies will get tight again and that notices of an excess from gasoline companies obscure the fact that we must intensify our efforts at conservation. If we are to avoid the chaos and snarls occurring elsewhere, we must continue these efforts." Project TREAD for Training for En-(See NEW GAS-SAVING, Page 4A) Tucson to get Spanish TV outlet Nov. 1 By SHERRY STERN The Arizona Daily Slar Tucsonans will have a sixth television choice Nov. 1, when Spanish International Network the country's all-Spanish-language commercial network becomes available on Channel 40 on the UH1 dial An estimated Spanish-speaking residents in the Tucson metropolitan area, another 34,000 within the main broadcast area, plus untold numbers of Anglos who can or want to speak Spanish are targets of SIN's mix of comedy, variety, sports, news and dramatic programs.

The network will broadcast from 2 p.m. to midnight weekdays, from 9 a.m. to midnight Saturdays, and from a to 10 p.m. Sundays. Tucson actually will be receiving Phoenix station KTVW, Channel via a translator.

Fernando Vender, genera! manager of the year-nkl KTVW, said local news and community programming for Phoenix and Tucson will begin next summer when Phoenix studios are completed The station plans to have a 1 ucsoi, office by January, staffed with sales and community-relations representatives and a Tucson news correspondent. Phoenix and Tucson firms will provide about half the advertising, with national spots making up the rest. Vender said. The Spanish network is based San Antonio, where it began 20 years ago. It is now sent by satellite and cable to 72 television markets.

Vender said, and the net- (See ALL-SPANISH, Page 8A) Lifestyle Report On families. The final report of the White House Conference on Families condenses two years of debate into 250 pages listing what were perceived as the major problems confronting families. But the report sidesteps the controversies that ran through local and regional meetings. Page ID. Index Key people on both sides of the presidential race feel the release of the hostages would guarantee Carter's re-election.

Page 6A. Developments yesterday cumulatively suggested movement toward resolution of the hostage problem: At a press conference in Tehran after his return from New York, Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Rajai said he was "sure" the United States was "ready to meet" the four conditions for the hostages' release set forth last month by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Reuters news agency reported. Rajai, previously viewed as a hardliner, also said that "the hostages are not really a problem for us; we are in the process of resolving it. The nature of the hostage-taking was important for us. We got the results iong ago." Hojatolislam Ali Khameini, the spiritual leader of Tehran, who is close to the statement a dollar Americans are headed toward "virtual scientific and technological illiteracy," while tagging behind other major countries in school programs in mathematics and science, a study reveals.

Page 2A. The vote Tuesday night was 5-0. A board spokesman said yesterday that final approval is automatic on the second reading of the proposal next Tuesday. If the plan attracts boys and girls back to school this semester, the spokesman said it may be extended throughout San Diego. Amparan first suggested the plan pri Carter is New York Reagan says GOP victory with Page 8A.

newspapers that Reagan back." "Here it is 12 Nixon's plan was," himself. "Now, how familiar with history, plan to get the hostages "No!" shouted the boos of a group of Carter throughout his Noting that (See By TERENCE SMITH 1980 The New York Times TEXARK NA, Texas President Carter derided the notion yesterday that Ronald Reagan has a "secret plan" to solve the Iranian I tage crisis and charged that "Republicans have a habit of spn ing a lot of horse manure around right before an election. "And la. it's getting pretty deep all over this country," he said to the heers and applause of several thousand Texans at a raucous Democratic rally at the Waco airport before flying here for the final stop on a two-day campaign swing. As he campaigned the length of Texas, Carter cast off his customary subdued campaign style and ripped into his Republican opponent with heavy sarcasm.

With the audience cheering him on, he mocked Reagan's statement Tuesday that he has "some ideas" on how to win the release of the hostages but feels that they should not be discussed in public. Recalling former President Richard M. Nixon's famous "secret plan" to win the Vietnam War that became an issue in the 1968 presidential campaign, Carter said he had read in the virtually even with Reagan in the latest Times-CBS News poll. Page 6A. an "incompetent" Carter's linking the danger of war has been effective.

had a "secret plan to get the hostages years later, and we still don't know what Mr. the president shouted, obviously enjoying many of you Texans with sound judgment, believe that Ronald Reagan has a secret back?" most of the audience, all but drowning out about 100 Reagan supporters who heckled speech. Reagan "has done pretty wel' in keeping his CARTER MOCKS, Page 8A) not enough, gripes the scholar 1 I .7 i An ebullient president ends Mexican-American and 23 percent black. Nine percent of the students played hooky last year on the average, and by the end of the school year, truancy was almost twice that much. In California, public schools are penalized $9 a day for each onaiuhorized absence.

"If it works," Amparan stid, "besides enticing these youngster back for an education, this could sae us thousands of dollars. "1 could drop all these truant kids and let them become a permanent problem on the streets. But why not convince them that school is in their interest?" Amparan said he has received letters from schools in every state and several other countries since his pupil-pay plan was proposed. News Anamax pact approved. The last of four unions at Anamax Mining Co.

approves a three-year contract, clearing the way for 1,100 workers to return to their jobs at the Twin Buttes mine south of Tucson. Page IB. Sinohui case "evaluation." A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice says that while the agency has no plans to reopen its inquiry into the death of Tucsonan Jose H. Sinohui, it will "evaluate" any new evidence.

Page IB. 3 innocent in Brilab. lexas House Speaker Bill Clayton and two other defendants are found innocent of charges resulting from the FBI's Brilab investigation. Page 2A. vately to a meeting of 20 student leaders and 10 parents' representatives in June.

A card stamped "25 cents" will be given to students for each day they attend school in a month. A perfect attendance will be worth $5 a month. But the "pay" can be spent only for school-related items such as paper, notebooks, library fines, concerts and gym clothes and for wholesome foods such as apples and miik no junk foods. Several of the student leaders questioned whether 25 cents a day is enough. But Amparan said later, "Those are kids who come to school anyway.

It will mean something to those who skip." The student body of Memorial Junior High, located in San Diego's poorest area with the highest crime rate, is 70 percent it i A dillar By DAN TEDRICK The Associated Press SAN DIEGO Students will be paid just for attending class at a San Diego school, but some are already griping that 25 cents a day is not enough. Trustees of Memorial Junior High School unanimously approved the plan Tuesday night, and it takes effect automatically after a final reading next week. The school, with 886 students, had the highest truancy rate in the city last year and consequently lost $132,000 in state attendance funds. The "cash-for-class" idea came from Principal Bob Amparan. "I'm not paying kids for coming to school," he argues.

"I'm rewarding them for being in school. There's a subtle difference." Weather Mild days ahead. Today win be mostly sunny and mild. A high of 80 and a low of 50 are predicted. Yesterday's high and low were 79 and 51.

Snow fell over the northern Plains yesterday afternoon, and winds gusting up to 40 mph in eastern Montana produced near-blizzard conditions. The snowstorm reached as far as Duluth, where an inch of snow was reported. Snow is expected to continue today in the northern Plains. Thundershowers are forecast in the Southeast. Yesterday's national temperature extremes were 7 at Burns, and 92 at Yuma.

Details on Page 4A. Jr SI I rf Bridge 3G Lifestyle 1-6D Classified 10E-7F Movies 3G Comics 2G Nation 7A Comment 10-11A Obituaries 10E Crossword 2G Public records 10E DearAbby Solomon, M.D. 2D Entertainment 1-4G Sports 1-9E Financial 2-3C Tucson today 3G Horoscope 2D TV-radio 4G Concerned about privacy High school senior Joel Snyder will tell Tucson Unified School District officials today how he unlocked "secure" student records in the district's computer. Story on Page IB. (Star photo by Joe Patronite).