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Mmk Star 103rd YEAR FINAL VOL 138 NO. 328 TUCSON, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1979 20 CENTS 56 PAGES foreign debt mifiister repudiates Iran II IK JJ ni r--m'w-i 11 i i i 1 i i "f1 A Erratic series of statements puzzles West By JOHN KIFNER 117 The New York Times TEHRAN, Iran 1- Abdolhassan Bani Sadr, Iran's economics and acting foreign minister, declared yesterday that all foreign debts were repudiated. "How can we undertake to pay back debts that were taken by criminals from their accomplices and put back in the accomplices' banks," Bani Sadr told a revolutionary mass prayer meeting here yesterday afternoon. "We will not pay back these debts," he said. Bani Sadr put the amount of foreign debt owed by Iran at some $15 billion.

Rumors of such a move have caused concern in international banking circles. Foreign concerns invested huge amounts of money in enormous construction projects under the deposed shah, ranging from the construction of factories for helicopters, automobiles and airplanes to an elaborate Tehran subway, highways, nuclear-power generating stations and desal-inization plants. However, Bani Sadr's pronouncement, as with most of his economic and political statements since he assumed governmental office two weeks ago, was shrouded in confusion. His announcement came only two days after the Iranian central bank issued assurances that there would be no repudiation of foreign debts. And, later yesterday evening, Bani Sadr showed some Western journalists a if i a i in Americans take sides Cheered by Iranian crowds in Tehran, about 20 foreigners, most of them Americans, parade to demand extradition of the shah.

The marchers said of the shah, "We know him to be a murderer," but differed on the taking of hostages at the U.S. Embassy. Right, in Selden, N.Y., Georgene Crowley laments the death of her Marine son, Steve, in the Moslem raid on the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan. She called on Americans to stand by President Carter in the Iran crisis.

(AP) Carter vows 'grave' reaction if 49 harmed Good Morning Top of the News Weather Warming trend. It will be generally fair and warmer today. The high will be in the lower 60s and the low in the lower 30s. Yesterday's high was 60, with a record low of 29 the third day in a row there has been a record low. Yesterday's national temperature extremes were 86 at Fort Myers and Naples, and 15 below zero at Alamosa, Colo.

Details on Page 4A. the United Nations, to air its grievances against the deposed shah. In relaying the president's handwritten warning of yesterday, press secretary Jody Powell told reporters the United States remains firm in its refusal to extradite Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to his homeland. Militant Islamic followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini have been demanding (See CARTER WARNS, Page 2A) important to the United States as the first. The consequences of harm to any single hostage will be extremely grave." The administration had said earlier that it hopes to end the standoff peacefully but has "other remedies" available in the effort to end the U.S.-Iranian crisis, triggered by the Nov.

4 embassy takeover. Informed sources indicated yesterday morning that force would not be used against Iran to stop a trial of the hostages as spies, as some Iranian officials apparently felt the statement about "other remedies" indicated. But the sources, declining to be identified publicly, said later that the administration has made no final decision about the use of force in such a These sources said the administration still hopes to work out a solution in which Iran would release the hostages in exchange for some type of forum, perhaps at Rep. George Hansen meets three envoys held hostage Tehran. Page 2A.

News Cooperative drug bust. For the second time this month, Tucson narcotics officers aided the Los Angeles Police Department in a major cocaine seizure, narcotics agents say. Page IB. Health center in court, some employees at El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center file suit to try to force a board election which has been delayed by an agreement with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. They also challenge a recent decision that took away their vote.

Page 4B. Merle Oberon dies. Actress Merle Oberon, who used her beauty as a list of foreign contracts he said would be honored and others that would not be honored. Last week, Bani Sadr, in his offhand manner, announced to some Western journalists in the middle of a conversation that Iran would no longer accept dollars for oil, a policy with grave implications for international economics. The oil minister denied it, but Bani Sadr reasserted the decision, saying, "I'm the foreign minister, and I'm in charge." The question has gone through a series of reaffirmations, denials and claims, and the situation still is not clear.

Tired, anxious Yanks return WASHINGTON (AP) Some 390 Americans arrived here from Pakistan last night, ordered home by the State Department after the Moslem attack on the U.S. Embassy at Islamabad two days ago. Looking pale and exhausted after a 24- springboard into a movie career that covered 40 years, dies in Los Angeles of a stroke. Her films included Scarlet Pimpernel" and "Wuthering Heights." While she made her fame on the screen, she also was well-known for her many homes, including a seaside villa in Acapulco. Although her age CAMP DAVID, Md.

(AP) President Carter, striving to win the release of 49 American hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, warned yesterday that "extremely grave" retaliation would result from harm to any of the captives. At the end of a lengthy meeting with top military and foreign-policy advisers at his mountaintop retreat, Carter declared through his chief spokesman "The last American hostage is just as Yule shopping off to spirited kickoff in city By BOB SVEJCARA The Arizona Daily Star He was breathing hard, as if he had just been running against the wind or swimming upstream. But James C. Liston, manager of the Montgomery Ward Co.

store at El Con, simply had been struggling against the shuffling mob of shoppers yesterday after he was paged to answer the phone. "What's it like there?" he was asked. "Incredible! I haven't seen anything like it since the store opened in 1961," he said, trying to catch his breath. The Christmas shopping season was officially under way. "Sales before Thanksgiving were up substantially from last year," Liston said.

"The increases were modest at first, but in the past six weeks, the rate of increase has been six times what it was in the first part of the year." In the packed El Con parking lot, a Goldwaters spokesman echoed Liston's remarks: "People already seem to be in a Christmas spirit, traffic is much stronger than it was last year at this time, and we're really optimistic about sales." At Steinfeld's Department Store, traffic was heavy in most departments, said Lee Davis, president. "It's been very encouraging," he said. "Last November, most merchants had a fantastic increase, and if they match it this year, I think they'll be very happy." Both Davis and the Goldwaters spokesman said shoppers seem to be taking a "good hard look before buying." "The buying public is looking for quality and value, and if they see it, they'll buy it," Davis said. Levy's had a sale the day before Thanksgiving, and business was up nearly 12 percent from the same shopping day last year, said Henry Quinto, president. "Our people tell me we opened just as strong yesterday.

Economists have been predicting all sorts of dire things, but sales have gone the other way." Quinto said the store had a record anniversary sale in October, with sales rising 30 percent above the previous year. Merchants at the Park Mall Shopping Center had similar reports. At Jacome's Department Store downtown, customer volume was good, and probably better than the same day last year, said Alex Jacome Jr. Considering the store isn't having its usual sale until Wednesday, yesterday's traffic was a good sign of things to come, he said. 1 HI.

I I'MjJI Iii IIIIII.MU iimw LlHIiMBHKBiltSHiliKiaMMKMUHMiHHBHMl fl ll hour flight aboard a Pan American World Airways jumbo jet, the group was greeted at Dulles International Airport by Undersecretary of State David Newsom and hundreds of friends and family members in an emotional scene. Newsom boarded the plane just after it landed to tell them the administration is conscious of the material and emotional problems the group is undergoing as a result of the evacuation. "We intend to deal with those problems energetically and sympathetically," he said. "We will make every effort to take care of your needs." was listed variously as 60 or 68, her family said she was 62. Page 5A.

Comment Star photo by Jack W. Shtafftr Cars in the parking lot of El Con signal a healthy start to Christmas-buying season Harrowing ride. King Hussein of Jordan once scared the stuffing out of Henry Kissinger and his wife, Nancy, as he piloted them in a helicopter at treetop level. Kissinger shares his impressions of Middle East leaders in Part 5 of the serialization of his book "The White House Years." Page 10A. Grosse Pointe High survey Sports Rich teens spend $80 a month for booze, drugs Stop Malone.

University of Arizona Coach Tony Mason says stopping quarterback Mark Malone is the key to Arizona's chances tonight in the annual state football bloodletting at Arizona State University. Page 1G. for alcohol, marijuana and other drugs. According to government figures, the median family income for the state of Michigan is over $20,000 a year, and the figure for Grosse Pointe is considerably higher. Grosse Pointe, home of many auto executives, is one of the nation's wealthiest suburbs.

According to the survey, the average South student receives $11.73 a month in allowance, $104.45 from jobs, $28.80 from parents, $11.39 in gifts, $10.96 from credit cards and $14.78 from miscellaneous sources. club memberships and grooming aids could be paid for with money from their parents. "I guess that when we asked their income they-were more aware of the money that actually goes through their hands than the money which is spent for them but which they don't handle," Button said. Some of the average monthly expenses among the 200 teen-agers included $46.29 for clothes, $21.12 for lunches, $18.87 for gas and oil, $15.65 for music and music training, $21.60 for sports equipment, $9.82 for parties, $37.60 for cigarettes and $80.84 was multiplied by the school's total enrollment, the teen-agers spend some $9 million annually. That estimate of annual spending compares with a $4 million figure from a poll taken four years ago.

However, Bob Button, adviser to South's two advanced journalism classes, said students surveyed reported their average annual income is only $2,185.32, which indicates they are receiving considerable assistance from their parents or others in paying for their purchases. Button says many of the expenditures such as sports equipment, GROSSE POINTE, Mich. (AP) The average student at Grosse Pointe South High School spends $4,388.52 a year and shells out almost four times as much for booze and drugs as for lunch, a survey indicates. I The expenses range from about $9 a month for hair care to more than $80 a month for alcohol and drugs, the survey of 200 of the 2,080 students at the suburban Detroit school indicated. The survey, conducted by advanced journalism students, showed if the average spent by each student Index Bridge 5C 3E4F Comics 2C Comment 10-11A DearAbby 3C Financial 2-3D Horoscope 5C Kid stuff 4H Lifestyle HH Movies 1C Names, faces 3A Nation (A Obituaries 3E.

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