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A. CIRCULATION: 1,043,028 DAILY 1 ,289,314 SUNDAY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1980 CCt 194 PAGES DAILY 25c HIGHWAY MAZE Cracks Taint Super Dream of Interstales Iraq Planning 4-Day Halt in War With Iran Tehran's U.N. Envoy Rejects Cease-Fire, Demands Withdrawal ill SMOG COVER The towers of Century City peek through the murk view looking to the northwest. Timet photo by George Rose Smog Sets 1980 Record but Worse Was Feared Only Two Second -Stage Alerts Develop Although Many Were Expected; Slight Improvement Foreseen By TED THACKREY JR. Timet Stiff Writer By RAY HEBERT Timet Urbtn AHelrt Writer Back in the days when most major highways had only two lanes, road conditions were a mystery and a 150-mile or 200-mile trip was a challenge, an Ohio industrialist proposed a unique idea.

Why not, he said, build an eight-lane super -transcontinental highway? Outlining his plan to a House committee in 1936, he pictured a highway with four lanes for cars and the other four for trucks and buses. He said such a project would help revive industry, which was then trying to shake off the Depression. A year later a congressman from Pennsylvania, concerned about national defense, wanted Congress to build nine superhighways, each 200 feet wide. Three would run from coast to coast and six from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The cost, including huge airports at the 18 intersections, was set at $8 billion.

Automatic Controls At about that time, designer Norman Bel Geddes envisioned highways, containing slots for lights or magnets, that would automatically control cars at speeds up to 100 m.p.h. But the real spark for the highspeed network that now connects 48 states and Washington D.C. the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways came from a 1939 Bureau of Public Roads report that recognized the need for superhighways. It also said there should be a special system of interregional highways with connections through and around cities. Even so, it took another 17 years, countless reports and a post-World War II outpouring of automobiles and trucks on the nation's 3.3 million miles of streets and highways before the Interstate System finally began to take shape.

Now It's Deteriorating Now, after nearly three decades, the Interstate System, once a dream network of superhighways that had yet to live up to its potential, is deteriorating and portions of it already are beyond simple repair. Hard use has turned some sections into rough roadways. About one out of every 10 miles needs replacing or rebuilding, and the figure could go to one in seven without prompt attention, according to Federal Highway Administration officials. Furthermore, the national system, including some sections in every state, still is not completed and may never be because of skyrocketing costs, environmental objections and changing travel patterns. But the system is far enough along 94 of the planned 42,500 miles is open to traffic that it affects almost everyone in the United States, either directly through use or indirectly through goods hauled over the interstates and sold over store and market counters, at restaurants and in scores of other establishments.

For example, the system cuts through or serves with peripheral interstates nearly 250 of the nation's 275 cities with populations of 50,000 or more. Please Turn to Page 3, Col. 1 Smog set a new record for the year in Southern California Wednesday, but the Air Quality Management District said it could have been a lot worse. The smoggiest place in the South Coast Air Basin, an AQMD spokesman said, was Pasadena, where the ozone level rose to .42 parts per million at 2 p.m. and stayed there for about an hour.

That was a notch above the year's previous record of .41 ppm, set Tuesday in Azusa and, while the second-stage was called off in Pasadena an hour later, it had to be reinstated at 4 p.m. when the ozone count once more soared above the first-stage level. There also was another second -stage episode in the Fontana area later in the day. Still, these episodes were the only ones. "And that's a lot better than we expected," said the AQMD's Glen Wyler.

"Earlier in the day, we had been looking for a whole series of second-stages and they just didn't materialize." There were seven first-stage Will Not Block Oil Supplies Through Strait, Iran Says By WILLIAM TUOHY Timet Staff Writer BEIRUT The government of Iran formally announced Wednesday that Iranian armed forces will do nothing to block the vital oil tanker supplies moving through the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian move seemed destined to forestall any action by Western navies to ensure the free flow of oil from the Persian Gulf to nations dependent on the crude oil supplies. About 60 of the non-communist world's oil imports come from the gulf, and the threat of closure of the Strait of Hormuz because of the Iranian-Iraqi conflict has caused apprehension in the West. Meanwhile, the war between the neighboring nations of the gulf passed its 10th day with Iraqi forces mounting an all-out assault on the Iranian port of Khorramshahr and the big oil refinery town of Abadan on the Shatt al Arab waterway. Level of Fighting Declines Elsewhere, the level of fighting seemed to decline Wednesday with both sides reporting scattered but minor clashes.

And on the diplomatic front, Pakistani President Zia ul-Haq, who has been seeking to mediate between the two warring countries, announced at the United Nations that Iraqi forces will begin unilaterally observing a cease-fire Sunday through next Wednesday, fighting only if attacked. An Iranian official rejected the cease-fire, demanding a total withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Iranian territory. In declaring that Iran will not try to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, the office of Prime Minister Mo-Please Turn to Page 13, Col. 1 By DON SHANNON Timet Stiff Writer UNITED NATIONS-Iraqi forces will unilaterally cease firing at Iranian troops from Sunday through next Wednesday and will fight only if attacked, Pakistan's President Zia ul-Haq announced Wednesday. However, Iran's representative here declared that the cease-fire offer is unacceptable to his government.

Jamal Shemirani, charge d'affaires of Iran's mission to the United Nations, said Iran cannot accept any negotiations until Iraqi armed forces withdraw from Iranian territory. Zia made the announcement of the Iraqi proposal in a report to the 40-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference after his weekend visit to Tehran and Baghdad. The Islamic Conference last Friday deputized him and Habib Chatti of Tunisia, secretary general of the Islamic group, to undertake a goodwill mission to seek a settlement of the war between the two Persian Gulf states. Four Conditions by Iraq Chatti told reporters that the Iraqi offer was made with these four conditio ns: Cessation of all Iranian military activity against Iraqi forces. A halt to all propaganda against Iraq.

No new military concentrations along the line of combat. A declaration by the "highest authority" in Iran of readiness to enter negotiations immediately after the cease-fire is established. The Pakistani president gave no indication of the Iraqi offer when he addressed the General Assembly on Wednesday morning. In reference to his peace journey, during which he met with the presidents of both countries, he said he was "able to ascertain the views of my two brothers in a series of meetings in an atmosphere of mutual trust and confidence." Zia, who went to Tehran first, then to Baghdad, said he transmitted the views of Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein but reported no response from Hussein. Disclosed at Session Wednesday afternoon in a closed session of the Islamic group, Zia disclosed the Iraqi offer.

Earlier U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim made public a letter from Bani-Sadr saying the Security Council's appeal for a cessation of the fighting "cannot be considered" by Iran as long as the "Iraqi war of aggression" continues. Replying to Iraq's statement to the United Nations that it is fighting only to secure its historic claims to territories that it says were wrongfully acquired by Iran, Bani-Sadr said: "Iraqi claims are nothing but baseless propaganda to misguide international public opinion." Shemirani, representing his government at the Islamic meeting, read the Bani-Sadr letter and then commented on Zia's report. He told reporters later that he had firmly rejected the Iraqi offer Asked by reporters if he felt that Please Turn to Page 10, Col. 1 the port area.

On Tuesday, it strafed a main highway west of town. On Wednesday, it reportedly struck at Iraqi military positions just across the river. Eight miles northwest of the city, in the flat, brown, dusty desert, the skies are quiet and empty. Here, just west of a big oil refinery, which has been burning for a week, an Iraqi air force base slumbers under the noon sun. Its rectangular radar antennae turn as lazily as the fans in an old hotel.

There are MIGs here, Soviet-made jets hidden under camouflage-pattern canvas and earthworks. But they have not been been seen scrambling to meet the Iranians, residents of the area say, after the first day of the war, Sept. 22. Please Turn to Page 12, Col. 1 MAY CONTEST CALIFORNIA at 4:15 p.m.

Wednesday in an air alerts, however, and unhealthful air quality was predicted for every part of the air basin today, with the worst problems expected in the San Gabriel -Pomona and San Fernando-Santa Clarita valleys, closely followed by Central Los Angeles. First-stage alerts are called when pollution levels rise above .20 ppm; second-stage alerts begin at .35 ppm, and third-stage episodes almost unheard of in recent years-begin at .50 ppm. AQMD spokesman Jim Birakos said the end of September "usually marks the end of the smog season that's why this flurry of bad days is of some concern to us." Nonetheless, he pointed out that the air basin has come a long way in tbe past quarter-century. Wednesday's smog, bad as it was, did not compare to the .68 ppm all-time-record reading set in Central Los Angeles in 1955. And there were indications from the National Weather Service that things may get a little bit better as the week goes on.

The present pollution situation, Please Turn to Page 3, Col. 4 ing data shows favorable trends nationally for Carter. And they contend that if the Carter -Reagan race remains as close as it is now (recent polls show Carter trailing by 4 to 8 points), the President will benefit from the tradition of undecided voters going for the incumbent. Independent John B. Anderson's strength is eroding, according to Carter spokesmen, and this also should aid the President's reelection campaign.

Robert S. Strauss, Carter's campaign chairman, acknowledged that the campaign was in the process of deciding "what states to drop off on." But he said $2.5 million had been budgeted for California and the campaign was still committed to the state and its 45 electoral votes the most of any state. Please Turn to Page 19, Col. 3 THE WEATHER National Weather Service forecast: Some fog and low cloudiness early morning and late afternoon hours, otherwise fair today and Friday. Highs today in the mid 90s and Friday in the low 90s.

High Wednesday, 97; low, 68. High Oct. 1 last year, 78; low, 59. Record high Oct. 1, 99 in 1906; record low, 49 in 1901.

Complete weather details and smog forecast in Part II, Page 9. Sale of 'Pirate' TV Decoders in State Outlawed By KATHRYN HARRIS Time Staff Writer The sale of so-called "pirate" pay -TV decoders was outlawed in California Wednesday after Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed a bill that prohibits the sale for profit of any device, plan or kit not authorized by a subscription -TV service.

Consumers would not be affected by the law, but businessmen selling the unauthorized devices would be subject to a fine of up to $2,500 or 90 days imprisonment or both if convicted of the misdemeanor. Passed as an "urgency" measure, the legislation is effective immediately. Brown signed the bill Tuesday night, but the action was not disclosed until Wednesday. Electronics businessmen who have been selling kits or parts for "pirate" devices said they will chal- Governor signs bills curbing investigations of religious groups and ending odd-even gas conservation program. Part Page 3.

lenge the law in court and contended it will have little immediate impact on their activities. Stephen Robbins, president of SCR Electronics in Cypress, said he intends to continue selling electronics parts that may or may not be used to build decoders. As for supplying plans, he said, "We'll probably just give them away. There's nothing illegal (about) just giving them away." Robbins' attorney, who has won two lawsuits defending unauthorized decoders in Southern California, said Wednesday he expects to file a lawsuit challenging the new law within days. "We're going to go to court," said Kenneth Golden of Westminster.

Please Turn to Page 27, Col. 4 E. MEYER Writer that seems to infect people to the point where they lose what ought to be their political judgment." One victim of the disease, Anderson said, is George Ball, a former undersecretary of state who had been a chief Anderson adviser on foreign and economic affairs. Ball defected to Carter last weekend, saying he was appalled by the prospect that Republican candidate Ronald Reagan might become President. That could happen, Carter aides fear, if Anderson siphons enough votes away from the President.

Anderson dismissed Ball with scorn as a "summer soldier and sunshine patriot." The Republican congressman from Illinois hasn't spared Reagan Please Turn to Page 28, Col. 1 Carter Writing Off Most of the Western States By JACK NELSON Timet Wethlngten Bwreeu Chief STRIKING IRAQIS AT WILL CALLS PRESIDENT 'HYSTERICAL' Anderson's Attacks on Carter Grow More Bitter Defying Predictions, Iran Still Keeps Its Jets Flying By DOTLE McMANUS Timet Stiff Writer WASHINGTON With the presidential election less than five weeks away, President Carter's campaign has begun writing off most Western states as unwinnable and California could wind up among them. Faced with campaign spending limitations and Republican nominee Ronald Reagan's almost insurmountable lead in most of the West, Carter's aides agree he must concentrate his resources. If he does not shift most of his emphasis to regions of the country where his prospects are the most promising, Carter strategists believe, the President will damage his chances of overtaking Reagan nationwide. Carter's aides say that their poll- FEATURE INDEX ASTROLOGY.

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BUSINESS. Part IV. CALENDAR. Part VI. CLASSIFIED.

Part VII COMICS. View, Page 25. CROSSWORD. Part VII, Page 20. DEAR ABBT.

Part II, Page 2. EDITORIALS, COLUMNS. Part II, Pages 10, 11. FILMS. Calendar, Pages 1-7.

METROPOLITAN NEWS. Part II. MUSIC. Calendar, Pages 1, 2, 7. SPORTS.

Part III. STAGE. Calendar, Pages 8, 9. TV-RADIO. Calendar, Pages 1, 10-14.

VIEW. Part V. WEATHER, DEATHS. Part II, Page 9. By RICHARD Timet Stiff DENVER As the election draws nearer, John B.

Anderson's attacks against President Carter are growing more and more bitter, and close Anderson aides think he is becoming less and less concerned that his candidacy may dash Carter's chances for reelection. The independent presidential candidate never mentions it, but one top aide perceives a visceral anger welling in Anderson against the President. The perception seems to be borne out by the increasing frequency and escalating severity of Anderson's criticism. On Wednesday, Anderson used the words "desperate," "hysterica!" and "undemocratic" to characterize Carter's campaign. The day before, he had called Carter "afraid." Three days ago, he accused Carter's political handlers of spreading "a virus SHUAIBA AIR BASE, Iraq-Half a dozen times a day, the air raid sirens wail in Basra, Iraq's main port on the Shatt al Arab waterway.

Shops close their steel shutters with a clang; policemen whistle frantically at traffic, and people amble or bicycle toward shelter, where they wait for Iran's F-4 Phantom jet fighters to appear. Usually there is a raid or two in the morning, one at noon and several more in the evening. So accustomed have the people of Basra become to an air raid precisely at midday that they now speak of the "Noon Phantom" and look doubtfully at their watches when it does not appear on time. But it always shows up. On Monday, the Noon Phantom dived in toward the center of the city and dropped four 250-pound bombs into I.