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hi 2 Tic KnoivMc News-Senttnel 23 1910 White House Questions Hostages' Health I Deaths Just a week ago Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Rajai said Iran had grown weary of the crisis and he suggested that a negotiated settlement before Christmas was possible But Rajai warned yesterday that the hostage issue will be returned to the Parliament for new decisions if the United States does not meet $24 billion demand for their release Earlier yesterday the speaker of the Iranian Parliament Hashemi Rafsanjani said he did not expect the issue to return to the Parliament noting that it had set the four basic conditions and had already recommended spy trials if the US did not accept them have not yet seen the official US Rafsanjani told a Tehran news conference if the United States is not ready to give us our rights our last act will be a card which was reprinted in The Washington Star contains a coded message She believes the birds were meant to represent her husband Victor Tomseth and Michael Howland the three hostages being held in the Iranian foreign ministry The bird that is highest she believes is meant to be her husband the highest-ranking diplomat who is looking at the others with concern The middle serene -looking bird is Tomseth a quiet intellectual and the third craning his head almost upside down is Howland who according to some reports dreams of trying to escape from captivity The events of the past few days appear to have brought the hostage crisis full circle with Iran once again making demands seen here as impossible to meet and with the Carter Administration engaging in public criticism of Iran much as it did in the early days of the crisis Tree Dedicated to the Hostages John Elmer Bvrge 88 Clinton Thomas Clancy 48 3121 Magnolia Ave Edythe Dukes 1030 Manor Drive Mrs Mildred Arwood Dyer 60 Alcoa Mrs Oma Opal Fugate 68 Harrell Road Mrs Orrie Highers 91 2017 Cureton Rd I Trov Francis Horne 88 2828 Gray Hendrix Rd Ruth King 61 Sevierville Flora Lee Atchley Large 83 Pigeon Forge Ruby Murl (Stgmey) McNabb 70 Madisonvlfle Mrs Wanda Wode Moore Rocksvllle Md for-! merly of Knoxville Lillie Ann Brown Nix 71 Asburv Acres Mrs Robert (Alvoda Davis) Pearce 84 Inverness Fla formerly of Knoxville Mrs Mabel Proffitt 90 2901 Luwano Lone Robert Robinson 315 Oakland St Roger Dole Sharp 27 Friendsville Jewell Kemp Swinev 75 Lenoir City FO Thompson 87 Sweetwater Mrs JW (Pet) Wright 92 Caryville Noble Lett 84 Meredith Road Powell William Day 63 141 Darner on Ave Mrs Lillian Rachel Myers 82 Kingsport Mrs Lessie (Granny) Gave Jones 74 Hillcrest West Nursing Home formerly of Felty Drive Foin Cluck 53 293 1 Orlando St Mrs Mildred Bell 73 1312 Michaels Lane for- merly of Miami Beach Fla Mrs Eunice Babcock 76 3841 Wllani Rd Mrs Maggie Capps 74 115 Dameron Ave Mrs Harold (Gwennie Williams) Davis 68-2944 Walkup Drive Presser's Role i Called Uncertain WASHINGTON (AP) A spokesman: for Ronald transition office says the economics team being advised by Teamsters Vice President Jackie Presser who is under fire for his alleged ties with -organized crime has completed its task and disbanded But the spokesman Larry Speakes 1 said that did not mean Presser was out of a job Speakes said Presser be called for further help although nothing on the that would involve him uncertain role on the transi-: tion team was announced as a dissident faction of the Teamsters urged President- elect Reagan to dump Presser saying his appointment as a senior economic adviser could mean green light for criminal activity in the largest union" Leaders of Teamsters for a Democratic Union which calls itself the reform said they were and by the appointmenL nominee as labor secretary Raymond Donovan promised yesterday thaL is pending before the (Labor) Department will be looked at fairly and objectively I assure you of thaL" er of war for seven years in Vietnam He came from his home in North Carolina for the planting of the tree and to place the first of 52 symbolic red bows which represent a prayer and a holiday wish for a safe and speedy return of the hostages on the branches Mrs (Breezy) Wynn who gave the evergreen in Gen name introduced Duncan at the ceremonies Mrs Wynn and Gen wife are sisters Rev Toombes Kay Jr pastor Church Street United Church offered a prayer for the hostages and Jeanne Tapp chairman for the Akima-spearheaded Living Tributes tree planting and her husband Bill sang God Bless America and were joined in the singing by those gathered for the dedication Spotlights were then turned on the tree which will be illuminated at dark until Jan 5 said Elbert Griffith of KUB Robbery Case Sent to Jury The case of a Knoxville man charged with the Dec 15 armed robbery of Market 3700 Bridge Pike was sent to the Knox County Grand Jury yesterday from City Sessions Court The defendant is James Edward Newton 25 2547 Wilson Ave who is accused of taking $133 in cash and food stamps at gunpoint Newton was arrested a short distance from the store and police recovered the money and a 38-caliber revolver Starts on Page One few days after more than six weeks of steady progress Powell said the US Government has not responded officially to the Iranian request The demand for $24 billion in compensation revealed Sunday dimmed hopes for any imminent resolution of the 415-day -old standoff State Department spokesman John Trattner said the US Government believes some of the Americans are in prisons despite claims by Iranian officials that the hostages are being kept hotels with all is reason to be concerned about the health and treatment of several of the Trattner said Trattner was responding indirectly to Iranian parliamentary spokesman Beh-zad Nabavi who said the hostages have been moved to hotels to reports about we have reports that a number of them may be in fact in Trattner said He said reports about the medical condition of several prisoners serious enough to give us The Iranians have promised the hostages will be filmed on Christmas Day on television but foreign reporters will not be allowed to see them Powell said the only way that world opinion would be convinced of the good health of the hostages be to permit visits by third The State belief that some hostages are in jail is based on a of received from 34 of the 52 Americans since Thanksgiving One recent letter containing a water-color painting of three birds done by hostage Bruce Laingen the ranking diplomat in Iran illustrates how the letters are scrutinized for possible clues wife Penny contends the 2 Children Die With Firemen Locked in Station NEWARK NJ (AP) Two young brothers aged I and 3 died in a small apartment blaze while firefighters just next door struggled to open the broken doors of their station officials said The electrically operated doors at the High Street station had been broken for four weeks and firefighters were using a manual pulley system to operate the garage doors said authorities That system also failed yesterday John Caufield Newark fire director said he did not think the broken doors were a contributing factor in the deaths of the two children But Capt John Dolak of the High Street Firehouse said he believed the seconds that firemen were in our were critical The bodies of Bashir Jackson 17 months and his 3-year-old brother Aha-mad were found next to an apartment window Deputy Chief Robert Miller said the boys probably died of burns Alexei Kosygin Buried Inside Kremlin Wall MOSCOW (UPI) Former Premier Alexei Kosygin eulogized as a hero of the Leningrad siege was buried inside the Kremlin Wall in a solemn 40-minute funeral today with his ashes borne through Red Square by his ruling partner for 16 years President Leonid Brezhnev Kosygin died of heart failure last Thursday at 76 As mayor of Leningrad during the 900-day German blockade of World War II Kosygin directed the effort to deliver supplies to the beleaguered northern city Staff Photo by Barbara SNorne Gov Lamar Alexander (circled) Wearing Cowboy Hat and Plaid Shirt Walks on 1-640 Governor Lifts Curse on Junction Opens 1-640 In the midst of a flurry of pre-Christmas activities the frantic rush of last-minute shopping Knoxvillians paused this afternoon to remember the 52 hostages who are still political prisoners in Iran A crowd gathered at 2 pm in the triangular city garden Vine Avenue and Gay Street as US Rep John Duncan formally dedicated the Living Tribute tree given in honor of Gem (USAF Ret) Norman Gaddis to the hostages Gen Gaddis a Knoxville native who was one of the highest-ranking military leaders imprisoned during the Vietnam War in empathy for the prisoners asked that the tree this year be dedicated to them Gen Gaddis was a prison- Family Escapes Burning House Members of a Knoxville family fled their burning home today with only their lives and Christmas presents Mrs Pam Knight 1842 Euclid Ave said the family was awakened about 2 am by her 13-year-old daughter Allean Firemen said the blaze started in the chimney flue and broke through in room Christmas presents were right by the door or we would never have gotten them said Mrs Knight Mrs Knight also managed to save her pocket-book containing her eyeglasses Her daughter was not so lucky have three children at home and four more coming in she said She is staying with Policewoman Car-lene Campbell a family friend Mrs Knight said her biggest problem now is to remove her salvagable items from the house somebody steals Don Holifield To Manage Fair Suits oa Page One pleased that there is already competent personnel at the Holifield said Holifield 43 is a graduate of Union University in Jackson Tenn and attended the US Chamber of Commerce Institute University of Georgia and the Industrial Institute of the University of Oklahoma He was manager of the Morristown Chamber of Commerce before coming here in 1970 He had earlier worked for the Jackson Chamber of commerce and the state He was director of economic relations and general manager of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce He is a member of First Baptist Church He and his wife Mackey have two daughters and live on Chicadee Drive Pill Use May Prevent Cancers of Ovaries Uterus Study Says been documented can be sharply if the patients are screened for health problems that the pill can compound obesity high blood pressure diabetes so that doses can be tailored to the individual Ory who headed the review team is the chief of the Epidemiologic Studies Branch Family Planning Evaluation Division at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta As well as minimizing cancer risks the report said fears of impaired fertility and poor pregnancy outcomes among women who stop taking the pill have also not been confirmed A long-term British study found that pill use by women who have never had a child may delay conception for some months after they stop taking the contraceptive but that their ultimate ability to have a child is not impaired the report noted NEW YORK (UPI) The birth control pill used by more than 150 million women worldwide in the past 20 years has more health benefits than risks and may even prevent certain types of cancer a new report concludes The overwhelming majority of studies so far have found no evidence that pill use causes cancer of the ovaries uterus or breasts as was earlier thought the report by Dr Howard Ory and associates said yesterday On the contrary studies they examined presented evidence that the pill may protect against ovarian and uterine cancer The report pointed out that cancer in humans can take 15 to 20 or more years to develop and that there are some in the scientific community who maintain that it is too early to proclaim oral contraceptives risk-free But for disease-free women under 30 who do not smoke research shows birth control pills are relatively safe and may even prevent some diseases said the report which reviewed studies on contraceptive safety Women who take the pill are one-fourth as likely to develop benign breast tumors as nonusers one-fourteenth as likely to develop ovarian cysts two-thirds as likely to develop iron deficiency anemia and one-half as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis the report found The report also said risks that have the new route will be 179 miles shorter than the old one But not the true measure of the improvements The biggest factor is that many motorists have to go to the troublesome junction at aiL And those who do have to go there will have an easier time of it because of the decreased traffic on it McAmis said the opening of the new leg of 1-640 will reduce traffic especially truck traffic by as much as 30 percent at Malfunction Junction He said this will result in a savings estimated at $13 million a year for truckers and other motorists Total cost of the 35-mile segment opened today is $651 million with 90 percent of that coming from the Federal Government and 10 percent from the state Dr Jay Julian rounded up a handful of local members of his UT Band to participate in the opening The band met the Governor and the other walkers at the Western Avenue Interchange and joined the walk The cold made it a good day for fast walking In his remarks at the second tree planting Alexander gave Sansom much of the credit for this and improvements to come to Interstate system He recalled that before he was elected Governor he had asked Sansom what was biggest problem and Sansom had told him it was the Interstate system So after he was elected and after he had chosen Sansom as his transportation commissioner they made Interstate improvements here their first highway priority Alexander praised Knoxvillians for their in waiting for the improvements OS Rep John Duncan told of being in SL Louis about a year ago and asking the AAA Automobile Club there the best route to Knoxville He said he was told not to go through Knoiville that the highway was closed By CARSON BREWER News-Santtnal Staff Writer The western leg of 1-640 is open Some of the curse is off Malfunction Junction Nearly 200 persons walked with Gov Lamar Alexander on a cold gray day the entire length of the 35-mile stretch of 1-640 from Sharps Gap to I-40-175 as part of the opening ceremonies Wearing a red-and-black plaid shirt and in obvious good humor the Governor said the opening might even take some of the off (UT football coach) Johnny Alexander recalled that years ago in he and State Transportation Commissioner Bill San-som had established a of opening this section of 1-640 by the end of 1980 He noted with satisfaction that done The next goal is to finish the eastern leg of 1-640 linking it to 1-40 in the eastern part of the city by next Christmas the Governor said And the next goal on the list is to have Malfunction Junction redone by the spring of 1982 before the opening of the Fair The remarks came as he Sansom and most of the Knox County legislative delegation planted a young tree at the Sharps Gap end of the section Alexander said with apparent surprise and disappointment that the tree was a pine not a dogwood He later planted another pine at the southern end of the completed section is nothing worse than a bunch of politicians carrying on and acting like done Alexander said is a Christmas present from the people of Knoxville and Tennessee to Now that southbound and northbound 1-75 traffic does not have to go all the way to Malfunction Junction traveling in Knoxville will be far easier than it has been CR McAmis regional engineer for the Transportation Department said The Knoxville News-Sentinel (USPS 297-540) Pubkthed doily and Sunday by The Knoi-viNg News-Sentinel Co 204 Church Ave KnoxviBe Term 17901 Second clou pottage paid at Knoxviffe Toon Snow and Freezing Rain Sweep East Snarl Traffic Circulation Deportment 522-8181 Classified Advertising 417111 AN Other Deportments 523-1121 Home delivery by carrier at $150 weekly Doily single copies 25 cents Sunday 75 cents By mail doily only $4160 per year daily and Sunday $7800 Georgia to New Jersey The icy roads in Washington forced authorities to close many main arteries to the city including most of the bridges that span the Potomac River into Northern Virginia The bridges that were not closed were blocked by vehicles unable to move on the slippery surface The opening of the Washington mass transit system was delayed for more than an hour because train operators were unable to get to work President scheduled departure from Washington for Plains Ga for Christmas was set back an hour because people who were to travel with him were having trouble getting to Andrews Air Force Base for the flight Dulles International Airport was closed for about an hour and 45 minutes By The Associated Press Freezing rain and snow glazed highways through the East today causing hundreds of traffic accidents and snarling the capital at rush hour Police in Richmond Va said they had gotten so many reports of accidents they had lost count But by late morning 230 accidents had been reported in Richmond 150 in Henrico County and more than 100 in Chesterfield County The roads were so slippery that three Richmond sand trucks overturned three firetrucks crashed while answering calls and three ambulances wrecked Police in Cobb County Ga said a 19-year-old Kennesaw woman was killed late yesterday when her car skidded on an icy railroad overpass on Georgia 293 and struck a tree A 24-vehicle pileup was VIDEO MOVIES Service Station Fire Fought Medical Center Evacuated 20 TITLES TO CHOOSE FROM ALIEN NORMA RAE MASH AFRICAN QUEEN BREAKING AWAY MUPPET MOVIE AND MORE! RANCHO MIRAGE Calif (UPI) -More than a dozen critically ill patients and a man just out of surgery were forced to evacuate the Eisenhower Medical Center yesterday because of an electrical fire in an elevator shaft Firemen fought a blaze at an Exxon Service Station in the 4800 block of Broadway about 11:30 am today The cause of the fire inside the station was not known Firemen said smoke was extremely heavy reported west of Atlanta at the intersec- because of the ice National Airport tion of Interstates 20 and 285 opened on time at 7 am EST but flights The National Weather Service said were delayed at both airports according freezing rain was reported from Northern to spokesman Dave Hess 2 Movies Free 119 Value Heavy Fog Continues To Disrupt Hundreds of Airline Flights to Los Angeles this system LOS ANGELES (AP) Heavy fog spokesman Al Dascomb The fog closed Los Angeles Phis fra membership in THE VIDEO CLUB OF AMERICA Late yesterday Dascomb said earlier predictions that low clouds would replace the fog last night and this morning proved premature Instead cold air was expected to continue moving from the ocean over the warm land creating more fog Thick fog closed the San Francisco and Oakland airports last night diverting heavy holiday traffic to other airports International Airport for six hours after dusk Sunday and blocked incoming flights until 10 am yesterday whole system is backed said airport spokesman Alfred Dubiel closure affects airports all over the country delaying flights at Denver Phoenix San Francisco Oakland San Jose anybody that feeds airplanes into shrouded Los Angeles for a third day today disrupting the flights of hundreds of jetliners for several hours and jamming airports with stranded holiday travelers Visibility in some places was reduced to near zero during the day causing numerous traffic accidents still have extensive fog along the said National Weather Service imagine hundreds of flights are One American Airlines flight from Chicago scheduled to land in Los Angeles at 5 pm Sunday was diverted to Palm Springs Its passengers were bused into Los Angeles a two-hour trip arriving at 3 am yesterday TMNTH VIDEO DIRECTOR The Weather VR9700J PROGRAMMABLE VIDEO DIRECTOR Features 14-day Programmable Timer 5 Hours Recording Time 14-position Electronic Tuning System Audio Dubbing Cabinet finished in simulated leather Temperatures Yesterday NATIONAL WEATHER SEtVICE FORECAST 7AM EST 12 -24-80 1 3048 3024 3000 j97 K'NEWVOfUC The Weather Service provides updated weather information on its 14-hour weather station at 142475 mHi (Special radio units repaired) Padutien Standards Indac 78 (moderate) at 7 am TENNESSEE KENTUCKY: Cloudy with occasional rain tonight Turning windy and colder tomorrow with snow Hurries possible Lows in 30s and 40s tonight with temperatures dropping into Ids and 30s by LAKE STAGES 7 am Today 00758085 73547361 79137933 Fall 06 Fall 01 Steady 1358313600 1259312613 Station Ft Loudoun Watts Bor hw Melton HIH hw Norris hw Moisten hw Watauga hw KNOXVILLE OAK RIDGE AND MIDDLE EAST TENNESSEE: Chance of rain tonight Windy and colder tomorrow with a chance of snow flurries Low temperatures early tomorrow low 40s with temperatures dropping into the 30s later in the day low this morning 32 high yesterday 37 Thirty percent probability of precipitation tonight and tomorrow Ft Henry Cherokee Oougtas Htwassee hw A aanmnan nw Fontana hw Wetf Creek hw VR9000W Video Director Features Weekend" Auto Recorder capable of recording up to 3 days in advance and weekly repeats Cabinet finished in simulated walnut 10252 9432 14790 17009 16103 6700 6333 7053 6233 Foil 07 Foil 03 Foil 09 Foil 01 Foil 14 Foil 02 Rise 01 Rise 03 Fail 03 TENNESSEE KENTUCKY NORTH CAROLINA VIRGIMA EXTENDED OUTLOOK: Fair and cold Thursday end Friday warmer with a chance ef rein Saturday Lews mostly in teens Thursday rising la 40s by Saturday Highs gonoraOy in 30s Thursday rising Is Sts hy Sotwr- Groat Falls hw Center HW hw Nashville New Orleans New York Offer good Nov 10 thru Dec 31 1980 the quality goes in before the name goes on Phoenix Pittsburgh Richmond Salt Lake City San Francisco 16 57 36 31 09 29 12 74 46 19 03 34 11 45 33 53 52 52 47 37 17 63 49 34 10 50rvrSBv vet WEATHER FOTOCAST Rain mixed with snow is forecast tonight from the Ohio-Tennessee Valley northeastward through the Lower Lakes area and into most of the Northeast Clear to partly cloudy skies should prevail SO 40 35 13 40 22 49 38 34 20 37 10 70 51 41 17 43 25 75 62 25 16 31 17 -11 SEE YOUR LOCAL PARTIQPATING ZENITH DEALER 122 For the year to date: 3981 Deficiency for the month to date: 190 Deficiency for year to date: 502 Moon set Today 9:15 am Moonm Today 7:43 St Louis Tampa.