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The Chapel Hill News from Chapel Hill, North Carolina • 2

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Tuesday February 20 1979 2A The Chapel Hill Newspaper Iranians OWASA Supervisor Jt ifwteqjasf staff and in particular for executive director Everett Billingsley Billingsley is one of the finest men ever worked with" she said have boundless admiration for OWASA board chairman Flo Garrett said today still feel we made the right decision I think determining the dates when customers will be billed is the responsibility it's a policy decision sorry June left" Garrett said thought she was a great person and the board had a great deri of respect for her It never even occurred to me that she was taking the board's decision personally" Garrett said the board win not reconsider ffie decision to change the billings "Mrs Sibley has been an excellent employee and we will miss Billingsley said today believe she fdt she was not in agreement with the decision and could not continue with enthusiasm and dedication on that Billingsley said typical of the dedication to her work that she has Billingsley noted that implementation of file decision is along on schedule" (Continued hem page 1A) language in question almost an of them have admitted that when they voted on the new rates they thought the rates would apply only to service rendered after Feb Now that the language has been changed OWASA employees will have to compute manually the difference between the old and new rates as soon as a new program is installed in OWASA's computer The program will prorate customers' bills so that all customers begin paying the new rates on the same date The change in the billing procedure wfll cost OWASA about $29700 "Because of the board's decision I really continue in the position or support them in the manner that the position deserved" Sibley said Monday board should not get into operations" she added but should let the staff determine the best way to carry out the instructions all worked very hard to get OWASA to the position it is in Sibley said personally felt it was best for me to resign!" Sibley expressed nothing but admiration for her former colleagues on They were identified as Gen Parvis Amin Afshar chief of the imperial bodyguard Gen Hossein Hamadanian chief of the SAVAK secret police in the west Kermanshah province Gen Manuchehr Malek commander of the Qazvin military brigade and Gen Nemlollah Motamedi military governor Four other senior generals including file former head of SAVAK Gen Nematollah Nassiri were executed Friday A Several aeon more high officials ear officers of the former regime wen also reported to have been condemned to the firing squad after mon secret trials Government sources said moderate Prime Minister Mehdi Baiargan was unaware of both sets of executions until after the event and was On Monday Khomeini Insisted he would tolerate But hia Islamic militia faced troubles in the provinces and in Tehran from dissident factions who are resisting the spiritual attempt to consolidate control A Kurdish revolt was reported in progress in the west and similar reports were filtering in from the eastern province of Baluchistan Moslem diplomats say Palestinian guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat in Tehran ostensibly to cement an anti-Iaraeli alliance is secretly trying to prevent an outbreak of fighting between Marxist guerrillas and the ruling Islamic revolutionaries (Continued from page 1A) will continue our efforts for extradition and win force file ahah into a situation in which he can only go to Johannesburg or Tel the statement said Iran Sunday severed its diplomatic links with Israel and has announced it will no longer sell oil either to the Jewish state or South Africa In another symbolic blow to the deposed monarch air force pilots today flew the personal Boeing 707 aircraft named Shahbax back to Iran from Morocco When the shah left the country on what he at the time termed a vacation he personally piloted Shahbax first to Egypt and then to Morocco with Empress Farah aboard In a second major move to return Iran to normal schools reopened for the first time in many weeks Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Saturday ordered aome 34 million striking workers back to their Jobs in hia first major effort to get the country moving again While Iran was reported quiet several hundred more foreigners mainly Americans flew out of the nation on the fourth day of a major evacuation airlift There were no reported incidents Iran's revolutionary radio said the four generals were executed by Islamic firing sqad early today less than three hours after being found guilty in secret trials of crimes against the people Snow-Related Soviets Death Noted (dans to launch an attack on Vietnam were apparent stated in Washington the intention to pounce arms in hand on Vietnam while the UJ5 said it wanted to see China strong that it did not object to the West arming it and both sides found their strategic interests and many goals Pravda said more than ambiguous against the background of Peking's perfidious aggression against a socialist country are the hypocritical calls by the United States to all sides to display restraint although this appeal should have been dearly addressed to TIME TO DIG Most North Carolinians like Dieter Hunger of Raleigh woke up Monday almost "up to their ears in snow and begang digging out from one of the heaviest statewide snowfall in recent years Mountain areas reported 18 inches and the coast had about 2 inches Raleigh recorded a record low of 11-degrees and most of the city had about the same amount of snow 11 Inches (UPI Photo reached downtown Senate met briefly and both delayed In spite of the and 46 of 50 their respective sales across the said Gale 1 a JC Penney was supposed to be In the spring thousands of asked for chains store sold all of storms earlier Gripped By Fear By United Press International A death related to the weekend snow and cold weather was reported today the first day most North Carolinians attempted to get to work since the near-record snwfaD The National Weather Service said temperatures today would be in the 40s and 50s helping the state's efforts to dig out from the snow Person County Sheriff Ernest Dixon said an autopsy showed Nancy Mae Thorpe 35 froze to death Sunday Her body was found buried in the snow near the porch of her rural Person County home late Sunday Temperatures in the teens and 20s early today refroze water that melted Monday from the weekend snow making driving hazardous for North Carolinians attempting to get to work Temperatures at 7 am were in the teens and 20s throughout all of the state except the coast where Cape Hatteras reported 31 Authorities said major highways were open but they urged motorists to use caution because of icy spots Cloudiness developing in the mountains Lows tonight should Wach onlVthe 30s TEHRANTrin (UPI) tM fftaingwin wi io workers Raleigh The state House and in separate sessions action on all major Mils snow 85 of 199 representatives senators made it to chambers Birthday state suffered a sad day In Blackburn manager of store in Durham one of the biggest days quarter We lost He said about 200 calls sleds or shovels but the those items during three this month (Continued fawn page 1A) He said Any interference in Iranian affairs would be considered by the UJLSR as touching on the interests of her national The original Brezhnev warning singled out the United States by name Monday the Soviet Union accused the United States of encouraging the Chinese attack on Vietnam and said the Carter comments on the war have been hypocritical and ambivalent Pravda in an editorial labeled "aggressor in the said the timing of the Chinese attack was by the position taken by Western powers and during Chinese Vice Premier Tcng visit to the United States The article according to Pravda was by Alexei Petrov a pseudonym that indicates it was written at higher government levels and channeled to Pravda for publication The Tass news agency ran a translation of the article early today timing of the incursion into Vietnam was determined by the position taken by some Western powers and Japan During Teng recent trip to Washington and Tokyo he bluntly revealed plans to teadi Vietnam a Moody it said talks with some of his American friends Teng went even farther and divulged details of these plans It is not ruled out that (hia) American friends and this is how he calls them now answered with frankness to frankness Th ere were- those among these friends who would like to teach Vietnam a lesson and belatedly punish the Vietnamese for the ignominious defeat sustained by the American military in There was no indication in Moscow Monday the Soviet Union planned to move against China although It repeated Its ultimatum issued a day earlier that Peking should pull out of Vietnam "before it is too A report from an unofficial Soviet source said the Soviet army had canceled all leaves and ordered soldiers to return to barracks although Western military specialists said they saw no evidence of a step up in military activity The Pravda commentary noted that during Teng'a visit to the United States his (Continued from page 1A) them that they would be Many of the Iranians employed by the embassy are Armenians Jews Assyrians and other minorities so they feel they are in double jeopardy As a Jew and an employee of the American Embassy Abraham is sure he will be killed if he stays in Iran But the borders are closed and no airplanes are landing except those to evacuate Americans and British citizens He calls a reporter that he knows has interviewed Ambassador Sullivan and appeals to him to intercede with the ambassador so he can join the Americans being evacuated not afraid of people but the cedes were custom-made suits and until 10 days ago lived in a mansion in northern Teheran Now he wears sneakers jeans and a faded fake leather coat He lives in a rented two-room apartment in the teeming section of southern Teheran He is on a list of wealthy Iranians who have sent much money abroad and is linked with former Government officials before Khomeini took over I was getting calls and letters from people threatening to kill he says I should have left then But you always think there's lots of Kazen is one of many prominent Iranians in hiding The most important Prime Minister Shahpui'Bakhtiar disappeared Feb 11 when the miltiary capitulated a the announcement of the executions by the radio said they were first of a group of actions against corrupt forces in the I FeyecaatUcM the embassy Myou lbow how they hate Israel and he pleads referring to the Fedayeen a leftist group that has denied responsibility for the attack kill me if I stay Kazen is a wealthy business man who drove a Mer- mmmmmmmmmmsmmfsfsi today in the Communist Party paper Pravda restated the Soviet stern warning to China to halt its against Vietnam before it is too The Soviet Union has accused the United States of encouraging the Chinese invasion by failing to caution Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping against the punitive attack while he was visiting in the United States James Crabtree The funeral for James Ronald Crabtree 30 of 1521 Smith Level Road Chapel Hill will be held at 2 pm Wednesday in the Damascus Church by the Rev Robert Q-Jones Burial will be in the church cemetery Crabtree died Monday in his home after an extended illness Surviving are his father and stepmother Mr and Mrs James Crabtree of Chapel Hill his mother and stepfather Mr and Mrs Donald Sparrow of Chapel Hill and six brothers Donald Sparrow Jr of the UJS Air Force Steve Crabtree Russell Sparrow David Sparrow Rick Sparrow and Edward Sparrow all of Chapel Hill In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation Maude Durham The funeral for Miss Maude Carrie Durham 82 of RL 4 Chapel Hill will be held at 2 pm Thursday in Antioch Baptist Church by the Rev Larry Harper Burial will be in the church cemetery Miss Durham died Monday in her home after an extended illness Surviving are three sisters Mrs Net Andrews and Mrs Gladys McLennan both of Chapel Hill and Mrs Nancy Floyd of Raleigh and two brothers Alton Durham and Bernard Durham both of Chapel Hill Ada Gates The funeral for Mrs Ada Irene Gates who died Saturday has been rescheduled for 2 pm today in Walker Funeral Home Chapel Hill Ferdinand A Peterson Ferdinand August Peterson 91 of 217 Valley Park Drive Chapel Hiti died Sunday in Hillhaven Nursing Home Durham The funeral and burial will be held at a later date in Toronto Canada Surviving are hia widow Mrs Maret Peterson and two sons (Continued from page 1A) Intelligence sources in the Thai capital said bombing and strafing were underway and analysts said combat planes from both sides were presumably aiming at troop concentrations The intelligence sources said is no sign" of a Chinese advance beyond the six miles China has driven into Vietnam Plane Five Iranian flew with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi into exile in January hijacked the blue and white Boeing 707 today and flew it back to Tehran the Iranian government announced The plane nicknamed Shahbax after a mythical Persian bird was flown from Morocco where the shah is vacationing When he left the country Jan 16 on what he called a the shah personally piloted the aircraft first to Egypt and then to Morocco Carrboro Committee Will Meet Wednesday Carrboro Town Clerk Sarah Crabtree announced today that the Law fa Finance Committee meeting which was postponed Monday night has been rescheduled for 7:30 pm Wednesday in the town hati jp ADVANCE BIDS accepted With a 10 Deposit-Full Refund If ALL DUTCH AUCTION Sales Are Final Carter Announces (Continued from page 1A) agreement forbid interference which would impede the ability to verify compliance with the treaty On the flight from Washington to Georgia a senior administration official told reporters Carter's Georgia Tech address emphasized three points: 1 must match our idealism about change in the world with continued prudent reliance on US power as a source of stability in the world and it makes peaceful change The official said American policy is designed to help others achieve their aspirations to impose our will and prescriptions on especially with reference to Iran 2 view change as basically positive but we recognize also that change has its darker side it produces turbulence conflict and powers which are adversary to us might choose to exploit such and threaten American interests 3 in the context of turbulence indeed even competition the pursuit of SALT is justified We need strategic stability and we will continue to seek it even if we are competing It is important to keep pursuing SALT and there is no the National Weather Service said Enough of the snowstorm did remain to close scores of schools and force the cancellation of hundreds of events Up to 19 inches of snow feu in some parts of Wilkes County by Monday morning while further east the Triangle area received 10 inches and eastern areas got slightly less All of the major roads were opened by midday Monday although secondary roads are still a State Highway Patrol trooper Willis Cooks said Monday evening He said freezing temperatures overnight could make driving especially hazardous Despite the tricky conditions the patrol said there had been no weather-related traffic fatalities The rush hours Monday were tightened by the day off given federal employees and the advice to state government workers to come in only if they could make it Gary Pearce press secretary to Gov James Hunt Jr said only about 10 percent of the Wentworth Prices Reduced 10 ss? For 10 Days The First Bid At TODAY'S PRICE Takes The SALE Item Our Usual Service Demonstration Instruction Included With Each Sale All Merchandise In Good Operating Condition And Gearly Marked If Shop Worn or Damaged Reports Deny since the start of its invasion Saturday and no sign of a Chinese withdrawal Radio evening communique today reported fighting along the 450-mile-wide border Chinese troop columns had to regroup and await reinforcement" it said In Mosow Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko is a speech published Battle Image will allow us to regulate them better" Police Chief Danny Dixon said the Hay Street area not only invites prostitution but also a wide variety of crimes especially when the nearby soldiers from Fort Bragg come into town on payday He said the arrest records of 150 prostitutes pulled at random show: The 150 women aged 12 to 63 have been arrested a total of 1008 times Of the arrests 356 were for prostitution 332 were for drug-related activities and the rest were on charges ranging from shoplifting to larceny Snow Make-Up Days In Doubt (Continued hum page 1A) have to be made up at another time such' as Easter or spring break according to Hanes Hanes said he would have a recommendation for the school board at Monday night's meeting The board must approve all changes in the school calendar An announcement about whether Chapel HiU-Carrboro City Schools will be open Wednesday will probably be made later today after more snow has melted Hanes said Fayetteville Will FAYETTEVILLE (UPI) Two proposed ordinances will be discussed by the city council March 12 in what some officials call a stepped-up battle against City" image The first would make it Illegal for the topless bars massage parlors and X-rated movie houses to be packed together as they currently are on two Mocks of Hay Street Instead the estaMishments would be dispersed to selected areas of the city The other proposal would license owners and entertainers at the adult estaMishments and make them carry identification cards need to control what appears to be a concentracted situation of adult facilities These ordinances we are hoping will help us do Just City Attorney Robert Cogswell said zoning will break up concentrations of these places the licensing TIMES PUZZLE SOLUTION NEED GIFTS? Friday February 16 Is The First Day Sale Lasts Until March 1 Celebrates GEORGE Wash (UPI) This small community celebrated birthday with a 12-foot-square cake for the 200 townspeople and their visitors They also had a raffle Monday and the firemen conducted a penny toss contest THE CHAPEL HILL NEWSPAPER USPS 100-260 Subscription Rates Home Delivery by Carrier lWeek 80 3 Months 1035 6 Months 1980 12 Months 3860 By Mail in North Carolina 3 Months 6 Months $2770 1 Year $5240 North Carolina Sales Tax Included By Mail Elsewhere in The States and Foreign 3 Months $1500 6 Months $2900 lYear $5500 Second class postage paid at Chapel Hill NC 27514 (Pub No 100260) Published daily except Saturday by the Chapel Hill Publishing Company Inc at 505 West Franklin Street Chapel Hid NX 27514 Phone 967-7045 BID TODAY Igntwoplh 'OdTL jemlers 942-4469.

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