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Iranians Storm U.S. Embassy Tehran, Iran (AP) - Two Amerkmns were A member of a U.S. msaid the task force member, mid they would reman Scores of heavily armed believed wounded in the diplomatic tak force on who asked not to be neural in the currnt Iranians stormed the U.S. attack, the spokesman said. Iran said no decision had identifie situation. Embassy in downtown Asked who he thought been made whether to use The source said the Khomeni had repeatedly Tehran this morning and the attackers were, he the platoon of Marines that United States had been exhorted the revolutionary after a prolonged gun battle replied: at last report was ill in the unable to identify the forces not to attack seized control of the 'They are either the 10 Azore Islands in the armed people that have foreigners or their compound and took 70 percent that never got the Atlantic Ocean. taken over the embassy. He embassies. Americans prisoner, a word or possibly a very Co m m u n i c a t i o n s said it was not known The attacks began with military spokesman said. leftist organization." between the embassy and whose side they heavy machine gun fire by The U.S. government, The captured Americans the State Department here represented. But, he said, the Khomeini forces on the apparently caught by included the embassy's 120 were cut off, officials said. they probably were not embassy compound. The surprise, sought early today Marine guards and possibly "We're trying to get members of the military embassy forces reportedly Ambassador William to determine what had Sullivan, the spokesman happened at its embattled said. embassy in Tehran before He reported that forces deciding what action to loyal to Ayatollah Ruhollah take. Khomeini, the religious White House spokesman leader of the Iranian Mark Henderson said he had revolution, surrounded the not "the faintest idea" what embassy compound and the situation was in Iran. were trying to negotiate the He did say President release of the Americans, Carter's trip to Mexico was who were being held inside. "still on." Bad Morale, Relations Hurt Security By RICH BERGOVOY Safety are currently leaving Stony Brook to 1 and MARK SCHUSSEL assume positions on other police forces. A desire for high pay and frustration with the Poor relations with students, faculty students' image that they are less than full and staff, and low morale on the force are police officers are the main causes of the hampering Security in its campaign to high turnover rate, according to Cornute. reduce Stony Brook's theft rate, which is Suffolk County police officers begin at the highest in the State University of New $14,000 a year. i York (SUNY) system. But another Security officer said, ~r-: "We can't do or job without public There's no feeling of effectiveness," citing w» support," Public Safety Director Robert the frustration with the ticketing and ' Cornute said, admitting, "I am not towing image and frustration with superiors _.4 AL completely satisfied with our community within the force as causes of low morale. , *Xpoj relations." Comrnute said that few people recognize = At the same time, morale on the force is Security officers as police officers with full '.. 7.%x"n low. "Of 70 guys on the force, 60 are police powers equal to those of the Suffolk looking for new work," estimated one County Police.'"" Tot officer. Cornute has 78 officers under his ROBERT CORNUTE Many Security officers have said that command: 47 officers on the main campus, they do not feel welcome on the campus. 16 officers on the East Campus, six -- "A lot of people feel, 'Hell, they're just investigators, seven supervisors and two there for ticketing and towing', " said assistant supervisors. Trainee Security Assistant Director of Public Safety Kenth officers must complete 24 college credits ill Suffolk Cops Sjolin. 'Towing definitely can be an aggra- within their first two years on the force. vating factor in community relations,",ag- They must then obtain an associate's reed junior Joe Berg. degree in criminal science in order to Step Up Patrols? Poor Relations advance to journeyman status. Poor relations with students have Cornute said that his job "is the most One security force may not be sufficient to guard discouraged Security from patrolling the difficult law enforcement job in New York ag2ainst crime on campus. According to Deputy dormitories, where many thefts occur. State." Cc)mmissioner Charles Peterson of the Suffolk County "Historically, we have not entered the "Some people see me as a taskmaster," Police Department (SCPD), his department may soon dorms because the students have not been admitted Comrnute, "but all I want is eight inccrease its assistance to the campus' 79 man force by into it," said Sjolin, adding, "We're getting hours work for eight hours pay. Some steepping up vehicle patrols. more cooperation, but we still have a long people don't care for this philosophy." Within the next week Peterson, the SCPD way to go." Security dorm patrols are Taskmaster or not, Cornute intends to Cc>mmissioner, Acting University President T.A. Pond, routine at the State Universities at Albany, retain complete control of the officers of Ur liversity Business Manager Robert Chason and Binghamton ant Buffalo. the Department of Public Safety, the Di:rector of Public Safety Robert Cornute will meet to Poor relations have also resulted in less officers agreed. esttablish "greater cooperation" between Security and cooperation between students and Security Cornute was hired as the Director of th<e SCPD, asserted Peterson. Peterson wants, "Increased officers to combat the theft problem. This Public Safety in 1976. He is a 46 year old intteraction between SCPD and the Stony Brook was demonstrated when Security officers West Virginia native who grew up in New Seecurity, and increased flow of information." disguised as students removed expensive York City. Beginning in 1950, he spent six Peterson said the SCPD has been aware of the high scientific equipment from unlocked years in the military police of the Air criime rate on campus for quite some time, but the laboratories and offices last month. Many Force's elite Strategic Air Command. reccent Faculty Student Association (FSA) check cashing people saw the plainclothes officers remove After leaving the Air Force for one year, rolbbery has brought the problem into "focus." the equipment, according to Cornute, but he re-entered the service in 1957 as an To help alleviate the problem, Suffolk might "patrol not a single person called Security operating room technician. He moved to [tahe campus] a little more with marked patrol cars," ( headquarters to report the thefts in Albany after he left the service, where he added Peterson. progress. lat.- became a member of the capitol He said this is nothing new, because Suffolk has Security's operations have also been police force. Cornute became an al ways patrolled the campus, but "perhaps I'm not hampered by what many officers see as a investigator for the New York State Crime pr(oviding enough of my men in the area." Under the low morale on the force. "We have a high Victim's Compensation Bureau in 1966. He Edlucation Act which established Security, the local turnover rate," said Cornute, "and morale came to Stony Brook, after the state police force retains the authority to police the campus. could be a factor." As n. my as six officers eliminated his position, as coordinator of -Rich Bergovoy and Mark Schussel of the 79 member Department of Public the University Security Services in 1975. _ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^_^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WO^{ r- v News Digest I International Washington (AP) - President Carter administration's first state Carter, vowing to "listen and visitors two years ago. learn," is flying to Mexico City But perceptions are quite today in search of "a new sense of different in Mexico, where many partnership" that could ease officials still feel they are treated as cross-border differences over oil, a junior partner of the United trade and immigration. States. Carter told a Mexican television What has changed in two years, audience last week he believes a all agree, is Mexico's economic A -.- U A I~~~~~l_ _ - AI _ .: . I - I 'Yf new relauonship has nounsnea potential, with its oil resources now since he entertained Mexican calculated to approach and perhaps President Jose Lopez Portillo as the rival those of Saudi Arabia. National - - Washington (AP) - Nearly half claimed his seventh victim a year the minority children in America go ago. But no one has been arrested I A to segregated schools, and Congress,I and authorities think the killer is t h e D& f O,_rff ViY 7 Tw4 T ~ administration and the courts still in the city. Con ne D own & ViSit U S all seem to have lost interest in "We're working constantly," said doing much about it, the U.S. Civil Lieutenant Bernie Drowatzky who directs two Rights Commission said yesterday. detectives working int he Gre re VrCollege0 y lege In 1954, the Supreme Court fulltime on the case. "It's our hope ruled segregation unlawful and that somewhere down the line we can come up with this man before Wment opposite the( harmful to youngsters, but a child Base born that year could not be in he can do something again." graduate school without ever having A year ago last week a Wichita cstore Entrance of attended an integrated school, television station received a letter Bool store^Entrdance ofI educator Stephen Horn, vice from a man identifying himself as chairman of the panel, told a news the "Bind, Torture and Kill I th<e Union B u lding conference.