Iraq Pushes Toward Tehran

Maurhpatrr Fair Fair witti increasing cloudiness today. Rain WEATHER likely Thursday. Details on Pane 2. I Vol. XCIX, No. 303 — Manchester. Conn., Wednesday. September 24, 1980 YOUR HOMETOfUN ISEWSRAPER • Since 1881 • 20«. Iraq pushes toward Tehran BAGHDAD, Iraq (UPI) — Iraqi suffered 13 casualties. Iran reported four Iraqi vessels Tuesday. Some 300 Britons were Forces thrust toward Tehran today But reports of aircraft losses were sunk in the battle below the moved to the safety of neighboring and claimed the capture of the first mounted, climbing far above 100 in ihouth of the Shatt-Al-Arab waterway. Kuwait and a U.S. construction com town on the highway to the Iranian the three-day war. Iraq said it shot Iranian security forces issued a capital. Iranian warplanes attacked warning that Iraqi planes were drop major Iraqi cities, including the vital down 77 Iranian warplanes, but did not say when, and Iran said it downed ping bombs disquised as toys and pany, the Lummus Co. of Bloomfield, oil centers of Mosul and Kirkuk. parcels. N.J., was evacuating its 300 An Iranian report said four 34 Soviet-made MiGs plus four mis sile boats but also did not say when. In Abadan, where Iran’s giant oil American employees at Basra. Americans were captured by Iranian refinery came under Iraqi air at In Washington, the State Depart forces that routed Iraqi troops near In sea battles, Iraq reported it sank two Iranian frigates and seven gun tacks, an appeal was issued for ment today said apparently all Shalamshah, Iran. Earlier reports trucks to carry sandbags to burning Americans have been evacuated said four Americans were feared boat's near Iraq’s offshore oil ter minal at the head of the Persian' oil lines. Additional appeals were from Basra, but it could not confirm killed by Iranian airplanes that made for medical personnel and reports that four Americans were Gulf, close to Kuwait. "Most of their bombed the Iraqi port of Basra. 0 type blood. killed in an Iranian air attack on the crews were drowned,’ ’ the Iraqi As the war escalated on land, sea The war’s first evacuations began city Tuesday. and in the air, Iraq said Iranian report said. forces were "fleeing, abandoning tanks" and equipment. But Iran said in a Tehran Radio broadcast its forces were taking the offensive, giving up "their defensive posture U.N. asks ceasefire and replying' to aggression with aggression." UNITED NATIONS (UPI) - conflict, to desist from all armed ac The Shatt AI-Arab, he said, “ shall The Iranian air attacks, apparent Meeting in a crisis atmosphere late tivity and all acts that may worsen again be as it had always been retaliation for an Iraqi strike on into the night, the U.N. Security the present dangerous situation and throughout history, an Iraqi river to settle their dispute by peaceful Iran's mammoth Abadan oil Council appealed to Iran and Iraq to subject to the full control and means." sovereignty of Iraq.” refinery, indicated the two OPEC agree to a cease-fire and settle their Whether the cease-fire • appeal Hammadi charged that Iran "has nations were seeking to cripple each dispute through negotiations. other’s all-important oil production Council President Taieb Slim of would be heeded was open to doubt. never ceased harming the good facilities. Tunisia, speaking for the 15-member Shortly before the Council issued neighborly relations between the two In a major Iranian strike on the body, said in a statement Tuesday its appeal, Iraqi Foreign Minister countries by conducting acts of in Persian Gulf port of Basra Tuesday, that the fighting was a threat to in Dr. Saadoun Hammadi informed filtration and sabotage, by in 47 people were killed including at said only that an unknown number of was seam y. Iraqis said early ternational peace. U.N. Secretary General Kurt stigating trouble and dissension, and Waldheim that since the Iranians had least half a dozen Westerners, Americans were missing. Tuesday it killed 21 Iranian soldiers Slinf said the Council was asking by committing acts of plunder es totally flouted a five-year-old agree perhaps four Americans among Casualty figures from the combat and captured 117 others. In repulsing the two warring oil exporters, “ as a pecially in the frontier areas.” ment on the disputed Shatt Al-Arab Hammadi’ s note was the first them. The U.S. State Department between the two Middle East nations the raid on Kirkuk today, Iraq said it first step towards a solution of the waterway and other territories, his major communication to toe U.N. government felt obliged to settle the from one of the combatants in the issue by force. Persian Gulf conflict. Iran moves hostages Manchester GOP By United Presa International parliament), told a news conference Baghdad Radio claiming the Ruhollah) luiomeim.” backs school bond The fighting between Iran and Iraq in Tehran. hostages had been freed, effectively Tehran Radio denied the report as By MARY KITZMANN e a r lie r B oa rd o f D ir e c t o r s forced Iranian militants to transfer "These events will have their im killed, aiiy hnmediaU chance tbsiy part of an. "obvious and desperate a ( the SI American hostages to prevent pact on the destiny of the hostages," would be, anaityatt aald, and ttw iawe ' 'eelmielAB-if'W ai*'z ' ' ljUiraldlle|Kws«r any plot to free them and the parlia said Rafsanjani. was on the baclLbumer once again. aiwounced, MjANCHESTO* — After opposing the funding pledge. ment in Tehran declared aif In- He did not specify what effect the The stale radio reported the "tjie Ifeim .todv dwiaed to freeze offaeiag. a single question for "This is kind of difficult to conflict would have on the hostages, hostages being held in six Iranian the issue of the hostages at toe pre renovations to Manchester High d e ^ t e freeze on the debate to swallow,” he said. “ We support two decide their fate, Tehran Radio said. but be is one of the leading fuu- cities had again been transferred to sent time.” School, toe GOP Town Committee questions, and then turn around and The broadcast Tuesday, monitored damentalist Islamic hard-liners who unspecified new locations “ to foil Anatysfs said toe Iran-Iraq war pledged money to promote the support toe one question we op in Ankara, Turkey, warned the Iraqi favor spy trials for the Americans, any ... plot, m e report did not say could not have come at a worse time question’s passage. posed." However, since an addroM invasion of Iran was part of a U.S. now in the 326th day of captivity. how many of the hostages were for the hostages. The recently Last night toe committee voice- change Sylvester is not a town com plot and it will have an "impact on “ What is important is that our peo moved. started Majlis dehate, though it voted to pledge $50 to the Friends of mittee member. But other town com the destiny of the hostages." ple are not worried by such clashes The Baghdad Radio report, produced much anti-American Education, liiis group will prepare mittee members saw toe pledge as “ We consider the Iraqi attacks to and have several times proven their monitored in Beirut,. said, "The rhetoric, was toe first public discus an informational brochure, which gracefully accepting defeat, in complete readiness to defend their racist Farsi regime has uncon sion in Iran of a crisis many Iranians be part of a large U.S. plot," will “ generally support” approving cluding Von Deck. Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the country." he said. ditionally released the 52 American blame for everything from high toe $5.5 million bonding request, ac "The town committee did support speaker of the Majlis (Iranian A false propaganda report by hostages on the orders of (Ayatollah prices to continuing Instability. cording to Robert Heavisides, town two questions, but since toe Board of committee and renovation com Directors voted for one item this is mittee member. In discussion, the what we have to vote on. Many peo committee acknowledged approving ple feel there should be two toe expenditure was tantamount to questions, but this is not the way it is. reversing its earlier stand of op There isn’t too much argument Hospital may start to build posing toe question, but consider^ whether toe high school needs repair, the renovations more important. or the manner it is funded.” By MARTIN KEARNS final plan for a 326.255.000 construc The approval, however, reduced long and tedious process,” he said. When the referendum was dis Another town committee member, Hi-ruid Reporter tion and renovation project at the hospital's original request by $1.5 The hospital received approval for cussed in eariy summer, the town Curtis Smith, said he "didn’t want committee followed the executive MANCHESTER — Some older Manchester Memorial Hospital. million, and deleted a propos^ six the buildings its needs, as well as toe the renovations to become a political committee’s stand in a close vote. buildings along Haynes* Street will Although eight members of the bed addition to the facility. money for their construction, football.” “ Let’s vote to show toe The executive committee proposed soon make way for new parking hospital’s project team came to the Kenney said. public we’re for education,” he offering two questions instead of one. urged. facilities and major construction meeting equipped with briefcases Still, Edward M. Kenney, the The plan calls for demolition of Under the GOP pro^sal voters Heavisides wanted the vote to should begin within six months.

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