Attempted Rescue of Hostages Fails
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University searches Weather Variable cloudiness with a chance of showers and for off-campus highs near 60. Partly WEEKENDER cloudy at night with lows in the mid- 40s. Cloudy housing . ■ Saturday with a chance of rain late in the day and p. 9 highs near 60. (Eottnecttcut iailg Campus Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol. LXXXIII No. 120 STORRS, CONNECTICUT Friday, April 25,1980 Anderson: Attempted rescue 'An honest alternative' WASHINGTON(UPI)— efforts if he cannot raise Rep. John Anderson, the needed funds or insisting he's not going to succeed in the of hostages fails be a political spoiler, complicated process of launched an independent getting on enough state WASHINGTON (UPI)—The White House president deeply regrets that eight American presidential candidacy ballots to be elected. announced early Thursday an operation under crewmen of the two aircraft were killed." Thursday to give voters an In the candidate debate way in Iran to prepare to rescue the American The White House said others were injured in "honest alternative" to Wednesday night. hostages was ordered canceled because two the accident and those involved were airlifted President Carter and Reagan called American aircraft collided on the ground at a out of Iran and were receiving medical Ronald Reagan. Anderson's potential remote airstrip in Iran, killing eight of the treatment. They were expected to recover. The Illinois congressman candidacy a "disaster" if crewmen. The statement emphasized the action "was dropped out of the it resulted in throwing the The White House statement said the mission not motivated by hostility toward Iran or the Republican presidential election into the House of was "terminated because of equipment Iranian people and there were no Iranian contest, -releasing his 56 Representatives. failure." casualties." delegates, and $307,000 And GOP challenger The statement said as the American The White House said preparations for the in unspent federal George Bush said he did personnel were being withdrawn "there was a rescue attempt "were ordered for humani- campaign funds and not believe Anderson's collision between our aircraft on the ground at tarian reasons to protect the national interests launching S12 million candidacy—"after an a remote desert location in Iran. of this country and to alleviate international campaign as a "national initial flurry would make "There were no military hostilities bu^ the tension." unity" candidate. "I think that much difference." the time has come in the history of the American Iran will block Persian Gulf republic to put country ahead of party." he said. In his announcement if U.S. tries to mine ports speech. Anderson blasted TEHRAN, Iran (UPI)—Foreign Minister territory as an overland trade route "in the Carter for his "total Sadegh Ghotbzadeh said Thursday Iran "will event of an emergency." inability to chart a clear blockade the entire Persian Gulf if the Interviewed by Tehran Radio, Ghotbzadeh common sense economic United States tries to block or mine Iranian said that if the United States tries to blockade policy that is capable of ports. He said Iran had asked the Soviet Union Iranian ports, Iran "will blockade the entire arresting our domestic for military aid. Persian Gulf. economic decline.** and said Reagan is a Ghotbzadeh said Iran was ready to mount a "Ifthese gentlemen want to mine our blockade to keep all nations of the Persian "dangerous" man borders or stop the export of our oil to the "largely wedded to the Gulf from exporting their oil to the Western world, there is no reason for us to allow any oil world if the United States tries to blockade past." at all from going outside the Persian Gulf. We Anderson left open the Iranian ports. shall block the entire Persian Gulf," he said. Washington has been reportedly consider- possibility he would ing a blockade if Iran continues to refuse to In Washington, defense sources said Iran abandon his independent John Anderson [UPI] free the U.S. Embassy hostages. could blockade the gulf by mining the narrow At the same time, the Soviet Union strait or by stationing warships there.- confirmed it had offered Iran use of its land The sources said it would be easy for the Cubans enter U.S. routes in the event of a U.S. naval blockade. United States to sweep the strait as soon as Radio Moscow, confirming an announcement Iran began to mine them. For that reason, despite warnings Wednesday by Iranian authorities, said Iran they said Iran might try to blockade the strait had been given permission to use Soviet with warships. KEY WEST, Fla. (UPI)—Cuban exiles in an armada of bought, begged and borrowed boats plied the waters between Cuba and Florida Thursday, bringing their friends and relatives to freedom despite warnings from Washington. Four vessels arrived at Key West during the morning with 271 refugees. That brought the unofficial total to 899 refugees from the vessels that had arrived since the Kirkt One brought the refugees into Miami Wednesday. Coast Guard spokesman Norris Turner in Miami estimated From 400 to 500 exile vessels were at sea or in Cuba. He said a Coast Guard aircraft on reconnaissance midway through the Florida Strait Thursday morning spotted between 40 and 50 boats "headed south" toward Cuba. The Immigration and Naturalization Service ended all preliminary processing of refugees at Key West Thursday morning and confined itself to counting noses and checking identifications. Arriving boat captains were being told they were personally responsible for transporting the refugees to Miami and they would be required to bring them to an INF processing facility within 24 hours. Failure to comply would mean a fine of $1,000 for each refugee who failed to appear. Jim Carroll of the Key West CNA office said. But the State Department, making no mention of »»\ personal responsibility, warned that owners of the *-• ats— Horses knock heads In polo action. The UConn polo team plays In a tournament In Somers which ranged from big charter craft to s.nall pleasure this weekend |photo by Lev! tan). boats—"could be" jailed up to five years and fined $2.000. Page 2 The Connecticut Daily Campus, Friday April 25,1980 Letters to the editor The third and most offensive millions of other Cambodians who Campus Crusade for Christ has never sentence is, "With no God to provide have died because they didn't open and never will "sell" anything. We Neon signs moral absolutes, and man having no their lives to Christ? simply "give" people the opportun- soul, man's value is reduced to that Of course not. ity to hear God's Word on the topic of degrade library of an animal." Man has no ability to Man has committed incredible a relationship with Him. After hear- provide an idea of morality? (Can he horrors, but God has yet to intervene ing how to invite Christ into their even achieve an absolute?) If he can to stop them. Why? Because it is our lives and how to begin their walk with To the editor: not know what is motjal. don't moral own responsibility to stop the hor- the Lord of the Universe, people I would like to know why. in these "absolutes" make little difference? rors, not God's. We are on our own. either reject or accept Him. It's their times of spiraling fuel costs and You say, "with no God...;" whether I don't care what cause or religion free choice. I wish I could make repeated budget cuts, our University or not they believe in him doesn't you espouse as the way to make Christ get into students' lives but I sought to enhance the library's change whether or not he really peace in the world, it all starts with can't. Christ is gentle and He only beauty with perpetually lit neon signs exists! My final point is that man is you taking the personal responsibility comes in when invited. on all sides. These signs are an an animal (or had you forgotten?), to commit yourself to that end. Jesus Christ is not nearly as eyesore, making the library look like but assuming that you are talking Learning and accepting Christ's concerned about money or church a corner drugstore. Surely there must about other than human animals, are teachings can add valuable dimen- attendance, as He is about your be better ways to use the limited you seriously suggesting that no God sions to my ability to love, but to say, whole life. He's knocking at the door funds that Governor Grasso so grudg- and no soul removes any difference Mr. Hughes, that it is the only way is of everyone's life and wants to spend ingly gives us. between us and animals? (hmmm... narrow-minded and ignores the pos- eternity with all human beings. He is what about atheists? Do you treat sible potentials of man and woman. the answer. A tract, a "sales" pitch, John Carroll or "organized religion" is not the McConoughy Hall solution; but the solution is the person of Jesus Christ. I would be a selfish man not to tell people the answer to every problem they have. God is that big and that Searching for loving. Christ still says today: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and material reality opens the door, I will come into MTUfM Etf-tT To the editor: BciM him." (Rev. 3:20) In reading David Holscher's letter in the April 22 Daily Campus, I found David Carlyle quite a few things he mentioned to be President, Campus Crusade for more than a bit misleading and Christ confusing.