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XIII, NO. 84 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary's 1HURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1979 Iranians Bar manager defends attack employees ' party US Embassy ''We have a larger staff this year, TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Rene by Sue Wuetcht·r and we did a lot more work over sade guerrillas shot their w~y Senior Staff Reporter_ the summer.'' mto the U.S. Embassy, antt·· He stated that the staff S,Pent American gangs were reported about $30,000 in renovauons, roaming the streets and bloody Senior Bar Manager Mike which included building tables factional fishting erupted in a Schlageter yesterday denied al and chairs, putting in a sidewalk provincial ctty yesterday as Iran's legations that he wasted money and food sales, repainting the new government struggled to by holding a party for Senior Bar entire inside and outside of the keep control of this troubled employees at the Moonraker building, and rebuilding and nanon. Restaurant. The group- of 27 repaneling the basement walls. Fightmg in the northwestern employees and three managers When questioned about the city of Tabriz took hundreds of ran up a bill of $1~50. actual amount of money spent at lives, Iranian journalists report· "I consider the party a type of the party, Schlageter admitted cd. bonus, a thank-you to the em that the fi~e was "a little high, Sources in Washinsron said ployees for the year so far and for but now it s after the fact." He the Carter administration coming back one week early to also pointed out that for parties of planned to launch a new mass renovate the bar at the end of the more that ten people the Moon evacuation of Americans from summer," Schlageter said. "I raker automaucalllX adds a 15 Iran this weekend. figure the average person lost percent gratuity. • That in itself At the heart of majar new $200 in summer wages by coming was $25~," he said. violence was the refusal by back that week, and they worked '• I think the argument is weak rebellious supporters of here without pay,'' he added. if you're talking about money Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a Schlageter noted that he does spent. These people are entitled w1dely diverse political group, to not think anyone will argue with to something, be it money or turn in their arms now tht his decision. •'I had the option of something else. We got cheap Khomeini's anti-shah movement paying people for the summer labor, and the bar benefits," he has succeeded in gaining power. work or havin~ the party," he stressed. The Khomeini camp blamed the explained. 'I esttmate the The dinner was cleared by embassy attack on communists. average person put in $400 worth Dean of Students, James Roem Scores of unidentified gunmen of free labor. I feel the bar came er, Schlageter noted. Adding, he mounted the mid-morning out better in the long run.'' agreed to the party for the same assault on the square-block U.S. Schlageter acknowledgc;d that reasons I gave, although he Embassy compound with bursts the group spent more this year didn't set an amount. We gave of heavy machine-gun fire. They than last year's employees did at him an estimate of $1 ,000. " wound.::d rwo Marine guards, the yearly dinner. "We did Roemer was out of town and charged into the embassy and spend more,'' he said, explaining unavailable for comment. took Ambassador William Sullivan and 101 other Americans hostage. Armed Pro-Khomeini men then appeared and drove the Officials aim to reduce insurgents from the badly dam aged compound in a 3 1/2-hour This gambler cominues his winning streak at Mardi Gras. handgun black market gun battle. [photo by Dave Rumbach) When the embassy was at by Mike Shields serious. tacked, most of the Americans · Senior 'StaffReporter Everyone feels a need for took refuge in Sullivan'~ o~ce protection," he said, "but own and a top-secret commurucattons As police attempt' rescue . It is ''very easy'' to get a stolen mg a gun can be a detriment, too. center while 19 Marine guards handgun in South Bend, accord You read about children shooting fired into the air and tried . ing to Lt. Joseph Molnar of the themselves all the time.'' unsuccessfully to stop the at St. Joseph County Sheriff De ''The availability of guns tackers with tear gas, officials Kidnappers shoot Dubs partment. makes a small man a big man. said. Molnar said it is possible to Guns are the ~reat.equalizer. It's An unidentified Iranian em . NEW DELHI, India (AP) - 'Ilte American ambassador to buy a handgun for only $25 in all psychologtcal,'' he continued, Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs, was fatally wounded yesterday when ployee of the embassy was re· South Bend's large black market addin~ that someone might be ported killed. Marine Sgt. Ken rulice firing automatic weapons stormed a hotel room where Moslem trade in guns. more mclined to commit acrirne Kraus, 22, was hit by a metal gunmen were holding him hostage in the Afghan capital of Kabul. To buy a handgun legally from when in possession of a gun fragment in the forehead and U.S. diplomats in Pakistan said the kidnappers, who were not a licensed dealer, a South Bend because it provided the owner another Marine was grazed by a identified, sought the release of three Shiite Moslem clergymen who resident needs three letters of with extra self-confidence. bullet. Embassy officials said were recently arrested by the leftist Afghan government. character recommendation and Joe Camarda, a Notre Dame both men were only slightly Official Kabul Radio said the four kidnappers shot Dubs when police must have no felony convictions student, was shot during an wounded. charged into the room, reportedly after firing a 60-second barrage on his record, according to Lt. attempted burglary of his home During the attack, embassy through the door and from across the street. Floyd Coffman of the South Bend in December. technicians burned or blew up an The station said Dubs was in critical condition when police reached Police Department. Molnar also saw the situation estimated $500,000 worth of him and he died in the embassy dispensary. The station also said all A prospective gun purchaser as serious, but said he felt •'we communications and coding four kidnappers were killed, but an American who witnessed the also must supply a gOOd reason do not need a federal mandate for equipment. They set fire to a assault said one kidnapper was captured. for owning a handgun, Coffman the control of ftrearms.'' He said number of secret documents. ''He was brought down the stairs fighting and kept trying to raise a said. Legitimate purchasers · states should control handguns, But some classified material was le~ to kick one of his captors in the groin,'' said Sandy Stiebel of range from homeowners desiring with only "creditable citizens" believed to have been left behind Highland Park, Ill., in an tnterview. Mrs. Stiebel's husband, Mayer, protection from intruders to bus being allowed to carry handguns. in offices penetrated by the said police fired into the windows and through the door for a full messmen who carry large sums Molnar cited an Indiana law, attackers. minute before rushing in. of money, he added. which went into effect last July, In Washington, State Depart· "It was a demolished room afterward, fllled with gunsmoke with a "We do not approve every that weapons confiscated after ment spokesman Hodding Carter lot of blood on the floor,'' he added. application for a (handgun) per use in a crime must be turned said: •'I have good reason to President Carter and his wife, Rosalyn, ·en route to Mexico, mit we get,'' Coffman stated. over to the sheriff's department believe that sensitive material telephoned Dubs' widow in Washmgton trom Air Force Once to Gun permits, which cost $5, are to be sold at auction instead of was safeguarded by necessary express their sympathy. Carter issued a statement saying, "The act approved by the chief of police. being destroyed. measures and did not fall into of brutality which took his life has deprived our nation of one of ~ts There is also a mandatory Previously weapons were cut their (the attackers') hands." .. most able public servants.'' . seven-day waitin~ period be into pieces, hammered out of Guerrillas loyal to Khomemt Kabul Radio said the kidnap,Pers, disguised as traffic police, pulled rween the time an mdividual pays shape or melted. said those who attacked the Dubs' chauffeur-driven limousme over yesterday morning, seized him for a handgun and the time he However, Superior Coun embassy in Tehran_were commu and took him to the Kabul Hotel in the center of the Afghan capital. receives the weapon. The wet:k' s Judge Norman Kopec said that nists. One of the attackers also Once there they communicated their demands to authorities. delay allows a check to be run on his orders to destroy guns were said communists took part in the Moslem mullahs, or clergymen, reportedly haye played a prominent the buyer's criminal record. The not always followed. "I don't assault. role in sporadic outbreaks of insurgency in eastern Afghanistan a~stomer also is fingerprinted want any gun I ordered destroyed A reliable source in Washing against the· pro-Soviet government of President Noor Mohammad upon purchasing a gun. showing up again,'' he said, ton who asked not to be identified- Taraki, which seized power in a bloody coup last April.