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Power of prayer is offered for American hostages By ROSEMARY O'HARA House and the Presbyterian Church. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Synagogue Council of mind," Nicholsen said, "the only thing we can do is pray" Elizabeth A. HosUns, clerk of the Friends Meeting House, America. One man from Tinton Falls, whose wife's first cousin is SHREWSBURY - They came yeitcnUy to the calm of read three selections from the Scriptures advising man that During a period for personal prayers and reflections on the one of the hostages, said yesterday's service was lovely, but the Presbyterian Church at Shrewsbury to give the American one nation shall not lift up its sword to another, and that we Iran crisis, several worshippers spoke of their hope that the be was surprised at the small turnout. hostages In Iran the only thing they lay they can offer the must look to each other for peace and justice. Lord would offer the hostages hope and the American govern- hostages now - the power of prayer. Muyskens said the service was in keeping with the request ment the strength to settle the incident justly. Reid Isenhart, a Princeton Theological Seminary assistant Thirty persons gathered in the small, white frame church from the National Council of Churches which asked all One woman spoke of having the Lord grant mercy "to at the Shrewsbury Presbyterian Church, said such services to pray for the hostages and world leaders in a simple, churches, synagogues and places of worship to set aside a those who seem to be our enemies." The nope also was have a spiritual and national effect in drawing people of interdenominational prayer service. time this weekend to pray for a solution to the Iranian crisis. expressed that the joy of upcoming season somehow be shared different lands together. The phrases were brief, but the demands were challeng- "We believe that it is crucial in this uncommon crisis that with the hostages He said he is concerned about the American hostages ing. we have this common time of prayer where we ask God to At the close of the service, the worshippers were given an being tried in a "kangeroo court" and Iranian people living in The Rev. David P. Muyikens, pastor of the church, lead help us, and all persons involved directly or indirectly, not address to which letters or Christmas cards for the hostages the United States being treated unjustly as a result of the the group in prayer to find "a peaceful settlement of this respond out of anger and frustration, but rather out of can be sent. , crisis. international crisis that frightens us so much." wisdom, Justice and a deeper acceptance that we are all one Elsie Nicholson, of SI South St., Eatontown, said the crisis The crisis is a testing period for the world that all nations Requests for strength and hope were made by the clergy family under the Almighty," Muyskens said, quoting the has bothered her ever since it began on November 4. will have to handle with patience, restraint, and prayer, and laity of Christ Episcopal Church, the Friends Meeting heads of the National Council of Churches, the National "I can't get the poor fellows and their families out of my Isenhart said. The Daily Register VOL.102 NO. 141 SHREWSBURY, N.J. MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1979 20 CENTS T Vance seeks support for pressure on Iran LONDON (AP) - Secre- given the Europeans that the responsible conduct," It may banks. West German Finance enough" to help the United tary of State Cyrus R. Vance United States will consult be difficult to avoid some im- Minister Hans Matthoefer States. Some argue that they Is opening talks with Western them before taking any mili- pact on food shipments. and Economic Minister Otto provide a useful channel for European leaders on U.S. tary action against Iran. Appealing for what he Graf Lambsdorff have U.S. communication with plans for tightening economic However, as the capture called "international soli- deplored the seizure of some Iran by maintaining ties with screws on Iran to gain the of the U.S. Embassy in darity," Brzezinski said Iran Iranian assets in their coun- the Khomeini regime. release of SO American Tehran stretched into a 37th will have to recognize it is try by Morgan Guaranty Last week, a top-level hostages. day, the United States was Trust Co. of New York. team from the State and His fast-paced trip also is concentrating on diplomatic, "We don't like the com- Treasury departments pre- taking him to Paris, Rome economic and political pres- Related itoriei, page 2 panies involved in matters ceded Vance to London, and Bonn over two days. A sures. that affect our national poli- Bonn, Paris and Rome. The principal topic of the dis- Last week, President cy," Matthoefer reportedly U.S. officials also stopped in cussions, which were begin- Carter told families of the following a "self-defeating declared Bern to explain the freeze on ning today, is a potential .in- hostages he would not take course of action." The Europeans don't like Iranian assets to concerned formal trade embargo by the military action "that would He said that if nations to be accused of "not doing Swiss authorities. major industrial nations if cause bloodshed or arouse the don't act together in "tan- any of the Americans is put unstable captors of our gible" economic ways, "we PRAYING MOTHER TERESA — Mother Teresa, left, and two Catholic sistersfrom on trial in Tehran. hostages to attack them or might be forced to rely on India, Join a congreagtlon of Norwegian families In prayer during services at Oslo's Vance's talks will also re- punish them." other remedies." St. Olva Church yesterday. flect the firm commitment If any of the hostages were America's Western Eu- tried, Carter reportedly said, ropean allies have joined in the United States would take protests against the seizure steps to interrupt commerce of the embassy. with Iran and "encourage Britain, West Germany Mother Teresa of Calcutta other nations in the world to and and Italy have decided join us in putting additional not to supply Iran with mili- eeconomic pressure on Iran.'' tary spare parts — a move The freezing of Iranian as- welcomed by the Carter ad- receives Nobel Peace Prize sets in American banks is ministration. France is re- gradually choking off U.S. ported to be still assisting OSLO, Norway (AP) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee order that has spread Its works among the poor from the trade with that nation. Amer- Iran with arms, but may today delivered the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize to Mother Teresa streets of New York's South Bronx to the alleys of Vietnam: ican unions have contributed taper off. In England, the of Calcutta, praising the Roman Catholic nun who has devoted "The year 1979 has not been a year of peace: disputes and to the boycott by refusing to High Court has frozen all as- her life to India's poor for her respect for the individuals she conflicts between nations, peoples and ideologies have been load ships bound for Iran. sets of Iran and the Iranian helps. conducted with all the accompanying extremes of inhumanity One result is that Iran is Central Bank. In a speech prepared for delivery at the award ceremony and cruelty. likely to experience a severe Yet the Europeans, depen- in Oslo, the chairman of the committee, Prof. John Sanness "We are faced with new and overwhelming floods of food shortage by next month dent on Iran and the Moslem said Mother Teresa deserved the prise "because she pro- refugees. Not without reason the word genocide has been on or, at the latest, by February, world for most of their oil, motes peace in the most fundamental manner — by her many lips. in the estimate of State De- are worried about their econ- confirmation of human dignity." "The Holocaust film series has shaken us, not only as an partment officials. omies. The year's 10 other Nobel laureates, five of them Ameri- evil memory... (but because) not one of us can be certain that But Zbigniew Brzezinski, France imports 110,000 cans, were to receive their prises today at a ceremony in the like may not recur In the future." President Carter's national barrels of oil a day from Iran, Stockholm. Because of this, Sanness said, the committee "considered security adviser, said Sunday although it passed up the ad- Recounting the S3 years Mother Teresa has spent tending it right and appropriate" to choose Mother Teresa to remind that "there is no plan to ditional oil the United States the poor and the sick in the sprawling slums of Calcutta, the world of the words of another Nobel Peace Priie winner, starve Iran nor is there a spurned with its boycott. Ita- Sanness recalled she once said: Norwegian scientist and humanist Fridtjof Nansen, who said: specific plan to use a food ly purchases 13 per cent of Its "In these years of work among the people, I have come EN ROUTE TO THE HAGUE — Attorney General "Love of one's neighbor is realistic policy." embargo of any kind." oil imports from Iran. Benjamin Clvllettl, center, walks through New York's more and more to realise that it is being unwanted that is the He said the "committee posed a focal question: Can any Appearing on CBS' "Face None of the allies wants to worst disease that any human being can experience." John F. Kennedy International Airport, en route to political, social, or Intellectual feat of engineering on the the Nation," he acknowl- see world trade disrupted.