— (Entmecttcut latlg Campus Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL LXXXimo 70. STORRS, CONNECTICUT Tuesday, February 13, 1979 U.S. contacts Iran, WHUS continues friendship to goon WASHINGTON (UPI) — Predicting Iran and America will its own? continue to be friends, President Carter said Monday the A suggestion that radio United States has contacted the new government formed by station WHUS must be a Ayatollah Khomeini and stands ready to work with it. self-reliant organization in In the first public statement the administration has made the future was made by the since Khomeini's forces won control of the oil-rich nation chairman of the Federation Sunday, Carter stresses the United States maintainecLa strict of Students and Service Org- hands off policy throughout Iran's civil turmoil — and he said anizations Finance Comm- other nations must do the same. ittee during Monday's meet- "Our objective has been and is a stable and independent ing. Iran which maintains good relations with the United States of "Maybe WHUS should go America," he told a new conference. by themselves." Stan Haw- Carter said the U.S. embassy in Tehran told him early thorne. FSSO Finance Monday that the new government Khomeini installed "had Committee Chairman, said. been very helpful in insuring the safety of Americans and "The Connecticut Daily we've been consulting with them very closely.' v. ampus was once funded by He said the United States kept a close eye on Iran during the FSSO but now they fund months of civil strife and "as has been the case throughout themselves. WHUS could do this period, we have been in touch with those in control of the the same, maybe they could government of Iran and we stand ready to work with them.'' get federal funds." Haw- He gave no details on how the contracts with the new thorne said. government were made — or who was involved. Hawthorne said that a Although Khomeini has strongly criticized the United public opinion poll should be States for backing Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and taken to determine what Pahlavi's appointee, Prime Minister Shahpour bakhtiar, students listen to WHUS, for Carter said he sees reason to hope for peaceful cooperation what duration of time, and with the religious leader's forces now that they are victorious. Noiman Pholo for what programming. "I "I believe the people of Iran and their government will guarantee things will change continue to be our friends, and that the relationship will be Southside Johnny Lyon of the Asbury Jokes belted the at WHUS after the survey." helpful to us," he said. blues Sunday night at Jorgenson Auditorium See story on Hawthorne said. "There may page 7. not be apathy involved with See page 9 Mexico unwilling to sell natural gas to U.S. presidents would reach an agreement. MEXICO CITY (UPI)—Mexico will Repeating Mexico's position on Lopez Portillo said in a television natural gas sales to the United States interview Sunday that Mexico is The official said 600.000 cubic feet of not sell natural gas to the United Mexican gas could begin flowing to States, a government official said since the Carter administration ve- satisfied to continue using its gas to toed a 1977 deal. Foreign Relations supply its developing industrial sec- Texas by the end of the year. Monday, despite U.S. predictions Five U.S. utilities signed letters of that a major agreement will come out Secretary Santiago Roel said Mexico tor with cheap energy. is in no rush to agree now. "Between the alternatives of intent with Mexico in 1977 for the of this week's talks between Presi- purchase of 2 billion cubic feet of dent Carter and President Jose Lopez "Were not going to sell any gas. exporting gas and consuming it in We're going to use our gas inter- Mexico, we opted for the first natural gas per day. The Carter Portillo. administration blocked the sale be- President Carter said Monday the nally. If we have some surplus we'll possibility, but we returned to the sell it through the gas duct that exists other alternative," Lopez Portillo cause the price - $2.60 per 1.000 United States is prepared to be a cubic feet of gas - was higher than the "good customer" and pay a fair price between Monterey and the border," said in a weekend interview. he said in an interview published Nevertheless, a high U.S. Embassy $2.16 rate then being paid for for Mexcan oil, but does not expect Canadian gas. special privileges. Monday. official predicted last week the two Bar won't ease trial coverage restrictions ATLANTA (UPI) - The American association's 41st mid-year meeting, procedures and juvenile justice stan- "I have an old-fashioned view ot Bar Association defeated a proposal said: dards, are to adjourn Wednesday. crime. Some people ought not to be Monday to ease a section of the "Television, radio and photograph- Attorney General Griffin Bell, who let out - some people are bad." ABA's Code of Ethics banning cover- ic coverage of judicial proceedings is addressed the ABA Sunday along Bell denied he was endorsing a age of trials by cameras and other not per se inconsistent with the right with Chief Justice Warren Burger, "preventive detention" theory of electronic devices used by the media. to a fair trial. held a news conference Monday and criminal justice dicussed in the early Rejection of the proposal by a voice Opponents to the measure argued, said American courts turn loose "too 1970's by former Attorney General vote came despite the fact that 25 among other things, that bringing many people who endanger the John Mitchell and other officials of states and the District of Columbia witnesses into courtrooms would be community." Bell also called for a the Nixon administration. allow some form of electronic cover- made more difficult if television return to a bail system that would But Bell said judges need greater age of trials. cameras were present. keep repeat offenders off the streets. discretion in decideing whether to The proposal, rejected by the The delegates, still faced with "We let out too many people who release accused persons pending ABA's House of Delegates during the proposed new lawyer discipline endanger the community." Bell said. trial. — THE CAMPUS TODAY Busload to Hartford Baseball Chad fighting erupts URI, UConn Partly sunny practice starts hoop happening Partly sunnyn A busload of UConn Civil war erupted in Chad. Tuesday with highs 10 While the focus is on URI-UConn basketball students will go to Hartford other sports, baseball is See Page 8. to 20. Clear Tuesday Wednesday to protest Gov- is a happening in New night with lows zero to quietly getting ready. England. See the sur- ernor Ella Grasso's pro- See page 12. 10 above. Fair Wed- posed cuts in UConn's prising pick on page 12. nesday with highs in I budget. See Page 4. the 20s. The Connecticut Daily Campus, Tuesday, February 13, 1979 In our opinion Human rights need more time Serving Starrs Since 1896 The State Department's report on human rights has JOHN HOI come out for countries receiving foreign aid from the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CHARLES A. MOORE VIKKISUSMAN United States and it shows what everyone suspected. BUSINFS* MANAGER Nobody's perfect. MANAGING EDITOR LYNM. MUNLEY The report will provide fodder for critics of President Car- SENIOR EDITOR ter's foreign policy, especially his stand on human rights. Carter will no doubt be called hypocritical and accused of throwing a monkey wrench into the sensitive relations that Editorials and Comme the United States maintains with many governments in thej world. The trouble is that there is one kind of United States of America in the Declaration of Independence and the minds of, Jefferson and the founding fathers and another kind of / U.S.A. in the policies of this country toward Allende's Chile. Vietnam and Iran. Despite all the protestations to the contrary, it is pure hypocrisy for a nation that started from dissidents and political exiles to ignore the rampant violations of human rightsth;tt occur in the world. Granted. Carter's human rights policy is still an awkward and irregularly used yar- dstick but to ignore it would be to ignore our roots. The release of the State Department study and other studies from groups such as Amnesty International makes the problem public and brings the pressure of public opinion to bear on. if not the governments involved, of our own government to stop aiding countries that follow such policies. Human rights as a policy may be awkward and gangly now, but so was the Wright Brothers' first takeoff from Kit- ty Hawk and you couldn't tell by looking at a 747 todav. ft Your face: more expressive than you think "Yeah. How 'bout your thumbs?... By STEVEN STRAIGHT World Records." however, says, "It and then the other? Hey, that's pretty good. Can you flare your Wrists?" is believed that only one person in I would like to establish the nostrils?" "Ankles?" 100,000 can chin a bar one-handed." Eventually the contestants slide to following rule for this column: If you Houdini conquered his gag reflex "Yeah, that's easy. Curl your tongue into a V?" the floor and injure themselves trying answer any question "no," you must with exactly that exercise of the stop reading. "Yeah. Can you do it the other to prove they can get into a lotus potato on a string. He did it so he way?" position. And then some weirdo Can you walk and chew gum at the could hide keys and lock-picking "No." sticks her foot behing her head.