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Prime minister resigns Iranian turmoil accelerates I triHAiN, Iran (AP) — Prime Minister Jaafar Sharif-Emami submitted his resignation to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Sun day night, authoritative sources said, as mobs shouting "Death to the shah!” rampaged through Tehran. The sources said Sharif-Emami resigned during a meeting with the shah but it was unknown if the shah had accepted the resigna tion. Hundreds of tanks and armored personnel carriers rolled into Tehran as rioters stormed through the capital’s streets virtually un checked. About 500 demonstrators forced open the gate to the British Embassy and burned down the four-story main building in the downtown complex. The U.S. and Iraqi embassies in the northern part of the city also were threatened, but rioters were dri ven back by soldiers and tanks. Sharif-Emami, 69, had been appointed prime minister by the shah on Aug. 27 in an effort to stem Moslem opposition to the government. Unofficial reports said former Prime Minister Ali Amini appeared to be the most likely successor. But there were rumors that the shah might seek a military solution to the months of bloody street fighting by naming a general to form a government. Peace mission attempts to halt Uganda border war NAIROBI, Kenya (AP)—Three envoys arrived in Uganda Sunday to meet with President Idi Amin, spearheading an African diploma tic effort to end the border war be tween Uganda and Tanzania. The secretary-general of the British Commonwealth, Sir Shridath Ramphal, appealed to Uganda, meanwhile, to withdraw its troops from Tanzanian territory “in the interests of peace and sta bility." Ramphal, who is from Guyana, issued the appeal from London after returning from talks with Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda in Lusaka and President Julius Nyerere in Tanzania. There were no fresh reports of fighting from the battle zone. Amin announced last week that Uganda had annexed 710 square miles of Tanzanian territory north of the Kagera River, claiming the move was in response to an ear lier Tanzanian invasion of Uganda. Tanzanian officials de nied invading Uganda. It had been reported Saturday that Tanzanian mortars positioned in the town of Kyaka on the Kagera River hit Ugandan pos itions on the northern side of the river and destroyed two Ugandan tanks. I In another political blow to the shah, the ministers of education and higher education resigned in protest of the army’s bloody sup pression of a student demonstra tion in Tehran Saturday. The dissidents are generally or thodox Moslems opposed to the shah’s Westernizing of this tradi tional Islamic nation, but many also seek democratic reforms in the government, freedom for polit ical prisoners and an end to mar tial law. The government has promised to free most political prisoners next month and has a greed to other reforms. The vio lence began in January and has taken 1,000 lives. Efforts toward a political solu tion of the Iranian crisis appeared to have faltered as the National Front, the opposition coalition, announced it had united with holy man Ayatullah Khomaini, exiled leader of Iran’s predominant Shiite Moslem sect. In Paris, Khomaini said the “geopolitical situation of Iran is favorable for the departure of the shah” and urged unity among foes of the monarch. making the news From Associated Prsss reports PORTLAND — State higher education officials have started negotiating with a Florida computer company to rid Port land State University of a computer system some faculty mem bers say is an educational disaster. PSU faculty and students have complained that the Harris 220 system gives wrong answers, has lost programs and has excessive down time ranging from 10 percent to 50 percent. "Our concern is to negotiate a settlement without a damage claim from either side,” said Rex Krueger, vice chancellor for educational systems. "From the state's side, we re concerned about the damage that had occurred to programs at PSU. From the other side Harris is concerned about its investment in the system.” CAIRO — Pres. Anwar Sadat of Egypt has given his negotiators “clear instructions” to seek a strong link between a peace treaty with Israel and a solution to the Palestinian question, Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil said Sunday. Hard-liners at the Arab summit in Iraq, meanwhile, proclaimed Sadat’s refusal to meet with emissaries from the Baghdad summit to be a vindication of their campaign to eject the Egyptian from the Arab camp. PORTLAND—The Secretary general of Amnesty International says reinstating the death penalty in Oregon would be a setback for the worldwide movement for human rights. Martin Ennals, here from London for the group’s regional con ference this weekend, said Amnesty International always has worked against “cruel and inhuman treatment of prisoners ... “The death penalty is a form of torture which has been used frequently around the world as an instrument of repression,” he said. Measure e on Tuesday’s Oregon ballot would reinstate the death penalty. 1978 ELECTION QUIZ QWho is the only Oregon legislator who has received a 100% rating from The Oregon Environmental Council each year • since the OEC began rating voting records? VOTE for NANCIE FADELEY, Democrat, District 42. Paid for by Re-Elect Nancie Fadeley Committee, Edward C. Harms, Jr., Chmn; Mary Lou McCarthy, Treas. Close-out Books We are closing out our stock of hardcover and paperback left-overs. These are books from our regular shelves which we will no longer carry. Each day the prices will get lower! Monday 20% off* Wednesday 60% off* Tuesday 40% off* Thursday 80% off* Friday 90% off* * off the retail price while stock lasts. Look for our special table upstairs in THE TRADEBOOK DEPARTMENT 13th & Kincaid 686-4331 Open: Mon-Fri 8:15-5:30 Sat 10:00-2:00 Liu: iiili
