European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 04, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday. June 4, 1980 Clark offers to Swap with any hostage continued from Page i tend the conference was essential to Dia Logue Between the iranian people and the american people and predicted that it will help inc american hostages. Iranian foreign minister Sadigh Cihota Asch said he would meet with Clark characterizing him As a staunch supporter of the iranian revolution and an opponent of the crimes of the Shah and the . Government in Ghotb Zadeh said that he would be hav ing private talks with a number of delegates to the conference and that Ramsey Clark would not be excluded. Of course 1 will not enter into negotiations with him As a representative of the is. also said in an interview published tuesday that it is time for the iranian parliament to Settle the american hostage is hoped the hostage situation will be settled As quickly As possible in a peaceful Diggs resigns House Seaf after Appeal is rejected unofficial envoy former attorney general Ramsey Clark Speaks in Tehran it a conference Dis cussing is. the sex us official has attacked America s re Cord in Iran but has offered to Trad places with a hostage if that would ease in setting the tense situation. A Oman won t allow foreign military bases Bahrain up the Oman min ister of slate for foreign affairs Abdul Monciv Al Zawawi said his country was unwilling to Grant any foreign country Mili tary bases on its soil under any Circum stances the Bahrain based Gulf news Agency reported from Muscat. Zawawi told reporters we will not Grant any country military bases on our territory and we will not allow any foreign Soldier to step on our Washington is rep. Charlesc. Diggs jr., d-mich., resigned from the House tuesday following the supreme court s decision monday not to hear his Appeal on a payroll padding conviction. Diggs the senior Black member of con Gress was convicted in 1978 Here on 29 counts of padding his staff payroll to obtain Money for personal use. Berserk rider forces jetliner Down in Colo. Denver a an Eastern airlines jumbo Jet made an unscheduled Slop at Sla Pluton International Airport after a Young Man went berserk and tried to enter the cockpit the Fri said. The incident occurred monday evening aboard Eastern s flight 208, in route from los Angeles to new York. Authorities said the Young Man was subdued by two Crew members with the help of a Marine who was a passenger on the flight. Larry Miller special agent with the Fri in Denver said Gene Michael Fenton 25, of Westminster calif., was taken into Cus Tody after the plane landed in Denver about 6 45 . Miller said Fenton would be charged either with air piracy or interference with a right Crew. Went berserk Miller said the passenger went Ber Serk during the flight and tried to get into the cockpit. He said passengers reported that the Man appeared to be mentally unbalanced. Chuck Berlin a spokesman for Eastern said crewmen subdued the Young Man with the help of passenger Gregory mar tin a Marine from Brooklyn. Berlin said inc passenger was not armed and no one was injured during the disturbance. He said the Young Man did some prancing around but did not get into the cockpit. Berlin said the plane was an l-1011, and that the unscheduled Landing marked the first Lime one of Eastern s jumbo jets had landed at Sta Teton. The decision to land in Denver was made by the Captain. Flight 208 got under Way again for new York Kennedy Airport just after 9 ., officials said. Lands in borrowed spaceship hungarian Russ space Feam returns he was sentenced to three years in prison by . District judge Oliver Gasch. Diggs has said he will ask Gasch to re Duce his sentence. He announced earlier that he did not intend to seek a 14th term from his inner City Detroit District but had not mentioned the House convened at noon tues Day however. Speaker Thomas p. O Neill or. Read a letter from the 57-year-old Diggs officially communicating his resignation effective i leave Congress with a Clear con science Diggs said in a separate statement and with deep appreciation for inc historic role i have been privileged to play for the past 26 years on behalf of the a funeral director when he was elected to the House in 1954, Diggs was the first chairman of the congressional Black Cau Cus and served As chairman of the House District of Columbia committee from 1973 to 1978.he gave up the . Committee chairmanship after his conviction. Of the 29 counts against him 11 dealt with mail fraud and 18 dealt specifically with falsifying official payroll records. He was accused of receiving More than $66,000 Over � five year period from persons on his staff payroll and of asking them to turn the Money Back to him to defray personal and business costs. Diggs also communicated his resignation to Michigan s Republican governor Wil Liam g. Millikan. Milliken will be required to Call a special election to fill Diggs seat which otherwise would remain vacant until november when it will be tilled for the next regular two year term. Diggs District is overwhelmingly Black and democratic. Nepal holds 2 for charges of election rigging Katmandu Nepal up authorities have arrested two communist leaders who alleged the National referendum earlier this month which confirmed the current government system was rigged a Home ministry source said. It was the first time since the May 2 referendum that the government acted against its political opponents. The arrests arc seen As the first signs that the govern ment would Clamp Down on those challenging the outcome of the referendum. And honorable Ohot Hadek the French socialist leaning newspaper la foreign minister also indicated t the seven month old stalemate pert could be solved outside the Parlin Natin other developments a Tehran newspaper Jayhu ported without explanation the r of Iran s air Force commander Amir Bahman cached. Bag strongly criticized for ordering the Siruc Tion of helicopters used in the a american hostage Rescue Miuki Tehran radio said iranian killed 122 iraqi troops and wounded i others in Border clashes during the two Days. The report could not be firmed. A turkish newspaper Taid government troops had killed at feast persons in two Days of bombing against kurdish rebels in i Iran s rail link to Europe via 1 has been blocked by armed rebels i _ ing to iranian reports. In a report by 1 iranian Para news Agency that quoted lice Tehran radio said some i events and armed mercenaries blocked Iran s Only rail link to which passes through the Kotur a Northwest Iran into Turkey. The disruption and armed attack Cut off Trade the report said. Kurdish rebels Are Active in that a tits Iran s Azerbaijan province. Tehran radio said five More i dealers were executed. A kuwaiti newspaper Ai win said in a report from Tehran that their Luti onary government is Likely to Syria s offer to give Iran America c-130 aircraft. The planes were i the unsuccessful hostage Rescue Mil which eight commandos were kill ground collision Between a transport helicopter. I president Carter sent Clark and staffer William Miller to Iran just i after the hostages were taken last no but they were refused entry into the try. Last month Carter barred americans from travelling to Iran. And the nine other americans Atte the conference May face prosecution 1 the Agency Clark once headed. If a it department investigation leads to a and they Are found guilty the 10 a sentenced to 10 years in prison and i $50,000 each. Electricity failure hits Israel during Rush he Tel Aviv Dpi a nationwide or failure hit Israel during the Afu Rush hour tuesday snarling traffic i ing hundreds of people in elevators sol def Ting climate control systems in and Holiday resorts. Electric company officials said planned trouble at a switching la Caesaria the ancient roman Forthm i Way Between Tel Aviv and Haifa the blackout. The officials would not i whether the Power failure could Hitt the result of sabotage. The Power started shortly before 3 ., and emf officials said they hoped electricity be restored during the night. A Simi Tion wide blackout eight months �0,� blamed on human error. Moscow up a russian Hun Garian space team that spent More than a week aboard the orbiting salyut 6 space lab returned safely to Earth tuesday in a Bor rowed spaceship the Tass news Agency re cosmonaut Valery Kubanov and Bartalan Farkas the world s tint hungarian spaceman landed in Kazakhstan 86 Miles Southeast of Dycz Kazan aboard soyuz 35 spacecraft. Tass said both cosmonauts feel they left behind cosmonauts Valery Yumin and Leonid Popov who have been in space 64 Days in what is apparently an attempt to set a new space endurance re Cord. Kubanov and Farkas also left behind the soyuz 36 spacecraft in which they were launched May 26. That provided the team still aboard the station with the freshest equipment for their eventual return to Earth. A major feature of the salyut 6 endur Ance flights has been the frequent visit by other cosmonaut teams like Kubanov and Farkas who bring supplies mail food an much needed companionship. 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