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4 QUAD-CITY TIMES Sundav. Jan. 28, 1979 ft Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois Iran Leader Offers To Meet Rival iY S7 9 ments from Paris to Iran since Khomeini arrived in France from Iraq last Oct. 6, said without qualification that Khomeini meet with Bakhtiar, and that Khomeini had known In advance Bakhtiar was coming. But Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, another chief aide, later told reporters that "it is evident that Mr.

Bakhtiar will be received by the ayatullah Khomeini if he is coming to offer his resignation" as prime minister. Ghotbzadeh said any other motiviation offered by Bakhtiar would be studied with care before Khomeini decided whether to receive him. Queried on the contradiction, Yazdi said the two aides were expressing "our own understanding" of the developments, and added "it is very natural that two people may reach different conclusions." MEANWHILE, Bakhtiar still refused, at least publicly, to say when he. might open Iran's doors to Khomeini. He did say he expected any meeting with Khomeini to last no more than three days.

Protest marches continued throughout Iran Saturday and were generally peaceful, except for the cities of Abadan, Gargon and Rasht. Religious sources said seven persons were killed In clashes with security forces in Abadan, a southwestern oil city. The state radio reported one death and several injuries in violence in Gargon and other disturbances in Rasht. Both cities are on the Caspian Sea. The shah and Empress Farah, who left Iran Jan.

16, remained secluded Saturday at a royal guest palace in Marrakech, Morocco and were joined by their four children, who arrived Saturday aboard an Iranian air force jet that picked them up in Lubbock, Texas, where they had been staying for two weeks. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar said Saturday he would fly to Paris within 48 hours to meet with Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini and "seek advice" from him on Iran's future. It was unclear whether Khomeini would receive Bakhtiar, whose resignation he has been demanding. Aides to the ayatullah, who led the popular uprising that drove Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi from his kingdom, were jubilant when Bakh-tiar's announcement was made. Later they appeared to have divided.

Khomeini aides in Paris said no decision on whether to receive Bakhtiar would be made until today. Bakhtiar's surprise announcement came in a special radio ad-' dress Saturday night, hours after hundreds of thousands of Khomeini supporters marched in the streets demanding that Bakhtiar allow the ayatullah to return. BAKHTIAR SAID, "As a patri- The Ayatullah Khomeini --was surrounded by followers Saturday In a suburb outside Paris as he went to his tent for the dally prayer. (AP photo) Shahpour Bakhtiar otic Iranian, who considers himself as a small member of the glorious movement and as a person who believes in the leadership of the ayatullah I have decided to go to Paris within 48 hours to have the pleasure of meeting him and to seek advice on the future of the country." Dr. Ibrahim Yazdi, who has relayed most of the ayatullah's state iL.

5 I 2 Protesters Gear Up For Chinese WASHINGTON (AP) While officials in Washington prepare to give Teng Hsiao-ping a rousing welcome, staunch anti-communists and radical leftists are using the Chinese leader's visirtb dramatize their opposition to events on China's mainland. Security officials have made plans to tighly control the movements of demonstrators who have been granted parade permits for rallies and marches Monday near the White House when Teng is scheduled to meet with President Carter. Police in Atlanta, Houston and Seattle, three other sites on Teng's 8-day itinerary, also are anticipating protests. None of those demonstrations, planned for outside hotels where Teng will stay, is expected to produce large crowds, authorities have said. The 74-year-old Teng, who has spearheaded Peking's move toward closer economic and political ties with the West, is to arrive today In Washington for his summit with Carter and for an accompanying round of social celebrations and meetings with congressional leaders.

Two anti-communist groups, opposed to the normalization of U.S. relations with Peking at the expense of ties to Taiwan, claim they expect more than 2,000 persons at rallies Monday in Lafayette Park across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. They also plan marches to the Chinese liaison office as well as to Capitol Hill. "We want to show our Indignation against Teng's visit," said Jake Chang, 28, a member of the Action Committee for Support of the Republic of China. The other group is the Republic of China Student Association.

Similar protests, although smaller in scale, are planned in the three other cities Teng will visit. A group of ministers plans to march in Atlanta; members of a conservative political group are poised to demonstrate In Houston, and Chinese students are converging on Seattle to make their feelings known. Prehiilent at Friday news ronferrnre Carter Captures Public Spotlight By James Gerfttenzang WASHINGTON (AP) Jimmy Carter began the second half of his presidency in seclusion eight days ago, but then, during a rapid-fire series of public appearances, he gave the nation a preview of where the administration is headed. By the end of the week Carter had been seen twice on live television, had delivered four messages to Congress, and was Teng. sity, recently wrote: "Chinese foreign policy bears striking similarities to American policy toward the Soviet Union in the 1950s.

It has strong Dullesian flavor," a reference to the John Foster Dulles, the secretary of state who crusaded to contain the Soviets. Carter, on the other hand, will say that the United States expects to treat the two communist giants equally. ALREADY, State Department officials who deal with the Soviets have expressed fear that the warmth and spectacle of the welcome accorded to Teng will make it more difficult to arrange a suitably comparable summit meeting between Carter and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev later this year. "Teng is new and sexy, so he's hot. Brezhnev is not," one official who declined to be identified publicly said.

Other topics in what Carter termed Friday as a "broad agenda" will include possible Chinese and American moves in Korea and Indochina. According to one official, who also insisted on remaining anonymous, Carter will explain to Teng his views of human rights, "but he's not going to lean on him. He'll talk about it so that later, if someone asks him whether he broached it, he can say he did." THE ADMINISTRATION is primarily interested in Chinese policies on emigration, because these policies have a direct bearing on the economic relationship the United States would like to build with the Peking government. According to a law passed by Congress in 1974, a country with a communist economic system must allow free emigration before it can enjoy the benefits of most-favored-nation trading status with the United States. Among those benefits are the credits from the U.S.

Export-Import Bank that China will need to finance the imports of American technology that the Peking government wants In the coming years. State Department officials have said they do not think China will sign a trade agreement without en-Joying most-favored nation status, Hijack ton and had gone to the Los Angeles airport. Irv Cuevas, regional manager of United public relations In Los Angeles, said company officials were waiting for a telephone call from New York. The plane, Flight 8, landed at 7: 29 p.m., EST. After about 2Vi hours of talks with the woman, 26 passengers left the plane, a Port Authority official said.

Also FAA spokesman Irwin Goldstein said that an FBI agent was on board the plane, and talking to the woman. It could not be confirmed whether explosive nitroglycerin was actually on board the plane, however. "There's a chance that they can refuel here and the plane can go off anywhere," said Quentin Ertel, an FBI spokesman, adding that as far as he knew, the passengers were all right. "Is everything fine? We have two babies on the plane," said David Paper: Carter To SAN FRANCISCO (AP) President Carter probably will commute Patricia Hearst's seven-year armed robbery sentence soon on a recommendation from the Justice Department, two newspapers reported today. The San Francisco Examiner re- Travel Continued from Page 1 A mittee on U.S.-China Relations in New York City.

Chinese estimate another 10,000 Americans will be granted visas to enter the country this year, Other indications of the growth in China's interest in American tourism is at Pan American Airlines, which has 5,000 visas this year for Jours twice the number as in 1978. probably the maximum anybody can hope for at the moment; fact that we have diplomatic re-tatons isn't going to build hotel rooms more quickly," a Pan Am spokesman said. The airline spokesman noted the travel agreement was completed before President Carter announced establishment of diplomatic relations. isln a sense, diplomatic relations haven't as yet affected China tourism at all," he said. TOURS RANGE from $2,200 to 43,200 for air fare and accommodations in China and elsewhere in Asia, officials says.

This includes air fare of about $1,300, higher than flights to Europe because of the lack of competition for Asiatic customers, officials say. AAA last fall arranged a tour the first China group tour to originate in Iowa for $2,200. AAA officials say they hope to arrange another, perhaps by this fall. II can cost from $800 to $1,000 to Stay in Chinese hotels for about two weeks figures that are relatively Cheap by European travel standards, travel officials point out. Other frequently mentioned problems are the lack of interpreters China has increased the number of people in a tour group because of this and the lack of travel vehicles.

"The growth of tourism is outpacing the growth of cabs," one travel official said. has increased the number of visitors at a rate faster than facilities to accommodate them." Car, City Grader Collide; 3 Injured. Three unidentified women were undergoing emergency treatment late Saturday at Mercy Hospital, Davenport, after their car collided with a City of Davenport street grader in the 1700 block on Marquette Street, police said. -The driver of the grader, John Edwards, 55, said the car did not have its headlights on and was not using its windshield wipers. He said two cars passed him going south the car struck the northbound 'grader, which was not moving.

The front left tire of the grader valued at about $500 was flattened on Impact with the left front portion of the car. It was believed the grader was being used as part of the city's snow removal work. The street surface had been slirkened by snow that fell Saturday Police at the scene said charges Were pending. Boy, 4, Dies In Collision CLINTON, Iowa A 4-year-old boy was killed and his father critl-rally Injured Saturday when their pickup truck slammed Into the rear Of an endloader on U.S. 30, four miles west of here, a Clinton County Sheriff deputy said.

Michael Meyer was pronounced dead at the scene. His father, Harry Meyer, 31, Camanche, was listed In critical condition Saturday night at Jane Lamb Hospital, Clinton, a hospital spokesman said. The driver of the endloader, Lyle Glasple, 50, Camanche, was not Injured, a sheriff's deputy said. The eastbound Meyer truck struck the rear of the endloader at 6 pm. near the Clinton airport, the deputy said.

-The accident remained under investigation late Saturday. Continued from Page 1A $80 million in Chinese assets in the United States. That issue' must be resolved before -a trade agreement can be reached. The two leaders will sign at least one agreement, a framework for scientific' and technical exchanges that has been In the works since last summer. They also will discuss relatively simple bilateral prospects, such as an agreement to provide airline service between the two countries.

The State Department officials said they do not expect Carter to dwell on the more difficult problems In relations between the two countries, such as Chinese refusal to sign the nuclear test ban treaty or the non-proliferation treaty. "That would be counterproductive," one official said. "We'd like to accentuate the positive and It appears that the trade agreement is the most logical next step In developing the relationship." General Office 383-2200 Vol 1M, No. IM Th Ouod City Tlmts It puDHshcd doiiv oi 124 E. Jnd St Dovtnoorl, Iowa.

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If Carter had one, overriding goal during the week In which he unveiled which also reduces tariffs on Chinese goods by an average of 45 percent. The administration is looking at ways to grant most-favored-nation status to both the Chinese and the Soviets. The relaxation of emigration policies by Moscow and Peking, a tendency both have shown In recent months, would help enormously. BUT THE officials, declining to be named, said there is no chance that Carter and Teng will actually negotiate on a trade agreement during their talks here. That process Is more likely to begin in February, when Treasury Secretary W.

Michael Blumenthal visits Peking. Carter also has said he would like to reach agreement on the nagging Issue of compensation for U.S. property expropriated by the Chinese communists when they took over In 1949. It amounts to about $196 million In claims. Against that, the United States has frozen about Continued from Page 1 Barouk, of Manhattan, who was waiting for his wife Nlchama, their two children Done, 1, and Asaf, 8 months and sister-in-law Dikev Hake, who were on Hie plane.

United spokeswoman Mary Strlngfellow In Los Angeles said the note given to the pilot demanded that network television be preempted so one of the entertainers could read a message allegedly left at the airport. 2 Davenport Girls Struck In Hil-Hun Two unidentified girls were undergoing emergency treatment late Saturday at St. Luke's Hospital, Davenport, after they were struck by a car near the Intersection of Locust Street and Belle Avenue, police said. Further details were not Immediately available, but police were believed to be looking for a car with Illinois license plates In connection with the accident. Free Patty ported that the recommendation was on the desk of While House chief counsel Robert Llpshutz on Friday.

The Examiner quoted unidentified White House sources saying Carter was expected to Issue, the commutation "soon." his new budget and delivered the State of the Union address, It was, In the words of one aide, "to state clearly where (he) stands on these Issues, what he thinks needs to be done about them." CARTER CAPPED his busy week by presiding over a nationally broadcast news conference Friday, after which he returned to the mountaintop retreat at Camp David, where many of the administration's policies have been shaped. Among the new things to emerge from the first week of the third year of the Carter presidency was a new slogan: "New Foundation." In the State of the Union address. Carter had said he wanted to provide a "new foundation" on which to build peace and economic stability In the coming years. It was a catch phrase, the president conceded at the news conference. But he said the slogan "acurately describes what I wanted to project to the American people." AS PART OF HIS EFFORT to outline the state of the administration as well as the state of the union, Carter conferred several times with members of Congress.

He met with a bipartisan delegation from the Senate that visited Moscow late last year, and heard their concerns about the new strategic arms limitation treaty still being negotiated with the Soviet Union. Immediately afterward, the president sat down with a frequent critic of U.S. -Soviet relations, Sen. Henry M. Jackson, to discuss a variety of domestic and foreign Issues.

Planning for the week of Jan. 21, 1979, began sometime back In November In a series of staff meetings. By the second day of the new year, Carter, Vice President Walter F. Mondale and senior aides were hard at work preparing the speech and a 50-page document that was delivered to Congress on Thursday offering a detailed view of Carter's plans for 1979. When the week was nearly over, one aide observed that Ihe budget and the State of the Union address are wen differently In Washington circles than they are In the rest of the nation.

Among the issues that Carter wanted to communicate to the nation was his view that it is one thing to create government programs and another thing to make them work,.

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