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...next step for Khomeini was to name the members of his new government. But this process was suddenly interrupted by the revolt of the Azerbaijani Turks, who follow the leadership of Iran's second most powerful ayatullah, Sharietmadari. They number about 13 million out of Iran's total population of 35 million, and have long sought autonomy. When Sharietmadari expressed mild reservations about the new constitution-he wanted some checks on Khomeini's power-and said that he would boycott the polls, most of his followers in Azerbaijjrfi followed suit...
...Irish Republican Army and castigated "evil men of violence" for prolonging the bloodshed in the North. As it turned out, that was Lynch's valedictory. Last week, in a surprise move, he abruptly resigned after 13 years as leader of the Fianna Fáil Party and a total of nine years as Prime Minister. His successor: Health and Social Welfare Minister Charles Haughey, 54, a wealthy accountant with pronounced republican sympathies...
...million bbl. of crude per day to an oil-thirsty world, but it increasingly jeopardizes petroleum supplies throughout the Middle East. U.S. Government officials calculate that a widespread upheaval in the Persian Gulf could quickly cut U.S. imports by 4 million bbl. per day, or more than 22% of total consumption. On another front, the 13-nation OPEC cartel, which has raised petroleum prices by some 1,600% since 1970, is preparing to lift prices yet again when it meets next week in Caracas. Meanwhile Congress continues to dither and quibble over President Carter's five-month-old energy...
...study by the Michigan State University (MSU) Placement Services predicts a 1- to 2-pre-cent rise in the total number of college graduates hired this year and starting salary increases of up to 8 per cent...
Columbia's second team All-American forward Steve Charles scored his 26th goal of the year (doubling the previous Lion record) on an impossible-angle 25-yd. bullet late in the game to prevent a total rout. Charles also scored in the late going yesterday, but his single tally came after Nittany Lion All-American Jim Stamatis found the Columbia net with a pair of headballs to give Penn State a slim victory and a third-place finish...