Iran approves terms of hostage release Difficulties still remain ' By The Associated Press The Iranian Parliament, in a major ; step toward ending a stalemate that has ; kept the world in crisis for a year, voted yesterday to free the 52 American hostages if the United States meets four conditions set down by Ayatollah - Ruhollah Khomeini and a parliamentary : committee. Sadegh Ghdtbzadeh, Iran’s former ; foreign minister and a key figure in the U.S.-Iranian confrontation, said it was “physically impossible” for the Americans to be freed by tomorrow, Election Day, but said he hoped “the whole thing” could be over in one week. ■ It was the most promising develop ment in the U.S.-Iranian confrontation in the 365 days since the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Still, the Iranian proposal, calling for U.S. concessions on complex financial matters, was fraught with .potential difficulties. President Carter, at a White House news briefing, said the Parliament’s terms “appear to offer a positive basis” for negotiating the hostages’ freedom, but he could not predict when that might come. The Iranians said the United States must fulfill all of the terms not simply signal its acceptance of them. Groups of hostages then would be freed in phases as each condition is met, they said. ; The Parliament appeared to have hardened in at least one key aspect of the position set down by Khomeini when he listed the conditions. Tehran radio said the Parliament’s position was that “America’s pro crastination can prevent their release and lead to their trial (as alleged spies).” Although the language approved by the Majlis does not mention trials, it does say the hostages would be turned over to the “judicial system” if the con ditions were not met. When Khomeini 'first set down the conditionsySept. -12, U.S. officials were encouraged by the omission of any reference to trials. American officials yesterday declined comment on the Parliament’s refine Democratic committee alters its position and endorses Day By JUSTIN CATANOSO Daily Collegian Staff Writer The State College Borough Democratic Committeehas reversed its position and endorsed independent candidate Michael G. Day for the 77th District state legislative seat, com : mittee chairman Gregory J.'Stewart announced yesterday. Although the committee said this summer it could not endorse Day because of party bylaws, Stewart said the bylaws were re-evaluated and found to be unclear when dealing ,with a party candidate without the support of the committee. Robert C. Brazill, who won the Democratic primary on a write-in vote, lost the party’s support when party officials discovered that he liv ed and voted in New Jersey three years ago. The Pennsylvania Con stitution says a representative must live in the state for four consecutive years. “They are presuming I am ineligi ble,” Brazill said, “but that has not been proven.” In supporting Day, a registered Democrat who joined the race as an independent after the primaries, Stewart said, “It is,clear that Mike Day represents the obvious and responsible alternative to the incum bent state representative. He is the only candidate in this race represen ting fundamental Democratic prin ciples. He is a Democrat and always has been.” • Stewart said he contacted 18 of the committee’s 22 members this weekend and everyone reached in dicated his or her support for Day. Brazill charged that the committee was trying to “muscle me out of the election” and that its endorsement of 1 Day was against party bylaws. Saying that the committee reneged on its previous pledge not to support anyone other than a Democratic can didate, Brazill said, “I think Greg Stewart, his committee and Michael Day are guilty of election fraud and there’s a strong possibility, legal ac tion. I’m looking into that now.” Stewart denied any intentions of fraud. “Mr. Brazill has a lot to learn about politics,” Stewart said. “The party can endorse anyone it wishes. It has nothing to do with fraud.” Executive Democratic committee W 202 PATTEE ment, saying they were awaiting an of ficial translation of the conditions. The Iranian news agency, Pars, said the Parliament, with 200 of its 228 members present for the stormy session, voted by a “decisive majority” to ap prove the four conditions for the hostages’ release recommended by a seven-member select committee. The action had been expected for the past week. According to an unofficial Pars translation of the committee report, Iran is demanding that the United States: • Make a “firm commitment to avoid all direct or indirect political and military interference” in Iran’s affairs. • Release an estimated $8 billion in Iranian government assets in U.S. banks that were frozen by Carter’s executive order last Nov. 14. • “Cancel and annul” all financial claims against the Iranian government in U.S. courts. It says the U.S. govern ment must guarantee that it, not Iran, will pay any damages awarded in such lawsuits. • “Officially recognize the right of the Iranian government to the deceased shah’s wealth and that of his close relatives.” Iran also demands that the U.S. presi dent “take all legal and administrative actions necessary to transfer these pro perties to Iran.” The decision of the Parliament was an nounced as Iran struggled into the seventh week of war with neighboring Iraq. Radio Tehran yesterday confirmed a report that Iraqi forces had capture Ira nian Oil Minister Mohammed Jawad Ba qir Tunguyan, a deputy minister and four other Iranian officials near the besieged Iranian oil refinery city Abadan. The officials were “kidnapped con trary _to. international the broadcast said. Iraq announced it had begun a major offensive to capture Abadan, which it claims to have surrounded. member Gary Potter said, “The par ty makes its own rules. And we’re the party. If there was absolutely no question about Brazill’s eligibility, we’d have no choice but to support him. But as far as we’re concerned, we don’t have a candidate.” Both Potter and Stewart said its en dorsement was bolstered by a similar case in Philadelphia. The Democratic committee from the 3rd District recently endorsed the independent opponent of Democratic incumbent Michael D. “Ozzie” Meyers for U.S. Congress. Meyers was expelled from the House last month after his conviction in the Ab§cam investigation. “If the state Democratic Party ever tried to challenge our decision,” Potter said, “they’d have a much larger committee in Philadelphia to contend with first.” Stewart said the bylaws interpreta tions are “stictly committee decisions.” 4 C Collegian the daily Michael G. Day * *ir4 r. -f' ■ 5' As Carter admiiiistration officials warned there was “no bi»sis’/tp expect that the American hostages would be released by Election Day t&e one-year anniversary of the hostages’ captivity (i-yeai;-old Suzanne Chase of Salem, Ore., tied a yellow ribbon 'round an old oak tree yesterday to commemorate the anniversary. * % ? '' - u *v Brazill, however, insisted the com mittee’s action is illegal. “By promoting a candidate who is not the party nominee, they are bypassing the primary system, bypassing the law and bypassing the mandate of the people,” he said. Day, on the other hand, called the endorsement “great.” “I can’t say it comes as a sur prise,” he said. “The Democratic Party has been helping me out all along. It seems they are now willing to make their support open and let the voters know this.” Day said the committee, formerly discreet in its support, has supplied him with voter registration lists, ad dresses for fund-raising purposes and has helped his campaign workers deliver campaign literature. “The endorsement will serve to re mind people they don’t have to vote Democrat in order to register a vote against Gregg Cunningham,” Day said.