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Guilfordian
Up,Up,andAway!
By Paul Holcomb
News Editor
Photos by Cathy Tillman
The Quaker basketball team
thwarted several bold Cardner
Webb comebacks Tuesday
rnght to save a 78-72 home
victory. Guilford opened with
a highly effective full court
press. Capitalizing on steals
and turnovers, the Quakers
propelled themselves into a
quick 4 point lead. With a few
minutes remaining in the half,
the margin reached 40-24,
before the Bulls retaliated with
a press of their own.
'My sons would lose their legs
Continued from three
I wish they had a different way,
because taking hostages in my
principles is a no-no but
now it's done, it's too late.
Kissinger points out that
there were different views with
in the delegation on the hostage
question also, but "the one
thing that we all felt on our trip
was that the taking of hostages
was not the main issue. It was
the issue that the United States
press wanted to make the only
issue, so as to in fact obscure
what the legitimate reasons of
the Iranian people were."
Mrs. Ruff, with her bi-natio
nal background, cannot avoid
becoming emotionally involved
with the subject. "I even cried
for the hostages for days and
days," she reveals, "and the
Iranians are paying, and we are
paying, and who is taking? I
don't know."
She proceeds to relate two
stories: one about an incident in
Hendersonville, N.C. and the
other about her last days in
Iran. "I am an American citizen
now, and in the last days of the
Shah's life in Iran I wrote a little
article in a small city (newspa
per). I wrote that he should be
toppled; he's done enough."
"And the next day, SAVAK
people came and threw Molotov
cocktails and shot at another
house a few blocks from my
With less than a minute
remaining in the half, the
Quakers were plaqued with a
rash of turnovers that reduced
Guilford's lead to 41-36 at
half-time.
The second half was tight
throughout, with Gardner
Webb's 6'7" center Frank
Streater and forward Rocky
Morris finding the basket fre
quently. The Bulls were within
two points of the Quakers seven
times in the second half, but
each threat was foiled by the
hustling Quakers.
house. They had the same last
name. I was nothing to Shah,
just a housewife living in a little
American city, but I was not
safe while he was in power. It's
unbelievable that they came,
but they were so dumb, they got
the wrong Ruff."
Looking further back, "When
I was in Iran, I was a radio
announcer, and he (the Shah)
was getting ready for that big
celebration he spent a hundred
million dollars in three days
for . . . ("Anniversary of the
Persian Empire," explains
Clark.) "That was when I left
because I just couldn't take it
anymore -- I knew I had to talk,
and I knew if I did, they would
cut off my sons legs. I knew
they would rape my daughter in
front of me.
So I left my kids, and I just
ran away. But I waited ... I sold
my house for one-third the
price, I called my neighbors;
'Who wants free furniture?'
They did a beautiful job; the
house was empty in twenty-four
hours. And then I waited to get
my last paycheck."
Kissinger says this is nothing
unusual. "These stories about
the SAVAK operating in this
country, are true. They were
allowed to by the U.S. govern
ment. They would attack and
beat up Iranian students in
Chicago, where I lived."
page seven
With 27 seconds left in the
game, Streater brought the
Bulls within two points of
Guilford at 74-72 on a turn
around jumper. Quaker guard
Tony Ray was fouled with 9
seconds left and hit both free
throws to up the lead to 76-72.
The margin proved insur
mountable for the Bulldogs,
who fouled Sporty Jeralds out of
frustration at the buzzer. He hit
the subsequent free throws with
no time showing on the clock,
putting the icing on a 78-72
home victory.
He admits that the present
government in Iran is not what
it could be, but also reports that
not everyone has to agree with
it now.
For his speech, Kissinger
comes well-equipped. He has
numerous slides, including ones
that show the contrast between
modern, skyscraper-laden Teh
ran and miles of oil-can shacks
on the plain, the "festive
mood" of the marches in the
streets, a couple of the Shah's
twelve or fourteen multimillion
dollar palaces (complete with
wall designs, faucets, and a
kleenex box -- all in gold leaf.)
and the places of torture used
by SAVAK (including the inter
ior, which, apparently, SAVAK
didn't bother to clean up).
About this last, Kissinger
comments, "This is your tax
dollars at work." He is also
equipped with documents,
which he says are from the
Embassy and show how they
engineered the taking of the
hostages. He sells copies for
five dollars to raise funds for his
tour.
Kissinger plans to continue
speaking, going on to Birming
ham, Ala., Louisville, Ky., Day
ton and other places in Ohio,
and to an engagement with
W. Va. coal miners before
returning to work in February
as a maintenance electrician.