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          TEHRAN—Iianiafl government forces captured
          the Kurdish town of Sardasht after minor clashes
          with guerrillas last night, the official Pars news.
          agency reported.
          Pars said artillery units fought the guerrillas for
          less than 20 minutes before gaining control of the
          northwestern border town, which the agency said
          was the last stronghold of the Icurdish rebels. It
          gave no further details.
          In another development, Islamic Revolutionary
          Guard forces issued a 24.hour ultimatum to Kurds
          in and around the former rebel stronghold of
          Saqqez to hand in their arms.
          -Progress of Rice Planting in Vietnam
          HANOI—The Communist Party daily Nhan Dan
          reported rice planting is practically finished in Viet-
          nam's northern and central provinces but has been
          delayed in the south. It said less than half of 5 mil-
          lion acres of cultivated land in the 12 southernmost
          provinces bad been planted. by. the end of August.
          Chad Paèt Terms Stir Dispnte
          NDJAMENA, Chad—The Leaders of southern
          Chad have rejected a clause of the recent national
          reconciliation agreement calling for dissolution of
          the airnies of the various Chadian factions, radio
          broadcasts said. The agreement cnded a long period
          of civil strife in Chad, a former French colony in
          *est Africa.
          Volcano Kills Tin-ce Sightseers
          TOY ICO — Mount Aso,. the world's largest vo l.—
          cano, erupted in a shower of rock that rained down
          ‘on dozens of helpless sightseers. Three were killed
          and 16 others injured. Mount Aso is on Japan's
          southernmost island of Kyushu.
          Escape From East BerHn Reported
          WEST BERLIN—Informed sources said the East Ger-
          man chauffeur of the 15.5. ambassador in East Ber-
          lin escaped to the West with his family hidden in
          the trunk of an embassy car. Neither the State De-
          partment in Washington nor American sources in
          Berlin would comment.
          China Acensed of Incursions
          NEW DELHI — The Times of India reported that
          armed Chinese border troops have crossed into the
          Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan several times In the
          past month and the Chinese government has ig-
          nored protests from both Bhutan and India.
          For the
          e The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican
          Army, in .a statement following the funeral of Brit-
          am's Lord Mountbatten, warned of more bloodshed
          if British troops were not withdrawn from Northern
          Ireland.
          • . Peking sources said former president Richard
          NixOn will visit China for four or five days later
          this Month as an oflcial guest of the Chinese gov-
          ernment.
          • Jose Javier Romero Menea, 59, brother of El
          Salvador's president, Carlos Humberto Romero,
          was shot and killed by four masked gunmen near
          his home north of San Salvador, police said.
          • South African censors have banned the latest
          novel by South African author Nadine Gordimer,
          “Burger's Daughter.” The book depicts “whites as
          baddies, blacks as goodies,” according to the cen-
          sors' report.
          • Hundreds of thousands of troops will take part
          beginning today in NATO's annual military exer-
          cises, code-named Autumn Forge, and spanning .Eu-
          rope from Norway to the Mediterranean.
          From news services and staff reports