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I) The Weather MINNESOTA Cloudy NORTH DAKOTA: Cloudy SOUTH DAKOTA: Cloudy WISCONSIN: Cloudy IOWA: Cloudy VSMt Jimneapod's TObtm Vol. CIV No. 126 (r.pymjM 190 Minneupoli, MINNEAPOLIS, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1970 5lor and Trihun Conifj'iny Price 35 Cents SNDAY) Unrest Unit Asks Nixon to Heal Split Nation's Survival Threatened, Says Campus Report SPORTS asf Hostages in Hijackings Being Freed Gophers Defeat Ohio U. 49 to 7 Seven players had a hand in the touchdown parade as the Minnesota Gophers battered Ohio University 49-7 at Memorial Stadium and evened their 1970 record at 1-1. Sports Peach.

BIG TEN Southern California 43, Notre Dame 48, Iowa 0 Purdue 0 Michigan State 28, Ohio State 56, From The Tribune's Wire Services Palestinian guerrillas announced Saturday in Amman, Jordan, that they would free their remaining 38 hostages, all of whom are believed to be Americans, "without any conditions." There were conflicting reports, however, as to the present status of the hostages, their number and how the turnover would be made. Jordan's military governor announced that 32 hostages already had been freed and were under the protection of Jordanian armed forces. In other developments: Air Show Crash Injures 2 Men 1 4 AK. Washington State 14 Texas A 13 Wisconsin 14, Texas Christian 14 UPPER MIDWEST St Olaf 26, Moorhead State 36, Coe 3 Winona State 14 Michigan Tech 22, North Dakota State 24, Southwest State 0 South Dakota 21 For a while it was smooth sailing for Team McLaren at the Donnybrooke Can-Am qualifying as both Denis Hulme and Peter Gethin were among the qualifying leaders. But then Gethin's car blew a gearbox and Team McLaren had a worry.

Sports Peach. FOREIGN By JACK ROSENTHAL New York Times Service WASHINGTON, The President's Commission on Campus Unrest appealed urgently to President Nixon Saturday to lead American society back from the brink of what it called a chasm so dangerous that it threatens the survival of the nation. The division between established society and the new youth culture generates intensifying violence by both sides, the commission said. Unless it is stopped, the nation could disintegrate into near-civil-war "a brutal war of each against all," the commission warned in its final report. In strong, often passionate terms, the commission condemned with impartial fervor fanatical student terrorists, complacent campus officials, brutal law enforcement officers and vindictive acts and inflammatory words of politicians.

The commission, though it had only 90 days to prepare its report, offered dozens of detailed recommendations to universities, law enforce-ment agencies and government for avoiding or allaying campus disorder. But what it called its most important recommendation for future action was directed to the President. "It is imperative that the Unrest Continued on Page 11 A By LEWIS COPE Minneapolis Triliune Staff Writer A re-created 1920-vintage biplane crashed on takeoff Saturday during an air show at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, critically injuring the two men aboard. They are: Col.

Robert Leighton, 50, Excelsior, commander of the Minnesota Air National Guard's 133rd Military Airlift Group, who was piloting the small open-cockpit craft. Technical Sgt. Foster Crump, 47, 1405 Oakview Oakdale, the mechanic. Both men were being treated at St. Paul-Ramsey Crash Continued on Page 10A Arab guerrillas said the remaining 38 hostages from the hijackings of three airliners would be freed "without any conditions." But there were conflicting reports on their status.

Other reports said 32 had already been freed. Page 1A. Several thousand left-wing demonstrators marched The biplane plunged toward the ground near the Air Guard hangar seconds after taking off. through the streets of Rome, Italy, to protest the scnea-uled three-dav visit of President Nixon, which is to begin today. Page 14A.

South Vietnamese Vice-President Neuven Cao Ky announced that he has decided against attending the Oct. 3 "March For Victory" rally wasnington, Decause he was advised by both Americans and fellow countrymen that his presence would bring on trouble. Page 6A. King Hussein named a new government for Jordan, to be headed by Ahmed Toukan, a 72-year-old Palestinian. Sixteen hijack hostages released by the Arab guerrillas Friday flew to London, England.

(GUERRILLA LEADER New Arab Hero Page 4A.) Hussein was scheduled to go to Cairo, U.A.R., to meet with other Arab leaders to try to achieve peace in his country. President Nixon ordered emergency relief for civilian casualties in Jordan and indicated that Jordan will receive additional U.S. military assistance. Sporadic shooting was reported hampering relief operations for the thousands of casualties in Amman, much of which lies in ruins. The details; An Egyptian Embassy official told reporters at Amman's Intercontinental Hotel that the 38 remaining hostages from the hijackings of three airlines would be handed over to the International Red Cross through the Egyptian Embassy in Amman "without any conditions." "The Red Cross, in turn, will take onto itself to make sure the governments concerned carry out their promises in the terms of the guerrilla demands," the statement said.

An Amman broadcast by Marshal Habes al Majali said that 32 newly released hostages were in Jordanian custody, but made no men-Mideast Continued on Page 17A NATIONAL -Almanac Sen. Walter F. Mondale, has won his long battle to eliminate from the 1971 budget the sum of $152 million for the start of construction on a fourth nuclear carrier. A House-Senate conference committee dropped the item from the military procurement authorization bill. Page 7A.

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"He can't smile." ly injured in the crash, about a hundred feet from a small crowd of spectators. Bystanders rushed toward the plane as it burned on the ground. Two men were critical Wendell Anderson, the DFL candidate for governor, has moved into the lead over Republican Douglas Head in the latest survey by The Minneapolis Tribune's Minnesota Poll. Anderson holds a 50-to-45 percent margin over Head. In an August survey, Head led Anderson by 46 to 37 percent.

Page 1A. A re-created 1920-vintage biplane crashed on takeoff, critically injuring the Air National Guard colonel and sergeant aboard. The plane went down during an air show at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Page 1A.

Atty. Gen. Douglas Head faulted State Sen. Wendell Anderson, his DFL gubernatorial rival, for voting against 1963 taconite amendment. Head 'said the vote betrayed lack of commitment by Anderson for rural job and investment growth.

Page 20B. Wendell Anderson, DFL gubernatorial candidate, is building an image as advocate of the common man in his campaign. He evokes a semblance of class conflict by tying Republicans to big business. His GOP opponent, Douglas Head, is trying to stay away from partisan politics in his campaign. His ads stress issues, not parties, and underline his ability to solve the state's problems.

Pages 2B, 6B. 0 mm Hatred Outburst Rochester Blacks Racial Stuns JUVJ Cool Weather Will Continue in Region Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota and North Dakota can expect fair to partly cloudy skies and cool weather through today. The predicted high for the Twin Cities today is 60. Other highs: Minnesota, 52 to 66; Wisconsin, 50 to 62; South Dakota. 60 to 72; North Dakota, 56 to 68.

hits at Guadalcana in his share of hazardous duty. He went with Adm. (Richard) Byrd's crew on one of the early expeditions to Antarctica; he was on a ship that took 27 By JACK MILLER Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer ROCHESTER, Minn. During his career in the Navy, George Gibbs had First of a series By RONALD ROSS Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer I drove from Minneapolis to Willmar and on to the edge of the prairies where the old road runs in long, loping strides under huge clean skies. I traveled slowly, savoring the dark earth and the green woods nodding in a breeze that carried the first bite of winter.

It had been five years spent for the most part covering a war in the jungles and rice paddies of distant Indochina since I had seen big skies like these, Features MINNESOTA Anderson Leads Head 50 to 45 POLL The Pill has regained its popularity as a method of birth control, according to Dr. Maxwell M. Barr, medical adviser to Planned Parenthood of Minneapolis. The Pill had suffered from adverse publicity at U.S. Senate hearings last January.

Page 1 Women and Society. Many movies are being edited with scissors and some re-shooting to make them bland enough for home viewing on television. Meanwhile, the networks are creating their own palatable films in an attempt to keep up with the demand. TV Week. Dr.

Barr since I had felt that fall snap in the air, since I took a road that reached out for the Rockies. Prosperous-1 i farms, fat little towns, neat white-painted churches, lakes that rippled and sparkled under the sun or turned sullen and gray when rain clouds threatened. They all threaded past the car win- dows in rich procession. Rich. There are riches in Asia, a few, but nothing like the riches here.

Crookston Bamldji Moorhead I I Fergu Willmar Twinv Cities. World War 11. But Gibbs said he was never so scared as when he and his family received a series of anonymous telephone threats recently, one at 2:30 in the morning, warning them to "Get out of town or else!" A number other blacks in Rochester had similar experiences threats, intimidations and other expressions of racial hatred after a white bartender was shot and a black man was charged with the death. One black man was assaulted by a gang of whites on Rochester's main street. And many of the 200 blacks in this community of 50,000 report a new sense of hostility and rage among some whites.

To Gibbs, it has come as a shock. At 48, now an executive al the IBM complex here, Gibbs has become a professional success and a civic leader during his seven years here. "I have been extremely well accepted," he said. Now, however, he in feeling like the blue man of the past. The fatal shooting occurred July 23.

Kenneth Rochester Continued on Page IIA ,) Minnesota Index primary election. Most of the interviews were conducted during the weekend; the survey therefore reflects voter sentiment two to six days after the primary. A total of 1,000 persons living in all eight congressional districts were interviewed. Persons in the survey were selected at random to represent total adult Minnesota population. At the time Interviewing took place last weekend, 61 percent of respondents in the survey indicated that they were certain or fairly sure to vote in November and had a great deal or some interest in the election.

These persons are classified as "likely voters." Interest in the campaign is much the same at this point in time as in 1962 but well below that of 1966 when 69 percent were classified as "likely voters" in mid-September. Among independent voters likely to vote in November, Humphrey had the edge over MacGregor for the Senate seat and Forsythe the edge over Spannaus for Minnesota Poll Continued on Page 12A Copyright 1970 The Minneapolis Tribune Wendell Anderson has moved into the lead in the race for governor in a survey conducted last weekend by The Minneapolis Tribune's Minnesota Poll. Among persons in the survey likely to vote in November, Anderson (DFL) holds a 50 to 45 percent margin over his opponent. Douglas Head (GOP). Former Vice-President Hubert Humphrey continued his lead in the contest for U.S.

senator. Humphrey is favored by 57 percent while his opponent, Rep. Clark MacGregor, is favored by 40 percent of likely voters. Preferences in the race for attorney general are evenly split between Warren Spannaus (DFL)' and Robert Forsythe (GOP) with each candidate getting 47 percent. The 'combined preferences for the eight congressional seats shows the Dem-ocratic-Farmer-Laborite candidates leading the Republican candidates by a 52-to-43 percent margin.

Interviewing for the survey began on Thursday, Sept. 17, two days after the Books 8, 9E Outdoors 10-12H Landers 8W Prizeword 8, 9H Gardening 5H Theaters 3-5E Editorial. 2-4C "You can't escape one immediate, face-smacking impression," a former Asian colleague, Peter Kumpa of the Baltimore Sun, said when he got home recently. "This is art appallingly wealthy country." lie was seeing it again on the East in the money Americans spend on cars, highways, homes, and paint. You see it out here in cars, highways, homes and paint, and in tractor and combines, new motels, powerboats and snowmobiles, as well.

But under it all, beneath these material symbols of a living and a leisure that all but a handful of Asians have never known, there were signs of frustration and apprehension. Back Home Continued on Page 12A Tribune General 372-4141 Woof Ads 372-4242 Telephones Circulation 372-4343.

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