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Star ANNISTON, ALABAMA THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1972- VOL 93, NO. 190 -price: io Cents Alabama's Largest Home-Owned Newspaper' ackers killed in gun battle Terror aboard airliner By DARYL LEMBKE and ROBERT KISTLER Star-Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO It IS 4' I ILi I SAN FRANCISCO (APi "We wanted to stop the hijacking and stop it we did." said the FBI special agent in charge, describing how authorities stormed a pirated aircraft and killed two hijackers in a gun battle while passengers were still aboard. Officials said shots fired by one of the hijackers killed a passenger and wounded two others after federal agents charged aboard an interstate Pacific Southwest Airline Boeing 737 taken over by two hijackers for six hours Wednesday. "Certainly we're not pleased that three passengers were wounded," said Robert Geb-hardt. FBI special agent in charge.

He made the comment before learning that one of the passengers had died. "But," he said in response to a reporter's question, "somebody had to make a decision." Three FBI men who had snealW up under the fuselage of the plane rushed aboard after the hijackers refused to release 81 passengers. Gebhardt said. The slain hijackers had demanded two parachutes, $800,000 and passage to Siberia shortly after taking the plane over in the air. officials said.

Gebhardt said the FBI men moved in on the plane only after the hijackers refused to release the passengers until the ransom was handed over. "I saw two FBI men enter the plane." said Dr. Manuel Alvarez. 58. of Sacramento.

a passenger. "The first came through with his hands on his head, and the second came up shooting, blasting away with a shotgun." The hijacker "crumpled to the floor." said Alvarez. The FBI said the gunman had an automatic in each hand but did not open fire. In the rear of the plane, the other hijacker had another automatic and fired at least three shots, the FBI said. The second hijacker went down almost immediately from FBI gunfire.

Gebhardt said, and like the other was dead on arrival at the hospital. The hijackers also held the plane's five crew members. In previous U.S. hijackings no attempt has been made to board a hijacked airliner while the passengers were still aboard. However, on May 9 Israeli soldiers stormed a hijacked Belgian airliner in Tel Aviv, killing two Arab (See Hijackers, Page 6Al difficult to describe terror your own.

personal terror to anyone, especially a stranger. The mind, simply cannot cope. So it was with the passengers of the hijacked Pacific" Southwest Airlines flight here Wednesday. What they remembered after the six-hour ordeal was over were the things that they saw. The words that were said.

The blood that they endured. Mrs. Mae Miller, an older woman from Applegate, who refused to give her age, noted the first clue the passengers had that something was wrong. "IT WAS AFTER we had taken off from San Francisco," she said. The plane, at this time (See Terror, Page 6A) AP Wirphoto An unidentified hijacking suspect is wheeled into hospital in San Francisco suburb after shootout aboard jetliner Delegate fight before Burger -Digest QUALIFYING FOR CITY ELECTIONS in this area is ended.

For details on Piedmont. Jacksonville, Weaver, Ohatchee, Centre, Heflin. Ranburne, Wedowee, Wadley, Woodland, Ashland, Lineville and Lincoln, see Pages 3B and 4B; and Hobson City and Oxford, see Page 2A. A LAWYER REPRESENTING mental patients has asked a federal court to cite mental health officials for contempt for what he calls their failure to pay fair wages to patients who work at Alabama state hospitals. Details Page 5B.

the appeals court has "thrown the country into a constitutional crisis" by dabbling in the selection of delegates to the political convention. Party lawyer John Kester told newsmen after the filing with the high court that the appeals bench went further than any other court has ever gone in the political arena. The Supreme Court, Kester said, is being asked, "to restore the judiciary to its proper place." Kester pledged that the party hierarchy would obey the final decisions of the court, whatever they might be. The Daley forces are seeking just the opposite effect, contending that federal courts should intervene in order to seat Daley and 58 other Illinois delegates ousted by the Creden WASHINGTON (AP) Opposing Democratic forces today asked Chief Justice Warren E. Burger to convene a rare special session of the Supreme Court in a political-legal tangle that carries with it Sen.

George McGovern's renewed hopes for a first-ballot presidential nomination. The Democratic party hierarchy and forces of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley are both fighting a U.S. appeals court ruling but for different reasons. The party hierarchy asked Burger to suspend the effect of the appeals court ruling, which overrode the party Credentials Committee to allow McGovern to California convention delegates.

The party brief claimed that tials Committee. There was no indication when the chief justice might act. Jerome Torshen. attorney for the Daley forces, said their pleadings before the court hinged on what he called the "serious question of the right of a state to hold an election." "In this case, the courts have deprived the people of the vote." Torshen maintained. The ousted delegates had been elected in a party primary election and were replaced by successful challengers picked at caucuses.

The Illinois brief maintained that the party Credential Committee violated the rights of duly elected convention delegates and the rights of Illinois voters. "The election process was perverted." the brief read. "The losers declared themselves winners and the Credentials Committee confirmed the action of the losers." Whatever the outcome, said Democratic National Committee counsel Joseph A. Cali-fano party leaders will "obey the law of the land." But commenting that "nobody controls a Democratic convention." he seemed to hint that the convention might flout a ruling it disliked. The Court of Appeals restored to McGovern the full 271-vote California reversing the committee's vote to take more than half the number from him and apportion them to other primary candidates, chiefly Sen.

Hubert H. Humphrey. The court suspended the ef fect of its rulings until 2 p.m. today to give the high court time to act if it wishes. The Supreme Court has held only three special sessions in its history.

"We feel this case is as compelling and more compelling" than those which prompted the other sessions, Califano told a news conference in Miami Beach. "The courts should not get involved in selecting delegates." McGovern forces announced Wednesday afternoon that the appeals-court actiqn gave their candidate more than the 1.509 delegate votes needed for nomination. The Associated Press delegate count, which does not list officially uncommitted dele-(See Delegates, Page 8A) GOV. GEORGE C. WALLACE has canceled planned appearances on the three major television networks, an aide says.

Details Page 6B. ALMOST TWO YEARS after he was sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder Floyd Harnage insists he did not commit, the soldier has returned to Ft. McClellan. Details Page 6A. THE ANNISTON POLICE Department will have a new telephone number 237-8635 beginning Sunday.

Wallace to leave hospital SILVER SPRING. Md. (AP) George C. Wallace, partially paralyzed but still seeking the presidency, ends a 53-day hospital stay Friday and flies to the Democratic National Convention where he will disclose his plans for the future. Aides say the Alabama governor will make an important political announcement on his arrival in Miami Beach.

But before making that announcement, Wallace will stop briefly in Montgomery. to officially pick up the reins of state government again. Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley has been acting governor since June 4.

Wallace was shot while campaign in Laurel, on May 15. Wallace has been fitted with leg braces and a 32-inch-high walking bar so he can swing his legs along without the aid of another person. He lifts 50-pound weights daily and is doing scores of pushups from his wheelchair with the aid of therapy bars. He has lost weight but does not appear gaunt. Specially built ramps have been installed at the Miami Beach convention hall to accommodate Wallace's walking bar and wheelchair.

The governor, who trails Senators Georoe McGovern and Hubert H. Humphrey in the Democratic-delegate count, aims to influence the party position on such issues as busing and tax reform. Aides have given no indication what Wallace will say on arrival at the convention. On one of three occasions on which he left the hospital, to dine with his wife in a hotel Tuesday night. Wallace conferred with four supporters on the Democratic Credentials Committee.

Wallace will be flown from Andrews Air Force Base. Md to Epps Aviation Field in Montgomery, and then to Miami International Airport in an Air Force hospital plane. He will speak at an airport (See Wallace, Page6A) Humphrey feels he could get Wallace's support DEATHS: Mrs. Betty Dunlea Lloyd, M. Watson and Mrs.

Mahala Phillips, all of Anniston; Mrs. Dovie R. Mynatt of Weaver; James Garrett of Oxford, Mrs. Millie Forney of Jacksonville; William Frank Brewer of Talladega and Mrs. Emma Frances Nelson of Atlanta.

Details Page 4D. TO GEORGE W. ROMNEY, struggling to be President Nixon's fix-it man for the cities, the problems he faces are not just tough, they are "the most complex on the face of the globe." Details Page 5A. Unknown tomb could go empty WASHINGTON (API A $15,000" tomb honoring America's unknown dead of the Vietnam war will be built this fall at Arlington National Cemetery even though there are no unidentified U.S. dead in this war.

Cemetery planners say they have decided to go ahead anyhow, in the event one is found. "We hope there won't be one," said Bobbie R. Beller. Arlington's project engineer. "But with the number of fatalities and the number of missing in action it's possible one will be found in a final sweep of the battlefield.

"If not." Beller said, "the tomb will not be used." The tomb, a sunken crypt marked by a pink marble slab, will be placed between similar tombs honoring unknown dead from World War and the Korean war and near the first tomb housing an unknown soldier from World War I. Beller said the Army wants to build the fourth tomb now because the tomb area is scheduled for major renovation and because of President Nixon's call for such a memorial. Last Nov. 11. at a Veterans Day ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the burial of the unknown soldier from World War I.

Nixon recalled that in 1958 President Eisenhower buried unknown soldiers from World War II and Korea. "Soon." Nixqn said, "another unknown may come to rest (See Unknown, Page 6A) POLICE AND YOUNG demonstrators predict that next week's Democratic National Convention will be much more peaceful as a result of a Miami Beach City Council decision to let demonstrators camp out hi a public park. Details Page 4B. WAVERLY. Minn.

(AP) Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey says he believes Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace would support him for president if he is the Democratic nominee.

"He could be an active spokesman for some of us." Humphrey said Wednesday. "I believe he could and would give me support." Humphrey also said he thinks Wallace would support Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington if Jackson is the nominee, and possibly Sen. Edmund SMuskie of Maine, but not Sen.

George McGovern of South Dakota Humphrey, who lately has adopted a conciliatory stance toward Wallace on issues other than civil rights, said he believes that if the Democratic National Convention fails to choose a nominee on the first or second ballot, up to 75 per cent of Wallace's delegates would support Humphrey. Humphrey once said flatly he couldn't accept Wallace as a vice presidential running mate, but dropped that stance after losing the California primary to McGovern. He has encouraged fellow Democrats to make Wallace welcome at the convention, which begins Monday in Miami Beach, Fla. Humphrey was interviewed Wednesday at his lakeside home here, where he is resting before flying to Miami on Friday. "I think that Wallace is going to stay in the party." Humphrey said.

"I've said that from the beginning and everything I've said or done has been directed toward that objective because I believe that if he, even in his present physical condition, were to bolt the party, it would be very injurious to us. He wouid hurt hard in the blue collar vote. But I think he's going to stay." If McGovern is the nominee, Humphrey said, "the question is would Wallace come out for Nixon. After my visit with him. I think it's less likely." Humphrey visited Wallace last week in the Maryland hospital where Wallace is recuperating from gunshot wounds suffered several weeks ago at a campaign rally.

During the interview. Humphrey said he will stay in the race for the nomination even if it means a walkout by McGovern supporters. "I think that's one of the things that a man would have toace up to." Humphrey said. "I (See Humphrey, Page6A) flf3BiiBtBIKft BOBBY FISCHER made a full and penitent apology to Boris Spassky today, and organizers of the world chess championship match in Iceland said the two would meet for their first game Sunday night. Details Page 8A.

Related article Page 5A. U.S. NAVY FIGHTER-BOMBERS pounded North Vietnamese bunkers south of Quang Tri City today, trying to blast open a path for a task force of South Vietnamese paratroopers advancing on the enemy-held provincial capital. Details Page 8A. Dixie delegates offer no solid bloc ANNISTONS UNSEASONABLY cool weather set another record Wednesday night.

The mercury plunged to 56 degrees, breaking the old record of 57 set on July 6. 1944. The forecast is mostly fair today and tonight withrfair to partly cloudy weather for Friday. The cool trend will continue with winds 6 to 12 m.p.h. Highs in the 80s are expected Friday.

Details Page 4D ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) Southern delegations to the Democratic National Convention, most of which have weathered major seating challenges, will go to Miami Beach unprepared to give any candidate a solid bloc of Dixie votes. Alabama Gov. George Wallace has a delegate plurality in his home state, neighboring Tennessee, and the big Florida and North Carolina delegations. Sen.

George McGovern of South Dakota maintains an edge in the Georgia. Louisiana, Virginia and Mississippi delegations. South Carolina remains gncommitted in the Associated Press delegate poll. Wallace can count on a minimum of 189 was 26 per cent black. Seventeen women and 10 persons under 30 are delegates.

Among the uncommitted delegates will be Gov. Jimmy Carter, who. despite his criticism of McGovern, has been mentioned by the senator as a possible running mate. VIRGINIA has 34 McGovern supporters among its 53 delegates. Mrs.

Chisholm has three. Humphrey two. Muskie one and former North Carolina Qov. Terry Sanford one. There is a marked absence of old-line politicians on the delegation.

Atty. Gen. Andrew P. Miller is the only state official on (See Dixie, Page6A) votes in the region's delegations while McGovern has fewer than half that many 84. On the whole, the Southern delegations will be like those from the rest of the nation-blacker, younger, with more women and fewer of the gubernatorial cronies and other party stalwarts of past years.

Black membership on some delegations, increased under reform guidelines for delegate selection, has jumped as much as five times over the number of blacks sent by some states to the 1968 convention. Blacks account for much of McGovern's support. In Louisiana, for example, 15 of 19 blacks are for him. Here's the situation in the delegations: GEORGIA promises to deliver 12 McGovern votes. If the delegation is seated as now constituted.

Wallace will have nine. Rep Shirley Chisholm of New York five. Sen. Hubert Humphre seven and Sen. Henry Jackson one The delegation has 53 votes, but the Credentials Committee sustained a black challenge and ordered a major reshuffling to add two black members.

The delegation has 16 blacks. 31 per cent of its membership, compared to a statewide black population of about 30 per cent. The 1968 delegation, after being successfully challenged by black State Rep. Julian Bond, Calendar 4D Classified Ads 4-5D Comics 2D Editorials 4A Movies 6D People in News 3D Sports. I-3C Sunday School 3D Television Women's Newi 1-2B 28 PAGES IN FOUR SECTIONS.