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2A ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1972 Chrysler Lowers Requested Hike 't. V- From Wire Srlci DETROIT, July 14-Chrysler Corp. has sharply lowered Its request for a price Increase pn 1973 automobiles. On July 1 it had asked the Federal Price Commission to approve an average boost of $180 for each automobile. Yesterday 'the company announced that it was now seeking an-average 2 In Hijacking Surrender To FBI Agent FREEPORT, July 14 (UPI)-The two hijackers in a crippled jet on a small south Texas airfield were not ready to concede defeat.

The airplane was surrounded by policemen, it was out of fuel, it had four blown tires, and the hijackers were weary from a 22-hour ordeal. But they still had $600,000 ransom money and parachutes they had traded for 112 passengers in Philadelphia, and they were holding three stewardesses as hostage. Then Federal Bureau of In- move that officials a move 1 s- the Price Commission last Friday to grant an average $90 hike. Chrysler a i yesterday it was withdrawing that part of its reuqest that would have covered increased costs of labor and materials. However, it said the withdrawal of the economic part of the request would not affect an application to pass along the cost of Government-required, safety and emissions equipment and safety and health requirements in its plants.

Nor does the change affect Chrysler's desire to pass along the cost of making certain equipment that was optional en the 1972 models standard on the new models, to be introduced in The average cost of the safety and pollution-related equipment was put at $82 a car and the equipment at $28. The Cost of Living Council in Washington denied yesterday requests for exemptions from wage-price controls for the restaurant caterers, private profit-making educational institutions, and Pennsylvania school teachers. In the restaurant Industry case, the council cited tbe recent rise in food prices on food price rise of $110. Price Commission officials in Washington expressed elation over Chrysler's withdrawal of its original request. The officials said that two Price Commission representatives were in Detroit last week tovurge the company to reduce the request.

They said it was the first ap plication of a commission strategy to try to cut price increases that would have a large adverse impact on the cost of living. "It was basically one commission spokesman said of the Detroit case. The term 1 "jawboning" means the use of government persuasion to try to cut or hold back wage and price However, ft Chrysler spokesman said that the corporation had had no contact with the Price Commission since submitting its price hike request July 7. He said the company was not visited by a Price Commission team. "The Price Commission had no influence whatsover in the price request rollback," the Chrysler spokesman said.

When asked whether the move 'was influenced by other automobile manufacturers' pricing plans, the spokesman said: "No comment." General Motors Corp. asked Mil A hi Yi Mb IiJ 1 Liimniii linn -v: cameras in the hall. Fischer Wirephoto) had lost the first game. (AP STATIC POSITION: Boris Spassky waiting for the arrival of Bobby Fischer, who forfeited yesterday the second game because he objected to the presence of movie Fischer's Protest On Forfeit Rejected Iceland announced that the forfeit would be maintained. Asked whether his client would play the next scheduled scheduled for Sunday, July 16,, at 5 in the afternoon.

Jivo Nei, a spassky assistant, called Fischer's refusal to appear "a grave insult not only to the Soviet people but to the whole world." bought away from home. I Tvllk LANE BRYANT REYKJAVIK, Ireland, July 14 (AP) An appeals committee rejected today Bobby Fischer's protest against i loss of yesterday's world cham- pionship chess game by forfeit, The four-man committee supported the decision of chief referee Lotnar Schmid to award the game to Boris Spassky because Fischer had not appeared. The decision left Fischer two games down in a 24-game match where Fischer needs the equivalent of 12 victories and a draw to take Spassky's title. Andrew Davis, Fischer's attorney, who arrived this morning from New York, was in the anteroom when assistant referee Gudmunder Arnlaugsson of IRA Bastion FROM PAGE ONE town was ordered by Britain's administrator for Northern Ireland, William Whitelaw, army headquarters said. It was a reversal, at least temporarily, of Whitelaw's policy ot reducing military activity in an effort to vestigation agent Louis Smith convinced them that they should surrender after talking to them for about 30 minutes.

The agent, like the suspects in the hijacking, is black. He had been flown from Baltimore to talk to the men after they asked to talk to a black FBI agent. "Smith told them the three persons who had been injured in the ordeal were not hurt seriously. He said the only thing for them to do was give up," said Houston FBI agent Thomas Jordon. "He made them realize they were in an untenable position." The three stewardesses walked out first, followed seconds later by the hijackers, walking out of the rear door of National Airlines 727 jet with their hands held high.

"Smith snapped the handcuffs on the suspects, later identified a Michael Stanley Green, 34 years old, and Luseged Tesfa, 22, who was born in i i a. They were charged with air piracy and each was held in lieu of $1,000,000 bond. The i a i had begun Wednesday night as the jetliner approached New on a flight from Philadelphia with 113 persons aboard. The hijackers were armed with a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun that had been hidden in a fake arm cast, a pistol and a hand They forced the plane to return to Philadelphia and demanded the ransom and parachutes. The men had demanded also 20,000 Mexican pesos, indicating that they might have intended to fly to that country.

The pilot, Capt. Elliott M. Adams of Miami, escaped at Philadelphia by diving through a cockpit window. He was hospitalized in fair condition from injuries suffered in the fall. Adams jumped because the hijackers had ordered him to take off before the plane had been re- temperatures and areas precipitation expected tonight rur POLYESTER PANTSETS said would have caused the aircraft to crash.

The hijackers finally received their ransom, released the passengers, switched to another 727 jet- and took off for Texas, still holding three stewardesses and two male crew members the copilot and the flight engineer. The hijackers forced the jet to land on a small airstrip, owned by Dow Chemical which was designed only for propeller airplanes. The plane blew four tires on landing and was disabled. The airport, at Lake Jackson, abont 50 miles south of Houston, has no facilities for repairing or refueling jets. When negotiations were going on between the FBI and the hijackers, the copilot and engineer escaped the same way as pilot Adams.

Flight engineer Gerald L. Beaver of Houston was shot in the leg as he a 1 through the cockpit window, and he was injured slightly in the- fall. Copilot Norman Reagan, Miami, suffered a broken wrist, pelvis and rib when he hit the ground. They were reported in fair to good condition at a Houston hospital. The hijackers made one last attempt to gain freedom before' surrendering to agent Smith.

They asked for a smaller airplane piloted by an FBI agent wearing only swimming trunks. The plane and an FBI agent were made ready but Smith persuaded the hijackers to surrender moments later. A fourth stewardess, Miss Sande Schmitt of Fort Lauderdale, had escaped when acting as a go-between for the hijackers with the FBI. When the two men surrendered they released the three other stewardesses, all unhurt. They were Ca i A.

Nosse, Miami Springs, Donna S. Thomas, Miami, and Linda Joiner, Miami. in the HOURLY TEMPERATURES )2WkS82A NATIONAL WEA7HER SERVICE, game on Sunday, Davis replied: 'I can't comment on that." Davis who appeared upset at the ruling, said he had not seen Fischer since he arrived. The basis of Fischer's appeal was that the playing conditions in the 2500-seat Sports Palace were unacceptable because of the cameras, which he said disturbed him. Chester Fox, the New York promoter who bought the movie rights to the match, said he met with Fischer at the Yale Club in New York last June 28 to discuss arrangements.

Fox said he explained how Is Occupied wean away the grass-roots Catholic support of the IRA. Whitelaw told a Conservative Party meeting in London last night that he would "soldier on" with his attempts at conciliation, but he said that if the guerrillas were ferocious, "we will retaliate with the same ferocity." The retaliation began shortly before midnight. A sandbagged Army fortification on Lenadoon Avenue had been under heavy IRA attack with gunfire and bombs for five hours. At one stage a rocket was fired at the post but it missed and hit a neighboring house. About 30 soldiers inside held out until 1800 men moved up in armored personnel carriers.

Army headquarters announced that the district would be stormed to protect civilian lives and to "establish a security force presence in areas from which the a 1 1 a had been launched." A soldier was killed and another wounded as the troops occupied the district, but otherwise the task force met little resistance. The army said the IRA had been taken by surprise. Andersonstown was quiet after the take-over, but violence immediately broke out in the Ardoyne, Falls Road, Ballymur-phy, New Lodge and Divis pre-cincits, and in the city center. COUPON $I0 OFF 'PRICE CHARM GLOW GRILLS WITH THIS COUPON $7095 SnnM AM '3 HEJ 33 $QQ95 CC-1- i 9495 I Round O3 Doubl I SAPPINGT0N GARDEN SHOP 11530 GRAVOIS VI 3-4700 I CASH CARRY 20 90 Pull on flares and Ipng shaped vests doube knits that are double-nice because they wash, pack, cost just pennies per mile! (Blouses not included.) Have the buttoned cutaway dandy in green, rust or navy. Tall Sizes 10 to 22.

Or the cardigan combo at left in navy or wine. -Tall Sizes 1 2 to 24. THIRD FLOOR, STATION 47 the cameras would be used, and said Fischer raised no objections, adding: "He seemed perfectly reasonable." "We discussed how we would film. He wanted to know specif-i a 11 how much money he would get. That's all he was interested in," Fox said.

Fischer stayed in hi hotel room yesterday and refused to play unless three cameras pho tographing the match for movie and television sales were re moved from the hall. Because the American challenger had lost the first game Wednesday, referee Lothar Schmid's forfeit ruling gave Spassky a 2 to 0 lead. Schmid said the third game of the 24-game match would be held Sunday on schedule, but the future of the match was very much in doubt. Schmid said it depended on whether Fischer continued his boycott. Hs said the World Chess Federation could step in at any time and disqualify him.

But Max Euwe, president of the organization, said Schmid was in charge of the match and must decide how to handle the A-merican. In an angry seven-page letter to referee Schmid, Fischer said he had been told the cameras would be silent and invisible. "Nothing could have been further from the facts," he asserted. "The bungling unknowns who claimed to be professional cameramen were clumsy, rude and deceitful." He continued: "I have never compromised on anything affecting playing conditions of the game itself which is my art and my profession. "It seemed to me that the organizers deliberately tried to upset and provoke me by the way they coddled and kowtowed to that crew," referring to the film makers.

"I am keen to play this match, and I hope Game Two will be RENT A PIANO Choice of Styles ni Finishes BEGINNERS RENTAL PLAN $300 3 WEEK Rental Will Apply" Over 100 Choos From STUDY PIANO "privately" in trout Write or phone lor details about Baldwin1! ELECTROPIANO IAB. BALDWIN PIANO ORGAN CO. 916 OLIVE ST. Downtow 421-4370 7432 FORSYTH Clayton 421-4374 Brightest HaBHHHaMSHSBSB Thunderstorm Possibility In 2 States ST. LOUIS: 701 WASHINGTON WESTROADS RIVER ROADS CRESTWOOD NORTHWEST CH 1-6767.

Add 85e for delivery, plut 75e for local C.O.D.V A chance of thunderstorms was again forecast for parts of Missouri and Illinois for tonight and tomorrow. Lows tonight are expected to range from the mid-60s to the mid-70s; highs tomorrow are expected to be from 84 to 94. thiinHprstnrms. tornadoes and hail occurred Commrc 70, Show trf WEATHER LOG Yesterday's high, 94 at 30 p.m.; low, 70 at 5:00 a.m. Normal maximum at airport! here this date, 89; normal minimum, 67.

Precipitation yesterday none. Precipitation this year, 12.51 inches; normal, 20.26 inches. Sunset, 8:25 p.m.; sunrise (tomorrow), 5:48 a.m. Pollen count for 24 hours to 9 a.m. today: mold, 56; plantain, 14.

Relative humidity 9 a.m., 67. Cooling degree days yesterday, 17; month, 130; season, 567. FORECAST I OTHER CITIES F-Falr, f'-( loiidy, R-Haln eal her Hieh Um -t'rprip. Albuquerque 94 h2 Atlanta km Baltimore S3 BO Boston S3 71 Burlington, 82 68 Chicago 8S 69 Cincinnati 89 B7 Columbia. Mo.

R9 69 Denver 37 69 Des Moines 82 65 Detroit 84 62 Fargo 7S 52 Fort Worth 92 73 Houston nn 72 Indianapolis 89 66 Kansan City 92 70 Las Veaas 110 80 Little Rock 92 70 Los Angeles 90 65 Louisville 90 69 Memphis 90 68 Miami 87 56 Milwaukee 84 62 Minneapolis 82 60 New Orleans 88 60 New York 88 60 Oklahoma Cltv 9f 70 Philadelphia 89 72 Phoenix 107 85 Pittsburgh Portland. Me. 7 8 65 .02 01 .21 .10 .01 .03 2.44 .08 .48 San Antonio 74 San Francisco 85 69 Seattle 75 55 Sioux Falls 86 62 Washington 89 71 Wichita 94 69 Precipitation for 24-hour period ending 9 am. BIVKR STACKS Flood fctngf Change Mate Today 24 Hrs. Hannibal 16 10.4 0.1 Dam 24.

Clarksville 25 13.5 0.2 Dam 25. Wlnfl'ld 26 15.0 0.3 Grafton IS 15.2 0.0 Dam 26. Alton- 23.3 0.1 Dam 26. Tailwater 21 30 18 14 60 21 ST. LOUIS Peoria -Bea rdstnwn Lakeside Pool Hermann St.

Charles L'nlon If" 6.2 o.i 6.7 o.o 12.1 0.2 9.6 O.I 56.0 0.0 8.5 0.0 23 12.8 0.2 15 0.7 0.0 north central states early A tornado touched down north of St. Cloud, but no injuries and only minor damage were reported. Another was reported at Grenora, N. where police saw five or six funnel clouds. Hail the size of baseballs fell at Winner, S.

D. -The violent storms occurred where warm and humid air from the Gulf of Mexico met a cooler air mass pushing down from the north. A few thunderstorms occurred in the eastern two-thirds of the, nation. The long dry spell continued in the Southwest, with high temperatures reaching the 100-degree mark from the interior of California to parts of Nevada and Arizona. Temperatures before dawn ranged from 49 at Santa Barbara, to 101 at Needles, Calif.

FORECASTS mums, Savings Plan (Wj This elegant grpup is an exceptional volue fj' 1 ifi lf5s1fl lWl ot re9u'ar pri- Now the sale price is as Ujjyarys-f RliiJl 1S wi ISI9 56" () mirrr I I'l jffl Hrfl Big lompartmented chest Queen or Full six headbftord fl ysi Queen or Full size btdfrti.mt pdelivery, service set-up INCLUDED! -v'ipO Li? )P I 0 rcg. 599 Hi If if I Fl use Master Charge, ff 1 Revolving Charge lindbergh clayton 993-2111 7324 natural bridge 382-6800 olive at eleventh 62M446r JVIissoiiri: Chance of thunderstorms tonight except in the southeast, lows around chance of thunderstorms again tomorrow with the highs 85 to' 00 in the northwest, 90 in the southeast. Illinois: Partly cloudy tonight with' thunderstorms likely in the north, and a chance of storms in the south; lows 64 to 74; variable cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms likely tomorrow in the northwest, partly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms in the southeast; highs 24 hours to 9 a.m. today 10 a.m. 84 10 p.m.

84 11 a.m. 86 11 p.m. 82 Noon 88 Midnight 81 1 p.m. 88 1 a.m. 80 2 p.m.

92 2 a.m. 79 3 p.m. 91 3 a.m. 78 4 p.m. 93 4 a.m.

77 5 p.m. 93 5 a.m. 76 6 p.m. 92 6 a.m. 75 7 p.m.

89 7 a.m. 75 8 p.m. 89 8 a.m. 77 9 p.m. 86 9 a.m.

81 under th sun Want a bright idea? Earn the highest return on passbook savings, and only savings and loan associations pay the highest rate. That's why the brightest savings are at Washington First Federal, PASSBOOK SAVINGS Dividends Compounded Daily -Paid Quarterly Dividend Rate Before CO' Compounding Daily, Per Annum 5.13 per Anno" 78 to 88 in the north, 86 to 94 in the south. DAILY AIR POLLUTION ANALYSIS 24 hours to 9 a.m. today Pollutant Downtown North South West Sulfur Dioxide .049 .05 Oxidants (smog) .04 0 Hydrocarbons 1.3 Carbon Monoxide Particulates .2 .2 Washington Standard .02 .08 .24 .90 .40 million parts of air except those I I SAVINGS TJ IS OF GREATER ST.LOUIS Standards for particulate and sulfur dioxide are the maximum permissible average levels adopted by the Missouri Air Conservation Commission. Others are proposed daily levels.

All figures LOAN ASSOCIATION the ttumg side of the street Ball win 625 Manchester M. 8ridg 1 II 1 1 TTirtt ccmxnlcut ejfkts ca TOO Pir Stre T276 Natural as the coefficient of haze are in part of pollutant for each far particulates which f'iT ench ffC't. are measured 2 Au. 3 An. First Qir.

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