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Liquor By Drink Seen Working: Page 11 BECKLEY POST-HERAID Record 758 Die Beckley, W. Va, Thursday Morning, July 6, 1972 Passenger Also Slain COMBINED AP DISPATCHES Holiday traffic accidents took a record number of lives for an Independence Day weekend. Authorities reported that 758 persons were ladled on the nation's highways during the four- day observance which began at 6 p.ro. Friday and ended at midnight Tuesday. The previous record for a Fourth of July weekend was 732 in 1967 when the holiday also, ran -four days.

The count last year, a three-day observance, was 638. Nine persons were reported killed in highway mishaps in West Virginia during the long Independence Day holiday, state police said. The deaths boosted the state traffic toll for 1972 to 232, eight more than had died through July 5 of last year. The latest deaths during the holiday observance came Tuesday night when brothers Harold T. Fernatt, 42, and James S.

Fernatt, 44, both of London, were killed in a two-vehicle collision on U.S. 60 near their Kanawha County homes. A 55-year-old Weirton woman, Valley Fawcett, was struck and killed -late Tuesday by a car as she walked across a county road north of Weirton, police said. Authorities said the driver of the car said he was blinded by lights of an oncoming car as he rounded a curve. 2 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Two armed hijackers were shot and killed by FBI agents Wednesday after one gunman fatally wounded a passenger and shot two others on a commandeered Pacific Southwest Airlines plane, authorities said.

The hijackers had held 79 passengers and five crew members captive in, the 737 jetliner for more than six hours Daley Rebuffed M'Govern Regains Votes Denied Him WASHINGTON (AP) A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered 151 California delegates restored, to Sen. George S. McGovern, prompting his forces to claim first-ballot-vic- tory strength at the Democratic Convention in Miami Beach. However, the U.S.-Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia late Wednesday suspended the effect of that ruling and another involving Illinois delegates until 2 p.m. Thursday to give the parties a chance to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Air Strikes Heavy Quang Tri Attacks Repulsed By South SAIGON (AP) South Vietnamese forces held the edge of Quang Tri city Thursday and fought the North Vietnamese on their flanks. Thirty-two miles to the southeast, i loosed its heavjes Hue since the Communist-led damage. Spokesmen said enemy shells struck a military hospital in the Gtadel on Wednesday, wounding 11 patients. The walled area was the seat of Vietnam's emperors in the last century and now is a military headquarters. three months ago.

Reliable sources said Lt Gen Ngo Quang Troung, commander of the counteroffensive into Quang Province, believes he can recapture South Vietnam's northernmost capital without a bloody battle. They said he is in no hurry to dash into the city and engage in unnecessary street fighting and destruction. In' the air war over North Vietnam, the U.S. Command announced the most intense raids" in weeks against three major depots within four miles of the center of Hanoi, the North Vietnamese capital. Field reports said more than 100 rounds of mixed artillery, rockets and mortars hit Hue in the predawn darkness, most striking in and around the old walled section known as the Citadel.

There was no immediate report on casualties or Joint Space Flight Talks Begin Today SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) American and Russian space experts will meet here Thursday to begin final plans for a joint 1975 space mission, the leader of the U.S. delegation said Wednesday. Glynn S. Lunney, head of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), told a news conference that a 25-member Soviet delegation will be prepared for discussions on "precisely how we are going to do the mission, we are going to do things and who is going to be doing things." The ASTP preliminary plans call for a Soviet spacecraft named the Soyuz to rendezvous and dock in orbit with an American Apollo command ship. Lunney said the crafts would be docked for about 48 hours.

There would "be several exchange visits of crewmen. Divers Find Body IDANAY, W. Va. (AP) State police divers Wednesday night recovered the body of Peter Michael Yelich, 21, of Enterprise in Harrison County, who drowned in an abandoned mining pond near this Marion County community. Police said Yelich drowned Tuesday night, but the body was not recovered until nearly 24 hours later.

Chrysler Bids For73Hikes In Car Prices DETROIT (AP) Chrysler Corp. announced Wednesday it has asked the U.S. Price Commission for authority to in-" crease prices for its 1973 model cars and trucks by an average of $182 per. vehicle. Chrysler became the second automaker to serve notice it wants to rais- prices for 1973 models.

American Motors Corp. announced last week it is Boosting the prices of its Jeeps and passenger cars by an average of about 5 per cent Neither General Motors Corp. nor Ford Motor Co. yet has indicated how much of an increase it will seek, although, both have, indicated they Trill apply for authority to add to price tags. In addition to the California delegate action, the court upheld a party Credentials Com.

mittee ruling which ousted Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and'58 other Illinois convention delegates and blocked any state court action that would interfere with the federal decision. This was another plus for the South Dakota senator since the Daley slate was uncommitted but a majority of the replacements favors McGovern. An appeal to the Supreme Court still is- possible for the the Democratic National Committee and pro-Daley forces. Rick Stearns, McGovern's chief delegate marshal, said McGovern now has 1,541.5 delegate votes, enough to assure a first-ballot nomination.

If the circuit court ruling stands, The Associated Press delegate count would place n' strength 1,436.65, less than 100 short of the 1,509 delegate votes needed for.i^nominatioiL^Sen; 4 Humphrey of Minnesota has 392.55 by Ihe count, Alabama Gov. George Wallace has 381 and Maine's Sen, Edmund'S. MusMe has 225.55. Some delegates officially classified as uncommitted, however, have said they are leaning to McGovern. The Credentials Committee stripped McGovern of the California delegates by deciding to apportion them among all can didates by the amount of votes each received in a presidential primary.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -The Miami Beach Qty Council reversed itself Wednesday and voted 4 to 2 to provide camping space for demonstrators arriving- for the Democratic National Convention. The council allotted the 36- acre Flamingo Park to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to act as an "umbrella group" for other protest groups. Sorry, Says Fischer, But Match Uncertain REYKJAVIK, ICELAND (AP) Bobby Fischer apologized Wednesday for delaying "the start of the $400,000 world championship chess match, but the Russians demanded apologies in writing. With the confrontation threatening never to reach the checkered board, President Max Euwe of the International Chess Federation--FIDE --took some of the blame and suggested a further postponement until next week for the dust to settle.

BECKLEY VICINITY: Sunny today, high in the upper 60s. Partly cloudy and cool tonight, low near 50. Parry cloudy and warmer Friday, high in the low 70s. Probability of precipitation 20 per cent today and tonight; 10 Friday. WEST VIRGINIA: Partly cloudy today with a chance of showers in the east.

Clear tonight and Friday. Highs today and Friday in the low to mid Euwe said he had allowed Fischer's tardy arrival--he got here "Fischer is quite another person. He's living in another world." Euwe said he realized titleholder Boris Spassky was "very upset" and would like to give him a week before the first game. Fischer's holdout for more money brought the takings for both winner and loser to the highest amount ever in world championship chess. The winner will get $231,250 and the loser $168,750.

The 24-game series between Spassky of the Soviet Union and the 29-year-old American challenger was to have begun (Continued On Page 11) 50s. (Details On Page 13) Miners Furloughed Consolidated a Rowland mine at Clear Fork, which has deep, auger and strip mine operations, furloughed 22 strip miners and placed 20 others underground as of June 23. Approximately 125 strip miners are employed by the mine. A company spokesman said Wednesday it was not a move to phase out the stripping operation. lackers Shot on a runway at San Francisco International Airport, demanding $800,000 cash, parachutes and passage to Siberia, PSA said.

FBI special agent-in-charge Robert Gebhardt said that after the two hijackers refused to release passengers, FBI agents entered the plane. One was dressed as a pilot, Gebhardt said, and was carrying the ransom money and parachutes. He said one of the hijackers ordered the agent to strip to his underwear to show he was unarmed. The first agent entered the plane, Gebhardt said, and was followed by three other agents who had landed from a power boat behind the plane and reached the ramp under the fuselage. Gebhardt said the first hijacker, who was armed with two handguns, was shot dead by the second agent to enter the plane.

He said the second hijacker opened fire from the rear of the plane, hitting three passengers before he, too, was shot down by an FBI man. The dead passenger was identified as E. H. Stanley Carter, 66, of Longueuil in Quebec, Canada. The FBI identified the dead Gaullist Takes Over hijackers as Dimitr Alexiev, 28, of Hayward, and Michael Azmanoff, 28, no address.

The injured passengers were identified as Leo R. Gormley, 46, of Van Nuys, and Victor Sen Yung, 56, of Universal Qty, who plays the cook in the television series "Bonanza." Both were listed in fair condition- In San Diego, PSA President GEORGES POMPIDOU J. Floyd Andrews, said: "The FBI took this out of our hands and directed me action. They stormed the aircraft and in the ensuing melee, the hijackers were killed and the passengers injured." "Certainly we're not pleased that three passengers were wounded, but somebody had to make a decision. We wanted to stop the hijacking, and stop it we did," Gebhardt said.

The hijackers, armed with three handguns, took over the Boeing 737 Wednesday morning on a flight from Sacramento to San Francisco, PSA spokesmen said. They demanded the cash along with passage to Siberia via Canada and Alaska and refused to release passengers before their demands were met, said PSA spokesman Gary Kissel. Three ambulances rushed to the plane, along with two large buses, to take passengers to the terminal, Kissel sari The plane sat on a runway more than a mile from the San Francisco International airport terminal for more than four hours while one of the hijackers sent demands through the pilot, Capt Dennis Waller of San Diego. French Premier Is Fired PARIS (AP) President Pompidou fired. Jac- baMtelmas, his pre- three years, a me unity of the due, before next Pompidou then on appointed, hard-line Gaullist Messmer, 56, to form a new gov- ernment likely to include many of the leading figures of the outgoing administration.

Its composition is expected to be announced Thursday or Friday. Messmer, minister for. over- Like Chaban-Dehnas, one of the, first to rally to De Free France movement in 1940, Messmer was A a founder of a. pressure group designed to press its view of Gaullist or- general as defense minister for President Charles de Gaulle under Pompidou's signed in 1969.. whose dynamic war effort made him a (Continued On Page 11) To Go Over Election Plans MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

(AP)Complaining that they have been shunned.by the major political parties for too long, hundreds of welfare recipients gathered Wednesday in the city of next week's Democratic National Convention to discuss election plans. "We are here on the outside with our own poor people's conference because we know that the Democrats will not push our issues," said Johnnie Tillmon, associate director of the National Welfare Rights Organization which sponsored the conference. Mrs. Tillmon said poor people decided- to enter the political arena in 1972 because politicians refused to offer them "adequate welfare reform, a guaranteed annual income, decent housing and quality health care." She said her organization "insists on people before politics and will demonstrate our strength, continue to organize and mobilize, and force the politicians to relate to our demand." Mrs. TUhnon who says she once picked cotton as a small girl in Little Rock, herself a welfare recipient until six months ago when she was apointed to the job as associate director.

Rio Opens First Public Dog Toilet RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) The Copacabana neigh? borhood has opened its first public dog toilet--to the applause local residents, speeches city officials and a surprise performance by one of tiie spectators. As photographers readied their cameras, a black fox terrier named Roster'inaugurated a wooden post in a sandpit in the middle of Serzedelo Correia Plaza. There was applause and cheering. Then a boy named Daniel Hoeltz ran to the post, and took his turn. Undaunted, Copacabana regional administrator Aloisio Teixeira Filho told the crowd that if dogs show enthusiasm for the new faculty he will build many more in the borhood.

Suit Contends Moore Halted Trucking Pact CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) An interstate carrier based in Roanoke, Va. filed a complaint in U.S. District Court here Wednesday, charging that tLi office of Gov. Arch A.

Moore Jr. halted a contract for liquor hauling that was already signed. The state Purchasing, Practices and Procedures Commission (PPPC) is investigating the case, according to the suit. The civil action was filed by Russell Transfer Inc. of Roanoke, an interstate carrier with terminals and employes in seven states.

Named as defendants are Moore, Finance Commis- sioner John Gates and PPPC Director Robert E. Douglas. According to the suit, Russell Transfer submitted the low bid May 31 on a one-year contract to haul liquor to state stores throughout West Virginia. The carrier preceded to buy equipment and make preparations to haul the liquor. But, the complaint charges, state officials "wrongfully, illegally and improperly" refused to issue a purchase order based on the signed contract The complaint also said new bids were to be requested at 11 a.m.

Thursday for the same (Continued On Page 14) Another Office Considered George Saying. 'Tm entitled to a rest," 77-year-old George Titler has stepped down as international vice president of the United Mine Workers union. "I've had 58 years as a member of this union and I think I've fulfilled my duties," Titler said. But he left open the possibility of running for another UMW office in the upcoming December elections. "I'm just thinking about it.

I'm going to help mis organization whether I get paid for it or not. You can't be in an organization for that long without learning to love it," Titler, contacted at his home here Wednesday said. The union's executive board accepted the resignation with "extreme regret." At tie request of UMW President W. A. "Tony" Boyle, Titler was named a special international Down representative to the p.jsident.

Titler said he does not know who Boyle will pick as his running mate but pledged "whoever he picks, I'll back him." Boyle was recently convicted of misuse of union funds and sentenced to five years in prison. Titler says he does not think Boyle's conviction will work against him in the upcoming (Continued On Page 11) Regional Service 2 Sections-- 10 Cents Good Morning VAKEEL TANAKA a i Wednesday at Japan's next prime minister he plans no drastic departure from the policies of his predecessor, Eisaku a But then he added: "It is like a new man taking over the presidency of a company. There are bound to be some changes -N, S. Hayden, publisher and chief operating officer of Huntington Herald-Dispatch a Hont- ington A i since March 1, has been named president of the Htmtington Publishing Co. Hayden succeeds John L.

Foy, who retired July 1. Senate Minority Leader Chester Hubbard and House Minority Leader George Seibert will serve as co-chairmen of the platform committee at the Republican state convention Aug. 5, state Republican executive committee chairman Ihomas Potter saM Wednesday. The convention will be held in the Charleston Civic Center. SATO GOV.

ARCH A. MOORE JR. scheduled a news conference for 2:30 p.m. today at Wheeling's City-County Building, the governor's office said. Hie session will relate to recent flood Moore's office saii hearing on a joint petition for a transfer of operating authority in West Virginia between Eastern and Piedmont Airlines will be conducted by the Civil Aeronautics Board this morning.

The two airlines are requesting that Eastern be permitted to give service from Charleston and Piedmont, including flights to Louisville, and Washington. former Cabefl-County oar-: oner wfll stand trial in federal court Oct. "18 on eight drug charges. Dr. Robert S.

Barrett, 64, appeared before U. S. District Judge Sidney L. Christie on Wednesday morning to plead innocent to accusations contained iin a June indictment a down in Charleston that he i a dispensed amphetamines. DR.

CARL A. HOFFMAN, president of the American" Medical Association, planned a trip to Washington today to dram up support for a proposed Huntington medical school. Hoffman.and several local civic leaders were expected to meet with West Virginia Sens. Jennnings Randolph and Robert C. Byrdl strike of some 500 employes against the Union Carbide operation at Amnoore continues, a i reports of violence aimed at tile chemical complex.

Police said gunshots, apparently fired from, a passing vehicle, had hit the plant but caused no injuries or major damage. MacGregor. the new director of President Nixon's campaign, said -Wednesday his main task at the moment is to dispel a sense of over-confidence among Republicans that Nixon is a shoo-in for re-election. "If past, History is any guide, the election in November will be a lot closer than people think in July," MacGregor. said at a news conference.

AN ELDERLY LITHUANIAN worker has burned himself to death in protest against Soviet occupation of Lithuania, the third politically motivated self-immolation in the republic in the past seven weeks, according to reports that reached Moscow on Wednesday. Army announced Wednesday that the junior ROTC programs in high schools will be open to girls beginning with the new school year in rains set off a landslide which smashed at least 10 homes and swept a locomotive and two railway coaches into a ravine in southern Japan on Wednesday. Police said 61 persons were missing. Daughter Political Heir BOGATA, Colombia (AP) Former dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, who has been trying to make a political comeback in recent years, named his daughter on Wednesday to be his political heir. He said in a statement to his party that should he die between now and the 1974 presidential campaign the daughter, a i a Eugenia Rojas de Moreno, a senator, the only one "with merits enough" to "be the- party's candidate.

Should she run and win, she would be South America's first woman president. Mrs. Gilly May Be Moved WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) Annette Gittjr, who has pleaded guilty to murder in the YablonsM family slayings, may have to be moved for security reasons from a farm where she is staying, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said in its Thursday editions. The paper quoted Special Prosecutor Richard Sprague as saying that news reports of Mrs.

Gilly's whereabouts have caused the federal government to be concerned for her safety. Federal authorities are paying Mrs. Gulf's out-of-jail residence and other expenses, Sprague said..