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VOL. 99, NO. 165 MORNING HERALD HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1972 PRICE SEVEN CENTS Hijackers of two jets surrender By United Press International Two black hijackers holding three stewardesses hostage in a jetliner stranded at a lonely Texas airport surrendered to FBI agents Thursday, ending a 5600,000 air piracy extortion drama which began 22 hours earlier over New York. The tense, cross-country hijacking came to a climax when the two men, armed with a pistol, a shotgun and helicved carrying a bomb, freed the three women and walked down a ramp from, a rear door of the National: Airlines plane holding their hands above their heads. In another hijacking, a gray-haired, 49-year-old former Oklahoma bootlegger calmly surrendered early Thursday to a stewardess a a a American Airlines jet over Oklahoma City after hoUVng seven crew members hostage and collecting a 2 0 0 0 0 0 ransom.

In Frceport, I agents and sheriff's deputies surrounded a i a Airlines plane and FBI snipers armed i high-powered rifles stood on both sides of the runway of. tiny Lake Jackson Airport as authorities negotiated the surrender i bullhorns. The hijackers, who referred to each other as "Number One" and "Number Two," at first ignored picas to surrender and threalcnded to kill the three women. They said they would leav.e behind the paid earlier by National if authorities met their new demands for another, smaller plane and a pilot dressed only in a bathing suit so he could not conceal a weapon. Federal officials said the hijacked jel could not possibly take off because of four flat tires sustained on landing and because of the size of the commuter airport 50 miles south of Houston.

The two hijackers Identified in a warrant issued by a U. S. magistrate in Philadelphia, ransom was paid and 113 passengers freed, as Michael Stanley Green and Lulseged Tesfa. After plane a three other crew members held hostage made it to freedom, two of them injured. A stewardess a released to relay the air pirates' latest demands to the FBI.

The flight engineer, shot and wounded during an eseaiic attempt, was allowed to be taker away on a stretcher, and the copilol leaped out a door after being pistol whipped by the hijackers. He suffered a fractured pelvis and other injuries in the fall. The men forced the 727 from Philadephia to Frceport after switching from another hijacked National aircraft and releasing its 113 passengers. The first craft was commandeered Wednesday night on its planned final approach to Kennedy International Airport in New York. Just before taking off from Philadelphia, a hostage, nilot i M.

Adams, 55. dived through a cockpit window as the iet taxied 100 vards from the terminal building. i dramatically pulled A a into a snecding car and the plane look off with the copilot al the controls. In Oklahoma City, Marvin Fisher. 49, of Normnn, was charged with air piracy.

Fisher, claiming he bad a bomb in a suitcase and waving a gun that turned out to be empty, commandeered the jet with 57 other persons on board Wednesday night. He received a ransom of $200.000 and parachutes, freed the 50 passengers, ordered the plane to leave for an unknown destination with the seven crew members hostage, and then surprisingly handed over his empty .38 caliber revolver to a stewardess. AP Wirephoto McGOVERN'S I Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri emerges from his Miami Beach hotel Thursday to be greeted by reporters asking about his selection as Sen.

McGovcrn's running male. Eaglelon, regarded as a surprise choice, said he was 'flabbergasled' by McGovern's decision. Sen. Eagleton picked for No. 2 position on ticket MIAMI BEACH (UP1) George McGovern, declining lo seek party unity with an old-guard running mate, hand picked freshman Missouri Sen.

Thomas F. Eaglelon Thursday for the No. 2 spot on his ticket this fall. A '12-year-old a Catholic, Eagleton matched the McGovern mold as a liberal and a member of the Senate's antiwar bloc. Still, be was seen as a possible link lo organized labor, which has threatened to sit out a November race between McGovern and Richard Nixon, Leonard Woodcock, president of Ihe Unilcd Aulo Workers, one of Ihc few labor leaders backing McGovern, and himself a possibility for the vice presidency for a time, hailed Eagleton as a "fine choice.

He has an excellent record as far as labor is concerned." McGovern turned to Eagleton after lelephone consultalions wilh Democratic leaders around the country convinced McGovern that two big-city mayors McGovern had in mind for the vice presidency were loo little known. "I'm flabbergasted" Eagleton said when he received the call from McGovern, his baud trebling as it held the telephone. "I'm so surprised my brain is numb," he later told reporters. In picking Eagleton, McGovern spurned entreaties by many Democratic leaders lo try to palch up the rancorous split in the parly by selecting a running male who could woo back (be disenchanted "old guard" and help carry the South in November. Frank Mankicwicz, McGovern's polilical coordinator who announced his selection, said Eagleton was "an early and loyal and cousislcnl supporter" of Sen.

Edmund S. Muskie. He will add "a great deal to Ihe Democratic ticket in Ihc fall," Mankicwicz said. Sen. Edward M.

Kennedy and Sen. Abraham Ribicoff both had turned' down chances al Ihc vice presidency, Kennedy because of personal reasons and Ribicoff because of his age, G2. Rep. William Clay, a black from Eaglelon's home state, reported that McGovern selected Eagleton after mayors Kevin White of Boston and Moon Landricu of New Orleans proved unacceptable to Democratic leaders who were consulted by telephone in a long day of deliberation. McGovern: 6 Come home, MIAMI BEACH (UPI) -George S.

accepting his bloodied parly's presidential nomination, vowed Thursday night to defeat President Nixon the Demo- a "unwitting unifier" --wilh a plan to end Ibc Vietnam war and to "put America back to work." a i away peatedly at Ibc theme of "come home, America!" the 49-year-old South a a senator addressed the final session of the Democratic National Convention i met to ratify his choice of Sen, Thomas F. Eagleton, 42, an antiwar Roman Calholic from Missouri, lo be his vice prcsL- denlial running mate. McGovern had warm praise for each of his defeated rivals, from Hubert H. to George C. Wallace, and promised to redeem i pledge of 10152, when be lost a bid for the governorship of California, "Next year you won't have Richard Nixon to kick around a 1 a red McGovern.

In a conciliatory, 45-mmnte address to delegates in the vast, rcd-white-and-bHie Convention Hall, coupled his promise of a total U.S. withdrawal Indochina within 90 days of his inauguration with assurances a "America must never become a second-rale nation" militarily. "America will keep its defenses alert and fully sufficient lo meet any danger," he said. "We will do that not only for ourselves but for those who deserve and need the shield of our strength --our old allies in Europe and elsewhere, including the people of Israel, who will always have our help to hold their promised But the lone of McGovern's address before a late night nation-wide broadcast audience as well as the jam-packed hall was summed up in these words: "This is the time to turn away from excessive preoccupation overseas to rebuilding our own nation." He dedicated his campaign "to (he people" and said that next a a "we will restore the government to the people. American politics will never be the same again." Hitting hardest at Nixon's economic policies, McGovern declared that creating jobs -even if the government must be Ihe employer of last resort would he "the highest domestic priority of my administration." He said: "Whatever it takes, this country is going back to work." McGovern called for an end to the welfare bureaucracy and a guaranteed "income sufficient to assure a decent life" for those unable to work.

He called for ending Ibc gap between depressed wages and high corporate profits, creating a a i a health insurance system, and lax reforms that "reward hard work." "This administration tells us that we should not discuss tax reform in an election year," McGovern said. "Bui a election year is the people's year to speak and this year, the people are going to ensure that the tax system is changed Acknowledging "our and our frustrations" at the convention and the primaries which preceded it, McGovern confidence i divided party still can unite to defeat Nixon in November. Nixon, he said, "is our unwitting unifier and the fundamental issue of this campaign." "Let our opponents stand on Ihe status quo, while we seek refresh A i a spirit." Quoting from the scriptures in the style of the Methodist preacher's son that he is, McGovern appealed for the help of Democrats, Republicans and independents who want "America to be the great and good land it can he." In a chanting litany, he called out in his Midwestern twang: "From secrecy and deception in high places home, America! "From a conflict in Indochina which maims our ideals as well as our soldiers come home, America! "From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nalion come home, America! "From the entrenchment of special privilege a a favoritism America! "From the waste of idle hands to the joy of useful labor come home, America!" To pay for the Candidate plans to ask rank-and-Hle to contribute $25 million to campaign Wealthy asked to loan Democrats $4.5 million MIAMI BEACH (UPO-Wilh contributions fro'in big labor and Democratic "fat cats" likely to be in short supply, George McGovern is expected to create a "McGovern Million Member Club" to raise $25 million through direct mail contributions by rank-and-file voters. The tentative plan is to flood the mails with letters to individuals asking for financial help in his campaign against President Nixon and to bring about a fundamental change in U. S.

economic and foreign policy. McGovern used the direct mail technique successfully in his 16-month campaign that i the a i presidential i a tion Wednesday night, collecting $4.5 million from 1 6 0 0 0 0 persons. But the MMM Club, with many established Democratic contributors and the big labor unions cool if not hostile to his candidacy, is planned to be a more sophisticated effort encourage a a voter to help pay his campaign costs. Plans are, for it to be accompanied i i newspaper and broadcast advertising with the double purpose of exposing McGovern to the public and at the same time asking citizens to send in their loose change. It is hoped that the MMM club will be able to collect an average of S25 from one i i contributors, a McGovern plans to a periodic 1 isi appearances to report the MMM club's progress.

McGovern's advisers do not rule out the possibility that labor and the wealthy Democratic contributors of the past will eventually open i pocketbooks. But labor has expressed little enthusiasm for the McGovern candidacy and there are indications it will "go fishing" on election day. Moreover, there is a among some Democrats that traditional fund-raising dinners may be sparsely attended this year. Industry leaders and wealthy Democrats who usually buy up large blocks of tickets may be reluctant a of McGovern's tax reform plans and his call for redistribution of income from the wealthy to the poor. McGovern is one of the few if not the only --candidates for major national office to rely on direct mail contributions.

The technique has been regarded by presidential cpn- tenders as prohibitively costly because the rale of return has been low. But McGovern was successful during his primary battles because of his readymade constituency of war critics and liberals that read his letters and replied with cash. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP)-McGovern forces are asking wealthy individuals for $4.5 million in loans this week, kicking off a fund-raising strategy partly styled after Republican methods that have brought millions from the rich to President Nixon's campaigns. A private meeting of select fund raisers for Sen.

George McGovern was told the financial goal for the fall election campaign is $36.5 million, with $15 million of that to come from large donors. This is an apparently reluctant switch for Ihc populist McGovern, who raised more than 80 per cent of his pre- Dcmocratic convention funds from small donations solicited by direct mail. The loan fund is to cover heavy immediate expenses in voter registration and advance i McGovern's chief money men told the meeting which was held hours before the national convention began. "We need $4 million to $5,5 million seed money to register new voters," Miles Rubin told the money raisers. Rubin Is a New York lawyer who will head the special-gifts campaign, which seeks donations of $5,000 and up.

Said Rubin of voter registration: "If there was to be one effort alone in the campaign, that would be it." He said also that telephone service deposits of up to $1.25 million would be required, $425,000 in California alone. The loans are to be paid with $1 out of each $4 in subsequent a a i contributions. Rubin and Henry Kimelman, a Virgin Islands importer who is McGovern's finance chairman and second highest contributor to date, confided to the meeting they were patterning their special gifts campaign after their, opposition. "We want to do a Maurice Stans has done for the Republicans," Rubin said, referring to the President's chief money man and former secretary of commerce who raised $20 million for Nixon in 1968. O'Brien makes 'unalterable' decision to quit Dem post MIAMI BEACH (UPI) -Lawrence F.

O'Brien a i Thursday night he had made an "unalterable" decision not to continue as Democratic national chairman after the end of the parly's convention. O'Brien, "who led the debt- ridden Democratic a through some of its most turbulent years and its greatest reforms, said he would step down when a i a Committee meets today. a i i the new Democratic presidential nominee, has Ihe right lo choose his parly chairman and there was speculation that, for the first time, il mighl be a woman. Among mentioned were Jean Westwood, national committcewoman from Utah, and Anne Wexler. i said a discussed his situalion with George McGovern a times and had promised to slay through the 36th quadrennial convention But O'Brien, on the national polilical scene for a dov.cn years, said he had made his "decision lo slep O'Brien said be had been urged to reconsider but added, "I don't believe I'll change my mind." After AIcGovern was nominated, he asked O'Brien to stay on the job through the November elections, a move widely seen as a gesture of conciliation lo old a Democrats.

O'Brien told delegates that as he finished his term as a i a chairman i "fondest desire" was lhal Ihc party level with the American people. He spoke as though it were his farewell address to the party. Fischer doesn't show, forfeits game REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer forfeited Thursday's chess game wilh world champion Boris Spassky, staying in his hotel room, sulking because of movie cameras in the playing hall. When the American failed to show up, the chief referee awarded the game lo Spassky hy default, thus giving Ihe Russian a 2-0 lead in the 24- game scries. Fischer drew up a formal protest against the decision and handed it lo the referee shortly before midnight, Lolhar Schmid, the chief referee, told reporters: "The match is not finished.

We will now have the third game on Sunday." The Russian won Ihe first game Wednesday. According to the Spassky must have 12 points i i challenger, needs This means 10 more 1 a games may be required if Fischer continues his boycott. i left open the possiblity that the International Federation -FIDE could intervene and decide on Fischer's disqualification if the situalion persists. Ten mlnulcs before scheduled start of the second game, Fischer informed the organizers of 11 championship through a U.S. chess official thai he was boy-colling further play unless three hidden movie cameras removed from the palace.

Spassky entered the hall on time and took his place at the table. At the end of an hour, Schmid announced to a angVy crowd: "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Fischer did not appear in Ihe playing hall. According to Rule No. 5, if a player is more than one hour lale he loses Ihe game by forfeit." Richard Stein, lawyer for American promoter Chester Fox, said "we did everything we could" lo appease Fischer.

Fox, who bought exclusive film rights for the match. reported that Fischer admitted he could not see or hear the cameras but "said they bothered him because he knew they were there." Stein emphasized that Fox could nol with Fischer's demand a "Ihe whole financial structure of the match depends on it." Fred Cramer, an official of the U.S. Chess Fcderalion, made Ihc phone call to Gnd- nuimlur Thorarinsson, president of the Icelandic Chess Federation, informing him of Fischer's decision to boycott. Good morning! About the day Today is Friday, July 14, the 196th day of 1972. There are 170 days left in the year.

The sun rises at 5:42 this morning and sets al 8:29 this evening. About the weather Today: Partly cloudy with highs in the 80s. Lows tonight in the 60s. Past 24 houri: High, 88; low, 67; 6 p.m., 84. Saturday: Partly cloudy and warm with a chance of showers.

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