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Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 1

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(AP Wirephoto) Hi jacket Slain in Effort To Divert 747 to Hanoi proached the hijacker down one aisle while the armed passenger went down the other At a news conference in Hpng Kong where the plane went for repair of its emergency gearthe captain dis played a souvenir the sixth cartridge from the pistol which had not been fired Miss Yuen thp stewardess held hos tage said she felt sorry for Binh cause he ended in such a disastrous way He was very nice to me and he did not mean to do anything In Seattle the University of Washing ton isheries School said a 24 year old Vietnamese named Nguyen Thai Binh had graduated with honors last month and that about six months ago he started speaking at antiwar rallies Binh had attended the university on a scholarship from the Agency for Inter national Development The scholarship ended with his graduation South Vietnamese police arrested father Nguyen Van Hai an office worker in a division of the national port authority His employer said Hai was a good employe and he confirmed he had had a son named Nguyen Thai Binh study ing in the United States Other sources in the office said police had placed the dockside area under sur veillance and they warned that any Viet namese attempting to enter might be ar rested Vaughn said he asked to come closer because the language problem made it difficult to understand the Vietnamese seemed to disarm him mentally and I saw my the pilot said jumped hire Igrabbed the arm that was holding the bomb and it flew onto the floor I spun him around and got an arm lock on him He was flailing with a knife in his other hand but all it got was a bit of my laundry I had incredible strength I could feel his neck collapsihg under my arm Two passengers made flying tackles andwe all went down on the Vaughn said he managed to move' his body away from die Vietnamese while keeping the arm 1 on him and shouted to an unidentified armed passen ger the ive shots were fired four hitting Binh in the chest Vaughn said a few minutes later he stand the sight of the dead hi jacker in his plane and he pitched the bloodied like a to the concrete taxiway below Authorities withheld the naine of the passenger who shot but another traveler said he was a former policeman from Richmond Calif coming to Saigon to work for an American firm The pilot said the man had checked his357 Magnum pistol with him when he boarded the plane and that before con fronting the hijacker he returned it and asked the man to help The big 747 has two aisles Vaughn ap Vol 53 No 158 32 Pages 15 Cents SAIGON (AP) A young Vietnamese man who tried todiijack a Pan American jumbo jet with persons aboard to Hanoi in revenge for US bombing of North Vietnam was overpowered by the pilot and shot to death by an armed pas The hijacker was tentatively identified Binh Who had boarded in Hono JzxnA Viinw 'OQ today as a speaker at antiwar rallies the University of Washington in Seattle where Ke had studied fishery science on a government scholarship and grad uated with honors last month The young man carrying a South Viet namese passport in the name Nguyen Thai Binh met violent death after the pilot tricked him and landed at Saigon the scheduled destination in de fiance of his demand to fly to North Viet nam The 135 passengers were safely evac uated by sliding down emergency chutes used to empty the plane quickly in case of explosion Several persons suffered minor scratches or bruises and one pas senger a US Air orce lieutenant colo nel broke his leg To back' up his threats the hijacker carried a long knife and a package which he said contained a bomb Vietnamese police sources said two home made gre nades were in the package and there was Nation 196 Years Old US Citizens Celebrate McGovern California Backers NGUYEN THAI BINH Would Be Hijacker as University of Washington Student i no jndi cation whether they could have ex Vauhn went to the rear compartment ploded But the airline described them as where the hijacker told him to halt and harmless "egg shaped objects wrapped aaaea xou nave aeceivea me in aiuiiuiium iuH The hijacking attempt began after the jumbo jet light 841 left Manila on the last leg of its San rancisco to Saigon lulu grabbed stewardess May ruen a Hong Kong Chinese as a hostage and sent two notes to the control cabin de manding that tne plane oe diverted ro Hanoi The hijacker in the rear passenger compartment also talked with the pilot Capt Gene Vaughn 53 of Scottsdale Ariz over the intercom am doing this for Vaughn said he told Your bombers are maiming and killing our people of the Democratic Republican of North Viet nam You are going to fly me to Hanoi and this airplane will be destroyed when we get Vaughn kept up the conversation tell ing the hijacker the jet would have to be refueled and contact made with North Vietnam in order to cross the demilita rized zone Meanwhile the first officer landed the jet at Son Nhut air 'port where it was ringed by troops and ambulances 5 Journal and Courier 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Klonday 1 lissSB gx VJf zi ysmiTOWY Read the Happy Ads in Classified Take Delegate Issue to Courts Truman in Hospital ischer aces India Pakistan Reach Peace failed to show up by noon Tuesday he 4 Jean Dixon Says lora Safe rom Civil Upheaval Bl Talks End Summit Where To Look 742 7363 742 4011 742 8102 Aim Landers Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Deaths Editorials Entertainment Home' and amily Tuesday Deadline men in New York but was reported to have stayed until riday at the home of friends on 'Long Island one half vote each in the 27 delegates committed to Sen Humphrey Maryland Wallace lost three dele gates on grounds they had not been ap portioned according to party rules 'Humphrey picked up two of the dele gates and McGovern the third The ac tion was a compromise proposed by Lt Gov Blair Lee Illi Virginia Challengers in the 4th Dis trict involving three of four delegate seats agreed on a compromise to share the seats on a one half vote per delegate basis A black woman will be added SIMLA India (AP) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reached their first peace agree ment early today and promised future negotiations on the other issues between their two nations including Kashmir and the Pakistani POWs in India The agreement which came after five days of talks in this Himalayan resort said Indian and Pakistani forces will withdraw from the territories they seized last December along western bor der except in Kashmir There they will maintain the cease fire line established by the two week war in December The pact also contained a pledge to settle all disputes and peace fully and said steps should be taken to restore and normalize relations which Pakistan severed Dec 6 when India rec Circulation News Ads Business Ombudsman message that the spirit rf the first Inde pendence Day lives on that evil is too strong to be overcome by the Ameri can In alls City Neb a holiday outing for a group of mentally retarded youths ended tragically Sunday when five young men and a counselor accompanying them drowned in the swift flowing Missouri River The victim's ranging in age from 17 to Hw Amaha 711PV barf gone for a weekend camping trip to In dian Cave State Park under guidance of an organization that aids the mentally retarded Six Columbia SC residents were killed Sunday in a fiery crash when their car veered out of control at an intersec tion and burst into flames when it hit three parked trucks They were among the 402 persons killed so far during the Independence Day holiday weekend in traffic accidents on the highways The Hoosier traffic toll for the 102 hour July ourth weekend edged upward Sun day and it appeared the state might reach the 25 traffic deaths which some safety experts had predicted for the holi day By early this morning the toll stood at least 17 killed since 6 pm riday night By TM AsKctatal Press ireworks patriotic pageants and fam ily picnics are among the traditional ourth of July highlights as the nation celebrates its 196th birthday over a four day weekend An audience dressed in red white and blue was on hand Sunday in Oklahoma City for 1972 Stars and Stripes featuring comedian Bob Hope singers Anita Bryant and Nancy Wilson and Mickey Mantles Tickets to the $300000 extravaganza were free but the ticket holders had to come dressed in the colors of the flag NBC taped the show for broadcast at 8:30 pm EST Tuesday National Yankee Doodle will be selected in Philadelphia from among 13 teen agers who were bom on the ourth and who represent the 13 orig inal colonies The youngsters competed in an essay on My American reedoms Mean To Acting BI Director Patrick Gray III will deliver the ekynote during festivities at Independence Hall While the Dandy hopefuls declaim President Nixon and his wife plan to spend a quiet holiday at the Western White House in San Clemente The Pres ident said in his annual ourth of July WASHINGTON (AP) California sup porters of Sen George McGovern are seeking to win back in the courts the 151 California delegates they lost in the Dem ocratic Credentials Committee A suit was filed with the US District Court in Washington asking a restraining delegation from being seated at the Democratic convention which opens July 10 at Miami Beach A hearing was sched uled this morning before Dist Court Judge George Hart Jr The suit alleges that the Credentials Committee acted unconstitutionally when it overruled winner take all primary' won by McGovern The com mittee apportioned 151 ot the 271 Journal and Courier Telephones: Today's Chuckle Our major cities are becoming so con gested with cars and trucks that there are only two kinds of parking left ille gal and no Horoscope Markets Metro Report i Money Matters Regional Sports Report Weather What's Happening Cll B6A3 7 2 Cl 3A2 REYKJAVIK liceland (AP) The world chess championship was threat ened with collapse today 24 hours before Bobby deadline to show up or forfeit his match with Boris Spassky of Russia ischer the American chess champion was reported sticking to his demand for more money He told the New York Daily News he yield The six man board of the sponsoring Icelandic Chess ederation was reported unanimously opposed to paying ischer the extra money The board met until the early hours today with lawyer Andrew Da vis A spokesman said there was no prog ress As the deadline approached the board met again and decided not to concede to demands for more money 24 game mat ch with the Russian champion was to have) begun Sunday and the president of the world federation Dr an headquarters hnd talked for two hours After dinner they walked in the chill air of the Himalayan foothills then were closeted with top aides Meanwhile i other aides worked on drafts of the agreement at billiard table in an adjacent room and 30 min utes before the televised signing ceremo ny typists began preparing the final documents Pakistan i The agreement gave no timetable but called for measures to resume commu nications and air links promote travel between thefr countries reopen trade and carry out scientific and cultural ex changes It said Mrs Gandhi and Bhutto would meet again a mutually convenient time in the future and that in the mean while the representatives of the two sides will meet to discuss further the nor 'malization of relations including the questions of repatriation of prisoners of war and civilian internees a final set tlement of Jammu and Kashmir and the resumption of diplomatic Excluding Kashmir India during the December war seized a total of 5139 square miles of territory in West Paki stan while Pakistan took 69 square miles of Indian territory In Kashmir where the troops will remain in' position India took 480 square miles and Pakistan occu pied 53 square miles i The agreement said the troops With drawals would take place within 30 days after ratification by both governments Radio Pakistan announced that the Pakistani National Assembly would meet July 10 to ratify the agreement Under Indian constitution narliamentarv ratification is not necessary and said you for everything Joseph Smith Mormon Leader Dies B7 irst Annual Lafayette Canoe Races Are Success A3 She appeared more relaxed than at any previous public appearance during the UAIUIXA HlVVMUfe 4 Until Sunday Bhutto and Mrs Gandhi I hours and Bhutto told a news confer ence say things have gone dinner at the house where he made his votes among presidential contenders Hu bert Humphrey George Wallace and others McGovern would retain 120 votes but the loss of the 151 delegates posed a ma jor setback in his hopes towin the Dem ocratic presidential nomination on the first ballot McGovern still the easy front runner with'? 12769 committed Votes with 1509 needed for nomination indicated Sunday he would be willing to compromise on the challenges to the California delega tion which he lost and to the Illinois delegation which his forces won I thought it would serve the inter ests of a stronger party and heal some of these wounds and not do any violence to the rules of the party I would sup port a he said on and program McGovern again expressed confidence the convention would overturn the com recommendation on the Califor nia delegation In an effort to beef ud his strength in advance of Miami Beach McGovern said he will seek a meeting with AL CIO President George' 'Meany this week Meany is officially uncommitted tne race for the nomination although he is considered a supporter of Sen Edmund Muskie The suit filed before Judge Hart by the McGovern forces is similar to one med earlier by Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago to prevent a challenge to him self and 58 other Illinois delegates Hart had ruled in favor say ing the new rules could not su persede Illinois state law but the US Court of Appeals overruled Hart The Credentials Committee stilt meet ing in Washington refused convention seats to regular Democrats late Saturday1 It voted unanimously to seat the 25 member Loyalist delegation which also was seated in 1968 Race was not a major factor in the challenge this year as it was four years ago There are 14 blacks in the Loyalist group and nine in the regular delega Other challenges settled over the week nounced if the American challenger end included: failed to show up by noon Tuesday he Michisan The committee ruled that would risk forfeiting his chance at the supporters of Gov? Wallace could substi title ajB A Xl 1 Azf 4 A MAM lUie uirte UI uieir suppuners iur uirec iu iuuC nviu delegates elected on a wallace ticket out believed leaning toward Sen McGovern Jit also agreed to include 10 women with KANSAS CITY (AP) ormer Presi dent Harry Truman has entered 'Re search Medical Center for routine exam inations for what his personal doctor said was a gastrointestinal The condition of the 88 year old Tru man who was taken to the hospital last II A wn 0 a wcca and uuuubxju to prevent the revised California IvllIlUU My A1I9 OAVICUlp Wallace Graham Rufus Burrus an attorney and old friend who sees Truman frequently said Sunday night he had not been in touch with Mrs Truman since her husband was taken to the hospital been assured all Burrus said Dr Graham said the former presi intestinal ailment is related to one which put Jruman in the hospital for more than a week early in 1971 Truman is quite Dr Gra ham said a re examination is in dicated The Trumans celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary last Wednesday India and Pakistan have accused each other of frequent violations of the cease fire in Kashmir and along the demarca tion line in the Indian states of Rajas than Gujarat and Punjab In many places the troops are bivouacked within sight of each other The agreement pledged adherence to the charter of the United Nations several times including a pledge to refrain from the threat or use of force But the bilater al settlement clause was considered a victory for the Indian position that the United Nations has no legal basis for being in Kashmir as an observer because the December war altered the original 1949 cease fira line The pact is the second renunciation of force between the countries in six years After their September 1965 war over ognized Bangladesh the: former? East Kashmir they agreed in January 1966 Pakistan i at Tashkent in the Soviet Union not to use force again That agreement finally dissolved in December Agreeing to renounce force apparently i was another victory for India because a' few hours before he signed the! agree ment Bhutto told newsmen he disliked the term war which India had called for Mrs Gandhi abandoned a basic stand she had made for months She had con tended that India must have an over all settlement starting with Kashmir before going on to less emotional issues Bhutto who said at a news conference Sunday that Kashmir remained the basic difference between the two had pre improve a bit Apparently Bhutto Minister Indria Gandhi following the conclusion Sunday of five days of summit think Pakistani public opinion is ready' talks between the two (APWirephoto) for the concessions he will pave to make Sources close to the negotiations said India had planned to use the prisoners of war as bargainins levers but Pakistan had surmised Indian negotiators with an summit meeting almost indifferent attitude toward them Bhutto flew home today but was de had met Tor a total' of less than five layed for more than an hour by thick fog and a drizzle DaMm an armtf viuuvuig uifrv cui xumcxu tuuijr helicopter Bhutto turned to Mrs Gandhi Then he and Mrs Gandhi met before B3 C4 10 Cll Cll A4 A10B4 LB3 BBIBI sv Where To Look.

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