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SUNRISE FBI Do Pilot Asks Death For All Hijackers PHOENIX, Ariz. (LTD An airline pilot involved in the shooting of a Vietnamese hijacker in Saigon said yesterday a mandatory death sentence is the only thing that will prevent hijackings. "A lot of time and effort has been spent on trying to prevent hijackings, but the only thing that will be effective is a mandatory death penalty for any hijacker without any loopholes," Pan American Capt. Gene Vaughn told newsmen. Vaughn -arrived home from Saigon, where last Sunday he had helped foil the hijack attempt of his 747 jumbo jet.

He grabbed the would-be hijacker and held him by the throat, yelling at an armed passenger to shoot him. The hijacker was killed. w4 1 B8L rise In Passenger Among Victims Li TFannnTTDSQ Trralbmnnce 78th YEAR No. 161 TAMPA, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1972 NINE SECTIONS 116 PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS McGovern Wins Court Battle For California i. Victor Sen Yung, Cook: On TV's Lies Wounded at San Francisco airport as result of hijack attempt.

(AP) today to give the parties a chance to appeal to the Supreme Court. In addition to the California delegate action, the court upheld a party Credentials Committee 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. Please See Page 15, Col. 8 From Tribune Wires WASHINGTON A federal appeals court yesterday ordered 151 California delegates restored to Sen.

George S. McGovern, prompting his forces to claim first-ballot-victory strength at the Democratic Convention in Miami Beach. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, late yesterday suspended the effect of that ruling and another involving Illinois delegates until 2 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -FBI agents killed two 'hijackers yesterday in a shootout aboard a seized airliner carrying 86 persons.

A passenger wa killed and two others wounded when the FBI thwarted the attempt to hijack the plane to Russia with $800,000 ransom. The first FBI agent gained entrance to the Pacific Southwest Airlines jetliner by posing as a pilot, and he was followed aboard by a second agent who had been hiding be-' neath the plane parked at the edge of San Francisco Bay. A NUMBER OF FBI agents -surrounded the aircraft it had sat on the ground for more than four hours while airline officials gathered the" demanded ransom, two para-, chutes and maps showing the. route to Russia. Some of the agents had come ashore from a.

Coast-' Guard boat that had maneu-vered to a landing place in ih bay beneath the 737 jetliner and out of sight of the 'two foreign-born hijackers. The passenger was killed by shots fired by the hijackers, the FBI said. The gunmen also wounded two other passen-( gers, including veteran movie and television actor Victor Sen Yung, 56, who played, in the "Charlie Chan" fjlm series. THE FBI identified the hi-; Please See Page 10, Col. 3 Premier Messmer Welfare People Stake Out Convention Seats Passengers On Threatened Plane Relax After Shootout from left, Jonathan Boyer, Vincent Rocco and Sallee Stone.

(AP) THE DEMONSTRATORS represented the National Welfare Rights Organization, the National Tenants Organization and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The welfare rights group is sponsoring a poor people's convention that opened yesterday and will end Sunday, the day before the Democratic conclave starts. "All we did is walk right in, and that's Please See Page 8, Col. 6 MIAMI BEACH Iff) Representatives of welfare and poor people's organizations took over Convention Hall for a few minutes yesterday to underscore their demand for seats at next week's Democratic National Convention. To the amazement of carpenters and other workmen putting finishing touches to the hall, some 50 persons marched up to the podium and issued a call for 750 delegate seats.

France Gets New Premier "-rivy 'win nmimjimi.il" Arab Guerrilla Killed At Border United Press International A police patrol killed an Arab guerrilla in a brief skirmish last night near the Lebanese border, the first incident at the tense frontier in eteht da- the military command said. Military spokesmen said there were no Israeli casualties. Carlo's semiofficial Al A a ra newspaper, mean-vh'le, said yesterday Lebanon wa try'n? to destroy the Palestinian guerrilla movement ps Jordan did in 1970. Britain Market Entry Nearer LONDON The British government's struggle to get European Common Market membership through Parliament was virtually completed late last night. The bill to take Britain into Europe next Jan.

1 finished its committee stage intact in the House of Commons at 11 p.m. This line-by-line examination of the legislation was the most dangerous obstacle course on the Conservative government's road into the European Economic Community. Argentina And Taiivan Part BUENOS AIRES (UPI) -Diplomatic relations between Argentina and Taiwan will ouietly 'erminate this week in the wake of the new ties with mainland China, sources close to the foreign ministry said yesterday. Paulino Mussachio, Argentine ambassador to Taipei, returned to his post after extended recall for consultations, with the mission of closing the embassy, the ministry reported earlier. Soviets Assure Cuba Of Help MOSCOW (UPI)-The Soviet Union yesterday condemned the United States economic blockade of Cuba and said it would go on giving the Caribbean island "all-round assistance" to maintain its defenses.

A joint Soviet-Cuban communique issued at the end of Cuban Premier Fidel Castro's 10-day visit said the talks marked "an important new stage in the further expansion and deepening of the fraternal relations" between the two countries. They also expressed "complete solidarity" with the government of Chile and noted with "satisfaction" the rising role of East Germany in international affairs. i Tanaka Chosen Japan Premier 150-Million 1 Boeing-Peking Sale Approved From Tribune Wires WASHINGTON The government gave the Boeing Co. permission yesterday to sell $150 mi lion worh of Bosing 707 commercial jets and spare parts to the People's Republic of China. Negotiations on the proposed sale between representatives of the People's Republic and the Boeing Company continue in Peking, but release of the export license clears any barrier within the U.S.

government. A company spokesman said from Boeing headquarters in Seattle he was optimistic the deal would go through. IF IT DOES, he said it would be a significant order for Boeing. In May, Boeing said the sale of between three and six of the jets was under discus-Please See Page 8, Col. 4 THE CABINET change came 10 days after France's two main ieftwing forces the Communists and the Socialists formed an electoral partnership and drew up a common program in preparation for the voting.

The Communist-Socialist alliance raised the possibility of cutting down sharply the 13-year Gaullist domination of the national assembly. The joint opposition program called for sweeping nationalization of 13 leading industrial groups, the immediate halt of work on France's nuclear strike force and sharp reduction of the country defense effort. MESSMER, MINISTER for overseas territories under Chaban-Delmas, served for nine years as defense minister for President Charles de Uauile under Pompidou's From Tribune Wires PARIS President Georges Pompidou yesterday fired Jacques Chaban-Del-mas, his premier for tni ee years, after a series of scandals rocked the unity of the Gaullist party. With legislative elections due before next March, Pompidou then appointed hard-line Gaullist Pierre Messmer, 56, to form a new government likely to include many of the leading tigures of the outgoing administration. Its composition is expected to be announced or tomorrow.

Today's Chuckle It is almost too late to elect a President who was born in a log cabin, but perhaps in the future we may elect a President who was born in a mobile home. Chess Match Set To Open By Tuesday REYKJAVIK (UPI) The Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world chess championship match will open Sunday or Tuesday at the latest, the president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) said early today. FIDE President Dr. Max Euwe said he felt the major outstanding differences had been settled at a meeting between FIDE, the Icelandic organizers and Spassky's which ended early 'today. "THE MATCH will start on Please See Page 14, Col.

1 4 TOKYO (UPI) Newly-elected Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka said yes-t a his government's foreign policy would be based on maintaining strong relations with the United States. Tanaka, who was minister of international trade and industry in the cabinet of outgoing Premier Eisaku Sato, spoke at a news conference in his new capacity as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. leaving Elysee Like Chaban-Delmas, one of the first to rally to De Gaulle's Free France move- Please See Page 8, Col. 1 Features THE PARTY elected him president at its convention yesterday and he will be formally installed as the new prime minister when parliament convenes today. relations are like air and water," said Tanaka.

"If we don't have air and water we would die. Our foreign policy must be based on the maintenance of strong relations between Japan and the United States." Tanaka, 54, also said that his administration would try to open talks to improve relations with China. Tanaka won the party leadership in a showdown vote with Takeo Fukuda, foreign minister and the personal choice of Sato. HIS CONFIRMATION in parliament was considered only a formality since the Liberal-Democrats control both houses. The 71-year-old Sato announced his resignation June 17, touching off a four-way power struggle in the party.

Tanaka defeated Fukuda 282 to 190 in the showdown vote on the second ballot at the LDP convention. None of the four candidates got a majority on the first ballot, necessitating the run- Please See Page 8, Col. 3 Red Shelling Batters Hue Mothers Tell Probers Of Schoolboy Drug Use Armed Forces. 20-E Astrology Business 3-B Classified 8-20-C Comics 6, 8-IV Crossword 2-IV Deaths 7-IV- Editorials 20-A Financial 3-7-B Fishing 6-C'', Goren on Bridge 2-IV Graham 6-IV Landers 3-IV-', Morning After 1-C Ellen Peck 22-A-; Sylvia Porter 17-A-- Sports 1-7-C" Television 4-IV Theaters 5-IV Van Dellen 4-IV Wishing Well 4-IV From Tribuae Wires SAIGON Communist gunners fired 120 rounds of artillery, rocket and mortars into the former imperial capital of Hue at dawn today in the heaviest shelling of the city since the 1968 Tet offensive. 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 damage. syndicate along with two other deaths connected with his case. "MICHAEL DIED of an overdose of pure, uncut heroin and two boys dumped his body in the Mt. Sinai Hospital parking lot by the bay," Mrs. Fletcher said.

Only three months before, she said, Please See Page 14, Col. 3 MIAMI (UPI)-Three mothers detailed for a house committee on drug abuse yesterday how the use of marijuana obtained at school put their children on the road to hard drugs and death. One housewife, Mrs. Shirley Fletcher, suggested the death of her 21-year-old son Michael in 1971 was ordered by a crime Please See Page 9, Col. 8 7 4 I.

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