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CAMPING ONLY OF CREEK Campers, Motorcycles, Dune Vehicles And Fun Worshipers Crowd Oceano Beach For July 4 Holiday. To Serving All Of The People SANTA MARIA: TIMES MISSILE CAPITAL OF THE FREE WORLD 16 PAGES SANTA MARIA, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1972 10 CENTS Skyjacker Bearing Phony Bomb Slain SAIGON (UPI)-A month ago Nguyen Thai Binh graduated from the University of Washington with honors. Sunday he died attempting to hijack a Pan American 747 to North Vietnam with "bombs" made out of lemons. The 24-year-old Vietnamese, a vehement "antiwar protester while in college, took a stewardess hostage while the plane with 149 persons aboard was on the last leg of its San Francisco Guam-Manila-Saigon flight. He a note to the pilot, Capt.

Gene Vaughn, demanding to be flown to Hanoi. When Vaughn, 53, of Scottsdale, did not immediately comply he sent another note written in his own blood saying "you have failed to comply with my first demand. The blood indicates how serious I am about being taken to Hanoi." Instead, Vaughn brought the plane into Saigon airport and went back to negotiate with Binh. At a press conference later he told what happened: we landed at Saigon airport I told the military under' no circumstances to allow the aircraft to depart. I'd already made my decision.

"The man was standing in the rearmost part of the airplane holding one of the stewardesses hostage. He said, 'Don't come any closer because if you do I'll blow this airplane "I told him, 'We have a language problem. can't understand you too well. Let me come I moved about two feet closer and saw my opportunity to jump him." Vaughn, a 200-pounder, grabbed Binh and several other passengers rushed to his help. "I shouted 'Kill the son of a and the passenger put five bullets into him right Harry S.

Truman Is Hospitalized KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPN)Former President Harry S. Truman 88, hospitalized with renewed digestive ailment, spent a quiet night although he did not sleep soundly. Doctors said today his condition continued to be "satisfactory." A Research Hospital spokesman said Truman was awakened at 7 a.m. to prepare for radiologic examinations of the lower intestinal tract.

The examinations took one hour and the 33rd chief executive returned to his seventh-floor room at 9:30 a.m. Spokesman John P. Dreves quoted Dr. Wallace H. Graham as saying Truman was "slightly fatigued by his trip to the hospital and lack of sound sleep." Graham said blood tests were scheduled for today and Tuesday.

It is too early to determine how, long the former President will be hospitalized, Graham, said. "I'm pleased with everything so far," said Graham, Truman's personal physician since the White louse days. Sen. McGovern Decision On WASHINGTON (UPI) -Attorneys for Sen. George S.

McGovern's California delegates charged in federal court today that the Democratic convention credentials committee illegally changed the rules in stripping 151 McGovern supporters of their seats. At a hearing before U.S. District Judge George Hart attorney Joseph P. Rauh said that before the California primary all candidates were willing to abide by the state's winner-take-all provision. "Now suddenly what was clear is to" be changed," Rauh Grover SAN LUIS OBISPO City man died in the wreckage -of an -trailer collision early Sunday morning during a jam-packed holiday weekend as crowds estimated at more than 100,000 flocked to the south county beach area.

Dead is David Wesley Darby, 27, a resident of 60 Oceanview Grover Ciy and proprietor of a marine repair service in Arroyo Grande. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:23 a.m. Sunday when his auto crashed into the rear of a trailer being pulled north on Highway 101 by Willy Robert Brownlee, 32, of Los Angeles. The accident happened near the 4th St. ramp to Grover City.

California Highway officers blame excessive speed which caused Darby's car to ram through the trailer, become airborne, strike the right rear roof on Brownlee's car and then veer off and go argued. "All of a sudden, after it was over, a challenge was filed." The committee created an explosive controversy last week by voting to apportion the 271-member California delegation on the number of votes the candidates received and on that basis ruled in favor of 151 non-McGovern challengers.Rauh, on behalf of McGovern's California supporters, filed suit asking that the action reversed. However, Hart commented during the court hearing: "It may. not be cricket to change City broadside into an overhead light standard, bending it to the ground. The trailer virtually exploded, sending contents over a wide area.

Three northbound motorcyclists came upon the accident immediately after, and were unable to stop and skidded into the debris, suffering minor injuries. They were identified as Frank Dean Davis, 18, 407 Cornwall, and Stephen Gould Barrackman, 20, both of Arroyo Grande, and Michael Dale Mosley, 19, 847 Mentone Grover City. Riding with Brownlee, who was not hurt, were Janet Alice Bishop, 30 and Lisa Kay Berry, 7, also of Los Angeles. Both were rushed by ambulance to -Arroyo Grande Hospital where Janet was treated for head injuries and Lisa for minor injuries. Darby, a native of Woodland, was alone in his vehicle and allegedly was driving fast the rules, it may even be dirty pool, but is it unconstitutional?" He also asked: "How far are the courts to get into violations rules?" going, McGovern finished first in the June 6 primary.

The committee decision could block a McGovern first ballot nomination at the convention, which starts in Miami Beach a week from today. Stephen Reinhardt, Democratic national committeeman from California and a cochairman of the state delegation, said McGovern Man Killed in the slow lane. He resided in the south county area for the last year, worked for Wood Funeral Chapel until recently and then started his own business. He reportedly had dined with friends while his wife, Shelley, was in southern California visiting her family. His mother, Mrs.

Will Haas of Exeter also survives. There will be no funeral service for Darby and cremation will take place. Donations may be given in his memory to the heart fund. Elsewhere in the area crowds throng every available campsite, with estimates reaching as high as a quarter million persons nearly matching an all-time record for visitors set last year. Law enforcement officers from Pismo Beach, Grover City, Arroyo Grande and the sheriff's department report a hectic with numerous incidents but relatively few arrests.

Mormon Spiritual Leader Dies SALT LAKE CITY (UPI)Joseph Fielding Smith became spiritual leader of more than 3 million Mormons around the world at the age of 93. Smith was called as 10th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Jan. 23; 1970. The grandson of Hyrum' Smith, one of the early Mormon martyrs, Smith was as the grandnephew of Joseph Smith, who founded the church in New York in 1830. there while I was holding him by, the throat," Vaughn said.

want to tell you something," Vaughn added. "I that fellow by the back of his neck and legs and threw him' right out. of that aircraft. He was already dead. We knew that.

The passenger who shot Binh at close range with the highpowered .357 magnum pistol was not identified, but he was believed to be a former San Francisco area policeman en route to Vietnam to work as a security guard with an American firm. Inside Page Around Town 8 Better Half 10 Boyd 6 Classified 12-14 Comics' 10 Crossword 9 Dear Abby 4 Editorial 16 Entertainment 6 Family 4 Horoscope 15 Obituaries Sports Stocks 15 Thosteson 11 TV Log 15 Weather 8 GUARANTEED DELIVERY If you fail to receive your paper by 5:00 p.m., please contact your carrier, or, before 6:15 p.m., phone The Times office, 5-2691. 1n San Luis Obispo phone 489-6467. The white-haired patriarch, a theologian, Smith, author of survivor of three wives and more than 20 books on. history father, grandfather and and religion, spoke often about great -grandfather to more than keeping the faith of his fathers 140 descendants, died of a pure.

heart attack at his daughter's home Sunday night. He was Smith- made no move during 95. his two and a half years as Smith had been a member of president to lift the church the Council of the Twelve ban on elevating Negroes to Apostles, the church's ruling the priesthood, a group which body, for 62 years, serving most men join in their "teens. most of them as church The priesthood carries out the historian. spiritual and worldly affairs of Known as a doctrinaire the church.

No More Money Chess Challenger Rejected REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) -The Icelandic Chess Federation refused today to meet U.S. chess challenger Bobby Fischer's demands for. more money to play the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky for the world championship. dangerous precedent would be created if we gave in to Fischer. He is threatening to kill the game of chess by insisting on his own conditions," said Gudmundur Einarsson, a member, of the Icelandic -organization committee.

The 24-game Fischer-Spassky Challenges Delegates approved the legal move. rules in favor of the McGovern "He told us he thinks we re are backers. doing the right Earlier Sunday, in a Reinhardt said. television interview, McGovern In Los Angeles, said he had not "the California delegates for Hubert H. doubt" that the full Sen.

slightest Humphrey, who were selected convention would reverse the after the Credentials Credentials Committee Committee decision, said they decision. He said the were not concerned about the convention to was going be court suit or a potential "the most open, the least convention floor flight over bossed" in American history, seating of their slate. and he said he was convinced Eugene Wyman, Humphrey's he was going to be the top fund raiser in California, nominee. said that "it's awfully late for a judge to get involved in it." McGovern was interviewed He said the decision would be on the ABC television program appealed if the district judge "Issues and Answers." In Co Collision Pismo officers report one downtown, and various others victim, Patrick Decant, of Taft, happened throughout the hospitalized early Sunday after- weekend, along with petty reportedly being beaten by crimes. motorcycle riders near the Lawmen moved on numerous Oceanview beach ramp.

He is calls for assistance, rounded up in serious condition in County drunks and wrote untold citaGeneral Hospital, San Luis tions but report the total as Obispo and unable to give minor compared to the populadetails though a witness tion explosion. reportedly saw the beating. Central Coast Ambulance Motorcycle club members again has a unit stationed in from the notorious Hell's the dunes south of Oceano Angels, Hessians, 'Unforgiven while 5-Cities ambulance and Sinners, Sons of Hawaii and crews are stationed adjacent to various other like groups are in the sheriff's mobile unit at the the area but according to Oceano ramp. Both firms officers are behaving with report emergency calls, with decorum. The cyclists come serious injury victims hauled to mainly from Bay area.

Arroyo Grande and Santa In a half hour period Maria hospitals. Saturday, Pismo lawmen four fights took place Continued On Page Two report Dreves said Truman ate scrambled eggs, toast and fruit juice after returing from his X-rays. "He's up and around," he added. He said based on Truman's. present condition, the next report on him would be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday. Dreves said Truman's meals after admittance Sunday were limited to jello, broth. and tea in preparation for today's X-rays. He said Truman had been joking with nurses taking care of him and had expressed a dislike for hospital gowns. The nurses said Truman to be cheerful and Dreves said.

Truman was driven to the hospital from his home in nearby Independence, Sunday afternoon. He entered a wheelchair. His wife, Bess, -87, accompanied him but returned home Sunday night. She came back to the hospital at 10 a.m. today and planned to stay all day.

Santa Maria Today Crossing Oceano Creek Sunny, Mild Skies will remain overcast during night and morning hours, with sunny. afternoons, through Tuesday. Temperatures will range in the 70's during the day, in the 60's the beach. Morning lows will Ill be in Sunday's along, high in Santa Maria was 73. This morning's low was 56.

Winds will be northwest 10 to 20 miles per hour, in the afternoons. The' extended outlook, through Friday, calls for continued coastal slow clouds and fog, with mild temperatures and sunny afternoons. match was scheduled to start Sunday but was postponed until Tuesday by Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Fischer, 29, is hiding out in York, apparently in a move to force the sponsors of the match to. pay him more money for playing Spassky.

If Fischer does not show up by noon Tuesday (8 a.m. EDT), he will be disqualified and lose his, right to challenge the 35-year-old Russian. In Hilversum, the Netherlands, Max Euwe told the interview Dutch radio that in a neither telephone Fischer, Freystrinn the Thorberbergsson, flew to New world federation nor Iceland York Sunday to try to was willing to accept Fischer's persuade the American grand additional financial demands. "master to return with him. He Euwe said, "if said" he was acting as "a friend the American Chess Federation of Bobby Fischer" and said would willing to pay extra only "I know where to find to Fischer, the world him." He refused to answer federation would not mind." other questions.

Euwe stressed that if this solution would be possible the Fischer, who has kept the world federation and the Icelandic organizers nervously Icelandic chess federation rushing to Keflavik would, accept. it but would be international airport to meet parties to it. every from New York for a week, simply" did not An Icelandic friend of show up Sunday..

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