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DAILY NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1972 Bainidte Trapped! eon 3il Id 2C turn it and everybody will be render. What have I got to lose? a homosexual. I told the dead." cops to get my wife he's a male, As John spoke, the bank was lly PAUL MESKIL A stitkup team held eight hostages six women and two men in a FJrooklyn bank late yesterday afternoon as heavily armed police surrounded the building, prepared for a shootout. News reporter Edward Kirkman phoned the bank and obtained a dramatic interview with the bandit chief, who vowed to kill all the hostages if the cops crashed in. surrounded by more than 100 uniformed police and detectives with bulletproof vests and shotguns.

They crouched behind cars and whatever cover was available, all aiming their guns at the one-story bank. Police marksmen also climbed onto the bank roof and The Kane; leader, who identified it at 5 to 3 today," he said. his name is Ernest Aron from Kings County Hospital. He's in Building there. I was supposed to pick him up today.

"I told them if they bring him here 111 release half the hostages out the back door. Then we'll negotiate. What the hell have they got to lose We know they'll catch us eventually but we'll stop and talk and maybe release a few hostages at a time until we get where we're going. "No, I won't tell you where. When we get there, the eops can kill us then.

I'm not afraid to die. Why would I have pulled this job if I were? But I think well get out unless the cops push us. himself simply as John, said that be and a "couple more" jfunmen, armed with shotjns, a .303 Bri-tinh Enfield rifle and a bomb, invaded the Chase Manhattan Bank at Avenue and E. Third St just before the 3 p.m. closing time.

-We Cot 29.ft0r ''We got information from a man tlowntown an employe in the bank's main branch that, we onid tret between $100,000 and $200,000 in this branch if we hit "We ordered the bank workers six women and two men including a guard into a small room. The cops surrounded the bank. We could see them. I told the lieutenant that if they tried to crash in, the people are dead. "What Have I Got to Lose" "Yeah, I think I could kill them.

What have I got to lose? The Supreme Court did away with the chair. I can kill them all and, when the cops come in, just throw down my guns and sur "We waited while the customers all came out. The last one was a lady carrying a baby. Then we pulled out our guns and stuck up the place. We got $29,000.

"We were just about to go out wb'n th pulled up in front of the bank. Can you im-apine pulling a radro car in front of the door of a bank being stuck up, Everything would have been all right if they had come a couple minutes later. the roofs of adjoining buildings. Dino Marino, owner of Dino's Hair Stylists, across the street from the bank, said police would not let him leave his shop for fear the shooting would start. Owners and employes of other stores on the block also were told to lock their doors and stay in the back rooms.

Marino said he could see a man with a shotgun in a bank window. i "If thev fire a shot, well re Lindsay's an Angel IFireeEe mukemn By EDWARD BENES The cost of eating boosted the cost-of-living index locally and nationally by 0.4 last month, the Bureau of Iabor Statistics reported yesterday. It was the highest one-month increase since February and was attributed mostly to higher food prices. Herbert Bienstock, the bureau's New York-Northeastern New Jersey regional director, said food prices increased by 1.1 in crease of 6.2 registered for the year ended July 1971. In Washington, the bureau reported a nationwide increase in food prices of 1.2, accounting for the over-all 0.4 cost of liv teOt 1 if A i i 1 mty.

i sp lil if ing increase. The higher prices Littering? Not Legally Maiden, Aug. 22 (UPI) A legal document is not litter, according to District Court Clerk Michael Skerry. Wakefield Patrolman Richard A. Curran filed the littering complaint against Middlesex County Deputy Theodore J.

Vaitses. Curran said he was directing traffic several weeks ago when Vaitses came up to him, touched him on the sleeve with the summons and dropped it to the ground. in grocery bills reflected sharp rises in wholesale food prices, with meats, poultry and fish up 2.8. The increases were passed on to the consumers. However, the bureau reported that the average weekly earnings of workers in July rose by 0.8, with the pure basing power of their gross weekly earnings matching the cost of living increase for that month.

The national index, compared with 1967, stood at 125.5 in July, still well below that for the metropolitan area, a difference of 59 cents for every $10 spent in terms of what It could buy. July, "nearly double the seasonally expected increase for this time of year." Housewives found the cost of pork chops up 13 cents a pound, porterhouse steak up 8 cents, rump roast 6 cents and rib roasts and lamb chops 4 cents. Apples, onions and green peppers ranged from 3 to 6 cents more a pound while eggs jumped 5 cents a dozen, Bienstock said. About the only food that went down, he said, was ice cream, down 3 cents for a half gallon. Rise in Housing Costs A rise of 0.2 in housing costs, which includes such things as mortgage interest, taxes and other household expenses also was noted in the monthly report.

Gasoline prices were generally higher throughout the area, Bienstock said, while the cost of apparel was down by 1.1. It was the 63d consecutive monthly rise In the cost of liv- ing and it lifted the 1967 base index to 131.4, which means that it now costs $13.14 to buy what could be purchased for $10 in 1967. On the bright side, Bienstock said the rise in the index over the July 1971-July 1972 period was 3.6, compared with an in- NEWS photo by Frank Castor! Joaeph Papp presents Mayor Lindsay with check for $5,750, representing first payment to city's investment in New York Shake-upeire Festival. Papp, the festival's producer, thanked Lindsay for b-ing the angel that helped make this year's musical production of "Two Gentlemen ef Verona" a box-office success. INDEX TO FEATURES Beauty 11 Jumble 17 Bridge by Goren 20 Dr.

Jean Mayer 10 Business Cottmw IS Movies 21 Correct Thing 10 Patterns 19 Crossword 19 People's Voice 13 Editorial 13 Social Security 18 Fashions 10 Sports 22 Food 9 Stock Market 16 Friend in Need 19 Bob Sylvester 17 Horoscope 18 TV, Radio 27 Inquiring Fotog. 13 Dr. Van-Dcllen 19 Jelly Side Down 10 Dick Young 26 U.S. Opens a Window on the iacon World Washington, Aug. 22 (UPI) The Agriculture Department declared an "open window" policy on bacon today so shoppers can tell the fat from the lean.

It announced a new full-disclosure rule that will require window-type packages, starting next Feb. 19, Comics to show at least 75 of a "representative" strip of bacon. The department also announced already using the larger windows. Officials said that of 306 public and industry comments on the new packaging rule received since it was proposed, 292 favored it. Flour Going Up And So Is tread Washington, Aug.

22 (AP) Bakers, saying wheat sales to the Soviet Union have triggered higher flour costs, said today our Continued on pmgo 17, cot. 3) Gasoline Alley 18 Lolly 19 Beetle BaHey 2B Moon Mullins 27 Blondie 20 The Neighbors 17 Broom-Hilda 18 On Stage 17 Condi 18 Orphan Annie 21 Friday Fester 20 Brcnda Starr 23 Like It Is 21 Terry 17 Lit Abner 1R Dick Tracy 23 Louie 18 Winnie Winkle 18 Rex Morgan 20 bologna, and will also apply to products such as frozen ham dinners. The bacon packaging rule was proposed last April at the urging of Virginia H. Knauer, President Nixon's consumer adviser. The new, large window may be either on the front or the back of the bacon package.

Some packers are chemicals to maintain the red color of meats, despite growing scientific evidence that they may be harmful. The chemical-disclosure rule will require that labels list the ingredients used in curing packaged meats such as bacon and a. companion rule, to go into effect at the same time, that will require product labels to list controversial chemicals such as nitrates and nitrites when they are used in processing cured meats. Many curing solutions use such i in, I'll 'ti illtrir in iitiii' TEMPERATURES IN NSW YORK MOW CITIES PARED YESTERDAY AUGUST 1972 Sm. Met.

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Tamporaturw! Max. at 3:10 p.m.; Min. 45 ot 4:33 a.m. Hiohest this datev 95 In 1914 Lowest this dale, 52 In 1W5 of Pain Weather Htofc Low DAILY ALMANAC WEDNES0AY. AUGUST 23.

1972 NAT WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST SUNNY, WINDY AND HOT. Temperature range 68-86; winds south at 10-20 mph. Tomorrow: partly cloudy, ict and humid. Eastern New York State: Partly cloudy and hot. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 31 1 p.m 13 2 p.m 15 3 p.m 5 4 p.m 7 3 p.m B0 1 am 6 2 a 47 3 a 64 4 am i a 45 am 45 7 a.m.

a 47 am 70 10 a .74 11 am 7 Noon SO P. AIM. tl. 171 imini te p.i SEPTEMBER 1972 Sm. Mai.

Te. Tkw. Fri. Sat. Mean temperature, 74; normal, 75; below normal since Aus.

1. 1.44 degrees. THE MOON 16 Aug 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 PRECIPITATION YMterrlav, none; total since Jan 1, 3915 inches.

Total this ot, 1071, 31.51 Inches. Total sine Auo. 1. .14 inch. (i First O.

Full Lost O. New 1 2 7 MM 5 MSftHUtt Albany 13 57 Pt Cloudy Anchorage 42 51 Cloudy Atlanta 45 Clear Boston (5 43 Clear Buffalo 1 43 Clear Chicago 74 Pt.Cloudy Cincinnati S7 49 Cloudy Cleveland 13 44 Pt.Cloudy Denver 84 52 Clear Detroit MM Cloudy Fort Worth 101 7 Clear Houston 94 7 Clear Los Anoeles 92 73 Clear Miami Beach 87 7 .30 Pt.Cloudy Minneapolis S3 40 .32 Cloudy New Orleans 94 73 Clear Orlando 91 73 Pt.Clouoy Philadelphia 17 44 Pt.Cloudy Phoenix 107 77 Clear Salt Lake City 91 57 Clear San Francisco 70 2 Clear San Juan, P.P.- 9 79 Clear Seattle 70 5 2 Cloudy St. Louis 97 70 Pt.Cloudy Washlrtston t4 c4 Clouov 5 fi TODAY'S FORECAST WH2 Burlingtonpu-M- SToCtevetand vom. 4S-IV Prttsburflh 688 ColumbusT Philadelphia I FAIR I Sr8- 0r A0 Ilf'li-v W. CLOUDY Elkins Washington CLOODT v.

j.y: oshowrs slitfQ Roanokef 1 I INDEX 75 at 1 m.t 73 at 5 m. 104 of us art effected when Inriex hits 70; half at 75, all at (0. Eastern Oavliant Saving Timo Junrlse 4:14 a.m.; sunset 7:43 p.m. Moon r'es 7:01 p.m.; sts 4:52 a.m. Mornino Mercury, Venus, Saturn; evening i'trf.

Neptune, Mars, Jupiter. AIEDEX Yesterday: Pollution levels were rated accept Me for 24 hours ended 3 p.m. Today; Pollution levels expected to be acceptable. Air Resources Dept. The Daily News Is published daily except Sunday by New York News 220 East 42d New York, N.Y.

Second class postage paid at New York. N.Y. HUMIDITY: lli at 1 a at 3 P.m. DAILY POLLEN COUNT Lone island Jewln Hof pital) 172 0 19714 Per 24 hours ended at p.m. TIDES IBv National Ocean Survey) Sandy Hook Trie artery Willers ft.

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