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Atheiiagoras, 86, dies; headed Eastern Church 2 The Berkshire Eagle, Friday, July 7. 1972 First move goes to Boris Spassky a4- ISTANBUL (AP) Metropolitan Meliton, the archbishop of Chalcedon, is being mentioned as the likely successor to Patriarch Athenagoras the leader of the world's 250 million Eastern Orthodox Christians, who died early today at the age Of 88. Meliton. 59, was to preside 4 Ex-aide, 83, sues Hughes for slander LOS ANGELES (AP) Billionaire industrialist Howard Hughes Is accused in a $51 damage suit of slandering Noah Dietrich, his 83-year-old biographer and former aide. It was the second slander suit filed as the result of a televised news conference last January in which a voice Identified as Hughes said of an associate: "He's a no-good, dishonest son-of-a-bltch and he stole me Wind." Dietrich's suit, filed Thursday in Superior Court, alleged that Hughes made the statement about another associate and likened Dietrich to that Individual.

In February, Robert A. Maheu, who was fired by Hughes as the head of Hughes' Nevada gambling and hotel empire, filed a $17.5 million libel and slander suit claiming the statement referred to him. Codefendants named Also named as defendants were Hughes Tool parent organization of the Hughes empire; the public relations firm of Carl Byolr Associates; and Richard Hannah, a Byolr account executive. Hannah said there would be no comment because he had not seen the suit The public relations firm ar 1 over a meeting today with the 11 other archbishops of the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate to decide on funeral arrangements for Athenagoras. Later; at a date still to be announced, they will elect the new Ecumenical Patriarch, who is also Archbishop of Constantinople.

Another prospective choice li Metropolitan Kallinikos, who was named acting vice patriarch today after the death of Athenagoras. Athenagoras died at Balikli Greek Orthodox Hospital in Istanbul, succumbing to kidney failure following a massive loss of blood pressure, bis doctors said. He broke his hip in ft fall a week ago. His 24-year reign was most notable for his efforts toward reunion with the Roman Catholic Church after more than 900 years of schism. Ha and Pope Paul VI met three times, in Jerusalem, Istanbul and Rome.

The Jerusalem meeting on Jan. 5-6, 1964, breached barriers of silence and hostility that had existed since the Great Schism of 1054, when the two churches separated over questions of authority and forms of the creed. The Pope and the bearded 8-foot 4-inch Patriarch met on the Mount of Olives, exchanged a symbolic UPI ARMS OVER HIS HEAD, Francis Goodell of Manassas, walks from Cali-fornia jetliner he hijacked for $450,000 ransom early today. Money was recovered. UPI Athenagoras I "kiss of peace" and talked in two private sessions.

The Patriarch was also zealous in his efforts to bring his church closer to the Protestants. Soon after he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch in 1948, he arranged for the Eastern Orthodox churches to Join the World Council of Churches. He sponsored two Pan-Orthodox; conferences in 1961 and 1963 to discuss relations with other Christian churches. Athenagoras was born Ads' toklis Spirou, the son of a tor, in northwestern Greece, then under Turkish rule." He trained for the priesthood in Istanbul and was ordained a deacon in 1910 tinder the ecclesiastical name of Athenagoras. Hijacker flies 1,000 and a white piece in the other.

The referee, Lothar Schmid, gave each player an envelope. Spassky chose the one that notified Mm he would bold the pieces and that Fischer would choose. Spassky concealed the pieces and Fischer pointed to Spassky's left hand. The champion opened his hand to reveal a black pawn. Fischer's face did not change expression, though the player of the black pieces it at a disadvantage.

Special chair flown in Fischer will not be using the chain provided by the Icelandic Chest Federation. Instead, he will be sitting in a special chair flown in from New York the same one he used in ma match against Tigran Fetrosian of the Soviet Union. The match with Petrosian, a former world champion, was the last chess-playing hurdle Fischer faced on his way to the championship match. The chess board, made of inlaid marble, had some glare. It was treated with add to reduce the glare, but Fischer has not yet made up his mind about It He has tentatively accepted iW but attempts will be made to get one more to his liking.

During the ceremony, various features of the hall were tested. Of primary interest was the screen above the stage, which has ft close-up of the board. The definition tonight was not altogether clear. Much bettor was a diagrammatic representation, with the clocks of the players on one side. This will let the audience know the elapsed' time between moves, and the time pressure problems of the players.

Mutual respect Each player has Vh hours in which to make 40 moves. Games not completed at the end of five hours are to be adjourned to the following day. Games are scheduled to be played on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. After the ceremony the two players shook hands, looking at each other the way Joan Sutherland and Maria Callat would not with love; perhaps, but with mutual respect They were a study in contrasts Fischer tall, lumbering, looking somewhat ill at ease; the shorter Spassky collected and smiling. Immediately af ter the ceremony, Fischer left the hall and went to Keflavik Airfield to bowl at the United States Air Force base there.

The base has the only bowling alley in Iceland. 172 New York Times News Service "EYKJAVIK, Iceland After months of bickering and battling, protests and postponements, the world championship chess match formally began Thursday. 1 -H- The champion, Boris Spassky ipf the Soviet Union, and the American challenger, Bobby Fischer, feet, shook hands and drew for the right to make the ificst move In the first game, now scheduled to begin Tues- The ceremony, at which won that right, took place after Fischer wrote and delivered by hand an apology to Spassky. V-The match was originally scheduled to start last Sunday, birt was postponed to Tuesday by Dr. Max Euwe, president of "trie" International Chess Federation, when Fischer failed to Show up.

Dr. Euwe warned Fischer he would forfeit the 'match if he did not arrive by "noon Tuesday. Fischer left New York Mon da'y night after ft British mil- Bonaire doubled the $129,000 -purse and arrived five hours be- fore the deadline. Soviet delegation then de-' manded that Fischer apologize aiid be punished, and that Dr. "Euwe also apologize for having "granted She postponement.

Dr. Euwe complied and Fischer i 1 1 his unacceptable apology but the resolution of the dispute did not come until Thursday, following negotiations hat lasted all night and contin-Jued well into the day. With the dispute apparently amicably settled, Dr. Euwe left i for the Netherlands. He may re-Jturn before the end of the match, which will last until Fischer scores points or 6 cores 12 (a victory counts one point and a draw 'half a point).

The winner is to get five-feighths of the purse ($1550) and the loser three-eighths of fthe purse, which is more than 10 times larger than any chess purse in history. Forfeit demand dropped NThe Russians have dropped the time being, anyway Iflieir demand that the first igftae be forfeited by the 29-jear-old American. Spassky arrived on time for first-move ceremony. Fisch-fr was 20 minutes late. Both met backstage and then went onto the stage of the Exhibition Hall for the This was done in the time-ho-: ored chess way of holding a Slack piece ta one clenched fist before surrendering to FBI ranged the February conference with seven newsmen in Los Angeles while Hughes was In the Bahamas.

Dietrich asked that the defendants pay $1 million in general damages and $50 million in punitive damages "or a greater amount according to the proof of his wealth." Dietrich's suit said Hughes is a resident of Los Angeles County and "has been living in various parts of the Western Hemisphere for the past IS years for the purpose of avoiding service of court process." Hughes Tool Co. officials say the billionaire is now living in a hotel suite In Vancouver, B.C. BIG SPECIAL facture, the FBI said. "He (the hijacker) started to act rather nervous and, pursuant to suggestions, with the captain and the pilot talking to him together and individually after VA hours he finally surrendered his weapons and surrendered to the FBI," Gebhardt said. Turner, a passenger on the Perms i Colors 5 with Debbie Shampoo 2 Share in tome In and Srt Lenor With her superb LOVELY YOU BEAUTY SALON oSKSiS.

WIG BOUTIQUE Tues. thru Fri. Curnu IIa Bell, Prop. Freedom Association and secretary of transportation have caused consternation in our organization and we are forced to take prompt action." 1 Some ALPA members last month took part in a one-day work stoppage to protest the recent wave of air piracy throughout the world and to demand better security measures. Second PSA hijacking It was the second hijacking for PSA, an intrastate airline, in two days.

On Wednesday FBI agents stormed aboard a PSA jetliner at San Francisco International Airport, killing two hijackers who had demanded $800,000 in ransom and escape to Siberia. A passenger was shot and killed by one of the hijackers, the FBI said, and two other passengers were wounded. The Oakland air pirate gave up his guns to California Highway Patrol Capt Lloyd T. Turner, whom he held as a hostage on the flight The hijacker had a pistol taken from the officer and a 7.65-caliber pistol of German ffianu- OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) A young AWOL soldier seized a Pacific -Southwest Airlines jetliner for $450,000 ransom, which he said would be given to groups "involved in the Mideast crisis," and ordered the plane 1,000 miles up and down California before surrendering early today to his hostage, a law officer, authorities said.

The air pirate, who gave up after the jetliner landed at Oakland International Airport, was identified by the FBI as Francis Goodell, 21, of Manassas, AWOL two days from the Army. FBI agent-in-charge Robert Gebhardt said military cards were found on Goodell, including one from Ft. Riley, Kan. The entire $450,000 was recovered, the agent said. The hijacker gave a note to the pilot which said the ransom money, obtained from PSA along with one parachute, "would be given to two organizations involved in the Mideast crisis," ft Federal Aviation Administration official said.

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James Browning Jr. authorized a complaint for air piracy against Goodell and recommended $100,000 ball. The Boeing 727-100, originally with 58 persons aboard including the hijacker, was seized while on a short flight Thursday from Oakland to Sacramento. The plane was ordered 500 miles to San Diego where the hijacker got the money and parachute, then ordered it to Oakland. He asked for a heli-.

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