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The Selma Times-Journal from Selma, Alabama • 1

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(Established 1827) (Established 1890) Associated Press Leased Wire SELMA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 6, 1972 Full NEA Service 14 TODAY VOL. 145, NO. 97 Four Unopposed FilingDeadlineEnds For City Election Mayor Joe Smitherman, Council tiitHnd iMw City President Carl Morgan, Councilmen Billy RITAS. FRANKLIN JOHN ROY CARTER JIMMY DAVENPORT DAVID A. STONE Driggers and Herman Blagg, and Mission Com plete; Hijackers Stopped the plane," said Dr.

Manuel Alvarez, 58, of Sacramento, a passenger. "The first came through with his hands on his head, and the second came up shooting, blasting away with a shotgun. The hijacker crumpled to the floor, said Alvarez. The FBI said the gunman had an automatic in each hand but did not open fire. In the rear of the plane, the other hijacker had another automatic and fired at least three shots, the FBI said.

The second hijacker went down almost immediately from FBI gunfire, Gebhardt said, and like the other was dead oq arrival at the hospital. The hijackers also held the planes five crew members. It was the first time the FBI It was the first time the FBI SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Wo wanted to stop the hijacking and stop it we did, said the FBI special agent in charge, describing how authorities stormed a pirated aircraft and killed two hijackers in a gun battle while passengers were still aboard. Officials said shots fired by one of the hijackers killed a passenger and wounded two others after federal agents charged aboard an interstate Pacific Southwest Airline, Boeing 737 taken over by two hijackers for six hours Wednesday. Certainly were not pleased that three passengers were wounded, said Robert Gebhardt, FBI special agent in charge.

He made the comment before learning that one of the that one of the passengers -tified as a retired Canadian Naliunal Railway conductor from Longueuil, Que. The wounded passengers, reported in fair condition at the hospital, were identified as Leo A. Gorm of Van Nuys, and Victor Sen Yung, 56, a Universal City, actor who plays the Chinese cook in the TV series Bonanza. After landing and then taking off and circling San Francisco for an hour, the plane sat for five hours at the end of the runway while negotiations by radio continued and the money and materials were collected. Under orders from the hijackers who sought an international pilot, a FBI agent dressed as one approached the plane carrying the money, Gebhardt and Dave WILL NOT RUN Robert E.

Krebs, veteran City Council member, announced yesterday that he did not offer as a candidate for re-election because of ill health. Krebs has represented Ward Four, Place One, for three terms. He is chairman of the Judiciary and Ordinance Committee and is on the Public Relations Committee. the Rev. William Kemp, a newcomer to Selma politics, drew no opposition in the upcoming city elections and have thus been assured of the political positions they sought.

The Rev. Kemp, pastor of 1 Sthe Providence Baptist Church, will be the first black to serve on City Council. When the 5:00 p.m. qualifying deadline passed Wednesday, this is the way the races for Council had shaped up: Ward One W. Irb (incumbent), Jimmy Davenport, John Roy Carter, Cecil A.

Veach. Dean Wilson, Jr. and Leonard Ingram; Ward One, Place Two Charles A. Warren, Mrs. Rita Sims Franklin, Dr.

Donald Russell, Ronald O. Whitaker, Dr. S. E. Evans, and Percy Zeigler Ward Two, Place One Billy Driggers (incumbent) Ward Two, Place Two Otis Adams (incumbent), Martin Chance, Doug Chandler and David A.

Stone; Ward Three, Place One Martin B. Coon (incumbent) and E. L. Doyle; Ward Three, Place Two Herman Blagg, Sr. (incumbent); Ward Four, Place One James C.

Kimbrough and West, Sr' rT the Rev. William Kemp Ward Five, Place One Maxie Ellis (incumbent), the Rev. Frederick Reese and James E. Terry, Ward Five, Place Two Luther Pepper (incumbent), Charles A. Lorenzo Harrison and Marius J.

Ace Anderson. The only woman in the race for City Council, Mrs. Rita -Sims Franklin, is seeking to fill the vacancy in Ward One, Place Two, the seat presently held by Cap Swift. I am a wife and mother, and I would consider it an honor and a privilege to serve as the first woman member of our city governing body. I feel that women should take an active part in the workings of their community government, as new ideas and opinions, sometimes feminine, are valued.

Mrs. Franklin, was born and reared in Selma where she attended Parrish High School. She attended Judson College- and Huntingdon College and has been in business in Selma for the past five years. She and her had died. charged aboard a loaded But, he said in response riirflllM'ir iftirjinfis ti) i ne Match Is a question, lad to make a C.

Pollard gets her exercise pedaling her three-wheel Ml decision FBI Sneaked up of th( fuselage of the EXERCISE TIME Mrs. James cycle during an early morning ride, and her dog, Lucky, gets his daily run by trotting along beside her. Mrs. Pollard wears a sign to notify motorists that her dog is accompanying her on the outing. Mrs.

Pollard adopted Lucky last winter when she found the pup abandoned and almost starving. (Times-Journal Staff Photo) Thailand Buildup Now Match For Vietnam REYKJAVIK, Iceland AP) Bobby Fischer made a full and penitent apology to Boris Spassky today, and organizers of the world chess championship match sqid the two would meet for their first game Sunday night. The organizers said it had been agreed in principle to hold the drawing tonight, to determine which player would have the white pieces and with them the first move. to a hijacking. Wednesdays hijacking occurred at 10:10 a.

shortly after the plane left the airport in Sacramento on a flight to Los Angeles via San Francisco. It landed at San Francisco International Airport, then took off, circled the city and landed again. The gunmen killed Wednesday were identified from cards in their pockets as Dimitr Atexieff, 28, of Hayward, and Michael Azmanoff, 28, of San Francisco. The passenger dead on arrival at Peninsula Hospital in bearby Burlingame was E. H.

Stanley Carter, 66, iden- After stripping to his underwear 6n orders from a hijacker, the agent dressed again and went up the stair ramp with his hands on his head. In the meantime, the other three agents had landed from a power boat in San Francisco Bay and approached the plane from its rear; where they could not be seen from inside. At the last moment, they rushed up the stairway behind the negotiator, the FBI said. The two hijackers were described as recent immigrants from Bulgaria. men who had under the plane rushed aboard after the hijackers refused to release 81 passengers, Gebhardt said.

The slain hijackers had demanded two parachutes, $800,000 and passage' to Siberia shortly after taking the plane over in the air, officials said. Gebhardt said the FBI men moved in on the plane only after the hijackers refused to release the passengers until the ransom was handed over. "I saw two FBI men enter The young American, in a letter delivered by hand this morning to the world chess champion from the Soviet Union, apologized for his disrespectful behavior. Fischer, whose delayed arrival doubled the prize money for both him and Spassky but also started an avalanche of confusion, asked the Russian to accept my sincerest apology. I simply became carried away by my petty dispute over money with the Icelandic chess organizers, he wrote.

A stogdyon of U.S. C135 aerial tankers has been brought to Bangkok to refuel fighter-bombers operating from Korat, Udorn, Nam Phong, Takhii, Ubol and Kanorn Phanom. U.S. Air Force offipers are known to have surveyed the British-built air strip af Non Han near' Ubol for possible: use by U.S. planes if the buildup continues.

Reliable sources say combat air strength in Thailand has almost doubled since March to more than 700 (See VIET, Page 2) proximately 48,000. Other sources say the figure is more than 49,000 and growing. Field Marshal Thanom Kit-tikachorn, chairman of the ruling National Executive Council, said there are 49,000 U.S. military personnel in Thailand. The Air Force has reopened the big base at Takhii for use by F4 Phanfom fighter-bombers.

A previously unused American-built base at Nartf Phong has been opened for use by a Marine air wing transferred from Da Nang, Vietnam. BANGKOK (AP) Reinforcement of the U.S. Air Force in Thailand has brought troop levels here to approximately that of U.S. forces' in South Vietnam. President Nixons announcement that Vietnam troop strength will be reduced to 39,000 by Sept.

1 means Thailand will have at least 10,000 more U.S. servicemen than Vietnam by that time. The U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, refuses to discuss specific numbers, but a spokesman said U.S. forces in Thailand number ap Dissidents Seeking Rare Special Court Session recover 151 convention McGdvern to California delegates.

The Daley seeking just (See FILING, Page 2) Flies Home Friday WASHINGTON (AP) Opposing Democratic forces today asked Chief Justice Warren E. Burger to convene a rare special session the Supreme Court in a political-legal tangle. The decision carries with it Sen. George McGoverns renewed hopes for- a first-ballot presidential nomination. The Democratic party hier archy and forces of Chicago Mayor Richard J.

Daley both are fighting a U.S. appeals court ruling but for different reasons. The party hierarchy asked Burger to suspend the effect of the appeals court ruling, which Wednesday overrode the party Credentials Committee to allow Governor Is Leaving Hospital forces are the opposite effect, contending that federal courts should intervene in order to seat Daley and 58 other Illinois delegates ousted by the Credentials Committee. There was no indication when the chief justice might act. The Court of Appeals re stored to McGovern the full 27Hvote California reversing the committees vote to take more than half the number from him and apportion them to other primary candidates, chiefly Sen.

Hubert H. Humphrey. with the aid of therapy bars. He has lost weight but does not appear gaunt. Specially built ramps have been installed at the Miami swing his legs along without the aid of another person.

He lifts 50-pound weights daily and is doing scores of pushups from his wheelchair Smpaigning in Laurel, av 15. Wallace has been fitted with leg braces and a 32-inch-high walking bar so he can The court suspended the effect of its rulings until 2 p.m, today tq. give the high court time to act if it wishes. The Supreme Court has held only three special sessions in its history. We feel this case is as compelling and more compelling than those which prompted the other sessions, said Democrqtic National Committee counsel Joseph A.

Califano in Miami Beach. The courts should not get involved in selecting delegates. McGovern forces announced Wednesday afternoon that the appeals-(Jourt action gave their candidate more than the 1,509 delegate votes needed for nomination. The Associated Press delegate count, which does not list officially uncommitted delegates who are leaning toward a Candidate, showed McGovern with 1,436.65 votes. But Humphrey was in no mood to concede.

He noted that the Supreme Court had not yet spoken, and argued further that the party itself woidd be the ulimate judge. The appeals court based its intervention on the conclusion that the party had ignored its own rules to the point where constitutional guarantees due process were violated. California law awarded all the delegates to the winner. Wallace Drops Video SILVER SPRING, Md. AP) George C.

Wallace, partially paralyzed but still seeking the presidency, ends a 53-day hospital stay Friday and flies to the Democratic National Convention where he will disclose his plans for the future. Aides said Wednesday that the Alabama governor would make an important political announcement on his arrival in Miami Beach. But Billy Joe Camp, Wallaces press secretary, said today there had been a misunderstanding among members of the governors official party and no such announcement was planned. Before arriving in Miami Beach, Wallace will stop briefly in Montgomery, to pick up officially the reins of state government. Lt.

Gov. Jere Beasley hhs been acting governor since June 4. Wallace was shot while Beach convention hall to accommodate Wallaces walking bar and wheelchair. The governor, who trails Sens. George McGovern and Hubert H.

Humphrey in the Democratic delegate count, aims to influence the party position on such issues as busing and tax reform. Aides have given no. indication what Wallace wjll say on arrival at the convention. On one of three occasions on which he left the hospital, to dine with his wife in a hotel Tuesday night, Wallace conferred with four supporters on the Democratic Credentials Committee. Meanwhile, NBC announced that Wallace has withdrawn from a special program of Meet the Press.

The program will go on as scheduled Sunday with the five other rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination. the fund-raising telethon Saturday night over ABC. Another spokesman, assistant news secretary Stanton, aid earlier TV appearances were because the campaign staff not going to take a on wearing him Elvin the canceled governors was chance Voter Registration Scheduled Friday The Dallas County Board of Registrars will be in session Friday and again on July 10 and July 17 to register voters in this county, according to Col. Joseph Bibb, chairman. July 17 will be the final day on which persons who expect to vote in the city election in August may register, Colonel Bibb said.

Persohs who have been residents for 30 days and who are 18 years old or older are eligible to apply for registration as voters, he added. The Board of Registrar is open from 9:00 a.m. until. oon and from 2:00 to at the office on the first floor the Dallas County Courthouse on the dates specified above. The board was in session Wednesday and Thursday 'this week.

National fonvention, Wallace plans to stop.over for a short speech and news conference-here. He will regain control of state government when his airplane touches down. A state constitutional provision elevated Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley to the governorship when Wallace was absent from Alabama for 20 consecutive days.

Beasley has worked with Wallace and his cabinet in carrying on the duties of the governors office since taking over a month ago. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) A spokesman says Gov. George C. Wallace has cailed off two scheduled television network appearances But whether he will participate in a Democratic party fundraising telethon is still uncertain.

News secretary Billy Joe Camp said the' presidential candidate will not be on a special NBC Meet the Press program or on CBSs Face the Nation. Camp said there is still a possibility that Wallace and his wife Cornelia will be on down. Wallace is scheduled to fly Friday to Miami Beach from Silver Spring, Maryland, where he has been recovering from gunshot wounds suffered in an assassination attempt May 15. En route to the Democratic.

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