The Shreveport Journal from Shreveport, Louisiana • 1

CITY EDITION FOUR SECTIONS 52 PAGES Wednesday Afternoon March 15 1972 Shreveport La Bossier City La Vol 78 Price 10 Cents The Weather Cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms through tonight Turning cooler tonight Partly cloudy and mild Thursday High to day near 80 Low tonight low 50s High Thursday near 70 Weather Details Page 2-A In Persian Gulf 772 Are Killed r4- In I fit III Cl rnsn LLol I I 'A V' A MANAMA Bahrein (UPI) Danish Caravelle charter jetliner flying holidaymakers home from Ceylon crashed Tuesday night near Dubei in the Persian Gulf apparently killing all of the 106 passengers and six crewmembers officials said today A report that one man had survived the crash in the mountains some 40 miles east of Dubei airport was not confirmed STERLING AIRWAYS the Danish charter airline which owned the plane and the Tjacreborg Travel Agency in Copenhagen which had chartered it said there appeared to be no survivors far as we have learned CONVICTED Texas House Speaker in the company of his wife former Miss Gus Mutscher (center) found guilty by America Donna Axum of Arkansas and a Taylor County jury in Abilene of con- deputy sheriffs (UPI Telephoto) spiracy to bribe leaves the courtroom ABILENE Tex (UPI) Texas House Speaker Gus Mutscher one of his staff aides and a state legislator were found guilty today of conspiring to obtain a bribe in the form of easy-moncy stock deals in return for escorting two banking bills through the state Legislature Mutscher his face white said of his conviction: up Matthew said the 39-year-old Brenham Democrat his former Miss America wife by his side outside the courtroom for those who deceitfully persecute I just do it all TVE NEVER stole a watermelon in my The four-man eight-woman district jury deliberated two and one-half hours before convicting Mutscher It Tommy Shannon I) Fort Worth and Mutscher aide Rush i After the verdict was read by jury foreman Larry Yerger 28 a student at McMurry State College attorneys for the defense asked for an individual poll of panel members Each one replied: for all TIIE CONVICTIONS were the high point of the two-year-old stock scandal which touched many politicians bankers and businesses all the way to the mansion Gov Preston Smith has said he made a $62500 profit from the same stock deal which brought the Mutscher conviction The governor was not indicted in the scandal Mutscher Shannon and McGinty were convicted on conspiring to accept a bribe from Houston financier Frank Sharp connection with the passage of two Sharp bank-deposit insurance bills during a 1969 special session of the Legislature The bribe allededly took the form of more than $309 000 in Sharps-town State Bank loans for a quick-turnover National Bankers Life Insurance Co stock for a profit of more than $82000 Sharp also owned the insurance firm SHARP WHO testified for the prosecution in the Mtuscher trial last year pleaded guilty to minor charges received a probated sentence and a $3000 fine in return for his testimony Punishment under conviction for Mutscher McGinty and Shannon could range from two to five years in prison They could get a piobatcd sentence Court was recessed until 9 a Thursday at which time the jury will hear testimony on the sentence phase of the trial MUTSCHER I) his head and put his hand over his forehead and began rubbing it when he heard the gudly verdict Mrs Mutscher the former Donna Axum who was Mks America in 19G4 from A a a and other wives of the a looked weepy and in shock Shannon and McGinty were mute and stared straight ahead To Reorganize Israel Ready to Talk Peace In Wake of Hussein's Plan FLORIDA Gov George Wallace (top) Alabama gets a kiss from his wife after he was named winner in the Florida Democratic presidential primary Tuesday At the bottom Minnesota Sen Hubert Humphrey and his smiling wife face cheering supporters at his election headquarters after finishing a strong second in the primary (UPI Telephotos) Wallace Throws Race Into Chaos (SEP rM answers legitimate questions and complaints We will not attempt to solve legal or medical problems or to locate missing persons Full name and address must accompany questions but only initials will be used RECORD CLASSIFYING Why don't either one of the local public libraries use any sort of svstem to classify their recordings? very confusing to try to find a certain BA According to a spokesman for Shreve Memorial Library phonograph records are classified in the card catalog in the same manner books are classified with cross references by type ot music composer artist and title in all five Shreve Memorial Library locations that circulate records These include the main library at 400 Edwards St and Hamilton Broadmoor Atkins and Union branches BOBBY FISCHER I would like to get the address of Bobby Fischer the chess player RS A reference source lists his office address as: co Robert Rosen NRB Assos 485 Madison Ave New York NY OPEN BURNING I live in southwest Shreveport and there is a plant nearby that burns trash in the open five to six days a week I want to know if this plant is in the city or not and if its location has anything to do with the fact that it is burning trash when we are not permitted to do TS Since air control regulations are administered by a state agency whether the plant is in the city or not is not in question but a spokesman for the Northwest Louisiana Air Quality Control Region reports the firm you named and the conditions you reported are being investigated We also had a similar question from concerning a plant in Bossier City and what plans there are if any to reduce burning at this location and have been informed that some improvement conditions should by now be apparent and that further improvements are planned If you would like a more detailed report on what is being and will be done you may want to contact the Northwest Louisiana Air Quality Control Region direct telephone 422-6286 Action Reaction Correction: In answering a question from in Action Line March 9 we said no one under the age of 21 can legally purchase in a liquor store in Louisiana Our wording was intended to answer the specific question asked and is as we understand it correct with reference to the Louisiana Criminal Code (RS 14:91) which prohibits the sale of or spirituous to anyone under the age of 21 and the Shreveport City Code (Section 3-6) which states in part that: shall be unlawful for any person to sell give or dispense any beverage of low alcoholic content to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years or any beverage of high alcoholic content to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) However we were incorrect in attributing this statement to a representative of the Louisiana Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and did misunderstand the age given by our board source with reference to acts prohibited on licensed premises (RS 26:88) which includes the provision that person holding a retail permit and no agent associate employee representative or servant of any such person shall sell or serve alcoholic beverages to any person under the age of eighteen years from our man in Dubei there are no a spokesman for both companies said The passengers included 68 Danes 20 Swedes 12 Norwegians four Finns and two Germans while the six crewmembers were all Danes the airline said THE PASSENGERS were returning from a two-week holiday in Colombo Ceylon flying via Bombay and Dubei to Copenhagen The jetliner was scheduled to make a refueling stop at Dubei Airport officials said they lost radio contact with the airliner only minutes before it was to land The acting airport director said last See CRASH Page 8-A rrtrr Four Are Killed In Plane Crash In Lake Charles LAKE CHARLES (UPI) -A twin-engined Air Force cargo plane crashed while practicing landings at Lake Charles Municipal Airport today killing four persons authorities said The plane a propeller-driven C-47 was making and landings at the commercial field when it appeared to go out of control in a cross-wind veered across an airplane parking area and smashed into a passenger concourse a control tower worker said The crash occurred at 1126 am CST an Air Force spokesman said The plane came from England Air Force Base near Alexandria La The control tower worker said the cargo plane was apparently in trouble as it tried to practice landing was willing to discuss peace with Hussein plan for what he called the United Arab Kingdom brought immediate objections from the Arab nations who expressed fear Hussein might seek a separate peace with Israel and from the Palestinians who said he was betraying them ISRAELI PREMIER Golda Meir met in emergency session with Foreign Minister Abba Eban Defense Minister Tioshe Dayan and other key i inisters and issued a statement in Jerusalem saying plan created obstacles to peace in the Middle East The plan cannot succeed without Israeli approval because it involves territory occupied by Israel and would place the capital of the semiautonomous State of Palestine in which Israel claims as its own capital Mrs statement said: plan put forward by the King of Jordan in his speech today has not been agreed upon by Israel and there is no basis whatsoever to reports that this plan is allegedly the result of any King Hussein Li Today's Journa Amusements 8-B Ask Andy 7-A Bridge 5-C Comics 5-C Crossword Puzzle 5-C Dear Abby 4-A Deaths 7-C Dr Thosteson 7-A Editorials 7-A Horoscope 4-A Markets C-C On the Record 11 -A People in the News 2-A Sports 1 1C Television 10-A Want Ads 5-C Weather 2-A World 3-B Our Phone Number: 424-0373 MIAMI (UPI) Alabama Gov George Wallace's surprising steamroller victory Tuesday in the Florida primary shattered Sen Edmund claim as front-runner and threw the already muddled race for (he Democratic presidential nommatior into chaos Coming off a disappointing showing last week in New Hampshire Muskie finished a badly beaten fourth Sen Related Stories 9 IJ Hubert 11 Humphrey of Minnesota who wound up far behind Wallace second place immediately claimed he was the leading candidate for the nomination Sen Henry Jackson of Washington ran a surprising third The results closely watched by politicians over the country even further confused the Democratic presidential sweepstakes and left the party still without a dominant candidate for the nomination SITUATION looks hearty encouraging and said Humphrey Wallace pledged shall continue our campaign for Owl and and said that the other Demoeratic Los Angeles- prior understanding with Israel STATEMENT by the King of Jordan negates the cause of peace ana creates obstacles on the road towards its achievement The position of the Israeli Government See HUSSEIN Page 8-A NASA Decides On Solid Fuel For Booster WASHINGTON (UPI)-De-paitmg trom past Manned Space Flight Practices the US Space Agency today announced it has chosen solid propellant rockets rather than a liquid fuel rocket to hurl its space shuttle into orbit Dr James Fletcher National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) cnief said the switch to solid rockets would cut developments costs for the space shuttle by about $350 million and would cause only a slight increase in the price tag of each mission when compared to liquid fuel boosters booster decision settles the principal question left open for further study at the time the decision to proceed with the development of the space shuttle was announced by President Nixon in Fletcher said ALL PREVIOUS rockets for manned space flight the United States presumably in the Soviet Union as well have been powered by liquid fuel rockets But Fletcher said by selecting solid fuel methods development costs would be cut from the $55 billion Nixon estimated in January to approximately $5 15 billion He said the cost of each mission using a solid fuel booster was expected to be around $10 5 million slightly higher than the January estimates but within the acceptable range for economic use of the space shuttle The space shuttle will be the first reusable manned spacecraft Snace agency plans call for horizontal test flights to begin in 1976 manned orbital test flights in 1978 and routine operational flights before 1980 THE SHUTTLE carrying a crew of six and up to 65000 See SHUTTLE Page 8-A By United Press International King i of Jordan today announced plans to reorganize Jordan into a federal state that would set up a semi-autonomous State of Palestine on the Israeli-occupied West Bank Israel all but rejected his plan but said it Price Panel lightens Up Major Rule WASHINGTON (AP) The Price Commission concluding that it is not holding down inflation enough today announced a significant tightening of one of its major price rules It reduced from two per cent to one and eight-tenths per cent the maximum average price increase which it will allow companies to get under its Term Limit Pricing agreements A commission spokesman said this was done after in depth economic studies pre -pared by commission staff members showed the policies were not meeting President goal of winding down inflation to a rate of two and five-tenths per cent by the end of this year The new more stringent pricing rule will not apply to the 120 big firms that have already agreed to hold their prices to an average of two per cent or less or to firms already in direct negotiation with the Price Commission for such an agreement UNDER TERM Limit Pricing or TLP as it is called large firms agree to an average limit on all their products rather than item-by-item ceilings that otherwise would apply In return for the price flexibility this gives them they agreed to a lower overall average than they might otherwise be able to win on the basis of their costs Previously the over-all average ceiling for TLP agreements was two per cent The new ceiling is one and eight-tenths per cent with a maximum eight per cent lid on any single product line THE SURPRISE move was decided last week by unanimous vote of the full commission a spokesman said It marks a significant turning point in Price Commission Sce PRICES Page 8-A candidates want to get together with me now I think all of them have been badly Muskie said his own loss did not disturb him as much as the victory by Wallace whom he bitterly attacked as demagogue of the worst possible A gum Muskie conceded defeat and lashed out at Wallace as a man who the way to advance himself is to exploit NEVER MENTIONING the oilier candidates Muskie said pledge to you tonight that as long as his kind of politics his values threaten the nobility of this country I will light him with everything I've In next Illinois primary only Muskie and former Sen Eugene McCarthy are entered in the presidential preference test and Muskie and Sen George McGovern are the only ones seeking convention delegates The entire held however is entered in the April 4 Wisconsin primary Scorned by the other candidates as an outcast and a spoiler Wallace rode a wave emotional opposition to school busing which gave him dear majorities in the Panhandle of Noith See FLORIDA Page 8-A reported time Hughes has met with persons outside his staff since he went into seclusion more than a decade ago Hannah refused comment on tho report CUSTOMS OFFICIALS in Los Angeles said they noticed Hughes enter the United Stales But they added that so many people enter here every day that he could easily have been missed In Las Vegas Ncv where Hughes lived before flying to the Bahamas and then to Nicaragua another spokesman for the billionaire Arelo See HUGHES rage 8-r District Judge Neil Daniel had warned spectators about outbursts There were none DEFENSE ATTORNEYS said they would appeal the guilly verdict think the i speaks well enough for said Robert Smith Travis County district attorney who prosecuted the case on a change of venue from Austin will oppose probation and seek the maximum The defense said it would call about 20 character wil- Soe MUTSCHER Page '8-A Reported in Hughes LOS ANGELES (AP) After a month in a hotel hideaway in Nicaragua and a purported surprise meeting with the Nicaraguan president and the US ambassador there Howard Hughes is reported to have flown to Los Angeles An unidentified spokesman for the Nicaraguan air force told newsmen that Hughes had flown in a private plane early Tuesday to Los Angeles where he has lived as both a celebrity and a recluse A spokesman for the 66-ycar-old billionaire confirmed Tuesday night that Hughes had left Nicaragua and ar- rived at an undisclosed desti Leaves Nicaragua vwmTJ' (WIGHT TELEVISION It's onniversary woes for Mike and Liz when their pet Buttons keeps butting into their romatic evening Me The Chimp 6 30 Bing Crosby and Paul Lynde guest on the Carol Burnett Show 7 pm A retarded young man sudden-denly faces a terrifying future when his brother becomes ill leaving him with nobody to lean on Michael Douglas guest stars on Medical Center 8 pm Dean Stockwell and Shelly Fa-bares appear in a mysterious case that Joe Mannix must solve or lose his sanity a case of murder with a bizarre twist 9 pm Pamela Tiffin Dolores Hart and Lois Nettleton star in "Come Fly With Me" the CBS Late Movie 10 30 THE JOURNAL STATION First in Shreveport nation However the spokesman Richard Hannah refused to confirm that Hughes was in Los Angeles and said that his whereabouts may not be disclosed for a time WHEN ASKED about the report from the Nicaraguan air force Hannah said have no reason to believe he is in Los Before leaving Managua where he had lived on the seventh floor of the Intercontinental Hotel Hughes met with President Anastasio Somoza and US Ambassador Turner Shelton the ambassador said This would be tli first.