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rEOM118111660000010MEAMOSORP10 -501 I 1ool ote 11 PA NA A EDITION rit The Newspaper Of The Americas Member of The later American Press Association Monday July 3 1972 62nd 217 3 A A 't4 et et stru vie ijaclier Slain in i er slain Saigsn alg iif Body Thrown 011747 app II P11- -1 -1-- II I- -1 4 '-'3 4 r'l tie is t---- 1 I I 1 i'--: Lf k'1- if 0 11 0 i 1 it 444 If' 1 0 ti i ''''''-il i 6 1 i i u-' A CI A I i t-- tk I re 0 A tA 1' 'e -z1: 3 '---y l'14: 1 i'''''' A h' 1'' 11 i 'Di''1' 0ziki it ft i t'l1 i 1 4 i 24 fi-' A4 I Asian 'Bomb' Tried for Hanoi I SAIGON (UPI) Captain Gene Vaughn pilot of a I Pan American jumbo jet involved in an abortive hijacking 1 Sunday prayed for divine guidance But when the showdown came he said "I shouted 'Kill the son of a bitch' and the passenger put five bullets right 't into him while I was holding him by the throat I "I'm probably not considered the most religious man in ithe world but I said a prayer before and after" Vaughn 53 a 200-pound six-footer with blue eyes and white hair told newsmen "I just didn't want to make any mistakes "I prayed to God I would do the right thing I think there was a power beyond me that made this thing work out After it was all over I repeated the prayer and thanked Him If I didn't make the right decision I just might have killed info' cent passengers" VAUGHN OF Scottsdale Ariz said that about 45 min' utes out of Manila on the hour and 50-minute Flight 841 to SAIGON (UPI) Captain Gene Vaughn pilot of a Pan American jumbo jet involved in an abortive hijacking Sunday prayed for divine guidance But when the showdown came he said "I shouted 'Kill the son of a bitch' and the passenger put five bullets right 't into him while I was holding him by the throat "I'm probably not considered the most religious man in the world but I said a prayer before and after" Vaughn 53 a 200-pound six-footer with blue eyes and white hair told newsmen "I just didn't want to make any mistakes "I prayed to God I would do the right thing I think there was a power beyond me that made this thing work out After it was all over I repeated the prayer and thanked Him If I didn't make the right decision I just might have killed inno- Saigon the hijacker took a stewardess hostage and sent him a note threatening to blow up the plane unless it took him to Hanoi Vaughn said he didn't answer the note right away The plane was full of servicemen and he had the stewardesses round one up who knew about explosives "I asked him to checkthe man out and see if his threat appeared real It did I was told it looked as if he might have enough C4 (the standard US plastic explosive in Vietnam) to blow the plane to kingdom come" (The package it was later discovered contained two lemons wrapped in foil The pilot said he dropped the plane to 4500 feet to minimize explosive decompression if the "bomb" went off and proceeded to Saigon BY THEN THE hijacker had sent a second note this time written in blood apparently his own "The note said 'You have failed to comply with my first Saigon the hijacker took a stewardess hostage and sent him a note threatening to blow up the plane unless it took him to Hanoi Vaughn said he didn't answer the note right away The plane was full of servicemen and he had the stewardesses round one up who knew about explosives "I asked him to check the man out and see if his threat appeared real It did I was told it looked as if he might have enough C4 (the standard US plastic explosive in Vietnam) to blow the plane to kingdom come" (The package it was later discovered contained two lemons wrapped in foil The pilot said he dropped the plane to 4500 feet to mini- mize explosive decompression if the "bomb" went off and proceeded to Saigon demand The blood indicates how serious I am about being taken to Hanoi' Vaughn said The captain said he turned the flying over to his copilot First Officer William Setterich 43 of Bristol Fla and talked to the would-be hijacker on the intercom One of the passengers had a gun he had checked with the crew Vaughn said he arranged for this passenger to be given his gun so that he could back Vaughn up in trying to disarm the man VAUGHN SAID he didn't intend to try that while the plane was still in the air however "When we landed I told the military under no circumstances to allow the aircraft to depart I'd already made my decision "I told the first officer 'I'm going down into the aircraft confront the hijacker and do what I think is proper' Turn to Page 2A Col 4 demand The blood indicates how serious I am about being taken to Hanoi' Vaughn said The captain said he turned the flying over to his copilot First Officer William Setterich 43 of Bristol Fla and talked to the would-be hijacker on the intercom One of the passengers had a gun he had checked with the crew Vaughn said he arranged for this passenger to be given his gun so that he could back Vaughn up in trying to disarm the marl VAUGHN SAID he didn't intend to try that while the plane was still in the air however "When we landed I told the military under no circum- stances to allow the aircraft to depart I'd already made my decision -1 Gene Vaughn 'power beyond me' SAIGON (AP) A young Asian tried to hijack a Pan American Airways 747 jumbo jet to Hanoi Sunday but the aircraft landed instead in Saigon where the pilot and two passengers clasped him in a stranglehold and an armed passenger pumped five bullets into his chest The pilot then heaved the dead hijacker's body to the at Tan Son Nhut Airport The hijacker had claimed he was North Sereral Clashes Viets ilk vi oe 'TTel -I ar 11144 Rockets Crash Into Hue 1 1 i 1 1 i 1 I '1 i 1:: 1 '1: i i i 1 i i 1 i i I 1 1 (97:4) I I I I :1 '1 is il :77 1 i I 0 A e' ''1Ss'''''' i 1' IT'" ''t li: i 1 -i i i i I- t' i 1 I 4 6 -1' I 1- :1 1' lt777' 4iti--'1 rf Jks -z c24'Norvl' r-er 4- :10:: :1::::::: ''t' 7''' I () i I-- -r I 1 4-- $4'''- --i''5 '-'1'' -7 i' i A Pan American spokes man in Hong Kong said "As far as we can tell now the hijacker's name is believed to be Nguyen Thai Binh but no passport or ticket for him has yet been found It is believed he boarded the plane at Honolulu" The man carried a package he claimed was a bomb in one hand and a long knife in the other He said he intend ed to blow up the aircraft after it reached Hanoi in a "revenge act" for the US bombing of North Vietnam the pilot said THE "BOMB" later turned out to be two lemons wrapped in foil After landing at Saigon on a pretext of refueling the pilot Captain Gene Vaughn' 53 and two passengers got the air pirate off guard knocked the "bomb" from his hand and wrestled him to the floor The passenger who shot him identified as a former policeman from Richmond Calif traveling to a job with a US firm in Saigon fired five shots into the hijacker from a 357 Magnum pistol His name was not released in Saigon All passengers and crew about 150 slid down inflated emergency slides Because a stiff wind was whipping the plastic slides around many -tumbled 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not followed by any attempt to take Hue Associated Press correspondent Holger Jensen reported that paratroopers spearheading the five-day-old counteroffensive had been in skirmishes all day within three miles of enemy-held Quang Tri City capital of the province of the same name Staff Photo by RALPH PABST Dr Ben Sheppard Interviews Addict in His Office 850 persons are enrolled in five methadone pro are enrolled in five methadone programs Press International Telephoto Viet Troops Head for Rear With Captured Enemy Gun it's a 130mnt artillery piece taken in drive on Quang Tri Thanks to Methadone Heroin 'Is Not Like It Used to Be' mumnoomitimonnommtionitilimmmoolit ALONG THE lengthening western flank of the counteroffensive 150 enemy soldiers were reported killed South Vietnamese losses were put at nine men killed and 25 wounded Vietnamese Marines on the eastern sector of the front reported killing 37 North Vietnamese They said they lost one man killed and six wounded in a fight six miles east of Quang Tri on the "Street Without Joy" The latest reports brought claimed casualties in the drive to nearly 700 enemy killed and 50 Saigon troops killed and 180 wounded Overdose Victims 4AW ONE PASSENGER US Air Force Lt Col Louis Seig of Colorado Springs Colo broke his leg The body of the hijacker wearing a blood-soaked white shirt and dark suit lay on the concrete taxiway by the plane for more than an hour South Vietnamese authorities cordoned off the plane shortly after the incident and launched an investigation Some passengers told crew members they believed they saw the hijacker come aboard in Honolulu the first stop on the flight that originates in San Francisco and stops in Manila before turning around in Saigon Fischer-Spassky Opener Postponed Until Tuesday IMNIRMIIMIIIMM41411011100014111111171111tioMilitiRINIKRUMMNOMNIiin "WHEN was the last time?" "Five days ago" "Did you get off (high)?" "How much did you shoot?" "Three bags MO doses) It's not like it used to be" "Are you going to shoot up anymore?" "No" Methadone a substi tate for heroin is used legally and illegally in Dade County Herald Staff Writer William Am long takes a look at Dade's five methadone clinics to rehabilitate ad (lids He also reports on the methadone black market and on met ha done overdose deaths medical reason but these must be certified by the official match doctor Fred Cramer representing the challenger said two cablegrams had been sent from the United States to Reykjavik one from Fischer's physician and one from the US Chess Federation but he said both had been lost who earned her dope by pedlling $1000 in heroin a day to other addicts As of this week she is officially detoxified Through the use of methadone she has been eased off her craving for heroin and at the same time rendered incapable of getting high Counseling was supposed to make her not want to use drugs anymore "Have you shot up any since you've been on the program?" "Yeah" "How often?" "Now and then?" By Herald Wire Services REYKJAVIK Iceland Bobby Fischer has been given a Tuesday noon deadline 'to appear for the world chess championship or forfeit his chance for the title The ultimatum announced Sunday by Dr Max Euwe president of the International Chess Federation meant a two-day postponement of Fischer's opening encounter with world champion Boris Spassky of Russia The match was to have started at VIETNAMESE Marines also reported uncovering a 167 to 20-ton ammunition cache on the eastern part of the front Saturday The latest action left government troops in command of a 12-mile-wide front running southwest from the So GOES what will pass for a success story among the roughly 850 persons enrolled in five methadone programs here They are attempting to either kick or control heroin habits that By WILLIAM AM LONG Herald Staff Writer The girl is 18 a short cute brunette with freckles and a chipped front tooth Until she joined a methadone program here she was a heroin addict TYPICAL of confusion sur Turn to Page 2A Col 4 5 pm Sunday (1 pm Miami time) EUWE SAID a friend of the American challenger was leaving for New York "to talk with him" "He will try to convince him to appear I can't say who it is" he added Fischer refused to play the 24-game match after officials of the Icelandic Chess Federation balked at his last-minute demands for more money in addition to a record purse already contracted for Fischer 29 and Spassky 35 were to have a guaranteed share of $125000 the winner taking five-eighths plus 30 per cent each of income from the sale of film and television rights This alone was 10 times greater than any prize money ever paid to a chess player Fischer wants an additional 30 per cent of the gate receipts Turn to Page 8AW Col 1 Turn to Page 2A Col 3 Voters Abandon Old Attitudes Fire Bomb Thrown at Birch HQ Political Myths Exploded by '72 ace JOHN BRADBURY of Severna Park Md one of the passengers who helped subdue the hijacker said the first he knew that something was wrong was when a stewardess' voice came over the intercom "She said something like 'To the party aboard who has certain wishes please be advised that we are doing everything possible to satisfy your wishes but there may be a problem with fuel' "We were flying very low when we crossed the coast" Bradbury said "and I thought oh no we're going to Hanoi and flying low to avoid the radar" Bradbury said that after the captain had grabbed the hijacker he and another passenger held the man "HE HAD A package in one arm and I had a good hold on that arm but his other arm was still loose and he was holding a long folding knife "He was 11111 struggling like hell when i was shot" pollsters could tell us In advance what Americans thought and for whom they would vote The pundits wrote auuthoritiative pieces about it Then the new experts the political theorists figured it all out for the rest of us HOUSTON (AP) A ir bomb was thrown through the window of the John Birch Society headquarters early Sunday morning arson investigators said Firemen quickly put out the blaze the investigators said Portions of a gasoline-filled glass bottle were found inside the building And that children is why Edmund Muskie everybody's favorite is about to be nominated by the Democratic party and why George McGovern the prairie populist the 5 per center in the pons and the hopeless candidate in the press has once again confirmed the adage about nice guys finishing last That is the political fable of our times By HAYNES JOHNSON Miami Herald-Washington Post Wire In the not-so-old days of American politics some reporters would measure the appeal of a candidate by a simple and totally inadequate device the sight and sound of the crowds Handsome Jack attracted so many jumpers and squealers in some tank town It was a sure sign of success He was a winner Brave Bill could draw only a modest number who listened quietly as he spoke on Main Street He clearly was a loser Gradually though the uncomfortable political truth became apparent: The campaign caravans with their synthetic rallies and processions their bands balloons and carnival atmosphere their bused-in crowds from the union hall retirement home or campus were all a fraud They told us nothing about the people The crowd count and the applause meter were replaced by another gauge the public opinion survey The the right by even fewer conservatives and reactionaries The Real Majority or the Emerging Majority could be gained by employing specific political strategy aimed at certain blocs of voters in certain regions Follow the Social Issue and wear the laurels of victory Giving shape and direction to these diverse elements of the electorate were the real pros the party leaders Politics was a game they were the best players You had to have them to win Conventional wisdom dictated no other course FACED WITH a decision of disqualifying Fischer immediately or granting reprieve Euwe chose the path he said would best protect the host organization Fischer's representatives here had asked for a postponement on the basis of illness They said the American was suffering fatigue Each player is permitted three postponements for THE AMERICAN electorate was composed of hard hats Ethnics Middle Americans and a Silent Majority who always lived somewhere in the Center They were surrounded on the left by a relatively small number of liberals and radicals and on Today's Chuckle The experienced gar dener knows that any thing that grows like a weed is NOW THAT we are all trying to analyze why we have so egregiously misread the Turn to Page 3AW Col I I 1 gim.