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'v Maine's largest Daily Newspaper Saturday's Sale 82,032 Chance of Showers, '-i Highs in Low 80s Weather Focus Page VOL. 84 -NO. 13 BANGOR, MAINE, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1972 30 PAGES -15 CENTS (AP)' A young Asian tried to hijack a Pan American Airways 747 jumbo Jet to Hanoi on Sunday, but the aircraft landed instead in Sal-Son where the pilot and two passengers clasped him in a strangle hold and an armed passenger pumped five bullets into his chest. The pilot then heaved the dead hijacker body to the concrete taxiway at Tan Son Nhut Airport. The hijacker had claimed he was North Vietnamese.

A Pan American spokesman in Hong Kong said, As far as we can tell now, the hijackers 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 intended to blow up the aircraft after it reached Hanoi in a revenge act for the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, the pilot said.

After landing at Saigon on a pretext of refueling, the pilot, Capt. Gene Vaughn, 53, and two passengers got the air pirate off guard, knocked the bomb from his hand and wrestled him to the floor. During the struggle, Vaughn rolled away and ordered the passenger with the gun to kill the son of a bitch. The passenger, identified as a former Richmond, policeman traveling to a job with a U.S. firm in Saigon, fired five shots into the hijacker from a .357 Magnum pistol.

His name was not given out in Saigon. All passengers and crew, numbering about 150, slid down inflated plastic emergency chutes to safety. Some received minor bruises and scratches and one passenger, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col.

Louis Seig, Colorado Springs. broke his leg leaving the plane, The crew said in Saigon that the plane carried 136 passengers and 17 crewmen. Vaughn gave this account: About 45 minutes after Pan Am Flight 841 from San Francisco, Honolulu and Guam took off from Manila for Saigon, the young man passed notes to the crew cabin threatening to detonate a bomb unless the plane was diverted to Hanoi, the capital of North Vietnam, The hijacker had taken a Japanese stewardess as his hostage. Using a crew telephone in the rear cabin, the hijacker negotiated in fluent English with Vaughn over the planes intercom while the first officer Proceeded to Saigon. Vaughn told the young man he would divert to Hanoi but first the plane would have to be refueled and contact would have to be made with North Vietnamese authorities before crossing the demilitarized zone.

After the plane landed at Saigon, Vaughn entered the pas-( Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) Fort Fairfield, Maine Cindy Lou Babcock, six-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Babcock of Bangor, samples a strawberry from a box which she filled at the Harvard Tate farm In East Corinth. Sundays warm weather, which broke a prolonged wet spell In Eastern Maine, was conducive to harvesting and sampling a crop now at Its peak.

(NEWS Photo by Carroll Hall) India Sig ns Border Pact With Pakistan SIMLA, India (AP) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India and Presiden. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan signed an agreement early Monday caU-ing for partial troop withdrawal all along their common border, including the explosive ceasefire line in Kashmir. The pact was signed at a hastily arranged ceremony nine hours before Bhutto was scheduled to return to Pakistan, culminating five days of, tough summit bargaining in this Himalayan hiU station resort. An official Pakistan spokesman said the document called for troop withdrawals along the 800-mile western Indian border with Pakistan and the ceasefire line in disputed Kashmir. Indian sources said other points of the agreement were renunciation of force to settle disputes and the settling of mutual problems bilaterally without calling in third parties.

An official of the Pakistan Foreign Office said the agreement also will lead to separate talks on the return of Pakistani prisoners of war sometime between this summit and the next meeting of the two leaders. No date was mentioned for the next summit, which probably would take place in Pakistan. Officials said the agreement would lead to a durable peace between the two hostile neighbors, who have fought four wars since 1947, when Pakistan was carved out of British India and granted independence. A Pakistani official said the troop willJrawals would occur all along the line. Military sources in Pakistan say India and Pakistan have been building up their forces along the cease fire line, particularly in the northern areas where the Indians seized high points controlled by Pakistan before the December 1971 war.

That war resulted in creation of the new state of Bangladesh out of the former East Pakistan. Chess Matcli A Rescheduled In Iceland i REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer was given a Tuesday noon deadline on Sunday to appear for the world chess championship or forfeit his chance for the title. The ultimatum, announced by Dr. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, meant a two-day postponement of Fischers encounter with world champion Boris Spassky of Russia. The match was to have started at 5 p.m.

Sunday 1 p.m. EDT. Euwe said a friend of the American challenger was leav-(Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) The only railroad In Maine that offers passenger service Is the Canadian Pacific Railway. There are one-way trips a day between Montreal and St.

rohn, and the trains go through Jackman, Greenville, 3rownville, Mattawamkeag, Danforth and Vanceboro, vith flag stops at Brownville and Mattawamkeag. The trips, Nos. 41 and 42, are about 650 miles and around 10 hours at a fare of approximately $70. Jsually consisting of six to 10 cars, the trains meet at degantlc, Que. One leaves Montreal around 4 p.m.

and he other pulls out of St. John about 5 p.m. Included In the trdlns are a dome car, two or three a mail car and sleepers with drawing rooms ihd roomettes. Services include a stand-up snack bar vith liquor on the menu. The CPR has since 1932 owned the 40-mile Aroos-ook Valley Railroad, its manager being Burton A.

rompkins of Presque Isle. Little-known' facts about well-known folks: Dewey DeWitt of Presque Isles WEGP was christened Burwell Srnest DeWitt 50 years ago in Foreston, N.B. He legally ihanged his named to Dewey in 1968, 32 years after Uoach Harold Rood of Ricker hung it on him. So the icronym changed from BED to DED. 'Hif When Republican congressional nominee Bill Cohen fooled around with a basketball on a stop In Caribou luring his campaign, he was reminded he had lost a iisappointlng amount of cleverness so evident when ae was In high school and college.

i After a Nixon campaign security aide was among the rlve men arrested for breaking into headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, the Horlda White House dismissed the felony as a third-rate burglary attempt." Of course a successful first-rate job would have been much more palatable. 'iifr "ili Political potpourri: Five names being bandied around is potential candidates for the Democratic nomination or governor in 1974: Congressman Peter Kyros, Committeeman George Mitchell, State Chairman Severin Beliveau, Representative John Martin" and ormer governors councilor Richard Broderick. Novel thought: The one advanced to me by a woman who suspects Senator Smith would, if re-elected, jventually resign so that her administrative assistant, William C. Lewis, could be appointed to succeed her. wouldnt be the first time Bill has been called Senator Lewis.

However, Margaret woultj have to wait un-Jl after Gov. Curtis was out of officeThe other prerequisite is that Kens successor be a Republican. And what is the governor going to do after his terms ip? Return to the practice of law, maybe in Portland ind on his own. And Congressman Bill Hathaway? If hedoesn iefeat Margaret, hell become an attorney also, in or Auburn. Kyros is an enigma In a way.

Now serving his third term In the House, he won re-election both times with yet the party establishment Is trying to shunt film to one side as a Blaine House prospect in 1974. Any theories? Come Nov. 7, the legislative battle In the county that will be watched with the most Interest Is between Representatives Donald Collins and Peter Kelley of Caribou for the Senate District 31 seat. Which reminds me of the bat which Pete killed in his house recently with the aid of a town policeman. Dons response to that went this way: Peter had to call on a government agency to kill the bat; then he Issued a press release.

Being a good Republican Id have done away with the bat myself and not told even my wife Pat. tiir The total solar eclipse at 4:30 Atlantic Standard Time Monday, July 10, will hide 97 per cent of the sun in this part of Maine (If weather conditions dont make all of lt Invisible). Up In northern Nova Scotia and the extreme northern tips of New Brunswick the phenomenon will be total. Its the last eclipse of this type to be seen in the New England area for 52 years. ili- TVs Johnny Caison Is divorced again.

Seems hes not as funny at home as he Is on the air. (Continued On Page 2, Col. 4) 9 Stray Ship Homeward Bound By KEN BUCKLEY Of the NEWS Staff For two weeks weve been right on edge waiting and watching, the mother of three children aboard a missing English trawler said Sunday night after learning that the 65-foot vessel had been found off Cape Ann. Mrs. Octavia Mallory of Or-rington said she and her husband were going to Rockland right away to meet the vessel caiyying five people and a baby, which was being towed by Coast Guard Cutter Snohomish.

All board were reported to be in good condition. The Topsy, an English fishing trawler, was spotted 100 miles off Cape Ann Sunday by the fishing vessel Stormy My sisters husband, who is a carpenter, wanted to buy a ship and decided to go to England to buy one. He had already sailed the Atlantic before, but in a smaller vessel, she said. Sproul flew with hid wife, Mrs. Mallorys daughter, Charlene Ann, their son, and Tom and William Mallory, Mrs.

Mallorys other sons. Another friend, Gaudette, begged to go on the trip too. The group left March 9 or 14 by plane and quickly bought the fishing boat, Mrs. Mallory said. But the first time out they had trouble.

There were heavy seas, and they lost course near Gum-gey (Channel Islands). The ship was pulled up and recorked and which called for Coast Guard assistance. The ship had lost its rudder and supplies of food and water were running low. Aboard were, owner and captain, Calvert Sproul 31, his wife, Charlene Ann Sproul, 25, the son, Calvert Sproul III, 18-months-old, Thomas Mallory, 24, and William MaUory, 20, all of Orrington, and Leon Gaulette, 20, of Hampden. Five of those aboard belong to us, the worried mother declared Sunday night as she and her husband readied to drive to Rockland to meet their sons and daughters.

Everything about the trip of the Topsy" had been turvy, according to Mrs. Mallory. repainted and then they took for Lisbon. Mrs. Mallory said that the ship experienced difficulties on each attempt to cross the Atlantic.

So a week ago last Friday she notified the Coast Guard when the Topsy failed to meet her daughters timetable of 28, days at sea. The Snohomish provided tha Topsy with food and water and a radio. Markets Opeir NEW YORK Principal stock and- commodities markets will be open Monday, July 3, but closed on the holiday, July 4. on the inside Four Die In State Accidents As the long Fourth of July holiday weekend neared the halfway mark Sunday night, three persons had been killed on Maine highways and a fourth person had drowned. At the same time, more than 300 persons had been killed in highway accidents throughout the country, according to the Associated Press.

The Maine dead Included: David M. Rideout, 20, of Manchester, killed in an early morning accident at Manches ter. Marthon Doak 50, of Woolwich, and Brenda Childs, 15, of Jefferson, killed in a twocar headon -collision at Newcastle later in the day. Vincent Ilall, 9, of Portland, who drowned while fishing with three companions off the Maine State Pier at Portland. i Rideout, the son of State Auditor and Mrs.

Raymond Rideout of Manchester, was (Continued 0n.Page 2, CoL 2) Obituaries 21 Radio-TV Sports 20-22 Sylvia Porter 21 Weather Full County, State News IT, IS.

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