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'l TON a 2 Bangor Dai! News, Monday, July 3, 1972 Passenger Shot Hijacker Five Times Weather Focus NATIONAL. VUTHil SERVICE FORECAST I 7M ST 7 3 72 1 but there may be with fuel. We were flying very low when we crossed the coast, Bradbury said, and I thought, ob no, were going to Hanoi and flying low to avoid the radar. Bradbury said 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 still struggling like hell when he was shot.

Another passenger, Philip Barsonal, said that during the flight he was sitting next to the problem after the Incident and launched an investigation. Some passengers told crew members they believed they saw the nrtn come aboard in Honolulu, the first stop on the flight that originates in San Francisco and also stops in Manila before turning around in Saigon. John Bradbury of Severaa Park, one of the passengers who helped subdue the hi jacker, said the first he knew something was wrong was when a stewardess voice came over the intercom She said something like to the party aboard who has cer-wishes please be advised tarn recently left the Richmond police force and was carrying hi weapon to his new job for an American firm in Vietnam. The man had given the weapon to Vaughn for- safekeeping during the flight, and Vaughn later came back to ask for the mans help and return his gun. The man loaded the pistol and went aft with the captain but in a different aisle.

After the captain and passengers grabbed the hijacker, the man with the pistol shot him in the chest. Hours later, the pi ape took off for Hong Kong with all 17 crew members aboard to have emergency evacuation gear repaired, a Pan Am spokesman said. it legs and I bodily threw him out of the airplane. I just couldnt stand to have that person in any part of my airplane." The body- of- the Jiijacker, wearing a blood-soaked white shirt and dark suit, lay on the concrete taxiway- by the plane for more than an hour. When the stewardesses heard the shots, they thought a bomb had gone off and ejected the emergency landing chutes to evacuate the passengers.

The passengers, many of them American servicemen returning from leave, slid down the chutes were taken by bus to an American military post on the sprawling base. South Vietnamese authorities cordoned off the plane shortly (Continued From Page 1) senger compartment. The hijacker charged, You have deceived me! Let talk about it, Vaughn said, inching toward the hijacker, who began to threaten the pilot with a small package be held in one hand. I stopped, but kept talking to him and managed to move a couple of feet forward without his noticing, Vaughn said. Then I spun him around and got a half-Nelson on his throat I could feel bis neck Collapsing.

Then the shots rang out. I dont know if the good Lord would approve," Vaughn said, but then I just took him by the back of his neck and his 30.0 that we are doing everything man who shot the hijacker. The possible to satisfy your wisbesjman told Barsonal he had Tie Went Just Like A Football, Pilot States Kill the son of was when ha SNOW 'M jfvxvjr Vaughns white shirt slashed by a knife the hijacker was wielding, but he was not injured. said he did not see the hijacker until after the landing in Saigon. The six-foot, 200-pound pilot described how he managed to edge to within six feet of the hijacker and caine very agitated and tense.

He would get a wild look in his eye and not let me come near him." May Yuen, 23, the Hong Kong Chinese stewardess held hostage by the hijacker, described him as a quiet man who did not threaten her. I feel sorry for him because SHOWERS FtOW 90 100 UN WEATHER FOTOCAST sent Vaughn two notes, threatening to blow up xhe airplane if it was not flown to Hanoi. Part of one of the notes appeared to have been written in blood, Vaughn told the post-midnight airport news conference here. One of the notes, according to the in-flight director, William Wilcox, said vengeance was going to be wreacked because of what the Americans bad been doing in Vietnam." Wilcox, 45, of Sedalia, said the man was carrying in his briefcase 60 to 70 photographs of anti-Vietnam war demonstrations which apparently bad taken place in the he ended in such a disasterous then: I jumped him. I shouted to him: a- bitch! That started firing.

'A few minutes' later Vaughn flung the bloody body from ths airliner on to the Tarmac. Looking at that individual, it became so offensive I could not stand having him in the aircraft, he said. I threw him through a door and he went about 15 feet out. I got a good football hold on him and he went just like a football. The captain expressed bis regret for the necessity for this hijacking having proceeded in this ungodly way" but laid he was thankful in way that the hijacker was dead.

If he had been returned to the United States for trial, he would have been given a free ride through our court system. We have not dealth harshly with any hijack HONG KONG (AP) "I am doing this for revenge. Your bombers are maiming and killing our people of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. You are. going to fly me to Hanoi and this airplane will be destroyed when we get there.

Capt. Gene Vaughn, 53, said here early Monday he was confronted with those word from a young Asian, apparently Vietnamese, who tried to hijack his Pan American World Airways 747 jumbo jet between the Philippines and South Vietnam. The man was killed after Vaughn and his crew brought the aircraft to Saigon. The crew appeared at a news conference here after flying the 747 from Saigon for repairs to Its emergency escape system. After tiie plane took off from Manila for Saigon, the hijacker same barometric pressure.

Circles with the words Low or High designate low or high barometric pressure areas. A Low usually is a poor weather area; and a "High" Is usually a fair weather area. way," she said. He was very nice to me and he did not mean to do anything rough. Vaughn showed newsmen a live cartridge from the gun which killed the hijacker.

The owner of the gun fired five shots into the hijackers chest Weather map shows weather fronts In thick black lines, and warm and i cold air movements In broad, white arrows. Small arrows show wind di-) rectlon at various points. Thin, curv-; ing lines flow through areas of the Forecast grabbed the arm which was holding the bomb and it flew on to the floor. I spun him around and got an arm lock on himv He was flaUing with a knife in his other hand but all it got was a bit of my laundry. Two passengers made flying tackles and we all went down on the floor.

The gentleman with the weapon was standing by but was afraid to shoot in case he hit me. I managed to extricate myself while still United States. In some of the after the man was wrestled to photos, Wilcox, said, the hijack- the cabin floo. by Vaughn and two passengers, Vaughn said. The owner of the gun gave Vaughn the sole remaining cartridge as a souvenir.

er was addressing crowds I would say he was a fanatic," Wilcox said. Everytime I got anywhere near him. he be- keeping the arm lock andiers, he said. No. Viets Launch Rocket Barrage On Hue era flank of the counteroffensive, 150 enemy soldiers were reported killed In several battles near the foothills three to five miles west of Highway 1.

South Vietnamese losses were put at 9 men killed and 25 wounded. more than three months of the enemy offensive was reported to have killed at least 11 persons and wounded 38 The Saigon command had no breakdown, but sources at Hue said at least seven of the dead and 15 of the wounded were ci- shellings were not followed up by any attempt to take the old imperial capital. Associated Press correspondent Holger Jensen reported from the far north that para troopers spearheading the five day-old counteroffensive were in contact aU day within three miles of the enemy-held Quang Tri, capital of the province of the same name. Along the lengthening west- SAIGON (AP) South Vietnamese paratroopers battled enemy troops near the outskirts of Quang Tri on Sunday apd other clashes broke out along the western flank of the northern counteroffensive. Thirty miles to the south, the enemy sent scores of heavy rocket and artillery rounds crashing into Hue and defense posts on its southern and western perimeter.

However, the ZONES West Coastal, East Coastal, Southwest Interior, Southeast Interior Monday chance of showers or thundershowers followed by clearing in the afternoon. Highs in the 70s. West to northwest winds 10 to IS rn.p.b. Monday night in creasing cloudiness with chance oshowers late at night. Lows in the lower 50s.

Tuesday chance of showers followed by clearing late In the day. Highs In the 70s. Probability of pre cifcUation 30 per cent Monday and- 40 per cent Monday night. ZONES West Central Mountains, Northern Monday chance of ntorning showers foUowed by clearing. Highs in the 70s.

West to northwest winds 10 to 15 n.p.h. Monday night fair to partly cloudy. Lows in the up-pfr 40s to lower 50s. Tuesday partly cloudy with chance of showers principally in the morn irig. Probability of precipitation 30 per cent Monday and 20 per cnt Monday night.

Vietnamese marines on the vilians. Monday Through Wednesday Fair and pleasant. Highest daytime temperatures in the the defense of the city. They termed enemy potential for-a serious attack as modest." In Saigon, the U.S. Command announced the loss of three more Air For Phantom jets over North Vietnam, with all six crewmen missing.

The delayed report brought to eight the (lumber of jets downed in the North in the period June 21-27. A MIG21 shot down one of the jets last Tuesday about 60 miles northwest of Hanoi, the command said. The other two were reported lost to unknown causes June 24, about 30 miles northwest and 130 miles north-northwest of the Communist capital. 0. S.CMat and CMdail Stirrer High 4:14 a.m.

4:48 p.m. Low 10:38 a.m, 11:10 p.m. 4- Thirty of the 50 rounds that landed in Hue hit within the Citadel, the 1-mile-square walled city that once was the seat of Vietnams emperors. Associated Press correspondent Dennis Neeld reported that many of the shells hit residential areas for military dependents and said civilians were moving elsewhere in Hue for fear of future attacks aimed at military installations within the walls. Hue is believed to be a prime objective of the North Vietnamese offensive, but allied officers said they believed the shelling was intended solely to try to force the South Vietnamese to divert troops from the north for RED CROSS CUBBIES SHOES FOB WOMEN CURRAN CO.

BOOT SHOP 72 Mala St, Bangor- eastern sector of the front re ported killing 37 North Vietnamese while losing one man killed and 6 wounded in a fight 6 miles east of Quang Tri on the Street without Joy. The latest reports brought claimed casualties in the South Vietnamese drive to nearly 700 enemy killed and 50 Saigon troops killed and 180 wounded. Saigon spokesman said 46 enemy were slain in clashes around the front on Saturday at a cost of one South Vietnamese soldier wounded. Vietnamese marines also reported uncovering a 16-to20-ton ammuniton cache on the eastern wing of the front on Saturday. The latest action left government troops in command of a 12-mile broad front running southwest from the South China Sea at a point about eight miles above the former defense line at the My Chanh River.

Thirty miles to the south, the first shelling of Hue in the Kings Column (Continued From Page 1) Things like these help make the world go afound: A concern In Scotland sells golf balls fitted with tiny radio transmitters to help locate errant drives at a cost of $17 for two balls and a receiver Trying to make lijfe easier for cows, a firm adds sodium bicarbonate tor ugh foliage to aid. digestion A demolition company wrecking a theater in Georgia put up this sign on the marquee: Now playing A Smashing Success Congressman Andrew Jacobs, of Indiana passed out cigars in the House -when his Great Dane had 11 puppies And filling out a standard Navy form for recruits into the Waves, a truthful young lady wrote in the space marked sex Once, in Oklahoma. NEXT WEEK: Excerpts irom letters written by few of the readers of this column. uied Chess Match (Continued From Page 1) iponement for illness must be PIZZA CHEESE for PIZZA PLACES Low moiituro Mozzarella bricks and shredded Mozzarella. Special blend.

For information and service call your nearest GRANTS DAIRY offico. Wholesale onlyl certified by a doctor that the host organization chooses. Typical of confusion surrounding preparations for the match, the federation doctor, Ulfar Thor-darson, left for his country house early Sunday morning. The Russian side reluctantly accepted Euwes decision. Spassk was asked what he thought 6f the situation and the 35-year-old champion replied I came to play.

Flood Hit States Fete July Fourth By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS With picnics, patriotism and fireworks, the nation is observing its 196th birthday over a four-day weekend, and not even damage caused by Tropical Storm Agnes could extinguish the enthusiasm of some. In Pittsburgh, despite destruction caused by Agnes, the American Wind Symphony Tuesday night will present its annual Independence Day concert from a barge moored on the Allegheny River Wharf. But since flooding knocked out electrical systems in the park, it is being biUed as a BYOL concert Bring Your Own Light. Symphony Director Robert Boudreau said if everyone brings their own flashlight, no other power wiU be needed. In Philadelphia, The Nation' al Yankee Doodle Dandy will be selected from amongvteen gers who were born tm'july Fourth and represent ithe 13 original colonies.

They competed in an essay reading on What my American Freedoms mean to me. At Independence Hall, acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray III will deliver the keynote address at Tuesdays festivities. At the Western White House in San Clemente, President Nixon plans to spend a quiet holiday at home with Mrs. Nixon.

In his annual Fourth of July message Nixon said the spirit of the first Independence Day continues to unfold and that no evil is too strong to be overcome by the American people. i In Miami Beach, site of the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions, the Youth International Party Sunda sponsored Freeshare, a Picnic of the Ages." The Yippies advised picnickers to bring food to share with everyone young and old. It was one of several events planned by the Yippies prior to the opening of the Democratic national Convention July 10. Comedian Bob Hope, singers Anita Bryant and Nancy Wilson and baseballs Mickey Mantle Sunday joine dother celebrities in Oklahoma City for "The 1972 Stars and Stripes Show," a $300,000 extravaganza dedicated to patriotism. NBC planned taped broadcast of the $how on 240 stations at 9:30 p.m.

EDT on Tuesday. Tickets for, the event were free, but ticket holders had come dressed in the red, white and blue of the U.S. flag. Milwaukee has not seen wagon pulled by a 40-horse hitch since the turn of the century. But Tuesday, Dick Sparrow of Zepring, Iowa will guide his horses through the citys streets in the 8th annual circus parade sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Co.

On Broadway in New York, as a Fourth of July gift to the public, there will be a free Tuesday night performance of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Tuesday is also the centennial of the birth of President Calvin Coolidge. Vermont Gov. Deane C. Davis is expected in Silent Cals birthplace in Plymouth Notch, Vt.

for the double celebration, along with Coolidges son, John. Welcome to o)U Four Die big for New York to talk with him. He will try to convince him to appear. I cant say who it is, he added. Fischer refused to play the match after officials 9f the Chess Federation balked -at his last-minute demands for more money, in addition to a rgfiord purse already contracted for.

Fischer and Spassky were to have a guaranteed share of the winner taking five-eighths plus 30 per cent each of income from the sale of film and television rights. This was 10 times greater than any prize money ever paid to a chess player. Fischer wants an additional 30 per cent of jfcte receipts. Faced with a decision of disqualifying Fischer immediately or granting reprieve, Euwe chose the path he said would best protect the host organization. Fischers representatives h)ere had asked for a Postponement on the basis of ill-ness.

They said the American was suffering fatigue. The rules require that a Post- the 444 Wilson St Rte I -A, BREWER, Tel. 989-2034 Next to the Modern Enjoy Dining In The New HAYLOFT RESTAURANT STABILE: INN (Continued From Page 1) thrown from his car, along with i a companion, when the vehicle left the Pond Road in that Kennebec County community. Rideout landed on the road and was kiUed minutes later when an oncoming car drove over him, state police said. In the Newcastle accident, which- occurred on U.

S. Rte. 1, Doak was pronounced dead at the scene and Miss Childs died shortly after arriving at a Port land hospital. Police said the girls parents, Arnold and Anna Childs, both 49, were hospitalized in nearby Damariscotta. 5 a son, Randy, 17, was placed in the intensive care unit at the Maine Medical Center, Portland.

The Hall boy apparently drowned Saturday when he fell into the harbor from the pier. Investigators said the boy was jumping from one piling to another when he slipped, struck his head, and fell seven feet into the water. Divers worked four hours be-fore recovering the body in about 30 feet of water. -NOTICE Th dumping of all junk car ar trucks ot tha Madison Town Dump I hereby prohibited, effective Immediately. Per Order Selectmen Town of Madison vz'eyewV4gh' odays Thought White and Dayes Funeral Bom 48 Center Bangui Color Cablo TV In Evory Room Kog Loungo with Nightly Entortalnmont Hoatod Swimming Pool Air Conditioned Rooms Comfortablo Electric Heat by K.

D. Naogler i 'L Keeping more and traveling public, Whitcomb's MoteUs pleased to announce that we are now open with 27 modern units. Each room features larae comfortable beds and spacious bath areas to make your stay as pleasant and confortable as possible. Back in 1776, John Adams wrote Independence Day ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows games and sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations' from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, foreveremore. That has been an American custom through the years.

We hope the custom will always continue. On that day of leisure and pleasure we should also inventory our inheritance. We should give prayerful thanks to God on July 4th for our country being the worlds best hope for freedom and liberty. On our national anniversary we should redcdicate ourselves to the principles of honesty, truth, temperance and appreciation. We should prayerfully seek Gods Infinite Power for guidance in our differences of opinion and avoid agonizing spasms of infuriation that can surely destroy Uberty and freedom for all of us.

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