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No major changes foreseen Page 18A Where there's smoke there's no signal Page 19A VATICAN CITY (UPI) -The College of Cardinals meeting in the shortest conclave in modern history Saturday elected a bricklayer's son as the new pope Cardinal Albino Luciani 65 the 263rd pope of the Roman Catholic Church is a conservative and a surprise choice He took the name John Pauli A crowd of 200000 in St Peter's Square greeted the announcement after an agonizing 45 minutes of doubt caused by confused smoke signals with cheers and cries of il Papa" The new pope who was until Saturday the patriarch of Venice immediately appeared on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica to be introduced to the world and its 700 million Catholics with the traditional declaration by senior cardinal deacon Pericte Felici: Papam" (We have a pope) DRESSED IN a white silk cassock the ruddy-faced pontiff prayed briefly in Latin Then he grinned broadly eyes squinting through his wire-rim spectacles and waved to the masses below nodding in turn to every comer of the square Women pulled white handkerchiefs from their purses and waved them at the balcony and children jumped up and down in response to the pleasure of their parents Although his predecessor Pope Paul VI was 64 when he ascended the throne of Peter Luciani at 65 still is young by traditional standards and his pontificate could be a long one The swiftness of his election indicated many of the cardinals may have had his name in mind though churchmen ranked him a longshot before the conclave began THE PRINCES of the church needed only four ballots over eight hours and 54 minutes to choose Luciani in the first day's voting in the conclave which started Friday The new pope's choice of a name suggested he intended to continue the liberalizing policies of his predecessors Paul VI and John XXIII though his record with some exceptions he initially opposed Paul's ban on artificial birth control is a conservative one Luciani once said he found it hard to accept sane of the progressive reforms enacted by the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council that ended in 1965 The election of the 262nd successor to St Peter was in doubt for 45 minutes when the smoke from the Sistine Chapel's tin chimney billowed from black to white and then to gray BUCK SMOKE signifies the voting was inconclusive white means a new pontiff has been chosen Even Vatican Radio was uncertain and did not announce election until almost 45 minutes after the first smoke (See BRICKLAYER'S ISA Col 1) POPE JOHN PAUL I Elevated from Venice Humility Trademark Of New Pope By WILLIAM MONTALBANO Knight-Ridder News Service VATICAN CITY The new leader of the Roman Catholic Church is a genial and humble man who quotes Mark Twain is a soft touch for children dislikes pomp and goes his own way Saturday he was Albino Cardinal Luciani patriarch of Venice Today he is Pope John Paul I The difference is not apt to change him much In Venice where he scrapped the traditional gondola parade honoring a new cardinal and sold off church antiquities to aid retarded children Luciani is known as a serene but intransigent man He was bom poor Oct 17 1912 son of a Socialist glass worker and migrant laborer He himself worked as a bricklayer in Switzerland before entering the priesthood The poor are never far from his thoughts Among Italians he has been called priest of the humble" ON MATTERS OF social justice (See POPE 19A Cel 1) Chain of Events in Fuel Leak Was Set in Motion 9 Days Ago By LEW TOWNSEND Staff Writer The poisonous cloud of vapor that spewed into the air Thursday from a Titan II missile complex 1 near Rock Kan and was brought under control Saturday actually had its start nine days ago today The chain of events was set in motion Aug 19 four days before Thursday's mid-day eruption that thus far has left one person dead and 22 hospitalized Only 2 Wore Suits Survivor Says On the Inside It was the first major leakage of deadly nitrogen tetroxide used as a propellant in Titan mis- sites and the First fatality associated with its use in the 15-year history of missile complexes Here is a reconstruction of the sequence of events based on a combination of information from the military witnesses and relatives of the men involved and comments from one of those working at the complex when the accident occurred: Aug 19 Air Force crews install a Titan II missile in the silo at Rock's Missile Complex 3-7 as a replacement for another missile that was removed for what Air Force officials termed a regular maintenance check In accordance with safety procedures the replacement Titan is unarmed no nuclear warhead and it contains no nitrogen tetroxide Based on Air Force procedures before the first Titan was removed from the silo the 15014 gallons of liquid nitrogen tetroxide stored in its tanks were pumped out of the missile into a that is permanently parked on the missile complex (See THE OA Col 1) jured or killed in Thursday's accident were the ones wearing the protective suits Airman 1st Class Richard Harth a propellant transfer specialist Saturday described die terror in the underground Titan II missile complex when poisonous propellant escaped killing one crewman and injuring six others HARTH 19 of Salem Va spoke at McConnell Base Hospital where he has been under observation since Thursday's propellant spill at missile complex 3-7 about 25 miles southeast of Wichita (See ONLY CA Col 2) Tankers used to transport missile propellant Page 5A By JACK McNEELY Staff Writer Two of eight members of a nuclear missile refueling crew were wearing protective suits when lethal propellant spilled from the missile a survivor of the accident said Saturday Air Force procedures require that six of the eight crewmen wear protective suits during refueling according to Capt Alan DeFend information officer for McConnell Air Force Base Ironically the only crewmen critically in Mystery Deepens in Hesitant Hijacker Case French actor Charles Boyer Dies PAGE 3E Karpov wins 17th championship chess game With four wins against his opponent's one he is favored to reign as champion for the next four years PAGE 4A Saorts Travel Weather 1G-10G 7C iA but some veteran travelers became suspicious been on this flight several times before and usually they serve coffee before landing" said Edith Shapiro of New York they didn't this time and the stewardesses' attitudes all suddenly changed They said the coffee machine was broken but I knew something was really wrong" After landing in Geneva at 8:20 am Hamilton made an announcement to the 78 passengers said 'Flight 830 has been hijacked' Mrs Shapiro recalled said in a kind of faltering voice 'This is the flight you are on Please remain in your seats and stay calm and listen to the stewardesses' instructions' I THE PASSENGERS kept their seats suspi- ciously eyeing each other fearing a silent armed terrorist was among them Hamilton rolled the plane to a parking spot 300 yards from the terminal building where police surrounded it Only police with handguns were in view but Swiss anti-terror squads were rumored to be prepared to storm the aircraft if necessary Mrs Shapiro's husband Nate got suspicious figured it was a hoax" he said thought that if it was a real hijack a man would come out with a gun" But most passengers took the threat at face value Mary Schachtel of New York huddled on the floor in front of her seat afraid shooting wouUt break out 1 (See MYSTERY 4A Cl) The first-class passengers were watching the film when the disguised figure entered Few took notice and later no one could identify the mysterious person Capt Robert Hamilton following the instructions radioed Geneva that his jet was control by Authorities told reporters the plane had been hijacked The message said a time bomb would go off at 5:30 pm unless Rudolf Hess Nazi Germany's former deputy fuehrer was released from West Berlin's Spandau Prison where he is serving a life term The note also demanded that the United States free Siriian Sirhan jailed for life in Soledad Calif for the murder of Robert Kennedy and five Croatian nationalists imprisoned for a 1976 hijacking Hamilton said nothinrfo the passengers as he guided the plane tow Cointrin Airport GENEVA Switzerland (AP) Everyone on TWA Flight 830 was suspect After hours of quizzing passengers and searching the plane police were still baffled They could not find the person who hijacked the plane- Or did anyone hijack the plane? 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