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The Week of July 2- July Bobby Fischer Michael Grant William Miller Whitney Seymour Apologized No criminal charges Died in crash Announces indictments SKYJACK, SKYJACK, SKYJACK-A 21- year-old AWOL soldier Thursday hijacked a Pacific Southwest Airlines jetliner in Oakland, got $455,000 in ransom and then gave up rather than face the possibility of shooting it out with FBI agents. It was the second attempted hijacking of a Pacific Airlines plane in two days. On Wednesday, FBI agents killed two gunmen in San Francisco as the hijackers waited for $800,000 ransom and a flight plan to Siberia. One passenger was killed in that hijack attempt and two others wounded. On the same day, a Buffalo man carrying his 14-monthold daughter commandeered an American Airlines 707 for three hours before surrendering.

FORD ACCUSED OF SMOGGING The Wayne County, Air Pollution Control Division has filed suit against the Ford Motor accusing it of "obnoxious, offensive, damaging and harmful" air pollution of the heavily populated metropolitan Detroit area. The suit charges Ford with "at least 143" violations of the county's pollution control regulations. Ford was "surprised and shocked" and said it had spent $25,000,000 since 1963 on pollution controls. The World The Nation THAW BETWEEN KOREAS -North and South Korea, sworn enemies for a quarter of a century, have begun something of a thaw. A hotline was opened between the capitals and simultaneous announcements said that the accord provided for a joint political committee to open exchanges in many fields.

The two governments also agreed to refrain from armed provocations and from slandering or defaming each other. The top-level negotiations leading to the reconciliation was the first contact since the Korean war, 1950-53, in which 2,000,000 died. WORLD CHESS--After months of bickering and postponements and Bobby Fischer's eleventhhour demand for more money, the world championship chess match between Fischer and the champion, Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, is to begin Tuesday. Fischer finally went to Iceland, where the match will be held over the next several months, after a British millionaire doubled the $125,000 purse. Spassky then walked out, Fischer apologized, and the draw for first move went to Spassky.

(New William H. Miller of Setauket and most of his problems with the match, Page 3 Sports.) swing-wing aircraft, which had plunged into Chesapeake Bay. BATTLE FOR QUANG TRI-A force of 20,000 South Vietnamese, led by about 200 paratroopers, pushed closer to the city of Quang Tri, capital New York of South Vietnam's northernmost province, which CORRUPTION Attorney Whitthe North Vietnamese captured about two months ney North Seymour revealed what he called the ago. U.S. B-52 bombers struck Communist positions "first installment" of the results of a 15-month on the outskirts.

In retaliation, the North Vietnaprobe of narcotics law enforcement in New York mese put the city of Hue under its most severe arCity. Seymour has said the investigation showed tillery attack Meanwhile, the Paris peace talks "extensive in of the corruption every aspect were scheduled to resume Thursday. (The war goes criminal justice system." The first to be on, Page 11.) arrested were a private investigator, a lawyer and a police detective. Long Island ABORTION LAW UPHELD- -The Court of ApSALES TAX ERRORS -Because of the confu- peals, the state's highest court, declared that the sion in determining just which supermarket items New York abortion law was constitutional. In a 5-2 are subject to the state sales tax, consumers are decision, the court upheld the 1970 law--the most losing millions of dollars each year at the checkout liberal in the nation--and said that nothing in the counter, Nassau County Executive Caso said.

More Constitution conferred "legal personality for the often than not, he said, sales clerks erroneously unborn." Those who brought the suit said they charge tax on nontaxable items. The remedy, Caso would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. said, would be better labeling. Week Ahead WELFARE DROP -For the first time in a decade, the number of cases on Long Island's wel- THE DEMOCRATS -The Democratic Nationfare rolls has dropped--not dramatically, but al Convention begins tomorrow with procedural dropped just the same.

Suffolk's caseload fell from matters crucial to the nomination hopes of Sen. 23,000 cases in December to 22,200 in May. Nas- George McGovern. Because the U.S. Supreme sau's drop was more modest: from 24,209 on Jan.

Court refused to consider McGovern's challenge to 1 to 23,951 on June 30. Officials said the reason the restructuring of the California delegation until was a reversal of the economic picture, a year-old the fall term of the court, the decision rests with the state requirement that able-bodied welfare recipi- full convention. The delegates will decide tomorrow ents work, and better administration. whether to uphold the action of the credentials committee, which stripped McGovern of 153 delegates, or to give them back. The nominating and BOTTLE-BAN-The Suffolk Department of balloting will take place Wednesday.

Environmental Control was given a cautious goahead to develop a law to ban nonreturnable bottles and cans in the county. The problem, ac- ETHICS RULING- The Suffolk County Board cording to county offcials, is to develop a law that of Ethics is expected to issue its opinion on Legis. can be enforced and that will not cause a major Michael J. Grant's land holdings within a few economic problem to the can and bottle industry. days.

The Suffolk district attorney's office cleared Target date for a law: Jan. 1, 1973. Nassau County, the presiding officer of the county legislature, of which has proposed a similar law, has said it will any criminal wrongdoing for voting earlier this year not act until early next year. to condemn a parcel of land in which he holds an interest. The district attorney also found no criminal wrongdoing in a plan by which the county F-14 CRASH On Thursday, Navy officials would have returned the land to Grant and his said they found the body of Grumman test pilot partners.

Quotes of the Week Jeff Doggett, Montana cattle to rule that Jesus Christ got an is, I don't know what I will do. I rancher, commenting on complaints unfair trial: "He was brought be- think George would about high beef prices: "The con- fore the Sanhedrin high be so close to having it at that sumers don't gripe about paying out of blind hatred, and on point that it would be almost for a martini with half an trumped-up charges, and he could possible to stop ounce of gin in it." not receive a fair trial. As long as the Supreme Court does not affirm this, the world will wallow in the Bobby Fischer, American chess AND Stanley Carter, a retired Canadian darkness of blind hatred and will grandmaster, in a letter to world railway conductor, to his wife as bring endless troubles upon Israel." champion Boris Spassky: "Dear he lay dying after being shot by Boris: Please sincerest accept my a skyjacker Wednesday: "I'm shot. Sen. Hubert H.

Humphrey, Thurs- apology for my disrepectful beThey've got me, Lil. I'm done for. Kiss me." day at his Minnesota home: havior in not attending the opening "If the Supreme Court and the ceremony. I simply became carried convention rule against my inter- away by my petty dispute over Jeff Doggett Yitzhak David, Israeli lawyer who ests in the California challenge and money with the Icelandic chess Gin us. beef asked the Israeli Supreme Court the Chicago situation remains as it organizers Sunday, July 9, 1972 15.