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Hostage-Holding Hijacker Slain Perishables Are Piling Up at Terminals By AttGcjetoB PrHi Two more railroads were struck today by the AFL-CIO United Transportation Union spreading the walkout to four of the major rail lines and multiplying the economic consequences The Southern Pacific and the A HARROWING Trans Airlines stewardess Idie Maria Concepcion formerly of Burbank Calif talks to newsmen at New York's Kennedy Airport after a hijacker who held her hostage was shot and killed at the end of a runway by an FBI agent armed with a high-powered rifle The hijacker who died at Jamaica Hospital 25 minutes after he was shot was identified as Richard Obergfell of Passiac New Jersey WINNERS Miss East Tennessee University Veronica Beidle-man left won the talent competition in the third night of preliminary judging in the Miss Tennessee Pageant in Jackson while Miss Austin Peay State University Barb Oscarson right won the swimsuit division The -upi Tttaptwt present Miss Tennessee Carol Fer-rante is in center Miss Beidleman 23 is the first Negro to win in a preliminary contest in the pageant She and the current Miss Chattanooga Wanda Chubbs are the first two Negroes to compete in the contest union denied it The railroad estimated its strike losses would run $225 million a day Meanwhile "big talks resumed Friday as theKenne-cott Copper Corp and unions representing 6675 employes of its Utah Copper Division tried to reach an over-all settlement of a 24-day strike Eleven of the 19 unions announced agreements on local issues with the eight others representing workers in Salt Lake City still bargaining Some 35-000 workers have been idled by the strike against copper companies in several Western states Many Still Off Job In other labor developments local resistance to a national contract settlement between the Communications Workers of America and the Bell Telephone System continued to fade in scattered parts of the country But some 40000 telephone workers in more than 20 CWA locals in New York remained off the job Scattered resistance was reported continuing among some CWA members in Ohio Michigan and Florida The United Steelworkers of America summoned 600 local leaders to Washington next Friday to choose between a strike and an expected contract offer from nine major steel companies The existing pact expires Aug 1 Contract talks focusing on wage provisions were seeking to end the 54-day-old strike by the United Telegraph Workers that has closed Western Union offices across the country Marly TMpifriOTi 12 mw a a 4 1 i in I a 49 2 a 70 a 70 I a ff 10 a 71 4sintt 11 a 72 5 a 12 neon 77 4 it -Unofficial Jo Jo Says: Showers Likely War or Peace With Sadat Says 71 Is Year for Decision CAIRO July 24 (IB President Anwar Sadat Egypt declared yesterday the Arab conflict with Israe will be decided in 1971 with a million Egyptian casual ties if need be Shots End Bid To Get 2nd Plane Ex-Mechanic Killed by FBI Agent at Kennedy Airport NEW YORK July 24 UB-A man who fit a behavior but passed an airport security check pirated an airliner and a truck Friday then was shot to death as he walked holding a hostage stewardess toward a jet he had ordered for a flight to Milan Italy The thin former airline mechanic launched the double-hijack attempt after tripping a metal-feensing alarm at the boarding gate of a Trans World Airlines jet at LaGuardia Airport TWA employes searched his canyon bag found no weapon and allowed him to board Nervous and sweating profusely he grabbed the petite rookie stewardess shortly after take off for Chicago forced the jet at gunpoint back to LaGuardia and took her and a driver as hostages on a nine-mile truck shuttle to Kennedy Airport Shot by FBI Agent There on a corner runway of the sprawling airfield he was cut down by two rifle bullets fired by an FBI agent Kenneth Lovin from behind a metal fence 75 yards away The slain hijacker was identified as Richard A Obergfell 27 who lived alone in a one-room apartment in Clifton NJ He had worked two years as a mechanic at LaGuardia and Newark airports for United Air Lines until last December when he was fired for absenteeism A former landlord said Obergfell had a girl friend in Italy whom he hoped to marry He was the first airline hijacker shot fatally in the United States The stewardess Idie Maria Concepcion 21 held at gunpoint during the entire afternoon drama was unhurt afraid until I heard the she said thought I had been John Malone assistant director of the FBI here said the decision to shoot the hijacker was "a calculated risk but we felt it had to be Before Miss Concepcion could alert the pilot to behavior however the hijacker unwrapped a pistol from a torn white T-shirt on his lap pointed it in her back and forced her into the cabin with him Passengers Released He told Capt Albert Hawes he wanted to fly to Milan but Hawes convinced him to return to LaGuardia and change for a larger jet There TWA officials told him he would have to go to Kennedy for a trans-Atlantic plane Obergfell allowed the 55 passengers to get off then descended the ramp still holding the stewardess and arranged with TWA officials for the six-passenger panel truck that took him to Kennedy with an escort Once there FBI agents distracted him for 30 minutes trying to talk him out of his planned hijack flight Then Lovin fired two quick shots from a 308 automatic rifle with a telescopic sight striking the hijacker in the abdomen and back ATLANTIC OCEAN HOW IT Newsmap outlines wild night of hijacking Armed desperado forced Chicago-bound TWA jetliner back to New York then kidnaped two airlines employes for a wild drive from LaGuardia to Kennedy Airport and was slain by an FBI agent with high-powered rifle Israel? Downtown Loop Work Resumes Work has finally begun on tiie stretch of the Downtown Loop between Vine Ave and Neyland Drive Crews of the Simpson Bros Construction Co Cleveland which holds the $247 million contract moved into the area Tuesday with heavy grading equipment Jack Wilson assistant regional construction engineer with the state Highway Department said it is expected completion of the job will take 225 working days 15 Jam Into Car Wreck Kills 6 BERLIN Crain July 24 IB-Six persons died early this morning when a car carrying 15 persons slammed into an embankment and rolled end-over-end police said The other nine were reported injured Police said the car was standard model four-door sedan Norfolk Western began to shut down after negotiators for the two sides and Federal mediators failed to produce an agreement on a new contract by the 6 am deadline set by the union The UTU struck the Southern Railway and the Union Pacific on July 16 and has threatened to expand the walkout to six more carriers next Friday As a result of the earlier walkout grain continued to pile up outside fully-loaded Midwest silos and other shipments remained stranded threatening some industries The Chicago North Western Railway Co which had been targeted for strike today agreed to a 42-month contract with the union Thursday Mediators Hopeful The pact provided for a 42 per cent wage gain over the current average $350 an hour and acceptance of some new work rules by the union Mediators were hopeful the contract would be a pattern-setter for settlement of work rules disputes involving other carriers Preparing for a walkout the Southern Pacific refused to accept perishables and livestock for shipment yesterday It also canceled passenger runs that would have been short of their destination at the deadline In Los Angeles the Western Growers Association estimated strike losses at $1 million daily Oranges cantaloupes lettuce and other California produce could be in short supply in the eastern part of the country in the event of a prolonged shutdown of the Southern Pacific Union Denies Charge At Norfolk ft Western headquarters in Roanoke Va company officials charge some UTU members had called in sick Friday to disrupt operations The Jet Carrying 83 Hijacked to Cuba MIAMI July 24 (UPI)-A National Airlines jet carrying 83 persons and bound from Miami to Houston via Jacksonville was hijacked to Cuba today shortly after leaving Miami National said the DC-8 involved in hijacking carried 76 passengers and crew of seven It was com-manderred at 9:15 am and lanedd safely at Jose Marti Airport in Havana at 10:14 am There was no immediate word on when it would return to Miami It was the first hijacking to Cuba since May 29 of our better He said battle against inflation is not won but progress is being Below Last Year In talking to newsmen at the White House Hodgson chose to emphasize the full first six months of the year For that period the seasonally adjusted annual rate of increase was 4 per cent well below the 49 per cent for the last half of last year and the 6 per cent rate for the first half of 1970 When analyzing price statistics he argued it is best to consider them in six-month chunks Figures for a month or two are not very significant he said Three weeks ago however Hodgson hailed as solid evidence of recovery a drop in the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from 62 in May to 56 per cent in June That one-month figure was flawed by a warning from the Government agency that prepared it that it may have resulted from a statistical quirk but Hodgson insisted it showed real improvement Hodgson did not mention the jobless figures for the first half of the year If he had he would have had to say that the jobless rate for the six months was the highest since 1961 Grocery prices showed the See Page I Senators Club Alcoa Highway One Night Memberships For Dale Huston Engineers Load Apollo 15 Tanks Pace Quickens for Monday Blastoff CAPE KENNEDY July 24 The pace of preparations quickened today for the launch of Apollo 15 to the moon Monday morning with engineers concentrating on the ticklish job of pumping frigid liquid oxygen and hydrogen into the spaceship The pace however has slackened for Astronauts David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin kind of an open day for said a Space Agency official The weather forecast continued to look good for 9:34 am (EDT) blastoff The Trudeaus Are Expecting OTTAWA JULY 24 (UPI)-Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and his wife -Margaret are expecting their first child in December The prime minister's office confirmed late Friday that Mrs Trudeau was pregnant The 51-year old Trudeau and his 22-year-old wife were married in a surprise ceremony in March after a four-year secret romance As Living Cost Jumps Sudan Executes 4 Coup Leaders Numairi Adopts No-Quarter Stance CwnpiM PrtHi Press Dispatches BEIRUT July 24 (UPI) -The execution of four rebel officers in the Sudan means President Jaafar el Nemairi has decided on a policy toward the leftists who removed him from power for 72 hours Arab political sources said today Omdurman Radio monitored by the Egyptian Middle East News Agency (MENA) said four ringleaders of last coup were stripped of their insignia cashiered from the army and shot dead by a firing squad Friday immediately after a trial by a special military court The court which tried them was one of four set up on orders late Thursday in one of his first actions on being restored to power in a countercoup The four men reported executed Thursday were identified as Col Abdel Moneim Mohammed Ahmed commander of the 3rd armored regiment whose tanks were used to surround palace Lt Col Osman Hussein of the presidential guard which collaborated with the rebels Maj Hashem Atta who led the coup and Capt Moaweyah Abdel a member of the shortlived revolution command council Two rebel leaders taken off a BOAC airliner in Benghazi Libya Thursday are reported to have been sent back to Sudan where they likely will stand trial They are believed to have been on the same plane which carried a Libyan delegation to the Sudanese capital Friday They are Col Babikir El Noor who was titular head of state when seized by the Libyans and Maj Farouk Osman Hamdalla the junta member who was to become premier They were flying from London to Khartoum when seized by the Libyans I Highway Repairs To Cause Detour Portions of State Highway 33 (Maynardville Highway) will be closed north of Maynardville while the highway is rebuilt according to Bob Bowers state Highway Department regional traffic engineer Mr Bowers said the project will get underway about Wednesday and last until Dec 1 Northbound traffic will be detoured at Halls Crossroads onto State Highway 131 to Luttrell he said Southbound traffic will be detoured down US 25-E to 11-W Mr Bowers said of Homes' To End Tomorrow The 20th annual Parade of Homes in Broadacres off Clinton Highway ends tomorrow after drawing record attendance The show is open today and tomorrow from 2 to 10 pm Last night 1525 persons attended the show for a total of 13150 visitors The show is sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Greater Knoxville Burns Takes Gloomy Look at Economy no war no peace situation will not lastr-no -matter what the sacrifices are this decision will be made in Sadat said will not let 1971 pass without this battle being He went on to accuse the United States of developing and producing secret weapons specially for use in the coming battle against the Arabs Hussein Attacked Sadat made the remarks in a speech to the newly elected National Congress of the Arab Socialist Union the state party Egypt is celebrating the 19th anniversary of the revolution against the late King Farouk Sadat also delivered a scathing attack on King Hussein of Jordan The president said the king had liquidated the Palestinian guerilla movement Sadat Thumps Lectern "King Hussein today takes pride that he has 2900 resistance fighters in his jails and that others have fled to Sadat said will never grow bigger than his size even with the United States behind Sadat said thumping the lectern In contrast with attitude to the battle Sadat said Egyptian troops on the Suez Canal were only awaiting his order to cross over to Israeli-occupied territory Knox Man Killed in Mine Mishap JEFFERSON CITY July 24 in An employe of the New Market Zinc Mine died yesterday at a Jefferson City hospital after being crushed in an accident at the mine police said Herbert Williams 37 Brake-bill Rd Knoxville was operating a drill when a large rock broke loose and fell on him police said He leaves his wife Mrs Billie Williams sons Michael and Randy and daughters Kimberly Patti and Kelly mother Mrs Mabel Williams Tacoma Wash brothers Samuel Williams Knoxville and Thomas Williams Tacoma and sister Mrs Betty Monday Knoxville Services will be at 2 pm tomorrow at Roberts Mortuary Knoxville Rev Kenneth Frazier and Rev Jimmy McCarter will officiate Burial will be In 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What should you know before dieting? For important facts read Parade magazine in The Sunday News-SentineL TO SHARPEN up his basketball coaching basics a Belgian priest has been attending the UT All-Sports Camp See story by Ted Riggs N-S sports writer in the Sunday sports section THE LATE Walt Disney made a fortune on amusement parks Now another businessman is trying to do the same Read about the newest thing in animal parks in Parade DON WHITEHEAD looks at the and of the golf hacker game- a prime subject for research Read Don's column in' the Sunday Feature Section IN THE PAST five years car imports sold in the US have jumped roughly from fl per cent to IS per cent Why? Find out why foreign cars sell in Parade CARSON BREWER touches base on birds tomatoes and books in his regular Sunday column This Is YOUR Community FOR up-to-the-minute major league individual batting averages pitching records team batting averages and standings read the Sunday sports section Quick Quote were right up on their toes even before spike heels were From Hugh Sunday column Today's Index Bridge Comics 3 11 Society Sports 3 6-7 OUR NEXT MOON FLIGHT WILL INCLUDE CAMERAS SOPOWERFUL sun bathing ON THRVWGARDOf WILL BE A NO NO Fotecast Weather Map oe Fata It KNOXVILLE OAK RIDGE AND MIDDLE EAST TENNESSEE: Variable cloudiness warm and humid through tomorrow Chance of thundershowers this evening and tomorrow afternoon and evening South winds 6 to 12 mph tomorrow McGhee Tyson Airport temperatures: Low tomorrow morning 67 high tomorrow 82 low this morning 69 high yesterday 86 Fifty per cent probabili-and tomorrow Total of 03 of an inch of rain yesterday evening MT IE CONTE: Low this morning 43 high ysitrdoy 53 TENNESSEE-KENTUCKY: Cloudy With 11(1 la chonga In temperatures with ihawara and scattsrsd mundanhowara becoming mora numaraua from waatto aaal through tomorrow Low aorty tomorrow Ba to low 70a high tomorrow uppar 70a to mlddla Ha VIRGINIA: VorlohlB cleudlnoaa tonight and tomorrow Chance ot thundarthowara tonight and tomorrow aftamoan or evening Law early tomorrow In 40a high tomorrow In Ha NORTH CAROLINA: Variable doudlneoe and warm through tomorrow Widely scat-terad afternoon and evening thunderahow-cra tomorrow Low early tomorrow middle and upper He except near 70 along the coaot High tomorrow Ha TENNESSEE-KENTUCKY EXTENDED OUTLOOK: Scattered ehowera and thundershowers Monday Tuesday and Wednesday and continued generally warm Highs horn lew 10a to law toe Iowa from mlddla 40b to low 70b VIRGINIA EXTENDED OUTLOOK: Partly cloudy Monday chance ot answers and thundershowers TuesdayandWednes-dpy Seasonably tamparaturaa with highs In Ha and Iowa In Ha NORTH CAROLINA EXTENDED OUTLOOK: Mostly Cloudy Monday through Wednesday Scattered thundershowers In the mountains Monday and aver the stata Wednesday Lows near He In mountains to lower 70s on Outer Banks highs In low He In mountalne to near In the southeast LAKE STAGES 7 am STATION yesterday Fart Loudoun Knoxville 1124 Watts Bar hw Melton Hill hw Norris hw South Helston hw Watauga hw Boone hw Fort Patrick Henry hw Cherokee hw Douglas hw 7 am 4127 7411 7921 10172 17241 1429 12123 17590 1BJ41 osoi 10171 17261 1440 12122 12977 10941 9H1 5 of 6 Deaths 1 Avoidable Disgruntled Guests Quizzed in Hotel Fire CamolM Pram 7rm Dispatches WASHINGTON July 24 -Chairman Arthur Burns of the Federal Reserve Board said yesterday the Nixon Administration should take stronger steps to tackle an and rate of inflation Unless the nation makes progress against the rising spiral of wages and prices Burns said he is pessimistic of any substantial scaling down of interest rates Taking a gloomier-than-usual view of the economy Burns told the Senate-House Economic Committee the time has come for President Nixon to establish a national wage and price review board to investigate inflationary movements in the economy It is an idea Nixon has rejected News Bums spoke after the Labor Department reported that the cost of living registered its sharpest monthly jump in more than a year in June The White House acknowledged that the 06 per cent increase in prices paid by the greatest since April was gloomy news But Nixon Administration officials insisted that "progress is being in combatting the stubborn inflation which along with high unemployment could darken President re-election chances Labor Secretary James Hodgson told White House reporters that June "was not rate NEW ORLEANS La July 24 An investigation of a motel fire which killed six persons and injured five' was extended to Beaumont Tex where authori-ties questioned two young men who had checked out less than four hours before the blaze started in their vacated 12th-floor room A motel spokesman said the men who were not identified voluntarily checked out of the Downtown Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge about 2 am Friday after they to bring two young ladies to their room and were advised by management that hotel rules did not allow visitors after There were 408 guests regis- 1 tered in the three-year-old 17-story building when the fire broke out at 5:27 am The blaze was under control in about 30 minutes "The sad part of the whole situation is that five of the deaths could have been avoided if the people had only stayed said City Fire Superintendent Louis San Saluador All the dead but a security guard were occupants of 15th-floor rooms and were found dead on the 12th floor All died of inhalation of smoke and toxic gases The dead were Dr John Finch 39 assistant professor of psychiatry at Baylor University See GUESTS Page "'T 19110 1K1J 14904 Btt 1 15111 1101 4 16904 7144 4474 Santeetleh her Fontana hw Waif Creek hw Dale Hollow hw Groat Fells 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