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Wanner Final Oily Edition Partly cloudy and warmer. Low, in upper 30s; high in low 70s. Sun-Telegraph (Wcolir Detail en Pojt 12) First Xewspuper West ot the AUcghenic VOL. 12 NO. 237 Tl'KSDAV, MAY 27, In Three Sections TK.N CENTS 1 Year Apollo 10's Flight Jror Llears way Landiii; 'k: f'l A i V1 V.

iT 't 1 1' Fresh-Shaven Astronauts Complclc Voyage in Space Willi Perfect Splashdown in South Pacific ABOARD TIIE USS PRINCETON, May 2fi (AP) The triumphant Apollo 10 astronauts returned to earth today in a perfect in the South Pacific after a daring 700, noil-mile space voyage which accomplished every purpose and cleared the way for Americans to walk on the moon in July. Air Force Col, Thomas P. Stafford and Navy Cmdrs. John V. Young and Eugene A.

Ccrnan back from an eight-day flight that included a descent to within 9.4 miles of the moon's surface landed in near darkness and were quickly plucked -flssoriatcii Press WireDholo Crrnan, Thomas Stafford, John Young, on I'SS Vriiurlon ilvvh. Reds Boost Activity In Viet DMZ U.S. Troops Pnsli Newly Disclosed Nor I hern Drives SAIGON, Tuesday, May 27 AP)-Tn -creased enemy activity in the Demilitarized Zone was reported by the S. Command today while elsewhere in far northern South Vietnam U.S. troops pressed two newly disclosed offensives aimed at knocking out enemy installations.

One DMZ incident took the lives of eight U.S. Marines the highest Allied fatality count along the zone since the bombing of North Vietnam ceased last Nov. 1, the command said. That outbreak was one of four that took place Sunday along the buffer strip between North and South Vietnam. The U.

S. Command's delayed report said they raised to the number of "significant-' incidents since the bombing halt. Two of the four had been reported previously. The bloodiest of the two actions reported today took place across the southern edge of the one about nine miles northeast of The Kockpile. Enemy forces about 250 yards inside the zone sent about five mortar rounds into a 3rd Division Marine position about 400 yards south of the DMZ, hitting some ammunition and touching off several explosions, the command said.

Beside the eight dead, 24 Marines were reported wounded. The second incident occurred three miles to the west. Abmil 30 mortar rounds were fired on Marine positions from 200 yards inside the DMZ, causing no casualties, the command said. In delayed reports yesterday, the U.S. Command lifted the wraps from two ground operations now well under wav.

The command said news of the two operations, one 18 days old and the other It days old, had been withheld for security reasons. It said 142 North Vietnamese have been killed in the twin drives. One offensive, Operation Lamar Plain, lias accounted for most of the action since it was launched May 16 in jungled foothills 45 miles south of Da Nang. The command said 113 North Vietnamese and 26 paratroopers have been killed and 102 paratroops wounded In the campaign launched by the U.S. 101st Airborne Division.

The offensive was designed to ease pressure on the key provincial capital of Tarn Ky where there lias been sharp fighting in recent weeks. The second drive. Operation Herkimer Mountain, has produced little of significance since it was kicked off May 9 about 18 miles east of the Laotian border and 10 miles below the Demilitarized Zone. About 1,000 U.S. Marines from the 3rd (Cont'd on Page 8, Column 1) E.

Allegheny Schools Closed State Will Negotiate Fox Chapel's Strike dinii'fiH tin fur Ihp stpi- on Moon Moon Pushes Bid i'orAirporl Parkin" Tax tea Rv SAUL S. BERLINER Post Stmt Writer Moon Township supervisors took steps last night to attempt to force concession-naires at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport to pay in back parking taxes and interest. The township was enjoined by Common Picas Court Judge Henry Ellcnhoecn last March from collecting the tax from Grant-Oliver Corp the airport parking conccssionnairc which handles hundreds of cars each day. The firm is owned by Pittsburgh parkins operators John Ski-bile and K. A.

Del Sardo. The supervisors last night retained attorney John A. Met. Jr. to join with township solicitor Krik F.

I.awsmi Jr. in appealing Judge Kllenbogen's ruling to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The case will be argued in Pittsburgh during the week of Sept. 29 and a ruling is expected toward the end of the year. Judge EUenbogcn had ruled that the county is exempt from paying any tax whatsoever based on airport operations since they constitute a governmental function and therefore are basically exempt.

Also he held that the township could not legally tax a superior governmental unit the county. The county's position was that a precedent establishing the non-taxable status of the airport had been set when the airport real estate including its parking lot had been declared exempt from real csta'e taxation. The township's position is that at no time has it attempted to levy a tax against the county but that it taxing an annual contract under a concession agreement. It had established a tax of 10 per cent on the gross receipts collected by the Grant-Oliver (Vp. It holds that the real estate tax exemption is not relevant.

It will eile a similar case in which the City of Pittsburgh was allowed to collect a parking tax from the same parking lot operators for their operations at Department store parking lots operated under the City Parking Authority. In this ease, the city had sought to exempt them from the tax, hut operators of smaller lots had gone to court to force pigment of the parking tax. The Morn Township tax was enacted in 10W prior to the current county administration's election to office. The revenue from the tax was to he used toward the construction of the new municipal building which opened this vear. Hijacked IMIol If or lie MIAMI.

May 2K A i -A jittery hi-tewardess' head pu ker held a gun to a today and threatened to cause a Northeast Airlines jel carrying 2d persons to crash into the sea unless the pilot, husband of the stewardess, diverted the plane to Cuba. Two other hijackers, one brandishing a pistol, kept watch over 11 other passengers as the Miami-to-New York airliner became the 27th commercial flight hijacked to Cuba this vear. Spotting the gun at the head of his wife, ('apt. Ted Connors said. There was no question in my mind.

We just did a 180 degree turnabout and headed for Cuba." Can You Live With Inflation? Can you prevent your income and savings from becoming seriously eroded by the ever-upward of inflation? Sam Shul.sky one of America's best known money-management columnistssays you can. He tells you how in a special 4-parf. seiies. Be sure to see "Inflation How to Live With It" by Sam Shulsky. Starting TocJay-Page 30.

Teachers there are asking for a minimum starling salary -fringe benefits. Miss Florence Graham, president of the district's teachers group, said the board has offered a $6,300 minimum with no fringe benefits. Minimum in the district now is $5,700. Miss Graham said her group would meet with board representatives last night and had also scheduled a membership meeting at 7 a. m.

today to discuss any progress, Dr. H. R. superintendent of (Cont'd on Page 8, Column 2) Bi igillc Bardol Mai DUUKl'in Di csin rumjiiun (ANACEI, Italy, May 26 (AP)-An investigation is under way into the death of a Norwegian skier killed while acting as stand-in for Gunthcr Sachs, millionaire West German playboy and husband of Brigitte Bardot. Johann Tharaldsen, 23, was killed Saturday in a jump off a mountain trail for a film that Sachs is making.

Sachs, who is both producing and performing in the film, acted in the first part of the scene. Then Tharaldsen was to speed down the trail, leap into space, shed his skis and parachute 1,200 feet into the valley. But he lost his balance as he shot into the air, his skis failed to come off and he smashed against a rock. The chute did not open until Tharaldsen hit the rocks, and bumped and crashed down the face of the mountain. It took rescuers five hours to reach the body.

Sachs and the other members of the troupe left for Germany after being questioned by police. Inches of Snow Hi Is Area in Japan TOKYO, May 26 (AP)-Eight inches of snow fell today at Asahikawa, northern Hokkaido, the first time in 69 years for snowfall this late in the spring. At the same time, the temperature climbed to 82 degrees in Tokyo. from the ocean by a helicopter and brought to this recovery ship. White-suited sailors lined the deck as the three smiling spacemen, wearing light blue overalls, walked buoyantly from the Navy helicopter.

The astronauts laughed, skipped and seemed to dance with excitement as they crossed the Princeton's flight deck. Ship's officers gave them crimson baseball-style caps for the happy welcome. "It's certainly great to be back from the moon." Stafford said, speaking into a microphone, 'i hope we increased the knowledge of man so we can press on. It was a team effort all the way." "You know," said Cernan, "the thing that made this possible is being part of See an editorial, "Reaching for the Moon." and Hungerford's cartoon. "A Safe Return-Thank Page 12.

the greatest country in the world and it's great to come back here." Young said: "It's always good to see a big part of the U.S. Navy waiting for a small part of the U.S. Navy." Clear Path to Moon A few minutes after splashdown, Dr. Thomas O. Paine, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, told newsmen in Houston: "Today we see no obstacles on the path to the moon.

We know we can go to the moon, and we will go to the moon. Stafford, Cernan and Young have given us the confidence to take the step." The three astronauts were quickly hustled below decks where hot showers and four hours of medical examination awaited them. The astronauts had requested the showers while still in space, after living for five days with an itching problem caused by glass wool insulation floating inside the spacecraft. The astronauts halted their physical examination briefly to talk in private with President Nixon calling from the White House. The President called the flight "a proud moment for the country" and then talked with each crewman.

He told Young he would like to make of space flight but said he did not think he could "check out" as an astronaut. Nixon Impressed Nixon said he was impressed with the telecasts beamed earthward by the astronauts. "It gave people the feeling that they were right along," he said. A preliminary medical report indicated the spacemen were in excellent condition. "They have a little skin irritation which happens on many of the spaceflights." said a doctor.

"It's not severe and I don't think it'll be any problem." The doctor said he thought the Apollo 10 crew was "perhaps a little bit better rested than the Apollo 9 crew. They seem very well rested and in very good spirits, of course." Stafford, Cernan and Young were the first astronauts to return from space not needing and wanting a shave. Shaving in space had been forbidden duping past flights because officials feared the bristles would float into sensitive equipment in weightlessness. Stafford and his crew used an ordinary razor (Cont'd on Page 4, Column 1 Wives "I think it's time for him to go to the back of the line," she said, repeating her feeling that "the worst part is between liftoff and splashdown." "This is certainly one of the most exciting days of my life," exclaimed blonde Barbara Cernan. "I'm so proud for them." She called the flight another milestone in the race for the moon and said the Apollo 10 astronauts "have paved the way for what is happening on Apollo 11.

Two members of the Apollo crew are scheduled to land on the moon July 20. Their children at home from school and at their sides, the wives of the Apollo 10 astronauts watched the return of the crew on home television sets. Lending support were friends, relatives (Cont'd on Page 4, Column 4) Astronauts, from lift, V.ufirnf Gang Fijjhls Close Schools InWilkinsImrg A 9 p. m. curfew was imposed on Wil-kinsbuig last night after gang fights in the high school there injured three students and a teacher and resulted in the closing of all schools in the borough.

Dr. William M. Potter, superintendent of Wiikinsburg schools, said, however, that the borough's schools will reopen at the usual time today "with complete security." He added that parents can be assured that the schools would provide all necessary precautions for safe operation. Meanwhile, about 30 parents of students at Alldcrdice High School in Squirrel Hill yesterday charged that school officials are not taking sufficient action to check recent recurring acts of violence in and around the school and said that black students-who are in the i i are being discriminated against by police and school officials. School officials said yesterday trouble in Wiikinsburg was a carry-over from a fracas at a hamburger stand across the borough line in Pittsburgh Friday night.

Several borough youths were involved in the fracas, a school spokesman said, and Mavor Alexander Jaffurs met with interested parties Sunday to investigate the disturbance and question those involved. Between 50 and 100 black students gat thered at the school yesterday morn- ing, the spokesman said, ana cnierea whmil after "responsible leaders the from the black community unsuccessfully urged them to keep the affair out of the school. Tolicc said a fight broke out almost immediately and lasted only about five minutes. William Lohr, high school principal, called borough police. School 'officials said many students left both the senior and junior high schools following the outbreak.

Pittsburgh police and sheriff's deputies were summoned to patrol the area and clear (Cont'd on Page 8, Column 5) lo 650 Kxpcclcd To Die on eekend CHICAGO, May 26 (AP)-Betwcen 550 and 650 persons may die in Memorial Day weekend automobile traffic in the United Slates, the National Safety Council estimated today. The period covered by the estimate will run from 6 p. m. local time Thursday, May 29, until midnight Sunday, June 1. Is Ncics Today? rape rage 2 2 2 10 2 2 rage ITage 20 37 2ilo 27 16, 17 32, 33 43?" 263-1121 zw-izui 263-1100 r.y V1NCE CAGETTA Post Gazelle Stall Writer Striking teachers from the Fox Chapel School District, who were fired last week for taking part in an illegal strike, and the district's school board have asked the State Mediation Service to intervene in their wage dispute.

Meanwhile, schools in the East Allegheny School District (Wilmerding, Wall, McKeesport and North Versailles Township) were closed yesterday when teachers struck in a contract dispute. James Rush, regional director of the mediation service, said the Fox Chapel teachers and the board asked him to meet with them at 9 a. m. today. The teachers struck last Thursday, an action that brought automatic dismissal by the school board under the State Public Employe Act which bans such walkouts.

The school board and the teachers met all yesterday afternoon but no progress was reported. Prior to the meeting, Dr. Helen D. Wise, president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the state group to which the striking teachers belong, said here that sanctions will be imposed on the Fox Chapel district unless the school board negotiates in good faith. The impositic.i of sanctions is the group's way of telling teachers that a district "does not have a suitable climate for the professional practice of teaching," Dr.

Wise said. She added that the National Education Association, the nationwide affiliate, will support the sanction imposition. The negotiations recessed last night until 8:30 a. m. today.

East Allegheny schools were closed yesterday when only two teachers Krist Gels Life In Kidnaping DECATUR, May 26 (AP) -Bearded, enigmatic Gary Steven Krist was convicted tonight and given a life sentence for the bizarre $500,000 kidnaping of coed Barbara Jane Mackle, who was burcd alive for four days last December. It was a victory for Krist's two court-appointed lawyers who had fought for his life in the seven-day trial. Dist. Ally. Richard Bell had asked for the death penally.

The verdict was returned at 9:52 p.m., after the jury deliberated three hours and 46 minutes. Krist, 24, a convicted car thief and prison escapee, had predicted the death penalty before the case went to the jury. Oil Fouls Beaches Along English Coasl SOUTHEND, England, May 26 (AP)-Oil fouled five miles of beaches along Britain's southeast coast today after an unidentified tanker discharged massive slicks into the Thames Estuary. Thousands of families on their Whit-sun holiday were warned away from the coast between Southend and Shoebury-m-ss. Volunteer squads were trying to mop up the thick black patches.

A hunt was on for the tanker, but the coast guard said it was "highly unlikely" they could trace it. If identified, the owners might be prosecuted since oil discharge is banned within 50 miles of the coast. Red Expert Lauds Apollo TO Crew MOSCOW, May 26 (API-A Soviet space scientist praised the Apollo 10 crewmen today for keeping their sense of humor and said their mission was a "big event in the history of cosmonautics." Dr. Vasily Parin. a leading space biologist, said the flight also was impressive because of the accuracy of all its maneuvers." Tass quoted Parin's reaction less than two hours after splashdown fast work for the normally unhurried official Soviet news agency.

"I hope space biology will get much Information after the data from the flight is processed," Parin told Tass. "I greatly admire the courage of tiie American astronauts who never lost their sense of humor even in difficult situations." Moscow radio broadcast detailed reports on the re-entry and splashdown shortly after they were reported by Western news agencies. What Else Corks Pop Willi Joy Astronauts Are Proud, Relieved inn in Douglas case liils SKC probe Supreme Court postpones jury lest Area lawmakers lo lake holiday trips No funds, judges' pay delayed Deeay allowed in West End, residents say 1, Seel. Offieial says ABM to rut risk of war 1, Seel. Astrology 33 Parents Ask Bridge by Corcn 36 Radio-TV Harold V.

Cohen 16 Sports Comics 36 Theaters Want Ads ueains SPACE CENTER, Houston, May 26 (AP) With cheers, hugs and champagne, three proud Apollo 10 wives celebrated the return today of their astronaut husbands from the threshold of the moon. "Chills ran up and down my spine," said a delighted Barbara Young, wife of the command module pilot John W. Young. "This was the shortest, happiest, most wonderful week of my life," she said. "And I certainly hope it was the most wonderful week of John's life." She described Young, Apollo commander Thomas P.

Stafford and moonship pilot Eugene A. Cernan as three "happy little clowns" in space. "Thrilled beyond words," said Faye Stafford. But she said as far as she's concerned this flight, Stafford's third, should be his last. Weather 13 Women's News 18, 19, 20 TOST-GAZETTE PHONE NUMBERS Editorial 12 Financial 28 to 31 Health 18 Ann Landers 18 Marriages 22 Home Delivery Moneygram 27 want as Obituaries 11, 15 other DePts.