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4 A Vol 49 No 158 a LAAYETTE WEST LAAYETTE IND TUESDAY EVENINGJULY21968 26 Pages Cents RAY'S RETURN IS ORDERED Russia Moves To vuDan aumonues reruseato mon i allow "the passengers to 'fttuHl Vainm nn thA thrwiuAnoJnA has a gun said Simonson Gas orces Town AB Evacuation 5 See AIRLINER Page 12 ififTq 4 84 II 220 25 15 passengers have been detained in Cuba but expect to be flown to Miami later Tuesday (UPI Telephoto) 5 would be safe and 10000 feet is than The hijacker was in the front row of the first class section when stewardess Margaret Burt asked' him to fasten his seat belt grabbed my wrist and put gun on said Miss Burt POUNDING ON DOOR 100 miles north of Mt ami one of the stewardesses called to me and said of i MIAMI la (AP) A hi acked Northwest Orient Air lines jet returned here from Ha vana Tuesday but 86 passengers remained stranded in Cuba rhrhfln fliithnHtac vn we uiree engine ui jet claiming 1 10000 feet runway was too short for a safe takeoff A chartered four engine' pro peller plane an Airlift Interna tional DC7B was dispatched to Varadero Cuba to fly the pas sengers to US soil The Minneapolis Miami jet was hijacked over lorida Mon day night by a Spanish speaking passenger who boarded the plane in Chicago with a 38 cali ber revolver CLAIM DISPUTED The pilot Capt Rich ard Simonson disputed claim that a takeoff with the 86 passengers would have been un safe was no safety factor as far as I was concerned Sim onson told newsmen in Miami believe we could have made it A ederal Aviation Adminis tration official in Miami said that under the most adverse conditions 6000 to 7000 feet MIAMI la Eighty six passengers of an Ameri can jetliner hijacked to Cuba returned to the United States today aboard a mercy plane normally used on to ferry Cuban refu gees to Miami there was a heavy pound ing at the door I had to open the door for safety" LAtin looking man about 35 or 40 with a gun told me to Cuba Go to Havana the pilot continued appeared nervous but when he realized I was going to Havana he became relatively Radio Havana monitored in Miami Tuesdays said Cuban au thorities were investigating the hijacking second in 48 hours and the seventh airliner divert ed to Cuba this year ensure a greater security in the return of the passengers they will fly today to the United States in the regular flights be tween Varadero and said the Cuban radio It said they would travel the 90 miles Today's Chuckle Political campaigns are based oa the premise that you try a man for blaming SAIGON (AP) US Air orce B52 bombers attacked the southernmost part of North Vietnam with the heaviest satu ration raids of the war Mon day and Tuesday Wave after wave of biggest 75 planes in all flying from bases in Okina wa Thailand and Guam unleashed more than four mil licm pounds of explosives Von enemy targets just above South border Each B52 carried about 54000 pounds of 500 and 750 pound bombs J' Nine missions of five plAnes each hit just inside North Viet nam Another six missions struck the northern half of the demilitarized zone The main targets were North Vietnamese storage areas caves 1 bunkers and artillery SiteS ST One aim was to wipe out enemy big guns that have been steadily hammering US com bat bases and supply lines just below the eastern flank of the DMZ and firing at allied war ships offshore Another objec tive was to stem the increasing flow of war materials to enemy troops in South Vietnam Top jRank American bench Stacked with law books addressed Ray directly and him: be committed to to await' extradition to the United 'Milton dealt at some length with the contention of defense attorney Roger risby that Ray could not be extradited because the slaying of the civil rights leader shot in Memphis Tenn April was a political offense REJECTS CONTENTION 1 The judge agreed it was com mon knowledge that King was a controversial i in the United States But he refused to accept the defense contention that this alone would make the crime of his assassination a po litical one i hold so would be to ex tend the meaning of this case too the magistrate said The case turned on whether the crime was political or not Under treaty between Britain and the United States persons may not be extradited for politi cal reasons The jUS government denied contention that the killing of King was a political crime In' summing up Magistrate Miltonsaid he found' no diffi culty in establishing that there was a prima facie case against Ray in' murder tois on the verbal and affidavit' evidence before me HiAtwi Aon Ka tin HmiRf ha oeM RIAfe MM jlvauluu roaxu liu UV1UCUUC xuiu beeriproduced in case to show atft was not an individual 4 Isknow is that this a cused man said he do hesaid'j The magistrate also passed over the question iden tification without difficulty Ray Such heavy B52 strikes some times have signaled a massive American ground sweep It is most unlikely that American troops plan a sweep into the northern half of the DMZ or above it But the B52s could be softening up the artil lery to limit their reaction to other US offensives along the frontier US sources said the storage caves and sup ply both North Vietnamese infil trators headed south and the ai tillery crews attacking South frontier zThe sources pointed out that enemy artillery some of which has a range of 16 miles has been harassing the big allied supplybases of Dong Ha and Cua Viet at toe eastern end erf the DMZ Dong Ha is also head quarters of the US 3rdMa rine Division and the nerve cen ter for allied combat operations alnnff the DMZ Despite 3656 missions' over southern pan handle by smaller fighter bomb ers in an average at 122 a US intelligence sources say the enemy is pouring more supplies and troops into South Vietnam than ever before to the hecessary papers Miller took office replacings Richjd PiBprke who AYETTEVILLE NC (AP) than 1000 families from the Cumberland County commu nity of Manchester and person nel from the Pope Air orce Base operations center were evacuated Tuesday as deadly chlorine gas spread over the area The gas seeped from a leak in a line at a nearby water purifi cation plant Six persons were admitted to Womack General Hospital at Bragg suffering from gas inha lation Their condition was un known immediately The Bragg public informa tion office said there were three large trailer courts in the immediate area of the purifica tion plant and have been evacuated At least 1000 fam ilies are leakage of the yellow green gas was reported at the Manchester Road water purifi cation plant Tuesday morning and emergency repair work be gan immediately The plant is on Army prop erty The Bragg spokesman also said he understood thatamong those suffering gas inha lation were two women and two children believed to be from one of toe trailer courts In toe 5 mile area evacuated Chlorine gas has a disagree able suffocating odor and irri tates toe eyes throat and lungs In large amounts it is highlydangerous It is used as a germicide to purify water and sewage hav ing toe power to kill of bacteria and insects International Airport early Tuesday after being hijacked and forced to fly to Cuba The plane Boeing 727 jet was bound JL' There's No Longer A Lake Centred 4 WASHINGTON (AP) The Indianapolis base Central Airlines and toe Allegheny Air lines headquartered in Pitts burgh merged Monday into toe largest regional air carrier in the United States i The enlarged corporation re tainstoe name Allegheny Air lines Headquarters will: be in Washington with operational and maintenance offices' inr In dianapolis and Pittsburgh 5 i Thomas erguson former Lake Central president was named senior vice president for planning and' development Cardinal Rrennan came to Philadelphia last June 17 for a series of tests and treatment at Misericordia Hospital He had complained of feeling ill for about a month He: had been ill in Rome be fore deciding to fly here for treatment of an undisclosed ail ment a Misericordia Hospital spokesman said Cardinal Brennan a of Shenandoah Pa said he en tered toe priesthood because pf the Christian life of his Janies and Mar garet Brennan His father was a dentist ZUt 7 1 The Sacred Kota in Rome toe highest Vatican court of ap peal It deals with such cases as toe annulment of marriages Cardinal Brennan: became toe first American to be named to the Rota where he was an au ditor or judge for 19 years He became head of the tribunal in 1959 and was given toe title of monsignor1' Pope Paul named Cardinal Brennan as toe a of toe Congregation of the Sac raments last Jan 15 It is the highest Vatican post ever given 10 an 5 Settlement Ends Maritime Strike NEW YORK (UPI) Some 45000 members of toe National Maritime Union headed back to sea Tuesday following settle ment of a toree day strike which tied up ships in East and Coast ports I The settlement granted al most all the demands 5 7 i from Havana to Varadero by bus i The crew and passengers of the airliner spent toe night in toe terminal at air port Simonson 'said he argued with Cuban officials that a take off would be safe then decided further argument would be fu tile Simonson said he and an of ficial of toe Swiss Embassy which handles US affairs 'in Cuba told passengers tjiey had to stay behind was ha rdto tell Simonson said they seemed to take it pretty well Headquarters of Northwest 1 Orient Airlines in Minneapolis listed toe other crew members as irst OfficerRichard Con 1 rad copilot Second Officer Kenneth Warras 'and steward esses "Nancy Lee Stevenson Barbara Schlosser Margarite Schmidt and Miss Burt The Northwest jet touched down in Havana just six hours aftefa Southeast Airlines DC3 with 14 passengers and a three man crew were permitted to complete a flight to Key West that was interrupted Saturday by a well dressed' Negro who put a gunXto toe head of toe pilot fs TRIAL AHEAD George Prellezo Cuban born Silot of the pirated Southeast ight was jailed in Havana and a spokesman for the idel Cas tro government said he would A 0 Another UiS Plane Hijacked Passengers reed by Cuba 4 Million Pound Bomb Load Hurled at Reds I In South Vietnam pnly ane significant ground action was reported Monday as a genetai lull continued In a day of fighting three miles southeast of the nearly abandoned combat base at Khe Sanh 157 North Vietnamese were killed US Marines re ported A Marine company clashed with one enemy fofee in toe area and' catted in air strikes and artillery 'US pilots also found as co enepay group nearby 1 With toe North Vietnamese forces under heavy air attack the Marines reported two of their own men killed and ll wounded 7 Deep in the Mekimg Delta 122 miles southwesti ot Saigon al lied forces reportedTtoeir third big discovery of stockpiled ene my weapons sined Saturday A US Army helicopter unit and South Vietnamese isregu lars uncovered tWo recoilless rifles 130 shens Mor toem 92 rockets 122 mortar rounds 160 pistols 40 antipersonnel mines small arms ammuniton and 14 feoxei of Military spokesmen said 1 25 enemy sampans and 600 pounds ofricerwere aestrev8dLLLxn Priest Dies PHILADELPHIA (AP) rancis Cardinal Brennan who began his service to the Roman Catholic Church as an altar boy in a small Pennsylvania coal town and rose to toe highest Vatican post even held by an American died Tuesday 4 Cardinal Brennan was known as the in Rome where he headed' the Roman Congregation of Lawyer ffiRqrringBIRMINGHAM Ala Attorney Arthur 1 Hanes Tuesday that James Earl Rays jjirprisef statement that Haneswas denied permission to see him was Hanes upon returning 1 from Loudont4old UPI on June 24 that Home Office had not denied him permission to see his' client But Hanes denied' Tuesday that he said that'T''T''' made official requests to see the man and was told this was'hot permissible" said Hanes whom Ray hired to rep resent him in the United States British authorities did per mit me to send communications directly to the" was dis appointed Hanes said 'u I chose not to create a scene In't London for fear of jeopardizing case in toe British Ray was: ar restedLvjvhile traveling as" Ra mon George Sneyd Hanes would not comment lurther op statement i 1 1 House: Aictibii Backs Senate's Refusal of und? It 4 Navy ill fX 1'11 tLLd Scrubbed RliHPSTOgO I Second Hijacked Plane Returns Northwest Orient Airlirtet flight 714 pulls into tor Miami from Chicago with 86 passengers' aboard7 The 4 A MM A 4 AM I A 1 A a 1 1 a WASHINGTON (UPI) The Navy version of the controver sial ill fighter bomber was all but killed Tuesday hen toe House Armed Services Commit tee: went along with Senate ac tion eliminating funds for toe plftne originally known' as toe TX The House isvirtually certain to endorse toe committee move when 'the issue reaches toe floor Action on toe 111B (the Air orce version: is toe 111A) came as toe committee ap proved and amended $21 bil lion a passed bill that would authorize procurement of military hardware and finance research and development by the armed forces in toe next 12 Although toe House commit tee' refused to go along with someother cuts made by toe Senate it accepted without change the action on toe 11B elimination of $460 million requested by the administration for further development of the plane and purchase of 30 of the craft for toe Navy In place of the 111B toe Senate voted $170 for development of an experimental aircraft known as toe VX1 described as lighter and' more maneuverable than toe ill A jIf toe VX1 works will uses? the same engine and Phoenix missile system of the The ill has been beset with controversy since toe nearly 1960s whetilithen1 Defense 2 Sec retary Robert McNamara and a Senate subcommittee headed by Sen John McClellan' rtiiu in a arawniiui dispute over award Of toe' lucrative development contract to General Dynamics Corp McNamara insisted the ill was toe most feasible answer to the aircraft needs of both toe Air orce and Navy? McClellan called it a multimillion dollar boondoggle WASHINGTON (AP) The white House announced today that the Soviet government is releasing an American air liner and its passengers afterreceiving an official US ex pression of regret that the craft violated Soviet air space over toe Kurile Islands MOSCOW (UPI) Agreement between Moscow and Washing ton may bring toe release soon of a US airliner and the 231 Americans aboard when it was forced down onto a Soviet ar East island by Russian fighters diplomatic sources said Tues day They said the official Soviet silence over the incident Sunday plus American readiness to take toe and probably apolo gize if indicated the matter was likely to be settled quickly and quietly Ane major reason for toe Soviets being agreeable is tost the Kremlin is considered un likely to spoil a new era of good feeling now evident between toe United States and toe Soviet Union The Soviet press continued its blackout on toe forced landing oi tne beaboard world Airlines DC8 on toe harsh volcanic is land of Iturup north of Japan According to observers this in dicated Moscow may not make a cold war issue of toe incident US officials said toe plane was carrying 214 GIs from Se attle Wash to Vietnam via Japan when it strayed off course was intercepted by toe fighters and escorted to Iturup The sources said the Kremlin 1 probably would think again be for' lettinn to6 incident Mriven 1 'the US cooperation in making 1 things easy disturb toe Mos 1 cow Washington progress that includes agreement to open talks on limiting antimissile missiles ree 231 US Apology Heralds Release Of Airplane Oath IXafayette Police 'Chief Robert Miller resigned for personal? reasons? Burke? has makes ft bfficialfas he signs toe oath of been assigned as captain of the Patrol Di office as' chief while toe Lafayette citv cleric vision? while Cant James Washburn Mrs Marjorie Griffith adds her signature placed Chief Miller as captain of toe Traffic improvement Department (Stafi Photo): i 'LONDON "court "Tuesday granted extradition of James Earl iJRay wanted in i the States as the ''accused assassin sbf 'Dr Mdrtin Luther i Theextradition'order was granted Magis trate rank Milton Legal sources said Ray winildapp6thededsion7A The magistrate granted Ray legaf aid to pursue his appeal in a higher court within the: required 15 day deadline Ray received the decision without any outward show of emotion He was Jmmediately Jed from court still sur rounded by i a cordon of Scotland Yard detectives and taken back to his maximum security jail at Vands worth Prison in south: London 7 A The Magistrates sitting at his I was arrested in Britain on forged passport and illegal gun darrying charges under toe alias of Ramon George Sneyd ABut the said? find evidence that James Earl Ray is the same person now be (Lawyers 'close1 to the case said an appeal would be car ried to toe High Court with ar guments on the same political grounds': as Milton 'rejected in Court TO HOUSE LORDS? toe High Court reject thtf appeal Ray could go to toe House of Lords which is Brit ain's highest court But he could make an appeal to the Lords on a point of law The extradition order against the 40 year old prisoner was on two fugitive criminal accused of and fugitive convicted of rob This traces 'to his escape in April 1967 from toe Missouri State at Jefferson Citjr where he was starting his aA See EXTRADITION Page 12 tWIGSiHRST ATTACK ON SAIGON (UPI) military souredsaid 1 Tuesday unidentl fied plane which may have a Communist MIG dronned bombs near a TT Special or camp 30? a miles west of Saigon The raider may also have shot ap American Heli copter There Wastoopfficial con firmation from the US Command on what could be toe first attack 7 on 'South Vietnamese1 territory by Communist planes 0 urc bombings nearrSalgon Said US a a rf picked up a performance i with toe flight characteris 'tics pf early model'So viet made: MIG17 as it streaked in from Cambodia1 These same appet' 'Gi uic i a vn scope but dlsappe utes later raisings mbssi bility a helicoptermay have beenyshot d6wnJ A lheli: copter has been Alisted as in jtoa a Sources WHERE TO LOOK THIS EDITION: 2 Sections 26 7 tat I Amusements Comics Deaths Editorials Columns rankfort 'Markets Radio AL Sports1 TV Page i weatner West LafayettePurdue Page 18 14 15 10 3 4 I I I I I I I 1 I I I 1 I I 5 I i I 1 I0 Bii Hi'1 I I 1 i i I i ii In Ilf I Ki 1 S' El A I vrT 'f 1 I 1 i Zf t' a 9 i ii It I Is 9 il I 9 ItH I II I1'" £BBEBBBHBv: 4 1 JI i I' ii i i II British Court jU i i All' A I 'Ijli IjUS A 'A 1'1'B iisMlfe I 'V''.