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1 - Story in Weekend, Page IB fegy J 70th Year - No. 31 Good Morning! it's Friday, OcL 21 1 977 3 Sections - 48 Pages - 15 Cents &3l k. mm H fiH H iH infi flkE HB RsT 99 BB ES3 SH 4HBh Dh Hb hh EBB r3B Bn KkTtsfl bb Bw BB m fly Bfl BBi BhI xL Bl wSS BES 99 D9 89 (Be IBB H IBM a ATLANTA (UPI) - Bank robbery suspect Thomas Michael Hannan, who hijacked an airliner in an effort to fire from Jail another suspect said to be his homosexual lover, released his hostages unharmed late Thursday night but shot himself to death rather than surrender. Hannan, 29, ignored the pleas of his attorney, who went aboard the Frontier Airlines plane after the passengers left, and shot himself once in the chest "He was in the back of the plane sitting down in one of the seats," said James Dunn, agent in charge of the Atlanta FBI office. "There was no scuffle at all. He just sat down and pulled the trigger." Hannan had hijacked the Boeing 737 twin-engi- ne jet at Grand Island, Neb., his hometown, early Thursday morning and demanded the release from an Atlanta jail of George David Stewart, 29, along with $3 million and two parachutes, apparently to be used in some sort of dating in-flig- ht escape. Stewart was being held on charges of robbing a National Bank of Georgia branch with Hannan, who had been released earlier mis month on a $25,000 bond. Sgt James Gill of the Mobile, Ala., police department said the two men had traveled the country together and "bom admitted to having a homosexual relations." The plane initially carried 30 passengers and a crew of four, but Hannan released the women and children, as well as two men, one a heart patient when the craft stopped to refuel in Kansas City. He released stewardesses Diane Lord and Bobbie Karr after the plane had been parked on an Atlanta runway about six hours. At that time "he in-ferred he was ready to kill the hostages," Dunn said. But after a plea from Stewart, who was flown by helicopter to the airport and the personal effort of his attorney, J. Roger Thompson, who went aboard the plane, Hannan released the remaining 11 passengers unharmed. The pilot and copilot remained on board while Thompson, who represented Hannan and Stewart in the bank robbery case, tried to talk Hannan into surrendering. "Mr. Thompson was talking with the subject aboard the plane, trying to talk him off the aircraft. He was un-successful. The subject shot himself one time in the chest and is dead," Dunn said. An ambulance rushed Hannan to Grady Hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead on arrival. The tension at the Atlanta airport extended to Kansas City, where relatives of the remaining hostages waited anxiously in a motel for news of the hijack. FBI agent Ken Teetzen took the word they all were waiting for. "The hostages have been released," he yelled, and a Frontier Airline official ran down the motel hallway, pounding on doors to announce the news. The hijacking began around 8:30 a.m. CDT Thursday at Grand Island, Neb. Officials said Hannan pulled a sawed-o- ff shotgun from a bag during a security check and commandeered the jet. After releasing them, the hijacker, who also asked for two machine guns, two .45 pistols and two parachutes, still had 11 passengers and a crew of four to back up his demands. Most of the hostages were from Nebraska. The plane landed in Atlanta at 1:02 p.m. CDT, and taxied to within about a quarter-mil-e of a cargo terminal where police had their headquarters. That began the negotiations which ended almost 10 hours later with the fatal shot. Hannan had originally set a 6 p.m. CDT deadline for the meeting of his demands, but mat passed without in- - ( See BELL, Page 9A) Big carriers may cruise out of Navy Change reflects new war strategy ByDrcwMiddletan N.Y. Times Service The Navy commissioned the supercarrier Dwight D. Eisenhower Tuesday and promised mat another ship of the same class, the Carl Vinson, would join the fleet in 1980. Thereafter, the Navy is expected to turn to the construction of carriers smaller than the 91,000 tons (81,900 tonnes) of the Eisenhower and her predecessor, the Nimitz. The turn reflects a change in naval thinking as important to sea warfare as the capitulation of the "battleships admirals" in the 1940's to the destaads -- of the "carrier admirals." The shift from supercarriers to medium-siz- e platforms for aircraft is also likely to herald a new era in American naval tactics. Until now, the supercarrier, with its nuclear propulsion and its complement of 90 to 100 combat aircraft, was con-sidered the single most important American surface ship in conventional or nuclear warfare. The supercarrier, its admirers said, could project American air power anywhere in the world to bomb an enemy's targets, fight and destroy enemy planes and support landings by the Marine Corps or theArmy. The supercarrier may be able to fulfill these missions. But the Navy, goaded by some of the younger ad-mirals, is now considering acquisition of a smaller class of carriers equipped with VSTOL (vertical or short takeoff and landing) aircraft The sun has not yet set on -- the supercarriers but some naval planners believe the future belongs to the light carriers, a conclusion forced by the development during the last decade of a Soviet fleet, one of whose prime missions is the destruction of super-carrier-s. The development of the modern Soviet navy has affected not only the value of the supercarriers but also American naval strategy. Projection of the Navy's bombers and fighters is one element of that strategy. The second and increasingly important element is sea control, that is, command of vital areas against attacks by submarines on American convoys. Diehards among the supporters of the supercarriers contend that, with the improvement of electronic warning systems and naval fighter aircraft, the four mammoth nuclear-powere-d carriers the Enterprise, the Nimitz, the Eisenhower and the Carl Vinson can carry out the role of sending air-craft where they are needed. Their opponents argue that, even so, the supercarrier is not an economical system for carrying out thia role. The carrier, they insist, does not have (See BIG, Page 9A) Crawling Mase Fire destroyed a van and damaged a house belonging to David Hatton, 2000 Rollins Road. Hatton said the blaze began Thursday afternoon in the front of the van. It later spread to the front of the house after Hatton's unsuccessful attempt to pull the van away from the house. He said the fully-equipp- ed van was worth $7,000. No damage estimate was available on the house. Upper right, Hatton, right, and a fireman ponder the loss after the fire. Lower right, the charred inside of the van. MtefcWriMtocfc I Touring rock group crashes in Mississippi From onr wire services GILLSBURG, Miss. At least six persons were confirmed dead Thursday night in the crash of a twin-engin- e, propeller-drive- n airplane flying the popular southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd group to a concert in Iiiiginna A spokesman at Southwest Medical Center in McComb, Miss., confirmed she bodies had been brought to the hospital from the crash in a hardwood thicket in southwest Mississippi. Identities of the victims were not available. Medical officials said 19 persons, including several band members, were hospitalized. Some were in critical condition. Those admitted were identified as Gary Rossington, guitarist; Allen Collins, guitarist; Billy Powell, keyboards; Leon Wilkeson, bass; Artemas Pyle, drummer, and Leslie Hawkins, backup singer. The plane had been leased for the rock group's current tour from LJ Leasing Co. of Dallas. The group was to have performed a concert Friday night at Louisiana State Universty in Baton Rouge. Authorities said it appeared that the Convair 240 carrying 25 passengers, may have been running low on fuel and clipped the tops off tall pine trees for about 100 yards (90 meters) before plowing nose first in a hardwood thicket only a short distance from an open field the pilot was apparently. United Way nears 33 of goal By Karen Stance! Mhssaorias staff writer Two weeks into its 1977 campaign, Columbia's United Way has collected $132,801, about one-thir-d of its $400,000 goal The campaign is $14,985 ahead of last year at this stage of the campaign. The highest return among employe campaigns in major businesses came from MFA Insurance Co., which finished with $32,827. The highest per capita contribution $45.37 came from Boone County National Bank, which finished with a total of $1,429. The biggest increase in corporate gifts also came from Boone County Bank, which experienced a 21 per cent increase. I Today 1 Its influence may be diminishing, I but the University still is the largest employer in Columbia. Money talks, H even if University officials are the 9 silent type, In today's articles on i Page SA, the Columbia Miasourian I examines the town-gow- n relation-- ship and reportson the University's I two key persons in Columbia, i President James Olson and Chan-- I cenorHerbsrtSchooUng. Saturday Will Columbia continue to seek new industry? If so, what kind? Will persons with power make the decision or will the general population? In the concluding parts of the Missourian's six-da- y series on power, you can take e look at at-titudes toward growth and an analysis of what it all means. You'll also be able to read about some of the persons that dida't make the list of influential persons. 1 MiMF1' ft I Im town today All day Homecoming king and queen elections on the University campus. 4 p.m. Homecoming house decorations on display at fraternity and sorority houses and on the University campus. 7:90 p.m. "Ladyhouse Blues," a play by by Kevin O'Morrison, Stephens College Playhouse. 8:M p.m. 01' Mizzou Snake Dance starts at Kappa Alpha fraternity bouse, 1301 University Ave., and continues through the University campus. See Sunday's Vibrations magarine for exhibit scbedale. Movbs listings on Pages MB Reassessment may bring greater equity By Karen Stancel Missocrian staff writer Rep. Joe Holt, D-Fult- on, told the Boone County Court Thursday there's a "high likelihood" that the state will finance a substantial portion of a statewide tax reassessment in the next few years. The court held a forum on tax assessment with members of the state legislature, Columbia's school board and other groups voicing their ideas on how to make the county's method of assessment more equitable. All agreed that the county's present method of tax assessment is inequitable. Most favored statewide reassessment County Assessor Tom Drane said Boone County is presently the second most evenly assessed county in Missouri according to a ratio study conducted by the League of Women Voters. However, Drane said some state guidelines are still needed. "We can't just deal with one county at a time. We need something more far-reachin- g." City Manager Terry Novak said the city wants "to get out of the business of property tax." He favors replacing the property tax with a 1 per cent earnings tax. Vince Crane, of the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation, agreed with Novak. "The philosophy of Boone County farmers is to try to downplay property tax tram mm on. We Would like to replace assessment ratios with a tax on personal incomes," he said. Rep. Larry Mead R-Colum-bia, (SeeUJS. FUNDS, Page 1A)
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Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1977-10-21 |
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Item.Transcript | 1 - Story in Weekend, Page IB fegy J 70th Year - No. 31 Good Morning! it's Friday, OcL 21 1 977 3 Sections - 48 Pages - 15 Cents &3l k. mm H fiH H iH infi flkE HB RsT 99 BB ES3 SH 4HBh Dh Hb hh EBB r3B Bn KkTtsfl bb Bw BB m fly Bfl BBi BhI xL Bl wSS BES 99 D9 89 (Be IBB H IBM a ATLANTA (UPI) - Bank robbery suspect Thomas Michael Hannan, who hijacked an airliner in an effort to fire from Jail another suspect said to be his homosexual lover, released his hostages unharmed late Thursday night but shot himself to death rather than surrender. Hannan, 29, ignored the pleas of his attorney, who went aboard the Frontier Airlines plane after the passengers left, and shot himself once in the chest "He was in the back of the plane sitting down in one of the seats," said James Dunn, agent in charge of the Atlanta FBI office. "There was no scuffle at all. He just sat down and pulled the trigger." Hannan had hijacked the Boeing 737 twin-engi- ne jet at Grand Island, Neb., his hometown, early Thursday morning and demanded the release from an Atlanta jail of George David Stewart, 29, along with $3 million and two parachutes, apparently to be used in some sort of dating in-flig- ht escape. Stewart was being held on charges of robbing a National Bank of Georgia branch with Hannan, who had been released earlier mis month on a $25,000 bond. Sgt James Gill of the Mobile, Ala., police department said the two men had traveled the country together and "bom admitted to having a homosexual relations." The plane initially carried 30 passengers and a crew of four, but Hannan released the women and children, as well as two men, one a heart patient when the craft stopped to refuel in Kansas City. He released stewardesses Diane Lord and Bobbie Karr after the plane had been parked on an Atlanta runway about six hours. At that time "he in-ferred he was ready to kill the hostages," Dunn said. But after a plea from Stewart, who was flown by helicopter to the airport and the personal effort of his attorney, J. Roger Thompson, who went aboard the plane, Hannan released the remaining 11 passengers unharmed. The pilot and copilot remained on board while Thompson, who represented Hannan and Stewart in the bank robbery case, tried to talk Hannan into surrendering. "Mr. Thompson was talking with the subject aboard the plane, trying to talk him off the aircraft. He was un-successful. The subject shot himself one time in the chest and is dead," Dunn said. An ambulance rushed Hannan to Grady Hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead on arrival. The tension at the Atlanta airport extended to Kansas City, where relatives of the remaining hostages waited anxiously in a motel for news of the hijack. FBI agent Ken Teetzen took the word they all were waiting for. "The hostages have been released," he yelled, and a Frontier Airline official ran down the motel hallway, pounding on doors to announce the news. The hijacking began around 8:30 a.m. CDT Thursday at Grand Island, Neb. Officials said Hannan pulled a sawed-o- ff shotgun from a bag during a security check and commandeered the jet. After releasing them, the hijacker, who also asked for two machine guns, two .45 pistols and two parachutes, still had 11 passengers and a crew of four to back up his demands. Most of the hostages were from Nebraska. The plane landed in Atlanta at 1:02 p.m. CDT, and taxied to within about a quarter-mil-e of a cargo terminal where police had their headquarters. That began the negotiations which ended almost 10 hours later with the fatal shot. Hannan had originally set a 6 p.m. CDT deadline for the meeting of his demands, but mat passed without in- - ( See BELL, Page 9A) Big carriers may cruise out of Navy Change reflects new war strategy ByDrcwMiddletan N.Y. Times Service The Navy commissioned the supercarrier Dwight D. Eisenhower Tuesday and promised mat another ship of the same class, the Carl Vinson, would join the fleet in 1980. Thereafter, the Navy is expected to turn to the construction of carriers smaller than the 91,000 tons (81,900 tonnes) of the Eisenhower and her predecessor, the Nimitz. The turn reflects a change in naval thinking as important to sea warfare as the capitulation of the "battleships admirals" in the 1940's to the destaads -- of the "carrier admirals." The shift from supercarriers to medium-siz- e platforms for aircraft is also likely to herald a new era in American naval tactics. Until now, the supercarrier, with its nuclear propulsion and its complement of 90 to 100 combat aircraft, was con-sidered the single most important American surface ship in conventional or nuclear warfare. The supercarrier, its admirers said, could project American air power anywhere in the world to bomb an enemy's targets, fight and destroy enemy planes and support landings by the Marine Corps or theArmy. The supercarrier may be able to fulfill these missions. But the Navy, goaded by some of the younger ad-mirals, is now considering acquisition of a smaller class of carriers equipped with VSTOL (vertical or short takeoff and landing) aircraft The sun has not yet set on -- the supercarriers but some naval planners believe the future belongs to the light carriers, a conclusion forced by the development during the last decade of a Soviet fleet, one of whose prime missions is the destruction of super-carrier-s. The development of the modern Soviet navy has affected not only the value of the supercarriers but also American naval strategy. Projection of the Navy's bombers and fighters is one element of that strategy. The second and increasingly important element is sea control, that is, command of vital areas against attacks by submarines on American convoys. Diehards among the supporters of the supercarriers contend that, with the improvement of electronic warning systems and naval fighter aircraft, the four mammoth nuclear-powere-d carriers the Enterprise, the Nimitz, the Eisenhower and the Carl Vinson can carry out the role of sending air-craft where they are needed. Their opponents argue that, even so, the supercarrier is not an economical system for carrying out thia role. The carrier, they insist, does not have (See BIG, Page 9A) Crawling Mase Fire destroyed a van and damaged a house belonging to David Hatton, 2000 Rollins Road. Hatton said the blaze began Thursday afternoon in the front of the van. It later spread to the front of the house after Hatton's unsuccessful attempt to pull the van away from the house. He said the fully-equipp- ed van was worth $7,000. No damage estimate was available on the house. Upper right, Hatton, right, and a fireman ponder the loss after the fire. Lower right, the charred inside of the van. MtefcWriMtocfc I Touring rock group crashes in Mississippi From onr wire services GILLSBURG, Miss. At least six persons were confirmed dead Thursday night in the crash of a twin-engin- e, propeller-drive- n airplane flying the popular southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd group to a concert in Iiiiginna A spokesman at Southwest Medical Center in McComb, Miss., confirmed she bodies had been brought to the hospital from the crash in a hardwood thicket in southwest Mississippi. Identities of the victims were not available. Medical officials said 19 persons, including several band members, were hospitalized. Some were in critical condition. Those admitted were identified as Gary Rossington, guitarist; Allen Collins, guitarist; Billy Powell, keyboards; Leon Wilkeson, bass; Artemas Pyle, drummer, and Leslie Hawkins, backup singer. The plane had been leased for the rock group's current tour from LJ Leasing Co. of Dallas. The group was to have performed a concert Friday night at Louisiana State Universty in Baton Rouge. Authorities said it appeared that the Convair 240 carrying 25 passengers, may have been running low on fuel and clipped the tops off tall pine trees for about 100 yards (90 meters) before plowing nose first in a hardwood thicket only a short distance from an open field the pilot was apparently. United Way nears 33 of goal By Karen Stance! Mhssaorias staff writer Two weeks into its 1977 campaign, Columbia's United Way has collected $132,801, about one-thir-d of its $400,000 goal The campaign is $14,985 ahead of last year at this stage of the campaign. The highest return among employe campaigns in major businesses came from MFA Insurance Co., which finished with $32,827. The highest per capita contribution $45.37 came from Boone County National Bank, which finished with a total of $1,429. The biggest increase in corporate gifts also came from Boone County Bank, which experienced a 21 per cent increase. I Today 1 Its influence may be diminishing, I but the University still is the largest employer in Columbia. Money talks, H even if University officials are the 9 silent type, In today's articles on i Page SA, the Columbia Miasourian I examines the town-gow- n relation-- ship and reportson the University's I two key persons in Columbia, i President James Olson and Chan-- I cenorHerbsrtSchooUng. Saturday Will Columbia continue to seek new industry? If so, what kind? Will persons with power make the decision or will the general population? In the concluding parts of the Missourian's six-da- y series on power, you can take e look at at-titudes toward growth and an analysis of what it all means. You'll also be able to read about some of the persons that dida't make the list of influential persons. 1 MiMF1' ft I Im town today All day Homecoming king and queen elections on the University campus. 4 p.m. Homecoming house decorations on display at fraternity and sorority houses and on the University campus. 7:90 p.m. "Ladyhouse Blues," a play by by Kevin O'Morrison, Stephens College Playhouse. 8:M p.m. 01' Mizzou Snake Dance starts at Kappa Alpha fraternity bouse, 1301 University Ave., and continues through the University campus. See Sunday's Vibrations magarine for exhibit scbedale. Movbs listings on Pages MB Reassessment may bring greater equity By Karen Stancel Missocrian staff writer Rep. Joe Holt, D-Fult- on, told the Boone County Court Thursday there's a "high likelihood" that the state will finance a substantial portion of a statewide tax reassessment in the next few years. The court held a forum on tax assessment with members of the state legislature, Columbia's school board and other groups voicing their ideas on how to make the county's method of assessment more equitable. All agreed that the county's present method of tax assessment is inequitable. Most favored statewide reassessment County Assessor Tom Drane said Boone County is presently the second most evenly assessed county in Missouri according to a ratio study conducted by the League of Women Voters. However, Drane said some state guidelines are still needed. "We can't just deal with one county at a time. We need something more far-reachin- g." City Manager Terry Novak said the city wants "to get out of the business of property tax." He favors replacing the property tax with a 1 per cent earnings tax. Vince Crane, of the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation, agreed with Novak. "The philosophy of Boone County farmers is to try to downplay property tax tram mm on. We Would like to replace assessment ratios with a tax on personal incomes," he said. Rep. Larry Mead R-Colum-bia, (SeeUJS. FUNDS, Page 1A) |