January 30, 1972

Life magazine, in article by R A Graves in its forthcoming issue, reaffirms its belief in authenticity of Irving's material on Hughes but suggests that material may have been stolen by disloyal or greedy employe; article recounts history of magazine's involvement in biography controversy; woman identifying herself as Mrs Irving telephoned Swiss Credit Bank in Zurich from NYC to say that it was she who, posing as Helga Hughes, opened account at bank; says she is prepared to go to Switzerland within next wk; Irving is scheduled to appear before NY County grand jury along with his former lawyer M S Ackerman; Ackerman says he will tell jury all that he can within line of lawyer‐client privilege; it is reliably reptd that Nessen, who succeeded Ackerman as Irving's atty, will appear instead of client to ask for delay on grounds that he has not had sufficient time to talk to Irving

Columbia Univ econ and law instructors P Passell and L Ross rev Nixon's fiscal '73 Budget Message; see Nixon choosing budget priorities with eye to Nov Pres election; sec full‐employment balanced budget insufficient to restore full employment to weak econ

dir S Kubrick int on film A Clockwork Orange and career by C McGregor; cartoon of Kubrick

PARIS—President Nixon indicated that his adviser had seen the North Vietnamese 13 times. Mr. Kissinger corrected him: No, it was 12 times. A French radio commentator last week suggested yet another figure. Pretending that the divorced Mr. Kissinger was still married, the commentator jested that the Presidential aide was in trouble at home because he'd told his wife he had gone to Paris on official business 16 times.

G B Trapnell, ex‐mental patient, pulls gun from fake plaster arm cast and commandeers TWA Boeing 707 on Los Angeles‐NYC flight while craft is over Iowa; allows craft to discharge 93 passengers at Kennedy Internatl Airport where he demands $300,000 in ransom, clemency for air piracy, freedom for Angela Davis, conversation with Pres Nixon, release of friend from Tex prison and conversations with lawyers and psychiatrist; threatens to kill crew and destroy craft if demands are not met; speaks to psychiatrist by radiotelephone and rejects his pleas to abandon hijacking attempt; orders lawyer to fly to NY from Miami, reiterating threats to kill crew and destroy craft; lawyer arrives at Kennedy Internatl but Trapnell, fearing FBI agents will try to approach and seize craft, orders it to take off and circle airport; directs craft to return to airport and demands that it be refueled and that relief crew be supplied for possible trans‐Atlantic flight; is shot by FBI agent disguised as member of relief crew after craft lands; events of 8‐hr hijacking detailed; crew listed; transcript of conversation between hijacker and TWA official; illus of hijacker, FBI agent, lawyer, psychiatrist, capt of craft and hijacked craft