March 10, 1972

TWA repts it has had no further contact with extortionists who placed bombs aboard its jetliners in attempt to obtain payment of $2‐million in ransom; says no ransom has been paid; carrier's pres Wiser says ‘TWA believes that the bomb threat that caused this situation has run its course'; authorities express belief that extortionists are present or past indus employes who have intimate knowledge of airline workings; security precautions and their effects on air travel discussed; Hansa aircraft, specified by extortionists to be used to deliver ransom to Atlanta, Ga, illus at Westchester County Airport

US Price Comm announces new regulations providing relief from price controls for cos incurring losses or low profits; under new rules, 14,000 to 15,000 cos with sales of $1‐million or more per yr may raise prices to achieve profit of anywhere between 0.2% and 3.0% of sales, depending on annual capital turnover; cos with sales of under $1‐million can increase prices to achieve a profit of up to 3% regardless of their capital turnover; comm, however, rules that price of any individual product or service can be raised by no more than 8%, even if co is suffering loss or has low profits; regulations detailed

Wayne County, Mich, Sheriffs Deputy H S Henderson killed and Deputy Sheriffs J Jenkins, H Duvall and A D Vincent wounded by gunfire when 3 Detroit policemen raided apt where deputies were playing cards; both Detroit Police Dept and Wayne County Sheriff's Office, calling incident ‘a tragic mix‐up,’ say that it is unclear who had shot 1st; Deputy Sheriff D E Davis, who escaped raid uninjured, says that Detroit policemen, members of special unit called STRESS, had started shooting and had continued for nearly 10 mins despite fact that deputies had identified themselves; incident described; Detroit Police Comr J F Nichols comments

Authenticity of memoirs by W Red Fox, 101‐yr‐old Sioux Indian chief, is being seriously questioned by some leading authorities on Indians and is challenged in lawsuit, which charges plagiarism and is being brought by Mrs J Hejmstra, granddaughter of J H McGregor, historian who wrote book on Wounded Knee massacre; memoirs were published yr ago by McGraw‐Hill Inc and have just been issued as paperback by Fawcett Publications Inc; hardcover edition has sold about 100,000 copies; plagiarism charges stem from evidence indicating some 12,000 words from memoirs were drawn from McGregor book; inquiry fails to produce evidence to corroborate origins alleged by Red Fox; no reputable scholar can be found to endorse memoirs; authority on Indian culture Dr J C Ewers characterizes memoirs as ‘pure and simple trash'; C Asher, who was collaborator on memoirs, says he never questioned veracity of memoirs until now; responsibility at McGraw‐Hill for venture rests with trade book div headed by A R Leventhal, who retracts promise to make available handwritten notebooks; Leventhal and editor R S Stewart say efforts are under way to obtain documents to verify some of Red Fox's claims; Red Fox and Asher, during separate ints, modify substantial points of memoirs after being confronted with conflicting accounts gathered from Fed records, tribal rolls and other sources; several points disclosed by inquiries and ints, including one that McGraw‐Hill apparently failed to consult any competent authority before publication, listed; McGraw‐Hill exec E E Booher says memoirs should have been submitted to authorities; Ewers agrees with him that publication was handled poorly; Indian book author A M Josephy Jr, editor of McGraw‐Hill div, wrote critical rept of memoirs after publication; negative reactions of several Indian scholars noted; remarks by Red Fox and Asher detailed; illus of Red Fox, Asher, Sioux elder B Black Elk, jacket design of memoirs and similar passages from memoirs and McGregor book

Repub Natl Com reptdly wants San Diego Repub Com to cancel controversial arrangement between party and ITT subsidary Sheraton Corp, in light of Sen Judiciary Com hearings on ITT lobbyist D D Beard memo involving Justice Dept settlement of ITT antitrust case and Sheraton pledge of $400,000 to ‘72 Repub Natl Conv in San Diego; holds there is nothing improper about arrangement but ending it would be prudent; Gov Reagan says com decided to reject Sheraton funds, press conf; Repr B Wilson denies reptd com decision; says no decision has been made to reject or accept pledge and that decision is up to San Diego host com, not Natl com; Repub Natl Com press sec C Maurer says he knows of no change in previous Repub party statements that no 1 person or business is permitted to contribute ‘disproportionately large’ share to conv costs; party begins urgent discussions with San Diego indus and financial leaders in effort to collect $300,000 to $400,000 in cash to replace ITT pledge; Repub party conv arrangements chmn R L Herman asks that none of $100,000 already received from Sheraton be sent to Washington, DC; money remains in San Diego so that Herman can determine if donation is equitable amount compared to other hotel contributions; Sheraton holds pledge is not unusually large; San Diego's largest hotel operator Atlas Hotels repts its contribution was $24,000, double amount given in previous party conv; San Diego originally turned down inv to bid for Repub conv last April ‘71 because it believed it could not raise funds, provide accomodations, and feared repetition of violence in Chicago in ‘68; Nixon in late April reptd he wanted conv in ‘my luck city,’ San Diego; in May, during ITT annual meeting in San Diego, Repr B Wilson met with ITT pres Geneen and Sheraton Corp pres H R James; Geneen reptdly offered backing of $400,000 to city ‘until you can raise the money'; source of pledge remained secret until mid‐June when rumors spread that source was ITT; Beard memo disclosing source is dated June 25