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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1971)
Airlines trying to prevent price war THE BATTALION Wednesday, September 29, 1971 College Station, Texas Page 6 WASHINGTON WP>—Pan American and Trans World, the two U.S. airlines providing sched uled service across the North At lantic, have appealed to the U.S. government for quick action to avert a general transatlantic air fare war. At a closed meeting with the Civil Aeronautics Board, officials of the two airlines said that un it s positive steps are taken be- fuie Oct. 15, disastrous fare cuts of the type already proposed by Lufthansa German Airlines will broaden into a variety of costly traffic-promotion projects by many airlines. They proposed that the CAB, through the State Department, notify the West German govern ment that ,the Lufthansa fare proposal is improper and unac ceptable under terms of the U.S.- German bilateral air agreement. They said Canada already has taken such action. The board, which took the re quest under advisement, made a transcript of the Sept. 23 meet ing available to newsmen Tues day. Lufthansa refused to go along with North Atlantic fare levels agreed upon at an International Air Transport Association IATA conference in Montreal earlier this month, and filed with the CAB Sept. 15 its own reduced fares to become effective next Feb. 1. Lufthansa proposed a $210 14- to-45-day round trip excursion fare between New York or Bos ton and Germany, the same fig ure as the current one-way econ omy fare. James Leet, Pan American group vice president, told the CAB, “We feel that we definitely need some action here to stop a total rate war of the North At lantic.” Blaine Cooke, TWA senior vice president for marketing, said TWA endorsed Pan American’s position. He added that quick ac tion is essential because “T h e situation could deteriorate very rapidly.” “If there were a rash of filings by foreign airlines, ultimate reso lution of the situation could be very much more difficult.” Leet added that the only other filing to date, aside from Luft hansa’s, was that of Aer Lungus, the Irish airline, proposing sig nificant reductions in both first class and economy class service. Leet estimated that if Pan American were forced to match Lufthansa’s fare proposal the airline’s annual operating profit would be reduced by more than $32 million. In addition, the need for additional flight frequency would increase annual costs of the transatlantic service by an additional $20 million. Mexico’s aviation director kidnapped, ransom demanded MEXICO CITY <A , >—The fam ily of Mexico’s kidnaped director of federal aviation, Julio Hirsch- feld Almada, appealed to his ab ductors Tuesday to get in touch with them about arrangements for paying the $240,000 ransom demanded. Hirschfeld’s son said the kid napers demanded delivery of the money in small bills by 10 a.m. PRESIDENT'S FREEZE ORDER! Skaggs-Albertson's is cooperating with the presidents excutive order. Our prices will be maintained at or below the present level. Our quality will always remain the finest. FULLY COOKED HALF OR WHOLE LB RUMP R0ASTl*.*lr“. I,. 88* BONELESS CHARCOAL STEAK.“‘. , $ i 3 BONELESS TOP ROUND STEAK SLICED BACON iS# BOTTOM ROUND SWISS .. =! JV 9 HOT LINKS .59* CUBE STEAK JV 9 SLICED CHEESE = . £67* DELICATESSEN & SNACK BAR BAKED HAM ,:79 < SWISS CHEESE?”;;65* POTATO SALAD , 44* YOUR CHOICE! 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SQUEEZE BOTTLI 25 Wednesday but did not indicate where the exchange would take place. Hirschfeld, a millionaire busi nessman whose appointment in the government of President Luis Echeverria was his first political job, was snatched at gunpoint by four men as he left his home Monday. Police withdrew 200 men Tues day from the force stationed in the residential area around the Hirschfeld home in hopes the ab ductors would make further con tact with the family. It was the first kidnaping of major importance in modern Mexico despite the wave of po litical kidnapings that has struck some Latin-American nations. The kidnaping was widely as sumed in government circles to be the work of urban terrorists intent on overthrowing the Ech everria government. The abductors gave no indica tion they were interested in free ing any of the two score urban guerrillas already in Mexican prisons. Most other major kid napings in Latin America have been aimed at freeing captive guerrillas rather than cash ran som. Echeverria visited the Hirsch feld home late Monday night after returning from a trip to the interior. He promised the government would provide the ransom if the family could not raise it. Police indicated the fam ily was able to raise the money. The jailed urban terrorists— some trained in North Korea— vowed they would use kidnapings of political figures in their cam paign to overthrow the Mexican government. The latest group, arrested this month, claimed to have discussed plans to kidnap U. S. Ambassa dor Robert H. McBride, former president Miguel Aleman and the country’s top labor leaders. Arrests of urban terrorists be gan in March when police accused 19 Mexicans of trying to over throw the government. They were members of a group called the Revolutionary Action Move ment-Mar-, about 60 of whom were said to have been trained in North Korea. Shortly after the arrests five Soviet diplomats were accused of helping the terrorists reach North Korea and expelled. Schreiber (Continued from page 1) dean. She added, “it is up to the university’s women to uphold the traditions which have been built up over the past century at A&M and work together in preparing yourselves for the unknown yet to come.” “The purpose of a college edu cation is not merely academics, which in our changing society becomes outmoded from year to year.” A college education, said the dean, “is the ability to face situations as they arise and face them with a purpose.” MBUPI-' jjm HM Lsywtwimi Msumm STARTS TODAY “RED SKY AT MORNING” (GP) With Richard Thomas IE A MRUS*) HELD OVER John Wayne In “BIG JAKE” QUEEN LAST NITE — ADULT ART ‘ONLY IN MY DREAMS” Skyway Twin WEST SCREEN AT 7:45 P. M. “HIGH YELLOW” At 9:15 p. m. “THE GRASSHOPPER” EAST SCREEN AT 7:50 P. M. Steve McQueen In “LE MANS” At 9:45 p. m. “CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB” With James Stewart JCIRCLE^ T TO JR. 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