The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 29, 1971, Image 5

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    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.
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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.
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“The purpose of a college edu
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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.”
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