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Vol. V, No. 4THEServing theOBSERVER. Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Community Monday, September 14. 1970 Red Cross withdraws (UPI) — The International ing behind only those persons aboard the Swissair DCS. Eleven desert air strip northeast of Am­ Pope Paul VI met yesterday with Red Cross withdrew Sunday the guerillas intend to hold in­ of them were crewmembers, the man, but many were released PFLP officials to plead for the night from its role as negotiator definitely as hostages to back up others passengers - 36 of them earlier in the week and began release of the remaining hos­ for release of hostages still held a series of ransom demands. from the TWA and five from flying to Cyprus last Friday. tages. Front sources said after­ by Arab guerillas from the three The Popular Front for the each of the other two planes. The TWA and Swissair planes ward that the PFLP asked the airliners they hijacked to Jordan Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), A PFLP spokesman in Am­ were hijacked last Sunday, the papel representative, Msgr. Jean last week. whose members carried out the man denied any knowledge of BOAC on Wednesday, The air­ Rodhan, to negotiate with Israel There were discrepancies as to hijackings and then dynamited the whereabouts of the 16 miss­ lines placed a total value of 24.6 for the release of 600 Pale­ how many persons the guerillas the planes after evacuating them ing persons, saying only that 39 million dollars on the three stinians held there in exchange were still holding hostage. Guer­ Saturday, originally announced were in custody. planes, all of which were de­ for the hostages. illa spokesman claimed 39, but it was holding 40 persons and Some officials said the dis­ stroyed by dynamite blasts Satur­ In Israel, state security agents the airlines listed 57 persons as releasing all the others. crepancy could have arisen day after the guerillas evacuated arrested more than 450 Arabs in not accounted for. The PFLP freed another hos­ through inaccuracies in the flight the remaining passengers — a series of weekend raids in the “It is now up to the govern­ tage Sunday, a Dutch man, re­ manifests and that it is possible many of whom had spent the occupied west bank of the Hor- ments concerned to negotiate ducing to 39 the number it that the hijackers themselves week in the planes. dan and in the Gaza Strip. Al­ directly with the guerillas while claims to hold. were considered to be among the The guerillas also blew up a though declining to state the the Red Cross task is humani­ But officials of Trans World missing. hijacked Pan American World motive of the arrests, officially, tarian and no longer diplomat­ Airline, (TWA), British Overseas Officials sought to clarify the Airways 747 jumbo jet, valued Israeli authorities indicated that ic,” said Red Cross press spokes­ Airways (BOAC), and Swissair, status of the missing before re­ at nearly $25 million, at the they were made to pressure the man Michel Barde in a brief the three airlines involved, said leasing any of their names. The Cairo airport last Sunday. PFLP into releasein its hostages. announcement in Geneva of the Sunday a total of 57 persons International Red Cross said In exchange for their hos­ withdrawal from negotiations. originally aboard the planes had there six Swiss among them and Arab sources in the territory tages, the gueirllas have demand­ A few hours before the an­ not been accounted for. Of an undetermined breakdown of occupied by Israel in the 1967 ed the release of three Arabs nouncement, a total of 254 pass­ those not accounted for, airlines American, Israeli, and West Ger­ Middle East War said Israel al­ held in Switzerland, three in engers and crew members from officials said 41 were aboard the man citizens. ready has informed the PFLP West Germany, and one in Brit­ the three airliners flew from There were 414 persons a- that it will deal sternly with its ain plus 600 Palestinians held in Jordan to the Mediterranean is­ TWA Boeing 707, eight were on board the planes when they were Arab prisoners unless the hos­ Israeli prisons. land of Cyprus, apparently leav­the BOAC VC10, and eight were hijacked and forced to land on a tages are rreleased. International Red Cross rep­ resentatives were negotiating for The PFLP Sunday released one of the original 40 it said it the exchange until suspending was detaining, Gerald Koning of the talks Saturday after the guer­ Princeton Plan Holland. A PFLP spokesman illas blew up the planes 13 hours said Koning was released as a before the agreed deadline on result of the intevention of negotiations. With the October 2nd refer­ Michael Adams, director of the The Red Cross in Geneva an­ endum on the “Princeton Plan” Institute for the Advancement nounced that it was demanding now less than two weeks away, of Arab British Understanding in the release of all hostages and discussion is beginning to build Amman. has sent another delegation to around campus as to whether Amman to meet with the guer­ Notre Dame should close down illa leaders. for two weeks to allow students In Amman, a representative of to work for the political can­ didates of their choice. In a press conference last Thursday afternoon, University SMC seeks Provost Rev. James Burtchaell The Academic Affairs psychological effect of the new SBP Dave Krashna came out against the recess, say­ SBV P'M a* Winings Council, composed of five com­ grading on students,” she con­ ing that the university’s prime and did t dings luce teaching some viable alternatives, some mittees examining classroom tinued. concern should be study. people in town about the issues things for students to do.” life, hopes to be the key to a Adopting of the new system Burtchaell also cited difficulties and the candidates.” C “ As long as the students just dynamic St. Mary’s. should aid graduate school- in breaking up the school year, Krashna, who last May 4 call­ get off and do nothing, then the During the summer Carol bound seniors because trans­ especially concerning co-ex­ ed for a general boycott of plan is a failure,” Pohl siad. Henninger, chairman, and her cripts carry only the letter grade change students and the pos­ classes, calling for students to In discounting the possibility co-chairmen have analyzed SMC received (A instead of A-). sibility that St. Mary’s would “stop, look, and listen and abso­ of politicizing the university, as a potential center of pro­ Curriculum committee mem­ not cancel classes. lutely say stop to the education Pohl said that “as long as there is gressive education. bers Cathy Callan and Eileen The former head of the theo­ we’re getting at this time,” told no coercion involved, as long as “ Independently aggressive” Fitzpatrick also hope to revita­ logy department suggested that the Scholastic editors that by working in campaigns is not a students to activate plans for lize freshman year studies with a students prepare literature on concentrating on South Bend requisite, then I don’t think that SMC’s 1970 Academic Affairs proposed humanities class incor­ the qualities of the candidates would be better than “the vast YOu’re politicizing the univer­ Council, are wanted. porating philosophy, theology In an interview with the edi­ majority of us going home for a sity.” “THis commission CAN be an and English. tors of the Scholastic magazine, vacation and the rest of us get­ Chris Wolf, noted campus effective educational instru­ “In the past, the N.D’ hu­ student body president Dave ting with politicians who might conservative, opposed the recess, ment,” explained Carol, “if it is manities program has been very Krashna expressed doubts about simply use us.” saying “students should be here understood and utilized. The successful with the few freshmen the plan. Student body vice-president to study and leam, withdrawn idea of progressive education as who have participated,” re­ “I started thinking about how Mark Winings expressed similar from the level of political activi­the long-range goal of SMC re­ counted Carol Henninger. “This students on a grand scale could doubts concerning the recess. ty .” quires individual commitment experience should be extended be used by politicians for their “Right now I would tend to Advocating the maintenance preferably in one of the Coun­ to all SMC freshmen — a pro­ political wants,” Krashna said. vote no on the plan since too of the “ivory tower” concept ofcil’s five committees and indivi­ gram for only a few to be “Maybe it would be best if we many students would use the the university, Wolf said the dual involvement within depart­ accessible by all.” concentrated here in South Bend time to go off and have a good university should be a place of ments in comprehensive senior They also are originating pro­ tim e.” learning on the “theoretical lev­ departmental exams restruc­ grams for an All-College major Activities Night When asked about the con­ el.” turing, teacher evaluation, and and inter-term study, “a January sequences of such a move on Also, Wolf said that he op­ rank and tenure recommenda­ semester granting credits for The Blue Circle will sponsor a sincere students whose convic­ posed the plan “on the pragmat­ tions. travel, research, directed read­ Notre Dame - St. Mary’s activi­tions compelled them to tempor­ ic level” since “the liberal can­ “I need representatives for ings and other projects between ties night tonight in Stepan Cen­ arily dropout to work for can­ didates would probably get the these committees!” she added.

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