Pace Ten THE MICHIGAN DAIUY Tuesday, December 7, 1976 J I Pai e HEMi.iA DiLv II Gunman makes anti-smoking plea O'Neill electeed Speaker of the House LOS ANGELES (A') - A young gun- man who said his father died of lung cancer and who wanted to warn the "whole world" against tobacco held a man hostage for 2% hours atop a 62- story skyscraper yesterday before he was taken into custody without inci- dent. Police said that the hostage, chief engineer for the United California Bank Building, was released unharmed by Dolphin Lair, a 21-year-old school custodian. LAIR WAS armed with a handgun, police said. "What did I do, what did I do?" Lair shouted as he was -carried from the rooftop by police. As he was placed in a waiting police car, Lair yelled to a nearby reporter: "What are they going to hold me for," adding that all he was carrying was a toy gun. POLICE LT. John Dempsey said the gun was a harmless starter pistol load- ed with five caps. He said Lair was booked for investigation of kidnaping and was held on $5,000 bail. Following his release, the hostage- smiling broadly - thanked officers for a "good job" and then rushed to his office to call his wife. Television viewers watched much of the drama as it was photographed from a helicopter overhead the bank build- Jng. "THE SUSPECT has requested that we send up three TV camera crews so he can tell the world his problem," police spokesman Lt. Dan Cooke. said at one point during the incident. "His problem appears to be that he doesn't like cigarettes or nicotine." Helicopters had circled the building, tallest west of Chicago and 10th tallest in the world, as the well-dressed gun- man held Martin Hickey, 60, near the' edge of the roof, said police spokes- man Richard Todd. A crudely written letter thrown to police by the gunman proclaimed: "I want the wholedworld to know that nicotine is a deadly poison." BEGINNING "To whom it may con- cern," the letter read: "My name is Dolphin Lair. The reason I'm express- ing myself is that I want everyone in the whole world to understand what I'm doing and what I'm doing it for. I'm doing it for my father, Herbert H. Lair, who died of lung cancer and oth- ers who have died of lung cancer." Police psychologist Dr. Martin Reiser and other police negotiators were on the roof attempting to talk Lair into coming down so he could talk to "all the media," said Lt. Dan Cooke. Reached by phone, Lair's mother, Katherine, 43, of Los Angeles said her son left yesterday morning wearing a blue suit and carrying a briefcase, say- ing lie had some business to take care of downtown. She said she believed he was going to the suburban Inglewood school where he works as a custodian. "He's doing what," exclaimed Ms. Lair when told of her son's action. "He left here laughing and talking . . . as if nothing was wrong." Ms. Lair said that his father had died of lung cancer two months ago and that "he's often told me that I should stop smoking, but I never took him seriously." 'Continued from Page 1) . but, as nhe closed his speech, he told his colleagues: "You have given me a trust. When I lav the gavel down, I want to walk out and have you say 'He kept the trust."' O'Neill's formal election by' the full House in January is considered automatic. AS SPEAKER, O'Neill be-: comes'the third highest ranking U. S. official, and he would take over the presidency in the event of the deaths of the president and vice president.- Although Democrats have a{ two-to-one majority in the House, O'Neill'will need all of his gregarious, Irish persuasive- ness to meld the diverse group - more than half of them rela- tive newcomers to Congress - into a unified force. shod over the opposition party. Although some voiced fears he could be too subservient to a Democratic president, he broke; with party leadership and the White House in 1967 when he came out in opposition to the Vietnam War. He later was a leader of the anti-war forces ins\the House. though the Democratic majority! consists of 292 regular mem-f bers, an additional four dele-1 gates from overseas territories_ and the District of Columbia1 are eligible to vote in leader- ship elections. Wright comes from Fortf Worth, Texas. Although the1 most conservative of the four members seeking the leader-1 ship post, his voting record is mixed. He is not regarded by environmentalists as a friend.1 The result was a sharp defeat for Burton who had worked hard to garner support, espe- eially among the 48 new mem- blrs elected in November. Defeated in the first two bal- hts were John McFall of Cali- f+rnia, former Democratic whip, who recently acknowledged re- cei-ing :4,000 from South Ko- rean lobbyists, and Richard Boling, of Missouri, long a camnaianer for institutional re- form of the House. O'NEILL ALSO played a key role in the House decision to impeach President Nixon over the Watergate scandals. A friend of the Kennedy fam- ily, O'Neill learned his politics in an Irish working class area near Boston. Following his election, O'Neill told the Democrats that the first issue in the new Congress would be the economy and that the government had a responsibil- ity to put the unemployed back to work. Carter still unsure abot'6tax cuts The Democratic in the House in rank and file recent years (Continued from Page 1) LANCE, however, told The T~~ ncAnlc';p ht C r interviewing indicated t h e search was going into high gear. I TAT has become more assertive and less amenable to party disci- pline. THE SMALL Republican con- tingent in the 435-member House is likely to be pushed into deep- er obscurity. O'Neill has a re- putation as being strongly par- tisan and ready to ride rough- r. A I -STOP SHOPPING SAVES MONEY, TIM, ENERGY ANOTHER leadership 1-,os inLgees rTmest 'at ar- He has snent up to eight hours i the Democrats named ter's economic plan will likely a day on the telephone sound- gton State Congressman include a tax reduction of tp inga ot Democratic and Repub- s Foey, lieral asto $15 billion, a jobs program lica- leade~rs aroulnd the country Foley, a liberal, as and tax investment credits to on the skills and compatability an of the party caucus. spur industrial expansion. of urosuective anpointees. e race for the majority He said the tax. cut would Carter also said he was still lost vacated by O'Neill, probably take the form of a re- ' iria whether to broaden 53, beat Burton by 148 bate in 1976 taxes, as the quick- Inig nromiied pardon order for in the third ballot. Al- est way to stimulate the econo- Vi-tpm draft resisters. my. Such a rebate was pro- "IT WILL BE DONE the first posed Sunday by economist An- veek I am in office," he said, ' ~drew Brimnmer, a Carter advis- er and former member of the hlt whether I'll go an inch Federal Reserve Board. frther or not is something I'll Carter did emphasize that he have to decide." has other options, including t His most trsted adviser, At- some type of job - creation plan I ntm lawyer Charles Kirbo, is to stimulate the economy and workicg on the order. Carter help reduce unemnlovment, said he only recenty became which now stands at 8.1 per aware of the different categor- cent of the labor force. ies of draft resisters. "I'LL BE consulting with my "About 250,000 Americans economic advisers and also never did register for the draft. with congressional leaders be- Most of them were poor and fore I make any decision," Car- ignorant people who were never ter said. aware of what the law is," he It will be a joint deci-I said. "There are other categor- } th r'ifty PA PEARS TRANSPARENT SOAP "2.6 oz.net wt. OUR RiG.75 '59 PRICES GOOD THRU SATURDAY DECEMBER 11, 1976. MEJER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT SALES AC- CORDING TO SPECIFIED LIMITS. NO SALES TO DEALERS, INSTITUTIONS OR DISTRIBUTORS. LOG ROLL JUMBO WRAP OUTDOOR 60 square foot roil. 26" wide.HEAVYw SINGLE LOG ROLL DUTY JUMBO FOIL CORD 26" wide. 15 square feet per roll. For use with Christmas decorating out- Heavy mill foil. doors. 100'. OUR REG. $1.17 OUR REG. $13.96 ea. YOUR CHOICE Tri-a-Tr Dept. Hardware Dept. g(e) MEN'S LOW WORK OXFORDS Tan glove leather upper. Oil resistant sole, goodyear welt. 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Veterans to Atlanta today to begin a with less than honorable series of meetings with Cabinet' discharges, those who didn't prospects that will continue in register for the draft, and those Washington later in the week. who have become citizens of other countries and find them- CARTER IS currently exam- selves barred from the United ining detailed personnel files States as undesirable aliens compiled on 70 potential appoin- would not be affected by a tees for the new administration, pardon of the scope he outlined and his decision to begin active in the campaign.... Green, Robinson pace Blue victor,97-76 H G G T H [, J B L B R (Continued from page 9) VANDERBILT FG/A FT/A R PF Tandy vanquished. . . 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