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patte of "dirty tricks" by American
Airlir ■, designed to shoot down bitter
riv il raniff International’s efforts to
stay aloft, prompted a swift investiga-
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employee paychecks in half, which suc-
cessfully raised $8 million in cash flow
and helped Braniff avert the immediate
crisis.
But news accounts of Braniff’s in-
ability to issue full paychecks to
employees triggered an avalanche of
cancellations - with many of the
travelers switching to American.
William H. Wentz, general counsel to
the CAB in Washington, confirmed his
agency was investigating a series of
allegations given to UPI by a number of
airline industry sources
We received quite a few allegations
and communications about possible
problems," Wentz, said in Washington.
"Some of them don’t pan out and some
of them may have substance. At this
point in time, there’s nothing I can say
as to whether they are violations. It’s
something we’re looking into."
The alleged ticket dumping also forc-
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ordered an investigation.
American spokesman Paul Haney
aid the allegations were "ludicrous
and ridiculous at best and ugly at
worst."
Sources told UPI that American trig-
ered a critical Braniff cash-flow crisis
ist week by dumping" $9 million
। th of Braniff debts on the Airline
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cy ( ssentially is a "bank" that handles
the financial paperwork that accompa-
nies the use of airline tickets.
trees told UPI that to meet the de-
mand. Rraniff was forced to slash
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out of business, the sources said. A CAB source told UPI: “There are a
Putnam was successful in getting the number of rumors, allegations and
plan adopted, but news reports of his innuendos floating around. In the last
negotiations also harmed the airline, week, particularly the past several
the sources said. days, they’ve been getting hotter and
Haney said the Airline Clearing heavier. Our people are pursuing
House operation, headquartered at several things right now.”
Chase Manhattan Bank in New York Ci- A spokesman for the CAB in Dallas,
ty, was operated “on a rigid timetable Bill Chatfield, said he had been con-
and there’s no way-even if we wanted tacted by a number of concerned
to - we could play games with the citizens making allegations against
system. ’ American, and he was investigating.
A spokesman for the Air Transport Airline industry officials agree
Association in Washington, asked to American would be the biggest victor in
check with the clearing house to see if a Braniff collapse because the airlines
the allegations were true, said: “We are arch-rivals and compete on
don’t discuss individual airline transac- numerous lucrative routes. Braniff is
tions." almost $1 billion in debt and American
Braniff spokesman Sam Coats con- is also financially strapped.
firmed the airline was investigating Most of the sources spoke only on con-
reports of illegal or improper tactics by dition their names not be used. Some
American, but would have no other were travel agents who said they feared
public comment “unless we get enough retribution from American, which owns
evidence to call a press conference or the SABRE computer system, the most
gather enough information to take sophisticated in the industry and a
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IREDO Texas (UPI) my life in the United States Dan Phillips, a detective
\ oung Saudi Arabian and become a citizen and I with the John Bullock Agen-
woman, who fears she will told them that.” cy in Dallas “They would
be ex. uted for violating her Ms. Lamia said she feared not have anything to do with
ountry’s laws, said she does the same fate as a country- having her killed.”
not trust her family’s pro- woman whose execution was The teenager has been
t safety if she returns depicted in the film “Death sheltered for three weeks by
of a Princess" because she Renee Staley, owner of
1owi 8 a phone call late had tried to flee an unwanted Madame Renee’s French
ednesday to Saudi Arabia, marriage. Restaurant in Laredo.
oria Lamia said she wants I don’t want to die,” the Ms. Lamia said she ran
remain in the United 19-year-old told UPI earlier away because she was forc-
m the day in a timid, waver- ed to marry a Saudi she did
i spoke with my father, ing voice. “They want to kill not love. She said she came
my brother and step- me because I ran away. You to the United States with the
mother, Ms Lamia said, heard before the story about man last summer, but their
•v promised me that the princess in Saudi Arabia marriage never was con-
they didn’t want to hurt me and they killed her because summated.
to anything bad to me.” she ran away like me. She was attending the
’ he young woman who I don’t want my family to English Language School in
> pent the past three catch me I’m scared.” Oklahoma City on a two-year
eks hiding in a French An investigator hired by studentvisa.metamalestu-
.nt. said her parents the family flew to Laredo in dent who took her in, but left
dher n she returned they an attempt to meet her today when the student told her he
ould treat her as a and persuade her her family was married and couldn’t
only wished to see her safe care for her.
They say all this now, on return. “I have been with another
phone but il I go back, I They’re not out to get man,” Ms. Lamia said, “and
n not sure what will hap- her They just want her back for this I was afraid I would
pen. Anyway. I want to make because they love her,” said be killed.”
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LOS ANGELES (UPI) - syringe and a white powder Belushi “was looked up to by
Comic actor John Belushi resembling cocaine was young people,” and he add.
died of an overdose injection found in the $200-a-day ed, the death by narcotics
of heroin and cocaine - a bungalow Belushi had rented was “tragic”
drug combination known as for several months at the The entertainer was
"hardballing," Coroner Chateau Marmont Hotel, buried Tuesday on Martha’s
Thomas Noguchi says. Gates said there was no Vineyard, a Massachusetts
' The medical investiga- evidence anyone other than resort island that had
tion into the death of John Belushi administered the become his refuge. Friends
Be ushi.hasbeen com- fatal drugs and the chief said and relatives gathered today
Pleted, he said late Wednes- he expected no charges for a private memorial ser-
day in a brief official state- would be filed in the case. He vice at the Cathedral of St. v
ment. “The deceased died of said his department “will John the Divine in New ■
an overdose due to in- follow up as much as we York I
travenous injections of can” the question of who After the coroner’s 4
heroin and cocaine. supplied Belushi with the announcement, Gates iden- -)
Both cocaine and heroin narcotics. tified for the first time the
were found on the “We determined at the woman taken away in hand-
premises. outset it looked like an over- cuffs the afternoon Belushi’s
The announcement came dose,” Gates said after body was discovered by a
shortly after Police Chief Noguchi’s announcement, friend and physical therapist
Daryl Gates confirmed a The police chief noted who was unable to reach him
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Other allegations are that: ailing airlines and urging passengers
-American executives secretly ap- booking space on Braniff flights be
proached Braniff creditors, urging “switched” to American jets.
them to pull the plug” on Braniff for -American pilots on taxiways
ear Braniff s discounts could cause engaged in runway tactics that delayed
serious financial damage to American. Braniff flights, causing the Federal
American recently held a “Beat Aviation Administration to call a meet-
Braniff sales meeting in which ing of air carriers.
nasty sales tactics were discussed A. E. , „ _ .
with the aim of putting Braniff out of An FAA spokesman, George Burlage,
business confirmed his agency called a meeting
- American representatives called March 2, attended by high-ranking
Braniff, saying technical problems with executives of American, Braniff, Delta
jets would force up to 100 passengers to and Texas International.
be sent from American to Braniff. But Burlage said the meeting was called
at the last minute, American said the "to see if something was wrong”
problems had been solved, leaving because of reports that pilots of some
Braniff “stuck” with up to 100 meals airlines were causing other flights to
that had been ordered. The source said abort their landings because they had
this tactic was used three or four times not completed their final pre-flight
recently on Honolulu-Dallas flights. “checklists.”
-American issued memos to flight The “upshot of the meeting,” Burlage
attendants and reservations agents, said, “is we talked about it and about
telling them the legal parameters of improving the situation. It’s in the
what they could say to cause traveler thinking stage.
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further details about her.
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