CBS Evening News open - 1977-10-17

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[0:02] This is the CBS evening news with Walter

[0:05] Kronite.

[0:07] >> Good evening. The Odyssey of Hijack Lu

[0:09] Hansa flight 181 has taken it to

[0:12] Mogadishu, Somalia. The sixth stop on a

[0:14] zigzag terror flight that began over the

[0:16] Mediterranean last Thursday. And there

[0:19] were these developments today. Pope Paul

[0:21] in an unprecedented move seemed to offer

[0:23] to exchange himself for the 86 persons

[0:26] being held hostage. The jet's pilot,

[0:28] 37year-old Jurgen Schuman, was killed by

[0:31] the hijackers, two men and two women,

[0:33] apparently when he argued that the

[0:35] damaged plane was not able to take off

[0:36] from Aiden, South Yemen. His body was

[0:39] thrown from the plane shortly after

[0:40] landing in Somalia. Two terrorist

[0:43] deadlines to blow up the plane unless

[0:45] ransom demands were met passed without

[0:47] incident. A new deadline was set for

[0:49] tonight. The hijackers are demanding the

[0:51] release of 13 terrorists jailed in West

[0:54] Germany and Turkey and $15 million. West

[0:57] Germany has been refusing to comply, a

[0:59] stand that's pushing the bond government

[1:01] to its limits. Bob McNamera is in bond.

[1:06] The events at Logadishu airport brought

[1:08] crowds and more security to the gates

[1:10] around the chancel where Chancellor

[1:11] Helmet Schmidt and his crisis staff

[1:13] worked all day trying to peacefully end

[1:15] the ordeal. The government here claims

[1:17] overwhelming public and political

[1:19] support for its tough stand against the

[1:21] terrorists. But some relatives of the

[1:23] hostages on the hijacked jet tried to

[1:25] see Chancellor Schmidt to urge him to

[1:27] give in. 38-year-old Paul Broad and his

[1:30] 10-year-old son were in the group. The

[1:32] younger Broad wearing a sign saying,

[1:34] "Mr. Chancellor, I want my mother back.

[1:37] >> Yes, I want to see him

[1:40] >> and I want to speak him and I hope I

[1:43] have a chance for my wife." She is in

[1:46] the

[1:48] aeroplane.

[1:49] >> Broad said his 36-year-old wife, Uta,

[1:51] had won a free trip to Mayorca, a reward

[1:54] for participating in a beauty contest.

[1:56] And like Broad, Mrs. Diana Mule came

[1:58] from Dortund to plead for the life of

[2:00] her 17-year-old daughter. In all, 14

[2:03] friends and relatives of the 86 hostages

[2:05] were ushered into the chancellor's

[2:07] complex, but after seeing a government

[2:09] official, the request to see the

[2:11] chancellor was denied. Bob McNamera, CBS

[2:14] News. Bond.

[2:16] >> Among the hostages aboard that hijacked

[2:18] jet are two Americans, 44year-old

[2:20] Christina Santiago of California and her

[2:23] young son Leo. Don Cladstrip talked with

[2:25] her family.

[2:27] At the Santiago's home near San Diego,

[2:30] many prayers are being said, many

[2:32] candles being lit as the family waits

[2:35] out another deadline set by the

[2:36] hijackers. Mrs. Santiago was in route

[2:39] with her 5-year-old son to visit

[2:40] relatives in Austria when their plane

[2:42] was hijacked. Mrs. Santiago suffered a

[2:45] heart attack last February, and her

[2:47] children now fear she could experience

[2:49] another.

[2:50] >> Right now, I'm just uh thinking about

[2:52] constant, you know, just keeping in mind

[2:54] that God is there. That's the only thing

[2:56] I can hang on to.

[2:57] >> What are your feelings toward the

[2:59] hijackers? you know, I forgive them for

[3:01] everything they've done to my mother.