European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Natural Gas Battle continues ikes Marsiand Senate tempers flare in All night filibuster authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 36, no. 164 is a and sunday thursday september 29,1977 if 21855 a Washington a leaders of Senate filibuster on natural Gas pricing showed no signs of surrender wednesday As the impasse slowed other congressional business and threatened to Force the dutch Hunt yacht As Kidnap link from press dispatches the Hague a Hunt for West German terrorists focused wednesday on a seagoing seven berth yacht rented three weeks ago by a group of West germans. Photographs of the 30-foot yacht were circulated in Many dutch harbours and police called for any information on its whereabouts. A Justice ministry spokesman said there were suspicions the missing vessel might be involved in activities in the Netherlands of the West German terrorist red army faction. Officials however re fused to comment on a report in an Amsterdam newspaper that kidnapped West German industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer is believed to be held aboard a boat in dutch Waters. A new picture of Schleyer who was kid naked in Cologne on sept. 6 was published in Paris wednesday by the leftist daily liberation along with a statement from the red army faction terrorist group de manding that All searches for them be abandoned immediately. The statement claimed that German authorities were trying to tap the Telephone conversations of Swiss lawyer Denis payot middleman in the negotiations to release Schleyer. A few hours later the Swiss news Agency said that just before midday it re continued on Page 28, Coj. 1 lands in Dacca with ? 56 message from terrorists this photo of kidnapped German industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer appeared on the front Page of the Paris newspaper liberation tuesday. The sign reads for 20 Days a prisoner of the  the . Red army faction is the terrorist group which i holding Schleyer for Ransom. A japanese pcs hijacked Senate into a second All night  Leader Robert c. Byrd of West Virginia continued a simple tactic of trying to Wear Down the two freshman democratic senators carrying on the filibuster in the name of Low natural Gas prices for Consumers. But democratic Sens. James Abourezk of South Dakota and Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio vowed to Block a vote on deregulation by the unusual device of calling up about 500 amendments one after the other for Senate action. There was Little debate just a seemingly endless string of votes on proposals that had Little Chance of passage. With the exception of a two hour break fast break the Senate had been in session since 9 . Tuesday. At Issue is a critical portion of president Carter s Energy plan allowing for higher natural Gas prices at the wellhead but pro Viding for continued Federal controls. Compromise ceiling offered late tuesday Carter administration officials said they would agree to a Compro Mise natural Gas Price ceiling of $2.03 per thousand cubic feet a 28 cent increase Over $1.75, the original Price in the Energy plan. The Price is currently fixed at $ 1.46. On the Only real test vote so far the Senate indicated tentative although narrow support for an Industry backed deregulation plan sponsored by Sens. Lloyd Bentsen d-tex., and James b. Pearson a Kan. Abourezk and Metzenbaum say they Hope to switch enough votes to prevent the Senate from lifting Price controls. But if they succeed in preventing any vote on Nat ural Gas the present $1.46 Price ceiling will remain in place. As the Sun Rose Over the Capitol. Byrd declared we be had about enough of this  Senate decorum was set aside and there were periodic flashes of anger by senators irritated at the tactics of Abourezk and Metzenbaum. Sen. Ted Stevens a Alaska said if 1 did what they did my constituents would t let me come Back  in fact Abourezk faces no political risk because he is not running for reelection. Metzenbaum is a millionaire with a Long record of voting against the big Oil and Gas companies. During the around the clock session cots were set up in adjoining rooms for continued on Page 28, col. 3 Dacca Bangladesh a japanese terrorists hijacked a Japan air lines pcs jetliner with 156 persons Over India wednesday and the plane landed in Dacca despite the Bangladesh government s refusal of Landing permission. A spokesman for the airline in new Delhi said the hijackers were demanding a substantial Ransom reported to be $6 million and release of an unspecified number of terrorists now jailed in Tokyo. But this could not be confirmed in Dacca. Japan s Kyodo news service said its Beirut Bureau received a statement saying the hijackers Are red army members who Are demanding the release of revolution Ary comrades in japanese custody. A spokesman in Tokyo quoting Tele phone reports from the japanese embassy in Dacca said the plane was being re fuelled with about 80,000 pounds of Jet fuel. He also said the hijackers demanded that � Bangladesh officials Call them the Hidaka commando unit. Officials believed this might be a refer ence to Toshihiko Hidaka a Leader of the Ultra leftist group who committed suicide after being arrested by jordanian authorities in october 1976 on charges of using a forged passport. In Calcutta an Indian airline Pilot arriving from Dacca wednesday night told reporters the hijackers were demanding a Ransom of $6 million. In Tokyo chief Cabinet Secretary Sunao Sonoda told a news conference the Japa Nese government was trying to confirm a report that the hijackers had demanded the release of 10 persons held in japanese jails apparently including three red army members and a Ransom of $6 Mil lion. Sonoda said the japanese government was asking the Bangladesh government for information on the reported demands. Negotiations were reported in Progress regarding the release of six women and children and there were unconfirmed re ports that three passengers had collapsed from the stress and heat Calcutta Passen Gers said. Otherwise the passengers were reported to be All right and the Airport itself was resuming operations. Japanese consular officiate were report edly in the Dacca control Tower in direct communication with the hijackers. One passenger said the generally held opinion in Dacca is that there Are two hijackers both japanese. A stars and stripes report $6 billion in tobacco taxes buys a lot of clout politically. See Page 8