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Democrats lose with telethon 7 dhr Ammitntt ic. Monday. July io. im Gavel-to-gavel coverage of convention under way ghost ot an old sea iove With till apt. nil lection Human Mlairs 7 19 31 News 12:05 31 Midnight Movie 1:00 News.

Sports eather 1:30 fi Devotional Message and the plans went rather simxithk ABC Television -had allowed the Democrats hours ot air time at $660,000 Production costs ajid promotion made up the rest ot the $1 8 million Brown promised to underwrite Six thousand phones were set up in keV parts ot the country to take pVdges Bank Dmers'lub. Master Charge and yatfYe Blanche had agreed to ret their clients charge donations Joan Kennedy and Arthur Knm agreed to co-host a dinner Festival with the Stars at M) a couple to run simultaneously with the telethon in Miami to help defray production costs Miami's Deauville Hotel BKST liF.TS Tonight beg ins i hf ya gl( I coverage ot the Democratic National Convention which wili lead to the selection ot the presidential and ice piesiden tial candidates Attei the traditional opening ceremonies highlights the evening in elude the opening address by temporarv convention (hair man l.awience O'Brien, the i epoi the credentials cmi-rn it tee i which ni.iv tnggei some political lirevvoiks and IHI 6 Bewitched 7 Book Beat 6 II Ali 72 presents the concise loiinat ot instant documentary' Ionising on the major events ot the convention and recapping the important developments on the lloor Opening ceremonies ale coveted along with the sealing ot delegations nalvsis of sign 1 1 leant trends and ottiei addresses to he an nounced Also on the a tfcmla is the election tin pcrtnaiiont By SALLY Ql INN Star-The Washington I'osl MIAMI BF.ACH The Democratic party lost one campaign thfc weekend before the convention even started A 19-hoik telethon, featuring stars and pohtj'cians trying to raise enough monitto pay off the $9 3 million from 1968. never got off the ground -either as a fund raiser or as entertainment. The amateurish production, the idea of Kentucky Fried Chicken board chairman John Y. Brown cost the party $18 million which Brown underwrote But the show barely produced enough to cover the costs.

The goal was $5 million By late Sunday, the total was just over $3 million, and that in pledges, not hard cash. Broadcast from both Hollywood and Miami Beach, the show was billed as an attempt to inspire patriotic Americans to keep the two party system alive. Instead, it had trouble keeping viewers awake. Paul Newman. Ben Gazzara and Warren Beaty dropped out of the show after their scenes had been planned.

Mayor Richard J. Daley ordered his bank of 125 telephones ripped out of the wall after his Illinois delegates lost their seats. George Wallace was too weak at the last minute to tape his stint, and his wife. Cornelia, backed out of her promise to sing. Friday.

Joey Bishop i id ice "lit' the convention chairmatXi. chairman The leport JSU freshman class elects officers committee on rules ani (1 order k'sented ot business will be pi developments are ottered hv am hoi men How ard Smith and llarr Reasoner 9:00 7 Ince I 'l orn the Top 17 Hun for Your Lite 9:30 7 Shoi tents to Fashion II 2 (i 19 31 News 7 Speaking Freely Rostrum linked to delegations by telephones MIAMI BEACH. Fla (AP -II you're watching the Democratic National Convention on television and notice a delegate who's clamoring for recognition but not getting it. don blame the chairman Instead of bellowing "Mr. Chairman in the time-honored tradition of political conventions, delegates will telephone the rostrum when they wish to be recognized.

A telephone is located at the seat of each delegation chairman and he must ring the rostrum, stating whv he wants to be recognized. Then a message is passed to the presiding officer The presiding officer then decides who to recognize and when Nordeca Bryant, commuter senator, Ohatchee; and Jerry Hollingsworth, treasurer, Fayette. Also elected but not shown were Ann Howie, secretary, Heflin; and Barry Coker, resident senator, Huntsville. Two area students attending Jacksonville State University are among those recently elected by their classmates to lead the freshman class at JSU this summer. Shown, from left, are Neil Chapman, president, and James Warren, vice president, both of Birmingham; tor consideration and adoption Walter Cronkite.

along with Eric Sevareid and author Theodore White, anchor CBS coverage NBC anchor man are John Chancellor and David Bnnklev Ch 2. 31 4d 6 00 in 6:00 2 31 til Democratic Convention tonight 's Best Bet 5 News 6 Show ol the eek Consultation 11 What's My Line" promised all the food, liquor and space for the publicity One thousand "unknown but good Democrats" bought tickets The dinner was to begin at 9 the telethon by 10 p.m. PAYING Gl'KSTS began to till the telethon room shortly before nine and guards began to evict the cordons of press and other suspicious looking people By 9 4f) the politicians had begun to arrive in the secluded "Green Room" back stage. Joan Kennedy arrived in a bareback white dress, stood nervously behind the wings, then stepped out on stage behind the curtain to peek through The curtain went up. and she jumped backstage when introduced later, she gave her speil.

"If we succeed in involving Americans Fvewitness News Fugitive One Step Reyond Focus 40 News 10:15 Sports Digest Weather Fifteen Alabamians die in weekend accidents 13 19 411 News. Sports. Weather 17 Rifleman 5 13 19 Democratic Convention to conclusion 7 Dixie Digest 11 To Tell The Truth 17 Petticoat Junction Another network of phones links more than 300 different positions on the convention floor with dozens of hotel and party offices and news media locations. Thus, a delegate on one side of the hall will be able to telephone a delegate on the other side. everywhere it will surelv bia refused to emcee the California part of the show, and Montv Hall Make A Deal "') filled in.

JOAN KENNEDY opened the show by introducing Florida Gov. Reuben Askew, and major event in our party historv." Backstage, she said 1(1: IX 31 Paul Weather 10:30 2 31 Tonight Show TV5.News II Movie "The Fast and The Furious" John Ireland. Dorothy Malone. A black-listed truck driver turns to sports car racing. 17 Movie Best of The Madmen" Robert Ryan.

Claire Trcva. Ex-l'nion officer who became an outlaw leader finally surrenders in order to clear his name and be able to live without hiding 11:00 5 Movie "Anna Karenina" Vivien Leigh. Ralph Richardson. The Tolstoy novel about beautiful Anna and her illicit love affair. 6 The Human Dimension 13 Dateline 11:30 fi Dick Cavett Show 13 Tonight Show 12:00 2 Newsbrief 11 News Final proudly: "I didn't miss a word.

Oh. now I can relax." And she did. The food kept coming and so did the free loaders. Those who paid $500 a couple to get in were outnumbered by nonpaying politicians and press. The Rheumatic heart disease afflicts 1.65 million Americans.

Some 1.6 million Americans are afflicted by strokes. 7:00 6 Rawhide 7 The Black South 11 The Monday Night Special covers the U.S. Men's Olympic Track and Field Trials from Eugene. Ore. These are the final trials to determine who will be in the track and field competition at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games.

Jim McKay reports on the finals with expert commentary by Bill Toom-eh. 1968 decathlon champion, and Erich Segal. 17 Movie "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" Rex Harrison. Natalie Wood lyinely widow finds peace and material for best-selling book when she falls in By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two traffic deaths and a fatal fire in Birmingham raised the accidental death toll in Alabama to 15 during the weekend.

James A. Smith. 52. and Carolyn Wilson, 19, both of Birmingham, died in separate accidents in that city. Coroner J.

0. Butler said Smith's car left 1-59 and crashed. Miss Wilson was riding in a car involved in a head-on collision. Aaron Guice, 71, was burned to death Sunday when fire badly damaged his home. Guice, who was partially paralyzed, tried to escape through the front door but apparently could not get it unlocked.

'State troopers said William Albert Anderson. 57, of Rt. 4 Gordo died Sunday when the car he was driving ran off U.S. 82 one-half mile south of Prattville. Troopers said Luke Ben Adams, 7, of Greensboro was killed Sunday when he ran into the path of an oncoming vehicle about one mile south of Greensboro on Alabama 69 in Hale County.

A Chilton County two-car collision Sunday killed two Maplesville residents. They were Myrtle Waldrip Melton. 58, and Sammy Melton, whose age was not available. It happened on Alabama 22 about seven miles west of Clanton. Another Sunday mishap took Ihe life of Charlie William Simmons.

57. of Brookwood. He was struck by a car as he stood beside his truck on a Tuscaloosa County road. Two Defuniak Springs, residents. Trudy Danley.

64. and Samuel McNay. 83. died Saturday in a two-car collision on Alabama 52 in Geneva County about two miles west of Sansom. Ander Byrd 14, and Breflda Byrd.

17. both of Akron, died Saturday when their car ran off Alabama 60 and struck an embankment in Tuscaloosa County. Another Saturday wreck, this one in Baldwin County, killed Charles Ellison. 22. of Robertsdale.

It happened on a county road about one mile north of Silver Hill. Susan Hurst. 17. of Ohatchee died of injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash Friday seven miles north of Anniston on U. S.

431. Sixty-nine-year-old Hezzie Robinson of Athens was killed Friday when struck by a freight train near an Athens crossing. Authorities said Robinson apparently was looking for his hunting dogs at the time of the mishap. The Associated Press counts Alabama weekend accidental deaths from 6 p.m. Friday through midnight Sunday.

celebrities actually never appeared in the banquet hall as promised, preferring the sanctity of the "Green Room." Security became so tight that treasurer Strauss was left screaming at a guard in the entrance. "For God's sake. I'm the treasurer, somebody get me in. "Pass." the guard answered stonily, "sorry buddy." technicians switched to California by mistake. A water main break knocked out the New York phones, and party treasurer Robert Strauss got locked out of the telethon.

Comedian Alan King, the Miami co-host with Shirley MacLain, introduced Joan Kennedy again at the end of the show, but she never came out. Brown, introduced with Mrs. Kennedy, announced to the audience she had gotten nervous and gone home. In fact, she had gone to the ladies' room. Nobody told her she was to go on the air.

And that was just Saturday night By Sunday morning the Hollywood contingent was reduced to telephoning President Nixon at the Western White House to ask lamely for a contribution. taiuiiaftai? rt a North Carolina man plays nursemaid to 16 fawns The telethon had sounded like a good idea when Brown first Alexandria Masons elect new officers ALEXANDRIA Alexandria Masonic Lodge No. 208 has installed new officers for the coming year. The new officers are: Owen Phillips. Worshipful Master; Lowery W.

Hughes. Senior Warden; Howard Moon. Junior Warden; Larry Sheppard, Senior Deacon; Howard Tibbetts. Junior Deacon; Bunch Tolleson. chaplain; Joe Boozer, senior Steward; Raymond Peak.

Junior Steward; Sidney Love, secretary; Clark Prickett, treasurer; and Lett Carroll. Tvler. HOFFMAN. N.C. (AP) -Twice a day Sam Wiseman plays nursemaid to 16 orphan "babies'.

Feeding time at the Wiseman home is like watching a magician make milk disappear. Each of the frisky tots can empty a 10-ounce bottle in 30 seconds. The babies" are tiny fawns. Many were confiscated from North Carolina families which found them and planned to keep them as pets. State law prohibits persons from taking deer illegally and keeping them in their home or captivity.

"They can be kept only with a special permit from the State Wildlife Commission, and the deer must have been gotten during the legal hunting season." said Clyde Patton. executive director of the commission. The 16 fawns, ranging from two to five weeksld, are at the commission's plant nursery near Hoffman in the Sandhills area. One of the 16 is an albino. All are tame and have white spots which will disappear when they become about six months old.

Some of the deer were found by farmers while cutting wheat. Wiseman explained that wheat fields are a favorite place or doe deer to give birth to their offspring. Does produce once a year, usually in May or June. Wiseman, plant nursery manager, formerly was refuge manager of state game lands. 39 per cent of delegates are women MIAMI BEACH.

Fla. (AP) -The number of women 'accredited for the 1972 Democratic National Convention today stood at 1.271. They represent 39.7 per cent of the 3.202 delegates, a record high percentage. Eighty-eight per cent are attending a national convention for the first time. More than 40 per cent are under 35 years of age and 15 per cent are under 25.

Among the youngest is Lue-dean Spears of Hamilton. a June high school graduate. Among the oldesis Helen Nute. 74-vear-old retiredhool teacher from North Conway. N.H., and 73-year-old great-grandmother Sadie Corbet of Crescent Citv.

Calif. SI r- 11 i SI i I 111 FAWN REACHES FOR SAM WISEMAN'S BOTTLE one of 16 Wiseman is caring for Flying ace, undercover agent dies After the war he was a partner in CBS News brings you live coverage of the Democratic National Convention, With Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Morton Dean, John Hart, Mike Wallace, Roger Mudd, Dan Rather, Eric Sevareid. And special analysis by Theodore H. White. The Democratic National Convention Incago investment concern and later became a coowner of a di verisified manufacturing company in For his World War II service Cassady was awarded the Medal of the Legion of Merit by the United States and was made S.

Army and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross. In World War II. Cassady was assigned as a naval attache to Vichy government of France. Infeshty. however, he was associated wl(h the0ffice of Strategic Services undeih Gen'illiartCDonovan and his speciality was untlei-over work.

In 1942, he was captured by the Germans and held under house arrest for 13 months. He later was returned to the United States, but soon was back in action as a agent in Algiers and later in Paris. LAKE FOREST. Ill (API Thomas G. Cassady.

a World War I flying ace and who turned undercover agent in World War II. died Sunday in his home. He was 76. Cassady drove an ambulance in 1916-17 in France before joining the French Foreign Legion. He was transferred to the French Flying Service and flew a Spad with French Pursuit Squadron 157.

Cassady was credited with destruction of nine German planes. He received the Croix de Guerre with three palms and two gold stars. He later transferred to the ommander of the Legion of Honoi bv France. 6 P.M. TONIGHT Services will be held Tuesday in Lake Forest.

Burial will be in Survivors include his widow. Elizabeth, and a sister. Mrs. I P. Swain anniston.