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NEWS AND cm FRIDAY, July 14, 1972 Serving South Central Michigan 15 cents BATTLE CREEK -jami McGovern run TO vows mvy mm? mifw 1 liiiiS 1 immsmm campaign swept aside the established political leadership, McGovern said he would dedicate his White House campaign to the people, de- More convention news pages A-8 and A-9. on clared that next January he would restore government to their hands and added: "American politics will never be the same again." AVith some labor leaders still determined to sit out the campaign and other delegates grumbling about the ways in which his operatives domi-nated the convention, McGovern forecast the battle against Richard Nixon would bring the party "together in common cause" this fall. Even delegates who sup-ported the absent Gov. George C. Wallace joined the ovation when McGovern vowed to wage a national campaign and said, "We are not conceding a single state to Richard Nixon." The convention, notable for the numbers of women, black and young delegates, ratified a transition in party power from the big-city chieftains McGovern also had to decide on a new chairman for the Democratic National Committee, which holds a morning organizational meeting.

AVhile he has pressed Chairman Lawrence Y. O'Brien to stay on, informed sources said he would ask Jean Westwood, the Utah national committeewoman, to take the job if O'Brien declines. In the final moments of the convention that his supporters dominated all week, the triumph belonged to the onetime college professor from South Dakota. Waves of applause rocked the hall as Hubert II. Humphrey, Edmund S.

Muskie, Henry M. Jackson, Shirley Chisholm and Terry Sanford lifted high the hands of the 49-year-old nominee and his 4 2-y a r-old running mate from Missouri. Hundreds of jubilant McGovern delegates rose time and time again, peering over the crowds of reporters, cameramen and boosters jammed in the well of Convention Hall, to applaud the party's victorious standard bearer. Reviewing the way tmmsflm It I liiip it i "Vim- i is: 1 1 "ill il VM" 1 1 "-'uLf, i iv? mmm S'M 1 iinn." Um I'm3--'. and leaders of labor, dominant for 40 years, to the forces of what Kennedy termed "a new wind rising over the land." Earlier in the long evening, the third of four nights on which the convention stayed in session well into the predawn hours, the convention ratified McGovern's choice of Eagleton as the No.

2 man on the 1972 Democratic ticket. But it took a one-hour, 20-minute roll call that saw votes cast for candidates ranging from television commentator Roger Mudd, to TV character Archie Bunker, to the senator's wife, Eleanor. Even Martha Mitchell, the wife of former GOP campaign manager John N. Mitchell, got a vote. McGovern chose the handsome, articulate first-term Missouri senator, a border-state Catholic with strong ties to labor, from a field of a a 1 f-dozen senators, governors and mayors.

He was the senator's second choice: Kennedy rejected an offer of the vice presidency shortly after McGovern swept to first-bal-1 nomination AVednesday night. Amid the unprecedented splitting of ballots, it took until the next-to-last state, Texas, before the Missouri senator passed the 1.509 total that marked the needed majority. As votes were checked, the defeated candidates most prominent among them being Texas state Rep. Frances T. "Sissy" Farenthold.

Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska, and former Massachusetts Gov. Endicott Peabody trooped to the rostrum and declared Turn to Page A-2 il iMi: i l8f. If i i eany i. 'ii! iii li 1W sw smm i i siili III I ii V-hffii Sfeft xlitics jammed Convention Hall to accept his party's nomination.

The victorious nominee had only a few hours to rest up after his triumph appearances before a unity breakfast for the party's House and Senate Campaign committees and a Democratic fund-raising group were scheduled before he returned to AA'ashing-ton later today. acknowledge cheers ers i BIO vl MIAMI BEACH (UPD Barbara Ann Eagleton, wife of Sen. Thomas Eagleton, tells it all with her face. Mrs. Eagleton was telephoning her family to tell them that the senator had been chosen as Sen.

George McGovern's running mate. ines, agieron an Name led list of contenders after Kennedy's 'No1 MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern, vowing to lead a people's campaign, urged wildly cheering Democrats today to put behind "our fury and our frustrations" and unite to capture the White House from President Nixon. And the South Dakota senator appealed for help "from every Democrat and every Republican and independent who wants America to be the great and good land it can be." It was nearly 3 a.m. when the beaming McGovern, introduced by Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy and joined by vice presidential nominee Thomas F. Eagleton and defeated presidential rivals, stepped to the rostrum of a humultuous. Eagleton and MeGovern ew 'Fat SAIGON (AP) The U.S. Navy announced today the introduction of a new, one-ton video bomb called "Fat Albert" into the air war against North Vietnam and termed it highly effective.

The weapon is an improved version of the "Walleye" television bomb and has been in use for the past month, the Navy said. Capt. Marland AA Townsend, commanding officer of the carrier Kitty Hawk, said the first six Fat Alberts released scored direct hits against their targets and reduced the risk that American pilots would be hit by ground fire. Townsend said four bridges were downed and two military supply buildings were destroyed by the bombs. "You can't beat 100 per cent," he said.

The Fat Albert, named by fliers aboard the Kitty Hawk, is twice as powerful as the Walleye and has a television camera in the nose to direct the bomb to the target. "The primary advantages of the 'Fat Albert' over the earlier Walleyed series are increased explosive impact, better reliability and greater standoff range or the ability to hit targets from higher City By NANCY JACKSON City commissioners are expected to. breathe life back into the city's inactive rent certification program at Tuesday's commission meeting. Commissioners met Thursday in City Hall to discuss the program and find funds to revitalize rent certification. I 4 i I- i o.

hi cnoice Today Stock Markets Television Today's Almanac AVomen's News B-10 B-4 A-5 A-6 Cloudy and humid; thunderstorms likelv. Details on A-5. Albert7 bomb 1609 and explained what had happened in the bigger meeting with McGovern and the others. "We reached four general criteria," he that the vice presidential candidate be qualified to take over as president, that he have national appeal, that he be "relevant to the urban crisis" and that he be a Roman Catholic. "AAre batted some names around," Fauntroy said, including Eagleton, and United Auto AA'orkers President Leonard AAroodcock.

There are conflicting reports on the manner in which Eagleton's apparent position as leading candidate held firm while others fell by the wayside. Fauntroy and Clay say that by noon just seven men were still under consideration: Eagleton, Landrieu. Mayor Kevin AA'hite of Boston, AA'ood-cock. Askew and Rep. AAllbur Mills, D-Ark.

While the fortunes of White and others slid, Eagleton's were on a steady course through the maze of analysis and potential criticism. At 1:50 p.m., while phone calls and conferences were in progress on the 16th floor, McGovern's press office called a news conference. But an hour came and went and McGovern didn't show. It then was announced that the press conference would be "at some further time." "The hours really went by," McGovern's press secretary, Richard J. Dougherty, explained late Thursday.

"It took longer than we suspected." McGovern. he said, "has a finely honed concern for dignity" and wanted to keep certain people apprised of the situation and, in some cases, asked for their advice on various candidates. At 3:30 p.m. McGovern quietly told the 10 aides and his wife that Eagleton was it. effective, Navy says MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

(AP) Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton apparently had his vice presidential nomination cinched early Thursday despite a day-long show of decision-making by the McGovern camp. The Democratic National Convention's endorsement of Sen. George McGovern's choice early today followed a hectic-day of telephone calls and conferences about the vice presidential spot.

Reports of lists of candidates with far-ranging membership floated out of the McGovern entourage. But whether there was a list on paper with two, four, seven or twenty-five names on it, Eagleton was the front-runner after Sen. Edward M. Kenned v's decision against running was accepted. Others mentioned by McGovern's staff members and outside participants in the day-long meeting Thursday had either said they didn't want the job or had not been seriously considered by McGovern.

New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu, for example, was reported by Rep. William Clay of Missouri on Thursday to have been one of seven possibilities being considered by McGovern. But no one not McGovern, not even his lowliest staff member-' called Landrieu at any time prior to or during the Democratic convention week to discuss the vice presidency, the mayor said. Clay, a black, participated in discussions in McGovern's hotel Thursday about the vice presidency. Florida Gov.

Reubin Askew and Connecticut Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, both reportedly on a four-man list of McGovern favorites, were sounded out again Thursday. But both again refused to accept the vice presidential nomination, as had been widely predicted. Based, on interviews and news briefings, here's the way the South Dakotan moved toward announcing his running mate: After breakfast, McGovern instructed one of his aides to get in touch with Eagleton early and let the Missourian know he was still in the running. Downstairs, in a c-Tosed room off the hotel main lobby, a group of McGovern's top campaign strategists were meeting to evaluate all the possibilities.

At 11 a.m. five of the top staffers joined McGovern and representatives of black interests, women and Spanish-speaking Americans. The five staffers were Frank Manckiewicz, McGovern's national political coordinator; Jean AVestwood, a political organizer and Democratic national committeewoman from Utah; Pierre Salinger, press secretary to President John F. Kennedy and now a McGovern political operative; McGovern's campaign manager, Gary Hart; his executive assistant, Gordon and speechwriter-adviser Fred Dut-ton. That meeting had a floating, changing membership.

Downstairs, in Room 1609, about a dozen blacks, including Clay, waited for the return of their representatives to the meeting upstairs. Those men were Rep. AValter Faunt-roy of the District of Columbia; Mayor Kenneth Gibson of" Newark, N.J.. and California state Sen. Willie Brown.

When it was all over and Eagleton had been named by McGovern, Fauntroy sat before the picture window in Room i8 sons who fit a secret hijacker profile. Cut the hijackings continue. Six jetliners have been hijacked in the past six weeks alone, including two that were commandeered by gun-toting sky pirates Wednesday night. Menwhile. in Chicago, two major U.S.

airlines announced stepped-up security measures in au attempt to thwart hijackings. American Airlines said Thursday that carry-on baggage was being inspected at boarding gates as passengers walked onto planes at O'Hare International Airport. United Air Lines, the nation's largest carrier, announced it will employ personnel to inspect all hand lug-g a carried by persons boarding its 727 flights. "We know what the holes in our security are." said FAA spokesman Dennis Feldman. "AAre have to take each in-stance on a case-by-case basis to determine whether there has been proper screen-ins," he said.

FAA administrator John II. Shaffer has ordered an investigation of all hijackings to determine whether airlines are living up to security regulations put into effect in April. Two airlines, United and Pacific Southwest, were fined Sl.OOO each after the FAA ruled that lax security contributed to the success of a pair of hijackings that occurred within days after the new regulation went into effect. The regulations require airline personnel to observe all boarding passengers to see whether any of them match a behavioral profile of potential hijackers developed bv the FAA. The airlines also have the option of using metal detecting devices or searching passengers or their hand luggage, but are not required to do so.

The metal-detecting devices Turn to Page A-2 a 1 or whenever tenants change. current program, adopted 'in August 1969, has not been enforced since January 1970 when the city met resistance from local groups which objected to inspection of single and double-family units. Commissioner Donald Ma- WASHINGTON (AP) Finding a way to halt airline hijackings has baffled officials of the nation's airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration. Airport security has tightened noticeably since the beginning of the year. Carry-on luggage frequently has been searched.

Passengers have been screened for weapons by electronic metal detectors. Ticket agents have kept an eye peeled for suspicious per- damage allegedly done to dikes there by U.S. bombs two day? earlier. In the ground war, more heavy fighting was reported today on South Vietnam's northern front, where 20,000 Saigon troops are on a drive to retake Quang Tri Province, which fell to the North Vietnamese May 1. The Saigon command said its troops had not entered the Quang Tri City limits, but reported a series of bailies ranging from two to 32 miles northeast of the provincial capital.

Spokesmen said 114 North Vietnamese troops were killed, almost half of them by air and artillery strikes, and 41 weapons captured. Three South Vietnamese marines were reported killed and 14 wounded. A high-ranking South Vietnamese officer was killed and eight other men wounded when a South A'ietnamese helicopter crashed southeast of Quang Tri City. The Saigon command reported artillery and rocket attacks against the old imperial capital of Hue Thursday night and this morning, and said eight persons were killed and 21 wounded. that an additional $18,000 or 819,000 would be needed to bring rent certification to full force.

Commissioners last month appropriated $18,883 for the program in the 1972-73 budget. The program, if reactivated, would require the city to inspect all rental units in the city at two-year inter- World altitudes, the most popular feature for combat air crews explosed to enemy ground fire," the Navy said. The Navy said it would continue to use the Walleye, which was first used against The North Vietnamese have new Russian heat-seeking antiaircraft missiles. A-3. North Vietnam in March 1967, and also the laser-guided bombs.

The U.S. Command announced, meanwhile, that U.S. pilots carried out 270 tactical air strikes against targets inside North Vietnam Thursday. The Navy said its pilots leveled three coastal defense sites to the northeast and southeast of the port city of Vinh with laser guided bombs. Radio Hanoi claimed that 14 U.S.

warplanes bombed a section of dikes in North Vietnam's Hai Hung Province on Tuesday and that a large number of A'estex-n newsmen saw it. The broadcast said the newsmen had been taken to the area near Hiep Ca and Nan Hung villages to see The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnnati will hold a hearing Monday on Judge Stephen Roth's order for Detroit to buy school buses for his desegregation plan. The order to buy the buses has been stopped until the hearing A-7. Sperry Rand Corp.

has been charged with reaping a per cent profit on making 153mm shell casings in a factory supplied by the government. Sen. AVilliam Proxmiie claims the profit in 20 years was $17 million on a corporation investment of only $50,000. B-5. Bobby Fischer protested his loss by default to Boris Spassky Thursday, and that protest has been rejected.

The future of the chess championships is in doubt. A-7. Following the conviction of his former chief aide on kickback charges, Texas Rep. James M. Collins said he knew nothing of the scheme.

B-5. British soldiers invaded an IRA 'no-go' area in their campaign to stop the violence in Northern Ireland. Six more people died Thursday. A-3. A two-man hijacking that started in Philadelphia ended in a Texas airport after hostages had been released.

A-2. rent certification program may get new lite Comics Deaths Editorials Sports B-9 A-5 A-4 B-2- 3, 4 At the end of the two-hour session, Commissioner Mary Short called for a resolution at next week's meeting to beef up the program with additional money from the city's contingency fund. Several commissioners nodded support. Deputy City Manager Larry Collins said earlier this week trone expressed concern for protection, of landlords under the program. City Building Inspector AVilliam Schultz responded by saying that city inspe Mors can serve as neutral witnesses in court cases when either tenants or the landlord claim damage has been done to the rental unit.

"AVithout that, the judge would just throw the case out of court. It would be the landlord's wrord against the tenant's," Schultz said. Both Schultz and City Planning' Director Sam Stellrecht told commissioners Thursday that the comprehensive rent certification program was "desirable." 3.