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HERALD MONDAY JULY 3, 1972 PRICE 15 CENTS WEATHER CLEARING, CONTINUED COOL PORT HURON, MICHIGAN (Details on Page 2A) Copyright 1971 By The Timet herald Company Servins The Entire Thumb And River Districts Member Of The Gannett Group THE EMES ft WASHINGTON (AP) The Army will station between 1,000 and 3,000 paratroopers near Miami by the time tha Democratic National Convention opens ti week from today. Defense officials said the timing and eventual size of the federal-troop movement from North Carolina to Homestead keep several thousand additional troops on standby at Ft. Bragg, ready to be flown to Florida if needed. A military advance party already is at Homestead AFB arranging shelter, eating facilities, communications and other details. The base is about 30 miles from the Miami Beach convention site.

AFB, will depend on how Miami Beach authorities size up the threat of disturbances by militant groups and whether outbreaks develop. "What happens this week will dictate whether the task force will go down from Ft. Bragg early or not," one official said. There are indications the Army will primarily as a deterrent, to discourage demonstration organizers from planning major disruptions at Miami Beach. That could explain why the Pentagon announced preparations for troop movement to the Miami area nearly three weeks before the Democratic convention's opening.

Four years ago, the Army flew 6,000 soldiers from Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado to the Chicago area on the eve of the Democratic convention. But these troops were not used on the streets when fighting erupted between antiwar demonstrators and Chicago police. The Army regulars are being drawn chiefly from the 82nd Airborne Division, which has the standing responsibility for dealing with any East Coast civil disturbances when local and state governments ask for federal help. The Army operation probably will be directed by Lt. Gen.

John H. Hay who commands the 18th Airborne Corps headquartered at Ft. Bragg. But the Justice Department, acting for the federal government, will decide whether to send the troops into Miami Beach. Pentagon officials say troops will be committed only if disturbances grow too big for police and Florida National Guardsmen to handle.

It is apparent the Nixon administration is reluctant to involve the federal government in suppressing demonstrations at the national party conventions. Administration officials are concerned about the potential for political damage if troops clash with demonstrators. But federal authorities are in no position to stand clear of the problem because Florida Gov. Reubin Askew asked them for help. Administration sources said they believe the governor sought federal troops jJlllllTIf lillll llllllllllllt llMlltlllllllllllilltlUIIIltllllltllllllllMlllIItrilllllllllllllltllltlltlllllf llflllllllllllll Ill lllllllllltlltflll lllllIIIIItlltllMIIMtll lllllllllllttl lllltlll 111 III 1111 The World Of Chess I It Can Be High, or Low, Pressure McGovern California Bloc Takes Their Case To Court Michigan The committee ruled that, supporters of Gov.

Wallace could substitute three of their supporters for three delegates elected on a Wallace ticket but believed leaning toward Sen. McGovern. It also agreed to include 10 women with one-half vote each in the 27 delegates committed to Sen. Humphrey. Meanwhile, President Nixon Sunday telephoned former Atty.

Gen. John N. Mitchell to "express his understanding" over Mitchell's decision to resign as the President's campaign manager. Mitchell, whose wife threatened to leave him unless he resigned from politics, told Nixon that he. had to meet "the onr obligation which must come first: The happiness and welfare of my wife and daughter." Once Was, Observed i I I r-W" Ai 'I 11 11 n'T 1 m.s: ax, Jf The victims, ranging in age from 17 to 22, were from the Omaha area.

They had gone for a weekend camping trip to Indian Cave state Park under an organization that aids the mentally retarded. In Pittsburgh, which is still recovering from the tragedy and destruction wrought by Tropical Storm Agnes, the American Wind Symphony will present a concert Bring Your Own Light Tuesday night. mittee's recommendation on the California delegation. "The convention is going to be fair," McGovern said. "It is going to be the most-open, the least-bossed, convention in American history." In an effort to beef up his strength in advance of Miami Beach, McGovern said he will seek a meeting with AFL-CIO President George Meany this week.

Meany is officially uncommitted in the race for the nomination, although he is considered a supporter of Sen. Edmund S. Muskie. "I'm going to see if President Meany will see me," McGovern said. "I welcome and need his help." Other challenges settled over the weekend included: Not What It '4th7 Is Still By The Associated Press Fireworks, patriotic pageants and family picnics are among the traditional "Fourth of July highlights as the nation -celebrates its 196th birthday over a four-day weekend.

An audience dressed in red, white and blue was on hand Sunday in Oklahoma City for "The 1972 Stars and Stripes Show" featuring comedian Bob Hope, singers Anita Bryant and Nancy Wilson and baseball's Mickey Mantle. Tickets to the $300,000 extravaganza were free but the ticket holders had to come dressed in the colors of the flag. NBC taped the show for broadcast at 9:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday. "The National Yankee Doodle Dandy" will be selected in Philadelphia from among 13 teen-agers who were born on the Fourth and who represent the 13 original colonies.

The youngsters competed in an essay on "What My American Freedoms Mean To Me." Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray III will deliver the keynote address during Tuesday's festivities at Independence Hall. While the Dandy hopefuls declaim, President Nixon and his wife plan to spend a quiet holiday at the Western White House in Saun Clemente. The President said in his annual Fourth of July message that the spirit of the first Independence Day lives on that "no evil is too strong to be overcome by the American people." In Miami Beach, meanwhile, the Youth International Party sponsored a picnic Sunday and urged those attending to bring enough food to share with everyone young and old. "Freeshare, a Picnic of the Ages," was one of a number of events planned by the Yippies prior to the opening of the Democratic National Convention on July 10.

In Falls, City, a holiday outing for a group of mentally retarded youths ended tragically Sunday when five young men and a counselor accompanying them drowned in the Swift-flowing Missouri River. I On The Inside Describes Life Of Air Controller A Port Huron resident describes what it is like to be an air traffic controller at a major city airport. Page 5A. The recent war trend seems to support an old Indochina axiom which says that a military settlement is impossible. Page 3A.

Gambling fever has taken over in the State Legislature and the only question seems to be; will it carry over into the fall session? Page 3A. Also in The Times Herald today: Ann Landers 8 A Horoscope 33 Bridge 3B Local News 5A Comics 3B Crossword 3B District News 4B Dr. Thosteson 3B Editorials 4A Family Living 7A Sports 1-2B Television 8A Theaters SA Vessel Passages 4B Want Ads 5-6-7B Today's Chuckle The old-timers can remember when only Washington's face was on our money. Now, Washington's hands are on it, too. WASHINGTON (AP) A federal judge questioned today whether a constitutional issue was involved in the Democratic Credentials Committee's action stripping away more than half of Sen.

George S. McGovern's California delegates. District Judge George L. Hart Jr. said "It might not be cricket, it might even be dirty pool, but is it unconstitutional?" Attorney Joseph L.

Raugh seeking an injunction against the committee's action, maintained that a clear issue of due process of law as well as equal protection of the laws was at stake. The request for a restraining order by the court was brought by McGovern supporters in California just a week before the Democratic National Convention is to convene in Miami Beach. The Credentials Committee threw out the state winner-take-all primary and ordered the California delegates divided proportionately to the popular vote among the rival candidates, Hubert H. Humphrey, George C. Wallace and others.

Judge Hart said that if there was a provision of constitutional rights, "surely the court will step in." However, he told Raugh that there had to be a clear constitutional issue "or otherwise the courts will get so far into the political thicket we could never get Raugh said the Credentials Committee not only had changed the rules on which everyone relied but had done so dis-criminatorily in barring California alone from having a winner-take-all primary. "Why should California be singled out as the only state that can't have winner-take-all?" he asked, contending this was a denial of equal protection of the laws. A court recess was taken before Joseph A. Califano counsel for the Democratic National Committee, presented his arguments in support of the Credentials Committee's action. McGovern would retain 120 votes, but the loss of the 151 delegates posed a major setback in his hopes to win the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot.

Stephen Reinhardt, Democratic national committeeman from California who announced the suit, accused the Credentials Committee of acting "solely from political considerations" in taking the delegates from McGovern. McGovern, still the easy front-runner with 1,276.9 committed votes with 1,509 needed for nomination, indicated Sunday he would be willing to compromise on the challenges to the California delegation, which he lost, and to the Illinois delegation, which his forces won. "If I thought it would serve the interests of a stronger party and heal some of these wounds and not do any violence to the rules of the party, I would support a compromise," he said. McGovern again expressed confidence the convention would overturn the com- Truman Termed 'Satisfactory1 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Former President Harry S.

Truman was in satisfactory condition today after entering Research Medical Center Hospital Sunday for routine examinations for what his doctor described as a "lower gastrointestinal problem." The trip to the hospital, Truman's second within five days, was described by a hospital spokesman as "a routine examination that had been planned." The 88-year-old former president "spent a quiet night even though he did not sleep soundly until 4 a.m.," according to a statement released by the hospital today. Dr. Wallace H. Graham, Truman's personal physician, said he planned to limit -examinations today to blood tests. Graham said it was too early to determine when Truman might leave the hospital, but added, "I am pleased with everything so far." Truman's wife Bess arrived at the hospital this morning to be with her husband.

The statement said nurses attending Truman reported he continues to be cheerful und happy. Dr. Graham said the former president's intestinal ailment is related to one which put Truman in the hospital for more than a week early in 1971. Truman fell at his home last Tuesday. He spent an hour at the hospital having X-rays taken of his back after complaining of soreness.

Hospital spokesmen said the X-rays were negative. The Trumans celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary last Wednesday. The two extremes in the game of rooks, pawns and checkmate are illus- trated in the photos above. In upper, World Champion Boris Spassky, of Rus- sia, holds thumb up outside his hotel in Forecast 'Coolish' Fourth of July in Port Huron and the Blue Water District will be COOLISH. The weatherman says it will not be swimming weather.

The forecast calls for temperatures in the low 70s and they may even dip overnight to the 50s. Local state parks report only a few vacancies, and at Lakeport State Park all 256 sites were full today. Some 25 campers were slated to leave by 3 p.m. but the majority will not be leaving until late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Traffic both ways on the Blue Water Bridge Sunday was "heavy," but no records were established.

Some 7,623 cars crossed the bridge into Port Huron and a similar number are believed to have crossed into Canada, but the total has not yet been tabulated. Law enforcement officers throughout Port Huron and the Blue Water District expect the biggest crunch of traffic heading home to occur at about 3 p.m. Tuesday. Traffic Death Count At 1 7 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A head-on, two-car collision at a U.S.-12 intersection 12 miles northeast of Hillsdale killed three persons today and raised Michigan's holiday weekend traffic death toll to 17. State Police said they were unable immediately to identify the victims of the U.

Djyinings Road crash near Hillsdale. At least 10 of those killed were known to have been under the age of 21, according to State Police. Fischer Reported Adamant Chess Championship May Founder Reykjavik, Iceland. Challenger Bobby Fischer of the U.S. had still not arrived and had been given until noon Tuesday, or forfeit the match.

Man at left is Jivo Nel, a Soviet chess master. In lower It was learned that the main points under discussion in negotiations were: The American's eleventh-hour attempt to gain 30 per cent of the gate receipts. This was not in the original agreement and the federation opposed it. Fischer's desire to be paid in cash the loser's share of the purse before he would even board the plane for Iceland. One of the Americans claiming to represent Fischer's interests said the U.S.

champion felt that since he had put in six months of preparation for the match he should be compensated for it. The organizers were said to be willing to give a check for the loser's share to a third person until the end of the match. A request to be quarantined from the photo, two elder citizens of Miami Beach, oblivious to the Spassky-Fischer furor (or that other one, of a political nature, symbolized by the Convention Hall in background) plan their next move. press and the public. The federation has offered Fischer all the police protection he would need.

In London, Banker James D. Slater, a chess enthusiast, offered a deal amounting to $130,000 to entice Fischer to Iceland. Under present terms the purse is $125,000 with the winner getting $78,125. Under Slater's proposal the winner would get $156,000 and the loser $104,000. Fischer's 24-game match with the Russian world's champion was to have begun Sunday, and the president of the world federation, Dr.

Max Euwe, announced if the American challenger failed to show up by noon Tuesday he would risk forfeiting his chance at the title. them. Tournament officials claim champion Frisbee hurlers can flip a Frisbee at a velocity in excess of 60 miles per hour. All guts catches must be one handed. Fuschias Bob May, Jay Shelton and Ines Sam captured individual honors.

May captured the men's distance division by tossing his Frisbee 252 feet. Miss Sam captured the women's distance title with a throw of 187 feet. She also captured the women's international accuracy crown by tossing it through a 14-inch tire from a distance of 15 yards. Shelton captured the men's accuracy title. The Humbly Magnificent Champions of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor was the best-finishing Michigan team.

They were fifth. REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) The world chess championship was threatened with collapse today 24 hours before Bobby Fischer's deadline to show up or forfeit his match with Boris Spassky of Russia. Fischer, the American chess champion, was reported sticking to his demand for more money. He told the New York Daily News he wouldn't yield. The six-man board of the sponsoring Icelandic Chess Federation was reported unanimously opposed to paying Fischer the extra money.

One board member called Fischer's gambit "a blatant attempt at extortion." The board met until the early hours today with Fischer's lawyer, Andrew Davis. A spokesman said there was no progress. As the deadline approached, the board was in sesssion again to decide whether to pursue negotiations with Davis, a man they say has no written credentials from Fischer. Some chess experts who have gathered here from distant parts of the world for what projljised to be the match of the century eftpressed a belief that Fischer, in the encfl would sabotage the championship, Among the more optimistic was Larry Evans, a former American champion who knows Fischer well. He said, "I'd say there was a 50-50 chance he will come." One Swedish expert left for home in Icelanders themselves, though they may not believe Fischer will come, have made no great rush to return the tickets they purchased for the match.

Meanwhile In World Of Frisbees Food For Thought M1DDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) There is an old tombstone, its name broken off, leaning against the walls of the police station here. It was brought to the station after suspected vandalism occurred at the Middletown Cemetery. An enterprising person has attached a handwritten note to the bottom of the stone. The original lettering read: "Died, Aug. 1, 1849.

Aged 29 years. Remember me as you pass by, as you are now so once was I. As I am now, so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me." The added note read: "To follow you is not my intent, unless I know which way you went." COPPER HARBOR, Mich. (AP) The highly coveted Julius T.

'Nachazel Memorial Trophy a beer can soldered to a coffee can was retained by the Highland Aces Frisbee Team today at the 15th Annual International Guts Frisbee tournament here. The Wilmette, III, team, outgutsed the Berkley (Calif.) Fuschias in today's championship best-of-three play, 13-31, 21-18, 21-13. The Aces were last year's champs. Cuts Frisbee is played by five-member teams. The players form two parallel files, 15 yards apart, and propel the rub-beroid discs as swiftly as possible in attempts to cause the opposition to miss.