The Daily Inter Lake from Kalispell, Montana • 1

The Daily Inter Lake TWELVE PAGES 10 The Daily Inter Lake Kalispell Montana Tuesday July 111972 65th Year Vol No 75 McGovern Wins Votes "fl Expect Project To Be inished July 25 Convention Action an appeal by a Council Will Challenge orest Revenue Splits rights leader discussion In Chest (Inter Lake photo by Del Lyonais) Partial Eclipse As Seen In The lathead Monday to law ruling out basis of a the the Jack Jeffries Valley Wash construction worker with McAtee and Heath Spokane operates the oil pump on a truck laying the asphalt seal coat on the extension of the main runway at Glacier Park International Airport With good weather conditions the runway section should be completed by July 25 Rounding out the expansion project will be installation of a parallel taxiway and runway lights (Inter Lake photo by Cheryl Emmert) Tim Brown 26 Toledo Ohio was listed in fair condition this morning at the Kalispell General Hospital He is being treated for a gunshot wound a slug from a 41 calibre rifle which struck him in the chest and exited through his back Brown was wounded about 9 am Monday in his trailer home on Blue Bay in what Lake County Sheriff Bill Phillips terms an accidental incident Brown was cleaning the rifle and dropped it When he bent over to pick up the gun it discharged Brown drove to a nearby trailer home where the Polson ambulance was summoned He was given emergency first aid at St Hospital and then flown to Kalispell ling in the aisles despite best efforts to keep the business moving But the 20 minute debate on California brought delegates to attention amid repeated rounds of applause and boos With addition of the 151 dis puted ualiiorma McGovern's committed first ballot strength some 48 hours before presidential balloting be gins Wednesday night reached 14 8535 just 2365 short of the 1509 needed to win jority losing 148308 to 141105 Then heeding the plea of fiery Rev Jessie Jackson who warned that one cancer re mains in the body the rest of the body politic will the convention voted 14865 to 13715 to reject bid to supplant the group led by Jack son and Chicago Aiderman Wil liam Singer Then speeding adjournment of the first of four scheduled sessions the convention agreed to drop credentials cases affect ing delegates from Michigan Texas Rhode Island Washing ton Connecticut and Oklahoma Earlier it rejected a chal lenge seeking more women in the South Carolina delegation and the bid of a racially mixed group to supplant the pro Wal lace Alabama group As the convention opened in the brilliantly lit convention hall roving groups of demon strators who had broken away from a protest rally assembled outside One group pulled down a section of a restraining fence Until the crucial California contest most delegates ap peared to show little interest in the proceedings talking with friends and neighbors and mil EDT In terms of the presi dential fight the California test was crucial perhaps decisive According to an Associated Press count addition of the 151 California votes brought McGovern within about 25 votes of a first ballot nomination with other uncommitted delegates expected to move his way It took two votes both de cided by larger than expected margins to settle the California credentials dispute irst the McGovern forces overturned by a vote of 161828 to 123822 the Credentials Com decision which had been engineered by backers of Humphrey Sen Edmund Muskie and Gov George Wallace to deny McGovern all the California votes Then by an even broader margin of 168952 to 116223 the McGovern forces defeated an attempt by a lorida backer of Wallace to challenge the par liamentary ground rules set by the presiding officer Demo cratic National Chairman Law rence In the Chicago case too there were two votes as the McGovern side sought at the last moment to compromise even though side said compromise was impossible ormer Gov rank Morrison of Nebraska a McGovern sup porter sought to suspend the rules and bring the compromise to the floor a procedure re quring a two thirds vote But it failed to command even a ma Martinez firm was to such a stated the had been thousand dollars in savings or unless those favoring a lower priced unit change their minds new bids will be called with broader specifications in the I hope that more units will be bid In other business the council directed the city attorney to inform the owner of Montana Steel the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce has asked the scrap iron yard south of Kalispell be cleaned up or adequately screened and set Aug 9 for a hearing on the matter The request was made by Doug Remick president of the chamber The council agreed to study for 60 days a request by city street employes the ordinance requiring all city employes to live within city limits be repealed It approved an area planning board concept to coordinate city county planning with countywide planning Carl Lauterjung water superintendent presented the final draft of the area water and sewer study which will be the basis of several improvement projects through federal funds The city gravel contract was awarded to McElroy Wilken Big West Oil Co Great alls was awarded the city fuel contract for next fiscal year Hal Sampson was formally sworn in as councilman to succeed Sherman Rogers who has resigned because he is leaving the city The annexation of Sunny View Lane was approved there being no objections or protests to the proposal Councilmen were reminded of the all day budget session July 19 at the Conrad National Bank with regular business originally planned for July 17 to be worked in during the session Curbing and sidewalks were ordered in on a street in the vicinity of the Russell School as part of a safety committee plan to improve the crosswalk safety conditions across Highway 93 Ronald redenberg having completed six months probationary service was confirmed as a policeman Mayor Bjomeby suggested the council begin researching for a possible ordinance regulating motorcycle operations within the city LIBBY A full range of entertainment for the whole family is being planned for those attending Libby Logger Days this weekend The event is sponsored annually by the Libby Jaycees who have announced the following highlights on the program Thursday at 8 pm youngsters are invited to participate in the Sawdust Scramble They will dig through the sawdust in search of $100 in coins which have been mixed into the pile Prior to that event at 7 pm the annual water fight will be staged Beginning Thursday and running through Sunday will be carnival attractions presented by Intermountain Shows Highlighting the riday events will be the coronation of a Libby Logger Days queen at 7 pm and a Bull of the Woods selection at 7: 30 pm Candidates for queen are Linda Lelm Jan Schowalter Charlene Mitchell Debbie Weitzel and Mona Johnson riday and Saturday nights there will be a teen dance at Memorial gym from 10 to 1 am with music by the Applejacks which is composed of Kalispell and Libby musicians Saturday events start with a pancake breakfast served by the Jaycees from 7 to 9 am which is free to possessors of Logger Humphrey Quits MIAMI BEACH la (AP) Sen Hubert Humphrey his last hope of winning the Democratic presidential nomination gone stepped aside today and withdrew from the race MIAMI BEACH la (AP) few minutes before 5 am Sen George McGovern staging a dramatic demonstration of po litical power swept to the brink of the Democratic presidential nomination today in a mara thon opening session of his par national convention that ended just before dawn display of organ izational muscle came when he recaptured 151 disputed Califor nia delegates at the peak of a tumultuous session The South Dakota senator claimed his long uphill battle was near success and that vic tory in Wednesday nom inating session is our Sen Hubert Humphrey leader of the coalition of McGovern rivals that lost the crucial California vote declined to concede the nomination But he admitted that McGovern quite a and prom ised to say more in the morn ing But with victory within reach in the opening ses sion the McGovern camp failed in an effort to engineer a com promise to seat both Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and a heavily pro McGovern group of Illinois challengers The convention then voted to oust the powerful Chicago may or in a move expected to have far reaching consequences both throughout the party and in its fall campaign for the White House in the politically crucial state of Illinois Party leaders had feared the opening night session would run into the daylight hours But the showdown votes on California and Illinois were fol lowed by a series of com promises that quickly brought the opening session to a close a By loyd Larson While the rest of the nation focused on the credentials and rules controversy at the National Democratic Convention in Miami the Kalispell City Council came to grips with some rules and problems of its own As a result an arbitration committee will be appointed to settle the dispute which involves the long smouldering debate between the city administration and the union over parking space behind city hall The city itself will challenge a long standing concerning the use of National orest receipts by the county Under federal statutes according to Councilman rank Thomas the county is given 25 per cent of net timber revenues This is apportioned one third to schools and two thirds to county road department The council agreed contention the says the road portion should include special road areas which he interprets as incorporated cities within the county in the distribution of the funds It is unfair to limit the use of timber revenue from trees belonging to all the people to benefit those who live outside the city he contends He estimates share of the cunent allocation of $621350 would be about $75000 or $80000 which could be used on city street construction and give city taxpayers a fairer shake as the forest recepits are now used to hold down the county road levy exclusively Another rule change Thomas would like would be a fairer assessment of the bridge levy which city dwellers must pay but in actuality have no or very few bridges getting county funds for repairs or maintenance But while the city was quick to agree to the forest receipt and bridge fund challenges there was a conflict within the council on bid 'procedure rules and the effect of too detailed specifications on the new fire truck in particular Thomas recommended on behalf of the safety committee the city accept as the lowest acceptable bid a Seagrave truck Today's Chuckle A small town is a place where if you see a girl having dinner with a man old enough to be father he is All through the session pro a anti McGovern forces maneuvered on the floor for the California showdown On the South Carolina creden tials vote several groups of McGovern supporters switched their votes awav from the delegates women challengers at the last moment in order to make sure that a parliamentary test of how many votes were needed on credentials cases would be delayed until the California vote MIAMI BEACH la (AP) appeal to add more women to Here are the actions taken by the South Carolina delegation the Democratic National Con vention in its marathon session slate of black challengers to be on credentials challenges Mon seated in place of Alabama day night and early today: Returned 151 votes to Sen 'flTICAL 15CISTY MONTANA HELENA MT 59501 Weather Wet Weather Table Page 12 Slug Takes Toledo Man for $41441 after trucks bid on the 1 single phase pump Immediately the raised the question of whether the truck recommended could not be obtained for less money and still meet city needs The truck in question would be beefed up because of a larger engine to pump 1500 gallons per minute but Mayor Larry Bjomeby contended a 1000 gallon per minute pumper would be adequate and would cost considerably less thus saving city funds for future acquisition of an aerial unit Thomas defended the committee recommendation on the basis it was arrived at after several studies of all the bids and consultation with the firemen who are and know what is best for the city not only in the terms of the immediate future but in the long He stressed the buying of a lower price fire truck and there was no agreement as what constitutes a truck might be more costly in the long run whereas the truck in question at $40000 would cost about $2000 a year over a 20 year life expectancy In the vote on the motion to buy the Seagrave truck Councilmen Thomas Al Miron and Mrs Norma Happ voted yes and councilmen orrest Daley Everit Sliter and Ken voted no with councilmen Hal Sampson and John Schwartz abstaining Mayor Bjomeby voted no to break the tie Schwartz immediately moved and it was unanimously adopted to negotiate with Superior ire Apparatus the bidder on the Seagrave unit as to what objectionable specifications might be deleted to lower the overall unit cost president of the present and agreed review but questionable items would not amount to very much in dollars since his original bid was made to bid specifications The council as a whole will meet with him to continue the negotiations It appeared last night if this phase does not produce several Straddle Quang Tri SAIGON (AP) US helicopters landed hundreds of South Vietnamese marines north of Quang Tri City today putting Saigon forces on three sides of the enemy held provincial capital ield reports said the American helicopters ran into heavy antiaircraft fire and at least two of them were shot down But their crews were reported rescued or the fifth successive day entrenched North Vietnamese forces managed to stall the South Vietnamese in battles at four different points on the northeastern and southeastern outskirts of the city Threaten Offensive BELAST Northern Ireland (AP) Militant Protestants threatened early today to take the offensive in Northern Ireland as gun battles and bomb explosions rocked the province The Protestant Ulster Defense Association said if the British do not crush the Roman Catholic guerrillas of the Irish Republican Army the association will take the offensive against the IRA The British government rushed 1800 more troops into the province as 232 shooting incidents were reported in Belfast between 8 am Monday and 4:40 am today supporters of Gov George California Wallace George a compromise McGovern overturning the Cre agreement for adding four dentials Committee ruling that more blacks to the Georgia del the state winner take all pn egation which mary violated reform guide worked out by Gov Jimmy lines Upheld the Credentials Committee in its ouster of Chi cago Mayor Richard Daley and 58 other delegates and in its actions adding women in two other Illinois delegations Rejected a caucus Day buttons At 10 am the annua! parade will be conducted and at 1:30 pm the raft race from Big Bend Bar to the Libby Bridge is slated to start The preliminary axe throwing pole toss log rolling junior cross cut and junior jack and jill lumberjack event will be conducted at 7 pm with the teen dance slated at 10 pm and an adult dance at the Gopher Inn at 10 pm also Sunday the Montana Lumberjack championships preliminaries will be continued from 9 am to noon at the Ball Park with the finals to follow at 1 pm Youth sawing contest will be conducted Sunday also with registration closing at 11 am Merchants will have displays in the Logger Days area and the Jaycee ood Boother will feature barbecued chicken Rollie Herriges Spokane television newscaster will be master of ceremonies at the coronation rites and parade marshal Admission to the major events is by Logger Days buttons which are being sold by the queen candidates Special attractions include an Air orce Band the Trail BC Bagpipe Band and the Libby High School Band which will play during the event and participate in the parade which will have the theme of Keep Montana Montana Ask Postponement WASHINGTON (AP) The Committee for the Re election of the President is worried that a hearing on a suit involving the break in and bugging attempt at Democratic headquarters here could cause damage to President campaign or this reason the committee asked US District Court Monday to postpone the hearing on a $1 million damage suit against the committee until after the Nov 7 election Chess Match On REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP) American challenger Bobby ischer and Russian defender Boris Spassky finally begin play this afternoon in the richest and most publicized world chess championship of all time unless some new snag develops Japan Soaked TOKYO (AP) Twenty four persons were reported dead and six others were missing today in floods and landslides set off by torrential rains in Hiroshima and Shimane prefectures National police said another 39 persons were injured by landslides Last week three days of torrential rains caused floods and landslides in southwestern Japan in which 159 persons were killed and 41 are still missing ires On Carrier NOROLK Va (AP) Just about five years after being crippled by a fire that claimed the lives of 134 officers and men during operations off Vietnam the aircraft carrier orrestal has been hit by another major blaze and two minor fires The Navy said there were no injuries to personnel in the series of fires early Monday The biggest one broke out about 3 am in the flag officers quarters of the carrier while it was berthed at the Norfolk Naval Station its home port Desk Clerk Slugged BOZEMAN (AP) A desk clerk was injured and about $300 taken in an armed robbery early Sunday morning at the Baxter Hotel Mrs Nancy Maynard said a young man entered the lobby about 3:50 am Sunday morning came to the desk and demanded money She said he was wearing a face mask and held a pistol Officials said Mrs Maynard put all the money into a bag and was told to turn around The man then knocked her on the back of the head and fled Carter and civil uunan nona i Challenges against delega tions from Kentucky Hawaii Missouri Michigan Virginia Washington Rhode Island Texas Connecticut and Okla homa were dropped World Briefs MONTANA HISTOniOAL 900ICTT Northwest Montana's Only Afternoon Mfiflilng Newspaper Loggers Days Begin Thursday 2BSsL 4 1 1 I I I I I.