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The Daily Inter Lake from Kalispell, Montana • 1

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IIBRVW nzMv ronicA: socxeh or komtaju C0 MONTANA HISTORICAL SOC! 59501 Helena MonUns 596Qlt Northwest Montana's Only Afternoon Daily and Sunday Morning Newspaper The Daily Inter Lake SIXTEEN PAGES The Daily Inter Lake Kalispell Montana Wednesday July 12 1972 65th Year Vol No 76 1 I' McGovern Looks Now To ill Second Spot Patrick Hayden Settles In The Saddle con con the a Refuse District Calls or Bids more A breakdown ot fire runs false fires met the qualifications for a Opportunity has been issued bv ire Chief alarms: seven incendiary nine wash downs or gasoline A call for bids on a trench burner was authorized last night by the board of directors of the lathead County Refuse Disposal District at a meeting in the district offices in the Wright Clinic building Mayor Larry Bjorneby chairman reports The burner is designed to permit the burning of combustibles at the landfill site and meet air pollution standards He also reported the district has located a possible landfill site near Martin City which will now be checked for suitability by the State Board of Health The board is negotiating with bulk container firms in an effort arsons two involving food preparation two involving combustibles near heat two involving vehicle wiring and one each of careless smoking heating vents electric motors misuse ot flammable liquids careless burning vehicle backfire miscellaneous known causes and unknown causes The dty ambulance made 186 runs for a total of 3199 miles Truck 5 made nine runs and the new ambulance made one run during quarter traveling 35 miles The average for 196 runs was 21 runs per day The second quarter report of the Kalispell ire Department reveals four malicious for the Elrod job 11 arrangements cannot be worked out with the city Other summer housekeeping items included increases in the school lunch budget of $15000 to permit expenditure of funds collected in payment of lunches should more students than anticipated take part in the program revision of the bookkeeping system for payment of teachers and staff members who work in both districts and adjustment of the supported Humphrey Including President 1 Abel of the United Steelworkers Union threw their support to Sen Henry Jackson of Washing ton Besides McGovern Wallace and Jackson supporters an nounced nominating speeches would be made for former Sen Eugene McCarthy Reps Wilbur I) Mills and Shirley Chisholm and former North Carolina Gov Terry Sanford With much of the Humphrey and Muskie strength now listed In the undecided column The Associated Press count gave McGovern 159075 votes as the day of his nomination dawned The total needed for nomination Is 1509 Wallace trailed with 378 the uncommitted total stood at 8506 and the remainder were scattered McGovern spent much of the day Tuesday in his 17 th story penthouse in the Doral Beach Hotel working on his ac ceptance speech and 1 dare to obtain eight or nine green boxes for locations in certain parte of the county Eventually the board plans to purchase about 30 but feels the smaller amount will serve until the second collection truck is obtained Bjorneby said Since only five of the board members were present the annual election of officers was deferred to the next meeting The mayor reports the new manager Harold Gringer who has been in California wrapping up his business interests there was expected to arrive in Kalispell today to assume his new post slon supporting a US military commitment In Europe and the Mediterranean to deter Soviet pressure against Israel Ry voice vote the convention shouted down eight proposals ranging from endorsement of capital punishment and public school prayers to a con stitutional amendment barring busing despite a plea by Ala bama Gov George Wallace As the convention deliberated through a second marathon night session Tuesday In a re laxed atmosphere after Monday sharp credentials bat tles Wallace provided a dra matic highlight with an appeal for far ranging tax reform and a denunciation of sense less asinine busing of little school A mighty roar went up and white and blue placards waved from the pro Wallacc delegates as Wallace was car ried In a wheelchair to the po dium Other delegates stood in respect to the governor partial ly paralyzed when shot down while campaigning in Laurel Md May 15 But appeals were doomed to failure as the con vention worked to approve a 26000 word platform tailored largely to the liberal views of McGovern Wallace holding just a few hundred delegates and Sen Henry Jackson of Washing ton with under 100 vowed to stay in the presidential race al though assured first ballot strength shot past the 1509 votes needed to win Sens Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and Edmund Mus kie of Maine dropped out of the race Tuesday Some labor leaders who had superintendent July 1 Hayden formerly of Mount Vernon Wash succeeds Del Ingbcll who retired (Inter Lake photo by loyd Larson) Discussing School District 5 and lathead High School District administrative matters are Patrick Hayden left and board chairman Dr Tom Little following first formal board meeting since he took over as district mates after the withdrawal of $6500 guaranteed income for a Sens Hubert Humphrey and family of four and to Introduce Edmund Muskie on Tuesday an abortion plank The dele assured noml gates voted to add a proposal nation to grant Indians first priority in Kennedy was clearly his top allocation of federal surplus choice despite repeated state lands and strengthen the provi menls ho Is unavailable aides said that others under consideration In clude: United Auto Workers President Ionard Woodcock Sens Thomas Eagleton of Missouri and Abraham A Rlbl coff of Connecticut and lorida Gov Reubln Askew The Democratic National Convention meanwhile stayed in session until 6:22 am EDT In the longest continuous ses sion In history of either party before shouting Its approval of a platform that mirrors views In calling for total US withdrawal from In dochina and supporting busing to eliminate segregation and to Improve educational quality Lengthy roll call votes beat back proposals to establish budget to increase it $675 to reflect one additional student under a revised Average Number Belonging (ANB) formula which is the basis for state aid John Ballard EIIS principal and Alden Beller special education chairman reported progress on the Service Station Work Study Project which will be launched with about 20 students next month Both reported favorable acceptance to the idea and pledges of cooperation from the service stations and distributors Under the program students will be given training in special service station skills while actually operating a station under the guidance of an instructor Doug ox biology Instructor at HS reported on the summer biology program which was started in 1968 for students in the school who find traditional 'biology courses too difficult The program is financed with federal funds and has been successful in that on the basis of the lathead program similar programs have been established in Great alls and Missoula Bids on 10 transcribing units wore opened and the bid was given to IBM of Kalispell which had the apparent low bid of $3150 for the 10 units with a trade in value offer after three years use of $1250 Printers was the only other bidder and submitted bids on two different Norelco models The Model 84 was bid at $327750 for the 10 with $1000 trade in value and Model 98 at $403750 with $1250 trade in value after three years No bids were received on a desk electronic computer for the math department and the board authorized a readvertisement for the unit Resignations of three staff members were accepted They are Mrs Alice Matthews Elrod second grade teacher who is retiring after 19 years in the system Mrs Landa Bergman Lilian Peterson third grade whose husband has been transferred to a post in Denver and Ben Moore who was hired last month to be chairman of the guidance department but asked to be relieved of his contract in order to take a coaching post in Kansas Staff appointments confirmed by the board were: Miss Ann Aadson Elrod first grade Mrs Helen Jones grade nine English and Jeffry Crocker Russell sixth grade weapons were taken from their vehicle when authorities searched it a man who identi fied himself as an BI agent said Their names were not imme diately available Inside the car were several scraps of note paper and print ed literature dealing with black nationalism At least one of the two men was found inside the hotel It was not Immediately clear whether the second man was first seized inside or outside of the building Weather Rain Weather Table Page 2 MIAMI BEACH la (AP) Sen George McGovern as sured of the platform he sought and a first ballot victory tonight In the Democratic presi dential balloting considered a list of potential running mates today Aides said he still plans to ask a reluctant Sen Edward Kennedy to join the ticket Weary delegates had barely 12 hours off after the longest convention session In the his tory of either party before climactic meeting at which McGovern was scheduled to be the first candidate placed Into nomination and when the balloting took place the nominee California planned to yield to Connecticut when the states were called for nominations so that Sen Abraham A Riblcoff could nominate the 49 year old South Dakota senator to head the Democratic ticket tills No vember Speculation turned imme diately to possible running Two In Custody or Burglaries Two lathead area boys have been turned over to Chief Probation Officer David A Shank charged with burglary Kalispell Police Chief Ted Waggener announced the apprehension of the pair following cooperative investigation with the lathead County Office Waggener said investigation books are now closed on eight burglaries as well as a number of thefts occurring over the past three months in Kalispell and the county Officers recovered property valued at nearly $2300 Here Kitty Kitty NASHVILLE Tenn (AP) Classified ad: gray and white female cat Answers to electric can effort was Melton saia Dr Bruce Johnson academic dean at VCC reported to the board and requested consideration of a proposal to discontinue summer session during 1973 the need has diminished or the student has other Johnson said Drops in enrollment at University of Montana has made that institution reluctant to continue its former program of VCC acting as a extension he said Contracts were accepted for two new staff members under the Human Services Technology Program Director of the program to train para professionals in the human services will be James Bates at a salary of $12430 and instructor for the program Sharon Androes was granted a contract at $10100 per year Part time contracts were accepted for orrest Bott for teaching sailing and Dr Jack McDermott for teaching a course in business law William McClaren VCC dean of students explained to the board the Human Services Technology Program was federally funded for the first four years at $30000 for the first year and $35000 for each of next three years Dr Buchanan asked if the staff members would be permanent and where their salaries would come from after the first four years Dr Buchanan and Kent I Newman reminded the administration staff present the program would run out of funds and the staff of the program stood a chance of being cut But no one voted against the contract McClaren reported on his attendance to a meeting of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges where new legislation concerning veterans was discussed stand a chance to receive $25 $40 per veteran if the program is funded and we can meet the qualifications of the he said McClaren assured the board the report required no action at the meeting but VCC very dosely assistance as School By CHERYL EMMERT COLUMBIA ALLS Announcing that he cannot continue to support lathead Valley Community College as a voter until certain pertinent questions are answered adequately Dr Buchanan board member from Columbia alls assumed a spectator role to direct questions to the board of trustees at a meeting in Columbia alls last night Explaining people were probably not going to come to the board with questions Dr Buchanan said he was asking the questions voters would inevitably be asking Leading off with a proverbial question of limiting enrollment Dr Buchanan asked board members if they could continue to support like Like a cancer outstripping its food supply VCC is outstripping its money supply Dr Buchanan said Carl Clogston vice chairman of the board countered with a statement VCC was educating a large number of students on a very satisfactory basis In the of plywood Buchanan quizzed board members on raising student tuition the formulas for determining future salary raises plans for financing construction of a campus collective wage negotiation and whether or not VCC could continue with its present library Kent I Newman board member from Columbia alls commented benignly to the junior member of the board are all questions that been Newman said complexion of the board changes from year to year and what may answer your questions now will not answer them a year from he said Board members were obviously tired of answering those questions especially when directed by one of its own troops Board member Perry Melton Kalispell moved that the July 25 meeting be conducted in Whitefish for the benefit of interested community members would like the record to show that the By loyd Larson Since summer is the traditional time for maintenance and remodeling work on school buildings reports on progress on the various projects under way in School District 5 and Hathead High School were the main agenda Items at a trustees meeting last night The meeting also marked the first official board meeting for Patrick Hayden the new superintendent who succeeded Del Langbell July 1 following retirement after more than 20 years in the post Major project under way is al HS and Hayden told the board he was getting periodic reports from the architects and has been assured the extensive refurbishing will be completed before school starts The board was given a review him to hire a private contractor of maintenance work in the other schools which is being accomplished in as much as possible with permanent custodian staff members However some painting may have to be contracted out and a new roof on the Russell School cottage will be contracted out Special emphasis is being given to all maintenance items given priority in special levy requests last spring A major discussion item was the second phase of Three More Die In Ireland BELAST Northern Ireland (AP) Gunmen killed three persons early today as Northern Protestants got ready for their first big march of the summer The British government ordered 32000 troops police and militiamen into the streets to keep the warring religious factions apart while 100000 Protestants of the Orange Order paraded A bassador Visits SAN CLEMENTE Calif (AP) Just a day before Vietnam peace talks resume in Paris President Nixon has scheduled an informal but serious meeting here with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin The ambassador and Mrs Dobrynin were invited to visit the Western White House as guests of the foreign affairs adviser Henry A Kissinger ighting Heavy SAIGON (AP) Heavy fighting was reported on three sides of Quang Tri City as tank led North Vietnamese forces for the sixth straight day blocked a government drive to recapture the provincial capital The Saigon military command claimed 198 North Vietnamese soldiers were killed and four tanks destroyed in five battles of the Twenty nine South Vietnamese soldiers were reported killed and 69 wounded ischer In The Hole REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP) Defending champion Boris Spassky was favored by the experts to beat American challenger Bobby ischer In the opening game of the world chess match when play resumes this afternoon The game adjourned Tuesday night after 4 hours and 34 minutes of play and 40 moves by each player Panel Convenes MISSOULA (AP) timber management and environment were to be the topics discussed by President 10 member Panel on Timber and Environment scheduled to begin today in the Garden aty The two day meeting will be headed by former Interior Secretary Richard Seaton The panel was expected to hear testimony from representatives of environmental groups in the timber industry and other businesses The discussion is expected to center on particular situation and problems Nrrmnn Peters He reports 48 fire runs during leaks eight rubbish trash and the period of which 11 were grass blazes three from general alarms An average of electrical wiring three suspected eight men were involved eacn call During the period department personnel conducted 330 building inspections with 24 recommendations written ire crews had five school fire drills plus two drills at Kalispell General Hospital ourteen juveniles were apprehended during the quarter and were alleged to have started 11 fires ire losses for the quarterere set at $3781 with insurance paid to date of $1306 with $2200 unsettled World Briefs groups during the day in cluding relatives of a half dozen American prisoners of war McGovern promised to stand by American prisoners a pledge that marked what aides said was elaboration" of his Southeast Asia policy In the brightly lit convention hall meanwhile the delegates went through the convention routine electing Lawrence O'Brien the per manent chairman and adopting party rules including one that bans winner take all primaries starting In 1976 It was such a contest that stirred the Califor nia credentials fight The party also decided that starting with 1976 a woman will preside over every other national convention Yvonne Braithwaite Burke a black Cal ifornia state legislator and gresslonal hopeful is vice onn VIlBirillilll U4 UH3 vata vention Askew who delivered convention's keynote speech was interrupted with a loud say thinking about the vice roar when he said that funds presidential said needed to meet the spokesman Richard Doughcr medical needs were being used ty for "a war that should have The senator met with various a long time ago Agents Intercept Armed Pair Outside Miami Hotel MIAMI BEACH la (AP) Two men were taken into custo dy today by Secret Service agents and the BI outside Sen George hotel Two pistols were taken from their car Both men were black and wore jeans They were taken into custody shortly after McGovern concluded a meeting on the 17th floor in the pent house suite of the Doral Beach Hotel with six Democratic gov ernors The men apparently arrived In a small sports car with Michigan license plates The blacktopping the Elrod School playground The district has approximately $1900 allocated for the job which would not cover the area completely but would extend present area substantially Hayden reported on contacts with city officials on an inter agency improvement plan wherein perhaps the school district and the city could cooperate on playground Improvements on the theory these are used year around He reported acceptance of the idea in principle but the problem lies in whether the city would have men and equipment available for blacktopping in the the remodeling of the girls gym ijght of u10 heavy commitment co street improvement projects this summer He said he would continue efforts along tills line and the board authorized him to do so The board also instructed Department Issues Quarterly Report Trustee Assumes Spectator Role At College Meeting Announce Theme or 1 973 Progress Edition At Work People At will be the theme of the Daily Inter 1973 Progress Edition The announcement was made today by Publisher Chuck Pettit lie said "We have established the theme now to give staff members and business firms time to coordinate their thinking about this annual special edition published every April There Is much advanced planning which goes into Progress Edition A great deal of time and effort is required to dovetail it into the regular production schedule of the Inter In advance planning for the edition It Is planned to focus on people at work In Northwest Montana how their work and their lives are contributing to the development of the area from which they make their living In an area such as Northwest Montana people at play is an interwoven fact of life there are many who prefer to live in this area even it if means accepting a lesser salary than they might earn elsewhere In order to take advantage of the facilities which create finer family living The Daily Inter Lake welcomes suggestions for persons who might make interesting interviews with human interest aspects for consideration in the 1973 edition Such suggestions would assist materially in early production and editing of the Progress Edition They should be addressed to Larry Stem managing editor of the Daily Inter Lake Box 8 Kalispell Pettit said is our conviction people have made Northwest Montana the fine place it Is today Local people their work and its contribution to this rapidly developing area very rightly should be the theme of our 1973 Progress Edition We believe it will meet your New Superintendent Now Heads Kalispell Schools 1 MI IwaY RS 1 I I I i Ta 1 I.

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