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Tops 1509 with Illinois vote Democrats nominate George McGovern; Kennedy rejects second spot LEADERS CARRIERS AND CARDS Four of the Leader carriers who made the recent trip to St. Louis for contest winning youths got to visit with Cardinal players on the field at Busch Stadium. Carriers, left to right, are Ronald Perry, Michael Fazio, Fairbury; Derek Rabe, Fairbury, and William Dodd, Pontiac. Cardinal players are, from left, Dwain Anderson, infielder; Ed Crosby, shortstop, and Scipio Spinks, pitcher. In a game shortly after the visit Spinks was injured and is out for the season.

A full page of pictures of the trip appears on Page 12. (Leader Photo by W. Greeneberg.) By CARL P. LEUBSDORF AP Political Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Sen.

George McGovern, climaxing his dramatic rise from political obscurity by winning the first-ballot nomination of a divided Democratic party, was considering a broadening list of vice-presidential possibilities today after Sen. Edward M. Kennedy rejected his bid. Soon after the votes of Illinois sent McGovern's total soaring past the magic 1,509 mark in the jammed, brightly lit convention hall, and even before the official result had been announced, Kennedy phoned McGovern from Hyannis Port, to offer congratulations. During their 15-minute talk, McGovern offered Kennedy the No.

2 spot for the race against President Nixon. Kennedy rejected it "for very real personal reasons," according to McGovern spokesman Richard Dougherty. Earlier in the evening, Florida Gov. Reubin Askew, another prime prospect, told McGovern through aides he didn't want to be considered. McGovern aides said the nominee would make no announcement about a running- mate before midday.

One close adviser said he felt the list of those under consideration was expanding as the victorious nominee sought the counsel of Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey and Edmund S. Muskie, his defeated rivals whose withdrawal from contention a day earlier had signaled Wednesday night's triumph. Those being mentioned include five senators Thomas F.

Eagleton of Missouri, Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut, Philip A. Hart of Michigan, Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, and Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota; two governors, Ohio's John J. Gilligan and Wisconsin's Patrick Lucey, and labor leader Leonard Woodcock.

Within minutes after clinching the nomination, McGovern received congratulations and promise of support from all the George McGovern lace 377.50; Rep. Shirley Chisholm 101.45; former Gov. Terry Sanford of North Carolina 69.5; Humphrey 35; Rep. Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas 32.8;- Muskie 20.8; Kennedy 10.65; Rep.

Wayne L. Hays of Ohio former Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota and Sen. Walter F.

Mondale of Minnesota 1. As he sat in his hotel suite, surrounded by family, friends: and aides, the victorious McGovern took phone calls from Kennedy, Humphrey and. Muskie. Jackson sent a tele-; gram pledging support. Mrs.

Chisholm, the first black woman ever nominated for presK dent, took the rostrum to pledge a coast-to-coast campaign to oust President Nixon. Wallace, whose supporters sat silently while the McGovern backers whooped it up in the hall, remained in seclusion at" his hotel. Earlier in the day, his campaign manager, Charles Snider, said chances of a repeat of the governor's 1968 third-party race for president were growing "stronger and stronger every- minute." But Dolph Briscoe of the Texas delegation said Wallace had told him there would be no third-parry movement in 1972. 92nd Year--No. 256-- 12 Pages Pontiac, 111.

61764, Thursday, July 13, 1972 10 cents a Copy Mental Health Board discusses tax loss Blair's 'glass house' loses some fringes By WES SMITH Leader Staff Reporter A probable 16 per cent cut in county funding was the main topic of discussion at the Livingston County Mental Health Board's regular monthly meeting Wednesday noon. Edwin HaUsten, executive director of the mental health board and its Institute for Human Resources, and John Lehman, IHR administrator, said that the cutback would necessitate postponement of planned expansion in mental health services for at least a year. Included in the expansion plans were several new positions which now cannot be filled until next year. James J. Herr, member of the new Livingston County Board's Mental Health Committee, stated that all county agencies would be in for financial trouble until the state is able to find new sources of income for county government.

Herr also stated that he doubted if relief would be forthcoming at all this year or possibly next year. The cutback is due to personal property taxes being held in escrow pending examination into the constitutionality of such a tax. Most county agencies will undergo around a 16 per cent cutback in funds if the tax is ruled unconstitutional. Lehman stated that although the cutback would mean -postponement of Wring applicants for new positions, none of the existing out-patient or patient care programs would be affected nor would the level of service be changed. Lehman added that since their programs were also under budget at midyear the cutback would not have as much effect.

The board received financial news along brighter lines when a letter from Gov. Ogilvie was read announcing the approval of the entire $74,497 state grant for this fiscal year, effective July 1. Herr questioned the board as to the 50 per cent increase in this year's grant and board members replied that increased rent rates, new programs and additional duties provided for under new state guidelines made the increase necessary. In later discussion Hallsten told the board that he anticipated a crisis in the future due to the Kankakee State Hospital being shifted into the Chicago district barring Livingston County patients. HaUsten explained that this would make it necessary for By MICHAEL ROBINSON Associated Press Writer SPRINGFIELD, 111.

(AP) House speaker W. Robert Blah- is going to get his controversial "glass house" but not quite the way he wanted it. Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie saw to that Wednesday by reducing the money bill to pay for the House chambers remodeling project from $990,000 to $890,000.

As a result of Ogilvie's handiwork, installation of special lighting and redecoration of the baroque house ceiling are no processed through St. James Hospital and then sent to either Adolf Meyer in Decatur or the Herman Adler Center in Champaign for short term inpatient therapy. Hallsten expressed concern that St. James may not be equipped to deal with patients completely, so early care will be administered at St. James with patients then being processed to better equipped facilities.

(Continued on page 4) Grade School Board discusses negotiating clause By MARTHA SULLIVAN Leader Staff Reporter The Pontiac Grade School Board of Education last night went into executive session to hear a report from the board's committee on a meeting held Tuesday to discuss a disputed clause in teachers' contracts. Teachers in the system have refused to sign then- contracts since April, in an attempt to get a more specific negotiating clause included in them. Mrs. Carol Shields, chairman of the Teachers Committee, said today that the faculty members do not want to make policy, but that if problems concerning salaries, fringe benefits, conditions of employment and grievance procedures came up, they wanted to be able to discuss them with the board. Contracts in previous years have stated that matters of mutual concern are negotiable, and the teachers feel this is too general.

They want specifics included. Max W. Myers, superintendent of schools, said that an agreement which leaves teachers an open avenue without the abrogation of responsibility on the part of the board is being sought. Until that agreement is reached, Mrs. Shields said, the contracts will remain unsigned.

She added that progress made in Tuesday's meeting made agreement closer, and that she hopes it will come before the beginning of the school year. If (Continued on page 5) Blair only won passage for the plan after agreeing to other alterations. The bill signaled a political cloudburst in the Legislature's spring session. In his earlier concessions, Blair agreed not to move the press boxes from the House floor to the balcony. And he dropped plans to place a wall off bulletproof glass between the galleries and the House floor.

But the project still envisions a bulletproof glass partition between the House floor and the side aisles, as well as such face-lifting touches as a new $335 chair for each member. "Subsequent to the introduction of the bill," Ogilvie said in a letter to representatives, "the sponsor agreed to eliminate the safety glass in the visitor's gallery and the relocations of press facilities. "In addition," he said, "in order to complete work in time for the house to use the chambers for convening the 78th General Assembly, it has been recommended that the installation of additional lighting in the ceiling and redecoration of the ceiling not be undertaken in this fiscal year." "These changes will result in a savings of $100,000," Ogilvie said. In other bill action, the governor vetoed a grant for the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Fischer flak REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer today was reported threatening to break off his world championship chess match with Boris Spassky unless all movie cameras are removed from the playing hall.

"It's quite serious. He may not play at all," said a member of Fischer's entourage who asked not to be identified. Fischer was scheduled to meet the world champion from the Soviet Union later today -at 1 p.m. EDT for the second game of their 24-game match. The American challenger lost the first game Wednesday night.

Fischer staged a 30-minute walkout shortly after the play began Wednesday, complaining that a movie camera 150 feet away was making him nervous. The camera was hardly visible in the dimness outside the lighted players' circle, and it could not be heard by Fischer, but aides said the knowledge of its presence unnerved him. Chief referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany, who makes the decisions on all contested points in connection with the match, told Fischer during his walkout there was nothing he could do about the camera. Film and television rights for the match have been sold to an American promoter, and Fischer and Spassky are to get a share of the proceeds, estimated at a minimum of $27,500 each. candidates he had conquered, except Alabama Gov.

George C. Wallace. But labor leaders in particular remained bitterly opposed to the senator, as did many delegates. One sign in the hall read: "McGovern Will Bomb--in November." Earlier in the evening, as the Democratic National Convention proceeded through its rites of nomination, McGovern left his penthouse suite at a hotel up the beach to tell antiwar demonstrators he stood by his pledge for total U.S. withdrawal from Indochina.

"I'm not shifting my position on any of the fundamental stands I've taken," said McGovern, ringed by security agents as he faced the noisy, shoving demonstrators who had occupied the lobby six hours earlier. After two straight all-night sessions, the climactic round of nominating speeches proceeded swiftly, with little semblance of the old-time hoopla and floor demonstrations. At last the roll call was reached and, as the clock struck midnight, McGovern's nomination was assured. Bedlam burst through the vast hall as supporters celebrated the victory of the man whose youthful legions had humbled the party's mighty. Forty-five minutes later, when Chairman Lawrence F.

O'Brien announced the final totals, the hall again went wild. Jubilant McGovern workers, their long quest against what seemed overwhelming odds crowned at last with success, kissed and hugged one another. A third roar went up five minutes later as O'Brien declared McGovern the party's nominee and designated a committee to inform him of his designation. The committee is headed by Ribicoff, who nominated McGovern in a losing quest four years ago and again Wednesday night as "a candidate tuned to the challenges of the future." When the roll-of-states was concluded, McGovern had 1,728.35 votes 219 more than he needed. After many votes had been changed, he wound up with 1,864.95.

Behind him, in order, came Sen. Henry M. Jackson, who inherited much of Humphrey's labor support, with 486.65; Wal- Although his rivals were falling into line, one major holdout- was the barons of organized labor who fought McGovern's drive for the nomination to the bitter end. I. W.

Abel, president of the United Steel Workers un-l ion, seconded Jackson's nomination by denouncing McGovern's labor record and- warning of the risk in a McGovern nomination. Ribicoff declared, however, that McGovern "will lead the Democratic party to a great victory" in November and added: "If I were a candidate for public office this year, I would want the enthusiastic le gions of McGovern workers ringing doorbells for me, too." And those legions were on hand for the night of triumph. In the senator's hotel, about 250 volunteers erupted in a loud cheer as the senator's total went over the top. They chanted, "Beat Nixon! Beat Nixon!" In the hail, the Illinois an- prompted chants of "We want McGovern! We want McGovern!" In a box to the right of the rostrum, Mrs. McGovern beamed, kissed her daughter and said, "It's unbelievable." Faces young protesters to avert Chicago repeat By TERRY RYAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

(AP) didn't want a repetition of Chicago in 1968," Sen. George McGovern said after facing 300 noisy, pushing demonstrators just hours before winning the Democratic presidential nomination. McGovern attempted to reassure the crowd of antiwar and civil rights demonstrators in the lobby of his headquarters hotel: "I'm not changing my position on any of the fundamental stands I've taken." As McGovern spoke, more than 1,000 protesters gathered peacefully at Convention Hall to hear antiwar activist David Dillinger and other speakers urge them "to keep the pressure on McGovern." The demonstrators in the Doral Hotel lobby had been blocking staircases and elevators for more than six hours when McGovern appeared surrounded by Secret Service agents. Security was tight following the arrest of two men on concealed weapons charges at the Doral earlier in the day. "I don't have any doubt that within 90 days of my inauguration every American troop and every American soldier will be home, and that's a pledge I make," he said.

Casually dressed in an open- necked sports shirt, McGovern was grim and firm as he talked and listened to the demons tra- Federal high court charged with sex bias From to nominee tors for 30 minutes. "Don't you realize that most people here are for you," shouted a young man. "We love you, but you are losing your credibility The rest was drowned out by a girl yelling, "That's not true." Responding to questions shouted by the demonstrators, McGovern reaffirmed his support for amnesty for those who refused to fight in Vietnam and his opposition to legalizing marijuana. Cheered when he arrived and often as he spoke, McGovern was booed loudly when he said he would not sign a proposal calling for Me imprisonment for any police officer who murders a black, Mexican-American or other minority group person. "I am opposed to racism in all of its forms," he said.

"Why leave out any American?" WASHINGTON (AP) It's not that the Supreme Court won't hire female messengers-- it'S'just that they would be "a little awkward." That's what the court's spokesman says Maryann Clifford, 22, was told when she applied for one of the half-dozen summer jobs at the court customarily filled by law students. Ms. Clifford--a title she prefers--says she was told "I'd be a liability because all the messengers share the same lounge." Ms. Cliff ord, who is toenterlaw school at Catholic University in the fall, said she applied for one of the messenger jobs June 19 after a friend, already a messenger, told her there were two openings. U.S.

Marshall Frank M. Hepler told her she was the first women to apply for the job, she said. It was Hepler, she said, who told her a female messenger would be "a liability." Bert Whittington, public information officer for the court, said Ms. Clifford "was never told she couldn't have a job We said it might be a little awkward." He said one messenger job has been filled since Ms. Clifford was turned away "but he applied ahead of her." "We went out of our way to help her find another job," Whittington said.

"We called the Federal Judicial Center to see if they had anything for her We don't do that for everyone." The center is a research center for the federal courts. Any job there would have been was a a clerical one, Whittington said, but there was no job available. The Supreme Court messengers carry messages between the justices, run errands, sometimes act as chauffeurs and office helpers. They are paid $3.37 an hour. Ms.

Clifford said she will file an administrative charge against the U.S. marshalPs office today, claiming she was denied a messenger job on the basis of her sex. By DON McLEOD AP Political Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -A sense of history which told him times were changing and a passion for organization which helped his youthful armies beat the Old Guard at its own game are the simple secrets of George McGovern's boom from oblivion to presidential nomination. There is little revolutionary about it.

It's a story of hard work converted into votes at the Democratic National Convention which gave him the party's nomination Wednesday night. If it seems miraculous that this could happen to a soft- voiced, Farm Belt senator whose name was recognized by only 5 per cent of the American public when he began his quest, there are some answers which make it more plausible. --First of all, he carried a supreme self-confidence which assumed from the very start that he would win and led him and his staff to proceed even in the darkest days of the campaign as if he would. --His organization became the envy of the political world for its thoroughness and efficiency. --He recruited a staff which complemented al! his best traits and shored up his weaknesses, and attracted untold thousands of devoted volunteers.

--He adopted a strategy which decided firmly a year and a half ago just what he had to do and how he would do it. --His grasp of the time and just the right issues to use seemed to put him there first and to leave little ground for the competition. McGovern got into the presidential game in 1968 when he picked up the fallen Robert F. Kennedy campaign and managed to get 146 Vfe votes at the Chicago convention. He came away convinced that if he had started sooner, he might have won it all.

An immediate discouragement to any further presidential effort was the presence of a remaining Kennedy who was the logical heir to the Democrats' liberal wing. McGovern ultimately decided to go no matter what Sen. Ed- ward M. Kennedy did, but Kennedy's personal tragedy at Chappaquiddick seemed to leave the field clear. In the meantime, McGovern had taken on a job which was to lay the groundwork for his miracle.

He became chairman of the Democrats' Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection, or the "McGovern Commission," as it came to be called. This was the body, created at the Chicago convention, which was to reform the ancient methods by which Democrats nominated their presidential candidates and to assauge the anger of dissenters within the party. McGovern was tapped for the job because the party leadership felt he was more moderate than such reformers as Sen. Harold Hughes of Iowa, the chief instigator of the restructuring drive. McGovern's selection came chiefly on the preference of his long-time friend, titular party head Hubert H.

Humphrey. When the work was done, the Democratic party had opened up the process of delegate se- lection to the rank and file and seriously weakened the past abilities of local and national party leaders to rule by edict. As he stepped out of the job to run for the presidency, McGovern declared that the next convention would "be less a power-broker's convention and more a people's convention the least boss-ridden and most democratic in history." These words proved most prophetic and spelled out in a nutshell the chief reason for McGovern's belief that he had a chance at the presidential nomination. His next step was to find a staff to suit the new campaign methods. After some early shuffling, he began to crystalize his team in late 1970.

From Denver he brought in Gary Hart, now 34, a lawyer who" had handled the Western states in Robert Kennedy's 1968 campaign. Hart is a pragmatist bent on efficiency, the perfect extension of McGovern. He became the new campaign manager and principal organizer. Rick Stearns, a brainy 27- year-old former Rhodes scholar, was put in charge of the nonprimary states and became chief delegate-counter. But this crew of bright, new managers needed an acceptable link to the establishment if it was to make its way through the world of practical politics.

Frank Mankiewicz, the old man of the staff at 47, who had been press secretary for Robert Kennedy, came aboard as national political coordinator. Later Pierre Salinger, White House press secretary for President John F. Kennedy, joined the team. There were others young, bright, and, like McGovern, practical, efficient and determined. When the staff was together and the basic forms of the campaign ready, McGovern announced his candidacy on Jan.

18, 1971, a year and a half before the nominating convention and earlier than any candidate since Andrew Jackson. McGovern felt he had to announce early, lest some other potential candidate from the same shade of the political body like Hughes or even Kennedy. (Continued on page 2) McGovern also was hooted when he rejected a proposal backed by civil rights and welfare groups calling for a federally guaranteed $6,500 minimum income for a family of four. "I'm not going to sign it," he said. McGovern's aides told him later he had done well.

"All I can say is we survived," McGovern responded. Weather The temperature in Pontiac at 11:30 a.m. today was 84 degrees. The high yesterday was 89 degrees and the low last night 68 degrees. The river level was 9 inches at the Mill St.

dam and there was .08 inch of rain. CHANCE OF RAIN: Tonight chance of evening thunderstorms becoming partly cloudy later, low around 70, Friday partly cloudy, quite warm and humid. Chance of afternoon thunderstorms. High 88 to 93. Chance of rain: 30 per cent this afternoon, 20 per cent tonight and 30 per cent Friday,.