The Daily Journal from Fergus Falls, Minnesota • Page 1

DalluJournal 99th.YEAR NO. 163 FERGUS FALLS, MINNESOTA56537 THURSDAY, JULY 13,1972 SINGLE COPY lOc Shootout results in capture STAPLES, Minn. (AP) Two StUlwater State Prison es- capes surrendered to author- ities Wednesday, after a high- speed police chase and a gun- fight which left five holes in a Minnesota Highway Patrol cruiser, a Patrol spokesman said. Associate Warden Don Cooj er identified the escapees as William Slipka, 25, serving time for third-degree murder and aggravated robbery, and John Grechner, 21, serving a term for aggravated robbery and ag- gravated assault. None of the officers were in- jured in the exchange of bullets In northern Minnesota, but one of the inmates suffered a slight leg wound.

Cooper said Slipka suffered a slight leg wound, but received medical treatment at the Tood County Jail at Long Prairie and did not require hospitalization. Both prisoners were returned to the State Prison Wednesday night. A Highway Patrol spokesman said the chase began about 1:35 p.m. when an officer began chasing a car reported stolen at Park Rapids. The fleeing car rammed a light pole on U.S.

10 in Staples and the two men abandoned the car a block or two later, the patrol said. One of the men began shoot- ing at a Patrol car which pulled up, he said. The police cruiser was hit five times by the gunfire and the patrolman fired three times into the suspects' car. The two men ran into the area vocational-technical school and both opened fire on the pa- trolman when they attempted to escape through another door. About a dozen officers then arrived and exchanged shots with the two men who fled into a field of high grass on the out- skirts of Staples.

The officers surrounded the field and fired over the heads of the suspects, who then surrendered, the Pa- trol official said. Chicken By PHILIP HAGE Journal Staff Writer Three prize-winning roosters are missing after vandals opened cages in the poultry building, freeing 50 chickens Sunday afternoon at the Otter WEATHER FERGUS FALLS AREA Partly cloudy through Friday, chance showers or thunderstorms tonight, ending early Friday. Little warmer tonight. High Friday 74-82. Low tonight 52-60.

Chance rain 20 per cent Friday, 30 tonight. High 78 Overnight Low 55 At 8 a.m. 63. At Noon 80. Precipitation 24 hours ending 8 a.m.

today 3.02 inches. Temperatures One Year Ago Maximum 77. Minimum 53. Fun tfme in city porks Kennedy rejects bid, McGovern looks over list 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 con- sidering 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 con- vention hall, and even before the official result had been an- nounced, 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. Kenedy re- jected it "for very real personal reasons," according to McGovern spokesman Richard Dougherty. Earlier in the evening, Flori- da 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 an- nouncement about a running- mate before midday.

One close adviser said he felt the list of those under consider- ation was expanding as the vic- torious nominee sought the counsel of Sens. Hubert H. steals prize winners Tail County Fair. Marcia Ringquist, 15, Route 2, won a blue ribbon in the market poultry division for her three roosters. She also won a purple ribbon permitting her to enter the roosters in the Min- nesota State Fair.

Now her roosters are gone. Early Sunday afternoon, a young boy opened cages along the north wall of'the poultry building, freeing nearly 50 chickens. According to Knute Hanson, fair secretary- manager, one of.the fair per- sonnel arrived.soon after the birds were letloose, The culprit escaped as fair personnel captured the fleeing fowl. Marcia could have made a good showing at the State Fair with her roosters, Rodney Ringquist, Marcia's father, said. Although Marcia will still be allowed to attend the fair, her hopes of regaining her roosters are slim.

"I think somebody stole the chickens," her father said. Hanson agreed. "Somebody just swiped those chickens," he said. "The three roosters were up high in a goose cage where a little kid couldn't get them," he said. The missing roosters were also located on the south wall of the building, of the opposite wall those chickens set free, Rodney added.

"What can you do?" Hanson asked. "It could have been one of 12,000 people on the grounds." Policemen are on the fairgrounds both day and night but there are 30 acres of fairgrounds and they all can't be watched at the same time, Hanson added. Hanson noted that chicken stealing happens nearly every year but there was little that could be done about it. "The cages can be wired shut but the owners of the chickens want to take them out in the morning and look at them," he said. Paul Aughinbaugh, sales manager at a local farm im- plements dealership, was upset over the vandalism incidents that occured to his machinery.

Sand and gravel had been deposited in the crankcase of one of his tractors, causing an estimated $60 in damage. Aughinbaugh had the tractor hauled from the fairgrounds to his dealership to avoid damaging the engine or the crankshaft. Rental space for farm im- plements at the fairgrounds is only $25, he pointed out, but vandalism of this type can amount to thousands of dollars of damage for the dealer. "You can't afford to have this type of damage," he said. Aughinbaugh agreed with Hanson, noting that similar incidents happen each year.

On previous years, oil dipsticks and control knobs have been taken from farm Implements. Aughinbaugh said that city police had not been notified of the damage but observed that police "can't do anything about it." Roosevelt Park in Fergus Falls where new playground equipment has just been set up. Flooding of the N. P. Park made for new activity there yesterday.

Scott Eggum and Wade Sjorlie splashed with glee while other youngsters found the park ripe for harvesting quantities of night crawlers. (Journal photos by Harley 'Qytoe) Fischer threatens walkout REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer today was re- ported threatening to break off his world championship chess match with Boris Spassky un- less all movie cameras are re- moved from the playing hall. "It's quite serious. He may not play a( all," said a member of Fischer's entourage Fischer was scheduled to meet the world champion from the Soviet Union later today at 1 p.m. EOT- 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 light- ed 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 Fis- cher and Spassky are to get a share of the proceeds.

It's really great for town of Avon Humphrey and Edmund S. Muskie, his defeated rivals whose withdrawal from con- tention a day earlier had sig- naled Wednesday night's triumph. Those being mentioned in- clude five senators Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri, Abra- ham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut, Philip A.

Hart of Michigan, Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, and Walter F. Mondale of Min- nesota; two governors, Ohio's John J. Gilligan and Wiscon- sin's Patrick Lucey, and labor leader Leonard Woodcock. Within minutes after clinch- ing the nomination, McGovern received congratulations and promise of support from all the 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: AVON, S.D." (AP) "This is pretty strange for a small town to comprehend--but it's hap- pening," florist Lyle Mensch said Wednesday night, as Avon's native son Sen. George McGovern became the Demo- cratic presidential nominee. Mensch was among about 175 persons who crowded into the basement of the Avon Ameri- can Legion Hall to watch the Democratic' National Con- vention on television.

The southeastern South Da- kota community of 670 persons was already feeling the effects of its new fame--tourists Joined the impromptu celebration at MeGovern's birthplace. McGovern was born in Avon 50 years ago next Wednesday in a house that was almost demo- lished a few years ago. But it has been restored and moved to near main street, and is the main tourist attraction in town. "We were just driving through and saw the birthplace and we had to stop because we were MeGovern fans," said Ke- vin Ettinger, 40, a teacher at Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. "We saw the party signs for tonight and had to come." Ettinger, his wife and five children were on their way to Wyoming for a mountain climbing vacation.

Paul Bowers, a schoolteacher in the San Jose, area, was too. He said he was on a year's leave of absence to study politics. "I think he (McGovern) has come an awfully long way," said Bowers. "I think he's going to make it tough for Nixon." Mensch, a Democratic candi- date for the South Dakota House of Representatives, weekly newspaper editor Clair Brodeen and a few others hatched the idea of a "non- partisan" gathering when they happened to meet on their way home for lunch Wednesday. The Corner Bar donated free beef.

Housewifes brought in sandwiches and coffee. "I'm a Republican and I brought sandwiches down tonight," said Cleo Reiff, a farmer's wife. Chester Fees of Avon, a Re- publican candidate for Bon Homme county commissioner, was at the celebration and said he's been working putting up McGovern signs. "For Avon, it's the greatest thing that has ever happened, Fees said. "So we had better back him up." "I'nva Republican' and I'm" for said Mrs.

Reiff. "Why? He's for what we're for." The McGovern family moved from Avon to Mitchell, a city of 13,000 55 miles to the north, when the senator was a pre- schooler. But it was a normal quiet evening in Mitchell, where McGovern attended high school He received hotdog stand MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) The fancy "Scope" telephone system in the Miami Beach convention hall is efficient but also produces some lighter mo- ments. A reporter dialing the Min- nesota delegation heard a voice answer: "Joe's hotdog stand." Further questioning won the admission that it was Sen.

Wal- ter F. Mondale, pos- ing as "Joe." Mondale also became a foot- note to the nomination of Sen. George McGovern. Mondale got one vote for the presidential nomination, cast by a delegate from Kansas. Off Page One "Carousel" captures feelings of audience.

Page 5 City girls Softball, a family affair. Page 15 Battle Lake girl soapbox derby. Page IS Sarpsborg Lutheran Church 100th Anniversary July It. Page 17 "McGovern Will Borab-in No- vember." Earlier in the evening, as the Democratic National Con- vention proceeded through its rites of nomination, McGovern left his penthouse suite at a ho- tel up the beach to tell antiwar demonstrators he stood by his pledge for total U.S. withdraw- al from Indochina.

"I'm not shifting my position on any of the stands -live McGovern, ringed by security agents as he faced the noisy, shoving demonstrators who bad occupied the lobby six hours earlier. Peace talks resume after ten weeks PARIS (AP) The Vietnam peace talks resume today after 10 weeks amid specualtion Oat secret talks will soon be held. Politburo member Le Due Tho is due back from Hanoi in the next few days, and this could mean further behind-the- scenes sessions with presiden- tial adviser Henry A. Kissinger or other U.S. offlcals.

Tho was in Peking Wednes- day and held a "very friendly and cordial" conversation with Premier Chou En-Lai, Radio Peking reported. The long series of secret talks between Kissinger and Tho have covered a broad range of issues but have not produced any significant change in the conflicting negotiating positions. Washington has always pre- ferred private talks, contending that the Communists used the weekly semipubllc sessions only as propaganda platforms. But North Vietnam in the past has refused to participate in secret talks unless the regular weekly sessions were also being held. Kissinger and Tho last met May 2.

Two days later the United States suspended the semipublic talks indefinitely. Organization key to success for McGovern 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 MeGovern's boom from oblivion to presidential nomi- nation. There is littie revolutionary about it. It's a story of hard work converted into votes at the Democratic National Con- vention which gave him the party's nomination Wednesday night.

If it seems miraculous 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 su- preme 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 cam- paign as if he would. --His organization became the envy of the political world for its thoroughness and effi- ciency. --He recruited a staff which complemented all his best traits and shored up his weak- nesses, and attracted untold thousands of volun- teers. --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 presi- dential game in 1968 when he picked up the fallen Robert F. Kennedy campaign and man- aged to get 146V4 votes at the Chicago convention. He came away convinced that if he had started sooner, he might have won it all. An immediate dis- couragement 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. Edward M. Kennedy did, but Kennedy's personal tragedy at Chappaqulddlck 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 Dele- gate 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 lead- ership felt he was more moder- ate than such reformers as Sen, Harold Hughes of Iowa, the chief instigator of the restruc- turing drive. MeGovern'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 up the process of deleg'ate 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 pragmatlst bent on efficiency, the perfect extension of McGovern. He be- came the new campaign man- ager and principal organizer.

Rick Stearns, a brainy 27- year-old former Rhodes schol- ar, was put in charge of the nonprlmary states and became chief delegate-counter. But this crew of bright, new managers needed an ac- ceptable link to the establish- ment If It was to make Its way through the world of practical politics. Continued on page.