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Ground Broken Today For Valley Mall: City Page I 4 V- I I 144th. Year--No, 165. HAGERSTOWN, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1972.. CLOUDY i I Some cloudiness and loci) fog sunrise. Lows In me mid and upper Ms.

ar cloudy, warm and humid again Saturday with highs in the mid and upper 80s. Must Clarify Stand Issued PRICE SEVEN CENTS. I MIAMI BEACH Western Maryland labor loaders attending the Democratic national convention said Senator George S. McGovcrii must clarify his on issues and broaden his base of support if he is lo carry Maryland as a presidential candidate. Andrew Lewis, seerclarv of the Md AFL CIO, and Michael i Comm i a i Workers of America representative, both residents of Cumberland, said McGovern will have difficulty coneilating the Humphrey and Wallace factions of (lie Democratic Party while a i a i i his original base of sunport.

Lewis, attending the Democratic naliotial convention a a alternate, commented, i going to a to clarify his position on a hell of a lot of issues. On a lot of issues, such as fiscal policy and amnesty, lie's taken more a one position. At this point, he's got people confused. They don't know what (he hell his posilion is." He and Lindner, an unsuccessful delegate candidate on (he Humphrey state, support the platform adopted by the convention Tuesday night, and felt it would make a good basis for a McGovern campaign. "But he's going lo have to clarify the differences between i positions i the primary, a i i outlined in Democratic Party a Lewis said Noting that McGovern ran TODAY'S News Briefs Connolly Reports To Nixon SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.

A Former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally has arrived in Southern California for a conference today with President Nixon. Connally, until recently the only Democrat in Nixon's Cabinet, just completed a 35-day, 15-nation i around the world tor the President, who has promised the mission would be followed by an important new assignment for the silver-haired Texan. Asked if the new assignment would be announced today, press secretary Ronald L. Zieglcr said, "It has nol been decided." Agnew Awaits Nixon Decision MANCHESTER, N.H.

(AP)-Vice President Spiro Agnew if he decides to seek reelection as vice president It will mean he is keeping open his options for an eventual bid for the presidency. In a copyright story in Thursday's Manchester Union Leader, Agnew indicated that President Nixon had not yet advised him whether he would ask Agnew to be his running mate. Agnew said it was a decision the President "should make on a cold, realistic, political basis without any feelings personal affinity for the individual, because what reall Is going to market here is the welfare ol a party and its ability to remain in power to effectuate its policies." Third Party Still Possible MIAMI BEACH, Fla. A His proposals rejected by the Democrats, Alabama Gov. George C.

Wallace has not closed (he door completely on another third-party campaign. "I don't have any plans now politically except to go hack- to Alabama," Wallace said Thursday. Asked if that ruled out another American Independent Parly effort, the crippled governor replied: "As I said, I don't have any political plans at this time. That would Include a of course." he added: "I don't say I won't ever have any." Fischer's Profesf Rejected A I Iceland (AP)-An appeals committee rejected today Bobby Fischer's protest against his loss of Thursday's world championship chess game by forfeit. The four-man committee supported the decision of chief referee Lothar Schmid to a a the game to Boris Spassky because Fischer failed to appear.

The decision left Fischer two games down in a 24-game match where Fischer needs the equivalent of 12 victories and a draw to take Spassky's title. More Killings In Ireland BELFAST, Northern Ireland CAP) Gun battles raged through the i in a Catholic districts of Belfast and continued today after the British army abandoned profile" and look (he offensive against guerrillas of (he Irish Republican A Three soldiers and three i i i a were reported kilted, raising the confirmed dcalh toll (o since Wednesday and to 432 in the three years of a violence in Northern Ireland, behind both Governor George C. Wallace and S. Senator Hubert II. Humphrey in total popular vote i Democratic primaries, Lewis McGovern must create an a i a i which- draws in supporters of those a didates.

Wallace supporters in particular, while not supporting Nixon, may sit out the election he said, Lewis fell a McGovcrn, while supported by "academics and a portion oi the youth, hasn't generated (hat much strength a the city dweller." He added, "The question is will Ihe people who ran as his delegates allow him to compromise his posilion?" "These people are much more, idealislie and a a i than most people we've thought of as politicians," commented Luider, "If they feel their candidate is backing down on issues, they won't work for i or will only work half heartcclly." Lewis said organized labor is particulary concerned a letters which McGovern wrote several years ago, in which he opposed repeal of Section 14-B of Taft Hartley law, which outlaws the closed show and 2 endorsed the right of government employes to join.or "the right to refrain from joining labor unions "which is the right to work concept." He said (he right to make exclusive union contracts is vita! for newly organizing unions, such a a workers, hospital workers and government employes. "You don't get operated on by too many non union doctors. They all belong to the American Medical saitl Lewis, "You don't get represented in court by too many non union lawyers. They all belong to the bar associations." He feared ttie candidacy could hurt Democratic congressional candidates in the first (Eastern Shore) fourth (Southern Maryland) and (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) Eagleton Rep.

Collins Denies Knowledge Of Kickback By JIM ADAMS WASHINGTON A Texas Congressman James M. Collins has denied any knowledge of an $18,000 kickback scheme for which his former chief aide a convicted Thursday. The aide, George Haag, contended throughout his four day trial lhat he carded out the kickback scheme at the direc- lion of Collins, a millionaire Republican from Dallas. Haag, 33, stood light-lipped and erect the foreman repeated "guilty, your honor," 20 counts of mail fraud, two counts of i falsified House payroll forms and one count of obstructing justice. His wife cried softly.

He faces a a i 15-year prison sentence under terms set f)y U.S. District Judge Oliver Gasch, hut lawyers said they believe he woulrl get less a five. An appeal is planned. No date was set for sentencing. Haag testified lhat Collins concocted Ihc kickback and payroll a i a i scheme lo pay $13.000 in bonuses to workers in his 1SM38 campaign and also to build an office slush fund.

A And Dove JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. A The selection of Thomas F. Eagleton as the Democratic vice presidential candidate climaxed a meteoric rise polities for the 42-year-old junior senator from Missouri At 27, Eagleton was elected St. Louis County circuit atlor- ley; at 31, Missouri's attorney icneral; at. 35, lieutenant governor; and at 38 Missourians sent him lo Ihe U.S.

Senate. i appearance, Eagleton sometimes has been called a Kennedy-type Democrat, bul he dislikes being la- icled cither a conservative or a liberal. He says his views de- pond on Ihe issue involved. Associates regard him as liberal on most matters. He called in 1968 for an immediate cease-fire in i a and was an early advocate of stopping the bombing there.

Eaglelon also tried lo whittle down military spending and succeeded in knocking oul Ihe MBT70 tank as a wasteful expense. He advocated wage and price controls to slow inflation. When President Nixon announced Phase I of his economic con- Irols, Eaglclon praised the action but told Missourians ho hoped it wasn't "too little, ton 1 late." Easlelon has worked on labor and consumer issues in flic Sen ate. He got the Senate to adop' a clear a i act. Me spon sored an a lalci adopted, that allowed use ol federal lo case (lie financial strain on school i i caused by public housing proj eels.

As vice a i a of the Sen atc's air and water pollution he has counted environmental problems as one of his main concerns in rcccn! months. Eagleton was a principal sponsor of the Clean Air Act of 070 and was an a of the V'ater Pollution Act of 1.17!, hich is still pending in a con- ercnce commillec. As a i a of Ihe Senalc i on Ihe District of lolumbia, he pushed through onsumer protection act an the Senate to adopt a horn bill for Ihe district. As i a governor lissouri. Eaglelon i ver Ihe stale Senalc i a a i Quick-witted, he oftei rnkc tensions with a quip.

He orvcd as a i a of the lovcrnor's Conference on Edu ation and was head of Ihe ovcrnor's Commission on rime and Juvenile Delinquency. Calls For Unity People's Campaign Vowed By Candidate By CARL P. LEUBSDORF AP Political Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP)-Dernocratic presidential nominee George McGovern, vowing to lead a people's campaign, urged wildly cheering Democrats today to put behind "our fury and our frustrations" and unite to capture the White House from President Nixon. And the South Dakota senator appealed for help from every Democrat and every Republican and independent who wants America to be the great and good land it can be." Eyes On White House Democratic candidates for the presidency and vice presidency.

Sen. George McGovern, right, and Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton, stand jvith their wives, Eleanor and Barbara Ann, before party convention delegates at the climactic final session in Miami Beach early toda Y- (AP Wirephoto) It was nearly a a.m. when the beaming McGovern, introduccc by Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy and joined by vice presidentia nominee Thomas F. Eagleton and defeated presidential ri vals, stepped to the rostrum ol a tumultuous, jammed Con vcntion Hall to accept his par ty's nomination. The victorious nominee had only a few hours to rest after his i appear ances before a unity brcakfas for the party's House and Senate Campaign committees and a Democratic fund-raising group were scheduled before he returned to Washington later today. McGovern also had to decide Navy's New Video Bomb on a new Democratic a i a National Tat Albert' Bats 1.000 In Vietnam Bremer Back In Jail Cell UPPER MARLBORO, Md.

(AP)--Arthur If. Ercmcr, accused of shooting A a a a Gov. George C. a a and three others, has been a ferred a i light security precautions from a state hospital to the Prince Georges County Jail to a a i i a July 31. The 21-year-old Milwaukee man was led into the a i secured jail shortly aflcr 8 p.ni.

Thursday lo a cell about 100 the courthouse yards from where he will be Iricd on stale charges stemming from (he May 15th shooting, By GEORGE ESPER SAIGON A The U.S. Navy announced today the introduction of new. (mc-ton- ivdeo bomb called "Fal Albert" into a wsr against North Vietnam and it highly effective. The weapon is an improved version "Walleye" lelevjsioi) bomb and has been in use for the past the Navy saitl. Capt.

Marlancl W. Towsend, a i i of i carrier Kitty I said the first six Fat A released scored direct hits against their targets and reduced the risk a A i a pilots would be hit by ground fire. Townsond said four bridges were downed and Iwo i i a supply i 1 rl.i we're destroyed by the bombs. "You can't beat 100 pei- ccnl," he said. The Fat Albert, a by fliers aboard (he Kitty Ifawk, is twice as powerful as the Walleye and has a television camera in the nose to direct Ihc bomb lo Ihe largct.

The U.S. a announced, meanwhile, lhat U.S. pilols carried oul 270 laclica! air strikes againsl targcls inside North Viclnam Thursday. Radio Hanoi claimed lhat 14 U.S. warplnues bombed The broadcast said newsmen had been taken lo the area near Hiep Ca and Nan Hung villages lo see damage allegedly done I dikes there by U.S.

bombs two (lays earlier. 1" the ground war, more heavy fighting was reported today i a northern front, where 20,000 for til Com mittce, which holds a morning organizational meeting. Whili he has pressed Chairman Law renee F. O'Brien to slay on, in formed sources said lie wotilt ask Jenn Westwood, the Utah a i a committeewoman, to lake the jol if O'Brien declines In Ihe i a moments of the convention lhat his supporters i a all week, the i belonged lo the i college Soulh Dakota. Waves of applause rocked the a as Hubert II.

Humphrey, S. Muskic, Henry professor from Saigon troops are on a i Shirley Cliisholm to relakc Quang Tri Province which fell to the North Viet namc.sc May I. The Saigon command sai i(s troops hart not entered (he Quang Tri City limits, hut reported a series of battles ranging from two to yfi miles northeast of the provincial capital. a seclion ol dikes in North Vietnam's Hai Hung Province on Tuesday and thai a large number of Western newsmen saw it, $l-Million Bond On Air Pirates By JIM BARLOW Associated Press Writer A JACKSON, Tex. A Two armed men who commandeered a jetliner and journey ook it on a 21-hour ty ill-rendered quietly to an FBI agent after forcing the plane to and at a tiny private airfield Held on $l-million bonds on ir piracy charges in Houston vcre Michael Stanley Green 4, of Washington, and Testa, 22, a native of Ethiopia who was believed laying with Green.

The two walked down Ihe car a stairway jct- iner at 4 p.m. almost ifiht hours after it i i touched down on the a airstrip owned by Dow Chemical Co. in his town 50 miles soulh of louslon. In a second hijacking case, a man identified as Melvin M. Fisher, of Norman, surrendered Wednesday nighl lo a slcw.irdess aflcr a hijacker armed with a pistol commandeered an American Airlines 727 jet i a night from Oklahoma City In Dallas.

The hi jackcr demanded and re- ceiverj Fisher, charged with air pira cy, was bond. The first i a i Wednesday night xvlicn Terry Sanford lifled high the hands of the 49-year-old nominee and his 42-year-old running mate from Missouri. Reviewing the way his campaign lisbed swept aside political the estab- leadcrshin, McGovern said lie would dedi cate his White House a a i lo the people, declared thai ncxl a a he would restore government to their hands and added: 'American politics will never be the same again." With some labor leaders still determined to sit out the campaign and other delegates Crumbling about Ihe ways in which his operatives dominated the convention, McGovern forecast the battle against Richard 'Jixon would bring the party 'together in common cause" this fall. 'He is the unwitting unifier and the fundamental ssue of ouiu, adding that "all of us together ore going to iclp him redeem a pledge he made 10 years ago: that next year you won't have Richard hew in 'iion'of aooiw 1 kick around any Even delegates who sup began ported the abscnl Gov. George a Na.

Wallace joined the ovation tional Airlines Boeing 727 113 passengers aboard was taken over during a flight from Philadelphia lo New York. The passengers were allowed to leave when the Ihrcc-engine jel returned to Philadelphia. when McGovern vowed to wage national campaign and said. "We arc not conceding a single stale to Richard Nixon." Earlier in tho long evening, i ratified McGovern's choice of Eagleton as the No. 2 man on the 197Z Democratic ticket.

But it (ook a one-hour, 20- i mile roll call lhat saw votes cast for candidates ranging from television commentator Roger Mudd, to TV character Archiei Bunker, to the senator's wife, Eleanor. Even Martha Mitchell, the wife of former GOP campaign manager John N. Mitchell got a vole. McGovern chose sonic, articulate, the -hand- first-lerm iiiui-iciin Missouri senator, a border-state Catholic with strong ties to labor, from field of a half-dozen senators, governors and mayors. He was the senator's second choice: Kennedy rejected an offer of the vice presidency shortly after McGovern swept i t-ballot nomination Wednesday night.

When the convention's final gavel fell at 3:27 a.m., the Democrats had ended a historic convention. With reform rules that produced massive increases in the numbers of women, black and young delegates, it ratified a transition in party power from the big-city chieftains and loaders of labor, dominant for 40 years, to the forces of what Kennedy termed "a new wind rising over the land." Starting an hour late, tha convention's final session fell steadily further behind as the delegates ratified an overhaul of the party's national committee in one lengthy roll-call vote, then fell into another over (he vice presidency after seven rivals formally were nominated to oppose Eagleton. Taking A Look Inside The Mail Everyone worked together to keep peace in i a i Beach: Page 2 American politics Communist confused: Page 2 Housing Authority i solution to drainage problem: Page 3 stall holders want free parking: Page 3 "Latt land" in counfy pruts problem for surveyor! and buyers: City page Order of Elks votes lodge Back Page Action Amusements Classified Comics Family Section Obituarist Opinion Sports 3 4-7 8-10 13 '4 16-18 TV TonlahV 7 School 15 Stock.