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FAA Chief Says Congressman Talks About Set Up Kickbacks Hijackers WASHINGTON (AP) Decl- WASHINGTON (AP) The former top aide to Texas Rep. Jim Collins took the stand in his own defense today to say it was the congressman, not he, who arranged kickbacks and House payroll manipulation to pay off 1968 campaign bonuses. George A. Haag also said the Dallas millionaire Republican told him, after kickbacks were reported by syndicated columnist Jack Anderson in March 1970, "he was removing all records from the office for our mutual protection." The congressman, who had been called to testify Monday and then again today in U.S. District Court was put off by defense lawyers again, They said he still might be called late today.

Collins has not been charged. Haag told the court Collins had promised him a $10,000 bonus to manage the 1968 campaign, Kenny Newman $5,000, Michael D. Henning $1,500 and Lynne O'Shea $1,000. Chess Title Is At Stake American Bobby Fischer and Russian defending champion Boris Spassky finally squared off today for the world championship of chess -the richest and most publicized match of all time. REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Third Man Charged In Fire-Murder RICHLAND, Mo.

(AP) A third man charged with robbing and burning to death a southwest Missouri farmer has surrendered to authoritles at Richland, Missouri. Officers reported that J. C. Williams, 36, of Lebanon, surrendered at the office of an attorney in Richland late Monday night and was transferred to the custody of Dallas County authorities at Buffalo, Mo. Williams has been a fugitive since shortly after the death of Porter Morris, whose body was found June 7 in his burned out horne near Plad, a small town about 20 miles northeast of Buffalo.

Being held in jail at Buffalo under $50,000 bond apiece pending preliminary hearings later this month are Jerry Wasmer, 26, of Lebanon, and Tom Wimberly, 38, who once lived in the Plad area. They are charged with robbery and murder, and Wasmer is charged with setting the fire which burned the Morris home. Spassky had the first move. The match is 24 games and could last two months. Fischer needs points to win; Spassky 12, or a draw, to retain his title.

A player gets one point for winning a game and a halfpoint for a draw. How Votes Technical Added Up Drafting Class Open To 1,618 Two of the three daytime MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Here is the first state-by-state vote on the California tials question at the Democratic National Convention. Delegates voting yes favored giving all the votes of the California delegation to the primary winner, Sen. George McGovern.

Delegates voting no favored dividing the votes on a proportional basis. State Yes No Ala. 36 Alas. 7.25 2.75 Ariz. 12 13 Ark.

8 19 Calif. 120 0 C.Z. 3 0 Colo. 27 Conn. 21 30 Del.

6.5 6.5 D.C. 13.5 1.5 Fla. 3 78 Ga. 21.75 31.25 Guam 1.5 1.50 Haw. 7 10 Ida.

11.5 5.5 Ill. 114.5 55.5 Ind. 33 43 Iowa 27 19 Kan. 18 17 Ky. 11 36 La.

22.5 21.5 Me. 0 20 Md. 27.83 25.17 Mass. 97 5 Mich. 55 76 Minn.

29 35 Miss. 19 6 Mo. 22.5 50.5 Mont. 14.5 1 Neb. 20 Nev.

5.75 5.25 N.H. 9.9 8.1 N.J. 85.5 22.5 N.M. 10 8 N.Y. 267 11 21 43 8.4 5.6 75 78 11 28 33 72 105 6.5 .5 22 3 29 23 26 34 96 13 6 11 1 38.5 14.5 2.5 .5 0 52 15 20 55 12 4.4 6.6 1,618.28 1,238.22 Butz Predicts Billion Sales BATON ROUGE, La.

(AP) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz predicts that American grain sales to the Soviet Union may total $1 billion before the end of the three-year, $750 million export agreement recently announced by Presi4 dent Nixon. Butz labeled his Monday forecast as "only speculation' but said Soviet officials have made no effort to conceal their need for feed grains. What They Did In Marathon Night Session MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Here are the actions taken by the Democratic National Convention in its marathon session, on credentials challenges Monday night and early today: -Returned 151 California votes to Sen.

George McGovern, overturning the Credentials Committee ruling that the state's winner-take-all primary violated reform guidelines. -Upheld the Credentials Committee in its ouster of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and 58 other delegates, and in its actions adding women in two other Illinois delegations. -Rejected a woman's caucus appeal to add more women to the South Carolina delegation. -Rejected appeal by a slate of black cha challengers to be seated in place of Alabama supporters of Gov.

George C. Wallace. -Ratified a compromise agreement for adding four more blacks to the Georgia delegation, which had been worked out by Gov. Jimmy Carter and civil rights leader Julian Bond. Challenges against delegations from Kentucky, Hawaii, Missouri, Michigan, Virginia, Washington, Rhode Island, Texas, Connecticut and Oklahoma were dropped.

Centralia Votes Water Rate Increase CENTRALIA The Centralia City Council last night adopted a water rate increase ordinance which had previously been tabled. The increase will be mainly for large and industrial users. The minimum charge now will be $1.50, for up to 2,000 gallons, as compared with the former $1.21 for 1700 gallons. The first 5000 gallons will cost a user $3.67 instead of $3.56, City Administrator Howard Burton said, and the first 10,000 will cost $7.03 instead of $6.93. Industrial rates are up from 19 cents to 25 cents a thousand.

Other heavy users will pay 35 cents a thousand for all over 32,000. The board appointed Basil Lawrence as a police patrolman. It approved purchase for $14,000 20 acres of land from Stockton Fountain, located northwest of Centralia north of the old landfill site, for a future development of a sewage lagoon. Bids on an old city-owned Cadillac were so low the board voted to give it to the school industrial arts department. Dr.

Cyrus Burford Is Dead At 95 ST. LOUIS (AP)-Dr. Cyrus E. Burford, a former Missouri Medical Society president, died Monday in a geriatric center from infirmities. He was 95.

A native of Girard, Burford graduated from Central Methodist College in Fayette, in 1899 and from the St. Louis University School of Medicine in He instructed at the medical school from 1904 to 1916 and becarne director of the department of urology from 1922 until he retired in 1964. Funeral services for Burford, who did extensive research in bladder and kidney surgery, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at University United Methodist Church in University City. He was also a past president of the St.

Louis Medical Society and the American Urology Association. SPECIAL BUY! Purses Black, Brown, Toast, Navy $800 Blattner'a Astronauts Rapped For Stamp Deal WASHINGTON (AP) 'The three space Apollo 15 astronauts toagency disciplined the day for postal carrying covers 400 unauthorized and back last them July over and to then turning 100 of moon acquaintance in West an Germany. The 100 moon-stamped envelopes later apparently were sold to stamp collectors for 500 each, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. NASA said after an investigation that astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin "exercised poor judgment their action." "Therefore they will be reprimanded and their actions will be given consideration in their selection for future assignments, the agency said. Dr.

George Low, NASA deputy administrator, commented: "Astronauts are under extreme stress in the months preceding a flight to the moon, and their poor judgment in carrying the unauthorized covers must be considered in this light. "Nonetheless, NASA cannot condone these actions." The Apollo 15 crew, like those on earlier moon missions, had NASA's permission, within established procedures, to carry personal souvenir-type items, including some postal covers. The permission was granted with the condition that the articles be retained by the astronauts or be given to personal friends. They were not to be used for commercial or fundraising purposes personal NASA said. If Cat's That Smart, How Come It's Lost? NASHVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) Classified ad: "Lost gray and white female cat. Answers to electric can opener." MEXICO (MO.) LEDGER Page 2 Tuesday, July 11, 1972 Hamra Boosts Eagleton For VP MIAMI BEACH (AP) Sam Hamra of Springfield, who supposedly strained his long. time political association with Gov. Warren. E.

Hearnes when he declared for Sen. George McGovern two months ago, claimed today it is "all over but the shouting" for McGovern to wrap up the Democratic presidential nomination. And, Hamra contended U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri is under serious consideration as a vice presidential running mate of McGovern.

'I do know that Sen. McGovern is seriously considering Sen. Eagleton," said Hamra, "and I think Missouri deserves the vice presidency. "I am confident Sen. McGovern will get the nomination, and in looking for a vice presidential candidate to supplement his ticket, I believe Sen.

Eagleton would be an cellent choice." Hamra, who declared for McGovern on May 30 after being elected a Missouri delegate to the national Democratic convention in an uncommitted status, said he hoped to arrange A meetng with McGovern today-presumably to not only plot balloting strategy for Wednesday night but to talk about Eagleton. Eagleton and U.S. Sen. Stuart Symington, the state's senior senator, disclosed Monday afternoon they would support the McGovern challenge to the seating of 151 non-McGovern candidates from California-and they did early today. But Eagleton dismissed talk that he perhaps was under consideration as a vice presidential running mate.

"I'm sure each candidate has a large number of potential running mates under study," he said. Eagleton and Symington took their own votes and others away from the uncommitted and Muskie factions of the Missouri delegation. Voting to restore the 151 votes to McGovern, which the Credentials Committee had stripped from him to reflect the popular vote in the California primary. were the 18 -declared delegates, plus Eagleton, Symington, Paul Berra of St. Louis, George Lehr of Kansas City and Brunson Hollingsworth of Hillsboro.

Hollingsworth had the half vote. Eagleton, Symington and Lehr have said they will vote for Sen. Edmund S. on the first ballot Wednesday night, while Berra and Hollingsworth were uncommitted. The two senators said they remain pledged to Muskie as long as he remains a candidate.

Despite the defection of Berra and Hollingsworth on the California vote and the declaration earlier Monday by Mrs. Dorothy Dudley of Kansas City and Fred Wathers of St. Louis that they would vote for McGovern, Gov, Warren E. Hearnes still had uncommitted votes to dangle before the presidential nominee hopefuls. Hearnes said he remains uncommitted but pledged to support Muskie and had no plans early today to change.

Hamra said he has "no indication the governor will switch, but anything is possible." "There are some that are wavering," Hamra said of the Missouri uncommitted delegates, adding, "We're going after more votes tomorrow." The Missouri McGovern supporters dropped a credentials challenge thay had brought over the addition of 12 women delegates-each with a half vote taken from a dozen men delegates. "Since we won the California fight, what difference does it make:" asked Hamra. "What difference do two votes make now? Our interest is harmony in our delegation." The McGovern forces had brought the challenge because McGovern lost two votes in the adding of the 12 women. The challenge would have to have been resurrected on the convention floor in a bid to overturn a ruling by Mrs. Patrica Harris, chairman of the national Credentials Committee.

Mrs. Harris ruled no challenge existed because the minority report challenging the addition of the women had been signed by the leaders of the Missouri majority and thus it was not a minority report. Hamra denied any animosity exists between him and Hearnes because of Hamra's support of McGovern. 441 was one of Warren Hearnes' earliest supporters," Hamra said. "We have had a long and warm relationship.

"'My decision to support McGovern hasn't altered that friendship. The governor knows that in the last eight years I have not agreed with him on all issues, and this happens to be one of them. "I made the decision in the interest of party unity in the 7th District. We have a true friendship and it transcends any decision on presidential candidates. "I think when history is written, it will show that Warren Hearnes has done more for Missouri than any governor." Flash Flood Warning On Nebraska River TOPEKA, Kan.

(AP) The National Weather Service said early today that thunderstorms have brought rainfall amounts of over 6-inches to southeastern Nebraska and flooding is in progress on tributaries of the Big Blue River. Radar indicates that heavy rain is continuing and all persons should be alert to additional flooding in areas subject to flash flooding. Instant News MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Sen. George McGovern, staging a dramatic demonstraton of political power, swept to the brink of the Democratic presidential nomination today in a marathon opening session of his party's national convention that ended just before dawn.

McGovern's display of organizational muscle came when he recaptured 151 disputed California delegates at the peak of a tumultuous session. With those votes restored, he stands within about 25 votes of being able to capture the nomination on the first ballot Wednesday. Later, the McGovern camp failed in an effort to engineer a compromise to seat both Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and a heavily pro-McGovern group of Illinois challengers. The convention then voted to oust the powerful Chicago mayor and reached a series of quick compromises on other challenges before adjourning shortly before 5 a.m.

EDT SAIGON (AP) U.S. 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. Field 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. For the fifth successive day, entrenched North Vietnamese forces managed to stall the South Vietnamese in battles at four different points on the Bow And Arrow Killing May Be Juvenile Case But in November when Haag asked about the bonuses, Haag testified, "He sald I'm sick and tired of paying these expenses out of my own "He said we're going to set everybody up on the congressional payroll and that you'll get your bonuses," Haag said.

But he said in his own case Collins told him he would be paid the $10,000 bonus by putting Henning and another campaign employe Ray Fortner on the congressional payroll "and they'll be in a position to rebate money back to you and that way you'll get your bonus." Haag, 33, former chief Washington aide to Collins, is accused of taking more than 000 in kickbacks through falsification of House payroll forms and mail fraud. He also is charged with obstructing justice by inducing fellow employes to lie to the FBI and to a federal grand jury investigating the kickback scheme. Defense attorney Leslie Scherr charged in court Monday that Collins was behind the scheme, which allegedly was arranged to award bonuses to four employes, including Haag, who helped in the congressman's 1968 re-election campaign. Scheer acknowledged that Haag issued the direct orders for the kickbacks, although he contended that Colins made the decision. He said Collins might not have known it was illegal.

"The congressman organized the coverup, as I call it," Scherr said in his opening argument. "He had Haag come to his office and sign a statement that he had never received (the) money from the congressman." A former Collins secretary, Mrs. Mary Sue Scott, said in testimony Monday that Collins "had a weak personality," that Haag "could con anyone" and that Haag ran the office even to the point of telling Collins how to vote on the House floor. In a deposition read to the court, she said she personally kicked back $600 from her federal paycheck to Collins to repay travel expenses in 1968. She said Collins later asked her to sign a statement that she had not done so, but she refused.

She said Collins told her and another employe, Mrs. Linda Stephenson, that he would send them to Dallas to work on his 1968 campaign and they would repay the travel expenses from inflated House paychecks he would give them for October. Mrs. Scott said her October check was for about $1,200, compared to her usual $452 a month. She said she was supposed to give the $600 to Haag but couldn't find him, and the congressman reluctantly agreed to take the money himself.

Mrs. Stephenson testified she was paid $1,425 in October, rather than her usual $340 to $350 a month, and was told by Haag to repay $581 of it in a check made out to Haag. Snoopy Gets College Degree BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) The University of California at Berkeley has conferred an honorary degree on Snoopy, the intellectual beagle of Charles Schultz' comic strip, "Peanuts." The honor came from Sanford Elberg, dean of the university's graduate division, after the pithy pooch complained in a strip that another June had gone by leaving him again bereft of a degree. Snoopy was pronounced "Assistant Dean in Charge of Canine and Related Programs," and a certificate of appointment was sent to his creator, cartoonist Charles Shulz.

NOTICE HOLLAND'S BBQ 613 East Holt WILL BE CLOSED From July 10 to July 26 FOR VACATION! Will Reopen Thurs. July 27 sions to use force against a hijacker rather than submit to him are carefully weighed in advance, says John H. Shaffer, Federal Aviation Administrator. The decisions by the air crews in consultation with federal authorities, including the FBI, are balanced against the risks involved before action is taken, he says. In the case of the two hijackers shot to death aboard their commandeered plane at San Francisco, and the one killed in the attempted hijacking of a 747 at Saigon, the circumstances were carefully weighed and the response was appropriate, Shaffer said in an interview Monday.

"Our strengthened stand against hijacking does not necessarily mean we shoot first," he said. "We are trying to head off killing. None of us is trying to take unnecessary risks when thinking what we will be able to do with minimum loss of life," he added. One passenger was killed and two others wounded in the gun battle between FBI agents and the two hijackers aboard the hijacked plane in San Francisco last Wednesday. The FBI said one of the hijackers fired the shots that hit the passengers.

Shaffer said those who would castigate the pilot of the 747 for his actions leading to the fatal shooting of the young hijacker at Saigon should consider the alternative of flying a large planeload of American military personnel into the North Vietnam capital. As for the over-all hijack-extortion picture, Shaffer found encouragement in what he called steady improvement of security at airports and among airline personnel generally. He noted that American Airlines, as an example, has ordered 136 advanced types of magnetometer detection devices so sensitive they react not only to ferrous metals but "can check the fillings in your teeth for gold and silver." Airlines that operate situttle services--Eastern and Pacific Southwest, particularly-are thorough about inspecting all passengers and baggage and demanding identifications, as ordered by President Nixon last Friday, Shaffer said. "We have not been completely successful in denying boarding to people who are armed and have hijacking intent," Shaffer said, noting that there have been seven successful hijackings of U.S. flights this year out of 24 attempts.

"But we have been successful in preventing hijacking from becoming a complete extortion," he added. Of more than a dozen hijackers who collected ransom, but two later were taken into custody and their loot reclaimed, FAA tallies showed. Florida May Restore Death Penalty Law MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Gov. Reubin Askew says he will call the legislature into special session Nov.

21 to consider whether the death penalty should be reimposed in Florida for certain crimes. Askew said Monday he would appoint a blue-ribbon commission next week to recommend legislation. Florida Atty. Gen. Robert Shevin said in a ruling Friday that a special session was needed in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that the death penalty is unconstitutional as now imposed.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) The question of whether Harold Shamblin, 17, will be tried as an adult or Juvenile in the bow and arrow slaying of his decision grandby the Juvenile court mother was awaiting Tuesday. "Shamblin Woodbury appeared Monday County before District Judge John Faschman on a charge of The turned the case over, to judge juvenile Faschman court. sald Shamblin was not formally arralgried because "I determined he. was 17 years old" and the whether, law says a the decision on juvenile is tried as an adult in District Court Is up to juvenile authorities in felony cases. The youth is charged with Gail Bachert, 71, whose body slaying his grandmother, Mrs.

was found July 5 with a hunting in her chest in the basearrow ment of her home here. He was arrested later "the same day near Dickinson, N.D., and waived extradition to Iowa. Watermelon Assault Proves A Phony LOS ANGELES (AP) Police say a report that a 29-year-old man was seriously injured Sunday after being struck by a watermelon dropped from a.second-story window was false, and apparently the result of a.fictitious police report filed by. prankster. The account given by police Sunday said 0.C.

Henry suffered multiple injuries after the 51-pound melon was dropped on him following an argument with his girlfriend, Ofena Jones. Police Commander Pete 'Hagan said Monday the report was checked out and "there isn't a seed of truth to it." post-high-school classes of the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School are filled. The 15th class of the Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing started July 5 with 25 students enrolled. The Cosmetology class which is filled will start August 7. There is still room for a few more students in the two-yearpost-high-school Technical Drafting class which starts September 1.

The Technical Drafting class meets 6 hours a day, 5 days a week for two years. The purpose of this class is to prepare students for entry as junior draftsmen with sufficient background to advance to senior draftsmen and engineering designer. There is a continuous need for well trained draftsmen according to Davis Hart, director of the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School. The requirements necessary to attend are: (1) be a high school graduate or equivalent and (2) show aptitude for technical drafting. The tuition is $30.00 a month, plus an application fee of $25.00 and the cost of books and supplies.

The curriculum includes Drafting technology II, III and IV, Metal Processing, Technical Math, Machine Processing and Industrial Science. George Cole, M.E, is the teacher. High school graduates interested in making application for this class should call 581-5684 for an application. Yippies There As Writers MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Among the hundreds of people milling around the floor of the Democratic National Convention Monday night and early today were Yippie leaders Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman.

Rubin chatted amiably with delegates and officials and was wearing an official pass to the convention floor. He said he and Hoffman were writing a book about the convention LIBERTY ENDS TONITE JOHN WAYNE THE COWBOYS (PG) WEDNESDAY KIDDIE SHOW "SHERIFF OF FRACTURED JAW" SHOWTIME 2:00 (G) All Seats 50c Without Tickets. STARTS TOMORROW LEE MARVIN GENE HACKMAN GENE HACKMAN Academy Award winegr BEST ACTOR tor The French Connection TOGETHER THEY'RE MURDER A CINEMA CENTER FILMS PRESENTATION A NATIONAL GENERAL PICTURES RELEASE PANAVISION TECHNICOLOR CUT" northeastern and southeastern outskirts of the city. BELFAST, 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 1,800 more troops into the province as 232 shooting incidents were reported in Belfast between 8 a.m. Monday and 4:40 a.m. today. 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 Nixon's campaign. mittee For this asked reason, U.S.

the District com: Court Monday to postpone the hearing on a $1 million damage suit against the committee until after the Nov. 7 election. REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) American challenger Bobby Fischer and Russian defender Boris Spassky finally begin play this afternoon in the richest and inost publicized world chess championship of all time unless some new snag develops. N.C. N.D.

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