Tallahassee Democrat from Tallahassee, Florida • Page 1

PARTLY CLOUDY Partly cloudy through Monday with a chance of rain this afternoon and evening. High temperature will be in the low 90' low in the low 70' s. Sunday Morning 67th Year, No. 184 104 Pages Florida's Capital Newspaper Sunday, July 2, 1972 25 Cents Almost Buried Alive, Widow Now Wishes for Death pulse. He gave me oxygen.

The doctor in the receiving room pronounced me dead. I guess I hung around the hospital awhile before they took me to the funeral home. Reports said it was 90 minutes. Those things take awhile. "My son told me later they had undressed me and were going to start getting me ready (embalming her).

Then I moved. They wrapped me up and shipped me back to the hospital," Mrs. Cordray said. "I woke up in intensive care at the hospital. My family didn't tell me until a couple of months later what had happened.

It was a blessing. If I had By KATHY LILLY Knight Newspapers Writer CANTON. 0. Inside the peaceful gentleness of Molly Stark Hospital, sparrowlike Belle Cordray lies still, only her head bobbing and smiling as she talks. It's hard to believe that Mrs.

Cordray, 65, was declared dead last Nov. 20. 'i was almost buried alive." she nearly whispered, still a little startled by the idea. Mrs. Cordray had been pronounced dead at Timken Mercy Hospital here and sent back on to a funeral home where attendants noticed a movement and sent her back to the hospital.

Now she spends her time looking at life outside her window in the courtly Spanish style geriatric hospital in rural Stark County between Canton and Alliance. She watches, unable to move most of her body, the tall vibrant pine outside her window and the sunlight streaming on the softly breathing grass stretching all around. And she wishes they had let her die. "My sister (Mrs. Harriet Peters of Canton) found me that afternoon laying across my bed," said Mrs.

Cor-drav. "She told me later that I had that can never be," she said sadly. It had been a lonely widowhood since her husband Charles, a Canton policeman, died in 1959. She rarely left the old brick townhouse and didn't have many visitors besides her sister and son. She doesn't mind talking about her near death.

She turns the strangeness of it around and around, trying to figure out what happened. It's a gasp of excitement in her predictable days. "I don't know what happened. My doctor said my blood showed an overdose of drugs, but I don't believe it. I (Continued on Page 10A) talked to her on the telephone the day before.

"I said I had a headache and told her I had taken a pain pilUFor me to get a headache was unusual. I always ordered my groceries, and she called the delivery man later. He said he had wrapped the chicken and put it away for me. "She said the canned goods were still on the table. I don't remember any of it." Mrs.

Cordray thinks she must have remained unconscious overnight. Her sister called an ambulance after finding her that Saturday. "The ambulance driver found a awakened on a funeral slab. I would have lost my mind. "I was quite shocked when I heard about it.

It was quite a shock for my family. They were selling my son a coffin already." Slowly puffing on a Camel cigaret, Mrs. Cordray remembered how she had been in failing health the last eight years, causing her to quit the Hoover after more than 20 years of employment. "I had a curvature of the spine. But I got along with a walker.

I lived alone. I was getting my own dinner. I wish I could go home now, but I know Prasident 20 Li' SC-'F: Socio IU1 Hike Allied Drive Stalls Bad Weather, Shelling Hurt SAIGON (AP) The South Vietnamese counter-offensive on the northern front was slowed Saturday by enemy shelling and bad weather, field reports said. South Vietnamese paratroopers were within three miles of the fallen provincial capital of Quang Tri, and a major battle was expected against North Vietnamese forces dug in on the southern outskirts of the city. it E' jm I'ftliiWttnr i -f- -Iff 1 7m La XL siJ Wisdom Of Rise Doubted WASHINGTON (AP) -President Nixon signed on Saturday a 20 per cent boost in Social Security benefits to start in September.

But he called the measure fiscally irresponsible and said it will cause a $3.7 billion deficit that must be offset by cuts in other programs. The Social Security measure, the biggest money increase in the program's history, was tied to a bill extending the nation's $450-billion debt ceiling through Oct. 31 of this year. Mitchell Quits Nixon Campaign By HELEN THOMAS WASHINGTON (UPI) Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell resigned as President Nixon's campaign director Saturday, a week after his wife Martha threatened to leave him if he didn't get out of politics.

In a letter to Nixon dated Friday and released by the Committee for the Re-election of the President which he headed, Mitchell said he had found he could no longer work fulltime on the Nixon campaign "and still meet the one obligation which must come first: The happiness and welfare of my wife and daughter." Nixon, in a "Dear John" letter accepting the resigna-( Continued on Page 10A) John Mitchell sfeps down Martha Mitchell i 'sweetheart' Supreme Court Justice Denies Anti-Daley Plea ijjt' i THIS LINKAGE, sponsored by Democrats in Congress but voted for by most Republicans, made it impossible for Nixon to veto the Social Security boost without killing the increase in the debt ceiling. Had the ceiling not been increased it would have dropped to $400 billion, thus crippling the government fiscally. Among his serious objections, Nixon said in a White House statement shortly before departing for a two-week stay in California, is that this set the stage for what could be "a frantic, election-eve scramble to attach a whole collection of seemingly attractive, politically popular but fiscally irresponsible riders" to the next debt-ceiling bill. He said he is placing Congress on notice now that if this occurs and offsetting cuts in others programs cannot be made, "then I will not hesitate to exercise my right and responsibility to veto." LETTING OFF STEAM Two young men in New York City's Washington Square Park show two ways of letting off some steam as they begin the holiday weekend. Youngster in foreground tries the vocal method, while boy wearing baseball cap climbs into pool at center of park.

(AP Wirephoto) Chess Champs' Match in Doubt ASSOCIATED PRESS correspondent Holger Jensen reported from the front that the advance by 20,000 South Vietnamese troops was slowed by heavy rains that flooded river fords and held up supply and ammunition vehicles. Associated Press correspondent Dennis Neeki, with South Vietnamese Marines pushing toward Quang Tri east of the airborne troops, said that the marine drive is about a day behind schedule. Brig. Gen. Bui The Lan.

the marine commandant, said North Vietnamese shelling of the marines eight-mile front east of the city was the biggest obstacle his forces has faced so far. He predicted a "very tough fight" for the provincial capital that fell to the North Vietnamese two months ago. Lt. Gen. Ngo Quang Troung, who directs the counter-offensive, is regarded as a bold general but he has been moving his troops carefully to avoid enemy attacks in the rear.

THERE WAS ONE attack in the rear of the northern advance, but it was an enemy shelling southwest of Hue and 30 miles south cf the front. The South Vietnamese 1st division is on guard on the western approaches to Hue while the marines, paratroopers and armored units are pushing northward toward Quang Tri. The Saigon command claimed 450 enemy troops have been killed in the first three days of the four-day counter-offensive and put its own 1 as 36 killed and 148 wounded. The North Vietnamese are "in a bind, but it's like stepping on a bee." one airborne officer on Highway 1 told Jensen. "Just before it dies it will sting your foot." Some U.S.

officials also have noted it has been a favorite tactic of the North Vietnamese to force the allies to fight for cities and towns, thus causing the population centers to be heavily damaged or destroyed by street fighting and McGovern's Income Plan Change Due Bv JOHN HALL WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen. George S. McGovern is planning to unveil major changes this week in his income redistribution plan a controversial proposal that has left him at odds with old-line Democratic party regulars. Advance indications were that McGovern's original pro-p a 1 to give every man, woman and child in the nation $1,000 or more every year will be changed into a complex system of income tax credits. That would eliminate the possibility of millionaires and their hired help being all on the same dole.

OTHER MAJOR changes were expected to eliminate more tax loopholes and shelters so the general tax rate on upper-income people would not have to be raised to "soak the rich" levels. But McGovern's aides insisted the frontrunning Democratic presidential hopeful is not backing down, and all he is doing is putting the plan he outlined last December into specifics. McGovern possibly has had (Continued on Page 10AI By JOHN BECKLER WASHINGTON (AP) Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist denied Saturday a petition by the successful challengers to Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley's Democratic Convention delegation to throw out a Chicago court action that would prevent the challengers from being seated in Miami Beach.

In turning down the petition, Rehnquist noted that the Supreme Court is in recess until October and therefore would have no chance to review the judgment unless a special session was called. "I simply do not believe that it is the same type of case which has caused the court to convene in special session on previous occasions," Rehnquist said in his opinion. THE ACTION meant that the challenged delegates will go back to state court and fight the decision at the state level. Meanwhile, a bomb threat interrupted a hearing of the Democratic Convention Credentials Committee, forcing members to call an early recess for dinner. The threat turned out to be a prank, police said.

George McGovern threat to bolt pected to go into federal court in Washington Monday with an attack on the party rules covering delegate selection. It XT tl Richard Daley in court The insurgent Chicago delegation was awarded 59 Cook County convention seats last night by the Credentials Committee, which held that Daley's Democratic organization had violated party reform rules in putting its slate together. The challengers are expecting Daley to fight the committee ruling on the convention floor, but so far there has been no word from the embattled Chicago mayor. At the moment the Daley forces are pursuing their fight in the courts. Besides taking on the challengers in the Cook County courts they are ex- By STEVENS BROENING REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP) it was Bobby Fischer's move Saturday night to break the deadlock threatening the richest chess match ever arranged.

The 29-year-old American grand master was balking at a to end the Soviet Union's monopoly on the world crown because of a last-minute money dispute he created himself. Fischer was in New York on the eve of the match holding 3Ut for more money. THE PROBLEM was his attempt to grab a share of the gate receipts collected during his 24-game match with world champion Boris Spassky of Russia, scheduled to begin this afternoon. Fischer wants 30 per cent of the gate. His eleventh-hour demand for more money than provided A LEADER of the insurgent movement, Chicago Alderman William Singer, said at a Washington news conference he expected the challengers to survive all court and convention battles and to be seated at Miami Beach.

Singer said he thinks the Credentials Committee action had stripped Daley of the last vestiges of political power that (Continued on Page 10A) Bobby Fischer wants more in the original agreement was rejected by the Icelandic Chess Federation that organized the match. Two meetings between federation president Gudmundur Thorarinsson and Andrew Davis, a New York lawyer repre-( Continued on Page 10A) Divorce Could Cause Her Death Woman Faces Loss of Kidney Machine That Keeps Her Alive Olympic-Bound Robinson Ties World Record STORY: Page ID CONGRESS RUSHED through the measure Friday just before recessing until July 17 and made it possible for the Social Security payments to be reflected in checks received Oct 3 a month before the election. The Social Security provisions also provide for future automatic increases linked to cost-of-living rises. And it includes prompt tax refunds for those who suffered from the Hurricane Agnes and South Dakota flood disasters. Nixon hailed both of these features.

He said the automatic cost-of-living increase "constitutes a major breakthrough for older Americans" by providing a hedge against inflation, which he says he has long urged. Nixon signed a batch of more than 16 bills before his departure, several of them directed to providing disaster relief and additional benefits for veterans. He approved bills to: Provide up to 13 extra weeks of unemployment compensation for workers who have exhausted their benefits. It particularly affects states where unemployment remains high. The extension remains until Dec.

31, 1972. Provide an additional $200 million for disaster relief which will principally aid areas of five Eastern states hit by Agnes New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Florida. Funds will be available also to help in continuing recovery efforts from the San Fernando (Continued on Page 10A) SOVIET LEADER Alexei Kosygin's telephone was tapped during London visit, newly -released Pentagon Papers reveal. Page 4A. decision shows writes Malcolm DEATH PENALTY prime U.S.

conflict, Johnson. Page 2B. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. (UPI) Myra Ann Viernes said Saturday if her husband divorces her, it will mean her death.

She is contesting the divorce suit filed by her soldier husband because if the suit is granted she will lose her military dependency and, with it, the free use of the kidney machine that is keeping her alive. The divorce suit was filed by Roger Lee Viernes, an Army enlisted man stationed at Ft. Carson, Colo. Mrs. Viernes' attorney, Larry He-cox, filed an affadavit last week with Judge William Calvert in which the woman, from Springfield, said she is suffering from chronic kidney failure.

Mrs. Viernes said her status as a military dependent keeps her alive through the free use of a machine that flushes her kidneys of deadly poisons several times a week. Treating severe kidney disease is expensive the machine alone costs $23,000 annually. Mrs. Viernes is also open to a kidney transplant if a donor can be found, at a cost of $10,000.

"I'll be damned if she's going to be unhooked from that kidney machine at least not until we get to the U.S. Supreme Court," said Hecox. wh? is challenging the constitutionality oi law under which Viernes is seeking divorce. Colorado statutes permit servicemen to file for a divorce after spending only 90 days in the area and the divorce itself can be final in another 90 days. Hecox said Calvert had taken the matter under advisement and hoped for a ruling soon.

"But the judge is without a library because he is changing offices and I know he wants to research this case very much," Hecox said. "Mrs. Viernes has never lived in Colorado." he said. "Viernes is not domiciled here. Colorado can't grant a divorce to the military simply because they're here at the instigation of the U.S.

government." Dan Shooks. Viernes' attorney, said it would be impractical to permit Viernes to return to his native Hawaii for the divorce. "Military people are not second class citizens," Shooks said. "They, more than anybody else, deserve Under the state's new Dissolution of Marriage Act, there are no grounds for divorce except that the marriage is "irretrievably broken," Hecox said. The Viernes have two children, a boy and a girl.

"I think my husband has done this to kill me," she was quoted as saying in a Colorado Springs newspaper. 133 NEW LAWS go into effect in Florida. Page 1C. Suzanne Charles Is Miss Florida ORLANDO (UPI) Miss Miami, Suzanne Charles, Saturday night was crowned Miss Florida 1972 and won the right to represent the state in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City in September. Miss Charles, 20, a blonde, is an art student in Miami.

Chuckle The average bachelor would get married if he could find a girl who loves him as much as he does. Kosygin Crossword 10E Editorial Columns 2-3 4-7 10A 1-7D 1-12F HE 4-16G 10A 1-7 Markets Obituaries Sports Television Theaters Want Ads Weather Women's News Turn to Page 2A.