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7 Heavy Rains Periods of rain, heavy at times, tonight and Low tonight in mid 60s, high tomorrow in mid 70s. Precipitation chance, 100 per cent tonight and tomorrow. Details on Page 9B. The Evening Press Let's Chuckle It was always hard to believe that Howard Hughes fcad written an autobiography. If anything, a man who lived in a hotel room that long would write a new Gideon Bible.

A Gannett Newspaper Binghamton, N. Wednesday, June 21, 1972 Volume 95 61 4 Sections 72 Pages 15 Cents Hmm Delivered 75 Cent iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii mini iiniiniiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiimiiiiiimm iiiiiiiiiiHimiiiiiiiiiimiiiinniiiiiiHi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmiiiiiiiiiiiiiH N.Y. Vote a Kiss of Con fidence Families Flee As Floods Cross N.Y. By the Associated Press Heavy rains triggered in part by former Hurrican Agnes touched off widespread flooding in southwestern New York today, forcing dozens of families from their homes. er 40 to 50 who may follow the lead of Rep.

William Clay, one of the most influential leaders of the Black Caucus. With New York as the final exhibit, McGovern now can argue that he can hack it with most elements of the electorate. His record in the 23 tests supports that view. He won 10 of the 23 Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Oregon, Rhode Island, California, New Mexico, South Dakota, New Jersey and now New York. And in two others that he lost to Muskie In New Hampshire in March and to Humphrey in Ohio in May McGovern achieved impressive votes in what seemed to be inauspicious circumstances for him.

There are only two vulnerable points in McGovern's primary campaigning: First, he has yet to demonstrate he can win anywhere in the South. He competed in only one southern primary, making a token effort in Florida and getting a token sixth (Continued on Page 12A) uiittiiiiitiiiiiiittiiifiniiiiiiiiiiiitiitiiiiiiiifiiiifiiiiiiifiiBiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiiiiittiiiiiiiiH(itiiiiiiintiiiiiiini News Analysis llirilllllllltllltlllllflillflltlttllllMIfllllltflMltllllMftfttlllllllllltllllltlllltfllllflltllllflltlllttllllllltllllllUt doing, that McGovern's "radicalism" will frighten away masses of voters once they fully understand its dimensions. Thus, momentum regained if it was ever lost, McGovern now can turn his attention to fitting the final pieces into a mosaic of the first ballot majority at Miami Beach. i Next week, he goes south for three days to try to persuade Democrats there they have, as he put it here Tuesday night, "no reason to be alarmed" by the prospect of his candidacy. At the same time, McGovern's agents already' are negotiating for the final votes perhaps 15 from Kansas now controlled by Gov.

Robert Docking, 15 from the District of Columbia deliverable by favorite son Walter Fauntroy, anoth By JACK W. GERMOND Gannett News Service NEW YORK For George S. McGovern, after 23 pri- maries, it seems to be just a question of tying up the loose I ends. McGovern's easy triumph here puts him within 200 of the 1,509 delegate votes needed to win the Democratic presiden- tial nomination at Miami Beach next month. More important, the victory wipes away much of the tarnish his image as a winner acquired when he defeated 1 Hubert H.

Humphrey by an unimpressive five percentage I points in California two weeks ago. McGovern's competitors for the nomination, Humphrey and Edmund S. Muskie, will argue that the South Dakotan won only a predictable victory over token opposition. .1 But the significant thing is that there was nothing in the results to suggest, as Humphrey and Muskie have been llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIII i Ig 'odd Man In N.Y. City House Out' Races The rain, which began day night, sent the Genesee River, and Canacadea, Bennett's and Purdy creeks spilling into low-lying areas of Wellsville, Hornell, Scio, Belmont, Friendship and numerous smaller communities.

No deaths or serious injuries were reported immediately. A flood warning fof Steuben, Chemung and Tioga counties was issued rom the National Weather Service in Binghamton. Rain totaling thrpp In fine innhoe 41110 to- ported in the area during the vast 12 hours, the service said. The possibility of a. flood alert for the Triple Cities area arose from reports from Buffalo Weather scanners that some of the heavy rain was headed this way this morning, the service said.

A telephone operator at the Allegany County sheriff's office in Belmont said, "It's really bad. There's water everywhere." She said she had lost radio contact with several of the sheriff's patrol cars. A newsman in Wellsville reported at least one foot of water covering Madison Street, a four-lane main thoroughfare in the village. "That's just an example," he said. A state of emergency was declared in the coun- ty.

Many of the evacuees were given temporary shelter in churches and schools throughout the area. Newsmen reported some power lines down and several small bridges washed away. Most roads in Allegany County were closed. The rain began about 8 p. m.

Tuesday and continued today. In Buffalo, the National Weather Service blamed the storm on a combination of moisture induced by a low pressure system created by the now tropical depression Agnes and a low pressure sy-tem moving in from the west. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in Buffalo said the Wellsville Public Works Department reported that six inches of rain fell in 12 hours.

New York was not the only state hit by floods today. Hundreds of persons were evacuated from homes and boats in the Andrus Island area near Rio Vista, after a levee broke early today, flooding a resort area, two Flash-flood warnings were highways and a bridge, the Sacramento County sheriff's office reported. There were no immediate reports of injuries or drownings. (Continued on Page 12A) NEW YORK (AP) Democratic Rep. Emanuel dean of the House with nearly a half century of service, has been defeated for renomination from his Brooklyn district by Elizabeth Holtzman, the district leader making her first bid in big-time politics; I I WW' 1 Cost of Living Al 3-Month High WASHINGTON (AP) Food prices dropped last month but substantial increases for clothing and transportation contributed to the largesjt rise in overall living costs in three months, the government reported today.

McGovern Pockets 225 More By the Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. Sen. George McGovern, taking a giant step toward the Democratic presidential nomination, pocketed the vast majority of New York's National Convention delegates in a primary election that saw a woman win a chance to run for the state's highest court. i Tabulation of Tuesday's voting was hampered by charges irregularities in some areas, problems with voting machines in others and the decision by some election officials to wait until today to ish counting the ballots. Nearly complete totals today showed McGovern had won 225 delegates, including 41 who were unopposed.

One of two contests that had been in doubt also was settled today, with the delegate won by Sen. Edmund S. Muskie. The Maine senator also was leading in the other undecided contest. Seventeen uncommitted delegates also won, as did four pledged to Brooklyn Rep.

Shirley Chisolm. At issue in the primary were 248 of the state's 278 national convention votes. The other 30 will be decided this weekend by party leaders in proportion to the primary outcome. Looking at early partial returns and a projection by his staff which showed him winning 205 or 206 delegates, McGovern declared it a victory "beyond our wildest expectations," The results put the South Dakota senator within 200 votes of a first-ballot nomination at the July convention. While the primary consisted mainly of deciding how many delegate votes McGovern (Continued on Page 12A) More Politics O'Connell Victory 8A Gray Power 8A Laverne Loses 11A Area Contests 1-7B feMayor Burns to Move By TOM CAWLEY NEW YORK John J.

Burns, who was Binghamton's mayor from 1958 until mid-1965, said today he is planning to move his large family to New York City permanently. Burns' address at present is 123 Leroy Binghamton. Because he is a member of the New York City Board of Water Commissioners, he said, the State law requires that he live in New York. This year, as a reward for his work in behalf of Mayor John A. Lindsay's aborative presidential campaign, Lindsay gave him what amounts to a lifetime, partime job that pays $20,000 a year.

Burns quit as chairman of the New York State Democratic Party a party Lindsay joined to run for the presidency in the spring to become the coordinator of the campaign that failed. Since then, he has divided his time between a public relations firm here in which he is a partner and the water commissioner post. "At first I am looking around for a house to rent in the city," he said today. "Then we will look around for something to buy. We will keep the two houses in Binghamton, and rent them out, (Continued on Page 12A) Foul-Ups As Usual By the Associated Press Redrawn district lines and new state regulations for listing candidates combined with the usual voting machine breakdowns and other delays to create havoc for what was described as a "very heavy" turnout of voters in New York City.

Many primary voters abandoned lines that in some polling places were three hours long. Others waited jnore patiently only to find their machines inoperable. Many voters went to the wrong polling places as a result of the legislative reapportionment that eliminated two congressional districts and redrew the boundaries of the other New York City districts. -Associated Press WIREPHOTO IN PARK Associated Press WIREPHOTO WINNER ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN 'New Polities' Beats 'Olff in Brooklyn NEW YORK (AP) "The politicians said it couldn't be done in Brooklyn," Elizabeth Holtzman said happily Tuesday night after her primary election victory over well entrenched Rep. Emanuel Celler was assured.

The 84-year-old chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and 30-year-old Miss Holtzman waged a see-saw battle through Tuesday night before she tallied her upset with 15,557 votes to 14,995 for Celler in the final unofficial returns from New York's Democratic primary. In other contests, flamboyant Rep. Bella Abzug failed in her bid to wrest the nomination from Rep. William Ryan in the latter's district after being reapportioned out of her own baliwick. Rep.

Jonathan Bingham turned back a similar challenge in the Bronx. Unlike Celler, two other House veterans, Reps. John J. Rooney and James Delaney, survived challenges from younger opponents. There were also scattered Republican congressional primary races but none featuring the head-to-head encounters between name candidates that marked the Democratic slate.

The political story of the night was Celler's defeat. He went to bed without making a statement, but his daughter declared, "I can tell you father hasn't conceded anything." Celler is still eligible for the November ballot as the Liberal party candidate. In another close race involving a Brooklyn incumbent, Rep. John J. Rooney, 68, defeated former one-term Rep.

Allard Lowenstein by a margin of 13,868 to 12,833. Lowenstein, president of Americans for Democratic Action, refused to concede to Rooney, who has served ly 30 years in Congress. He charged thousands of persons were turned away from the polls illegally. Lowenstein was defeated in his Long Island district two years ago after leading the "Dump Johnson" movement in 1968. He is expected to run in November on the Liberal party line.

Rooney, facing one of his toughest challenges, had strong labor backing including happens, but we do live in fear of losing the kids." It happened to Ellen and Carol, women in their 20s who lived together with Ellen's young daughter. They were taken from their home at 4 a. m. by police and the girl was turned over to a juvenile officer after a neighbor complained about the women's relationship. 1 "Finally I got custody, but with the stipulation that Carol move out and I get nine months of counseling with a social worker to cure me," Ellen said.

While they must be prudent in public, the lesbian RYAN BINGHAM the endorsement of AFL-CIO President George Meany who dubbed Rooney's opponent "Mr. Low Esteem." In Queens County, Rep. James Delaney, seeking a 12th term, won comfortably over City Councilman Thomas Manton, 15,127 to 12,173, despite Manton's organization support. Ryan ran up a better than 2-1 margin in his West Side Manhattan-Bronx district in defeating the colorful Mrs. Abzug.

Final unofficial returns showed Ryan with 33,817 votes to 15,300 for Mrs. Abzug. Her familiar hat flopping and her voice booming, Mrs. Abzug pledged to her supporters to "continue in and out of the Congress to work for the defeat of President Nixon and his policies of militarism, recession and inflation." "She's like Eugene McCarthy four years ago," said one man who was still wearing his Bella button long after the candidate left. "She brought a lot of us into the system and we're going to stay no matter what happens to her." Both Ryan, 49, and Mrs.

Abzug, 51, are insurgent Democrats with similar ideologies. In a similar race between incumbents in the Bronz, Rep. Jonathan Bingham won nomination to a fifth term over Rep. James H. Scheuer, 24,206 to 19,431.

Both men entered Congress in 1965 and earned reputations as liberal Democrats. Scheuer lost his district through reapportionment. mothers say, their home life with children is one Of great freedom and affection. "This time child raising is different," said Donna, in her 40s with grown children, now starting as a second mother to her lover's child. "The atmosphere at home is very free and loving," she said, "and our little girl is affectionate and secure." "We all think we're good mothers, much better mothers than when we were married," said Ann.

"And we aren't raising our kids to be gay." think that the people of the district here are tired of the old politics," added the 30-year-old Harvard lawyer and Brooklyn Democratic district leader who had campaigned under the banner of the "new politics." She had wrested the Democratic nomination from the 84-year-old dean of congressmen, a cigar-smoking political institution who began serving in the House of Representatives 20 years before Elizabeth Holtzman was born. With Liberal party endorse-ment, Celler is still eligible to dex would have been cut by two-thirds, the bureau said. The Price Commission began grappling today with the problem of sharply rising food prices amid indications that corrective action may be taken within two or three weeks. The commission plans to consider a range of options that could result in greater control over food prices, particularly meat. The Cost of Living Council also is considering how to restrain surging meat prices and may be on the verge of taking action, one official said.

If any action is taken, one said, it probably would be designed to let the volatile food market function as freely as possible. The government fears that stringent controls could affect future meat supplies. Nixons Wed 32 Years WASHINGTON (AP) -President and Mrs. Nixon observed their 32nd wedding anniversary today with a request that it be "very quiet and private." TAKES SUNNY TROLL A The Bureau of Labor Statistics said its consumer price index, measuring typical family spending, rose three-tenths of one per cent in May to 124.7. This means it cost $12.47 in May on the average for every $10 worth of goods and services in the base period five years ago.

The report said, however, that price increases in the past six months of President Nixon's Phase 2 economic controls climbed at an annual rate of 3.5 per cent, down from 4 per cent in the six months prior to the beginning of federal controls. The price report said grocery costs, which usually show no change in May, declined two-tenths of 1 per cent. The largest drop was a decline of nine-tenths of 1 per cent for meats, poultry and fish. Government officials have warned of higher meat prices to come. The bureau said that most of the over-ajl rise in living costs last month was due to items exempt from federal controls, including used cars, houses and raw farm products.

If the effect of these price increases were removed, the May increase in the price in- FAMILY 1 I JT8 Gay Mothers: Union of Understanding run for re-election in November, No amount of pressing national or international subjects could hide their glaring age difference as a dominant campaign issue, although Miss Holtzman insisted that Celler's years were less in question than his record and his approach to politics. She accused Celler of having one of the poorest attendance records in Congress and said even with the benefits of seniority he had failed to get (Continued on Page 12A) family of five children from previous marriages. Beth is under investigation by social agencies as a possibly unfit mother of her children. ride out the insecurity, they have the Gay Mothers' Union, where they can share common problems and seek solutions with women such as themselves. Since the first of the year 10 to 20 women have meet weekly to talk over their concerns.

"It's not so much a matter of having faith in the world as it is having faith in each other," Ann said. "Beth and I figure we can handle most anything that Inside Today SEATTLE (AP) The Gay Mothers' Union is a loosely knit organization that provides comfort and mutual understanding for lesbians trying to live as they feel they must while raising children as normally as they can. "Our rights are really restricted as parents," said Ann. We feel like parents but we can't act in outside." They fear that society can take their children from them a consequence that one of them is fighting now. Ann and Beth, both in their mid-30s, live together trying to raise a combined Ahby 17D Amusements 10-11B Classified 10-1GC Cf.nics 18B Deaths 10C Editorial 6A Family 16-20D Financial 1-2C Food Section 1-14D Horoscope 18B Letters 6A Society 151) Sports 3-9C TV 3B Tier News 3A, 5A, 1-2B, 4-8B.