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emit Rejects wage $2.20 in a series of steps. It also would bring 8.4 million additional employes under the act and repeal a series of exemptions which now block over time pay for various groups of workers. The other measure sponsored by Republican Sens. Peter H. Dominick of Colorado and Rob- (Continwd On Page JS) to various sections of the bill planned to offer individual amendments to eliminate them or cut them back.

The test came on a Republican substitute for a Democratic-sponsored wage bill. The Democratic version, approved by the Senate Labor Committee with some Republican liberals backing it. would boost the $1.60 wage floor to the wages and hours law to 8.4 million new workers. Sen. George McGovcrn, the Democratic presidential nominee, flew back to Washington from South Dakota to vote against the Nixon measure.

His presence contributed to the one-vote margin. Even though the substitute was rejected, senators opposed WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate today rejected 47 to 46 President Nixon's proposal that the $1.60 an hour minimum wage be raised to $2 rather than the $2.20 supported by Democrats. The defeated Republican substitute for the Democratic bill also would have eliminated provisions extending coverage of JTrz IP I 1 I Gives Appreciative Bow during talent competition. Three more nights of com Miss Bells, Janet Marie Porter gives an appreciative petition are ahead for the 40 lovely contestants of this year's pageant. The new Miss Tennessee will be crowned following judging on Saturday evening.

(Sun photo ly Bob Arnold! bow to the record opening night audience of the 1972 Miss Tennessee Pageant in the Jackson Coliseum on Wednesday evening after singing "Everybody's Talk ing At Me" and "Until It's Time For You To Co" Kingsport, Memphis Beauties Win Taking top honors in the swim suit competition was Jacqueline Marie Pickard, Miss Memphis State University. The brown haired, blue eyed beauty caught the eyes of the judges with her shapely 37-25-36 figure. She is five feet eight inches tall and weighs 127 pounds. Miss Johnson City will appear in swim suit competition during tonight's production and Miss Memphis State will be judged in evening gown competition (Continued on Page 9) By JIM VANN Preliminary honors in the 1972 Miss Tennessee Pageant Wednesday night were won by beauties from Kingsport and Memphis. Winning the judges' nod in talent competition was Carol Ann Hurd, Miss Johnson City.

The 20-year-old beauty won resounding applause from the record opening night audience with her Barbara Streisand-style rendition to the popular "Time and Love," opening the talent competition portion of the beauty extravaganza. Miss Johnson City, Miss M.S.U. Are Winners A record opening night audience for the 1972 Miss Tennessee suit judging last night was Miss Jackson State College, Karen Pageant Wednesday saw Jacqueline Marie Pickard, left, Miss Leigh Cootey, as Miss Tennessee Tech, Debbie Swaim, does a Memphis State, named winner of preliminary competition In the high stepping dance to "Tiller Girls" and "Sitting Pretty" in swim suit division and Carol Ann Hurd, Miss Johnson City, re- talent competition. ceive the judges' nod in the talent division. Competing in swim nh Amit) Sesquicentennial Celebration Year Member The Assoc ioted Press JACKSON, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY; JULY 20, 1972 Kissinger Encouraged By Secret Talks South Vietnamese infantrymen.

The fighting was continuing at midday, and no firm casualty figures were available. Col. Le Ba Khien, a South Vietnamese regimental commander, said he believed an entire North Vietnamese regiment numbering up to 1,000 troops had moved south below My Chanh in an attempt to cut the north-south Highway behind the task force at Quang Tri. In Quang Tri, meanwhile, South Vietnamese paratroopers advanced to within 50 yards of the Citadel despite a counterattack by North Vietnamese in 7822 FINAL Fifth Game Is Opened REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -Defending world chess champion Boris Spassky opened his fifth game against Bobby Fischer today. He was punctual to the second.

Fischer, true to form, was not in sight. Fischer arrived six minutes late. As Spassky made his first move, the Icelandic Chess Federation released a detailed list of demands made late Wednesday night by Fischer. These ranged from crucial demands for control of filming rights and playing site options to trivia such as a new hotel room in the same hotel, more American magazines and a new car. The federation said it rejected all the demands.

As play began today, the score of the match was 2V2-ll2 (Continued On Page 15) Meany By NEIL GILBRIOE WASHINGTON (AP) George Meany, steering the AFL-CIO to a fencesitting position of neutrality in the presidential campaign, showed he is still firmly in command of the nation's House of Labor and a power to be reckoned with in national politics. "He's invincible," grumbled one union opponent after the 77-yearrold Meany led the 35-man AFL-CIO executive council to a 27-3 vote Wednesday, against endorsing either Democratic nominee George or President Nixon. "I will not vote for either one LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN 7972 26 Pages fantry and tanks. But informants said there would be no attempt to storm the walled fortress until more government troops reach forward positions and more North Vietnamese tanks are knocked out.

In a delayed report, the U.S. Command disclosed that an explosion, apparently of a bomb that detonated prematurely in the air, knocked two U.S. Navy A7 bombers and an Air Force F4 fighter-bomber out of the skies on the northern front Monday. Three of the four fliers were rescued and one is missing, the command said. ation of State, County and Municipal Employes.

Wurf, a member of the AFL-CIO council and a McGovern supporter, was one of the three votes against the position of neutrality. The other twa were presidents Paul Jennings of the International Union of Electrical Workers and Al Grospiron of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers. But many more union presidents have endorsed or are leaning toward McGovcrn. Meany and other labor Icad- (Continued On Page IS) McGovern said. "He will be a principal spokesman for this campaign and I am urging him to travel to every section of the country to speak in support of my candidacy." McGovern made the O'Brien announcement after his arrival here from South Dakota where he has been vacationing, to cast a pro-labor vote in the Senate following his rejection by top AFL-CIO leaders.

McGovern accepted O'Brien's resignation as chairman of the Firmly In Command 124th YEAR, NO. 173 At A Glance DALLAS, Tex. (AP)-The Texas School Book Depository, Lee Harvey Oswald's perch in the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, was damaged by fire today and authorities labeled it arson. Index PAGE BILLY GRAHAM 7A COMICS 6A DAILY REPORT 8A DEAR ABBY 12 DR.

CRANE 8 EDITORIALS 4 ENTERTAINMENT 5A L. M. BOYD 8 MARKETS 7A OBITUARIES 7A SPORTS 2A-4A THAT'S POLITICS 8A WOMEN TODAY 10-13 WEATHER WEST TENNESSEE: Mostly fair party cloudy and warm with chance of thunder-showers Friday. Lows tonight mid 70s, highs Friday low 90s. Probability of rain: 20 per cent.

Partly cloudy and warm Saturday through Monday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Lows mostly in the low 70s. Highs in the upper 80s and low 90s. TEMPERATURES Yesterday Today 1 p.m. 89 1 a.m.

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84 Midnite 75 Noon 86 Precipitation Precipitation last 24 hrs. Precipitation this month 6.14 Precipitation this year 38.92 Normal to date 32.99 Sun rises 5:55 sets 8:08 State Temperatures City Low High Pr. Memphis 75 92 .31 Nashville 70 92 Chattanooga 67 90 Knoxville 68 91 .22 Tri Cities 66 90 .03 Millington 74 92 .72 Dyersburg 75 92 Crossville 69 87 RIVER STAGES Lake Today. Change Pickwick 412.8 .2 Kentucky .3 Johnsonville 357.4 .4 Savannah 357.8 1.0 Perryville 357.4 .7 Price TEN CENTS In North Vietnam, U.S. Air Force jets beamed laser bombs into three air bases Wednesday and ranged to within 40 miles of the Chinese border to keep the northeast mil line inoperative, the U.S.

Command reported. Eight Americans Killed SAIGON (AP) American casualties in the Vietnam war last week included eight killed in action, five dead from non-hostile causes, 14 missing or captured and 2(5 wounded, the (Cotttinurd On Poge 15) GEORGE MEANY national committee at the national convention in Miami Beach. The acceptance, it was learned, was largely the result of the fact that neither was able to meet the other's condi-1 1 unstated publicly. O'Brien, while stating publicly he wanted to step down, had indicated privately he would stay if he had a major say in running the campaign. McGovern already was com- (Continued On Page A) WASHINGTON (AP) Henry A.

Kissinger, back from his 14th private session in Paris with Hanoi negotiators, apparently feels encouraged to hold more talks. Kissinger, who met with the North Vietnamese in the French capital for six and one-half hours, returned Wednesday night to Andrews Air Force Base, and drove straight to the White House to report to President Nixon. That Kissinger found some grounds for at least modest optimism was suggested by White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. "Further meetings will be announced as they are held," said Ziegler, indicating Kissinger envisioned further Paris sessions.

The president's assistant for (Continued On Page 15) Shows That of them," Meany told a news conference. "Meany was calm, cool, re-' sponsible, effective and well-prepared," said another reluctant admirer on the labor council who had urged endorsement of McGovern as the AFL-CIO has done with every previous Democratic presidential nominee. Meany has sharply attacked Nixon on economic policies, while reportedly disagreeing with McGovern's views on the Vietnam war. Meany, who said McGovern was not "good material" for a president, shrewdly avoided a irilnl WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic presidential nominee George S. McGovern today named former Democratic National Chairman.

Lawrence F. O'Brien to. be his national campaign chairman, a post in addition to McGovern's existing campaign structure. The nominee said O'Brien will be given a role concerned with unifying the support of Democrats and other "concerned Americans." McGovern said O'Brien will be his "national campaign SAIGON (AP) South Vietnamese forces battled a North Vietnamese battalion of 200 to 300 troops today that outflanked the forces closing in on Quang Tri City. The fighting was just south of the My Chanh defense line, about 10 miles south of Quang Tri and 20 miles above Hue.

The attack threatened Highway 1, less than a mile to the west. The South Vietnamese turned their tank guns on the North Vietnamese force, and U.S. F4 Phantoms swooped down with bombs. The North Vietnamese slammed mortars into the He Is Still direct vote on whether to endorse McGovern and made it clear the AFL-CIO's 117 affiliated unions and their 13.6 million members were free to do as they wished. This blunted opposition from several McGovern supporters on the labor council.

Typical was President Floyd Smith of the Machinists union, who endorsed McGovern but voted with Meany's position of neutrality for the AFL-CIO. "Let them do as they like," Meany told a news conference. AFL-CIO sources said that had the vote been directly on chairman" and in that role "will be a foremost consultant on the over-riding goal which will be to unify the support of key Democrats across the country." In a brief interview, just be-fore publicly accepting McGovern's offer, O'Brien emphasized that while he will hold the title of national campaign chairman his role will be essentially separate from the existing McGovern political organization. McGovern's announcement on whether to endorse McGovern, the vote would have been virtually split down the middle. Despite his victory in bending the labor council to his wishes, the issue produced more division in labor's ranks than any in recent memory and raised the possibility of a later, stronger challenge to Meany's dominance of the labor federation.

"The vote reflects personal loyalities that exist within the AFL-CIO, rather than a true index of support for the Democratic ticket by American trade unionists," said President Jerry Wurf of the American Feder appointment of O'Brien came as he prepared to hold a news conference. In advance of that session, there was no immediate word on the role to be played by Gary Hart who has been serving as McGovern's campaign manager. He said O'Brien will also be his chief contact with officials of the Democratic Party and organized labor. "Larry O'Brien will be personally and directly involved in all major campaign decisions between now and Nov. 7,.