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IC oCetterc News Journal An Independent Newspaper Monday, July 10, 1972 Mansfield, Ohio PAGE FOUR Challenge at Miami: How to Beat Nixon specific as the weeks pass and events indicate the public temper. The big thing the whole country wants is tax reduction. Based on their recent records neither party can credibly promise that. Both will surely try, however. EVERY once in a while some joker comes up with the bright idea of haying the schools open for classes 12 months out of the year.

Do these people hate to take care of their children during the summer months? Evidently, they can't remember how much they enjoyed their summer vacations, when they were going to school. For these people who feel this way, I can only say one thing. It too bad they weren't sent to summer school every summer so they couldn't enjoy a vacation either. So much for that! Now before school is even finished for the school year, the custodian and his helpers (assistant custodians and matrons) start the job of cleaning up the school and getting it ready for the next year's school session. The furnaces have to to be torn down and cleaned.

The boilers have to be taken apart and cleaned. Parts of the furnace have to be removed and sometimes replaced. In the meantime, all the classrooms have to have the ceilings and walls swept down (the hallways and office rooms too.) All the light fixtures have to be cleaned in the entire building. The Venetian blinds have to be taken down, cleaned and put back up again. The windows have to be cleaned while the blinds are down.

The heating units in each of the rooms must have the dust blown out of them. Then the walls in the rooms and hallways have to be washed down. BENEATH the hoopla and controversy at the Democratic convention lies a basic challenge to the delegates and the party leaders who will mastermind the attack on the Nixon administration between now and November. The challenge, simply, is how to That's the basis of all politics. The Democrats at present have no formula.

Despite protestations of making this a conclave truly representative of all the people, 2.000 delegates can hardly be ex-; pected to come up with such a 1 That will take place in what used to be called the -f i 1 1 rooms. HlMHutfO IT I. A TlMFS SrNrWAlf Now. direct from Miami! Live ami in livid rolor, A Battalion Fades Awav MOST importantly the Democrats need to corral and increase the immense but diverse youthful enthusiasm that has brought Senator McGovern to such prominence. This will not be easy; the young voters are impelled by diverse mo- itivations.

Some hate war. Some love ecology. Some want to bring the principles of the Jesus movement into political power. Some want to divide up the nation's wealth. And some just loathe President Nixon.

McGovern could bring these together by saying almost 'anything they wanted to hear at different points in the primary campaigns but after the convention the nominee will not be able to hang quite so loose. The professional liberals must be appeased without alienating the mildly conservative middle class wherein the voting power is greatest and most dependable. Old line Southern conservatives must be soothed along with the hats" who rallied to Gov. George Wallace's brand of populism. ON THE negative side, the Democrats can simply lash out at Nixon for everything that's going on from Vietnam to Moscow and from San Clemente to Kennebunkport.

They will do that, of course. It's part of the tradition. But a campaign takes sugar as well as vinegar. What specifically will the Democrats propose with reference to welfare reform, defense spending, foreign policy, revenue sharing, and so on? The only safe platform is a general one, giving the candidates an opportunity to be more THE SHOW in Miami for the next three days ought to be a good one if for no other reason than that the Democrats have brought together delegates with strong principles and not much experience. It will be especially interesting to see which persons emerge as the leaders and controllers of this diversified group.

That may tell pretty much in advance how well the party can stick together for a campaign which, in spite of its trappings is aimed at just one thing winning in November. Student Voters BY LAWSUITS and opinions of state attorneys general, the way has been cleared for college students to vote on campus in the national election this fall. With registration about two to one Democratic, the college students are expected to vote Democratic in the same proportion, especially if the nominee is George McGovern. That is the consensus of such organizations as Common Cause, the self styled people's lobby which is devoting itself to getting out the vote; the Student Vote, a non partisan group organized to help register students, and others in the field. Lawrence C.

Gottlieb, director of the Student Vote clearinghouse on voter information, expects by November there will be 45 states placing no restrictions on student voting. A third of the 4.5 million student voters 18 to 21 live at home and will vote there. But the other two thirds will vote on campus and that is where the frenzy is. A recent finding by the Supreme Court, which struck down the residency requirement of over 30 days, allows even freshmen to vote on campus. But the 18 to 21 non -student vote is several times the campus contingent and their favorites are not as easily isolated.

All that can be said for sure is that the youth vote will be a big and important one, but whether it will be decisive will depend on how the rest of the electorate responds to the nominees this fall. hooted down by the opposition faction. Larry OBrien, the chairman of the party, has the podium ringed with the National Guard so no one can grab the microphone. The nomination speeches have not been heard, but the candidates have been nominated McGovern, Humphrey, Wallace. Chisholm, Jackson and Muskie.

There have been no demonstrations for the candidates in the hall because everyone is afraid if he gets up and marches they won't let him back in his section again. On the first ballot McGovern picked up 1,234 votes, well shy of the 1,509 he needed. The rest were split between the other candidates with the uncommitted refusing to vote for anyone. The second ana third ballot found no one budging. By the tenth ballot of Wednesday's all night session, the convention was hopelessly deadlocked.

by Brickman The Democratic exaggerated form by the vanishing anti aircraft artillery battalion. START TO RUN The rising desertion rate sets a pattern indicating the North Vietnamese army is not what it used to be. Apart from recent headlines telling of Communist troops turning and running under bombing attack, the last few weeks have seen something new and startling: North Vietnamese regulars running away from ARVN infantry attacks. Add this decline to monumental supply problems now encountered by Hanoi and the possibility of a major Communist offensive this autumn becomes remote indeed. Moreover, the realization that the Communist regulars run from trouble and even desert (just as ARVN troops do) is a tonic for ARVN morale.

Reliable U. S. advisers report crack ARVN units in the present Quang Tri counter-offensive actually show a zest for engaging the enemy. The impact in Washington could be even more significant. War critics here have long pointed to the ferocity of the Communist soldier and the docility of the ARVN trooper as proof that Hanoi's troops represent a real nation and Saigon's only a corrupt regime.

But that dubious logic is demolished by the 1972 military campaign, where both sides have had their share of ignominious retreat and courageous advance. The diminishing North Vietnamese reputation as the Prussians of Indochina is attested not only by confirmed intelligence but also by Hanoi's own words. Even before recent setbacks, the May edition of the North Vietnamese army magazine published some re- All the lockers have to be cleaned out and washed down. The rooms and hallways are swept up. The desks are taken from the rooms and placed in the halls, so wax can be stripped from the floors and the rooms can be re-waxed.

Chewing gum is removed from the desks and the desks are scrubbed and cleaned by the women (matrons.) After the wax is dry in the rooms, the furniture is replaced in the rooms and hallways are stripped of old wax and rewaxed. The seats and floor in the auditorium are cleaned and the floor and stage are stripped and rewaxed. The bleachers in the gymnasium are cleaned completely along with the baskets, backboards and ceiling crossbeams. Then the gym floor is stripped and resealed. Everything is done during the three month summer period so that when school starts in the fall the parents, who bring their children to the school for the new school term can say, "Doesn't the school look nice?" If the schools are kept open and in operation for the full 12 months this work couldn't possibly get done.

Have any of these people, who have been proposing a school year ever gone into a schoolhouse during the summer months to see what is being done? I don't work for the school board anymore, but I wish some of the people in this state would wake up to the fact that the three months the school is closed down, isn't only a vacation time for the students but is also a necessary close down time to get the entire school back in shape for the coming school year. Richard B. Long Box 5 Ontario Todafs Almanac On this date in history In 1938 American industrialist Howard Hughes and a crew of four flew around the world in 91 hours. In 1953 Lavrenti Beria, Soviet chief of internal security forces, was executed on charges of criminal anti state activities. In 1962 the Telstar satellite first relayed television pictures between the United States and Europe.

In 1970 China released 79 year old Roman Catholic Bishop James Edward Walsh after holding him prisoner for 12 years. The News Journal CoPUFoUrth In1 The Mansfield Journal 902 Phone St- Mansfield, Ohio SSSMoSk econd v1 RATES: Daily and Sunday $Z4-' 3 montl" $13.00. In US year 54 00' WW 25 cents: Weekday, orty. ee.Us. "ly' Journal is a member nf Th mmmmmm it tilLKA at III National Comedv markably candid admissions of inadequacy by noncommissioned and junior commissioned officers, most of them lacking combat experience.

FAULTS REVEALED These officers the magazine admits, "often revealed shortcomings in ability, knowledge and experience concerning leading, organizing and commanding the fight. Even cadres with combat experiences who were recently sent to the battlefield as reinforcements have not easily adjusted to battlefield combat demands." The article frankly relates the tendency of North Vietnamese units to retreat and exhorts leaders to "prevent the desire to stop and relax." Furthermore, the magazine admits "there have been cases in which cadres did not closely adhere to combat guidance ideologies and inflexibily applied unchanged combat methods" a reference to the suicidal frontal assaults against heavily fortified ARVN positions throughout the offensive. Besides second rate leadership, the invading Communist troops have been hampered by deepening supply problems with Hanoi's own words again comfirming intelligence data. A June 10 broadcast by Hanoi -based Liberation Radio conceded that some artillery units encountered "an acute shortage of food and water." The army's daily newspaper of June 15 revealed the difficulty in "shortcomings in transportation of supplies from distant places" and added tht procurement of food in front line sectors is "still far below requirements." Were it not for President Nixon's blockade of the North and the massive U. S.

air support in the South, the North Vietnamese invaders for all their new shortcomings might well have swept through South Vietnam. Dr. George C. Thosteson, I). as we need you are consuming vastly more than that.

I presume -that your young kidneys are functioning well and disposing of that excess salt, but for how long? This could pose a serious problem as you get older. As it is, I'm surprised you don't mention an overweight problem. Excessive sodium causes water retention in the body tissues, and water is heavy. Or are you looking somewhat puffy and heavy? No, I don't think your parents are overreacting. I'd react more vigorously.

I AM 13 and have a moustache. Can I pluck the hairs off or leave it alone? Will it grow back? B. If you pluck the hairs out, they will grow back. Best for you to wait a bit and see whether this is really going to bother you. If it's quite noticeable, talk to your parents about having a registered electrologist remove the hairs.

That's the only permanent method. Otherwise, try a bleach. Ifs a Draft A Surprise Ending for the Convention By Rowland Evans and Robert Novak WASHINGTON The melting away of a North Vietnamese regular army unit in combat near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Vietnam has been scrutinized in high government circles here as an event of potentially major significance both militarily and politically. The unit, an anti aircraft artillery battalion, has been reduced in strength more than 40 per cent by casualties and desertion in recent weeks. The desertion has raised official eyebrows in Washington.

Hard intelligence information shows that nearly one fourth of the battalion, more than 50 men, have deserted since June 1. Until now, mass desertion has been a stranger to the ideologically committed legions of Hanoi, whereas the South Vietnamese army (ARVN) has been plagued for years by scandalously high desertion rates. But in the recent weeks of Hanoi's failing offensive, there are repeated instances of North Vietnamese troops on the northern front throwing down their arms and returning over the DMZ to go home a trend shown in The state, delegations caucused right on the floor, trying to get people to change their minds. But it was impossible. It was obvious to everyone in and out of the convention hall that a com promise candidate had to be found one who had not already been nominated.

But who? The Democratic Party leaders call a recess behind the podium. They argue and thrash it out for several hours. The only man whose name is proposed as the compromise candidate is a very famous, but controversial, figure on the American scene. He has announced many times that he is not a candidate for the Presidency or the Vice Presidency, and has said under no conditions would he accept a draft. This young man, whose name had been associated with a very embarrassing incident, is a household word now.

Because of the deadlock at the convention, he is the only one who can possibly beat Nixon in November. The compromise candidate is not at the convention. O'Brien puts in a call to him. Everyone, turn, gets on the phone and tells him he has to be the candidate. They urge him to run.

The candidate finally agrees to a draft and says he will take the next plane to Miami. And that's how Bobby Fischer, the U. S. chess champion, became the Democratic presidential nominee for Strange Craving for Salt By Art Buchivahl WASHINGTON Everyone has his own scenario for this week's Democratic National Convention. The way things have been going with the party, one scenario has as much validity as the next.

This is the one that I have written and if it comes true, remember, you read it here. It is the fourth day of the convention and the Democrats have been unable to decide on a presidential candidate. The fight to seat delegations has taken up three days and those people who were ruled ineligible have refused to give up their seats to those who were officially designated as delegates to the convention. Almost every stale delegation has two people sitting in every chair. No one dares leave the floor for fear that someone will grab his seat.

When someone tries to speak lie is By I HAVE a habit that has my parents worried sick. I am for years have had a strange desire for salt. It has turned into a craving. I buy myself a box of salt and before a week has passed it is all gone. I turn the box up and "drink" out of it, or suck it up through a straw like soda.

In the morning I eat no breakfast; instead I get the salt box. In fact, I keep a box on my night table because I wake up at night and eat it, too. Is this a problem or are my parents overreacting? R.P. Golly, what an appetite for salt! Yes, you have a problem, either psychological or physical. More "likely (I suspect) it is a psychological quirk on your part, although an adrenal gland deficiency can cause a craving for salt, and if you were my daughter, I'd have that checked out just to be safe.

The essential element in salt is sodium; we need a certain amount for health. With an ordinary diet, we probably get five to 10 times as much the small society I Washington Post Lo. ArlLll.