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THE CORBIN Tim VOL. 80 NUMBER 163 Corbin, Kentucky, Wednesday Afternoon, July 12, 1972 18 PAGES TODAY 10 CENTS A COPY Opposition Effectively Crushed McGovern Halts Platform Changes By CARL P. LEUBSDORF AP Political Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Sen. George McGovern, as- sured of the platform he sought and a first-ballot victory tonight in the Democratic presidential balloting, considered a list of potential running mates today.

Aides said he still plans to ask a reluctant Sen. Edward M. Kennedy to join the ticket. Weary delegates had barely 12 hours'off after the longest convention session in the his- tory of either party before tonight's climactic meeting at which McGovern was scheduled to be the first candidate placed into nomination and, when the balloting took place, the party's nominee. California planned to yield to Connecticut when the states were called for nominations so that Sen.

Abraham A. Ribicoff could nominate the 49-year-old South Dakota senator to head the Democratic; ticket, this No- vember. Speculation turned imme- diately to possible running mates after the withdrawal of Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey and Edmund S.

Muskie on Tuesday assured McGovern's nomi- nation. Kennedy was clearly his top choice despite repeated state- TEA FOR TOTS--Playing "grown-up" is a favorite pastime for all children. Here the ac- cent is on tea time as children involved in the Cumberland College kindergarten program "take a break" from the rigors of imitative play. The children are: (L-R) Melinda Duke, Connie Crisp, Dan Ballou, and Rusty Foster. Lusty Ovation Wallace Accepts Moment Of Drama By LEE BYRD Associated Press Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

(AP) Crippled Alabama Gov. George Corley Wallace came smiling and claimed his moment of drama. Accorded a long-awaited Democratic National Con- vention appearance to argue his platform views, Wallace was TVA Signs Seven Coal Contracts CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP)--The Tennessee Valley Authority announced today award of seven coal contracts totaling about $4.6 million for 581,000 tons of fuel for John Sevier steam plant near Ro- gersville, Tenn. The authority said the deliv- ered cost of the coal will be about 41 cents per British Ther- mal Unit (BTU), compared with less than 24 cents per BTU on coal delivered to the plant in 1968.

This represents an increase of $7 million to $9 million a year in costs of coal for the facility, TVA added. The coal will come from mines in southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky. Firms receiving the contracts and amounts were: E. B. Coal Harlan Coun- ty, 216,000 tons, $1.7 mil- lion.

Southwest Energy Lee (Continued to Page 7) Deaths Lillian EHison Amos Goodin greeted by a lusty ovation and heard in an aura of good behavior. "I am here," said the man who bolted the Democrats in 1968, "because I want to help. "I want it to become again the party of the average citizen as it used to be and not the party of the pseudo-intellectual snob- bery that it has come to be But while his familiar call for slashes in foreign aid and an end to "the senseless, asinine busing of little school children" evoked cheers enough to flood the convention center, it was clear that the hearts and minds of most would not be swayed from Sen. George McGovern, the man to be nominated tonight. The loudest cheers arose ex- pectedly from the Alabama, Michigan, Florida and Texas delegations, their "Wallace for President" banners held high and their hopes soon to be shat- tered in the subsequent ballot- ing over the various planks tai- lored for McGovern.

But there were no walkouts, as in 1968, and few outbursts of bitterness. One Wallace dele- gate from Florida met his tear- ful wife in the lobby and said, "Honey, let's go have a beer and then get back to work. It's going to be a long night." It was Wallace's first appear- ance before a large crowd since he was shot in a Laurel, shopping center on May 15. He was 15 pounds slimmer and his voice seemed weaker, but he looked fit and alert as he leaned into the podium. Television viewers could not tell that he was in a wheelchair, but they saw pictures of him being lifted onto the podium boxes.

The convention already had seen unprecedented security, but as Wallace's arrival neared, scores of additional police and Secret Service agents took up stations in the hall. Visitors and newsmen were cautioned to remain seated, and cameras and briefcases were searched repeatedly. While the governor's address lacked the old fire and was no- tably void of any personal at- tacks or threats to quit the party again, it was full of the same litany which marked his primary campaigning. There were a few boos, most of them aimed at his remarks over school busing, but they were effectively dampened by the cheers. YOUNGEST SOLDIER or just playing? A child is loaded down with military gear on the outskirts of Hue, South Vietnam's cul- tural capital braced for a Communist assault.

ments he is unavailable. A close personal friend of Kennedy, Sen. John V. Tunney of told reporters after talking with him by phone that he thinks it highly unlikely Kennedy would accept. He added he expects Kennedy to fly here from Hyannis Port, Thursday to appear at the convention with the nominee.

McGovern's aides said that others under consideration in- clude: United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock; Sens. Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri and Abraham A. Ribi- coff of Connecticut and Florida Gov. Reubin Askew.

The Democratic National Convention, meanwhile, headed toward approval of a platform that mirrors McGovern's views in calling for total U.S. with- drawal from Indochina and supporting busing to improve educational opportunities. By voice vote, the convention shouted down eight proposals, ranging from endorsement of capital punishment and public- school prayers to a con- stitutional amendment barring busing, despite a plea by bama Gov. George C. Wallace.

As the convention deliberated through a second marathon night session Tuesday in a re- laxed atmosphere after Monday night's sharp credentials bat- tles, Wallace provided a dra- matic highlight with an appeal for far-ranging tax reform and a denunciation of "the senseless asinine busing of little school children." A mighty roar went up and red-whiterand-blue placards waved from pro-Wallace delegates as Wallace was car- ti-a 'Wheelchair- to; the. po- delegated stood in respect to the governor, partial- ly paralyzed when shot down while campaigning in Laurel, May 15. But Wallace's appeals were doomed to failure as the con- vention worked to approve a platform, tailored largely to the liberal views of McGovern. Wallace, holding just a few hundred delegates, and Sen. Henry M.

Jackson of Washing- ton, with under 100, vowed to stay in the presidential race al- though McGovern's assured first-ballot strength shot past the 1,509 votes needed to win. Some labor leaders who had supported Humphrey, including President I. W. Abel of the United Steelworkers Union, threw their support to Sen. Henry M.

Jackson of Washing- ton. Besides McGovern, Wallace and Jackson, supporters an- nounced nominating speeches would be made for former Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy; Reps. Wilbur D.

Mills and Shirley Chisholm and former North Carolina Gov. Terry Sanford. With much of the Humphrey and Muskie strength now listed in the undecided column, The Associated Press count gave McGovern 1,590.75 votes as the day of his n.mination dawned. The total needed for nomination is 1,509. Wallace trailed with 378, the uncommitted total stood at 850.6 and the remainder were scattered.

McGovern spent much of the day Tuesday in his 17th-story penthouse in the Doral Beach Hotel. "He's working on his ac- ceptance speech and, I dare say, thinking about the vice- presidential thing," said spokesman Richard Dougher- ty. The senator met with various groups during the day, in- cluding relatives of a half-dozen Cheerleaders Will Hold Bake Sale The Corbin varsity cheerleaders will have a bake sale at 10 a Thursday in front of the BH Shoe Store. Fair and mild tonight with lows in the mid and upper 60s. Partly cloudy, warm and humid Thursday with highs in the upper 80s to around (W, Chance of showers and thun- dershowers Friday.

American prisoners of war in Southeast Asia. McGovern promised to stand by American prisoners, a pledge that marked what aides said was "an elaboration" of his policy. In the JftrightJy lit convention hall, meanwhile, the delegates went through the convention routine, electing Lawrence F. O'Brien the convention's per- manent chairman and adopting party rules including one that bans winner-take-all primaries, starting in 1976. It was such a contest that stirred the Califor- nia credentials fight.

The party also decided that, starting with 1976, a woman will preside over every other national convention. Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, a black Cal- ifornia state legislator and con- gressional hopeful, is vice chairman of this year's con- vention. Askew, who delivered the convention's keynote speech, was interrupted with a loud roar when he said that funds heeded to meet the nation's medical needs were being used for "a war that should have ended" a long time ago. His speech also was filled with praise for what he called the party's open processes and criticism of secrecy in President Nixon's Republican administration. McGovern's forces had given dramatic demonstration early Tuesday in the California cre- dentials fight that they had con- trol of the convention.

Later in the morning, Humphrey be- came the first of his major ri- vals to drop from the race. JTears brimming in his eyes, Humphrey abandoned a 12-year quest for the White House, say- ing his name would not be pre- sented when presidential nomi- nations are made tonight. Several hours later, Muskie, the onetime front-runner whose fall in the long primary cam- paign paralleled McGovern's rise, dropped out, too. He said that McGovern had won with dedication, skill and hard work "against enormous odds" and added: "Let's now go about the business of winning the presidency and governing wisely." Something Of A Shock Youthful Ky. Delegate Gets Call From Tunney By SY RAMSEY Associated Press Writer MIAMI BEACH (AP) Eighteen-year-old James P.

Gray, one of the youngest dele- gates at the Democratic Na- tional Convention, was taken aback when U.S. Sen. John Tunney of California telephoned him recently for an opinion on a party matter. The call helped the Glasgow, youth make what he calls his greatest adjustment "thinking of myself in a new role, as a person with responsi- He has consciously, to cope with the overnight maturity by ignoring the occasional paternalism he encounters and remembering his motive for entering politics. It was the influence of his late grandfather, Dr.

C. C. Howard of Glasgow, that led Gray to his current involvement. Howard was the father of the regional tuberculosis hospital system. "Like him I'm interested in people and want to help them," Gray said.

"Not through medi- cine, but through political change." But the delegate is far from radical, in appearance or ac- tion. He is clean-shaven and his is short -f although he ex- withlongv hair --and classifies his outlook as moderate to liberal. Although he was one of the 37 uncommitted delegates loyal to Gov. Wendell Ford and favoring Sen. Edmund S.

Muskie, Gray was one of the few who broke away and supported Sen. George McGovern's side on a California credentials issue. He is proud, in a quiet way, that he acted independently on what he regarded as principle, especially since he knows that back home, "Some people say I'm not old enough to know Gray said the attitude of del- egation members toward him always is friendly and he is not treated with condescension by Still, the youth belongs to neih, ther of the two the tightly-knit McGovern faction of 11 delegates or the regular party establishment. "What I hate is to hear so many people say that politics is crooked," Gray said. "That condemns us all." As a new, young delegate, Gray indicated some sympathy with the Yippies and hippies who are camped in Flamingo Park and said he planned to talk with them when he got a break from convention routine.

It's a little inconvenient be- cause the Kentucky delegation is housed at Fort Lauderdale, 30 miles from here. Although his grandfather's life and becom- ing a delegate was fulfilled only because of the new liberalized party rules. (Continued To Page 7) 1 if NEW IN THE NATION'S ARSENAL is the S-3A Viking, the Navy's new carrier- based antisubmarine aircraft. Eight flight-test planes are being built as forerun- ners of an eventual 191 Lockheed-built Vikings the Navy is expected to order for an estimated $2.5 billion. Significant Change Serious Crime Declines In Nation's Big Cities By TOM SEPPY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Serious crime in the nation dur- ing the first three months of this year rose only per cent, the lowest increase in 11 years, the Justice Department announced today.

The rate of increase was 6 per cent a year ago, and 13 per cent in 1970. Atty. Gen. Richard G. Kleindienst, in releasing the figures from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report for the months January through March, also said that 80 of the nation's larg- est cities reported reductions in serious crime in the first three months of 1972.

In 1971, 59 cities showed a de- crease, while only 22 had a de- cline in 1970, he said. The most significant change in the three months, said Kleindienst, occurred in the six cities with more than a million population. In the first quarter of this year, the number of serious crimes in those cities rose 6 per cent, one half of the 1971 in- crease of 12 per cent. The nationwide crime statis- tics are compiled by voluntary reports from 6,068 local, county and state law enforcement agencies. The report divides serious crime into two categories--vio- lent, which includes murder, forcible rape, robbery and ag-.

gravated assault, and property, which includes burglary, larce- ny $50 and over and auto theft. Violent crime, which makes up about 13 per cent of the total index offenses in the crime re- port, increased 2 per cent in the first quarter of 1972, compared to a 13 per cent increase during the same period in 1971. In the categories that make up violent crime, murder was up 2 per cent compared to 1971 's rise of 11 percent; forcible rape up 17 per cent versus 2 per cent last year, robbery down 2 per cent, while in the first quarter of 1971 it was up 17 per cent. Aggravated assaults rose 5 per cent compared to a 7 per cent increase in the first three months of 1971. Suburban police agencies re- ported a 4 per cent increase in serious crime which was slightly lower than the 5 per cent last year and substantially lower than the 18 per cent rise in 1970.

Crime in rural areas in- creased 8 per cent in the first quarter, compared to a 6 per cent increase in 1971 and a 19 per cent increase in 1970. Will Help President By BILL NEIKIRK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) For- mer Treasury Secretary John B. Connally, back home after a 17-nation mission for President Nixon, says he may campaign actively for the chief execu- tive's re-election this fall but expects no offer to be Nixon's running mate. He also said he has no idea what new assignment Nixon may have in mind for him, al- though the President mentioned recently that Connally may take on some other special duties. Connally told newsmen that he's made no decision on his campaign role, but said he doesn't consider Democratic Sen.

George McGovern the most attractive presidential candidate and sides with Nixon on most major issues. "I think it would be a mistake to assume that I'll sit this one out," said Connally, who resigned in May as Treasury secretary amid speculation that Nixon might choose him to re- place Spiro T. Agnew on the GOP ticket in November. "It's conceivable that I could be fairly active" for Nixon, he said, but he turned aside ques- tions suggesting that the Presi- dent sent him on the five-week worldwide trip to groom him for vice president. "I would anticipate that I wouldn't" be offered the post, he said.

"As I read the tea leaves, that's not in my future," Besides, he said, reporters should ask Nixon that question. Connally said he is still a Democrat. But, asked if he missed attending the Democratic National Con- vention at Miami Beach, he said, "I miss it, kind of like a man misses a sore thumb." As for McGovern, he said, "in light of some of his policies, he's not the most attractive can- didate in the country, as far as I can see." Connally, former Texas gov- ernor who has been active in several Democratic national conventions, said he will talk to Nixon later this week at the (Continued to Page 7).