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'Little Awkward' for Woman 4 July 13, 197J SPRINGFIELD (Mo.) LEADER-PRESS Briefly From Front Page eered at Philadelphia. One of the four stewardesses had escaped, but Mrs. Archer, who said she had spoken with the airline three times, did not know if her daughter was still being held. Miss Joiner, a hostossfour years, visited her mother here last month. The hijackers early this afternoon agreed to exchange the host aged hostesses and the aircraft they were aboard for another airplane and crew, the FBI said.

jacked National Airlines flight this afternoon. Mrs. Archer, who is employed In the city clerk' office here, said, "Naturally, I'm very upset," but she said her daughter, Linda Joiner, is capable of handling the hijack situation. "Linda can handle It if anyone can," she said. Mrs.

Archer said she had been notified by the airline that Linda, 24, of Miami, was a member of the crew of a Boeing 727 jet command Area Boy Bournl Overi On New Felony Count Michael Edward Potts, 19, Re public, who faces various other charges, has been bound over to face circuit court action on an additional three-count felon charge. Pqtts, who had preliminary hearing Wednesday before Mag-i istrate Richard L. Franks, is ac-1 cused of one count of illegal pos- session of narcotic apparatus and two counts of illegal posses- sion of drugs, amphetamines and a depressant drug. The i three offenses allegedly ce-1 curred June 22. Potts was bound over earlier on three felony drug charges and a felony charge of breaking custody.

I was all over. Both- planes wore command--eercd Wednesday night. The gunman in the second hijacking, identified by the as Melvin Martin Fisher, 49. of Norman. the father of five children, released the 51 passengers aboard American Airlines Boeing 727 after getting the ransom at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport early this morning.

Crew members said Fisher ordered the pilot to several sites Oklahoma City while apparently pondering a parachute escape, but finally decided against jumping and surrendered. The plane returned to the airport where FBI agent took Fisher off in Arnold C. Larson, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oklahoma City said Fisher would be charged with air piracy. sity in the fall, said she applied for one of the messenger jobs June 19 after a friend, already a messenger, told her there were two openings. U.S.

Marshal Frank M. Hcpler told her she was the first women to apply for the job, she said. It was Hcpler, she said, who told her a female messenger would be "a liability." Bert Whittington, public In-formation officer for the court, said Ms. Clifford "was never told she couldn't have a job We said it might be a little awkward." He said one messenger job has been filled since Ms. Clifford was turned away "but he applied ahead of her." Ms.

Clifford said she will file an administrative charge against the U. S. marshal's of- Fischer Threatens to Quit Daughter of Auroran Hostage flee today, claiming she was denied a messenger job on the basis of her sex. WASHINGTON (AP) It's not that the Supreme Court won't hire female messengers it's just that they would be "a little awkward." That's what the court's spokesman says Maryann Clifford, 22, was told when she applied for one of the half-dozen summer jobs at the court customarily hf law student. Ms.

Clifford title she prefers says she was told "I'd be a liability because all the messengers share the same lounge." Ms. Clifford, who is to enter law school at Catholic Univer- 'Uoney Bears' Die at the Zoo Two of four kinkajous at Dickerson Zoo Park have died, but the cause awaits word from the Missouri Veterinary Diagnostic Clinic. Zoo Director Randall Carney said one "honey bear" died Tuesday and the other yester day, lie theorizes One of the ani mals may have caught a disease. Three of the kinkajous escaped from their home early in June, but all were recaptured. Carney added the zoo loses quite a few smaller animals by death, and cause of many of the deaths is undetermined.

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Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer today was reported threatening to break off his world championship chess match with Boris Spassky unless all movie cameras are removed from the playing hall. "It's quite serious. He may not play at all," -said a member of Fischer's entourage who asked not to be identified. Fischer was scheduled to meet the world champion from the Soviet Union later to day at noon CDT for the second game of their 24 game match. The American challe nger lost the first game Wednesj! day night.

riscner staged a 30-minuir walkout shortly after the play-began Wednesday, com- I PARK UCENTRAL Jiuf nay. "Charge 1 plaining that a movie camera ISO feet away was making him nervous. The camera was hardly visible in the dimness outside the lighted players' circle, and it could not be heard by Fischer, but aides said the knowledge of its presence unnerved him. Chief referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany, who makes the decisions on all contested points in connection with the match, told Fischer during his walkout there was nothing he could do about the camera. Film and television rights for the match have been sold to an American promoter, and Fischer and Spassky are to -get a' share of the proceeds, estimated at a minimum of 477,500 each." it" at ifeerV --frinn-ii tiillted IFeani Elegance by Stearns Foster Maryann Clifford, 22, poses in front of the Supreme Court alter she was told the court won't hire female messengers.

She applied for a job as a messenger, but was told it would be "a little awkward" because all the messengers share the same lounge. Extra Firm 6" Latex Rubber Mattress and Box Spring Sets. Elegant Quilted Blue Damask Ticking. Full or Twin Size Sets That was the situation of Mrs. Barbara Archer of Aurora, mother of one of three stewardesses aboard a hi- i A rostrum, Mrs.

McGovern beamed, kissed her daughter and said, "It's unbelievable." On the floor, Gary Hart, the 35-year-old Denver lawyer who organized and managed the McGovern campaign, said, "It's a climax of an awful lot of work. The senator worked for. the nomination for a long time. If any man ever deserved it, he did." The formal campaign bad been one of the longest in American political history, dating back to January 1971 when McGovern declared his candidacy in an effort to become better known before the primary campaign against Muskie, then the towering frontrunner. In a real sense, however, the campaign had started four years ago when McGovern, picking up the campaign of the assassinated Robert F.

Kennedy, polled 1464 votes at the convent 1 which nominated Humphrey. "That night in 1968, vt Chicago's International Amphitheater, troops patrolled the streets and nightstick-wavm pobce fought antiwar demonstrators. Wednesday night, some 1100 protesters demonstrated peacefully outside Convention Hall, where security has been strict but trouble minimal. lien Cene Taylor toltl mc lie was running for Congress 1 told him he hml my Mi)Mirl. J.H1H-.

I. Rnliin.it 5S uene layior FOR U. S. CONGRESS He Knows the Way Demos From Front Page set off the broadened hunt for a running mate. Kennedy also congratulated MeGovern in a call made soon after Illinois sent McGovern's total past the 1,509 votes m-etted for nomination.

During their 15-minute talk, McGovern offered Kennedy the No. 2 spot for the race against President Nixon. Kennedy rejected it "for very real personal reasons," according to McGovern spokesman Richard Dougherty. Earlier in the evening. Flar- iua uuv.

ncuuin nsncw, anouwr prime prospect, told McGovern through aides he didnt want to be considered. McGovern aides said the nominee would make no announce ment about a runningmate be-' lore midday. -1 One close adviser said he felt the list of those under consideration was expanding as the victorious nominee sought the counsel of Sons. Hubert H. Humphrey and Edmund S.

Mus-kie, his defeated rivals whose withdrawal from contention a day earlier had signaled Wednesday night's triumph. Those being mentioned include five senators Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri, Abra. ham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut, Philip A.

Hart of Michigan, Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, and Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota; two governors, Ohio's John J. Gilligan and Wisconsin's Patrick Lucey, and labor leader Leonard Woodcock. Midway through the evening, top McGovern aides were asked to submit lists of four possibilities. One aide.

Rick Stearns, said McGovern had narrowed possibilities to four, including Kennedy and Woodcock. Other aides said a larger number re mained under consideration. Within minutes after clinching the nomination, McGovejcn re-c i congratulations and promise of support from all the candidates he had conquered, except Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace.

But labor leaders in particular remained bitterly opposed to the senator, as did many delegates. One sign in the hall read: "McGovern Will Bomb in November." Earlier in the evening, as the Democratic National Convention proceeded through its rites of vi 1 penthouse suite at a hotel up the beach to tell antiwar demonstrators he stood by his pledge for total U.S. withdrawal from Indochina. "I'm not shifting my position on any of the fundamental stands I've taken," said McGovern, ringed by security agents as be faced the noisy, shoving demonstrators who bad occupied the lobby six hours earlier. After two straight all-night sessions, the climactic round of nominating speeches proceeded swiftly, with little semblance of the old-time hoopla and floor demonstrations.

At last the roll call-was reached and, as the clock struck midnight, McGovern's nomination was assured. Bodlam bwH throtign th van hall, where six weeks hence Republicans will formallv name standard against McGovern. McGovern piacaid waved through tne hall as sup- porters celebrated the uf the man whoe youthful lewii had humbled the party's mighty. Forty-five mir.utcs later, when Chairman Lawrence F. 0 Btien announced the final totals, the hall avain went wild.

ml McGovern workers, their Ions quest what scorned overwhelming odds crownci at last with sucocsf, kisscJ and hugged one another. In the front, members of the huge California delegation, reunited solidly behind McGovern in the Monday night credential! vote that demo.ir.tiated the senator's dominance and assured his nomination, lifted their cochairmen to their shoulders. Red-haired actress Shirley MacLaine waved a sign that mocked the long odds against McGovern's nomination by decl aring "Jimmy the Greek Where are you?" A third roar went up five min utes later as O'Brien declared McGovern the party'i nominee and designated a committee to inform him of hit designation. The committee- is beaded by Ribicoff, who nominated McGovern in a losing quest four years ago and again Wednesday night as "a candidate tuned to. the challenges of the future When the roll of states was concluded, McGovern had 1.728.35 votes 219 more than he needed.

After- many votes had been changed, he wound up With 1,864 85. Behind him, In order, came Sen. Henry M. Jackson, who inherited much of Humphrey's labor support, with 4iS5; Wallace 377.50: Rep. Shirley Chi-holm 101.45: former Gov.

Terry Sanford of North Carolina 69 5: Humphrey 33: Rep. Wilbur Mills of Arkansas 32 8: Muskie 2 0.8; Kennedy 10 65; Rep Wayne Hays of Ohio former Sen. Eugene J. McCa.thy of Snnesota and Sen. Walter SET Compare Sixth i 0 King Size Sols Camp, at 1 CfiOO Clomp, at at 1 69.00 Floor ft 21 5 00 rsr Comp.

at 309.00. F. Mondale of Minnesota 1. As he sat in his hotel suite, surrounded by family, friends and aides, the victorious McGovern took phone calls from Kennedy, Humphrey and Mus-kie. Jackson sent a telegram pledging support.

Mrs, Chi-sholm, the first black woman ever nominated for president, took the rostrum to pledge a coast-to-coast campaign to oust President Nixon. Wallace, whose supporters sat silently while the McGovern backers whooiied it up in the hall, remained in seclusion at hishotcl. Earlier in the day, his campaign manager, Charles Snider, said chances of a repeat of the governor's 19fi8 third-party race for president were growing "stronger and stronger every minute." But Dolph Briscoe of the Texas delegation said Wallace had told him there would be no third-party movement in i97z jtl Although his rivals were falling into line, one major holdout was the barons of organized labor who fought McGovern's drive for the nomination to the bitter end. I. W.

Abel, president of the United Steel Workers union, seconded Jackson's nomi-nation by denouncing McGovern's labor record and warning of the risk in a McGovern nomination. Ribicoff declared, however, that McGovern "will lead the Democratic party to a great victory" in November and added: "If I were a candidate for public office this year, I would want the enthusiastic legions of McGovern workers ringing doorbells for me, too." And those legions were on hand for the night of triumph. In the 'senator's hotel, about 250 volunteers erupted in a oudK cheer as the senator's total went over the top. They chanted. "Beat Nixon! Beat Nixon In the hall, the Illinois announcement prompted chants of "We want McGovern! We want McGovern!" In a box to the right of the EU? ON AJRRWAL 10x7 Storiigc Sheds of your tZuamGAZen unit NO NASTY SMEIU NO MESSY SMUYI rVotwt vw tmSy fcy oravidmf the MM ffKtiva ifiwcl control, tlcclric BuvmatUf ftUO KILltlt Kid.

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