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Tuesday, July 1( 1 972 fa 86 No CQURT SQUAKE 'HAMILTON, 45012 KUEMGNE (513) 863-8200 34 Pages Price Humphrey Withdraws MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, his last hope of winning (he Democratic presidential nomination gone, stepped aside today and withdrew from the race, Humphrey said he will not let himself be nominated at the a i National Convention, and he released his delegates to vote as they wish. "My withdrawal from the presidential race is a withdrawal of candidacy only," the Minnesota senator said.

"It is not a withdrawal of spirit or of determination to continue the battle I have waged all my public life on behalf of those who hadna. voice." Demos Give McGovern California By CARL P. LEUBSDORP APPoliticalWriter MIAMI BEACH, Kla. (API- Sen. George McGovern, staging -a dramatic demon- slralon of political power, swept to the brink of the Democratic presidential nomination today in a marathon opening session of his party's national convention that ended just before dawn.

McGovern's display of organizational muscle came when he recaptured 151 disputed'California delegates at the peak of a tumultuous session. The South Dakota senator claimed his long, uphill battle was near success and that victory in Wednesday night's nominating session is "within our grasp." Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, leader of the coalition of McGovern rivals that lost the i a California vote, declined to concede the nomination. But he admitted that McGovern "had quite a night" and promised to say more in the morning.

But i victory within reach in the convention's i i McGavern camp failed in an effort to engineer a compromise to seat both Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley anda heavily pro-McGovem group of Illinois challengers. The convention hen voted to oust the powerful Chicago mayor in a move expected to have far-reaching consequences both throughout the party and in its fall campaign for the While House in the politically crucial state of Illinois. Parly leaders had feared the opening night session would run into the daylight hours. But the showdown votes on California and Illinois were followed by a series of compromises that quickly brought the opening session to a close a minutes before 5 am.

EDT. In terms of the parly's presidential fighl. the California test was crucial, perhaps decisive. According to an Associated Press count, addition of the 151 a i i a votes brought McGovern within about 25 votes of a first-ballot nomination with other uncommitted delegates expected lo move hi sway. It took Iwo voles, both decided by larger than expected margins, to settle the Calilor- ma credentials dispute Firsl.

the McGovern forces by a vote of 1.618.28 lo 1.233,22 the Credentials Commillee's decision -which had been engineered by your air conditioners full speed ahead and treat yourself to a cold beer or mint julep because it's going to be quite hot and humid for the next couple of dajs. See muggy details on page 12. RICK THOMAS, the Journal News convention reporter, tells that Ohio has gained a reputatioin as (he state that's not ready yet. See page 17. backers of Humphrey, Sen.

Edmund S. Muskie and Gov. George C. Wallace to deny McGovern all the California votes. Then, by an even broader margin of 1,689.52 to 1,162.23, the McGovern forces defeated an attempt by a Florida backer of Wallace to challenge the parliamentary ground rules set by the presiding officer.

Democratic National- a i a Lawrence O'Brien. In the Chicago case, too, there were two votes as the SJcGoverri side sought at the last moment tocompromise -even though Daley's side said compromise was impossible. Gov. a Morrison of Nebraska, a McGovern supporter, sought to suspend the rules and bring the compromise to the floor -a procedure i a two-thirds vote. But it failed to command even a majority, losing 1.483.08to 1,411.05.

Then, heeding the plea of fiery Rev. Jessie Jackson, who warned that "if one cancer remains in the body, the rest of the body politic will die," the convention voted 1,486.5 to 1,371.5 to reject Daley's bid to supplant the group led by and Chicago Alderman William Singer. Then, speeding adjournment of the first of four scheduled sessions, the convention agreed todrop credentials cases affecting delegates from Michigan. Texas. Rhode Island, Washington.

Connecticut and Oklahoma. Earlier, it rejected a challenge seeking more women in the South Carolina delegation and the bid of a racially mixed group to supplant the pro-Wallace Alabama group. As (he convention opened in the brilliantly lit convention hall, roving groups of demonstrators who had broken away from a protest rally assembled oulside. group pulled down a section of a restraining fence. Until the crucial California contest, most delegates appeared lo show little interest in the proceedings, talking with friends and neighbors and milling in the aisles despite O'Brien's best efforts to keep the business moving But the 2fl-minute debate on California brought delegates to attention amid repeated rounds of applause and boos.

With addition of the 151 disputed California delegates. McGovern's committed first- ballot strength some 48 hours before presidential balloting begins Wednesday night reached 1.48535 just 23.65 short of the 1,509 needed to win The long opening-night session began half an hour late at 8 with welcoming speeches by Sen. tawton B. Chiles, and Rep. Claude Pepper of Florida, Miami Beach Mayor Chuck Hall, and O'Brien.

Drive Into It Now, Over It Later MORE BOLTS Will be needed shortly in this giant steel culvert as another 500-pouJKl sheet reaches its destination. Hanover Twp. workmen are constructing this one for placement on Darrtown Road, between Old Oxford Road and Stillwell-Beckett. Journal-Xews photographer Dick Burns caught the workmen as they were applying final biteson some of the morelhan 3 500 bolts needed for the 70-foot structure. School Subsidy Raised COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) As expected the State Board of Education Monday agreed to proposals increasing the state's share of support for driver education programs and the cost of busing.

As a result of the board's action, subsidies from the state to school districts for.each student enrolled in a driver training course will jump from $30to 550. Adoption of the new standard also permits students to enroll in commercial driving schools when principals certify that scheduling conflicts prevent them from participating in school-operated driving classes. In approving new levels of support for transportation of pupils to and from school, the state board raised assistance to local school districts from 67 per cent to an average of 80 per cent of busing costs, and extended that assistance fop the first time to major city districts in Toledo, Akron. Youngstown, Dayton, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Canton. The board also set Sept.

11 as the date for a public hearing on a proposal to more closely define the meaning of day." Under current Department of Education regulations, a school day is one a involves each student in not less than "six clock hours" of scheduled classes and supervised study. But the advent of the "open campus" concept in high school education has prompted a closer look at existing guidelines, state educators say. The open campus high school is one that permits its students to schedule courses i the day much as college students now do The of the proposed new guidelines, says an assistant to state School Supt. Martin Essex, is not to.eliminate the open campuses, but rather to see that students simply don a away when not in classes. The new proposal would amend current definitions of a school day to include not only six hours of classes, hut would provide for "other guided learning experiences" a swell That means, said Essex's aide, that "if the student goes off the campus, he must have a specific instructional pur-, pose for leaving." McGovern-Woodcock Ticket Looks Good To Gilligan -vv (API Gov.

John J. Gilligan says he thinks a McGovern-Woodcock Democratic presidential ticket would be strong in Ohio, although one that wouldestablishapolitical precedent, "I've never heardof anyone ithout political experience being pulled in this manner into the political arena," Gil ligan said Monday. He was asked about reports that if Sen. George McGovem wins the party's presidential nomination, the senatormight consider Leonard Wood- cock, president of the United Auto Workers Union, as a running rnate, interesting. I think they would make a good strong ticket in Ohio," the governor said.

But he added he still is a Muskie man, and thinks as he has all along that the Maine senator "could muster the broadest base of support" as Democratic stan- dardbearer. GUUgan said he returned to Ohio.disappointed that he and four others on a Democratic governor's caucus subcommittee were unable to effectively mediate a pending credential fight (hat threatened the opening of the Democratic National Convention at Miami Beach. "Neither said was willing to give so much as an inch," the governor said, referring to the hotly-disputed delegate fight involving California and Illino is. He said the governors may have ccomplished a little by talking to "agents" of te presidential candidates and gett ing themtoagreetoputaside a number of minor challenges. "We ay ave taken off some jagged edges and vented a little of the steam," Gilligan said.

The governor reiterated tht he is not interested in the Democratic vice presidential nomination, but that in any case he doesn't expect anyone offer it to him. Responding to another question, Gilligan discounted the possibility that Alabama Gov. George Wallace might bolt from the Democratic Party and run this fall as an independent candidate. He feels this "unlikely," Gilligan said, noting that Wallace's physical condition probably would prevent such an undertaking. Chess Match Is On By STEPHENS BROENING Associated Press Writer REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) American challenger Bobby Fischer and Russian defender Boris Spassky finally begin play this afternoon in the i and most publicized world chess championship of all time unless some new snag develops.

a t-minuteadjustmenls were being made on the stage of Reykjavik's 2.500-seat sports hail. The playing table was green-and-white marble chessboard constructed for the time, and the overhead lighting changed, But these were small details compared to the tangled negotiations and war of nerves that preceded the encounter, originally set to start July 2. Spassky, 35, drew the white chessmen and with them the first move. Fisher, 29, of Brooklyn, N.Y., had the black pieces. One game will be played each Tuesday.

Thursday and Sunday, starting at 3 p.m. EOT. National prestige was at stake for the defending Russian. The Soviet Union subsidizes chess and has domin ated the game for decades. Fischer is the first foreigner to make it to the finals since 1948.

For Fischer, it is a question of money and personal prestige, of proving his claim that he is the best in the world. London oddsrhakers rated the lanky American the favorite to win the 24-game, two-month competition and capture more than $180,000 of the estimated $300,000 at stake. The winner gets five-eighths of the SI 25,000 put up by the Icelandic Chess Federation, or $78,125, plus another $75,000 of the $120,000 provided by London investment banker James Slater to persuade Fischer to end his holdout last week. Organizers calculate Fischer and Spassky will at least another $55,000 from the sale of television and film rights. Gunfire Shatters Irish Calm; Protest ants Vow To Crush IRA Ru rrit ivpnsvcT By COLIN FROST Associated Press Writer BELFAST, Northern Ireland IAP) Militant Protestants threatened early today to take the offensive in Northern Ireland as gun battles and bomb explosions rocked the province.

The Protestant Ulster Defense Association, which claims it can put 40.000 armed men into, the field, said if the British do not crush the Roman Catholic guerrillas of the Irish Rep i a A association will take the offensive against the IRA and do its "level best to eliminate and destroy it." The British government rushed 1.800 more troops into the province in preparation for the traditionally explosive summer season of Protestant parades celebrating historic events in the centuries of Protestant Catholic warfare in in Northern Ireland. The first parade is Wednesday. The reinforcements bring the garrison to 16.800 men. Suicide Offer Used As Bait For Terrorist's Confession By MARCUS ELIASON Associated Press Writer LOD. Israel (API An Israeli general testified today a he tricked Japanese terrorist KOJO Okamoto into confessing his part in the Tel Aviv airport massacre by promising him "my revolver and one bullet" to commit suicide.

Maj. Gen. Rehevam Zeevi, chief of Israel's Central Army Command, was asked if he meant to keep his agreement with Okamoto. "God forbid it was oniv bait." the beefy, bespectacled general replied. Zeevi testified on the second day of the military trial for the machine-gun and grenade attack by Okamoto and two other Japanese working for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Twenty-eight persons including the other two Japanese were killed, and 67 were wounded. "I made my offer after six or seven hours in which he refused lo talk." Zeevi said Journal "When I made the proposal, his moulh opened in a smile andhe.talked." The chief defense lawyer. Max Kritzman. brought Zeevi into the case to prove his contention that ihe confession had been made under duress. Zeevj testified (hat he believed at Ihe time thai another Japanese killer was still at large.

"It was an operational plan to save lives, and anything serving this purpos was per- ActionLine 2 Births 12 Bridge 3 Classified 17-20 Columnists 4-5 Comics 21 Crossword 16 Dear Ahoy 6 Dear Jane 23 Financial to Heloise 6 nesaid. The general said he and the 24-year-old signed a written contract in which Okamoto promised to give all information "honeslly and.m full." and Zeevi promised lhat the interrogation was ended, he would giveOkamoto a gun "tor hisown use Okamolo pleaded guilty Monday to the four charges against him. three of which are punishable by death. Horoscope 8 Hospitals 12 leisure 9 Markets Obituaries Opinions 4.5 Rem.When 3 Sports IM5 Television 9 Weather Women the biggest it has been in the three years of communal turmoil. In the wake of the collapse Sunday night of the IRA ceasefire, army headquarters reported 232 shooting incidents in Belfast between 8 a.m.

Monday and 4.40 a.m. today. i i i in 146 of the shootouts and claimed they killed or wounded 15 gunmen. Protestants and Catholics fought in the other clashes The hooded body of a murdered man in his 20s was found near the center of Belfast, shot in the chest and head He was the 414th confirmed fatality in the three years of communal warfare, since cease-fire ended and the 23rd since it began two weeks ago Most of the (alter were murdered similarly, apparently settling old scores. Bombs damaged stores, offices and homes in three areas oi Belfast.

Flying glass injured five persons Other explosions wrecked properly in Londonderry. Strabane. Maghersfell and Armagh but caused no casualties "We are now back lo square one," said IRA chieftain Martin McGuinness campaign has restarted, and there will be more violence than before.".