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July Moines 8, 1972 Tribune Page Rockets Slam Excitement Missing at Caucuses Republicans-- Continued from Page One Dahl; a black woman. Mrs. Mary Majors, 60, of Keokuk: and an elected state official, Lt. Gov. Roger Jepsen of Davenport.

I'll bet Clif Larson (the Iowa Democratic chairman) will when he sees that said one Republican leader in reference to the hub-bub over party reform in the Democratic Party. Party officials said Saturday they are pleased that five of Iowa's 22 delegates to the national convention (23 per cent) will be younger than 30. They noted that only 15 per cent of the lowa delegation to the Democratic National Convention is younger than 30 "We're very happy to have this kind of representation." said Iowa Republican Chairman John McDonald of Dallas Cen-1 ter. "This is very healthy for us. It.

shows young people and everyone else that we really care." 1968 Convention McDonald said that "as near lv as I can discover. I don't think there was anyone under 30 in the regular delegation to the national convention 111 1968. although I think there was at least one alternate delegate der that Republicans fell short. however, of their goal expressed before the state convention of electing a national delegation that was 50 per cent female. It will he 41 per cent female the same ratio the Democrats came up with for their 1972 national convention delegation.

"That 50 per cent. was An ideal McDonald said. "And what we have this time is a pretty dramatic change from anything we've had belore." In 1968. the Towa GOP national convention delegation was only about 20 per cent female. Party leaders had said it would be easier to pick a more representative delegation this vear because of the fact that President Nixon is virtually in Towa for re-elecunopposed tion wiping out the complicating factor of candidate loyalty i in the delegate selection process.

Other Delegates During the six district callcuses Republicans held Friday night, seven women and 11 men picked as national delewere One-third of these selecgates. tions were to be ratified by the full convention later Saturday. Also Saturday, the full conwas to elect four more vention national delegates. They were expected to be McDonald, the state chairman: Patricia Pardun of Brandon, state vicechairman: Charles Wittenof Davenport, Iowa nameyer tional GOP committeeman; and Mary Louise Smith of Des Moines, the national woman. The choosing of the 18 delegates Friday night caused little excitement at the district caulcuses.

In the Fourth District, which includes Polk County and nine other south-central counties, the process of picking the district's three representatives at the national convention took but 20 minutes. The fourth district candidates, including Dennis Jontz. 24. a Drake University law dent. were elected without opposition.

When Gov. Robert Ray ad dressed the Fourth District caucus, he seemed a bit apologetic for the lack of excitement. "I've been to a lot of political conventions where there was a lot of controversy and turmoil. said Ray, a former GOP state chairman. 'But now we've Grin and Bear It Kochiu Wenshan UD Buffer Zone Railroad Pipeline Under Construction 25 CHINA Major Bombings Pipeline Miles (Ha Wide Hokou' Bang, Nanning Lao Cay Lungchow NORTH Chungtso Lai Chau Pinghsiang VIETNAM' 25 Tuyen Quang Son.

Miles Pong Saly Nghia Lo Thai Wide Black 0 CO Dien Bien Phu 3 Cai ox Son Lay Kep River Hon 18 Hanoi Haiphong, LAOS SNam Dinh Gulf of Tonkin Map by Tribune Artist Harold Wilson Reds Finding Way to Get In Supplies The North Vietnamese are busy finding ways to overcome efforts of the United States to block the flow of supplies from Russia and China. The map above locates the port of Haiphong, which has been mined to prevent the entry of cargo ships, and shows where major air strikes have been made along highways and railroads. But American officials, according to Newsweek magazine. say the Communists have "very nearly completed" a new un-4-inch pipeline running from Hanoi to the Chinese city of Pinghsiang on the border. The pipeline has flexible joints so it can be adjusted to any terrain and is painted black to prevent detection, even from the new laser- guided "smart bombs." The Into Allied Bases War-Continued from Page One miles to the north, a South Vietnamese counteroffensive continued to encounter stiff resistance on the southern and eastern edges of Quang Tri City.

The U.S. Command also reported that an American artillery battery accidentally fired into a U.S. infantry patrol nine miles west of Da Nang on Friday, killing two Americans and wounding eight. Second Error In a second mistaken attack, two Air Force F4 Phantoms accidentally dropped bombs on a South Vietnamese position in the central highlands seven miles northwest of Kontum City, killing six government soldiers and wounding six, the command said. Associated Press correspondent Holger Jensen reported from the northern front that South Vietnamese paratroopers advancing on Quang Tri City were stalled for the second day by North Vietnamese forces.

Lt. Col. Do Viet. a chief: spokesman for the Saigon command, said that South Vietnamese paratroopers searching the southeastern edges of Quang Tri City about a half mile from the Citadel came under shelling attack for the second day. He said seven soldiers were wounded.

Radio Hanoi Saturday denied reports that Saigon troops have entered Quang Tri City. broadcast, monitored in Tokyo, said the official North Vietnamese paper Nhan Dan published an article by one of its correspondents on the front discounting the Saigon report. Saigon reported Friday that South Vietnamese troops were in control of two-thirds of the city, including the railroad station. Quang Tri Province fell to the Communists May 1. Newsmen Wounded.

Two NBC newsmen. correspondent Bob Jones and cameraman Hoang Trong Nghia, were slightly wounded Friday in Quang Tri City. Jones suffered a finger wound and Nghia was hit in the neck, apparently by grenade fragments. They were the twentythird and twenty-fourth newsmen wounded during coverage of the North Vietnamese offensive that began Mar. 30.

Nine were employed by NBC news. On the western flanks of Hue, North Vietnamese gunners pumped about 350 artillery, mortar and recoilless rifle shells into government positions and launched two ground assaults. Other rockets slammed into Allied bases at Phu Bai and Da Nang to the south. The U.S. command said one American was killed and several buildings and vehicles sustained light damage in a 12- round rocket barrage on the Da Nang Air Base.

Obituaries MRS. INEZ POLLARD IVERSON Services for Mrs. Inez Pollard Iverson. 74, of 232 S.E. Park will be at 10 a.m.

Monday at Dunn's Funeral Home on S.W. Ninth Street. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. at Bingham Township Cemetery, Woden. Mrs.

Iverson died of a heart attack Thursday at her home following a four month illness. Born in Missouri. Mrs. son lived in Des Moines for two years. She had previously lived in 1 Mason City.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Charles Drake of Mason City, Mrs. Paul Nyman of Fontana, Mrs. Gene Carroll and Mrs. Gladys Natson, both of Des Moines: two sons, Eugene Pollard of Albert Lea, and Raymond Pollard, of Denver.

19 grandchildren; and 3 greatgrandchildren. HEAVEN TO 7 and BOYS WORLD Closed This Sunday Monday to prepare for our annual SUMMER FESTIVAL OF BARGAINS SALE STARTS 9 A.M. TUESDAY Look for separate charge and cash check out counters. Sizes for infants, toddlers, girls to size 14, boys to size 20. McNEAL CENTER HEAVEN 10 Merle Urbandale Hay Rd.

Ave. at (a few blocks south grows to: 14 of Merle Hay Plaza) to Regular Store Hours During Sale: BOYS WORLD Open 9-9 Saturday 9-6 1-5 Sunday SIZES 203 Mon. thru Fri. Famous Brands You Know and Trust Des Moines' Only Children's Department Store Three Prosecutors Cost About $82,000 Legend pipeline is capable of supplying up to one-third of North Vietnam's oil Newsweek also reports that the Communists have taken advantage of a 25-mile-deep bomb-free zone along the Chinese border to build up a "massive stockpile of supples." The United States is not bombing close to China to avoid angering Peking. But United States officials say they are not greatly concerned because to get the supplies from the bomb-free zone to the fighting forces in the South, the war materiel still must be moved over existing roads and rail lines--all prime bombing targets for U.S.

planes. Military sources, however, cite the build-up of supplies and the new pipeline as signs that the North Vietnamese don't plan to give up the struggle for the South. BLOODY TREACHERY, INTRIGUE IN ICELAND SAGAS Chess of Yore: King's Head Was a Prize NEW YORK. N.Y. (AP) The insulted egos and whiteknuckled tensions before the Fischer-Spassky world championship chess match may seem to be a blazing battle, but pale beside the tales of bloodthirsty games in medieval Iceland.

Chessboards in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were often the center of treachery, revenge, intrigue and murder, according to sagas of the time. Games were often interrupted because somebody was getting hacked to pieces. When a certain King Louis lost a chess game to Rognvald, he stood up in a fury, shoved his chessmen into a bag and smashed his opponent in the face with it, leaving him a bloody mess. "Take that!" exclaimed the king. Split King's Skull Rognvald rode off in a panic.

But his brother stayed to split the king's skull open. come a long way to get a solid, unified party, and it was well worth The delegates named at the district caucuses: First District Dahl and Mrs. Majors. Lieutenant Governor Jepsen was chosen as the delegate-at-large to be ratified by the convention Saturday. Second District (11 northeast lowa counties) Miss Kitty Ellsworth.

22, of Dubuque, and Mrs. Jill Tracy. 38. of Manchester. Churchill T.

Williams, 56. of Oelwein. was named delegate-at-large. Third District north-central counties) State Senator John Mowry. 66, of Marshalltown, and Jim Sulentic, 43, of Cedar Falls.

Larry Nielsen, 25. of Aurora, was named delegateat-large. Fourth District Jontz and Mrs. Ann Miletick of Albia, a veteran party worker. Governor Ray was named delegate atlarge.

Fifth District (25 southwest SUPER I SuPER DISCOUNTS CALE DA POW KERS DATES 7-6 Field Enterprises, Inc. only a year old and already he's hooked by his first television Ellsberg-- another have a courtroom showdown are one of the most expensive sive elements in the democratic process. The trial of the Rev. Philip Berrigan and other Roman Catholic militants in Harrisburg, earlier this year, for example, cost the defense about $500.000. "Pauper" That was with two of the defense attorneys, including former Atty.

Gen. Ramsey Clark, donating their services and with two of the defendants paid for by the government as "paupers." Had the defense not rested its case in Harrisburg without presenting a single witness, the cost might have been about 50 per cent higher. The Chicago Seven trial, which lasted several months in late 1969 and early 1970, is estimated to have cost the defense almost $1 million. Although it involved some different issues and charges, the recent trial of Angela Davis in San Jose. was similarly expensive.

Little is known about the total defense expenses in the Davis case money is still being raised to pay them but the California Legislature has appropriated almost $1 million pay the special prosecution 'costs. including extraordinary security arrangements at the courthouse. Scheinbaum. an economist and philanthropist who was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Santa Barbara, this year, was himself shocked to discover the magnitude of his fund-raising task in the Ellsberg-Russo case. When he was recruited for the job last fall, without pay, he thought his goal would be $250,000.

With a few zealous supporters willing to donate more than $10.000 each, that seemed attainable. Skyrocket Continued from Page One But the cost soon skyrocketed. when the Justice Department added Russo to the indictment (instead of merely calling him as a grand jury witness) and when the trial was delayed until this summer. Each time the defense has won postponement on a pretrial issue, and each time U.S. District Court Judge W.

Matt Byrne. has delayed a ruling over a weekend, Scheinbaum has shuddered. The way I he calculates it. this phase of the case costs about $15.000 a week. That includes a large arsenal of lawyers.

A few, members of a left-leaning law commune here called the "Bar Sinister," refuse to accept more than $1.250 a month for their part in defending Russo. But even at half their normal MRS. FANNIE GRANT (The Tribune's lowa News Service) ROLFE, IA. Services for Mrs. Fannie Grant, 105, of rural Rolfe, the community's oldest resident, will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday at the Rolfe United Methodist Church. Mrs. Grant died Friday at Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas. Surviving are three daughters, Aletta Grant with whom she made her home, and Ivyl Grant and Mrs. Gladys Johnson, both of Des Moines; four grandchildren; 18 great children and four great-greatgrandchildren.

IT'S SMART TO READ THE ARE WASTER fees a reduction they have voluntarily agreed to some of Ellsberg's lawyers, including Leonard Boudin and former U.S. Senator Charles E. Goodell, are very expensive (exactly how expensive, Scheinbaum won't reveal). "There's a lot of arm-twisting in this thing," says Scheinbaum of his efforts to keep costs down. Without feeling the slightest bit disloyal, he was delighted this week when Byrne refused to grant the defense request for an evidentiary hearing on its claim that Ellsberg and Russo are the victims of "selective prosecution." Back East The bill for bringing witnesses here, housing and feedthem, and sending them back home to the east cost would have been $10.000.

Some expenses exasperate Scheinbaum, but he does not find out about them in time to raise objections. It cost the defense $3.000, for example, to seek dismissal of the indictment through a special motion complaining that the Justice Department had violated grand jury secrecy by disclosing the indictment to newsmen in Washington while it was still under seal here last December. Surprising almost no one. that motion was denied at once by the judge. Plane Fares These stories are sagas from Willard Fiske's "Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic Literature," published in 1905.

It is said that American chess whiz Bobby Fischer has gotten the highest stakes in history of chess for his series beginning Tuesday in Reykjavik with Russia's Spassky, the world champion. Even though thousands of dollars of prize money are on the line, today's championship prize IS chicken feed. Rognvald played King Louis for his head. A woman was the prize in one knightly Saga. A king put up his horse, falcon and sword for a maiden and engaged in a game, winner take all.

The king lost. He left the game on foot, unarmed and unloved. "Little consolation do you derive from the game of chess for now own your costly objects!" said his competitor. Talk about concentration. To- and central counties) Ralph Wollenhaupt, 54, of Fontanelle, and Mrs.

Pauline Schnepp of Sidney, the Fremont County party co-chairman. Jerry Parkin, 22, of Ames, was named delegate District at-large. (22 northwest counties) Harry J. Minglin, 71, of Auburn, and Mrs. Rachel Evans of Fort Dodge, the Webster County party co-chairman.

Mrs. Betty Schutter. 53, of Algona, was named delegate-atlarge. Race Typhoon In Rescue Try AGANA. GUAM (AP) A Japanese merchant vessel raced a typhoon across the Pacific Saturday in a attempt to rescue crew members of a B52 bomber that crashed into the ocean.

The ship was expected to arrive at the crash scene, 300 miles west of here about the same time the centeer of a tropical storm is due, the U.S. Air Force said. Four crewmen had been sighted by sunset Friday, bobbing in individual yellow life rafts in the 10-foot waves. All were alive. Two other crewmen have not been located by the seven aircraft circling the area.

The big bomber went down about one hour after taking off from Andersen Air Force Base from a target in Vietnam. None of the crewmen was from lowa. It was the eighth time in the Indochina war that one of the mammoth bombers has been lost to non-hostile causes. Correction Samuel Henry Redshaw, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Sydney H. Redshaw of 4037 Amick will be installed as master councilor of the Alverson Chapter of the Order of the DeMolay at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Acanthus Masonic Temple. Redshaw was incorrectly identified as Samuel Henry Bradshaw in Friday's Tribune. day, Fischer feels the glare of the elaborate chess table in Reykjavik may be too bright.

It may distract him. Fischer could take a lesson from King Valdemar, in the year 1157. The king concentrated SO hard on his chess game that when Canute gave him a big kiss, he didn't even look up from the board. It took a troop of enemy soldiers rushing into the room to get his attention. The king leapt up to fight.

He fell with a wounded thigh. But his men covered him with their bodies for protection. They were chopped to bits, and the king escaped. The game was never finished. Deep Concentration Concentration could have been the downfall of Eric Plovpenning, a wise ruler, it is said.

He was lured to the chess table by his blackhearted brother in the summer of 1250. The brother abused Eric as he sat ing chess, and Eric was killed Was Thrown From Cycle At Impact Fatality-- Continued from Page One ations and later released, authorities said. Sheriff's deputies charged Harrison with intoxication, driving without a license, backing onto a road way, and manslaughter. He was being held in Polk County Jail Saturday on $1.400 total bond after pleading innocent to the charges before Justice of the Peace Dorothy Nelson. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for July 10.

Womack said witnesses reported that a northbound car had swerved to the right, narrowly avoiding a collision as Harrison backed out of the driveway just before Evatt's motorcycle struck the car. Evatt was thrown 44 feet from the motorcycle upon impact and Lair was thrown 134 feet, authorities said. Evatt is survived by his wife. Doretta and a 1-year-old son. Michael: his parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Nels Evatt of Russell: three sisters, Mrs. Donna Davis of 4110 E. Twenty-seventh Mrs.

Virginia Austen of 2525 E. Thirty-ninth and Vikki Evatt of 1351 Richmond and a brother. Richard, of 4501 N.E. Aurora Ave. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hamilton's Funeral Home.

vatt was the sixteenth Towan to die in traffic accidents in Iowa since 5 p.m. Thursday. Traffic accidents on the state's road and highways have claimed the lives of 375 persons SO far this year. Global Presley Show? MEMPHIS, TENN. (AP) Elvis Presley is planning a 60- minute world-wide television program that will originate from Hawaii in October or early November, the Memphis Commercial Appeal says.

The program will be beamed via communications satellites. that very night. "Poor King! Little did he merit so cruel a checkmate! was the comment from Fiske. Stormy Prelude To the Fight REYKJAVIK, ICELAND (AP)-Whether the world chess championship would take place was uncertain until an hour before titlist Boris Spassky of Russia and American challenger Bobby Fischer drew lots Thursday night, sources say. The Russians asked that Spassky be permitted to rest until Tuesday and Fischer demanded days off because of his religion if the match ran past August, the informants said Friday.

Both disputes were solved when the contestants confirmed about 50 minutes before the draw that they would play. The first game in the 24-game series begins Tuesday. During the bickering. referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany threatened to quit. CARL JAMES DAVIS Services for Carl James Davis, 50, of 1303 College will be at 1 p.m.

Monday at Union Baptist Church. with burial in Glendale Cemetery. Mr. Davis died at Broadlawns Polk County Hospital Wednesday as a result of an automobile accident. CARL JAMES A lifetime DAVIS Des Moines resident, he was an employe of Wilson Packing Co.

Survivors include his wife. Bernice: a daughter, Connie; four sons. Michael, Carl, Craig, Terry; and his parents Mr. and Mrs. James Jacobs, all of Des Moines.

A wake will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Fowler Funeral Home. Other costs to the defense include housing many of their aides and assistants (in a modern apartment complex that is a 15-minute walk from the U.S. Courthouse here), frequent transcontinental plane fares and endless court transcripts. The prosecution shares many similar costs.

One prosecutor, Warren P. Reese, for example, lives in San Diego but stays in a hotel here all week long. "Our lawyers don't charge as much as the others." savs one Justice Department spokesman in Washington. But, in fact, the three prosecutors in the case, who have worked almost exclusively on it for nearly a year, earn an annual total of about $82,000. Chief Prosecutor David R.

Nissen refuses to discuss who else has worked on the Ellsberg-Russo case, but the chief of the Los Angeles office of the FBI and an aide from the Justice Department's Internal Security Division are in the courtroom every day. The court costs themselves with the judge earning an annual salary of $40.000 also could be added to the tally of government expenses. So could much of the FBI's investigative work in the case. Government officials insist, however, that any such calculations are unrealistic. since many of the costs would be borne by the government whether this case were on trial or not.

Des Moines Tribune Published every day except Sunday by DES NOINES REGISTER AND TRIBUNE COMPANY 715 Locust St. Des Moines, la. 50304 Vol. 91 No. 275 July 7, 1972 News Offices MAIN OFFICE 75 Locust Street Box 957 Moines, Iowa (50304) WASHINGTON, D.C.

Clark Mollenhoff, Chief of Bureau 952 National Press Bldg. (20004) AMES Michael G. Bryson, Correspondent 537 Main Street (50010) By mail on R.F.D, routes in lowa and in lowa towns where evening Tribune carrier-service is not available, $26.00 A year. By mail outside of Iowa, $36.40 a year, 70c a week. Second class postage paid at Des Moines, Iowa.

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RIVERVIEW PARK 8th CORNING, DES MOINES ALL.

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