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George McGovern, assured of the platform he sought and a first-ballot victory tonight in the Democratic presidential balloting, considered a list of presidential 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 history of either party before tonight's climatic meeting at which McGovern was sched- More convention coverage, pages 4-A, 1-B.

By ARCHIE BLOUNT Times Staff Writer Hillsborough County commissioners today will decide which one of their department heads they will support in a heated controversy resulting from a county pollution citation issued last week to county mosquito control director Dan Gorman. The citation was issued by county environmental protection commission director Roger Stewart resulting from damage done to a nurseryman's plants after Gorman's department sprayed a county creek with herbicides. Since the citation, Gorman has halted all of his department's operations, including the spraying of the county for mosquito control. Both Stewart and Gorman appeared yesterday at the meeting of the county commission, which sat at the county environmental protection commission. Stewart drew criticism from three of the four commissioners for citing Gorman.

"I don't think Roger Stewart is God Almighty," Commissioner Clarence Pre-vatt said. Commissioners Ray Campo and Frank Neff both indicated they did not support Stewart's citation. However, Neff said his disagreement with Stewart over the citation did not mean he has lost confidence in Stewart as director of the county pollution control department. Neff is chairman of the county pollution control commission. The blasts by the commissioners nearly made Stewart resign.

After the meeting, Stewart said, "I came very close to quitting." Most of the criticism came from Campo and Prevatt. Prevatt said he resented "these things being boiled out in the newspapers" and suggested Stewart settle the See COUNTY, page 3-A night on the floor of the Democratic National Convention. She identified herself as Susan Malkin of Ft. Lee, N.J., an alternate delegate. "Free Martha" buttons have appeared on many lapels at the convention, referring to the complaint of Mrs.

Mitchell that she is a "political prisoner." (AP) New face on the floor A blonde girl wearing a false face which looked like President Nixon and straw hat labeled "Free Martha Mitchell" caused quite a commotion last S. Viets under attack SAIGON South Vietnamese troops trying to retake Quang Tri City were counterattacked by a tank-led Communist force yesterday. The Saigon command said eight North Vietnamese tanks were knocked out in fighting that still raged at dawn today. The U.S. Command said today a U.S.

jet fighter-bomber was shot down in a dogfight near Hanoi yesterday. In another delayed report, it said a U.S. Marine Corps A6 intruder fighter-bomber was downed last Friday by Communist antiaircraft fire 33 miles southwest of Quang Tri City. The four crewmen from the two planes were listed as missing. Other Phantom pilots swept to within 40 miles of the Chinese border yesterday to knock out the Lang Met Highway bridge over the Trung River 40 miles northeast of Hanoi, the command said.

Spassky favored to win REYKJAVIK, Iceland Defending champion Boris Spassky was favored by the experts to beat American challenger Bobby Fischer in the opening game of the world chess match when play resumes this afternoon. The opener of the richest chess competition in history adjourned last night after 4 hours and 34 minutes of play and 40 moves by each player. The game was to resume at 5 p.m. (1 p.m. EDT).

Nations talk here on meat WASHINGTON Continuing its attempts to drive down meat prices, the administration invited representatives of 12 nations to a meeting today to discuss ways of increasing imports into the American market. Charles W. Bray III, a state department spokesman, said the representatives of the 12 trading partners will be told their 1973 quotas for meat imports into the United States will depend upon how they respond to the U.S. request for increased imports this year. "This government when it considers 1973 quotas will loosen the quotas for those who help us in 1972 that is, the performance of the exporting countries in response to the president's appeal will be a very heavily weighted factor in setting next year's quotas," Bray said.

Suicide wish revealed TEL AVIV An army general testified today that Kozo Okamoto wanted to commit suicide "in the shortest possible time" after his participation in the Lod Airport massacre. Maj. Gen. Rehavam Ze'Evi was recalled to the stand in the military court trying Okamoto for his life to present his written agreement with the young Japanese. The agreement was that, in exchange for a confession, Ze'Evi would give Okamoto a pistol and a bullet so he could commit suicide.

Okamoto has admitted in court that he was a member of the three-man Japanese death squad which made the attack. The new politics foils old politicos uled 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. Ribi-coff could nominate the 49-year-old South Dakota senator to head the Democratic ticket this November.

Speculation turned immediately to possible running mates after the withdrawal of Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey and Edmund S. Muskie yesterday assured McGovern's nomination. Kennedy was clearly his top choice despite repeated statements he is unavailable.

A close personal friend of Kennedy, Sen. John V. Tun-ney of California, 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, tomorrow to appear at the convention with the nominee. McGovern's aides said that others under consideration include: United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock; Sens.

Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri and Abraham A. Ri- Scc KENNEDY, page 3-A who knew best what to say to each delegates. But McGovern had plenty of help from his rivals for the presidential nomination, who made about every mistake in the book. And they were the ones who were supposed to be such pros.

First, they could not agree among themselves which one of them they should rally behind. Each one Gov. George Wallace, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Sen. Edmund Muskie, Sen.

Harry See THE NEW, page 3-A right if you said there are 3,016 reasons why Sen. George McGovern not only survived but slaughtered the stop-McGovern drive here in the early days of the 1972 Democratic National Convention. For 3,017 is the number of delegate votes, and each one represents a different human being, each with an individual personal background and reason for occupying a seat on the convention floor. Better than any other force in this convention, McGovern and his staff made it their business beginning months ago to know each of those By JOHN PERRY Times Staff Writer MIAMI BEACH How did McGovern stop the stop-McGovern drive? You could say it's because you can't stop somebody with nobody. You could say it's because Johnny-come-latelys seldom get there first.

You could say it's because old dogs know only old tricks. And old faces are out in the new politics. You could say all of those things and still be right. You would be even more delegates and what makes them tick. When the crunch came, in the opening-night floor fight over which delegates to seat, it was the McGovern aides Low water pressure hampers hospifa A nurse at Tampa General Hospital said she had noticed this morning the water at the Davis Islands hospital was InsideThe Times dle the water situation, Stasell said, "I know damned well he (Mayor Dick Greco) hasn't' got any water.

I went down-and met with the mayor on the first crisis, and he told us what his plans were going to do. "It seems to me that they hung their hat on the hurricane (Hurricane Agnes) and didn't do anything," he said. Thatcher Glass isn't the See WATER, page 3-A for Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Co. at 11316 46th said the plant began drawing watsr from the company's 250,000 gallon tank used to support the plants fire system. "That's what I'm using for water now.

I started using that yesterday when the pressure started dropping. But I can't use it forever," Stasell said. Commenting on the city administration's ability to han Meanwhile, Tampans are under ban on all non-essential water usage, the second in five weeks. This one came at noon yesterday when the city water treatment plant began having failures in chemical feeders the apparatus used to help purify the city's drinking water. And drinking water is not all that is being affected this time.

Don Stasoll, plant manager City council delays water decision, 8-C. Wallace, who didn't get home until 2 a.m. this morning because of the water crisis, said St. Joseph's was prepared to charge its system with its own wells an alternative that hospital could use when in dire need. Nurses on the third floor newborn infant nursery said water pressure was slightly low at 11 p.m.

last night, improved by 1:30 a.m. this morning and was sluggish around 5 a.m. By ABBY KAIGHIN AND RICHARD FRANKLIN Times staff writers Newborn babies had to be washed in bottled water at St. Joseph's Hospital because of water pressure problem in the city's water system. Water could not reach into the' upper floors of the eight-floor hospital on Buffalo Avenue for some time yesterday, according to Raymond Wallace, a plant engineer at St.

Joseph's. BayLife Sect. Business 7-C Charlie Robins 1-D Classified Sect. Comics 5, 8-D Crossword 8-D Dateline 1-B Dear Abby 3-D Deaths 2-D Editorials 6-A Food Sect. Frank Klein 1-C Jeane Dixon 7-D Movies 7-D Sports 1-6-C Television 6-D Tempo 2-D WeatherScope 2-A "sluggish," but plant engineers were not on duty at press time to comment on the later situation..