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STATE ft 5v i-j-jjr i luwiii un it i. rfjt.ir J- ii'iriiniii ii ifnrwr-'-- 7 i i if -iTn nr'" tii. iimimiMmirfniti urn Manatee Plant wins state nod, 1-B Tampa Smut case delayed, 1-B ill nil II fvi rlMail m- Tv- 'WWlMMIMIWMl'IIUJJ niiiiimitiiiiiiimiiUMi i.i :ili.iiiirtintomitrii'iiiiin.i ir THE TAMFA TRIBUNE 78th YEARNo. 156 FOUR SECTIONS 80 PAGES TAMPA, FLORIDA, 1972 PRICE TEN CENTS Both Decisions Split 5-4 rikes Death Penal Supreme Court Mules Newsmen Must Divulse Sources 1 mm msmMsmmm 'Nixon 4' Dissent On Death Ban McGovern's Calif. Win Is 'Halved9 'Free Press9 Amendment No Immunity SIT I ST I I .3 I 4 mm WASHINGTON tfl In a dramatic blow to Sen.

George S. McGovern, the Democratic Credentials Committee voted by a narrow margin yesterday to strip the front-running presidential contender of 151 of the 270 delegates he won in the California primary. Climaxing an often heated, three-hour debate that included charges of political arm-twisting, the credentials panel awarded 151 of the delegates McGovern won in the winner take-all California primary to candidates who trailed in the voting. The vote was 72 to 66. From Tribune Wires WASHINGTON- Newsmen, like all citizens, have an obligation to answer grand jury subpoenas and supply information in investigations, the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 yesterday.

The decision, in three cases, flatly rejected the contention the First Amendment grants reporters a special immunity to protect them from disclosing material they have obtained from confidential sources. Justice Byron R. White, writing for the majority, said: "The Constitution does not, as it never has, exempt the newsman from performing the citizen's normal duty of appearing and furnishing1 information relevant to the grand jury's" task." WHITE WAS backed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and Justices Harry A. Blackmum, Lewis F.

Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist, the four Nixon administration appointees to the court. Justice Potter Stewart, in dissent, said the ruling "invites state and federal authorities to undermine the historic independence of the press by attempting to annex the journalistic profession as an investigative arm of government." Powell, one of the majority justices, disputed this contention in a separate opinion. He said: "The solicitude repeatedly shown Please See Page 8, Col.

3 THE ACTION, vfcfcb ffil fce appealed on the floor of Ohe party's national convention in Miami Beach next month, will probably make more difficult McGovern's search for support among uncommitted delegates. The realignment, spearheaded by forces of Sen. i Hubert H. Humphrey, was on grounds that the California winner-take-all primary disenfranchised the 55 per cent of the state's electorate that voted against McGovern. The challengers also contended the primary violated in spirit a prohibition by McGovern's party reform commission against unit rule.

After the ruling McGovern declared he would not support the nominee of the con-Please See Page 22, Col. 1 Decision "hailed and blasted, 6-A. (e) New Tork Timet Newt Service WASHINGTON The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that capital punishment, as presently administered in the United States was unconstitutional, "cruel and unusual" punishment. The historic decision came on a vote of 5 to 4, in a two-page, unsigned opinion. Although the five justices in the majority issued separate opinions and did not agree on a single reason for.

their action, the effect of the holding appeared to be to rule out executions, under, any capital punishment laws now in effect in this country. 1 IT WILL ALSO save from execution 600 condemned men and women now on death rows in the United States, although it did not overturn their convictions. Most will be held in prison for the remainder of their lives, but under some states' procedures some of them may eventually gain their freedom. The decision pitted the five holdovers of the more liberal Warren Court against the four appointees of President Nixon, who dissented. Three of the majority justices, William 0.

Douglas, William J. Breenan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, concluded that executions in modern-day America necessarily violate the Eighth Amendment's pro-Please See Page 6, Col. 4 McGovern After Bad News vows fight at convention Inside 1 No Jubilation Speculation Mounts On Viet Talk Progress On Death Row Hillsborough officials They said the law could see problems, 12-A. mean futile for discipline.

Please See Page 9, Col. 3 Harness Flaw Forces Huge Ford Recall DETROIT (UPI) Ford Motor Co. yesterday announced the recall of four million 1970 and 1971 model sedans and station wagons to replace a faulty part on the shoulder safety belts. P. E.

Benton general manager of the Ford Customer Service Division, said only a small percentage of the belt assemblies are faulty. THE FAULTY part, Benton said Ford plastic locking device which holds the stud of the shoulder belts to the lap belts. Benton said some of these plastic locks "have Please See Page 9, Col. 7 at i Senate passes anti-poverty bill, 18-A. U.S.

chess champion Bobby Fischer wages war of nerves, 7-A. South Vietnamese press attack in Quang Tri, 3-A. Astrology 16-IV Canada Newsletter 10-A Business 11-B Citrus 11-B Classified 7-24-C Comics 12, 13-IV Crossword 14-IV Deaths 15-IV Editorials 20-A Financial 11-15-B Fishing 6-C Goren on Bridge 14-IV Graham 10-IV Landers 4-IV Morning After 1-C Sylvia Porter 16-B Sports 1-7-C Television 8-IV Theaters 11-IV Van Dellen 14-IV Wishing Well 6-IV Women 3-IV "not presume to answer such questions just before a news conference," Later he added in response to further questioning that he was "sure the President will make news" at the session, for which Nixon was flying back late in the day. Ziegler said Nixon would have no announcement to make before taking questions. Ziegler has hedged on the question of whether the White House has had through private channels any word from North Vietnam on results of a politburo war policy review in Hanoi.

He told reporters he had nothing new to report "at this moment." At the same time, he said the situation remained unchanged from Saturday when presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger reported the White House did not yet have any "clear indication that the Communist side was ready to resume substantive Kissinger's No. 2 man, Maj. Gen. Alexander M.

Haig was to leave yesterday with a staff of seven top experts on a fact-finding survey in Vietnam and Cambodia. Haig and his team will confer with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Please See Page 19, Col. 3 WASHINGTON (UPI) -Amid indications there might be some movement in Vietnam peace negotiations, the White House promised yesterday that President Nixon "will make news" at his first nationally broadcast session with reporters in more than a year. The President was preparing himself for the questioning at the 9 p.m; EDT news conference at his Camp David mountain top retreat as spec-, ulation increased in diplomatic circles that something might be afoot.

ASKED ABOUT this speculation, Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said, "I would From Tribune Wires TALLAHASSEE The 97 condemned Florida prisoners, whose lives were spared by the U.S. Supreme Court, could turn into "very dangerous" people if kept behind bars with no hope of parole, State Corrections Director Louie L. Wainwright warned yesterday. "When you take away hope from a man, you have a dangerous man.

He has nothing to lose," Wainwright said shortly after the court's 5-4 decision invalidating capital punishment was handed down in Washington. THE CONDEMNED prisoners tended to agree with him. Although there was shouting and yelling when they first learned of the court ruling, joy was clouded by thoughts they would have no hope of parole. feSi5 ftM A i IkVV Retail, Wholesale Prices Frozen Clamps Put On Some Food Markups sotfght to put the pressure of controls on profit margins and price markups on fruits, vegetables and seafood sold primarily at wholesale and retail. Donald Rumsfeld, director of the Cost of Living Council, said Nixon's action "cannot drive food prices down.

Only increased supply or reduced demand could do that LAST WEEK, Nixon decid reduce the supply of meat and other fresh foods. As for the impact on inflation, the items put under price controls yesterday make up about 2.5 per cent of the government's Cost of Living Index. The items comprise about 11 per cent of the food component of the index, or about $12 billion worth of transactions. The effect of the action is to WASHINGTON CD President Nixon extended price controls yeaterday to fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs and seafood after the first sale by the producer. The move was expected to have little immediate effect on soaring food-costs.

In removing the current exemption on raw agricultural products at all levels except the farm, the President ed to lift meat import quotas for the remainder of this year in order to increase beef and pork supplies and put downward pressure on the retail cost of meat. Nixon backed off from extending controls to the farm, an action that would require many additional Price Commission employes and could, according to administration economists, cut off or sharply try to put wholesalers and retailers under the same profit restraints and markup provisions that apply to processors. The retail cost of meat is covered by controls. The Price Commission's regulations limit wholesalers and retailers to price increases that can be justified by allowable costs. In addi- Please See Page 18, Col.

1 Today's Chuckle Santa Claus didn't make it back to the North Pole last Christmas. He's still down at the Internal Revenue office trying to explain the $7 billion be put down for gifts. Hijacking Suspect FBI agents escort 28-year-old Martin McNally to an arraignment in Detroit yesterday after the man was arrested in connection with the June 22 $502,000 hijacking of an American Airlines jetliner. Story, Page.