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Fate, Of Delegates Gov. MM II 1 mM IWI A'l tI ti bill Ilk. II II 11 i I I Now In Hands 1' I i 1 Of Highest Court eadls la euvs cscj uyiyB cQiciiiuami -Conveiraon- The court must decide, wheth WASHINGTON (AP) The fate af a bloc of Democratic National Convention delegates that could give Sen. George McGovern a first-ballot presi- ldential nomination rested today with the Supreme mi Ala Governor Thanks Group At Hospital- SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) George C.

Wallace ended 54 days of. hospitalization: today those-who "saved my life" and '-sped to ward resumption of his gover norship in Alabama and his quest for "the presidency in Miami Beach. I feel good I feel great," Wallace declared. The disabled governor was pushed in his wheelchair to. a limousine amidst the applause of several "score spectators, for FILING SLANDER SUIT.

Noah a $51 "million slander suit against billionaire industrialist-Howard Hughes Thursday in Los Angeles. Dietrich, Hughes' former business associate, alleged that Hughes slandered him during a telephone news conference' held Jast January. (APrWirephoto) NC Pesticide Ban iiU 4rimte ads -te-taf byArPji fl tit ITlAoetr (saying that EPA 'permits pesti- 111) Ai.i 'Lm Wi I 4 er to convene a rare special session to an appellate-court decision which returned to McGovern 151 Califor. nia delegates he lost in a party reaenuais committee fight. Chief Justice Warren E.

Burger Thursday, suspended implementation of the lower-court decision while he attempted to poll the other eight, vacationing justices to determine if there was -sufficient -support-for -a special session. Should Burger call the court into emergency session, the justices might be expected to hold a hearing and announce a deci sion before the Democratic Na tional Convention opens in Miami Beach Monday night. un tne other hand. Burger could, refuse the' thus letting the Appeals, Court decf ur ne( coma aeiay implementation of the Ac-peals Court or until the Supreme Court convenes its fall term, well after the convention ends. In that case, McGovern might be expected' to ask the convention to dverrule the Credentials Committee and return -the 151 California votes -to him: Forces of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley also.

have asked the court a special term to attack another section the- same lower-court deci- sum, wmcn upneia tne com mittee's -authority to reject 59 Illinois delegates, including Da ley. In asking for Supreme Court action, the party maintained that the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the -District of Co lumbia "has provoked a funda mental constitutional crisis which can only be settled by this court Reversal of the judgment below is necessary to ensure that hereafter the federal courts will stay out of the American political process rather than seize its center stage," the petition read The Credentials Committee stripped McGovern of the Call- fornia delegates after deciding that the 2T1 lie won the all the candidates according to their share of the vote The appeals court held that See COURT Page 2-A with his hands in metal handcuffs. The hijacker, FBI agents said, demanded and received $450,000 ransom money. One of the hostages was a California Highway Patrol captain who.

had been aboard the flight. (AP Wirephoto) SKYJACKER GIVES UP His arms raised, a young skyjacker who held' five persons hostage aboard a PSA airliner for nine hours surrenders to FBI agents at Oakland International Airport. Coming down the ramp behind him is one of the hostages Hijacker Who Surrenders To Fades to le used in ways that are. not permitted in this state Buffalo -said Williamson's objections- were "minor" and. said the list would foe meaningless without the enforcement sec- tion The of a long-range program to regulate pes ticide use in the state.

It was adopted by the 1971 General As sembly and also calls for the licensing of pesticide' dealers and annlicators Spotlight-Turns Qn Prtrec VM 1 1 SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) The Western White House turned a spotlight on meat prices again today, with no indication it was prepared to go much further than jawbon Secretary' of the George in his role as chairman of the Cost of Living Connnil; nrnmis to 1,000 Hostage en from the officer and a 7.65 ner Distoi ot i merman mair rnit .7 4 Meany Aims rAtSfoppirig" McGovern WASHINGTON (AP) AFL-CIO President George Meany headed' for the Democratic National Convention today, reportedly determined to block the presidential nomination of Sen. George McGovern. Dnven by personal as weu as tan has launched a drive that commands the sympathies of most union presidents if- not their wholehearted support. Soirie have voiced misgivings that an unrelenting anti-McGovern, campaign could destroy a tenuous party unity and encourage the re-election of President Nixon, like McGovern the target of numerous Meany barbs.

If McGovern wins the nomi- aimifa Moanv lahnr iiaiiuu vk-v i leaders would be confronted with limited options, none pala table to them. Meany-and his chief, political strategist. Al BarKan," were counting oil union presidents to rw av convention delegates away from McGovern, the front-runner on the verge of the 1,509 delegates needed for nomina'ion. "Barkan gave me the spiel- labor bele are gome to try to stop McGovern on the first and second ballots," said Jerry -Wurf, a McGovern supporter and president of the ahl-ciu American Federation of State, County and Municipal-Employees. Edward Garlouehr president of the Sheet Metal Workers, if such a move were successful "it would make the Some union presmems nave -jmnMlnd to -Meany- to-tone down the anti-McGovern drive But.

in a showdown, most union presidents still bow to Meany's wishes on major issues. 'I'm going along witn Meany. whatever he does, said the chief of one large con struction union, who asked not to be quoted by name ACTOR KILLED Actor Brandon DeWilde, above, 30, was injured fatally. Thursday, in a traffic accident in Lakewood, a Denver suburb. He reportedly was alone in 'a van truck when it hit a guard rail along a freeway during a heavy rainstorm.

(AP. Wirephoto) -rrraiaDama BirmuTgham Tnrlnv' Tehnrfim lmson, representing the agri-I VUay 5 l.eieyram culturai chemical industry, ar- gued that the section would Bridge' 2AEnt'm't 5B lead tomassive violations. He Business 5B Horoscope identical pesticides can be Ciassif. 6-7B Local IB i packaged under different la- His The Oakland air pirate gave up his guns to California High way Patrol Capt. Lloyd T.

Turner, who he held as a hos- the flight. The hijacker had a pistol tak SAIGON (AP South Viet namese paratroopers and tanks forged into the heart of Quang Tri 'City today and seized control of two-thirds of the provin cial capital that the North Vietnamese captured May 1. A huge American air and naval armada covered the ad vancing South. Vietnamese. South Vietnamese- marines were closing in on the city from the easO One task force was re-ported'to have advanced half a mile to the eastern outskirts and was a little more than a mile east of the Citadel, at the center of the city.

A second marine task force made a helicopter landing IVz miles southeast of the" city. Lt. Col. Do Viet, a spokesman for the Saigon command, said that elements of a South Viet namese paratroop battalion backed: by tanks had pushed into the northern part of Quang Tri a few Jiours. before dawn.

"They are right next to the Citadel," he "said.7 Viet reported that resistance appeared to be light: although the forwardmost troops of the battalion were shelled -v by 107mm- rockets-and-long-range 130mm guns. State VietsrTalce City Atea liver to President Nixon a re port -with specific recommenda tions on damping the. rise in meat-prices. However, Shultz ruled out in advance-resort to any suffer already been imposed on meats and other foods. There were suggestions the administration's big effort might be aimed at telling housewives what many of them already know that chicken and some fish are cheaper than beef.

Invited 'to meet with Nixon and- Shultz were Virginia. Knauer, the President's, con- UUmer affairs assistant, and chairman Herbert Stein of the Council of Economic Advisors. Mrs. Knauer presumably would play a key role in any educational program aimed at consumers. Shultz -and other administration official? met in Washington earlier -in the week with supermarket food industry labor leaders, food processors and- wholesalers, and farm industry representa- fitroe Nixon spent much of Thurs day working, in the Western White House near his ocean-front home.

In separate confer ences, ne discussed inaocnina tyiA wi "He (the hijacker) started; to act rather nervous and See HIJACK Page 2-A pur- NewFeache Tenure Lgy Is Criticized RALEIGH (AP) A spokes man for he North Carolina School Board Association says the state's new Teacher Tenure Act makes it possible that no administrator will ever get to' sit on an appeals panel that will decide the fate of dismissed teachers. The criticism came -Thursday from Dr. Raleigh Dingman, executive secretary of the association, before the state Board of After hearing Dingman's ob-" jections, the board unanimously accepted" a list of 121 members to serve on the Professional Review Committee that will hear" cases of teacher dismissals. The list includes only 22 administrators, along with 44 teachers and 55 The new tenure law provides that any Tar Heel teacher who is dismissed from her job may appeal to the review committee. Five members will be chosen from the list to make up a panel to hear the teacher's But the teacher has a tight to disqualify of the 131 from tho-list before the panel is selected.

Briefs drews Air; Force Base and the flight south in an Air Force hospital, plane. But Wallace, wounded May 15 at' a political rally, in Laurel, first paused briefly to thank government and hospital officials and staff members for the care they accorded'him." In, art accompanying written statement at Holy. Cross Hospi tal wanace said "Sister Hi Marie, the doctors, sisters and staff of the hospital will always hold a very" dear nlace in mv heart. They saved mv life, and I wish God's blessings to all of tnem." As he shook hands with hosni- tl.l staffers and other wellwish- saiuiea lowara news photographers, it almost seemed as if he were already oacK on tne campaign trail for nomination inose accompanying Wallace include his wife Cornelia and two daughters, Peggy Sue and Lee Drs. Joseph Schanno and Herman Maaanzini, who have treated-Wallac at'Holy Cross, and Dr, George Traugh and Judy Cantry, rehabilitation spe- University Of cal Center, also are Billy Joe Camp, the cover- press' secretary, said Wal lace's Miami Beach hotel room has aeen furnished with nhvsi- cal-therapy equipment.

Special ramps built to accommodate Wallace's wheelchair have been at the convention hall He remains crippled from a spinal wound, but can walk with the aid of braces and walking bar. Welcoming rallies were planned during his stop at a Montgamery airport and upon his arrival at Miami Inter national Airport. Wallace's mother, who is re cuperating from- major surgery, See WALLACE Page 2-A REPORTER ORDERED JAILED Peter- Bridge, a reporter for the Evening News of Newark, Thursday was found guilty of contempt and ordered jailed for refusing to answer questions before a grand jury concerning an alleged $10,000 bribe offer, about which he'd written a story. AP Wirephoto) Boris ets By STEPHENS BROENING Associated Press Writer REYKJAVIK, Iceland AP) Bobby Fischer lost the draw Thursday night, giving Boris Snassky the first move, and the. world championsnip cness match will finally start Tuesday.

Unless- the American- Challenger- or the Soviet champion pjeads illness and gets another postponement. The confusion of, the past week was summarized by the old woman' -selling cigarettes RALEIGH (AP) The North Carolina Pesticide" Board -has aenroved a list of more than 60 chemical pesticides whose use will be restricted in the state. The list, was approved Thurs day alter months of negotia tions between farmers, the. chemical industry and con servationists. -nhemicals on the list include DDT, Dieldrin, Endrin, Heptachlor, horatnion, jviuba anH Vannna.

But the board de layed action' on adding several more controverial chemicals such as Landane, lead arsinate, jchlotadone andiijoxapnene-w the list pending further stuay. The board also delayed actin nfnrf.MTient section Of the list until its next niwit, meeting after several dou members and chemical industry representatives objected Hiat khe section was unwork able. The section, which was AenW to a subcommittee tor reworu-ine. would "limit, use of. pesti cides on the "restricted-use" wnl the label.

The purpose of the tn eliminate misuse Of iiM. i. chemicals that are judged haz-afdous to eithermman health or the environment. Misuse of these pesuciq.es niH hp a-misdemeanor-and nuum narrv a fine of $100 to $1,000 and up "to 60 days in jail. RnarH mflmher John C.

Wfl- bels, often listing dlltereni pur- poses He suggested" that the board instead limit the chemicals to those uses permitted Dy uie environmental Protection Agericy. But board Secretary iBll Buffalo criticized this proposal, First Craclc On Ticket mates, "declaring it is impossible-to- measure the-var-F ue of possible candidates who are not so well known, such as Govs. Reubin Askew of Florida and Dale Bumpers of Arkansas. Both -have been mentioned by McGovern as bilities. Activity in this steaming Democratic National Con vention city, which -has been limited this' week to advance logistical preparations by the candidates and a half-dozen protest groups, picks up today as the parley heads for an opening Monday.

set-aside legislation is that" it does not provide effective production control," said Williamson of Knightdale: "It resulted first in a surplus of corn and then in a. surplus of wheat. We fmdx we're wearing out our land, our machinery and nur bodies and getting very little in return." A. C- Lawrence of Apex said in regard to the set-aside fea ture; "I never in try ing to close a' sack by leaving one end- open. Farm- leader Harry Br Cald well, executive secretary of the Farmers Cooperative Council of See FARMER Page 2-A i Teading-posstrf OAKLAND.

Calif. (AP) A hijacker who ordered a Pacific Southwest Airlines jetliner 1,000 miles up and down -California, collecting $450,000 ransom and a parachute en dered to a one of his hostages a highway patrolman --ear- odav at Oakland Inter- national Airport. FBI agent-in-charge Robert Gebhardt idenfcf iCd the air pi- rate-as-Franeis-Coodell, 21, of Manassas; AWOL two days from the Army. He, said military cards were found on Goo- dell, including one from t. iu- ley, Kan.

The 'entire was recovered, Gebhardt said. It was the second hijacking for PSA, an intrastate airline, in twdoiays. On Wednesday FBI agents stormed aboard a PSAijetliner at San Francisco International Airport, killing two hijackers who. had demanded $800,000. in ransom and escape to Siberia.

A passenger was shot in tilled by one of the hijackers, the FBI and two other passengers were wounded. Holshouser Asks ActioirOrrPlant RALEIGH AP) Republi can gubernatorial nominee Jim Holshouseris asKing leoerarot-ficials to- reconsider actions which may cause a big foot-wear plant -in Lumbertoh to shut down. B. F. Goodrich announced months ago that it was closing down, its footwear division and would try-te disposenrf its-plant in Lumberton.

Converse Rubber with home offices -in Massachusetts, is trying to lease the plant from Goodrich. But the Justice Department is trying, to block the lease' on the grounds that it violates the anti-trust laws. Holshouser said in a news release Thursday that his -aides have already discussed the closing of the plant' with the White House, the Justice De partment; the Department of Labor, the Department of Health. Education and Welfare and Sen. Edward Brooke, R- Mass.

First Move who asked in the beginning: "Fischer come?" the end it was: "Spassky go?" Tra very pessimistic," Dr. Max Euwe said at 10 a.m. At noon: "It's a very delicate situ- ation." At .7 p.m., the president of the International Chess Fed eration sighed: "There's hope; That was Tuesday. It could havebeen any day in the garbled prelude to what chess lovers say is the match of the century Spassky vof the U.S.S.R, U.S.A. vs.

Fischer of I the nd 4he-record30f-the-4972-ConYl Comics Crossword Editorials 6A Obituaries 2A I 6A Sports 2-3B 4A Women 7A TELEGRAM PHONES Want Ads-44(M06S mimMmmmMmmmmwmim Teddy Has At VP Spot MIAMI BEACHy (AJ Sen.Edward -Kennedjtwill still have "first refusal" on the vice, presidential nomination if Sen. George McGovern captures the Democratic presidential nod. sources close to the South Dakota senator said day Despite Kennedy's repeated statements he won't be avail able, the offer will probably be made because polls show he would strengthen a McGovern-led ticket, the sources said. The sources discounted the value of polls ordered by McGovern on other possible The set-aside 'provision re quires a farmer to hold back a certain portion of his land from production in order to 1 qualify for program benefits, nut oe-yond that he may produce non quota crops on an unlimited basis. Several farmers said, they Lliked the flexibility -of this ap proach.

Others said was not politically feasible because any timethe agriculture secretary placed the set-aside 1 require ment at a' level high enough to he would find himself trouble with con "The real ding-a-ling ln; the C. Fa me rs i sa ree Ove Impact Of Grain Programs gress. (Cnld DM ffr1 AvUHM Agmccy at UMiMdval Abvtrt i Barometric reading Trend at 10 a. m. 30.24 rising.

Relative humidity 71 pet; Wind NE 8 mph. Temperature Summary Highest yesterday. 73 deg. Lowest this morning 57 deg. Precipitation Summary Total for 24 hours ending at 7 a.

m. none. Snnset'today p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:02 a.m. The moen, at perigee today, rises tomorrow at 3:28 a.

m. and rides high. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars sets 1:25 p.m. Mercury follows Mars. Jupiter in the south 12:13 a.m.

Satum south of the Venus well below Saturn and moch brighter. I PROPOSES RELEASE OF PRISONERS RALEIGH (AP) Jack Hawke, Republican can didate for Congress in the 4th District, has proposed "the 'unilateral release and transfer of all enemy prisoners from the war zone to a neutralist country such as Sweden." CHANGE IM VEHICLE TITLE FORMS. RALEIGH (AP) The North Carolina Motor Vehicles Department is going to make a change in its vehicle title forms" that will make it easier to detect when the mileage on a used car has been altered. i I7TH GATHERING OF THE CLANS I UNVILLE, N. C.

(AP) The 17th annual Highland Games and Gathering of Scottish Clans will be staged Saturday and Sunday at Grandfather Mountain. 1- STRIKE AGAINST PHONE SELN DURHAM (AP) A federal mediator has describ- ed as "fairly good" the rumors that the International. Brotherhood of Workers Electrical 2S9 will strike at midnight tonight against General Telephone Co. of the EMPLOYES TO VOrt UNION ISSUE I DURHAM (AP) Employes of the 1 Protection Agency in Research Trianjle area uil 4 vote Wednesday to decide whether to unionize. I RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina farmers disagreed over the effectiveness the aside" feature of the nresent cotton, wheat and feed 'grain programs during a series of field nearuijjs US.

senators Thursday. Sen. Lawton and Sen. Henry members of a Senate. Ag- riculture subcommittee, con- H.iPtwi the "listening sessions." The sessions were designed to "lPt farmers express their views -n the kind "of iarm bill that Khmild be written in 1973, when current cotton, whea and feed train programs expire.

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