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Des Moines Register See Democrat Parley Here As Delegates' Stamina Test tration fees during the night tried unsuccessfully later on to platform, former Polk County Democratic Chairman Michael Doyle took the microphone and announced someone had taken lw Osceola DiUmsm braiel Kossuti W.Mf&ajr Wwtli MiltMII Howard Winneshiek Allamakee I ioffl 0 flnen Clar Palo till Hinwck Cerro Cordo f0)i Tiiiikasaw ''I" ClaylM 1 piymoulh tkeioket ButnaVula Pocaiionlas Humboldt Wright franklin Butler Bremer I Hampton Storm Lakeo I 1 I I iVebsler 1 Black Hawk Buchanan Delaware Dubuque A mTVrJ-J ,2, 1 1 'im Senl I'M I Jw JacKjon Mononi Ciewford Cauoll tieene boon Sioi I Maiihall I I Monticello 1 I I Clinloii 1 1 I mm CeOir Harrison Shelby Audubon I Guthrie Polk Jasper Pcweshiek I lowi Johnson g0W I III Des Moines owa Ctyo I A Pollawallamie I Cass Adair Madison VVarieir Marion Manaska Keokuk Washington jr Greenfield 4 1 lKi 1 Milk Montgomery Adams Union Clarke lucas Monroe Wapello Jellerson Henry Ay Des Moinesl 1 Fremont Page Taylor Ringgold Decatur Wayna Appanoose Davis Van Buren I MUSKIE LOSES VOTE IN SECOND DEMOCRATS- Continued from Page One day and Sunday made any prediction questionable. In the First District con-vention at Iowa City, a McGovern delegate, Sylvia Johnson of Iowa City, promptly announced she was really for U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm of New York. In the Fifth District convention at Greenfield, the supporters of the most liberal platform planks ended up in the uncommitted ranks with the backers of the Alabama Gov. Geopge Wallace.

In the Sixth District convention at Storm Lake, Humphrey backers led by Sioux City attorney Harry Smith made a strong effort to pick Districts and Sites of Saturday's Democratic Conventions credentials. "If he thinks he's going to keep me from voting for Muskie, he'd better be about eight feet tall and weigh two tons," said Doyle, who never did find his credentials. The delegate selection ordeal began only after the platform fight and numerous, delays for counting noses, checking alternates' credentials 4 and fixing the sound system so Wapello County could hear way in back. Delegate Selection The party's intricate arithmetic system for picking dele gates was explained by an 18- year-old girl, Patty Anton of Oskaloosa, chairman of the nominating committee. Primly dressed in tweed skirt, wool sweater and saddle shoes, Miss Anton did not come off shy or uncertain quite the opposite.

this is very important, so please listen carefully," she said, opening her instructions to some 800 delegates and alter nates preparing to go into caucuses for different candi dates. She rattled off the formula confidently, answered questions without hesitation. So im pressed were the Muskie dele gates by Miss Anton's perform ance tnat tney chose her an alternate to tne national con vention. Fist Fight During a 3:30 a.m. lull, some delegates watched a bloody three-way fistfight in the downstairs lobby.

Two of the combatants were knocked unconscious, but managed, with help, to escape before police arrived. The third stumbled to the front door, and also left. No arrests were made. Winners in the uncommitted caucus were those the Polk County regulars favored Gaudineer and James Wengert, secretary-treasurer of the Iowa Federation of Labor. Wcngert said he was uncommitted because his first choice, U.S.

Senator Edward Kennedy Mass.) is not a candi date yet. "If Ted Kennedy decided to enter this race, I'd switch to him. I don't see any other candidate able to defeat Nixon." Grass-Roots The "Dick Clark for Senate" booth provided an interesting case study in grass-roots politics. One young delegate asked Clark's workers for a campaign button, but admitted he didn't have enough money to make a $1 contribution. He was told he couldn't get the button without paying a dollar for it.

He wandered off, shaking his head in disbelief. There was some doubt as to who was actually in charge of the convention. Several ladies who collected money for regis Gilmour of Grinnell and Ger trude MacQueen of Iowa City. Second District Ron Wick ham of Cedar Rapids and Janet Fraser of Monticello. Third District Loren Flet-chall of Webster City and Lucy Duitscher of Clarion.

Fourth District Ed Skinner of Altoona and Ruth Moyer of Ottumwa. Fifth District Jack Cruise of Corning and Phyllis Sim-onesen of Walnut. Sixth District Don O'Brien of Sioux City and Nancy Payne of Storm Lake. SOLEDAD JURY IS DEADLOCKED SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. (AP) An all-white jury reported Sunday that it was deadlocked 9 to 3 on charges that two black convicts known as the Soledad Brothers murdered a white prison guard.

In its second full day of delib erations, the jury of nine women and three men emerged at 3:30 and told Superior Court Judge S. Lee Vavuris they were deadlocked, but did not say how the 9-3 division had come about. He told them to go back and try again. In his final instructions Fri day, the judge had given them the possibilities of finding either or both the two defendants guilty of first-or second-degree murder, manslaughter, aggravated or simple assault, or innocent. The maximum penalty they could receive, if convicted on the most serious charge, is life imprisonment.

The trial of John Clutchctte, 28, and Fleeta Drumgo, 26, be gan last November. George Jackson, 33, also was charged in the slaying of Soledad Prison guard John Mills on Jan. 16, 1970. But Jackson was shot to death by guards last August as he allegedly attempted to escape San Quentin prison. An ardent supporter has been Angela Davis, the militant black Communist being tried in nearby San Jose on charges of murder, kidnap and conspiracy stemming from a shootout that authorities claim began as a scheme to take hostages in order to free the Soledad trio.

Jacksons' brother, Jonathan, two convicts and a judge died in that shootout at San Rafael on Aug. 7, 1970. Page 3 Mar. 27. 1972 DEWEY GOODE DIES AT AGE 73 (The Register's Iowa News Service) BLOOMFIELD, IA.

State Representative Dewey E. Goode, 73, died Sunday at the Davis County i Hospital follow ing a lengthy illness. Rep resenta- tive uoode, a naa served ins the Iowa State! Legislature for more than 30 years, maintaining a party DEWEY E. GOODE leadership position much of the time. During the 1971 and 1972 sessions he was chairman of the House Transportation Committee, though illness prevented him from attending any of the 1972 session which adjourned last Friday.

Mr. Goode was first elected to the Iowa House in 1932, serving continuously until 1959, with one term in the Iowa Senate. He was House majority floor leader for three sessions and served as speaker pro tempore during one session. He had more seniority than any other legislator currently serving. A native of Bloomfield, Mr.

Goode lived there most of his life and was active in a produce, feed and fur company be fore his retirement in 1969. The long-time legislator was known as an Iowa constitutional expert as well as an authority on the State Code. Throughout his legislative career, Mr. Goode had been a prominent critic of main highways and an ardent promoter of country roads, though his views softened somewhat by the 1970 session when he led the fight to prevent permanent diversion of primary highway funds to other general fund uses. He was a principal leader in 1939 in getting legislative approval of a lid of $16 million a year on primary road spending, with everything over that amount going to farm-to-market roads.

Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Priester Funeral Chapel with burial at a Bloomfield cemetery. Survivors include his wife, lone, two sisters, and three brothers. PARK FAIR 7' At FT i 11 i it 1 iter J.4LJ Map Shows Congressional between the county and district conventions saw the uncommitted group take a delegate away from Muskie. That made the Second District lineup at two for Muskie, two for McGovern and two uncommitted Robert Burke, a Clinton farmer, and Floyd Bennett, a Dubuque labor leader, both of whom are listed as leaning toward Humphrey.

Hughes Elected In the Sixth District convention at Storm Lake, U.S. Senator Harold Hughes was elected a Muskie delegate in a session that ran until 5 a.m. Sunday. Much of the time was de voted to the caucusing by the different groups, interrupted by forays to find more supporters. The Democratic conventions this year are run under a new system of party reforms and each candidate gets delegates in proportion to the number of votes he receives.

But there is nothing to require a delegate to stay with one candidate. So in the Sixth District, at one point, Sioux City's Harry Smith commandeered a microphone and intoned: "Humphrey now has 85 delegates; anybody who has any feeling for our friend Hubert come on over to our side." In some of the districts, the platform came last and the weary delegates voted the platforms through without debate. In the Fifth District at Green field, District Committeeman Cruise of Corning put it this way: "The straights went home and the others stayed, and everything we threw out of the platform two weeks ago at Atlantic is back in." Abortion, Marijuana Among the planks in the Fifth District platform are resolutions for liberalizing abortion laws, limiting trade with racist countries, treating marijuana the same as tobacco and doing away with laws against sex be tween consenting adults. "Everything on God's Green earth is in that platform," said Cruise, who said he wants the party to start holding two-day district conventions rather than one-day. In the Fourth District convention in Des Moines, the Muskie McGovern uncommitted groups held the same strength they'd held at the county conventions, and much of the political fireworks came in a contest for district committeeman.

Ed Skinner of Altoona won over Charles Hanson of Des Moines, 417 to 231, but not in the traditional style of Des Moines Democratic politics. The Des Moines and Polk County delegation split in favor of Skinner (114 to 88) rather than vote in its traditional bloc. Most of the county top Democratic organization mem bers including county chair man James Brick backed Hanson in an effort to dump Skinner. Those Elected i As Delegates Here are the names of Demo cratic national convention delegates elected Sunday in Iowa's six congressional district Demo cratic conventions. FIRST DISTRICT Muskie Monica Walton of Davenport; Elliott Anderson of Burlington and David Zimansky of Iowa City.

McGovern Mary Jo Small of Iowa City, Ted Dillow of Fairfield and Sylvia Johnson of Iowa City, who has announced she will vote for U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm. SECOND DISTRICT Muskie Ron Wickham of Cedar Rapids, and Jan Woods of Marion. McGovern Bob Van Dcu-sen of Cedar Rapids and Dee Dewberry of Cedar Rapids. Uncommitted Robert Burke of Clinton and Floyd Bennett of Dubuque.

THIRD DISTRICT Muskie Bill Davis of Mar-shalltown and Mrs. Charles Uban of Waterloo. McGovern Jimmie Porter of Waterloo and Mrs. Sherry Sanders of Marshalltown. Uncommitted James T.

Shannon of Mason City. FOURTH DISTRICT Muskie Mary Rielly of Os- kaloosa and Hal Stookey of Des Moines. McGovern Glenn Buhr of Des Moines and Mary Jane Faust of Ottumwa. Uncommitted James Wcngert of Des Moines and Lee Gaudinecr, of Des Moines. FIFTH DISTRICT Muskie Clifton Larson of Ames and Jack Cruise of Corning.

McGovern Dick Seagrave of Ames and Paulina Jackson of Creston. Uncommitted Alfred Saggs of Council Bluffs. SIXTH DISTRICT Muskie Harold Hughes of Ida Grove, Jean Haugland of Lake Mills and Linus Brenner of Mapleton. McGovern Virginia Hood of Sioux City. Uncommitted Neal McCluhan of Sioux City and Bob Cheshire of Sioux City.

District committeemen and committecwomen elected by the conventions are: First District C. Edwin F0RBETTEF HEARING COME TO DES MOINES HEARING AID CENTER 23 Brand Dtt Molntt. Iowa turn the money over to a re sponsible official. "Don't look at me," Polk County Supervisor Tom Whitney told then when they approached him, "it's not my con vention." The money has pre sumably, been turned over to someone by now. "Pot" Plank A minority report seeking the legialization of marijuana failed to win convention approval.

At least one opponent to the "pot" plank voted against it for altruistic reasons. "I could make a million dollars growing that stuff on my farm," said Jasper County farmer Harold Fleener. Fleener acknowledged that the weed grows on some parts of his farm already, but said he doesn't like it "because it makes my cattle sick, or high I don't know which." Two Conventions There were actually two con ventions during the night. The presidential was scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday; the statutory convention was to follow "immediately.

"Immediately" turned out to be 4:20 a.m. Sunday. As a re sult, a good many statutory delegates ended up getting good night's sleep before their convention even started on couches and carpets in the lounge across from the main ballroom. Some members of the media clearly had no idea what to expect when they arrived in Des Moines. Douglas Kikcr, a veteran NBC newsman, was heard to grumble around midnight, "They told me this thing was supposed to be over with by 9 o'clock." As a matter ot fact, it was all over by 9 o'clock the next morning.

Boone Woman Dies in Crash BELLE PLAINE, MINN. (AP) A young Iowa woman was killed early Sunday when the car in which she was riding rolled over on U.S. Highway 169 about one-half mile south of Belle Plaine. Authorities identified the victim as Sally McGlothlen, 21, of Boone, la. The driver of the car, Susan McCoy, 23, also of Boone, was hospitalized in satisfactory condition.

DOWNTOWN I SEX Lonoon too9 By Stephen M. Johnson and Jerry Szumski Delegates to the Fourth District Democratic convention in Des Moines Saturday night and Sunday morn-ing found them- selves in a test of stamina. It took four hours to get through the eliminaries: rules, credentials, and the platform; then five hours to select six presi dential delegates. Finally, came the four-hour statutory convention. State Representative Ed Skinner of Altoona, the incumbent committeeman from the old Fifth District, won re-election to the Fourth District job, despite efforts from some Polk leaders to dump him.

Skinner defeated insurance man Charles Hanson of Des Moines, 417 to 231. Skinner won without support of former Fourth District committeeman Jim Rielly of Oskaloosa, who nominated Hanson, and Polk Countv Democratic chairman Jim Brick. Slowly Drags The convention dragged so slowly that there was time for making and losing friends, drinking and eating, sleeping, politicking and even a fist-fight. Senses overwrought by speeches, smoke, caroming off people in the rooms and halls of Hotel Fort Des Moines, some delegates wondered out loud whether there was a better way to pick presidential convention delegates. "I've never been too keen on a presidential primary" said State Senator Eugene Hill of Newton during one of many long breaks in a caucus of uncommitted delegates.

"After this, though, the idea appeals to me quite a bit." Endurance Contest State Senator Lee Gaudineer of Des Moines, who won election as an uncommitted delegate in the same caucus, growled because it was nearing 3:30 a.m. and the counting still was going on. "It's nothing more than an endurance contest," said Gaudineer. The counting was to deter mine the strength ot three op posing "candidate groups" those for Maine Senator Edmund Muskie, those for South Dakota Senator George McGovern and the "uncommitteds." After it was all over, each group received two delegates. The confounding delegate-selection process was filmed by NBC and CBS television crews who themselves became an issue when their hot, blinding lights began to bother the delegates.

"Turn off those Republican lights!" someone yelled finally. The camera crews were told to keep the lights off when they weren't taking pictures. "Stolen" Credentials During a clash over the liberalized abortion plank in the i fak St Finding fA Fashions when McNEALCENTER Merle HayRd.at Urbandale Ave. (a tew btocki touth Ot Maria Hay Plau) ED SKINNER his you INFANTS, up a delegate, but slipped back into the uncommitted ranks when it appeared that they didn't have the strength. There were variations on that theme in the Second, Third and Fourth districts.

District conventions began Saturday afternoon or early evening, and following tradition, went far into the next day as the delegates haggled over platforms, committee memberships and who gets to go to what. The early bird convention was the Second District's at Monticello, which adjourned at 2:45 a.m. Sunday 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. were more typical times in the other five districts.

At the Fourth District in Des Moines, which didn't convene until early the bleary-eyed delegates didn't get the. gavel to go home until 8:15 a.m. Sunday. Because they have no candidate to rally around, the uncommitted groups in all the districts were the subjects of Intense proselyting by the Muskie and McGovern forces. In the First District, the i e-McGovern troops managed to divide and conquer the uncommittcds, splitting the district's six delegates, three to three.

In the Fifth District at Greenfield, the uncommitteds including the liberals and the supporters of Wallace finally locked the door to their caucus room. "We couldn't get in to make any deals," said Jack Cruise of Corning, who was elected as one of the district's Muskie delegates. The wheeling and dealing was most evident in the First District convention in Iowa City. There the McGovern forces, trying to stop election of a third Muskie delegate, agreed to elect Sylvia Johnson as the third McGovern delegate in ex change for support from the Chisholm forces. Included in the deal was an agreement to allow Mrs.

John son to announce that she ac tually is committed to Mrs Chisholm's candidacy. That was the opening wedge in the uncommitted ranks, and eventually all of them drifted into cither the Muskie or McGovern camp. That didn't end the battles, however, because the convention still had to elect the actual delegates. It took five ballots to elect the three Muskie delegates, and it wasn't until the last ballot that David Zimansky, an 18-year-old University of Iowa senior, was named as a Muskie delegate. In the Second District, Muskie lost ground.

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