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LARGEST OSCULATION IN THE WEST, DAILY, 1,210,554 VOL XCI 2t SEVEN PARTS-PART ONE CC WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1972 114 PAGES Copyright 192 Lm Angelt Tlm DAILY 10c "'si, mt MANPOWER LOW Russ Reversal: Luring Retirees Back to Work concu Wallace Assails Planks but Plea on Busing Fails BY BILL BOYARSKY Timet Polllleti Writtr MIAMI BEACH Sen. George S. McGovern, assured of the Democratic presidential nomination, offered Tuesday night to conciliate his labor foes by delaying for. two years a con troversial party reform he had helped write. But the Democrats were a long way from the party unity they needed for victory in November.

Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, -crippled by a would-be assassin's bullets, addressed the convention from a wheelchair and denounced a party platform plank calling for school He also criticized planks on welfare, foreign aid and tax reform. Minority Planks Voted Down When the convention finally got around to voting on the minority planks, they were shouted down on voice votes irt rapid order with no attempt made to obtain a roll call -1, Later, in a determined bid to try to pull the party together, McGovern invited the Alabama governor to be on the platform tonight, after, the presidential" Wallace's delegates from Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Michigan and other states cheered the plucky governor, grievously wounded in May but now strong enough to make it to the arena for the convention as he pledged. But the California delegation sat stone faced and silent, and there was little applause from the majority of tha delegations in the crowded Expressing his disgust with the party as it is today, Wallace said, "I ARGUES HIS CASE Alabama Gov.

George Wallace "speaking wheelchair. Wirephoto NASA Disciplines 3 Astronauts BY MURRAY SEEGEB Tlmti Staff Writtr KIEV While most countries are trying to make retirement more attractive arid, comfortable for their aged citizens, the Soviet Union is trying to lure pensioners back to work. The "nation is running low on manpower. There is no longer a surplus of men from the countryside to bring into the factories and shops. The in the well-developed European' section of the country is low.

Already, the Soviet Union has a work force that includes more women than men, a sign of the shortage of men in the employable age brackets. Now, the country is trying to "unretire" the able-bodied men and women who took advantage of the generous Soviet social security 1 Study Reported at Meeting In a special study presented at the international Congress of Gerontology last week, two Soviet researchers said: I Under the conditions of a growing labor force deficit in the rapidly developing economy of the Soviet Union, employment of pensioners is becoming particularly important. It will allow not only to more fully utilize the experience, skills and habits of the pensioners but also to partially decrease the state expenditures for paying out pensions at the expense of additional production." The government's concern, the study said, is "preventing mass retirement and creating suitable working conditions for the old people." Russia's employment problem is more than a shortage of manpower and a big aging population. The Soviet Union, despite a concerted ef- fort at developing more efficiency, still uses more people to accomplish the same amount of work than most Western countries. Pension Costs Rise Rapidly The cost of paying out pensions Is rising rapidly as more older people quit working.

The increased costs eat up a sizable portion of the Soviet economy's growth. The Soviet Union is a victim of its own success in making it attractive and easy for people to retire. Russians, in general, look forwaro to retiring at the early ages provided under Soviet law 55 for women and 60 for men. Some dangerous, unattractive or ipecialized professions permit early retirement A young trapeze artist, for instance, asked why she joined the circus, replied: "You can retire and get a pension after only 20 years." The new study shows that although 83 of the men 50 to 59 work, only 53 of those over 60 stay lh the work force. Another 17 had retired early.

In the last seven years, the number of people living on pensions doubled to reach 40.1 million or 17 of the population. Pensions are paid on the basis of an individual's working income. Those in low-paid occupations can retire at full pay while others get benefits on a sliding scale that averages 70 of their wages. Please Turn to Page 24, CoL i for Carrying Envelopes to Moon Apollo 15's Scott, Worden and Irwin Declined to Profit From Collectors' Items Worth $600,000, Agency Says mil WALLACE'S GREAT MOMENT-CHEERS TEMPERED BY BOOS BY NICHOLAS C. CIIRISS Tlmt Staff Writtr MIAMI' BEACH George Corley Wallace, the man renowned for his "stand in the schoolhbuse door," had waited years for the moment-thought about it, worried about it, talked about dreamed about it.

The band played. "Alabama," his state song. Thirteen thousand people were looking at him. And some of them gave him a foot-stomping, cheering ovation, shouting "we want Wallace." The boos came later. It was George Wallace from Clayton, on the podium at the Na-tional Democratic Convention in Tuesday night's most" dramatic moment.

It probably" will be as close as" he will ever come to the White House as a candidate. In typical Wallace fashion, the Alabama governor made the same Please Turn to Page 22, Col. want it as it used to be, not a party of pseudointellectual snobbery that it has come to be." In his speech, Wallace did not raise the possibility of a walkout. But rejection of his platform demands raised a question of whether his conservative supporters from the South and North would back McGovern. "No, there will be no walkout said Billy Jo Camp, Wallace's pres3 secretary.

Away from Convention Hall, McGovern worked quietly to placate the foes who tried to block his nomination and who failed Monday night when the South Dakotan trounced them on a vote that gave hira all of California's 271 vote Please Turn to Page 18, CoL 1 cratic National Convention, said: Many labor people are just going to sit on their hands in thi3 presidential race and will concentrate on Congress." "After all, McGovern helped the so-called 'right to work people, and when a politician has done that to unions, it is the end for him," King said. Antl McGovern sentiment was widely aired here Tuesday but tha strongest criticism wa3 voiced by Alexander Barkan, political director of the AFL-CIO. Barkan was talking with former Sen. Joseph Tydings of Maryland, criticizing him for voting Monday night to seat the entire McGovern delegation from California, thereby killing hopes of stopping Mc Govern's nomination. Fleaso Tarn to Page IS, CoL barred from the Democratic National Convention, an arena he has frequently dominated in the past.

Time and again McGovern'' forces tried to strike a deal with Daley, hoping he would agree to thai tht seats with his hometown nemier. Alderman William Singer and tha Rev. Jesse Jackson. Time and again Daley refused, In sisting sometimes directly, seme-times through Pucinski that all E3 seats belonged to him. But by turning down th compromise, Daley lost it aiL No looser a kingmaker, the mayor even lost his place in the court.

It was an uncharacteristic stance, because Daley often befsrt its been willing to finesse tush trcN blc. Last fall he was telling ererr Please Turn Ftft 19, Cel. 3 Won't Vote Rather Than Back McGovern, ion Leaders Say BY HARRY BERNSTEIN Tlmw Ubtr Wrtttr MIAMI BEACH The vast majority of the nation's unions, long opposed to President Nixon, -will boycott the November presidential election rather than support Sen. George S. McGovern, union leaders said This -warning to the Democrats came as AFL-CIO President George Meany met secretly with several key union leaders, including W.

Abel, head of the United Steelworkers TJnion. Agreement was reached there to stand aloof from' the election. The labor chiefs also decided to' throw their support to Henry M. Jackson of Washington when the Democrats vote on a presidential nominee tonight, even though they' know McGovern will be the winner. Frank King, president of the Ohio Federation of Labor and chairman of the Ohio delegation to the Demo- In Long Hours of Dawn, Hopes reys Flicker Out BY RICHARD BERGHOLZ Timet Politic! Writtr MIAMI BEACH The end, as it usually does, came rather simply, not with either a bang or a whimper, but as the end of a logical progression of events.

For Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, it came while he was sitting on his bed in a 16th floor suite in a gold coast hotel. He. was wearing salmon-colored pajamas, and he was among friends his closest friends.

Everybody was sleepy' and tired because it was after 4 a.m. and it had been a long, hard i Humphrey had gambled on keeping his shaky bid for the Democratic presidential nomination alive by beating Sen. George S. McGovern of South Dakota in showdown over the contested 271-member California delegation. Two Votes Confirmed Loss 'When Humphrey lost, and when the loss later was confirmed by an unsuccessful challenge to the ruling of convention Chairman Lawrence F.

O'Brien, the. 61-year-old Minnesota senator knew the end was at hand. He chatted with his personal physician, Dr. Edgar Berman; his longtime aide, Lloyd Hand of Los Angeles; and two of his chief financial supporters, S. Harrison (Sonny) Do-pole of Philadelphia and attorney Eugene L.

Wyman of Beverly Hills. "We're out of business," one of his friends said. "And when you're out of business, you liquidate." "I'm in complete agreement," said Humphrey, who, according to Hand, had been "99" decided on his withdrawal plans after the two major roll calls had gone against him earlier at the convention. The senator turned to others in his bedroom. They all agreed.

And so it was done. Plan3 were made to notify McGovern and the other contenders for the nomination Sens. Henry M. Jackson of Washington and Edmund S. Muskie of Maine; Gov.

Please Tnrn to Page 18, CoL 3 FEATURE INDEX BOOK REVIEW. View. Page 6. BRIDGE. View.

Page 10. CLASSIFIED. Tart 5, Pages 1-2. COMICS. View, Page 21.

CROSSWORD. Part 5. Page 2t. EDITORIALS, COLUMNS. Part 2, Pages 8, 7.

FILMS. View, Pages 11-13. FIXAXCIAL. Part 3. Pages 12-28.

METROPOLITAN NEWS, Part 2. OBITUARIES. Part 2, Pare 4. 8 PORTS. Part 3.

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WEATHER. Part 2, Pajs 4. WOJIES'S. View. Tigm M3.

Humph WASHINGTON UB The National Aeronautics and-Space Administration Tuesday revealed it ha3 disciplined the three Apollo 15 astronauts because they secretly carried 400 souvenir stamped envelopes to the moon and back last summer. The envelopes reportedly could have been sold to collectors for $600,000 or more. One hundred of the unauthorized envelopes were given to an acquaintance of the astronauts and were sold at a reported price of $1,500 each. The astronauts, in an apparent change of heart, declined to take any of that $150,000, NASA said. The 300 unsold envelopes, known to the philatelic trade as postal covers, have been impounded at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston.

(The taking of the covers to the moon and the subsequent sale of 100 of them by a West German stamp dealer, Hermann E. Sieger, was first reported by The Times Thursday.) NASA said in a formal announcement that the astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. and James B. Irwin exercised poor judgment.

"Therefore their actions will be given due consideration in their selection for future assignments," NASA said. The three astronauts have de-'clined to comment, the Houston space center The 400 envelopes carried doubtful whether black can save a draw." Fischer is playing the black pieces and Spassky the white, which means the Russian had the first move. Yefim Geller, the Russian who seconds Spassky, watched the final moves on closed circuit television In the corridor, sipping a cap of coffee. "What do you think, Grandmaster Geller?" he was asked. "I am not thinking, am drinking coffee," Geller replied.

Fischer has played Spassky. five times In the past. The three times he played the black pieces he lost. Playing white he was able to salvage two draws, but has never triumphed over the Russian. Spassky made first move Tuesday all by himself in the shadowless illumination of the s'ase at Reykjavik 1 Sports Palace.

Please Tarn Ytf 8, CoL 1 without permission, without official knowledge and in violation of NASA regulations, along with 232 Apollo 15 covers thai had the agency's full approval NASA said it permits astronauts, within established procedures, to carry personal souvenir-type items, including postal covers, on space These articles are to be retained by the astronauts or given to personal friends, and are not to be used or given for commercial purposes or personal gain, the agency said. Please Turn to Page 12, Col. 1 Israeli General Says He Tricked Terrorist Court Told That Japanese Confessed After Gun Offer BY HARRY TRIMEORN TlmtJ Stiff Wrltr SARAFAND, Israel-An Israeli army general admitted in court Tuesday he had tricked Japanese terrorist Kozo Okamoto into making a written confession by offering him a bizarre death contract: The general would provide Oka-moto with a pistol and a single bullet in return for details on the three-man; terrorist squad's attack during the May 30 Lod airport massacre. Okamoto could then use the weapon 'to realize his wish for death. Maj.

Gen. Rehavam Zeevi indicat-ed that the information; he sought was vital to Israel's security. At the 'time there were fears that the mas-. sacre might only be a prelude to a wave nf assassinations and further terrorist attacks at the airport or in other parts of the country. Zeevi, commander of the Central Military District, which includes the airport, testified during questioning by the prosecution that he did not permit Okamoto to kill himself be-.

cause the 24-rear-oId revolutionary "was not being frank" in fulfilling part of the, written pact containing nine clauses. Heasa Tern to Page 18, CoL 1 THE WEATHER National Weather Service Hazy sunshine today and Thursday with some early morning coastal low clouds and local fog. High both days, SO. High Tuesday, DO; low, 65. CemfUto neither lafnnatic tad tmej rtpsrt la Fart 2, Pif 4.

AN UNCHARACTERISTIC GAMBLE Daley Spurns M'Govern Offers to Compromiseand Losss AH SPASSKY REPELS OPENING ATTACK Fischer Fighting for a Draw as First Game Is Adjourned BY WILLIAM CHAPMAN Cxciniv It TM Timtt frtm ffw WatMRftM PmI REYKJAVIK, Iceland Ifl Bobby Fischer made his opening assault on the Soviet chess fortress Tuesday night, but world champion Boris Spassky repelled it and left the American with a tough fight for a draw when their first game was adjourned. The first game of history's richest world chess title match was called after 40 mores and three hours and 34 minutes of play. It will resume today at 5 (10 am. PDT). When play was called off for the night, there was little left on the board: a king and five pawns for Fischer, a king, three pawns and a bishop for Spassky.

VS. grandmaster Robert Byrne Said: "Fischer is going to hare trouble a draw. I dont see how Spaaky can lose." Srtisrar Giigoric, the Yugoslav graniraster, eommtated: "It Is MIAMI BEACH About 3 a.m. Tuesday morning Rep. Roman C.

Pucinski of Illinois was standing on the convention floor by the seats that he, Mayor Richard J. Daley and 57 other Chicago delegates hoped to seize from a group of insurgents. "I that McGovern is calling his people right now," Pucinski was telling reporters. "He's got the next 40 minutes to act if he wants to be President of the United States By that Pucinski meant that unless Sen. George S.

McGovern told his troops to vote Daley in and unseat the insurgents, there would be no Chicago organization support thij fall and no Illinois electoral votes. That was the 70-year-old Daley's last and fruitless move la an uncharacteristic gamble to win his 53 seat asi avoid its humiiiatioa cf beir.f.

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