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A I 1 ti 1 HI LARGEST CIRCUUTION IN THE WEST, DAILY," SUNDAY. Ciwyrltht l7i Lot Anef TimM VOL XCI 2f SIX PARTS PART ONE CC THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 1 1 972 1 34 PAGES DAILY 10 fji 1 fx T-I fif A I ll I I i'Ml cliovert 1 iIflSj nnedy They Hold Long Phone Talk After Convention Nominates S. Dakotan BY BILL BOYARSKY TimM Political Wrtttr- I strators who Invaded his hotet; to know Sen. George.Ir; FACING THE PROTESTERS McGovern replies to questions from views on war -ond Ml AMI BEACH Sen. George S.

McGovern, once a lonely and ignored campaigner, was nominated for President Wednesday night by a Democratic National Convention firmly controlled by his cheering supporters. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts telephoned McGovern minutes after the South Dakota senator won the nomination, and they talked for "15 or so minutes" about the Vice Presidency. McGovern asked him if he would serve as his running mate and Kennedy refused, saying he was doing so "for very personal reasons," according to a statement from McGovern headquarters.

"I fully understand Sen. Kennedy's position," McGovern said. "The Kennedy family has already made great sacrifices to the nation." With a touch of irony it was the II-1 i i delegation, where Mayor Richard J. Daley's old-line Democrats had been ousted by McGovern forces, that put the senator over the top and the convention hall exploded into pandemonium. Jump Up and Down California's delegates jumped up and down.

Blue and white McGovern placards waved throughout the packed hall, A girl. in the Texas delegation danced. As the convention voted, McGovern watched on television Jn his hotel suite. His' wife, Eleanor, looked on from a convention hall box, keeping score, then moved onto the floor where she was surrounded by newsmen and well-wishers. Sen.

Hubert H. Humphrey, the old campaigner who gave up his presidential bid Tuesday, also watched from a convention box. His wife, Muriel, was at his side. 2 Jetliners Hi jackedipveiU.Si;; M'GOVERN MAGIC 'George Makes Miracle Happen in 72 BY JOHN J. GOLDMAN Tlm StH Wrltw MI AM BEACH On the street six floors "below the suite at the Shera-ton-BIackstone Hotel, National Guard jeeps stood amid barbed wire barricades.

Cries of "Out now!" from antiwar demonstrators tore through the' night, punctuated by the popping of tear-gas grenades hurled by police. Sen. George S. McGovern and Prof. Richard Wade, a scholarly Kennedy adviser, could see it all from a corner window, the street and in living color on a television set in the room, the nomination of Hubert H.

Humphrey, Chicago, 19GS. Miami, 1972. Between them lies the political phenomenon that is George Stanley McGovern. The making of George McGovern began as a dream in the shadow of the White House more than 10 years ago and win or lose it is one of the great political phenomenons of bur time. Fnlitical Rules Rewritten It has broken most traditional rules of politics, written new ones.

It has taken a man from South state with just four electoral votes, a politician thought to be media-minus, and thrust him into the Democratic presidential nomination. "George McGovern confided to me that in 1061 he began to dream of being President of the United States," said his good friend and national finance chairman, Henry Kimel-man. "He set his mind in that direction. One of the reasons he's where he is today is he's had a single purpose to be President." The seed may have been planted in 1961, when McGovern was administrator of the Food for Peace Program under President John F. Kennedy, but it did not germinate until seven years later, in Chicago.

McGovern had come to Chicago as a last-minute candidate to salvage delegates won by Robert Kennedy. On nomination night the senator remained in his hotel room with Wade. Tarty Seemed to Break Up "You're the only man walking out of this' convention larger than you came in," the history professor remarked to McGovern, who in turn said he felt the Democratic Party was breaking, up right before their eyes. WTien the balloting was over, McGovern had 146Vi votes; Humphrey, 1,761 34. The talk In the room drifted to 1972.

Although McGovern came out of the 1968 convention 1,615 14 votes behind, he never stopped sprinting. "That little trial heat triggered desire to get the nomination," said a close personal friend who was with the senator at the convention. Adds McGovern's administrative assistant, George Cunningham: "His personal dream was born out of a cumulative feeling his involvement in political life wa3 not as effective as It could be As he looked out of the window of the Blackstone he eaw the nominfi of the party not responding to the concerns of the people. He really felt the Democratic Flease Turn to Page 24, Col. 1 Money, Parachutes 113 Passengers Aboard National Airplane at Philadelphia; 51 Reported on American flight Bound for West Coast Platform Geared to Please Most Minorities but Not Businessmen Even before he captured the McGovern had begun searching for a vice presidential running mate.

His first choice was Kennedy, but his decision against accepting the offer was irrevocable. It was learned that Kennedy had sent a telegram to Democratic National Chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien clearly stating his decision. He asked O'Brien to read the telegram to the 3,016 delegates if a draft movement should start today when the convention meet3 to choose a vice presidential candidate and to hear McGovern's acceptance speech. -McGovern said he was looking for someone who could help him unite the divided Democratic Party and he felt that Kennedy was the best man for that job.

Askew Withdraws From Race Gov. Reubin Askew of Florida, whose name was high in the vice presidential speculation, withdrew Wednesday night. But others in the running, aides said, were Sen. Thomas F. Bagleton of Missouri and Leonard Woodcock, president of the United Auto Workers.

So was Wisconsin Gov. Patrick J. Lucey. Eagleton said he had been contacted and added that the McGovern. camp had told him that Sen.

Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut was another possibility. Eagleton said he was told by a top McGovern representative that he was under serious consideration on four grounds: at 42 he is seven years younger than McGovern, he is a Catholic, he comes from' a large industrial city (St. Louis) in a key border state and he has had long and cordial relations with AFL-CIO leaders. Tall and effervescent, with a bouncy walk like actor Jack Lem- prices, create unemployment through restricted output and stifli technological innovation." Arch Booth, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in a statement on the plaU form declared that business has become "the new minority." "It Is utterly inconceivable to me that many in business or the professions could support a candidate running on this platform," he said.

The convention rejected 18 of 20 proposed minority planks before adjourning at 3:22 a.m. PDT- the planks turned down were eight backed by Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, and designed in part to push the platform to the right on economic and foreign policy. McGovern's floor agents directed the effort against the Wallace planks.

McGovern also opposed all the other minority planks that were re-Please Turn ta Page 28, Col. 1 while he b-livps that Sen. George McGovern "will get the hell beat out of him," the similarity between the two conventions ends there. He said that while there was some similarity between 1564 and 1972 because of the control over the conventions by Goldwater and McGovern supporters, "we worked within the system within the Republican Partyhut McGovern worked outside the party." Goldwater told the Shriners Tuesday night the Democrats cannot win this year, but said he did not see. the eWtion a a shoo-in for Mr.

Nixon. He explained that that was there are only 27 million Republicans in the country, while Ihere sre 12 million Democrat! asi S3 million lsdepe.iisr.ti. young demoncrrr: Prm There was a report that the sec ond plane contained the ransom money, but this was not confirmed. An Army plane earlier had. brought the parachutes.

The American plane, also a 727, reportedly carried 31 passengers and a crew of six. It was diverted to Greater Southwest International Airport at Ft. Worth. The hijacker reportedly demanded $330,000, para-' chutes and transfer to another plane. '( The plane had begun its flight in New York, and after stops in Washington, D.C..

and Chicago, landed, in Oklahoma City. The hijacking oc- curred on the Oklahoma City-Dalla3 leg of the flight; which was to have Please Turn to Page 20, CoL 1 Phone Firm loses: Rate Hike Appeal State High Court Refuses to Restore $143 Million BY DARYL LEMBKE Tlmtt Stiff Writer SAN FRA NCI SCO The state Supreme Court Wednesday denied a petition by pacific Telephone Telegraph Co. for a rehearing of a decision nullifying its $143-miilion-a-year rate increase. Pacific Telephone's petition had also asked that in event the court refused to rehear the case which it did that it then order a delay in payment of a $143 million refund to' subscribers and: also order a delay in the effective date of the 'new, lower rates. The court refused both of these re-' quests.

Tacific Telephone issued a state tnent expressing disappointment with 'the court's action. "It is our intention as previously announced to carry these arguments promptly to the U.S. Supreme Court where we are confident. that ulti--mately the decision of the California court will be reversed," a Paqific Telephone spokesman said. The company indicated that it will try to get a stay from the U.S.

Supreme Court of the order for refunding of the $143 million, which averages out to about $12 per customer! A company spokesman said that if no stav is granted, the refunds may be paid as credits on the August rieas Torn Pj 36, Cot. 1 THE WEATHER National Weather Service forecast: Fa'r today and Friday but night and morning fog and low rWsds. Hich both days, S6. High Wednesday, SS: low, 6S. Complete fithr information al smcf report la Tart 3- Demanded -If he MIAMI BEACH tfl-The Democratic Party has given Sen.

George S. McGovern a platform liberal enough to please most of the nation's deprived minorities but too liberal for many businessmen. The final version, adopted by the national convention at dawn Wednesday, promises immediate withdrawal from Vietnam. and federal income payments to replace the welfare system and supports school busing as a tool in achieving integration. It also calls for: Anti inflation controls over profits, dividends, interest earnings and executive salaries as well as wages and prices.

A graduated corporate Income tax raising the tax rates on big businesses. Stronger antimonopoly laws to "break up large conglomerates found to violate the antitrust laws." Action to "deconcentrate shared monopolies such as auto, steel and tire industries which administer War to BY RICHARD Tlr Vtft Writ V' MIAMI BEACH Sen. George S. McGovern confronted a hostile crowd of 400 youthful demonstrators in the lobby of his hotel cam-p a i headquarters Wednesday night and ran into severe heckling. he.

told the demonstrators that he was not shifting his position on any Lssues. frequently drowned out by catcalls and chanting, tried to answer questions shouted by the youths who were, protesting a pledge that McGovern made Tuesday to keep some U.S. forces in Southeast Asia until all prisoners of war come After the incident, McGovern said he decided to talk to the demonstrators "because we certainly didn't want a repetition of Chicago four years ago" a reference to the mass disorders and mass arrests at the last Democratic convention. McGovern said he went down to the lobby from his suite even though "the Secret Service didn't want us to do it. It was a little uncomfortable, but I thought I should be there.

It's better to hear people out than to drive them out." Demand McGovern Appearance The demonstrators moved into the hotel lobby shortly after noon and demanded that- McGovern appear. About seven hours later, the senator, wearing a colorful sportshirt, went into the lobby to speak to them. He was met with catcalls and loud shouts. However, demonstrators cheered him when he reiterated his stand that every American would be pulled out of Vietnam, if he is elected. And at least some of the barbs hurled by the protesters were aimed at.

each "other, hecause views were blocked or because, of efforts to bt heard. "I'm not shifting my position any fundamental issue," he was heard to say over the clamor, and then he was drowned out, by the chanting: "End the war, tha war," McGovern, solemn-faced, stood silently. The shouting died down and a young woman asked in a high, de-Please Turn to Pajo 2, Col. 3 FEATURE INDEX BOOK REVIEW. V'ew, Tage 1U.

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Flrt Ttsi SI WOMXX S. View, I Stand Same McGovern nsisfs Hostie Crowd Br AitACiatMl National Airlines plane flying from Philadelphia to New York and an American Airlines plane headed from Oklahoma City to Dallas were hijacked Wednesday night in separate incidents a couple of hours apart. In both cases, the hijackers de- manded money and parachutes. The National jet, which carried 113 passengers, was hijacked by two men who reportedly demanded $600,000 in American currency, $20,000 in Mexican pesos and three parachutes. The threengine Boeing 727 was approaching Kennedy International Airport in New York when the hijacking occurred, "authorities said.

It returned to Philadelphia and circled for an hour while officials tried to decide what to do. Pilot Leaps Out It landed just before 9 p.m. at the airport, which was closed to all other flights! Passengers and crew remained but it was reported later that the pilot had escaped by jumping through the cockpit window. He suffered head cuts from broken glass and was taken to a hospital. About an hour and a half later after the plane landed, the airport control tower reported over the police radio that the plane was out of fuel and without electricity and that the hijackers were asking for another plane.

Another National plane landed at the airport later, and the hijackers were told their demands were being met. But an FBI agent was quoted as saying, "He's not going to leave the plane until he lets the passengers off." was "very angry and upset backstage" when he left the playing board to protest the closed-circuit cameras that televised the moves to the audience in the hall. "I told him it's allowed Jn the rule? to have these cameras." Schmid said, "but then he said he had not signed any rules. I know this story is not finished yetl We will hear more about these cameras from Fischer." Fred Cramer, one of Fischer's seconds, said, 'Bobby wa naturally very disappointed, but he is a pro and I believe he will be able to come bark if we can just get the practical condition snrtPd out. "Nobody likes to a chrss game Fischer lea.t of all." Cramer said.

"But he hi.s got the strength to overcome an initial disappointment." Flay in the interrupted first game resumed time, but Fucher walked Fleas Tars 18, CoL 1 TV CAMERAS ANGER AMERICAN Fischer Loses Opening Game of Chess Match to Spassky COMPARES '64-72 CONVENTIONS Goldwater Sees a Similarity With McGoyernlt's Defeat BY HOWARD SEELYE REYKJAVIK, Iceland (LTD World chess champion Boris Spass-kv of Russia defeated Bobby Fischer In the first game of their 4230.000 championship match Wednesday, putting the unpredictable American one point behind. Fischer, who had stopped play in th game for 35 minutes to protest th presence of two closed-circuit television cameras high above the contest stage, conceded to the Russian on the 56th move. gave up when he saw he could not prevent Spassky moving his only surviving pawn to Fischer's fide of the board, thus turning it Itj! a a queen, the most powerful piece in game. Fischer stood up. made a future to the audience and walked cff.

The second game wai scheduled for 13 a m. FDT today, Judt Lolhar Schmid said Fischer IRVINE Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) sees some similarity between the Democratic National Convention this week and the 13S4 Republican convention that nominated him for the Presidency. "And the election will come out about the same way as in 19R4." he told an audience of Orange County Shriners in predicting that the Democratic nominee will to President Nixon in November. In 1061, Goldwater delete held absolute control of the Republican convention and beat back attempts to modify or amend the pa'1)' platform.

Goldwa'er later lot a elTtion to President Lyndon B. Johnson. "in an e'ahoretlon pf his remarkj Wednesday, Goldwater said tiat.

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