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The Austin Weatl ler CENTRAL TEXAS: Considerable early morning cloudiness Thursday morning with partly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the low 90's expected through Friday and low 70's for Thursday night. A 30 per cent chance of thundershowers is forecast for Thursday, dropping to a 20 per cent chance Thursday night. SUNRISE: 6:38 a.m. SUNSET 8:33 p.m. Redd by the Decision-Makers of Texas Austin, TexasThursday, July 13, 1972 10 Cents HOME EDITION Vol.

59-No. 31 126 Pages-5 Parts McGo Vern Noniinatec 9 ru fuses ft a ennecty 5 I -vr uuuy Austin senior citizens groups are seeking volunteers to man a telephone service for the elderly. Page A13 The delegates were sure to ratify whomever McGovern chooses at the closing session Thursday McGovern watched on television in his penthouse suite two miles away as the convention voted him triumph in an 18-month nomination quest that he began as a lonely political outsider. This was the official tabulation of a roll call that (See NOMINATION, Page A6) Richard Dougherty, a McGovern spokesman, said Kennedy declined "for very real personal reasons." Dougherty said the two men talked for about 15 minutes. McGovern already had been looking to others, for Kennedy has repeatedly renounced any candidacy for national office in 1972.

And so the only question left for the Democratic convention was the selection of a No. 2 man to run with McGovern. Before the switches his total was 1,728.35. Even as McGovern partisans cheered, waved the standards and the blue placards of their candidate, word came that Sen. Edward M.

Kennedy had spurned the vice presidency. After 119 delegate votes from Illinois assured his nomination, McGovern telephoned Kennedy in Hyannis Port, to offer the vice presidency. Massachusetts senator declined to run. A mighty roar sounded from the Democratic National Convention as Chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien pronounced the senator from South Dakota the presidential nominee.

McGovern had it won long before the first ballot was completed. His final delegate vote after switches: 1,861.95, far past the 1,509 majority he needed. By WALTER R. MEARS AP Political Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) George McGovern swept to-the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday night to climax an incredible campaign that carried him from the back row of the Senate to the pinnacle of party power.

He offered the vice presidential nomination to Sen, Edward M. Kennedy, a spokesman said, but the mm: mu. AP Wirepholo Aggie veterinary students are coming to Austin one day a week to gain experience and provide a service to the Austin Humane Society. Page AM CALIFORNIA DELEGATION CHEERS McGOVERN NOMINATION Actress Shirley MacLaine, rightleads ohyJSamornian5 i 'A Elect ion ft SY All A routine call to an Austin American reporter Wednesday night turned into a dramatic plea for help from a man who was considering suicide. Page A12 Sept.

9 Probab Briscoe Backs Gov. Wallace After Meeting i le on CIP ft (decided to wait until a report on the subject is completed in More Council news, Page2 By MARY M. MOODY Staff Writer VV Austinites will probably be around a new private golf three or four weeks. i The council aiso (iecided ballot. McGovern pulled 41 votes from Texas and Sen.

Henry Jackson had 32. Congresswoman Shirley to By JIM BERRY and BILL MADDOX Capitol Staff Newspapers, Inc. Bureau MIAMI BEACH -With Dolph going io we oein. mhw this Nation The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that in 1971, one-third of the nation's black citizens lived below the official poverty level, marking little change from a year earlier.

1 Page A1S At rlo thR fatp nf a new anita i r. i Pro Tern Dan Love, councilmen one on cracKem mye nuu. Improvements Program (CIP) Chisholm had four and Sen. thpito determine how much money riprif lpn in ni in me i in nnn in Edmund Muskie one from the will be needed to bring the program to start "vitalizing Briscoe saddling the candidacy of George Wallace, Texas delivered 54 votes to the Texas delegation. with such multi-million projects as a civic center and major hospital expansion.

Mayor Roy Butler told fellow the Decker Lake recreation area. The council also talked about city-owned hospital up to needed bed space. Hospital Administrator (See CIP, Page A6) Alabama governor just after midnight here Thursday golf facilities for the area but if flUtit f't 'J councilmen in a Wednesday night work session on the CIP making the wounded founder of he favors the Sept. 9 date, the American Party the state's World Thousands of Protestants marched Wednesday in Belfast to commemorate Foes Pair Off favorite in the National Texas was the last state to report its vote and by then McGovern was far over the top, having accomplished that when Illonois reported its vote. After he reported Texas apportionment of votes, Briscoe said that in a "spirit of harmony" 13 delegates including Briscoe wanted to change their votes to McGovern, which gave the; Democratic Convention.

The Texas opposition to Sen George McGovern was a mere pitance in his landslide to the which comes at the end of the first week of classes at the University of Texas. Butler said the date should satisfy both students and bond experts wanting an early election. No action was taken on the suggestion Wednesday night. AP Wirepholo McGOVERN WORKS ON ACCEPTANCE SPEECH IN HOTEL SUITE South Dakotan watched television coverage of convention as he worked Few Believed McGovern or City Vote party's nomination on the first By RICK FISH (bodies there's been a sharp Capitol Staff i dropoff in outside investment Both sides are preparing money, problems with law ouietlv but in dead earnest enforcement and a decline in Protestant power in Northern Ireland, but feared violence was averted by a British show of force. Page A17 Bobby Fischer had a bad day Tuesday.

He lost the first game of the world title chess match and learned the money which lured him there may be delayed. Page A83 Councilmen looked at the CIP South Dakotan 54 to afford him the state's leadership. On the second total reported by Briscoe, Wallace slipped to 48 votes and Jackson to 23. Briscoe revealed shortly after 9 p.m. he would cast his ballot for Wallace because "the Little Time For Sleep In Miami When He Said He'd Win By CARL P.

LECBSDORF But the script laid out by the I "It ilid look like very much of a AP Political Writer 49-year-old South Dakota sena-long shot," he conceded. proposal for about an hour and jf()r over next growtn. a half Wednesday city council eleclions mceting deciding to add additional funds wj1 pR a studcnt.Easl described by sevcra, of its wv a wausi jure hi uuui Austin-liberal coalition against; participants as "informational, i the established Austin business and non-hystericaT," and for improvements to Decker Park. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Kr has turned out to be the indeed, when McGovern de- and political community.

principles he advocates are For three years. Sen. George! only accurate forecast of his candidacy on Jan apparently some strategy was discussed. in: Attorney Morgan Hunter told vitally important to the future reporters and 1 1972 Democratic primary eam-ji9i 1971i a year anead of thc McGovern told The CIP budget suggested by 0n sUdent sjdC) meetin the city manager and planning of our country and essential to An amazed Democratic usuai starting time, the public Newspapers, Inc. Bureau MIAMI BEACH The chief topic of conversation at this Democratic National politicians how he planned win the Democratic presiden-iParty with wt hi, nnnuiarKvPanment Has a five-year total now finds itself the future of our party." Texas area the group that based on a of this UUU.Ct pj( nun McGovern as its presidential at under 5 ncr cent.

month townrd Possibly as a consideration of lnartmenls (See MUNICIPAL, Page 7) his own campaign for governor Convention has been "how nominee- He had little support from The least surprised person is politicians and even less from this fall in Texas, Briscoe said much sleep do you get?" tial nomination. He would run in the primaries, scoring well in New Hampshire and breaking through to victory in Wisconsin. He would speak out boldly on McGovern. An all' time national labor leaders. They said he was he thinks it is "essential to keep the George Wallace people in first-year total oi Riso.Z9H.uou.

constructin. a sla(c of. Council Wednesday night candidates that such a coalition decided to add about $500,000 to coud support. I the 1972-73 budget for a 24-inch Meanwhile, the Austin water line to serve an area east estabiishment is holding low-key of Interstate Highway 35 and: "information" meetings likel north of Onion Creek. lone last Fridav at the! convention record was set at the a one-issue candiaalc with his the Democratic Party." Although he finally selected Tuesday night, Wednesday morning session eleven opposition to the war appealing only to students and radicals.

the issues, relying on his rivals' to stumble and fall. 1 "I didn't know it would happen just this way," he told a reporter. "But I thought we'd make it right from the beginning." Still, McGovern said he un Hijackers Demand Parachutes Associated Press A National Airlines plane en But the doubters failed to an straight hours. The first session, Monday night running into the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Until he captured the primary April 4, few believed McGovern. The South ticipate the collapse of Sen.

Edmund S. Muskie, the mood of protest in the country and The proposal came from 120-year-old John Nash ranch; Councilman Dick Nichols, who northeast of the city, presided said the lines were needed to i over by former Gov. Allan allow development of shivers and Mayor Roy Butler. project planned At that gathering about 250 of! came close a little better support the nominee of the party in the fall. Hall E.

Timanus of Houston, the Wallace campaign manager (See TEXAS, Page A6) derstood the doubts about his Sports Little known Briton Peter Tupling fired a 68 Wednesday to lead the British Oien by one stroke over another Briton, Tony Jacklin. Tourney favorite Jack Nicklaus, looking for the third step to golf's Grand Slam, is two strokes back at 70, one stroke ahead of Texas Lee Trevino. Page A59 Jimmy Wynn hit two home runs as the Houston Astros exploded for a 10-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs Wednesday. Dave Roberts won his eighth game in 12 decisions as Houston remains one and a half games back of Cincinnati in the National League West. Page A59 than nine hours.

doubts held even by Dakota senator complained that! chances, McGovern's own organizational his closest advisers. And for delegates, staffers ability, persistence, determina- no one took him seriously. some of Austin's most influential citizens route from Philadelphia to iew and newsmen, it goes into twice that hours spent in caucuses York and an American Airlines plane headed from Oklahoma heard the mayor and the former 71 ixmr Tiitil nv governor tell them that Austin other briefings, checking is one of six cities slated for a 'City to Dallas were hijacKea "student takeover." Wednesday night in separate Thc group included local, incidents a couple of hours contractors and developers, apart. In both cases, the hijack-businessmen, a UT regent and a ers demanded money and para-few faculty members, editors; chutes. and station managers, attorneys! The air piracy came only a Perplexed By Tax Bite tion and confidence.

i McGovern briefly sought the presidency in 1968 in the place of the slain Robert F. Kennedy. He received 1462 votes at the Chicago convention which nominated Hubert II. Humphrey. McGovern succeeded, however, in identifying himself with the antiwar and reform forces that, though beaten at Chicago, vowed to have a place in 1972 within the convention hall and in the majority.

As a first step, McGovern re Mayor Roy Butler is in nnri all nf (hp ritv council week after two planes on the schedules of events and simply getting to and from the convention center and mainstreams of other activity. The Texas delegation headquarters in the Marco Polo Hotel is 15 miles from the National headquarters facilities and the headquarters of the Democratic presidential hopefuls. The convention hall is three miles beyond. It's $8, 45 minute taxi ride through average traffic to the convention center. A shuttle bus predicament with which many! Fried Those I West Coast were hijacked with- Austinites are all too familiar.

nrpnt wore invited bv'in 24 hours. Stricter searches He says he's overtaxed. telephone on short notice. on all commuter flights were And he says his problem is; The student planners all of, ordered by President Nixon worse than the average citizen whom refuse to allow their after last week's events. Index Amusements A56, 57 Ann Landers A50 Armchair Aviator A33 turned to South Dakota and because he can't appeal his names to be used scoff at the The National jet.

winch car- iffVI? '-'II mhy' f' i svstem was supposed to have I Sri A 4 sir "I been the answer to the taxes to the Board of idea of a "student takeover." 113 passengers, was hi-Equalization. He says it! "The whole mistake these; jacked by two men who look right" since as a people make is in thinking; edly demanded $600,003 in councilman he helped appoint; we're interested in holding! American currency, $20,000 in the board. "You give up all office and usurping Mexican pesos and three para-vour riuhts when you take this! said one student organizer. "AIL chutes. economics of this, but for the: first tnree aays mai musi i i Sin conventioners spent here the won re-election to the Senate by 38,000 votes.

He was the first son and second child of Joseph McGovern, then SI, and the former Frances McLean, 20 years younger. The family moved for a time to Canada then settled in 1928 in Mitchell, S.D., a middle American town of 15,000 noted chiefly for the Mitchell Corn Palace, a monument to the chief product of that flat land. McGovern had a stern, Bible- buses either didn't turn up or thev weren't headed for the we're interested in is making! The three-engine Boeing 727 some changes and breaking the 'was approaching Kennedy air- hold of the people with the port in New York when thc hi-money." jacking occurred, authorities But the men who called the! said. It returned to Phila-mceting at the ranch apparently delphia and circled for an hour job," he said. Waving a handful of tax statements on nine parcels of land, Butler said the city tax department "is either hitting me hardest because I'm mayor or the average tax payer is getting killed." while officials tried to decide don't think so.

needed destination. It should have been simple, Miami Beach is one long hotel, restaurant and bar studded street. How anyone could have compounded an obvious traffic nroblem has so far been a well kept secret. Not only delegates and the Butler read a list of six cities; what to do. Ask BBB A19 Bridge A52 Business Report A38 Classified A70-83 Comics A54 Crossword Puzzle A54 Court Proceedings A44 Deaths A23 Dollars and Sense A32 Editorials A4 4-H News A43 H-D Agent A68 Helolse Horoscope A51 Jennie Lynd Reed A48 Joyce Haber A53 L.

M. Boyd A54 Markets AG6-67 Public Records A40 Sports A59-6S Ted's Tips A18 Town and Country A26 TV-Radio A32 Weather A7 Your Good Health A9 Butler said the worst part ofj Berkeley, Gainesville, The American plane, which it is that his land is not even in; Boulder, reportedly carried about 18 per-the quadrant of the city Wise; Baton Rouge, and sons, was diverted to Greater reading upbringing in which sneaked trip to forbidden mov-i lies was a young boy's chief lib-. re-evaluated this year. Austin. All are university cities Southwest International Airport thousands who have followed eration.

He was shy in school Butler said the valuation on and all purportedly at Fort Worth, Tex. The hijack- one parcel of his land was cities for a student takeover. i when the boxcar struck the metal scaffolding and tore out concrete moorings indicates about an additional week's delay, Publisher Richard Brown said. After the press units are moved, remodeling will result in new press, mailroom, warehouse, circulation and dock facilities ready for use in October. (Staff Photo by Ray Cobb) them here are calling it a working convention.

People whose livelihood depends upon PROJECT DELAYED A mishap Wednesday between a railroad boxcar and scaffolding used to convey press units out of the American-Statesman building and to its new pressroom facility elsewhere on the downtown property will delay completion of the project. Move of the final eight press units had been expected to take about six weeks, but first assessment of damage caused increased 250 per cent. I Mayor Butler explained to the! er reportedly demanded parachutes and transfer to another plane which he wanted until a librarian's recommendation he go out for the school debate team became a catalyst for his later life. group that in those cities like; summer fun and sun seekers He said he plans to talk with city tax officials to find out why his taxes were raised. are feeling the pinch.

Debaung won tor ueorgc Berkeley and Boulder whoreonl from Dallas. Shortly after the student candidates hold a9 p.m., CDT, the second piano majority on city governing had not been dispatched. Hotels are only partially filled (Sec McGOVERN, Page Afi) (See SLEEPY, Page AO).