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-v'V -x V' nn Some old guard will return, will King he with them? Ray koss ft Weather an analysis Frank King Today's High in Low 90s Overnight Low in Low 70s Warm and Humid Probability of Precipitation 30 percent Details on Page 9 By Hugh McDiarmid Journal Htrolo Stall Writer MIAMI BEACH The so-called cream of the Ohio Democratic Party will be stumbling back home this weekend with one of the worst political hangovers in history. The principal malefactor has been Frank W. King, a controversial and unpredictable Ohio labor politician who has become the unquestioned leader of the state's fading but still aggressive "old guard." Not since 1964, when the party scheduled a "pre-primary con-v i to decide whether George S. has a chance of defeating i ar Nixon in Ohio, a pivotal state in any presidential Also on the line are the party's chances for capturing congressional and state legislative seats held by Republicans in proportions far exceeding the number of Republican voters in the state. And in 1972 unlike 1964 -Ohio Democrats will be fighting a popular incumbent President at the top of the ticket not Barry Goldwater.

THE PRIMARY cause of the Ohio party's malaise is Frank furniture around the north ballroom of the Neil hotel in Columbus. THIS WEEK'S scene in Miami Beach was less physical than the 1964 eruption, but the wounds are far more serious. The fighting involves more than a U.S. Senate seat. At stake is whether Sen.

Steve Young or John Glenn should run for U.S. Senate, have Ohio Democrat woulds been so open and so sore. That 1964 convention ended inconclusively and in chaos with Democrats from throughout the state leaping on tables, screaming and shouting at one another and, at the very end, throwing King. 60-year-old president of the Ohio AFL-CIO and one of the more noticeable characters to emerge from this week's Democratic National Convention. Had it not been for King's energies, the successful 1 a t-minute primary campaign put on in Ohio this spring for Sen.

Hubert H. Humphrey would not have been oossible. And the collapse of Sen. Edmund Muskie's campaign, which had attracted support from Gov. John J.

Gilligan and tJie bulk of the Ohio party's newer regulars, (Continued on Page 9) Around The World 2 British soldiers, two civilians killed in day of gunfights, bombings in Northern Ireland, p. 14. Across The Nation CITY The Journal Herald Sire Frasier, the sexy lion, to be buried today as Scots' pipes lament; tributes pour in from all over world, p. 2. FDA finds excessive amount of lead in canned evaporated milk.

p. 7. Security chief for Atomic Energy Commission placed on leave during investigation of charges he borrowed more than $100,000 from other AEC employes and hasn't paid it back. p. 7.

165th Year No. 170 10 Cents Dayton, Ohio, Saturday, July 15, 1972 Labor riff Here In Ohio Nixon mm. mm mmtm 1' 4 -V '''t' S'fovj workers XI. 1 Three-judge panel to hear a suit on Ohio's new system of tax credits to parents of children in nonpublic schools, p. 3.

HUD wants a closed hearing on the firing of its former regional director WiUiam'B. Jolley. p. 25. AAcG? or Around Our Town suspect shot after breaking from r.

-i sville police chief, p. 25. 51 Religion Dr. Harriet Miller, prof at United Theological Seminary, finds the Methodist Church isn't ready yet for a laywoman bishop, p. 30.

'Church lobby' keeps itself tuned in on public issues, p. 30. i From Win Olipatchts WASHINGTON As AFL-CIO President George Meany yesterday summoned his executive council to decide whether to endorse George S. McGovern, Democratic presidential candidate, two national union presidents said they will support President Nixon for re-election. They said McGovern's Democratic platform is "unacceptable and repulsive." The endorsement of Mr.

Nixon by Kenneth T. Lyons of the National Association of Government Employes (NAGE) and Jesse M. Calhoon of the National And now CALL FOR change, an editorial, Page 4. McGOVERN won't campaign in every state, Page 10. DEMOCRATIC national committeewoman loves work, politics, Page 10.

HUMPHREY friend C. J. McLin's is in no hurry to endorse McGovern, Page 25. '5 About Business (IUE) argued that the council violated instructions from Congress to exempt low-wage workers from the pay controls. This would produce an annual income of almost $7,000, which the Labor Dept.

says is necessary tor an urban family of four to maintain a "lower" standard of living. A family with a single wage earner at the $1.90 an hour level would have an annual income of $3,952. The council's $1.90 figure was based on a study by the Office of Management and Budget, which said urban families of four with yearly incomes of less than a year are considered poor. The council said $3,968 a year works out to $1.90 an hour for a wage earner. The unions argued the $1.90 figure was unrealistic.

Jones agreed, saying Congress had "rejected the poverty level earnings as prescribed by the Office of a a and Budget as a yardstick for determining exemption from wage control." New York Exchange reverses field, advances in moderate trading, p. 22. Foreign banks save dollar, buy 1.5 billion, p. 23. Sporting World U.S.

Olympic basketball team to play group of former Olympians Aug. 10 in UD Arena, p. 16. Lee Trevino leads Tony Jacklin by one stroke in British Open; Jack Nicklaus six strokes back. p.

16. Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (MEBA) were the first by the heads of any major unions. MEBA, which supported Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey for the presidency in 1968, is made up of marine and other engineers and 10,000 air traffic controllers.

THE MARITIME industry generally is well disposed toward Mr. Nixon; the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 sharply increased federal subsidies for the U.S. merchant fleet. Meanwhile, Floyd E. Smith, president of the largest union in the AFL-CIO federation, said he would seek to rally his International As-s i a i of Machinists and Aerospace Workers behind McGovern.

And Ken Miesen, candidate for the presidency of the AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers, announced he, too, will support McGovern. In response to a question, Smith, who was one of the AFL-CIO's three members on the government's Pay Board and is a figure of some influence in the executive council, said he and his union's other officers "are going to do everything we can to win the endorsement of our convention for the McGovern-Eag-leton ticket." Meany and the AFL-CIO executive council scheduled a meeting Wednesday to discuss whether the giant federation should endorse McGovern or sit out the presidential election and concentrate on congressional and state election races. There appeared little likelihood, however, the federation would endorse Mr. Nixon, as Calhoon and Lyons did, because it has criticized the Administration so strongly on economic and other domestic issues. MEBA is in the AFL-CIO; NAGE is not.

AFL-CIO forces fought hard at the Democratic convention to prevent McGovern's nomination. McGovern, however, also has won support in the AFL-CIO from Presidents 'Jerry Wurf of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes and Patrick Gorman, head of the member Butchers Union. They often are at odds with Meany. President I. W.

Abel of the Steel Workers union, a powerful member of the AFL-CIO council, told reporters in Miami Beach he will not work for McGovern's election. From Wirt Dispolchel WASHINGTON The decision of a federal district judge yesterday will give more low scale wage earners a break in seeking raises. U.S. Judge William B. Jones ruled that workers making considerably more than the Cost of Living Council's present an hour base can haggle for and receive raises in excess of the 5.5 percent a year guideline.

UNDER THE current rule, only workers earning less than $1.90 an hour just 25 cents an hour more than the minimum wage of $1.65 an hour can receive pay increases in excess of 5.5 percent. Judge Jones said the $3.53 an hour floor suggested by the AFL-CIO and other labor organizations bringing the suit seemed reasonable, but he said the council would have to set the new pay base. Officials at the Labor Dept. said 14 million new rs would be able to seek wage increases beyortd the 5.5 guideline if the S3.53 base is adopted. A Cost of Living Council spokesman said the agency is considering appealing in Federal Appeals Court.

A spokesman for the AFL-CIO, which together with other labor units filed the original suit, called the ruling "an absolute, vindication of our position." In his 20-page opinion, Judge Jones commented that the council's "alarm afc prospect of an exemption from wage controls for 50 percent of the nonsupervi-sory working force is less convincing in light of its recent ruling exempting small businesses from both price and wage reg'ulatiqns." The Pay board, back when it still had labor and business members on it, voted down a proposal to set the exemption cutoff at $1.90 an hour, calling that figure too low. But the board could not agree on a higher figure and threw the issue back to the i which adopted the $1.90 figure. THE INTERNATIONAL Union of Electrical Workers O'Brien's Modern Living Ron Goldwyn describes a day in the life of a horse, p. 27. Young woman with political aspirations can use either her married or maiden name.

p. 27. Decorating with colorful borders in all W-inntr of designs is becoming quite popular, 56 Pages Index successor a woman From Wirt Dlspotcha MIAMI BEACH, Fla. --Breaking with tradition, Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern chose a woman yesterday to become national chairman of the party he now commands. Mrs.

Jean Westwood of West Jordan, Utah, who helped manage McGovern's campaign, was the nominee's choice for Democratic national chairman. She succeeded Lawrence F. O'Brien, twice the party's chairman. A Negro, Basil Paterson of New York, was chosen for the committee's No. 2 post although he was not McGovern's original choice, While McGovern said he re 1 1 O'Brien's departuie, party sources said the chairman agreed at one point to reconsi- (Continued on Page 10) Ccnnaily seeking unhappy Democrats Connolly gets recruiting job Here's' TIGER TIGER has joined the gang of amusing and entertaining people who coma to you every Saturday in the eclor comics of The Journal Herald.

TIGER, along with Stripe, his (spotted) dog and a raft of lively friends are created by cartoonist Bud Blt-ke, and won for Blake the 1971 Best Humor Strip award of the National Cartoonists Society. Take a look at today's color comics maybe you'll likeVTIGER. Page Off the Beat 27 Radio 48 Sports 16-19 Statistics 35 Television 49 Dr. Thosteson 34 Weather 9 What's Up? 32 Earl Wilson 32 Roz Young 27 Page Action Line 25 Amusements 32-34 Business, Finance 20-23 Church News 30 Comics 48-49 Horoscope 48 Ann Landers 28 Modern Living 27-29 Obituaries 15 Classified Deaths 38 II Telephone 223- Writer fees Reds Didn't think, just ran treat from world leadership," Connaliy said. "I will not the McGovern-EtHleton ticket, the Texan said.

But he asserted that he is still a Democrat and docs not expect to be Mr. Nixon's running mate this year. Connally spoke to newsmen on the lawn of the i' resident's home here following a three-hour meeting he held with the President and with national adviser Henry A. Kissinger. He returned earlier this week from a 17-nation round-the-world tour at the President's request.

He said he planned to rejoin his Houston law f'rn to renain available prcsidentrl assignments." He and the President tusscd three diifcwt assignments yesterday and Mr. Nixon will announce ops or t'-cni in a week or so, Connally said. In answer io question, he said he did not expect any assignment would involve Vietnam peace negotiations, and he said he would not succeed Gerard C. Smith as the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks negotiator By Carroll Kilpatrick Loi A no tilt Tlmtv Woihinqlon Poll itrvict SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. -Former Secretary of the Treasury John B.

Connally said yesterday that' Democratic presi-d i a 1 nonrnce Ceorge S. McGovern's position on Vietnam "sabotages" the efforts of the Nixon Administration "to bring this war to an end on a negotiated basis." The former Democrj tic governor of Texas, who helped carry his state for the Democrats in the last three presidential elections, sharply assailed McGovern on a variety of issues and that he would do everything in his power to help reelect President NiNon. After a three-hour meet'ng with the President, Connnl'y told reporters that McGovern is "all too and n'r-o too radical in character" for him to support. He said would vor': with "like-minded Democrats" to win support for the President. McGovern's proposal to drastically cut the defense budget would mean "a retreat from rorld rcspon.sibilif" and Bobby's losing Russian fans By Associated Prcsi MOSCOW Moscow's park bench chess players used to call him "Bobby." Now its "Fischer." They i'sed tn ic-e 't even privately root for the American who wants the world chess crown.

They don't anymore. "He's slightly touched in the head," one of them muttered as Editorial: "Fischer is becoming an Page 4. his opponent pondered the nest move on a board balanced across a bench. About 6 million Russians take chess seriously, and there's a feeling rrao t''c tint Fischer has become Uownnht insulting. "THIS IS CIM SS, "ul baseball," one chess fan said.

"Fischer's no sportsman." There was only praise for Boris Spassky, the Russian vorld (Continued on Page 9) t' Freelance Reporter Charles VChad" Huntley was on assign-ment for UPI near Quang Trl Wednesday when he and Newsweek correspondent Alexander Shimkin accidentally drove their Jeep behind North Vietnamese lines. a 29-year-old former Green Beret from San Antonio, managed to escape from a Communist hand grenade attack and worked his way back to safety, Shimkin Is missing. SAIGON (UPI) Probably the only reason I am alive today is that I didn't think during this whole thing. I just reacted. Alec Shimkin of Nc-vsweek wasn't lucky I think he may have been killed.

It was Wednesday and we were taking our Jeep along this dirt road toward Quang Tri City. We were going out to meet an airborne clement, the same one we -had been going out with every day. The road ran parallel to Highway 1 and we were told saw this blinker system on our tight. We were about one mile out of Quang Tri City and both of us got a little suspicious we were too far up. So we pulled up (Continued on Page 2) someone would stop us before wc passed the headquarters clement and drove into enemy territory.

THE FIRST we' noticed Ifhy-thing was strange was when we.

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