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Hometown Boy Makes Good President By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Croner Bar donated free beef. Housewives brought in sandwiches and coffee. The party at the American Legion hall in tiny Avon, S.D., population 640, attracted Democrats and Republicans alike including a few guests who just happened to drop in from New York. A home town boy was marching to the Democratic presidential nomination and the folks were gathering with all eyes toward the television screen to watch the saga of George McGovern reach its climax at the Democratic National Convention in Miami, Fla. "I'm a Republican and I brought sandwiches dwon tonight," said Cleo Ruff, the wife of a farmer, and one of about 175 persons who gathered for the party.

'Fifty-five miles to the north of Mitchell, a community of 13,000 to which McGovern moved when a young boy, the atmosphere was generally more serene, but the spirit was there. "He's a little too liberal for me," said bar owner Charles Roberts, who said he respected McGovern's ability. "I didn't realize his organization was strong enough to put the big boys down." McGovern was born in Avon 50 years ago next Wednesday in a house that was almost demolished a few years ago. But it has been restored and moved to near main street, and is the main tourist attraction of the town. "We were just driving through and saw the birthplace and we had to stop because we were McGovern fans," said Kevin Ettinger, 40, a teacher at Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.

"We saw the party signs for tonight and had to come. Chester Fees, a Republican candidate for Bon Homme County commissioner, was at the party and said he'd been working putting up McGovern signs. (See HOMETOWN Page2) Vice-Pres. WEATHER Partly cloudy, warm and humid through Friday with scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers today. Highs today and Friday 80s to around 90.

Lows tonight in low 70s. THE ROBESONIAN INDEX Classified 15 Comics 22 Editorial 14 Obituaries 2 Sports 9-10 Television 16 Women's News 6-9 VOL. CHI No. 89 PUBLISHED i A AND SUNDAY IN ROBESON COUNTY LUMBERTON, N.C., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1972 A I 1870 GOO AND TWENTY-FOUR PAGES-Price 10 Cents Just Like He Said He Would McG overn Did It! Heels Boost Terry By WILLIAM L. CHAZE Associated Press Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

(AP) -The home delegation of former North Carolina Gov. Terry Sanford provided him with about a third of the 77.5 votes he received in his losing bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanford had estimated he would get about that many votes on the first ballot. The candidate, president of' Duke University, had said all along that he had a long-shot chance of getting the nomination only if the convention deadlocked through two or three ballots, then looked for a compromise centrist candidate. Sen.

George McGovern of South Dakota easily swept to a first ballot victory. The North Carolina delegation stuck with a state primary mandate and gave 37 votes to Alabama Gov. George Wallace and 27 to Sanford, who finished behind Wallace in the May contest. Gov. Bob Scott cast his vote for Sanford as he promised he would.

The delegation caucused on the convention floor during the Wednesday night balloting to decide which delegate would vote for which candidate. Some delegates who favored Sanford said they were obliged to vote for Wallace to give him the 37 votes he won in the primary. Sanford's name was placed into nomination by Hodding Carter III, the liberal editor of the Greenville, Delta (See HEELS Page 2) THE UMPIRE'S A Angry young California delegate reacted in this manner to the way Democratic Convention officials conducted a roll call on the credentials committee challenge resulting in the restoration of 151 California delegates to Sen. McGovern. She was one of the delegates ousted by the (AP Wirephoto) George's Simple Secrets By DON McLEOD AP Political Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

(AP) -A sense of history which told him times were changing and a passion for organization which helped his youthful armies beat the Old Guard at its own game are the simple secrets of from oblivion to presidential nomination. There is little revolutionary about it. It's a story of hard work converted into votes at the Democratic National Convention which gave him the party's nomination Wednesday night. If it seems miraculous that this could happen to a soft- voiced, Farm Belt senator whose name was recognized by only 5 per cent of the American public when he began his quesV, there are some answers which make it more plausible. --First of all, he carried a supreme self-confidence which assumed from the very start that he would win and led him and his staff to proceed even in the darkest days of the campaign as if he would.

--His organization became the envy of the political world for its thoroughness and efficiency. --He recruited a staff which complemented all his best traits and shored up his weaknesses, and attracted untold thousands of devoted volun- (See GEORGE'S Page2) SUGAR-PLUM VISIONS Sen. George S. McGovern leans back in his penthouse suite in a Miami Beach hotel and savors his victory at the Democratic National Convention. (AP Wirephoto) Teddy Spurns Offer By CAUL P.

LEUBSDORF AP Political Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -Sen. George McGovern, climaxing his dramatic rise from political obscurity by winning the first-ballot nomination of a divided Democratic party, was considering a broadening list of vice-presidential possibilities today after Sen. Edward M. Kennedy rejected his bid.

Soon after the votes of Illinois sent McGovern's total soaring past the magic 1,509 mark in the jammed, brightly lit convention hall, and even before the official result had been announced, Kennedy phoned McGovern from Hyannis Port, to offer congratulations. During their 15-minute talk, McGovern offered Kennedy the No. 2 spot for the race against President Nixon. Kenedy rejected it "for very real personal reasons," according to McGovern spokesman Richard Dougherty. Earlier in the evening, Florida Gov.

Reubin Askew, another prime prospect, told McGovern through aides he didn't want to be considered. McGovern aides said the nominee would make no announcement about a running- mate before midday. One close adviser said he felt the list of those under consideration was expanding as the victorious nominee sought the counsel of Sens. Hubert H. (See TEDDY Page2) Haiphong Hit U.

S. Fighter-Bombers Blast North Viet Nam Action Line ACTION LINE answers questions from readers, with information from local sources. It is concerned with the problems of individuals relating to public agencies and services, and with questions of general interest. Write Action Line, The Robesonian, Lumberton, N. or dial 739-4325 Bobby Drops First Fischer Pouts Over Movie Cameros'Whir By GEORGE ESPER Associated Press Writer SAIGON (AP) American fighter-bombers hit North Vietnam Wednesday with the heaviest raids in more than a week, setting fire to fuel depots and supply and port facilities in the Hanoi-Haiphong area, the U.S.

command announced today. The command reported more than 340 strikes were flown, equalling the number on July 5, and said the closest to Hai- phong was within a mile of the city. North Vietnam charged that "many waves" of U.S. planes attacked areas inside and outside Haiphong, that dozens of persons were killed and nearly 200 houses destroyed. Hanoi said an American RF4 reconnaissance plane was shot down.

The U.S. Command as usual refused to comment on the North Vietnamese charges and made no mention of any plane losses. The Navy said in a delayed report that the destroyers Rob- inson and Hamner sank one Tuesday northwest of the port barge and damaged two others of Dong Hoi near Hon La after they had unloaded war island. The Navy did not identi- materials from a freighter (See BOMBERS Page2) What does DDT stand for in the chemical substance? dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. How can you get a job with Help Line? R.B.

You can become a Help Line volunteer by calling Miss Diane McDonell at the Mental Health 738-5261 or calling the same number at night, which will connect you with Help Line. Is there a a i in California? D.H. If there is a Fairmont in California it has a population of less than 5,000 people. The list of (See ACTION Page2) By STEPHENS BROENING Associated Press Writer REYKJAVIK, Iceland A Bobby Fischer today was reported threatening to break off his world championship chess match with Boris Spassky unless all movie cameras are removed from the playing hall. "It's quite serious.

He may Billiard Controversy Downtown Urban Renewal By ED WELCOX Robesonian Staff Writer Lumber-ton's Redevelopment Commission today issued a formal statement dealing with Councilman Clifford Bullard's controversial parking lot in the proposed $3 million Downtown Urban Renewal Project. According to the commission's statement, it has worked with the City Council to design a plan for the project which would comply with the rules of the Housing and Urban Development Commission. Inadequate parking and street patterns, no thoroughfare plan providing routes for traffic around the downtown area, and the continual decline of structures in the area are among the problems uncovered in preliminary surveys by the commission according to the statement. According to the statement, "the boundaries were drawn to serve the most pressing needs as outlined by the planners and those taking part in the preparation of the application." Also in the statement is an explanation of how the urban renewal RENEWAL Page 2) not play at all," said a member of Fischer's entourage who asked not to be identified. Fischer was scheduled to meet the world champion from the Soviet Union later today -at p.m.

EDT for the second game of their 24-game match. The American challenger lost the first game Wednesday night. Fischer staged a 30-minute walkout shortly after the play began Wednesday, complaining that a movie camera 150 feet away was making him nervous. The camera was hardly visible in the dimness outside the lighted players' circle, and it could not be heard by Fischer, but aides said the knowledge of its presence unnerved him. Chief referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany, who makes the decisions on all contested points in connection with the match, told Fischer during his walkout there was nothing he could do about the camera.

Film and television rights for the match have been sold to an American promoter, and Fischer and Spassky are to get a share of the proceeds, estimated at a minimum of $27,500 each. "It's up to Lothar Schmid whether Bobby plays," one of Fischer's advisers said today. Contacted at his hotel, Schmid said: "There will be a match tonight. If Fischer doesn't appear, he will take the consequences." A member of Fischer's camp said the "legal aspects are being studied." Richard Stein, a lawyer for the promoter who bought the TV and film rights, Chester Fox, said he was up all night with Fischer's second, the Rev. William Lombardy, and Fred Cramer of the U.S.

Chess Federation. See P. 13 Convention Highlights.