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ttawa Citizen 1 If If 9 130th Year, Number 12, 50 pages Ottawa, Friday, July 14, 1972 Home delivered 60c weekly. 10c per copy A child's cry on a lonely farm near Napanee and a woman's persuasive tongue led to the end of a brief freedom for Millhaven escapee Richard Smith (Mrs. Theresa Miller's story on page 3) 7 convicts still free 7 The 0 i I I Search troops boosted ''V I 3f I v- I a I 'j- if Jv 8 7 1' 1 They're ttc ticket: Vice-presidential nominee Eagleton (left) and McGovern acknowledge Miami cheers Come home A Cltiien-CP photo merica Row, row, row your boat, gently Argue Dr. The 3.87ninch rainfall in the past four days has already surpassed the 3.08-inch monthly average for July. More showers are expected tonight and Saturday, but Sunday should be mainly sunny.

Young canoeists knew just what to do. when yesterday's heavy rainfall turned the front lawn of an Argue Drive house into a small lake. The optimistic angler on the right is Maureen Hogan, of 46 Argue on her right is Scott Dunlop, of 60 McGovern's acceptance call By Duart Farquarson Southam News Services MIAMI BEACH Calling for a return to the ideal of revolutionary America George Stanley McGovern today accepted the Democratic presi dential nomination from "the most open" convention in American history. The convention was so open that the man of the hour didn't get to deliver his major televised speech to the nation until the small hours of the morning when the country had gone to bed. Seven keep names on VP nomination list -AP wlrephoto speech was an eloquent cry to "come home, America." He asked the party to unite with him so that: "Together, we will call America home to the founding ideals that nourished us in the beginning." After returning to Washington today, McGovern flies to South Dakota Saturday for two weeks of rest and strategy sessions in a secluded resort in the Black Hills, south of Mount Rushmore.

President Nixon meanwhile was at the Western White House in San Clemente, Calif. He directed that McGovern be given regular national security briefings by Dr. Henry his special assistant for national security affairs. (Surprised choice, page 20) Home delivery price 70 cents Effective July 31, the home-delivered price of The Ottawa Citizen will be increased from 60 cents to 70 cents weekly. The Citizen's carrier boys will receive 35 per cent of this increase.

There will be no change in the single copy prices of 10 cents Monday to Friday and 25 cents Saturday. Mail subscription rates to Canada, United States' and Canadian Forces addresses will be increased to $42 a year. All other mail subscriptions will be increased to $50 a year. More Bangladesh aid Canada has allocated an additional $3 million to buy and ship more wheat to Bangladesh, raising the total of Canadian grants for food to Bangladesh to $24.5 million in the current year. KINGSTON (Staff) The hunt for the seven Millhaven convicts still on the loose was beefed up today and police still think the escapees are trapped in dense bush around the penitentiary.

Force almost quadrupled Police announced today that 85 more troops from Camp Petawawa would be brought in late this afternoon, bringing the total armed forces strength to 275. Thirty additional provincial policemen from Toronto are joining 100 men from the Napanee area who have been searching since Monday night. The search force has almost quadrupled since 14 convicts broke out of Millhaven prison Monday. OPP Chief Inspector John Hilmer said today the search operation will remain in a 15-square-mile area around the penitentiary. All sightings of the wanted men have been in that area, he said.

Thursday, two more prisoners were recaptured in the Napanee area, about 15 miles northwest of the penitentiary-Inspector Hilmer also said there may be some truth to the theory that only two or three inmates had planned what turned out to be Ontario's biggest jailbreak. He said that in questioning the seven recaptured convicts, most hadn't been aware of an escape until they saw the holes cut through the double perimeter fences enclosing the prison recreation area. Only three planned escape There has been speculation that only three convicts had planned to escape. The three most often mentioned are Donald Oag, Charles Boomer and Thomas McCauley. Meanwhile, the search was limited to sweeps through the bush as a thick cloud cover prevented planes and helicopters from flying over the area this morning and early afternoon.

The seventh convict was arrested by two sharp-eyed Napanee policemen Thursday night when his smoking habit got the best of his caution. Trying to buy cigarettes Thomas Smith, 34 of London, was spotted trying to buy cigarettes in a grocery store. Police suspicion was aroused by a pair of dirty coveralls he had taken from a farmhouse several hours before. He also had a tattered OHSIP card carrying the name Herbert Patrick. When asked for his name he mistakenly said it was Patrick Herbert.

He went quietly, except for several pleas for a smoke on the way back to the penitentiary. He was serving 24 years for three armed robbery convictions. Earlier Thursday, Richard Smith, 32, of Pretoria, surrendered to police after eating balogna sandwiches and lemon pie offered him by a farm woman. Found by children He was serving seven years for armed robbery and was discovered by the two young children of Mrs. Robert Miller near He had been sleeping in a hayloft and said he hadn't eaten since Monday.

The soldiers were warned that the fugitives may be armed with clubs picked in desperation from the bush. Many of the troops carried respirators in case they had to use mace, a tear-gas chemical, to subdue the fleeing men. They have semi-automatic rifles but no ammunition, and have left their bayonets at the base camp. row over cameras on the lawn tured and burned by his An Andersonstown resident said the area was "flooded with soldiers," and some had occupied houses. Andersonstown slumped into quie after the takeover, but violence immediately erupted in the Ardoyne, Falls Road, Ballymurphy, New Lodge and Divis Catholic precincts, and in the city centre.

People caught out late in downtown Belfast hid in doorways as shots whined from gun battles. Flares fired by troops to illuminate snipers' positions lit up rooftops. (Backlash peril, page 7) 6 girl rescuers swept into sea By Th Canadian Pres DUBLIN (CP) Six teen-age girls who formed part of a human chain trying to rescue a swimmer in distress are feared drowned after being swept into the sea Thursday. Four bodies were recovered. Huge waves smashed the rescue chain set up by girls 13 and 14 years old when a teacher got into difficulty in the water off County Donegal.

Seven girls were pulled from the water and are in serious condition in hospital. The teacher in distress reached shore safely. A vote for Bunker MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Archie Bunker got a vote for vice-president at the Democratic national convention from a South Carolina delegate early today. Bunker is the character portrayed by Carroll O'Connor in the TV program All in the Family.

uburb battle seize 8 snipers and literally brought war to the suburbs of Belfast. More than 700 British troops, some with their faces blackened in commando style, advanced under cover of rose bushes and garden fences in this middle-class neighborhood drawing fire from snipers in homes there. 30 gunmen hit The army claimed to have hit more than 30 gunmen in these skirmishes, but recovered no bodies. One soldier died in the Lenadoon skirmishes and two other troopers and three civilians died elsewhere during the night of violence. Four soldiers were wounded.

Heavy gunfire was heard near army posts in Roman Catholic areas of the city all morning. In London, William Whitelaw, Britain's chied administrator for Northern Ireland, defended in the Common's his decision to meet the IRA terrorists with more force last night. He accused the IRA of using rocket launchers, "greatly multiplying the risks of damage and casualties." The British press has charged the IRA used the brief ceasefire to regroup and collect new arms. One particularly brutal death was reported today. A young Catholic found dead Thursday had been tor- HULL A HO-HUM WITH RUSSIANS MOSCOW (Reuter) Soviet Hockey Federation officials today displayed no interest in whether hockey star Bobby Hull is not allowed to play in Canada's eight-game series with Russia this autumn.

Asked by telephone for reaction, an official said: "We are not interested in him at all. It makes no difference for us whether he plays or not." Seven fellow Democrats allowed their names to be placed in nomination for the vice-presidential spot in token opposition to Mr. McGovern's choice, Senator Thomas Eagleton. About 70 different people got votes fn the interminable roll call vote which followed all the nominating speeches. Senator Eagleton was duly nominated, spoke manfully, and the man who picked him only a few hours earlier, finally reached the rostrum not long before 3 a.m.

Waves of applause rocked the hall as Hubert Humphrey, Edmund Mu-skie, Henry Jackson, Shirley Chisholm and Terry Sanford lifted high the hands of the 49-year-old nominee and his 42-year-old running mate from Missouri. Only the crippled Gov. George Wallace of Alabama was absent and his supporters on the convention floor appeared to be the only ones not to join in the endless ovations for McGovern's acceptance speech, a reminder of their unbending hostility to the nominee. Among these new Democratic delegates who've become used to working until dawn every night this week was Senator Edward Kennedy, flown in from Massachusetts to aid in the job of unifying the party. He said the party had met "the test of greatness" with the McGovern-Eag-leton ticket, and they cheered and danced.

Senator McGovern's prepared Car 'blown off road', parents sue makers ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Reuter) Parents of a youth hurt in a highway accident two years ago have filed a $3.3 million suit against the manufacturers of Volkswagen cars. Mr. and Mrs.

Raymond Hoemann of St. Louis claimed their son, Allen, now 21, was seriously hurt when a 1966 Volkswagen sedan in which he was a passenger was blown off a road by high winds. Troops BELFAST (AP)--Three battalions of British troops and Irish terrorists fought all-night gun battles here that left at least six people dead today. The shooting was still going on at lunch time. The gunfire centred on the bullet-scarred Lenadoon Avenue area of An-dersonstown where terrorists from the Irish Republican Army broke a two-wek ceasefire last Sunday.

The British army, in a major switch of tactics, launched an offensive in this area last night to flush out the On the inside Disgruntled helpers See page 27 Mayor D'Amour should resign lawyer 5 Nepean reeve gives residents dressing down 10 Saulnier to be dropped as Montreal police chief 21 Ex gets wine to go with women and song 31 Action Line 2 Ask Andy 38 Astrology 34 Births, Deaths 32 Bridge 36 Business 8, 9 Comics 24 Crossword 35 Editorials 6 Entertainment 23 Frank Penn 25 Jumble 33 Sheila McCook 23 Movies 20-22 Radio 41 TV 24 Sports 16-19 Want Ads 32-48 Women's Pages 27-29 Weather Showers later today. cloudy, showers. Low tonight and high Saturday 60 and 85. Details on P. 3.

6 die Fischer rejected Second game forfeited after Ottawa ivarnino: Police crack down on cycle licences City police are cracking down on the licensing of bicycles. Police Chief Leo Seguin said that while 35,000 bicycles are now registered with city hall, "there are probably closer to 50,000 in Ottawa." There will also be a clampdown on improper lighting of bicycles and several cyclists have already been charged with the offence. Chief Seguin said many cyclists are not obeying traffic laws. "They ride on the wrong side of the street, through stop signs and red lights." They are just as liable to the Highway Traffic Act as motorists, he added. "They have to treat a bicycle like a car." A special squad is also at work to prevent the alarming number of bicycle thefts in Ottawa.

Chief Seguin emphasized today "we're going to keep the pressure on people to just stop them from killing themselves." From AP-Reuter REYKJAVIK (CP) An appeals commitee rejected today Bobby Fischer's protest against his loss of Thursday's second world championship chess game by forfeit. The game was awarded to Boris Spassky of Russia. Fischer demanded that the game he forfeited last night, when he failed to turn up within an hour of the start, be replayed on Sunday when the third game is scheduled. Fischer's failure to appear set a precedent in world championship history and left him trailing 0-2 in the 24-game series. The 29-year-old challenger boycotted the second game because of the positioning of television cameras around the stage.

Thirty-five minutes after his clock was set in motion for him, the American businessman holding the television coverage rights agreed to removal of the cameras. Fischer, closeted in his hotel suite across the capital from the hall, then demanded the 35 minutes be restored to him. West German grandmaster Lothar Schmid, the chief arbiter refused and Fischer decided to stay away. There is not much hope here of the "match of the century" continuing. In The Hague, Dr.

Max Euwe, president of the World Chess Federation, doubted the match would be completed and remarked: "I am very sad about Mr. Fischer's constant disruptions." Fischer now has to fight back from a 0-2 deficit with the added handicap that Spassky will start the third game with white. Senior chess officials here now feel that Fischer should not have, another chance at the world title for a number of years..

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