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The Daily Item from Sunbury, Pennsylvania • 2

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THE DAI LY ITEM Sunbury fa July if iST7 Union Members Volunteer For Cleanup Relief MM) if By The Asseciated Press Two weeks after the disaster flood relief efforts to PennggK varaa amathirag Aaiay Volunteer assistance pro to start rebuilding roads and bridges, according to Gerald W. McLntee. AFSCME area direc- "tefi-T-MT -n -t The employes offered their services Thursday for work this grams, federal aid -and some Efforts-SatberifrrSteBm 01 W4Tv-: ,,4 State Transportation Secre relief picture. 6- md Ml (I i at'VV- -X 1 2- 1 7 a "'Liiiija 3 j. i watches.

The sandwich, covered with campaign buttons, made its point to promote the Democratic National Committee's nationwide fund-raising telethon which begins Saturday at II p.m. EST. ONE WAY TO LOAF All for good cause. Actress Shirley MacLaine, right, feeds a sandwich, a six-footer, to Larry O'Brien, national chairman of the Democratic Party, center, while Democratic National Committee treasurer Robert Strauss tary Jacob G. Kassab said his department would supply trucks, graders and other heavy equipment for the weekend cleanup project.

Residents needing help should contact the nearest PennDOT maintenance yard, Kassab said. In other flood-related developments, the state House of Representatives' Business and Commerce Committee approved and senfto the Senate floor legislation expanding the Commonwealth's Industrial Development Act to cover disaster relief. Under the legislation, a local industrial development authority would borrow funds from private sources. The authority, in turn, would lend to private tn rebuild ftond danu aged properties. Meanwhile, the federal government continued its contributions to flood relief efforts in the state.

The Small Business Administration said it has had loans from 21,599 persons, or businesses. It said 62 home loans amounting to $188,300 have been approved. While none yet have been approved for businesses, the SBA said business loan approvals were-expected shortly. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said 403 families were housed in mobile homes and vacant FHA and VA houses in the state. Requests for federal housing- included: 7,268 from the Wilkes-Barre area; 1,399 from Harrisburg; 370 from the Lebanon-Reading area; 956 from Williamsport; 149 from Montgomery-Chester counties, and 180 from Pittsburgh, The Department of Labor said it had received 60,000 applications for unemployment compensation, but more than 99 per cent of that number were eligible for state unemployment.

Some 725 persons were declared eligible for federal disaster unemployment compensation. The Army Corps of Engineers, in the Wilkes-Barre area, awarded 150 contracts totaling $3.8 million for repairing levees, removing debris and cleaning out water systems. pital officials. Ha was prasanttd a cako inscribed: "Best wishts to Governor Wallaco from tha Sistors and staff of Holy Cross Hospital." With Wallaco Is administrator Sistor Halon Maria, his wifo, Cornelia, and daughter, Peggy Sue. (AP) WALLACE SALUTES HOSPITAL STAFF AUUma Gev.

Geeqp Wallace salutes the staff ef Hely Ctms Hospital Thursday night the eve of Ms departure te tha Democratic National Convention. Wallaco attended a spocia) Mau and Ihon had dinnor with hos- Decision Important For McGovern Burger Weighs Democrats' Appeal Fewer Frills, less Nonsense Promised fun, Games Gone From Convention, But Proceedings Will Not Be Boring justices to determine if there was sufficient support for a special session, i Should Burgef call the court intn bmoroonp.r caccinn tha .110. (AP) California votes to him, Forces of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley also have asked the court for a special term to attack another section of the same lower-court decision, which upheld the committee's authority to reject 59 Illinois delegates, including Daley. Summer Clearance SAVE up to 50 On Selected Items Limited Quentttiet ekisea Seiia RtcKntn Dsrng tets tei MAMMON UNCI IIM POTV MMPJ e'mp PP By DONALD R.

LARRABEE Ottaway News Service Washington Bureau MIAMI BEACH Some of the fun and games will be missing from this 1872 Democratic convention, but the proceedings promise not to be boring. Television viewers who lost patience with the complicated, protracted and frivolous ilood shows in the past can expect a more orderly convention u-nder different rules This does not mean, however, that the new breed of delegates will be less vocal than their predecessors. It simply means fewer frills and less nonsense. -A lot of things are going to be changed. For instance, when the roll is called, It won't be the traditional alphabetical call of the 50 states.

Instead, the Members 6t the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes have vol-unteeredJo work without pay to clean debris deposited on homes and buildings by flood waters. The union includes many state highway workers who already have worked long hours George Wallace Leaves Hospital, Flies To Florida SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace leaves for the Demo-'" craticJVationaL ConventioiLln Miami Beach, today after 54 days of hospital confinement Wallace planned a brief stop in Montgomery, to resume the governorship, which technically-passed to Lt.

Gov. Jere Beasley on the 20th day of Wallace's absence from the state. Wallace has been at Holy Cross Hospital in this suburb of Washington, D.C., since May 15 when he was shot while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination at a Laurel, shopping center. A car caravan will take Wallace and his companions from the hospital to Andrews Air Force Base where they win board an Air Force hospital plane. Those acompaning Wallace include his wife Cornelia and two daughters, Peggy Sue and Lee.

Drs. Joseph Schanno and Herman Maganzini, who have treated Wallace at Holy Cross, and Dr. George Traugh and Judy Cantry, rehabilitation specialists from the University of Alabama's Birmingham Medical Center, also are going. Billy Joe Camp, the governor's press secretary, said Wallace's Miami Beach hotel room has been furnished with physi cal-therapy equipments Special ramps built to accommodate Wallace's wheelchair have been installed at the convention hall. He remains crippled from a spinal wound, but can walk with the aid of braces and a walking bar.

Welcoming rallies "were planned during his stop at a Montgomery airport and upon his arrival at Miami International airport. Wallace's mother, who is recuperating from major surgery, will meet the plane in Mont-7 gomery for her first visit with since he was shot, aiaes saia. A band will be playing as the governor is wheeled down a ramp to the ground. Plans also call for Wallace to make a brief speech his first since the shooting before re-boarding the plane to continue to Miami Beach, Sen. George McGovern, front-runner in the Democratic campaign, visited Wallace Thursday for what aides described as purely a social calL Starts Tuesday REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer lost the draw luuiia, uiSUi, 5ImK DOfl5 l'hto i 1 vl4- mvta T).

world championshiD chess match will finally start next Tuesday. Unless the American challenger or the Soviet champion pleads illness and gets another postponement. The confusion of the past week was summarized by the old woman selling cigarettes who asked in the beginning: "Fischer come?" Near the end it was: "Spassky "I'm very pesimistic," Dr. Max Euwe said at 10 a.m. At noon: "It's a very delicate situation." At 7 p.m., the president of the International Chess Federation sighed: "There's hope." HARRY F.

DORLEY'S TV RADIO PHONO Service Call (U.00 Plm Parts) Calf SENECA ELECTRONICS. PHONE 441 8874 R.D. 2f Sun bury i Other News-Briefs 3 Ju migM be expected to hold a hearing and announce a decision before the Democratic National Convention opens- in Miami Beach Monday night. On the other hand, Burger could refuse the appeal, thus letting the Appeals Court deci- sion stand. Or he could delay implemen- tation of the Appeals Court order until the Supreme Court convenes its fall term, well after the convention ends.

In that case, McGovern might be expected to ask the convention to overrule the Credentials Committee and return the 151 BARTHOLOMEW AND BRADIGAN CONTRACTORS AND IUILDERS Home Building Remodslind And Roof Work CALL 286-4047 or 286-2055 CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE And Try "LUIGI" DORMAN'S GOODIES PIZZAS HOT DOGS HOT SOFT PRETZELS Always 3 or 4 Flavors of Soft Serve DORMAN'S DAIRY BAR ORTH'D-DAN VI LLE HWY. 1 Mile East of North'd CALL AHEAD 473-9479 orders to have its report readye two days before the opening session. Incredible as it may seem, for the first time since it began to meet in 1832, the Democratic Convention will have its own rule book. Alwayssin the past, the rules of the House of Representatives and past convention procedures prevailed. Most of the delegates had little or not familiarity with them.

The new rules stem from the reform movement which arose from the chaos of the stormy 1968 convention in Chicago. They are not entirely ac-wntable to old guard and stablishment" Democrats and could provoke some early debate and excitement on the convention floor, along with the battles over which delegates should be seated from a dozen or so states. "It will be a no-nonsense con vention," Democratic Chair- man Lawrence O'Brien vtfwsr "Artifical, stage-managed demonstrations will be banned; the secrecy of the legendary smoke-filled rooms will be prohibited; confusing and delaying parliamentary tactics will not be tolerated and minority views will be heard. The convention will be simpler, easier and more fun to watch." From the standpoint of the individual delegate, this convention should be a satisfying Weather Information roll call of states will be determined by lot sot hat "chance" will decide the order of the presidential nominations and the order of balloting. It could heighten the drama.

Also, there will be no more parades, no more hired bands and conscripted participants to stage tiresome and disruptive demonstrations after each candidate is nominated. There will be no more glori-. fied favorite-son nominations. Only genuine presidential contenders who have established support in three or more states may be nominated. JThe will be better informed and better prepared to deliberate than in any previous convention.

The reports of the platform and rules committees have been in the celegates hands for days. The credentials committee is under Almanac Data Saturday, July 8, 1972 Sun rises at 5:48 a.m., sets at 8:36 p.m. Length of day: 14 hours, minutes -Day of year: 190 48 Forecast 0t Frm NATIONAl WEATHER KRVICE Allies Forge Into Quang Tri SAIGON (AP) South Vietnamese paratroopers and tanks forged into the heart of Quang Tri City today and seized control of two-thirds of the provincial capital that the North Vietnamese captured May 1. A huge American air and naval armada covered the advancing South Vietnamese. Meany Determined To Sfop McGovern WASHINGTON (AP) AFL-CIO President George Meany headed for the Democratic National Convention today, reportedly determined to block the presidential nomination of Sen.

George McGovern. Driven by personal as well as political antipathy, the labor titan has launched a drive that commands the sympathies of most union presidents if. not their wholehearted support. i State Gets First Female Troopers (AP) --Pennsylvania got its first fe' male state troopers today. They reportedly got no special treatment during training and one even outshot the men in pistol training.

Fourteen women were among the 146 cadets who completed six months training at the State Police Academy. The class was' disbursed to troop stations throughout the state, where they will report July 17th. WASHINGTON (AP) The fate of a bloc of Democratic National Convention delegates that could give Sen. George McGovern a first-ballot nrpd- iaS dential nomination rested today with the Supreme Court. The court must decide whether to convene a rare special session to' consider an appel- late-court decision which re turned to McGovern 151 Califor nia delegates he lost in a nartv Credentials Committee fight Chief Justice Warren E.

Burger Thursday suspended implementation of the lower-court decision while he attempted to poll the other eight vacationing Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt TONIGHT SAT. SUN. MON.

TUE. SHOWTIME 7.00 a a oo REGULAR ADMISSION fXADEHY ITCZIEn CIST Mmm BeNJOHMSON CLEESTnrnrrwi GIOHS LfACHMM (UfiUL Experience iir political involve ---ment. For the fist time, the fllOCC Mrtfrll delegate is endowed with full "CaaHIUICII 3-Day Forecast. Eastern Pennsylvania Partly cloudy throughout the period with a chance of showers Sunday into early Monday and a chance of some rain developing late Tuesday. Little temperature change with daytime highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s and overnight lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.

IF YOU HAVE A CURRENT WAHL-BRAUN REVOLVING CHARGE deliberative power. The unit rule that prevailed for 136 years the rule that boend the delegate to the will of majority of the delegation is abolished. Each delegate is beholden to no one and ma vote for the candidate he chooses, even if that person has not been formally nominated. -Today's I NORFOLK, Va. (AP) ana 4 Forecast for the Middle Susquehanna Valley: Mostly" sunny today after some patchy early morning fog and cloud-, iness.

Highs in the low to mid 70s. Gear and very cool tonight Lows in the low to mid 50s. Partly sunny Saturday. Highs from the mid 70r to around 80. Precipitation probability 10 per cent today and tonight 20 per cent Saturday.

Variable winds 5 to 15 miles m.p.h. through tonight responding to a Soviet-Cuban demand that the United States withdraw from its naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, says "My reaction would be: Zumwalt made the comment while here Thursday for the first East Coast Flag Officers Symposium. The demand came Thursday in a joint communique as Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro concluded an 11-day visit to the Soviet Union. YOU INSURED YOUR ACCOUNT and YOUR MERCHANDISE WAS DAMAGED BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD CONTACT US AT ONCE YOUR ACCOUNT MAY OE PAID OFF BY OUR INSURANCE Weekdays -10 to 9 Saturdays 10 to 6 Sources Say Kennedy To Get 'First Refusal' MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy will still have "first refusal" on the vice presidential nomination if Sen. George McGovern cap tures the Democratic presidential nod, sources close to the South Dakota senator said to-, day. Despite Kennedy's repeated statements he won't be available, the offer will probably be made because polls show he would strengthen a McGovern-led ticket, the sources said. The sources discounted the value of polls ordered by McGovern on other possible running mates, declaring it is impossible to measure the VaF ue of possible candidates who are not so well known, such as Gov.

Reubln Askew of Florida and Dale Bumpers of Arkansas. Both have been mentioned by McGovern as leading possibilities. KE A Fn By PETER BDGDANOVICH A UST-SEE 1 "IN GREAT ILU -W ENTERTAINMENT 1 8 NOHTNATtDFOR ACJintMY AWARDS MTllfflfttt (AP Wlrephote Map) WEATHER FORECAST Sunny weather Js forecast for mosf sf fhr wntnr-today- however showers art forecast for part of the Pacific Northwest, northern Plains; southern Plains and Midwest and southern Florida. Unseasonably cool weather is expected to continue for. most of the East wlrh wanner weather forecast In the southern half of the.

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