The Province from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 1

THE PRO VI WEATHER Mostly cloudy today. A few showers this morning Canada's high low Wednesday: Toronto 90, Caps Parry, N.W.T., 27. 7TTpl-'j? Pblioa (iiiuialinn flass.lied 1Miv.ii is cents .1 if' .1 0 Mrry-tk -iViK. xr McGovcrn wins on first ballot 'lm ii" I niiimii'M)miiwiimi 1 S. i riv News Services ru jt I Vr.V.v Province MIAMI BEACH Sen.

George S. Mcliovern won his deeply divided parly's presidential nomination Wednesday night by an nveivvlitduiuig margin on Ihe first ballot. Wear y. squabbling delegates lo the Democratic National convention leaped to their (eel with a roar when Illinois put McGovern over the magic number of l.aiitt ballots he needed to nail down the haul vvon nomination. When the Illinois count was announced, the convcnlton hall exploded.

"We want Mcliovern. we want McGovern," his delegates chanted. Although they had conceded I lit: ii i ii tt 1 1 1 ill lo MriiuiCTii, Senators Hubert Humphrey and i'Jdmuml Musltie gol scattered, token support. In her box in the audience, Mrs. beamed, kissed her daughter, and said "it's unbelievable." Ironically, Ihe Illinois delegation which scaled Mei.o-veru's victory included the challenger group that ousted Chicago Mayor billiard J.

Haley and his member continent, through party reform rules unilrn under the South li.iKul.iii senator's direction. Mrs. lavc I'arsdiiii peers Ihrmigh IiaMinicnt windtiw of lior at fl, as (ry to divert htreaia nf lluml water from the home at 3 1 iVt Veil i i uii (' tl llJ Washouts, flooding plague West Van At ihe end of the fust com- Sec Page 3 McGOY I liN EU) dead, two hurl in cable erash i' ii'j 'zit By JOHN I I US imi rt Hs nf Hit: Alt a iiionl area ul Wcsl were iiiuniiiiK to Ihuir hiiincs nielli, alter Iciiik (M c.rln ia lliv ilny u( IIiuhIiii. A fic.ik iiiiiimcr raiii.sliirm. uiihh aliuiil lour ini i if i.iin on lie run I Ii shore liile Tuesday and early il il a had kit resiillcil in nuidliile, J.

l. 1 s-M I his cool, Ivvo cameras high above the eoiile.d stage. I'isihi koI up and walked out for dj minulcs Wednesday He i It I 1 vf Fischer I PI Iteiiler KPYhJAVIP, Itclaiid -I'lipretlietable Bobby PimIici, one game down in his bid lur Ihe woi Id hess Ihreali lied early lotlav lo Slav away liuni Hie setimtl game unless all lelevision taiiieias were removed liniu Ihe audi loriilin. Iiilerii.iiiini.il clii'ss sources said fiscliir. who lost the opening game lo world ehainioii Spas sky of the Soviet I nnm mi the move Wednesday, made his demand known at a closed tloor Hireling with lep Icsculalives of the luleiiia lion.il Chess derail (PIHP), Ihe Icelandic i.cis of the in') mali II a II Allien, an ctu) pa lues owning the nKhis lo lele.

i.c Ihe games Souit.es Saul Pisebi'i would foi feil the set olid game of Ihe 24 game tuns if he faih lo 4 ftlrs. jnitis win plele ballot, before changes by Ihe stales began, Mcliovern had piled up a total of 1,728 35 votes. Mcliovern campaign manager Prank Maukievvnt refused lo speculate on Mctio-veru's dunce of a running male. "Ud's watt a litllc whiic," he saitl. Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy, turned down the vice presidential nomination shorl-1) afteru aids. Kennedy called Mcliovern uilhin minulcs of the South Dakotans victory and. a Mcliovcm aide said, they talked lor lillcen or so minutes" about the vice presidency. Kennedy's call to Meliu-vcrn followed one from Hubert II.

Humphrey. Mcliovern press aide Hick Daughcrty said thai Ihe Soulh Ilakolan offered Kennedy the No. 2 spot, but he insisted as he has for several days that be will not accept any spot on the national ticket. liov. George C.

Wallace scut word lo the fioor of the conventiuii that he had no plans lo run in November as a thud parly candidate. Ihe stalemen', which was contrary lo hints dropped by his aides earlier in Ihe day, Ciller that Ilic I a I i cable snapped anil the car travelled down on the safely cable Pull capacity of the car was 51) persons and police were Mill searching (or bodies Ihat mighl have been thrown out on the way down. The na-lionalilies and identities of Ihe victims wcie uol available. it 1. 1 A II I Ii fir.sl.

I'Ollllli III I Ijll'll i I'i Iit Tuiilitij; of VoiK- I His lill-tltT l)S IViks iimiiiJl Ii) Ii ml tin; In iju: ciiii (if Hip i i rsl Hay. iilory mi I'iitic I I. away at iseliei reipit si he-loie the In i game btg.ui 'luesday ivciiuig A spukes man said Mill', oitiil not uc 1 1 id In i lalt .,1 demands bciaiisc the so calicd Aui.ilei tl.iiu tikit eiiieol. ii. bv the 0 I a II i i I anil the Uu l.i, cis alluvt i Ini ed II cult TV covel dC oi 4 Iji.

iiiali h. 1 1 1 il I I ice i e. idi ul 01 the li Chess petit I alien, who anniiiioti I im in I tie rti ii ml I mm. saul the 2'l vcai uld A in i a challenger had never Milled the Amsterdam agii'tuieiil, bill I' Hit. ullhi.il:.

said they li lt I'lseln i was bound by ll lie. i he had aided bis at: ci plain hi sler i us lin Hie Ainer It coiupany IIic It ic vision lulil.v said ll would eg anulhei met ling villi I'lsihcr ulalives be Sec Pase i I AMI It AS It Billti. Switzerland Thirteen persons were killed here Wednesday nii-lil when a cable car bloke loose and Clashed 2 25 feel on to the station below, police said. Two other peisons were injured. Police said I tic cable tar left the village of Mociel Willi about l.i persons on hoard, heading up lo an intermediary slalniii below Ihe village of licllencr.

When it id climbed lo 2 21a feel and was hanging over the mountainside, it I went hurtling down the cable to crash on to the concrete roof ol Ihe valley slaliuii. 'Hie reason fur the accident was not yd known, polite Said, hut lot al rcpol Is Salt! Stun man fl.tin timing nililirry A Id al old in 1 1 as slabbed lo ilealh Wednesday in Hauler Spoiling Guilds stoic, Kiiigt.way, where he was tilling in lor the owner who is on vacaliou. Polu saul Ihe man. v. hu.

name was nol icleastd. pill up a viulent with his assailant who slabbed bun ul the lliioal leaving a fuiu mi Ii gash liiibbcry is believed Ihe molive Kvmnl da ys rainfall WHITEST JULY Wtdiicsday was not only the wettest July day on record in inanv pari of it kImi inanaKed lo make the nine nioulli Ihe uellil July ever. At Vancouver airport, 2 n3 Inches of rain fell during the 24 hour penod cndinC at i in. Wednesday, a new record for a day in July '1 lie rain also gave Vancouver a total rainfall of 3 2t) inches this mouth, also a new record. 'Ihe previous July record was 3 14 inches in Ahholsfoid also had a record 24 hour rainfall "13 2) indies uud July lotal of 5 52.

previously, the wettest July there was in l.4, uilh 4 21 inches. New 24 hour rainfall records were also set at Tofiim (I Hi on In s) mid K.slcvan I'oiut (3 Vii inches). However, there is pos.siliihty of relief Today's forecast lor the ower Mainland calls for cloudy skies nub rain limned lo showers in Ihe muniniM Temperatures are expected to reach the mid sixties riday's forecast calls for sunny periods. and lore auay a hue section ul the Levels Highway. West Vancouver muiiicial police had evacuated ahoul two duicn families early in the day, Khcn it was feared thai the totilimiiiiK rain could lio.se on icaoiiiy danger lo residents.

However. Ihe rain stopped failing iluriag Ihe afternoon and the lend of the creeks receded. Police said those evac- Hcnncll tax Court I decision in favor of Premier lieiiuell, action in Ins capacity as liiiam.e minister, was a 1 ameiidnienl lo Ihe Succession Duly Act hy the Ii iji.d.ilijic innkinit the finance iniiiister's decisions "liual, conclusive and hiuding on all persons The amendment was made retroactive to April Ita.H, seveial months hefoie Woodward i death. Sec detail oil Parte 4H listed are lieing ad.ised they can return tu tiieu homes. Many of them are returning lo find flooded haseinenls, (gardens and lawns washed auay or covered with deliris, and gaping holes where their driveways had hecn.

Koad access is still difficult, with nui nicipal works ereus clearing culverts and water still pouring over streets. Hosehcry Avenue apcared lo suffer the most serious damage, with its asphalt surface uprooted and water continuing tu undermine it. Although no homes were tic niolished, there was consider aide property damage and residents will have In font a mlisl.iulul hill for Ihe cleanup operations. Ihe Allanioiit district, just below a huite section of the Upper evels Highway thai was washed out earlier Wednesday, had hecn in Ilia most danger. The torrent had picked up Ions of mud, boulders and He hits and surged down lo residential streets and property.

"I've never seen anything like il," said highways department workman Kicliaid Harold. Standing beside the gaping hole in Ihe highway, he said the collapse may have been caused by a blocked culvert. Hie highway is currently being widened. "I could understand it if Ihis had been filled land," Harold said. "It must, have taken tremendous force In burst through.

Hilling the danger period it was feared that oilier sccitons of the highway between Twenty eighth and Thirty Inst streets also be svupl away by water rushing down Ilollyburn Mountain. Some streets below the highway were turned tempo lank into ragiuu, muddy livers, haseinenls were flooded, anil lawns and shrubs wict scd Civil defence volunteers joined police, firemen and municipal winks crews in el fori lo stem the rising water llydio cicws also were nut in fmcc lo guard against the possibility of ruptured gas See Page 23 BI SIIUMS Fall Id tic. tlli I.A IIAPt l.l FN VH liHS, riame (API (idles Hmuii Lint, 22, a haiidresser fiom St. jwi nc, Ijuc fell 210 feel In his dcalli in Ihe Alps while out for a walk liiintfaul slipped iron) a nsr row path 3 tsr i I l)lows appear within one hour of Hie II a in. starling lime today.

Angered by the present of 17 I hint ii lilliii miiiiI oul.siih: hi Wcsl Van liuiiii; and first game Court upholds Vl 10HIA The Supreme mill ul anaila has upheld a lower court ruling winch allowed Hie provincial jfovcin-mcnl lo collect 1 V3 million in mici duties from the es tale of P. Woodwaid A coiy of the Supreme Court judgment was released Wednesday hy the allot uey-lieiicial dcpartineiil A key poiul in the Supreme INSIDE later relumed to concede to Ihe itiissiau on the aiilh move. 'I wo oilier cainei as in luvvi is out in the hall hail been lakeu If, i. 1 rlir.ss tn.ileli i i JL. U.S.

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