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P. 0, GOX 3 Q37 N. Viets Block Quang Tri Drive SAIGON (AP) Heavy fighting was reported on three sides of Quang Tri City as tank-led North Vietnamese forces for the sixth straight day blocked a government drive to recapture the provincial capital. The Saigon military command claimed 198 North Viet namese soldiers were killec and four tanks destroyed in five battles of the city. Spassky Favored In Chess Match REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Defending champion Boris Spassky was favored by the experts to beat American challenger Bobby Fischer in the opening game of the world chess match when play resumes this afternoon.

The game adjourned Tuesday oight after 4 hours and 34 min- ites of play and 40 moves by ach player. Soviet Ambassador, Nixon To Meet SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) Just a day before Vietnam peace talks resume in Paris, President Nixon has scheduled an informal but serious meeting here with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. The ambassador and Mrs. Dobrynin were invited to visit the Western White House as guests of the president's foreign affairs advisor, Henry A.

Kissinger. Gunmen Kill Three In Northern Ireland BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) Gunmen killed three persons early today as Northern Ireland's Protestants got ready for their first big march of the summer. The British government ordered 32,000 troops, police and militiamen into the streets to keep the warring religious factions apart while 100,000 Protestants of the Orange Order paraded. Crime Rate Rises Only 1 Per Cent WASHINGTON (AP) Serious crime in the nation during the first three months of this year rose only 1 per cent the lowest increase in 11 years the Justice Department an nounced today. Connally May Aid Nixon Campaign WASHINGTON (AP) For mer Treasury Secretary John B.

Connally, back home after a 17-nation mission for Presiden Nixon, says he may campaign actively for the chief execu tive's re-election this fall bu expects no offer to be Nixon's running mate. U.S. Need Of Meat To Be Emphasized WASHINGTON (AP) Treasury Secretary George Shultz and other government officials meet today with representatives of 12 meat-exporting countries to emphasize the American need for more meat. News Blackout Urged On Air Hijackings WASHINGTON (AP) -Strict controls over news on air line hijackings might help cut down on hijack attempts, according to the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PAT- CO). John F.

Leyden, the PATCO president, called for "an immediate blackout on skyjacking attempts" in a letter to Transportation Secretary John A. Volpe Tuesday. By STEVE CRAW Staff Reporter Demcratk Rep. Heuy Williams made a scatfcig attack his party its anbaMe Preutatial mwniaee, Sea. Getrge McGtven, yesterday, aatf taea o- aauccd kit withdrawal as a caa4iaate ftr the Hwne Repreteatatives.

WUliams, ia a surprise speech oa tke tke Hoase, deawnced tae Democratic Coa- veatioa ia Miami Beack as a "farce'' aid said Mtaday light's seattog challenge of tae Saatk Carotiaa delegatioa was "total kami- latita." Williams said as kis reasoa for quttiig tke HOBK race was so tkat ke coald devote more time to Ids business, WUliams Jokason law firm ia Aixea, aad to fcis family. "I owe it to my family," said tke 54-year- old lawmaker. He added, "I regret I'm leaving polities." Williams will wrap ap eight years as a legislator both ia tke Hoase aad ia tke Senate witk kis withdrawal this year. He served a previous Hoase term in 1951-52 and Scuietena. "I caaaot the aatttaal party.

I Trr" vtte far McGavera. 1 will art vote for kirn, aad I will fifkt aim," declared Waea asked after kit Hoase speeck waetaer ke was foiag to leave tke Democratic party, ke aaswered aotiag a differeace ketweea tke aatioaal party aad Soatk Caroiiaa crats. Ia kis speeck ke kad said ke woaM "vote for tae mas aad Mt tke label" aad asked afterwards, "Area't we all iadepeadeat to a certaia exteat?" Tke Aikea legislator said ke kad aot really left tke Democratic party aayway, "It seems it has left me for aow." He added, "I gaess aow I'm tke maa witk- oataparty." Williams taraed kis attack to tke March sessioa of tke State Democratic Coaveatioa which picked tke 32 member delegatioa to Miami aad tke aew party rales for delegates. "My hair wasa't loag eaoagk, I dida't dress like a Mat Maa aad I wasn't aader I felt like aa illegitimate child at a family reaa "Baraam aa4 Bailey coaMa't have staged a better drew," ke said of tke state coa- veatioa. "I'll bet tkat kalf tke delegates to tke Democratic Coaveatiw have grand itch from aot weariag shoes," quipped Williams.

Williams took particular aim at tke seatiag caalleage to tke Palmetto state delegation at tke Miami coavtatioa aad tke womea's Ukeratioaists wbo made tke challenge. He said ke was mad tkat tke party kad allowed a "lame dack Bella Abzag of New York to make tke delegation ckaUeace. "If I kad been down tkere I would probably already have pat my fist through somebody's month," he waned. Tke state delegation as it stands now iodides 11 Macks delegates, five delegates under 31 years of age and aiae womea. Williams kad filed for a House seat representing Aikea Coaaty two months ago but did not refile Monday when filing was reopened by order of the U.S.

Justice Department. He kad ktated at a Jaae meetiag ia Laag- ley of Horse Creek Valley water districts tkat ke was "fed up" witk politics aad witk tke pressure beiag pat oa tke canty by federal ageacies over poUatioa problems. Bat yesterday ke tfeaied tkis was a factor ia his decision to quit tke Hoase race, sayiaf "No caalleage ia tkis coaaty ever raa me oat of a race I've always liked challenges." He said the length of tke General Assembly sesstoas were "aot fair" to his besmess associates. He called tke job of state representative a "fall time job" aad said last year it took up eight moatks of tke year aad tkis year sev- ea moatks. Tke lawmaker regretted leaving tke House with tke experieace he has to serve Aikea County bat remarked, "I'm sure they'll fiad someone else." Williams' remarks ia tke predominantly Democratic Hoase yesterday drew applause from some of kis Democratic colleagues but most of tke legislators seemed reluctant to endorse or disapprove of kis remarks according to oae report.

REP. WILLIAMS Won't Back McGovern Chance Of Showers Predicted Variable cloudiness and mild today and partly cloudy aid warm tonight aid Thursday is the weather forecast for the Aiken area. There's a chance of show- ers or thundersbowers both afternoons. Low tonight should be in the lower 71s aad high tomorrow in the lower 9te. Vol.

105 -No. 138 20 Pages 2 Sections Aiken, South Carolina, Wednesday, July 12, 1972 Telephone: 648-2311 IQc Per Smgle Copy McGovern Ponders Running Mate Assured Of Victory, Platform Kennedy To Get First Refusal MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) McGovern, assured of the platform he sought and a first-ballot victory tonight in the Democratic presidential balloting, considered a list of potential running mates today. Aides said he still plans to ask a reluctant Sen. Edward M.

Ken- ntdy to join the ticket. Weary-delegates had barely 12 hours off after the longest convention session in the history of either party before tonight's climactic meeting at which McGovern was! scheduled to be the first candidate placed into nomination and, when the balloting took place, the party's nominee. California planned to yield to Connecticut when the states were called for nominations so that Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff could nominate 49-year-old South Dakota to head the Democrat ticket this November.

Speculation turned immediately to possible running mates after the withdrawal of Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey and Edmund S. Muskie on Tuesday assured McGovern's nomination. Kennedy was clearly his top choice despite repeated statements he is unavailable.

A close personal friend of Kennedy, Sen. John V. Tunney of California, told reporters after talking with him by phone that he thinks it highly unlikely Kennedy would accept. He added he expects Kennedy to fly here from Hyannis Port, Thursday to appear at the convention with the nominee. McGovern's aides said that others under consideration include: United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock; Sens.

Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri and Abraham A. Ribi- coff of Connecticut and Florida Gov. Reubin Askew. The Democratic National Convention, meanwhile, headed toward approval of a Dlatform (Sec MCGOVERN.

UA 2 Democrats Refile, One Withdraws Two Democrats refiled yesterday for the House race and one, Rep. John Henry Williams, withdrew his candidacy. Mrs. Irene Rudnick, Aiken attorney serving as the elected superintendent of education and Marion D. McGowan of Warrenville both refiled for the House.

The refiling for the House was made necessary after the U.S. Justice Department ruled against numbered seating. The numbered seating for county board of commissioners is also in question and both county party heads have advised commissioner candidates to refile just in case numbered seating is thrown out there too. Six of the eight GOP commissioner candidates took that advice and refiled yesterday. But as of today only one Democratic candidate for the Board of Commissioners, J.Z.

Addle, has refiled. In the House race all the previously announced candidates have refiled. West To Vote For Jackson From Staff, Wire Reports South Carolina Gov. John West broke with the previously uncommitted stand of the Palmetto state's delegation at the Democratic Convention in Miami today by voicing his intentions to vote for Sen. Henry M.

Jackson when balloting begins this evening. West joined Gov. Jimmy-Carter in ids sap- port for Sen. Jackson's Presidential nomination earlier. The two governors are the only Southern governors to throw support to Sen.

Jackson. The support of both West and Carter had been solicited for Alabama Gov. George Wallace's nomination last weekend but they had backed off. SITTING THROUGH LONGEST SESSION Illinois delegates to the convention some sleeping, some dozing, some reading and a few listening to the proceedings at the podium sit through Tuesday night's marathon platform session that set a new record in endurance -11 hours and four minutes. (AP Wirephoto) Grant For Aging Approved Myers To Prepare New School Budget By SUSAN SCHUBERT Staff Reporter The Aiken County Board of Education last night directed Dr.

G.T. Myers, district school superintendent, to prepare a new budget that will balance with anticipated funds. Board members Olin Osbon and William Sofge assured those attending the meeting that the board would approve a balanced budget. Dr. Myers will have an anticipated $15,010,851 in revenue to work with.

The bulk of the meeting, however, delt with the past, not the future. Dr. Myers distributed a 26 page booklet detailing the history behind the board's request fo? in- 1 creased millage and the delegation's refusal of the request. The board in June asked that the delegation raise the millage 18.8 mills. When asked if the presen- tation was prepared in an effort to persuade the delegation to change its mind on the ruling.

Dr. Myers said: "I took the delegation at its word. "However I wouldn't mind it if members changed their mind." The booklet covers what has been done in the schools since 1969 when the delegation raised the tax as- sesment rate as well as the millage. awarding 10 more More than 23,700 elderly people in the six-county area of the Lower Savannah region are the reason for the $34,914 grant extended yesterday to the South Carolina Commission on Aging by the Administration on Aging of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Miss Linda Wood of the Lower Savannah Regional Planning and Development Council said the grant, matched with local funds, totals $46,500 i and will be repeated for two more years after this.

The first year, Mrs. Wood said, will be devoted to work- 1 mg up a comprehensive pro- gram of services for the el- I derly. I "We are trying to keep older people out of institutions and in their communities." she said. A 35-member advisory com- "1 think Gov. Wallace has many supporters in my state.

but he is a very controversial man and I think that Jackson would be able to build a much broader base of support." said West. Gov. West will begin to work for the support of Jackson in the South Carolina delegation today. Polls of the state's 32- member delegation give Jack- son 10 votes. Wallace 5.

Mci Govern 2. Rep. Shirley Chisholm of New York 2 and former North Carolina governor Terry Sandford 3. The Carolina delegation had originally been billed as 'leaning" toward Sen. Hubert Humphrey.

Humphrey withdrew bis name from consideration as his party's nominee yesterday after Sen. McGovern virtualiy clinched it when he won back 151 contested California delegation seats. Gov. West said of his support for Jackson, "i feel Scoop is a man I can vote for in good conscience. I think he could be a tremendous healing force in the party, and I would expect support in South Carolina." The governor admitted tha Jackson has only a slim chance Hyer: Walk-In Drug Clinic To Be Open By December By JUDY RICH Staff Reporter An organizational charter for the Aiken County Hotline is in the hands of North Augusta City Attorney Kelly Zier and will soon be forwarded to the State Attorney General's Office, Paul Hyer, director of the hotline, said yesterday.

Hyer said the charter would mean "in essence" that future attempts of walk-in clinics, drug rehabilitation centers, or referral centers must eith- er act through the Aiken County Hotline or the Aiken County Commission on Drug Abuse and Alcoholism. He said the charter would cut down on duplication of efforts. Plans for a walk-in clinic, long a dream of the hotline organization, are scheduled to go into operation by December. Hyer said although some of the hotline projects such as street dances have been met with apathy by merchants, the clinic will be in operation by December. "The walk-in clinic will be operating by December if I have to open it up at my front door, said Hyer.

"If we get out charter, we can write a grant, take it to Columbia to (Gov.) West, and tell him our problem," he said. Hyer pointed out that presently there is not a regional hospital ia the area although there is a definite drug proWern. "We know we have a prob- New Directory Has Polo Scene THE NEW LOOK Mrs. Bobbie Sims, service representative for Southern Bell, displays the new directory featuring Aiken's polo industry. Aiken's telephone directory has a new look! The new cover features ai exciting scene from Ai- kea's owa bidmstry polo.

A total of 32.5M new directories will be hand distributed to all area homes by Jaly It, accordng to C.M. Shackelford, Southern Bell's Aikei manager. "We have increased by about more subscribers is the Aiken, Bath, Graniteville, and New EUeaton areas as compared to last year," he saW, addiig, "tkis is a definite sip of the coo- tiaimg growth of our com- The attractive color photograph for the was selected in Columbia from more than 50 photos taken at Aiken's Powderttouse Road practice field by Pai lon of Southern Bell's puh- lic relations office ia Colombia. The low level was achieved by the photographer who lay flat on the ground, said Shackelford. He said subscribers cot receiving their telephone books by Jaly 19 shoald call the local business office and one will be mailed..