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treator Daily Times-Pr Oojrfrth 0 im -VOLUME 45, NO. 160 STREATOR ILLINOIS, SATURDAY. JULY 8. 1972. PRICE TEN CENTS rrM Pm bUblh4 im Indrpendrnt-TUne IiUUIiM IMS.

Tbnas-Piaaa Publlrhlni Cow Battle To tize DELEGATE COURTING Court Rules Party Must Settle Issue McGovern challengers HIT MIAMI SCENE EARLY down behind him, is one of the hostages with his hands in hand cuffs. The hijacker, FBI agents said demanded and received $450,000 ransom. (AP Wii eplioto)' 8KYJACKER GIVES UP Hi arm rained. a young skyjacker surrenders to FBI agents at Oakland International Airport after holdu',) Ing fie persons hostage aboard a Pacific 1 Southwest Airlines jet for nine hours. Coming WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court has declined to enter the Democratic party's fight over the seating of delegates to its national convention, leavTnglClo-the delegates to battle it out in Miami Beach.

By a 6-3 vote in a rare spe -4- TIGHTER SECURITY fight for the nomination itself. An afternoon caucus of Democratic governors provided one forum for the presidential hopefuls to- seek delegates. A number of the state executives head blocs of uncommitted delegates. Party Unity Humphreys campaign manager, Jack Chestnut, predicted the convention will decisively confirm the Credentials Committee, report apportioning the California delegates. called of the Credentials Committee and urged the convention to consider whether its recommendations insure fair representation at our convention of all of the nation's Democrats.

Jackson, who predicted that leaders of organized lahor would repudiate McGovern in the coming week, charged in praising the court that McGovern has been afraid to put his faith in the National Democratic Convention which is made up of delegates MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -Sen. George McGoverns presidential challengers, Tbuoyed by a Supreme Court ruling that tossed the California credentials case before next weeks Democratic National Convention, worked today to chip awajrat the front-running South Dakota senator's massive delegate lead. On the ahead of McGovern to meet with delegates in this warm resort center were Sens. Hubert H.

Humphrey, Edmund S. Muskie, Henry M. Jackson, and Rep. Wilbur D. Mills.

They hailed the high tribunal's 6-3 ruling In a strong dissenting Justice Thurgood Marshall said the action of the con-vention Credentials Committee unseating 151 MeGovem delegates from California and 59 uncommitted delegates led by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley raised constitutional as well as political questions. The dispute In these cases concerns the right to partici pate in the machinery to elect the Presideht of the United States, he said. Postpones Action The court, took no action on cial session Friday night, thr court stayed a lower federal rourt order that would have restored 151 California delegates to Sen. George McGovern, giving him a strong boost toward a first-ballot nomination as the Democratic candidate for president.

Time Shortage WJth the convention opening Monday, the court said, there was no time to examine the pertinent issues. Including serious questions of the authority of the courts to intervene in the internal decision-making' process of -a-pehbeRl party; In a century and a half of If Necessary: Nixon on all Democratic hopetids to -elected finder the very guide- were hijacked in pledge support for the eventual nominee, a slap at McGoverns threat to withhold support if the California casa loads him to lines spokesman for- Mills" said the Arkansas congressman as heartenM i California, two dayg. not be physically searched. But they said that the airline would wntimie tti 1 rely mvtty-oirnrer' SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) President Nixon, in a efAfckdmvn has ordered the Federal Aviation to implement tougher antihijacking measures including passenger inspection when necessary on The- "followed news of the recent hijackings, and has been very concerned, particularly about commuter airlines, the lido' said.

These include such airlines as Pacific Southwest Airlines of California lose the nomination. Muskie, still not directly supporting the Credentials Committee action that had the backing of his supporters on that panel, praised the "court, scored unjustified eritieism McGovern said in his statement that the decision means it is now the responsibility of the delegates to the National Convention to protect the rule of law and the nation's time-honored sense-of fair play. American--history, the couit national political pari ties themselves have settled controversies over the seating of delegates to their party and by the Daley forces for a-hearing to decide -the cases on their merits, Marshall -observed that the request will still be before the court when it -reconvenes In October. Arguing-that Hie "court should meet the Issue head-on now. Friday night.

It stopped a. lower court from restoring 15L disputed delegates fo MpGovern. Forces At Work Preparing to fly here today to take -personal his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, McGovern $aid in Washington he was con 1 commuter airlines JhflrD. Ehrllchman, an(j the East Coast shuttle runs i NEW-BREED IMPORTS fluent the American senseof fair play will win out in al detection 'devices which. If they record a coulcj lead to searches, --Trice Review On Friday morning, Nixon held a lengthy review -of the meat price situation at-4fce-H Western White House hpre witlf Secretary of the Treasury George cials.

Shultz told reporters that Nixon will ease meat quotas next year for countries that export the most beef to the United States during the eurrent period of short meat supplies. All import quotas on meat have been-lifted temporarily by Nixon but are scheduled to go back into effect Jan. 1. Shultz and -other-of ft-- between Boston and New York. An FAA spokesman in Washington said the new rules apply ing to shuttle flights -require that all passengers must show two pieces of identificationand that all carry-on luggage will be searched.

Matshall said if the court, in October, sustains the right of the challenged delegates to be seated, we. would have, no choree but to declare the. con-ventjon nulj and void ami to require thht it be In a statement issued In Washington, said. assistanLf0Xdomesticpolicy. announced at a news conference Friday in nearby Newport Beach that the President Ordered FAA Administrator John Shaffer to assure 100 per- eent inspection in some form for all commuter passengers.

Previous government regulations required a 10 per cent screening ratio, Ehrlichman said. Recent Outbreak Nixoa acted after-two Pacific-Southwest Airlines planes, which carry air commuters in FESTIVE AIR TO MIAMI Miami -and giveJiim back the California delegates. His" political-operatives, who spent much of the day planning for the floor fight expected Monday night on the California credentials case, said they ex- In addition, the spokesman added, body searches will be instituted when it appears warranted jpr By a divided court decision, it is now the responsibility of the delegates to the national corn- the-lighted -pool frolicking un- the approaching Democratic der the passive gaze of two life- National Convention. Sources indicated each piece of baggage or each purse might peeled towin-by at-least-50 MIAMI BEACH-Fla. (AP) votes in a showdown that could A Zippie with megaphone hgve a decisive impact on the i stepped up and announced that Flamingo Parks swimming pool would be open for skinny- guards.

Taking it -all in, too, were some of Miami Beach senior citizens who had wandered into the park, which has taken on a carnival like atmosphere for dipping. Near midnight Friday, about 50 youths bathed in the buff in THREE U.S. JETS HIT vention to protect the rule of I law and the nations time-hon-I ored sense of fair play. We do not change the rules of the game after the game is over. Sen.

Hubert Humphrey was the chief beneficiary of the committee decision to apportion the California delegates among all candidates in that primary. His press secretary, Jack L. Chestnut, said in Miami Beach he was confident the convention would vote to support the delegate split-up. IN RAIDS- NEAR HANOI TENSION THERE, BUT NOT LIKE OLD DAYS F4 Phantoms Democrats Appeal For Funds SAIGON (AP) U.S. Navy jets from carriers in the Tonkin Gulf set huge fires to an island transhipment point east of Haiphong, and the U.S.

Command announced today the loss of three of Americas, fastest jets over North Vietnam with all six crewmen missing. U.S. officials warned of a new threat by Soviet-built MIG21 interceptors that shrt down two of the three Air This place mjist look like a zoo to them, said young Don Bode of Bryan, Ohio. Easy Life Other young persons lounged under a huge banyan tree, swatted mosquitos and complained about a shortage of pot. The pungent odor of marijuana filled the air.

Elderly couples walked arm-in-arm in the warm evening air, pausing to chat with the youngsters. One gray-haired woman pulled away from her husband to argue religion with a chanting Hare, Krishna de? voteeV'dressed in flowing robes. While the number of protesters camping in the park swelled several hundred, it was still far short of the thousands originally predicted for the convention, which opens Monday. Tents, large and small, dotted the 36-acre, palm-shaded recreational complex in the center of Miami Beachs retirement community. Oldsters living in faded apartment hotels seemed unconcerned about the influx of counter-culture groups.

"Theyre very nice, said Mrs. Julius Bachenheimer. One of them asked me wherp he could get some cigarettes and when I told him, he said sei gesund (stay healthy) in Yiddish. Another lady sitting dn a lounge chair nearby interjected: My only complaint is that they were singing and playing the guitar until 3 a.m., last heavy damage to North Vietnamese supply and transportation systems. In reports delayed by search and rescue operations that proved unsucessful, the U.S.

Command said two Air Force F4 Phantoms were shot down by MIG21 interceptors Wednesday while accompanying fighter-bombers on raids 30 and 60 miles -northeast of Hanoi. Ail four crewmen were reported missing. Airmen Missing They were the fourth and fifth F4 Phantoms downed by MIG21s in less than two weeks with a total of eight crewmen missing and two rescued Not since the 1965-68 bombing Force lost. In South Vietnam, North Vietnamese forces began their second week of artillery attacks against the old imperial capital of Hue. Thirty miles to the north, a South Vietnamese counter-offensive continued to encounter stiff resistance on the southern and eastern edges of Quang Tri City.

Lines Hits Supply A 7th Fleet-communique sail waves of Navy jets destroyed 15 buildings at the He Danh Do La transhipment point 35 ihiles east of Haiphong, and that pilots reported setting -four large sustained fir6s in the attack. The Navy it was an all- reported has gotten the highest stakes in history qf chess for his series beginning Tuesday in Reykjavik with Boris -Spassky, the world champion. Even though thousands of dollars of prize money are on the line, todays championship prize is chicken feed. Rognvald "played King Louis for his head. A woman was the prize in one knightly saga.

A king put up his horse, falcon and sword for a maiden and engaged in a game, winner take all. The king lost. He left the game on foot, unarmed and unloved. Little consolation do you derive from the game of chess for now I own your costly" objects! said his competitor. ese MIGs done so well.

In still another delayed report, the command said a third Air Force F4 was lost to unknown causes while on a mission 70 miles northwest of Dong Hoi in the southern sector of Norths Vietnam. Its two crewmen were listed as missing. The command said 58 U.S. planes have been lost over North Vietnam the resumption- of bombing April 6, and a total of 67 airmen are missing over the North during the same period. Many of the missing are believed to have been captured.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Command reported that an American artillery battery accidental; ly fired iiito a U.S. infantry patrol nine miles west of Da Nang on Friday, killing two Americans and wounding eight. Field reports said a South Vietnamese reconnaissance company of about 100 companied by Americans had infiltrated the southeastern quarter of Quang Tri city early Thursday to pinpoint North Vietnamese targets for U.S. NEW YORK (AP) The insulted egos and white-knuckled tensions before the Fischer Spassky chess match may seem to be a blazing battle, but pale beside the tales of bloodthirsty games in Medieval Iceland.

Chess boards in the 12th and 13th centuries' were" often the center of treachery, revenge, intrigue and according to sagas of the time. When a certain King Louis lost a chess game to Rognvald, he stood up in a fury, shoved liis chessmen into a bag and smashed his opponent in the face with it, leaving him bloody mess. Take that! exclaimed the king, Rognvald rode off in a panic; But his brother stayed to split the kings skull open. These stories are sagas: from Willard FiskeV -Chess in Iceland -and pub-' Step-Up Aid For Flood Victims LOS ANGELES (AP) The Democratic- National Committee has enlisted more than 100 entertainment and sports personalities to raise funds in an telethon this weekend. The event, which will be broadcast on the ABC network starting tonight, is an effort to 'save the two-party system.

Democratic spokesmen said. Money pledged by viewers is to be used to help pay off $9 million in party debts. The telethorf will originate from Los Angeles from 7 p.m. -tonight to 10 a.m. Sunday and from 11 a.m.

to 2 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday with a few in-terruptions for other programming. The show will be broadcast -on 1S3ABC affiliates. ffian saLC out effort that resulted in campaign have North Vietnam- Urge Strong Stand WILKES-BARRE, Pa.

(AP) Governmental red tape will be cut by President Nixon to speed federal aid to 180,000 flood victims in Hugh' Scott Humphrey Pennsylvania, Sen, reports. Scott told the President over they ever GallsFor The party national committer' has established 32 regional hrthia rity Friday. that the problem is so- massive that financial loans alone wont in Icelandic literature, lished in 1905 sault on our free press and sought to impose prior restraint newspapers whtch publish.edir AlffirteconftiUsSance'; for South Vietnamese artillery units. jg i said that chess champion" Bobby FiSchCr meet the-whole problem- to take ealls from the public, sponsors said. Local Boy 6 Serious 9 AtPeoria Nixon's response, Scotflold a gathering of Wyoming Valley WASHINGTON (AP) Two top Democratic advocates of ilfiMo4uiow-Jaws have-urged "strong party stahd against secrecy and accused the Nixon administration of making sinister movements toward dicta-torship and tyranny.

A secrecy-minded Republi-can administration Has made a PartytOath MLLMI BEACH, luT (AP) Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey today challenged Sen "George" McGovern and -all other candidates for- tiw Democratic presidential nomination to take the Pentagon papers Repeatedly refused to provide Congress with vital information'll requires" to carry out its constitutional response bilities -I Donations will be tabulated at a statistical center In Los Ange-teSrtiml fed rto a "total board located at the Hollywood Theatf-ty1 Mormoiis business 'leaders, was that he -wants the total resources of the federal goverrfment used to get help to meet the problems in moved into Quang Tri, large numbers of refugees were observed leaving the city. Field reports said many of the refugees were wounded and most had not eaten for days. South Vietnamese marines met about 80Q refugees two miles east' of the city and returned them A local boy has been trans- Name New party 'lovaltv oath bv St Francis hospital in Peoria with head injuries he McCOVERN JUST shambles of the freedom-of-tn-said Reps.

Wil- formation Jaw, Pennsylvania. Scott, -the Senate minority leader, estimated that $2 billion in federal aid Would be needed to re-establish some 250,000 vic- 6outh to My Chanh, President WEATHER night. Humphrey said he Would support the nominee as long as that person supports the partys "platform and principles, nil called cm aU other candidates to do the same. 'It is my judgment thatJf a candidate does not make this pledge, that he is not playing fair with the delegates to the Humphrey said at a news conference. Humphrey's challenge clearly is aimed at MeGovem, who has said he may leave the party if received at 7:45 p.m.

on- Broad way at the intersection with Iowa Ave. Kevin Miller, 8, RFD 4, was taken to St. Marys hospital here and then transferred to the Peoria hospital after struck by an auto driven eastbound by Yii-gina Monks, 18, 201H W. Wilson St. Miss Moqks reported that the boy ran into the street from be tween parked cars.

The Miller boy is listed in serious condition today at the Peoria hospital with a skull frac- Abused the security classification system by unnecessarily overclassifying millions of documents to hide the truth about foreign policy and defense policies from the American people, thus undermining' the safety and integrity of truly vital classified information affecting our national Freedom-of-information proposals to be placed before the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach next week would- put the party on record in favor of more open government 'with the fullest possible disclosure of information-land) -with an end to abuses of security classi-ficatws-and executive, privi-lege. liam 3. Moorhead, chairman of the House government information subcommittee, and John E. MoSs, D-Califi, former head of the panel. In a detailed statement, submitted recently to -Democratic platform-handlers and made public today, Moorhc 1 and Moss alleged that the Nixon administration has: Abused the rights of citizens seeking information from governments agencies and.

hid den vital iacts about the administrations conduct of foreign and domestic policies from the American public. "Launched a massive as- Jl ilR FROM TOP WASHINGTON (AP) George MeGovem is now more than 200 delegate votes away from a first-ballot Democratic -presidential However, the final pre-convention delegate poll by The Associated PreSs show- th" South Dakota senator witn more than twice the delegate vote of his Nearest rival. Sen. HuberuH- Humphrey. Here is the latest delegate a 1 1 MeGovem 1.307.15 Humphrey 507.55; Sen.

Edmund, Muskie 237 j05; Alabama George C. Wallaoe387; and uncommitted 404.65. Partly cloudy tonight, chance of thunderstorms. Low In upper 50s and lower 60s. Sunday variable cloudiness and warm.

Showers and, thunderstorms likely. High In low or mid 80s. "tifiis of Tropical Storm Agnes across' the state. But he also suggested11 that the state legislature would have to shared -some of the cost. Pressed for a figure on that share, Scott said it should be in the neighborhood of $1 billion.

Scott's visit came as residents of this hard coal region centered on the city, of WU-. kes-Barre but including several smaller towns started into their third week of clearing the muck left by the flood water of the rampaging' -Susquehanna River on June 22. SALT -LAKE CITY (AP) The new prophet, seer and re-velator for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), is 73-year-old Harold B. Lee. Lee was named president of the church Friday, succeeding Joseph Fielding "Smith, who died Sunday of a heart attack.

--Elder Spencer W. Kimball, 77, replaced President Lee i. as senior member of the Council of the Twelve, If tradition is followed, he would benext in line for the presidency. TEMPERA TURFS the Democratic National Convention nominates someone through tactics he ejyisiders un- i Herts the son of Mr. and Mrs! fair.

1 Raymond Miller, RFD 4. 7 a. m. 64 degrees Noon ..78 degrees High Friday ,......83 degrees Low Last Night 60 degrees rr.

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