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-Beiminuton Banner, Friday, July 14. 1972 Washington Window A political convention is many things Platform may hold surprises for Democratic congressmen ed and blue standards Identify- for minority groups, women and the young la good for the Republican party." lng their states. throb with the din of Ears By GAY PAULEY see more on television whose MIAMI BEACH (UPI) anchormen tell it as they view Whats a political convention? it from their sterile sound-The answers are as varied as proofed studios up against the the characters who make up roof of Miami Beach's Conven McGovern supporters throughout the cavernous hall as the nomination is clinched. And th heart stirs with the Star Spangled Banner" or "Stars Whats a convention? It's the ZIppies and the hippies and the gay libs demanding to be heard. It's a senior citizens' caucus, a youth caucus.

Its the air-condltioneed rath- Ji uic iirvonuiuonwu ruu what theyre wearing and anything goes. frayed Jeans, bare midriffs, see-through tops over body white and blue themes and tope that say Vote. hats proclaiming their candidate. that say Free Martha or Take the Rich off Welfare." What's also a convention? Frightening, a security bom of the necessity of recent years assassinations and attempts, security so tight that even purses are searched as you enter the hall. the cast for the Democrats' whoop-to-do which ended early today.

Its an event you must attend in person to catch the spirit of a madding crowd of nearly 15,000, although youd probably tion Hall. The mood of suspense and then celebration is contagious even to those in the press sections where we sit a few steps up from the main floor and the delegations with their fvAm they and ipes Forw from the smoke-filled room convention band. Patriotism Is sun drenched the sunburns of convention band nonpartisan. By FRANK ELEAZFJfl United Press International House Democrats, 105 to 50, pronounced the new Democratic Charter to be a terrible thing. So therea no telling what they will say when they get around to reading the party's new national platform.

Among other things It commits them to reform the congressional seniority systems; to discipline members who balk the tourists and the pallor of news people who shuttle between indoor workrooms and convention hall. What's a convention? It's British troops move against IRA stronghold Frasier dies Sumptuous funeral set for aged lion Romeo If a group of 3,800 Is too small to advise House Democrats, presumably the 3,016 convention delegates who approved the platform also would be expected to mind their own business. They didnt. In addition to diagnosing all the ills of the country, affixing blame for their existence, and admitting they knew how to cure them, the Democrats had many words for the wise men In Congress. Besides those herettfore mentioned: Senators were counseled to devise ways to end filibusters, so majority rule can prevail.

House and Senate members were told to disclose their outside interests, and to drop not only their practice of law but even their listings as members of hometown legal firms. The seniority (or survival) system for selection of committee chairman was denounced for crippling Congress. Lawmakers were told to pick only those chairmen who will carry out party policies within their jurisdiction. It sounds like the grassroots folks have outnumbered the' politicians again. at party directives; and to deny party favor or status to Democrats other than the regular kind.

That is not quite to say the card-carrying kind. The card-carrying bit was one of many things the old Democratic bulls In the House didnt like about the party's new charter. This document proposed to vest party control In a "national policy conference" in which, as the lawmakers noted, Democratic public officials would be hopelessly outnumbered by ordinary folks picked from the grassroots. Whereas a Democrat used to be anybody who would admit it, a new category of official card holders was to be established, preferably people donating $10 or more to the cause. These card carriers would be the only kind of Democrats entitled to vote for members of the policy conference.

You can't allow a small group to dictate the policy of the whole party, said Rep. James A. Burke, after the June 28 caucus at which the new charter was denounced as "not in the best interests of the party. BELFAST (UPI) Hundreds of British troops today occupied a former Protestant housing estate which they seized from the Irish Republican Army in their first concerted drive against an IRA stronghold. The battle for the area climaxed a 26-hour period ending early today in which five soldiers and three civilians 'WA.

5SX. fired at least 400 rounds at the troops and bombed the sandbagged post with an explosiveladen dump truck before they fled the area, the spokesman said. An Army statement said William Whitelaw, Northern Ireland secretary of state, ordered the troops "to take over the area and keep it. The Provisionals announced cease-fire and in the troops died in one of the worst surges of killings in Northern Ireland entrenched themselves since the IRA ended its two- Lenadoon area after an end to their week cease-fire Sunday. fired rubber bullets at a Roman The army, revising earlier Catholic crowd trying to move figures, said the deaths brought Catholics into empty houses on the fatality toll in almost three the estate Sunday.

What's a political convention? Its tiny Eleanor McGovern elated, yet humble" when the Illinois delegation's vote puts her husband in the winners circle. proud as her husband accepts the nomination. It's Muriel Humphrey trying to stem the tears as her husband, Hubert, bows out of the presidential race, a last hurrah for a gentle politician. Old-timers on convention coverage tell me this convention of the Democrats was one of the least demonstrative, the best behaved, minus all the professional razzmatazz of the good old boisterous days. I cant compare for its my first confrontation with this phase of democracy in action.

Whats a political convention? It's black woman sharing for the first time with a white man the chairs duties of keeping events moving almost on schedule, keeping crowd fervor under control without deadening the high spirits. Its a woman for the first time running gamely for the nomination, losing it, but preaching that feminine force in politics is only beginning. It is 37 per cent of the women as delegates, triple what it was four years ago. Its the liberationists in action and their own theme song which goes in part, Be equal in thinking, equal in pride. All prayers are not answered with Here Comes The Bride.

Its youth power as a 23-year-old woman delegate delivers one of the seconding speeches as the party announces with considerable pride that 86 per cent of the delegates are first-timers. Its the older generation too. 80-year-old delegate from Ohio declaring that quotas -iT- -i. -S- i UPI Old Frasier, snapped by a UPI cameraman earlier this year, rests after a romp with his adoring pride of lionesses. Higher court stays Detroit bus purchases Protestant families vacated the district earlier this year when it became a battlefield between the Catholic Anderson-stown and Protestant Suffolk areas.

Army officers said it was the first time Whitelaw has ordered a major military offensive against an IRA stronghold since direct British rule was imposed in Northern Ireland last spring. In fatalities Thursday, sniper fire killed a soldier in the Catholic Ardoyne area of Belfast and another trooper on LETCHWORTH, England patrol in the Lenadoon district (UPI) John Kinsey was looking before the army assault on the forward to riding a motorcycle district. Two soldiers hit by when he became 16. sniper fire Wednesday night Last November, when he was died earlier in the day. 15, he bought a bike and got a a 35-year -old Roman Catholic provisional drivers license.

man found shot in the chest years of violence in Northern Ireland to 431, including 109 soldiers, 299 civilians and 23 policemen. An army spokesman said 600 troops moved into the Lenadoon Avenue area Thursday night after gunmen of the IRA's Provisional wing, operating from their stronghold there, attempted to overrun an army outpost in the district. Gunmen operating from abandoned homes in the district By TERRANCE W. McGARRY LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. (UPI) As it says in an old African folk song, inspired by his regal jungle ancestors, The Lion sleeps tonight.

For a change. Frasier The Lion, who rose Horatio Alger-like from a deprived life as a Mexican circus roustabout to a position of international fame in his field, admiration from his contemporaries and respect from his large and loving family, is dead. A funeral suitable to his position complete with bagpipers, monument, a foundation in his name and massed mourners has been planned. The venerable lion, who became a pop hero and geriatric sex symbol in his dotage, died Thursday, surrounded by the best medical attention a valuable show business celebrity could claim. The simba Valentino passed away with "a look of contentment on his face, said one of the attendants.

He apparently died of old age and a kidney ailment, perhaps aggravated by the sexual intemperance that made him a star. Or perhaps not. He kept up an arduous love live until his final week, and never complained. In death as in life, Frasier inspired unusual tributes. A team of more than a dozen doctors planned to conduct an autopsy today in an attempt to determine the source of the astonishing virility given his advanced years and debilitated physical state that made Frasier famous.

The team was headed by a The head of the park, Harry Shuster, announced establishment of The Frasier Foundation, to be dedicated to the support of animal welfare organizations. To start it off he contributed $1,000 and 10 per cent of the profits from the lucrative line of Frasier merchandise records, T-shirts, watches, sweat shirts, buttons, aprons, Frasier for President bumper stickers and other memorabilia. He was unable to estimate Frasiers worth as a corporate asset, but noted that attendance increased 20 per cent after Frasier won renown, and that as a bonus you pay $500 for an average lion and he gave us 35 cubs. Animals roam uncaged at Lion Country Safari, and DETROIT (UPI) The latest court action in the Detroit school desegregation case prevents the Detroit Board of Education from ordering any buses for use in a cross-district racial busing program until at least Monday. The U.S.

6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday issued a temporary stay of an order by U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Roth that 295 buses be purchased this week for use in September. The buses would be used in an integration program involving Detroit's largely black G. Milliken and Attorneys General Frank J. Kelley lauded -the court for recognizing urgency and importance of the matter.

I am hopeful that consideration on Monday, Court will grant h-i permanent stay while the basic issues in the case are beingn reviewed, said Milliken. In Detroit, the school board; met but did not take any on purchasing buses. A spokesman said the board would'; continue the process of prepac--, ing the purchase the buses, but'! would wait until the outcome of. Mondays 1:30 p.m. hearing.

though at roughly 20 years old he was the equivalent in age of a human male of more than 85. He had sired 35 cubs in 16 months, and more are still due. A reporter once counted 26 couplings in an afternoon by the decrepit old lion. Astonished veterinarians fed him a special diet and gave him five vitamin shots a day to help maintain his pace. The animal parks rangers will serve as pallbearers, interring Frazier in a wooden casket beneath a monument described as a mast atop the knoll.

The Scottish clan Frasier, which had given the lion honorary membership, said it would provide bagpipers to wall the old cat to his final resting place with the traditional clan funeral dirge. The parks switchboard was jammed with say it isnt so calls from throughout the nation and even Europe, a spokesman said. Many of them were weeping, he said. Floral tributes began arriving within hours. In nearby San But 10 days before his birthday, the minimum age for motorcyclists was raised to 17, and a court ruled Monday John must give back his license and wait until hes a year older.

early Thursday died in a hospital. The army said the bullet-riddled bodies of two other men turned up at a Belfast hospital early today. In the other army fatality, a visitors must stay inside their, schools xvifh those of, 52 nearly, rly, The ruling affects 2'00 other 16- soldier on patrol in the Ardoyne year-olds who have applied for area was killed by sniper fire provisional licenses. early today. BsnEM DRIVE-IN THEATRE allwhite suburban school dis- tricts.

The temporary stay remains in effect until at least Monday when a three-judge panel of the Appellate Court will hear arguments by the state of Michigan. In Lansing, both Gov. William NOW PLAYING Chess expert Fischer shows hes a master of temperament cars in the animal zone. Spectators at the funeral will be restricted to a special area, the park said, to prevent any mourners from being eaten by Frazier family and friends. We dont want the funeral to be a carnival, a spokesman said.

We would like to goodbye to the old boy some dignity. DISNEY HITS 2 ho fimo oiooir nt, cn urological specialist, Dr. Antho- Pie6. news of the death the time clock. There were 60 ny Orlandella.

We hope interrupted a session of the that our findings will benefit medical and veterinary science, the urologist said. Frasier will be laid to rest cher lawyers in New York, morninc on a crassv put through a call at 5:30 p.m. aay a grassy 6 knoll overlooking the sunny glade at Lion Country Safari where his reproductive prowess drew visitors by the thousands. There in life he reigned over a harem of 11 constantly pregnant young lionesses, al- minutes of hushed silence while everybody waited for Fischer. Andrew Davis, one of Fishers lawy put through a can at 5:30 when there was still 30 minutes till Fischers deadline to Richard C.

Stein, lawyer fer the owner of the TV and film rights and asked Stein to remove all cameras for Thursdays game Vatican group By BARRY JAMES VATICAN CITY (UPI) The Vatican Thursday banned group WALT DISNEY productions NAPOLEON SAT.1ANIHA UTECHMCOLOR restricts absolutions ENNINGTON BANNER Telephone: Business: 442-6300 Newsroom: 442-2600 Advertising: 442-2664 The Bennington Banner Is published dally except Sunday and legal holidays at 425 Main St, Bennington, VI. 05201 by The Banner Publbbing Corp. A subscriber to United Press International and the New York Times News Service. National advertising Matthews. Shannon fc Cullen Inc.

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Wt Dwii Pw A fetaed bgr OUtN! VlSIA DISTRIBUTION CO MC WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS beginning: Would Fischer walk out? Icelandic grandmaster Frid-rik Olafsson, an old friend of Fischer, managed to get into the suite of rooms where the challenger is staying in a downtown hotel. He talked to me about anything else but the match, Olafsson said. He lost interest in it six months ago. Fischer dropped the first of the possible 24 games to Spassky, who needs 12 points a win counts one point, a draw one-half point to retain his title. Time for the second game came and went Thursday and Fischer did not arrive.

Aides said he stayed in bed to protest the television cameras. At the appointed time, 5 p.m., Spassky was in the hall. Promptly at 5, Schmid started REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) Bobby Fischer stayed in bed, so once again the world chess championship was in doubt. The 29-year-old American challenger failed to show for his second game against titleholder Boris Spassky of Russia to protest television cameras in the hall where they are playing. Referee Lothar Schmid awarded the game to Spassky, putting the Russian ahead two games to zero.

Fischer challenged Schmids ruling and the matter went to a committee today made up of Schmid, his deputy, representatives for the two players and the organizers. There appeared to be little chance the committee would reverse the ruling. The big question remained one that has haunted the championship almost from the It also said collective absolution will be allowed in missions and other areas where there are large numbers of penitents and a dire shortage of absolution of sins except under extraordinary circumstances and give Davis time to fly to Iceland and discuss the matter in 1 No way home CHICHESTER, England detail. Stein said he agreed and even and ruled Roman Catholics must priests to hear confessions. made out a written agreement backstage in the hall.

Fischer was told via telephone that such an agreement existed, but the American did not respond, Stein said. Father William Lombardy, Fischers official second and former world junior chess champion, met newsmen who tried to get into Fischers hotel suite after the game and told them the situation is very serious. (UPI) Mick Roche, 31, and Charlie Marshall, 22, stole a bus to return to their native Ireland, a court heard Wednesday. A detective said the two had been discussing how they would go home and one of them got up from his seat in a restaurant and returned a short time later driving a bus. Police eventually stopped the pair after they crashed into two police cars.

At the Movies continue to confess transgressions in private with a priest. Vatican sources said a new document on the subject reflects official concern that Catholics are becoming increasingly more reluctant to recite their wrongdoings privately to a priest. The document condemned the recent custom of giving group absolutions, which church officials said has taken root particularly in North America and some European countries. It called instead for a complete return to the teachings of the 16th century Council of Trent that Catholics must confess mortal or grave sins to a priest in private, receive absolution and do some penance. According to the Roman Catholic church, a mortal sin is one which separates a person from God and which causes death of the soul unless absolved.

The Vatican did, however, confirm a wartime ruling of March 1944, that priests can give a collective absolution to persons in imminent danger of death. In both these cases, the document said, Catholics who receive a general absolution are strictly obliged to make a private confession within a year unless this is absolutely impossible. And they cannot receive a collective absolution for a second time unless they have privately confessed. The Vatican instruction said priests may not give a general absolution merely because of a great concourse of penitents such as can for example occur on a great feast of pilgrimage. In such cases it is the duty of the bishops to see that enough priests are available to hear private confessions, it said.

The Vatican also said priests should dedicate themselves to confessing rather than involving themselves in affairs which can be performed by deacons or laymen. It said Catholics should make a habit of confessing even venial, or minor, sins as well as mortal ones, otherwise all persons seeking confession might get a reputation of being big sinners. fpiOTf Jim TONITE AND SAT 2 BIG HORROR HITS IN COLOR NOW PLAYING THRU. TUES. Uth circus lion.

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