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I KINGSPORT TIMES Tuesday June 2t 1972 McGovern May Garner Last Needed Delegate Votes Today By United Press International delegates wfto came out for the South Dakota senator Monday had been counted twice MARTHAS ULTIMATUM DOESNT PHASE JOHN Sen George McGoverns strategists expect him to corral enough delegates either today or Wednesday for a first ballot victory at the Democratic National Convention will have a dirt fanner as secretary of agriculture a working man as secretary of labor an Indian in charge of Bureau of Indian Affairs and women in positions commensurate with their numbers McGovern also will visit Arkansas Georgia South Carolina and Virginia before returning to Washington Wednesday But Rick Stems the McGovern delegate counter said he expected the front-runner to get the necessary delegates either today or Wednesday Floods sweep eastern India dicated he still endorsed the policies of Henry A Wallace who as the Progressive party presidential candidate in 1948 called for government ownership of major utilities and some industries Agnew said McGovern was a delegate to the Progressive party convention But two powerful Democrats spoke well of McGovern Sen Edward Kennedy D-Mass said in New York that McGovern appeared to have the nomination locked up and added he would enthusiastically support McGovern Chicago Mayor Richard Daley described McGovern as an outstanding senator but declined to say who he was supporting for the nomination McGovern needs 1509 delegates to get the Democratic presidential nomination at Miami Beach starting July 10 Monday he told a Washington news conference he had 15105 by his own count but his headquarters then made a recheck and he came up 17 short with 149275 WASHINGTON (UPI) Former Attorney General John Mitchell faced with an ultimatum from hij wife Martha to quit politics haa no intentions of leaving his post as President Nixons campaign manager close aides said Monday Mitchell was at his wifes side in Westchester County apparently to discuss what he told aides was a personal matter Mrs Mitchell said over the weekend that she would leave her husband if he did not get out of politics Powell Moore a Mitchell staff member at the Committee for Re-Election of the President was asked Monday if Mitchell was leaving "Not by a long shot he replied "Hes committed to the task before him The Westchester Country Club confirmed that Mrs Mitchell was a guest there but declined to put any telephone calls through to her While his staff members totaled up the delegates McGovern continued a six-state tour of the Southwest and South attempting to build his strength in an area where he considers himself weak and pick up a few more delegates in the process He appeared Monday in Oklahoma City and San Antonio Tex While McGovern campaigned Democrats met in Washington to attempt to hammer out a platform and settle the record number of challenges to delegate slates selected for the national convention NEW DELHI (UPI) An Indian news agency said today major floods have swept across the east Indian state of Assam-It said as many as 500 persons were washed away thousands of homes destroyed and a quarter of a million persons isolated by the waters The Press Trust of India (PTI) quoting officials from the Assam state capital of Shillong said it did not know how many of the 500 persons washed away by the floods were killed but that only a few stragglers had been found It said that several rivers in Assam including the Brah-f maputra went over their banks last week following heavy rains PTI said some 10000 homes most of them thatched huts in villages were washed away The agency added that about 250000 persons have been marooned by the floods and have been sheltered in relief camps Assam is the easternmost state of India with the new nation of Bangladesh separating it from most of India The huge Brahmaputra River and its many tri The reason for the miscount McGovern aides said was that some of the uncommitted black Vice President Spiro Agnewsaid Monday night in St Louis that McGovern had in McGovern pledged that if he is elected his administratimn Midnight Hirings Tense Peace To North Ireland Hospital fire kills 19 Buying a police state? WASHINGTON (UPI) Former Attorney General Ramsey MANILA (UPI) Fire raced through a hospital in a crowded residential area of Manila today killing at least 19 persons Witnesses said 13 of the fatalities were trapped on the third floor of the nine-story Family Clinic HospiUd The bodies of three persons were found in the chapel on die ninth floor where they tried to seek refuge and three others were dead on arrival in various hospitals All the fatalities except four nurses were among the 79 hospital patients Authorities said 11 babies in the nursery were evacuated gunman opened fire on an army post at the Ardoyne bus station There were no reports of casualties Despite the general joy over the beginning of the cease-fire the last few hours before it went into effect were bloody A sharp gunbattle between Catholics and Protestants continued in north Belfast until almost midnight 1 Hours after the cease-fire ended that battle death took its toll An 18-year-old Protestant died of his wounds today Police said 10 other civilians were injured in the fight including a three-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl In Newry a policeman was killed as he tried to prevent a man from planting a bomb outside a pub The bomb exploded but caused no casualties Clark says that by spending millions of dollars on sophisticated armaments for local police the United States is slowly buying ourselves into a police state Much of the money provided by the Justice Department is going to control blacks and other minorities instead of protecting them against the crime that wrecks their neighborhoods Clark told a Congressional Black Caucus hearing on governmental lawlessness Monday He said federal funds were being used to buy electronic surveillance systems high powered guns riot control devices airplanes and helicopters "How can you justify saturation policing when you are killing programs that would help feed people in the area he said Connally arrives in Saigon BELFAST (UPI) The truce started at midnight and the Woody fighting continued until the last moment Some were killed others injured in the final hours and even the final few minutes Midnight In Londonderry a single shot rang out across the city as the 12 strokes tolled from the clock tower In the Ballymurphy district of Belfast IRA gunmen marked midnight with a volley of shots into the air not at British soldiers nor Protestant Ulstermen Then silence as the people of Northern Ireland waited quietly to see if it were true: a cease-fire that might be the first step toward finding peace and ending three bloody years of fighting actually was working As the silence continued the celebrating started Huge bonfires started in Ballymurphy and Andersonstown two Roman Catholic areas in Belfast More than 700 cases of beer hijacked from a brewers truck Monday were broken out and the singing and shouting started And in the Catholic enclave at Falls Road residents stopped British soldiers to share a drink and a moment of celebration The area has seen some of the fiercest fighting in the three-year campaign "Fantastic was all the British army spokesman had to say about it As expected however there were some scattered incidents after midnight Several shots were fired at a sandbagged army post outside the Queen Street police station and about 3 am a National drive for mediocrity SAIGON (UPI) Former Treasury Secretary John Conn ally making a 65-nation world tour as President Nixons personal emissary arrived in Saigon today for a 24-hour visit Connally scheduled lunch with President Nguyen Van Thieu a meeting with Gen Creighton Abrams the US commander in Vietnam and dinner with American Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker Informed sources said Connally was carrying a personal message from Nixon to Thieu He arrived from Singapore and will go on to Phnom Penh Cambodia on Wednesday and to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on Thursday Connally will then return to Singapore before proceeding to India Bangladesh Pakistan and Iran In Londonderry a soldier was cut down by machine gun fire while only minutes before midnight another British infantryman was killed by a sniper Mondays deaths brought the toll in Northern Ireland since August 1969 to 393 dead 268 civilians 102 soldiers and 23 police Although both the militant Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army and the regular IRA have agreed to accept the truce spokesmen for just about everybody involved have stressed their is no guarantee it will mean an end to violence The 15000 British troops will be under orders to maintain a low profile in an effort to keep from provoking trouble But militant Protestants have denounced the cease-fire and threatened to take the law into their own hands SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) An argument going on at Cornell University typifies whats wrong with colleges in America says University of Chicago President Edward Levi The argument he says involves whether they should give students employed in a peoples garage credit for their work I think its all wrong There is a national drive for mediocrity They want every young adult to go to college then they change the college to make it a 2 more comfortable and attractive place to be I 0 Spassky: Bobby will show Pakistan India To Start Talks REYKJAVIK Iceland (UPI) World chess champion Boris Spassky looking relaxed and fit said he is sure American challenger Bobby Fischer will show up in time and they will begin their 26-game series Sunday Spassky a Russian told a press conference Monday that only commander-in-chief Fischer knows why the America didnt turn up as expected Monday Fischer 29 was reported in seclusion in Los Angeles but was expected to fly to Reykjavik Wednesday But what do they work at? Chichesters family confident WASHINGTON (UPI) Most congressmen work quite hard says Ralph Nader "But what they work at and about sometimes is questionable To find out where congressional energies are spent and how efficiently Nader says he is launching the most exhaustive study of Congress ever undertaken We are focusing on their professional lives their talents and their deficiencies how responsive they are Nader said miles of Indian soil India insists it will not accept pre-war lines of demarcation Bhutto for political reasons would find it difficult if not impossible to accept the present cease-fire line Indian diplomats say such an agreement by Bhutto could lead to future summit talks which may ultimately bring lasting peace on the subcontinent Another problem will be the future of Kashmir a border state whose territory has been dispute since India and LONDON (UPI) Sir Francis Chichesters wife and son plan to fly to the United States to watch him cross the finish line in the Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race His son Giles said Monday night they are not concerned that nothing has been heard from the veteran yachtsman sincn shortly after he started the 300(knile race from Plymouth to Newport I on June 17 It wouldnt surprise me if we heard nothing from him until he crosses the finishing line Giles said after a second days search by a Royal Air Force (RAF) plane turned up no trace of Chichesters 57-foot sloop Gipsy Moth I Race organizers said 49 of the original 54 starters are thought to be still in competition although like Chichester some have not been heard from since the start SIMLA India (API)-The leaders of Pakistan and India begin historic summit talks Wednesday that will affect the destiny of an entire subcontinent and the 700 million people nearly a quarter of the worlds population who live on it Three main problems top the agenda for the meeting between Indias Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto at this Himalayan hill station They are: Readjustment of Indo-Pa-kistani frontiers The future of Kashmir Repatriation of 93000 Pakistani prisoners of war captured in Indias war with Pakistan last December Diplomatic sources say the frontier issue will probably be the most difficult hurdle India has captured 5619 square miles of Pakistani territory and Pakistan holds 121 square Pound Sags On World Market xVdfBu 44U tfchiM and Pakistan achieved independence drom Britain India insists Kashmir is now an integral part of it Pakistan and many inhabitants of Kashmir do not agree Bangladesh which was Pakistans Eastern wing until the December war which gave it independence will not be represented by its head of state Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman EMPTY Rev James Nesselroad of Christ of the Christian Union Church in Pontiac Mich displays empty collection plates after the church and its congregation were robbed at gunpoint by two youths during Sundays service The robbers fired a shot through the ceiling and escaped with about $400 (UPI Photo) Market countries European finance ministers met in Luxembourg to try to find a solution before the crisis touched off another round of devaluations and revaluations like those of last summer The finance ministers said they had put up the money to rescue the US dollar and the shaky Italian lira in hopes that the virue of the British crisis could be "isolated and localized But continental money markets were closed today and the ministers will have to wait until Wednesday to see if they have succseded Richmond Water Still Unsafe LONDON UPI) The British pound sterling slumped to 324800 today when the London foreign exchange markets reopened an effective devaluation of 46 per cent since the pound was allowed to seek its own level last Friday The dollar improved slightly but was still low There have been widespread predictions the pound will sink to $240 from its former $26057 exchange rate the same price it reached before the dollar was devalued earlier in the year in a major monetary Upheaval Britain took the emergency step because a Common Market agreement to keep currency fluctuations within a 25 per cent range was cutting deep into its gold and hard currency reserves The $260 rate for the pound also was raising British export prices hurting business and contributing to inflation The move brought consternation to the Common used only for fire fighting purposes and to flush toilets Even if people boil it first they should not drink it Hays said They shouldnt bathe in it either Businessmen and their employes were warned to bring their own drinking water from home Mayor Thomas Bliley took a helicopter tour of the area Monday I see an awful lot of mud he said It is all over everywhere The $210 million damage estimate by state police was for roads bridges and private property It did not include damage to the various utilities in the state Virginia Electric and Power Co estimated damage to its system at $35 million State police said all but one of 25 persons reported missing earlier were accounted for leaving the death toll at 17 and 32 persons injured RICHMOND (UPI) About 100000 Richmond residents continued carrying drinking water to their homes today and officials estimated it would be the weekend before the citys filtration plant would be able to pump clean water Persons throughout Virginia attempted to recover from flooding that caused damages estimated at $210 million Gov Linwood Holton said Monday the figure could go as high as $300 million The Appomattox River at Petersburg was expected to start receding today The river had been expected to crest late Monday night but unusually high tides delayed it Police at Hopewell and Petersburg reported some flooding of low lying areas but no serious problems The Richmond water plant knocked out during flooding of the James River pumped water through home faucets but city officials warned residents against drinking the water Dr FYeeman Hays city health director said the water should be Although most European money markets closed immediately when Britain announced it was allowing the pound to float or seek its own level the pound dropped in unofficial trading and took the dollar along with it Today the dollar was reported tending to improve from the low levels to which it was driven Friday A HUG FOR FIDEL Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev (left) em-' braces Cuban Premier Fidel Castro on Castros'' arrival in Moscow for an official visit he first ini eight years (UPI Photo) r- Flood Holdout: 6I Just Sat And Watched It Rise 9 too low He said he now thinks the damage will be well over $15 billion Gen Frank Townsend civil defense co-ordinator was asked when the people would be able to move back possibility of flash fires from ruptured oil tanks and gas lines They cautioned that rain swollen doors would not close after being opened All those who returned officials said should leave before nightfall after throwing ruined furniture into the streets for pickup and scouring their sinks with quicklime CHICKEN DINNER Some of them never he replied Most by the middle of July Gov Milton Shapp said his earlier damage estimate "well over $1 billion was far EACH WEDNESDAY ON CURB OR CARRY-OUT DIAL 247-9188 end of me so there was no use worrying After residents in three other apartments in his building were evacuated Zwango took a nap and woke up to find the water in the street So I just sat and watched it rise I have it good here" he said The stocky little man had no fresh water electricity or gas He subsisted on two bottles of water and used candles and a small fire to light his room and cook some canned food I dont use much he said looking at the two half-gallon plastic containers of water Just a little coffee and some food As long as I have my medicine Im all right To make the coffee he put the pot on an aluminum fry pan sitting on a metal grate on a cement step leading to the roof WILKES-BARRE Pa (UPI) John Zwango decided he could sit it out What the hell he said Monday I didnt want to be herded in with a lot of hysterical people A retired upholsterer Zwango 65 refused to be evacuated last Friday with 30000 other people He sat for three days in his tiny third floor apartment in the business district flooded by the raging Susquehanna River "I got a bum leg I cant walk too well so why the hell should I go he said The flood water was about 15 feet deep at its peak and at one time it was only six feet below his apartment Zwango said that if the water had reached his room It would be the end of the world the end of Wilkes-Barre and the Under the grate he built a small fire from paper and tiny bits of wood During the day Zwango read in the sunlight and spent his time watching the water rise on the front of the barbers college across the street On the vertical sign the water reached the in Barbers College" Civil defense officials permitted the 145000 residents of this coal mining region who fled their homes before the floods to return for a brief cheerless homecoming today The flooded areas were opened to residents at 9 am Vehicles were barred from the silt-covered muddy streets because of the open manholes broken glass and caved-in pavements Civil defense officials banned smoking because of the FOR CONTINUOUS STOCK MARKET REPORTS The Kingsport Times (Evening except Saturday and Sunday) The Kingsport News (morning except Sunday and Monday) Kingsport Times News (Sunday only) published by Kingsport Publishing Corporation 701 Lynn Garden Or Kingsport Tenn 37660 Heiberger Publisher Issued Sunday and New Year's Day Independence Oay Labor Day and Thanksgiving No issue on Christmas Second Class postage paid at Kingsport Tennessee 37660 Home delivered subscription price' Morning and Sunday or Evening and Sundayoneweek 70c Single copies Daily 10c Sunday 25c Mail daily only within 1 100 miles $23 40 per year News services United Press In ternational Chicago Daily News Newspaper 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