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The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 1

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FORECAST SUNNY TEMPERATURES Highs today Wednesday mid-90s Low tonight 60-65 Highs today Wednesday mostly 90s Lows tonight 55-65 tutv mum UPI JULY 11 1972 UNHID PRESS INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY EVENING 4SSOCATfD FRXSS OGDEN UTAH 10c DAILY 2oc SUNDAY VOL LXXXV No 192 ogling Apollo 15 Crew Disciplined for Letter Sww The Apollo 15 crew like those on earlier moon missions had NASA's permission within established procedures to carry personal souvenir-type items including some postal covers The permission was granted with the condition that the articles be retained by the astronauts or be given to personal friends They were not to be used for commercial or fund-raising purposes or personal See page 2A column 8 agreed at one time to provide 100 covers from their forthcoming mission to the acquaintance in return for establishment of a 'trust fund" for their children "After the covers had been given to the acquaintance however they realized on their that this was improper and declined to accept either the trust fund or the alternative offer of stamps in exchange for the 100 postal covers" NASA said their selection for future assignments" the agency said Dr George Low NASA deputy administrator commented: "Astronauts are under extreme stress in the months preceding a flight to the moon and their poor judgment in carrying the unauthorized covers must be considered in this light "Nonetheless NASA cannot condone these actions" NASA said it had learned that the Apollo 15 crew had tration said The other 300 unauthorized covers were confiscated and are impounded at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center Houston NASA said after an investigation that astronauts David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin "exercised poor judgment in their action "Therefore they will be reprimanded and their actions will be given due consideration in WASHINGTON (AP) The space agency disciplined the three Apollo 15 astronauts today for carrying 400 unauthorized postal covers to the moon and back last July and then turning 100 of them over to an acquaintance in West Germany The 100 moon-stamped envelopes later apparently were sold to stamp collectors for $1-500 each the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis Gimclhied Scientists Delighted By Eclipse no nil As Wm -A -rTr-Tj iiLisni imrimr raw SPOKANE Wash (AP) -Delighted scientists drank champagne toasts to the successful airborne chase of an eclipse of the sun which they say is certain to yield new findings about the fiery orb "We expect to find all sorts of new things" said a beaming Dr Arthur Cox the expedition's leader after the team of astronomers recorded the pearly white grandeur of the solar corona Monday The corona is the ring of hot gases that stream millions of Minnesota Delegates Released 4 1 EAGER TO JOIN his friends in Miami Beach is this youngster who climbs beneath a sea of dangling feet The climb took place during a rally of the Southern Christian Leadership in Manor Park I miles out into space Scientists Ihope that by studying it they can find clues to how the sun interacts with earth and interferes with man's activities INTERCEPTED ECLIPSE Crowded into a converted Air Force cargo jet stuffed with 15 the tons of scientific gear the scientists from the Los Alamos Lines j(NM) Scientific Laboratory' th- US 7th intercepted the eclipse 39000 US Ma- rurcerrcnt from AP SAIGON" nne hciic trnnnteet over tne Arctic urcie lifted South fleet indicated that CH4Gs already i northeast of ice-filled Hudson Jr-nr-ic in'n rim frnm the fun in uanaaa bat assault north of Quarg Tri had been dropped off The heli-iray Territories tndav flvins into a hcavv costers flew from the carriers i The new assault by several fire behind enemy barrage et As the shadow of the moon passing in front of the sun hundred South Yctinamese ma- rires North cf Quang Tri en-streaKea soumeastwara at iuw largcd the government forces' miles an hour the flying laboring around the northernmost ratory raced it reaching 565 lines tnat knocKed cown at least three cf the helicopters the US Command said Tre landings by South Vietnamese marines put government forces on three sides of miles per hour I his gave the provincial capital A Fleet announcement t'rs prpmv-hpld nrovincial cani- said that "initial action on the women on the South Carolina delegation Happy members rejoice after the victory DEMOCRATIC National Convention in its first credentials vote rejected a move to force seven more RUSSIAN MOVES FIRST NAMES IN THE NEWS scientists a precious 116 additional seconds during which they could view the sun totally obscured and see the white corona etched against the blackness of space They kept their instruments in this path of "totality" for three minutes and 45 seconds and the results except for a few minor problems delighted everyone ALMOST LIKE NIGHT When the sun vanished alto MIAMI BEACH Fla (AP) Sen George McGovern today cinched the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination going over the top minutes after rival Hubert Humphrey withdrew from the race An Associated Press poll showed a combination of newly attracted delegates plus onetime supporters of Humphrey added up to a first-ballot victory for McGovern Sources said Sen Edmund Muskie of Maine also was dropping out of the race McGovern meanwhile paid tribute to Humphrey He hailed the former vice president's 25-year battle for "human justice" and said their "relationship of affection and friendship will continue" Attention quickly shifted to McGovern's choice for vice president Sen Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts was high on the list of possible running mates according to McGovern aides Humphrey withdrew with a pledge to keep fighting for "social justice" but without an endorsement of McGovern Two other rivals Gov George Wallace of Alabama and Sen Henry Jackson pledged to remain in the race hours before the start of the second session of the nominating convention His eyes brimming with tears Humphrey bowed out at a news conference AS CANDIDATE ONLY "My withdrawal from the presidential race is a withdrawal of candidacy only" said the Minnesota senator who first began running for the White House more than a decade ago His move was almost dictated by McGovern's sweeping recapture Monday night of 151 disputed California delegates putting him within about 25 votes for a first-ballot nomination Gov George Wallace of Alabama and Sens Edmund Muskie of Maine and Henry Jackson of Washington remained in the race as the second session of the convention approached But they trailed far behind See page 2A column 2 tal ground was hot as the South US mi'itarv spokesmen said Vietnamese marines moved off the "crewmen "of two CH45 me- the helicopters and on to the of-dlum helicooters were safe go- Tensive' r- down inside South Vietnam- EASTERN SIDE ese lines after being hit bv an- The Marines were landed 2V2 tiaircraft artillery and small-miles north-northwest of the arms fire city on the eastern side of the FATE UNKNOWN Thach Han River opposite the The fate of the crewmen Quang Tri combat base aboard the third helicopter a For the fifth successive day CH53 the bisgest US troop entrenched North Vietnamese carrying helicopter was not forces managed to stall the immediately known South Vietnamese drive to re- Tt-n us rommand said it canture the city lost 10 weeks Fischer Spassky Finally Get With It Play Chess gether at 3:42 pm EDT the airplane's interior was almost as dark as night Astronomers had no additional details ago It was not clear whether Tank-led North Vietnamese there were 'South Vietnamese infantrymen and South Viet-trccps aboard or whether they namese paratroopers and ma-had been dropped off before the rines battled at four different helicopters were hit An an- See page 2A column 4 Last-minute adjustments ter to persuade Fischer to end were made on the stage of Rey- his holdout last week Organ-kjavik's 2500-seat sports hall jizers calculate Fischer and The playing table was shorten-1 Spassky will divide at least an-ed the ereen and white marble other $55000 from the sale of REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP) American Bobby Fischer and Russian defender Boris Spassky finally squared off today for the world championship of the richest and most television and film rights JUST SPECULATING: US Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz predicts that American grain sales to the Soviet Union may total $1 billion before the end of the three-year $750 million export agreement recently announced by President Nixon Butz labeled his Monday forecast in Baton Rough La as "only speculation" but said Soviet officials have made no effort to conceal their need for feed grains FLOOD BENEFIT: A group of celebrities headed by Bob Hope and organized by the comedian will conduct a telethon July 22 to benefit victims of recent floods WBAL-TV in Baltimore announced the telethon Monday and said it will be shown on the station in Baltimore and over a network of stations in other areas involved in the floods publicized match of all time Spassky had the first move chessboard constructed for the fourth time and the overhead lighting changed But these were small details compared to the tangled negotiations and war of nerves that Wallace Dozes at Hotel As Crucial Vote Taken MIAMI BEACH Fla (APi tained contact with his workers Gov Georce Wallace slept by telephone and two-way ra- vrrtni The effort mav have been as the Democratic National INDEX preceded the encounter origi The American's lawyer Paul Marshall told a newsman on the eve of play however that "the money's not important Bobby wants respect on his own terms" Both players stayed in seclusion Spassky was reported nervous and upset Fischer who favors sleeping in the daytime was last seen at 1 am Monday when he visited the sports hall He demanded that the mahogany playing table be shortened and that the overhead lights be hovering over their telescopes and radiation-measuring devices used pencil flashlights to perform their duties Outside the ground was obscured by a thick layer of clouds and the black oval-shaped lunar shadow could be seen 50 miles in opposite directions with fluffy clouds brightly lit by the sun beyond the shadow The view was the most striking from the cockpit "Out in front of us after the eclipse passed us we could see this huge circular shadow 120 miles wide moving across the clouds below us It was the most fantastic sight I've ever seen" said Maj Dan Yergler the pilot Experimenters who sought to measure infrared radiation interaction of sunlight with charged particles in the corona and the corona's magnetic field said they were pleased with results Studying the information recorded on film and magnetic tape will take several months and in most cases involve complex computer analysis Convention voted in favor of McGovern showing on the Cali- nally set to start July 2 The match is 24 games and could last two months Fischer needs 12V2 points to win Spassky 12 or a draw to retain his title A player gets one point for winning a game and a half point for a draw WHITE CHESSMEN Sen George McGovern credentials fight 2rl ede of a first-ballot presiden crucial todav tial nomination The Alabama governor elect cd not to attend the openini ON THE FLOOR (4 SECTIONS 58 PAGES) Dear Abby 6A Bridge 6A Classified 10B-13B Comics 6B-7B Editorial Page 4A Farm Page 8B Markets 9B Movies HA Obituaries 9B Sports Pages 2B-4B Television Log 7B Weather Map 2B Women's Page 6A SDasskv 35 drew the white changed session of the convention pre- Members of his staff were on ferring to stay at his hotel and the convention floor and in the watch on television Wallace Wallace command trailer out-dozed off a press aide said side the huge arena Monday and was sleeping when the vote night reportedly Dining in a to award McGovern all cf Cali- coalition aimed at stopping fornia's 271 delegates came South Dakota George Earlier Wallace had main-McGovern rish Protestants Threaten to Fight IRA chessmen and with them the first move Fisher 29 of Brooklyn NY had the black pieces One game will be played each Tuesday Thursday and Sunday starting at 5 pm 1 pm EDT National prestige was at stake for the defending Russian The Soviet Union subsidizes chess and has dominated the game for decades Fischer is the first foreigner to make it to the finals since 1948 For Fischer it is a question of money and personal prestige of proving his claim that he is the best in the world London oddsmakers rated the lanky American the favorite to win the 24-game two-month competition and capture more than $180000 of the estimated $300000 at stake FIVE-EIGHTHS The winner gets five-eighths of the $125000 put up by the Icelandic Chess Federation or fire army headquarters reported 232 shooting incidents in Belfast between 8 am Monday and 4:40 am today British troops were involved in 146 of the shootouts and claimed they killed or wounded 15 gunmen Protestants and Catholics fought in the other clashes The hooded body of a murdered man in his 20s was found near the center of Belfast shot in the chest and head He was the 414th confirmed fatality in the three years of communal warfare the seventh since the cease-fire ended and the 23rd since it began two weeks ago Most of the latter were murdered similarly apparently settling old scores Bombs damaged stores offices and homes in three areas of Belfast Flying glass injured five persons Other explosions wrecked property in Londonderry Strabane Maghersfelt and Armagh but caused no casualties "We are now back to square one" said IRA chieftain Martin McGuinness "Our campaign has restarted and there will be more violence than before" BELFAST Northern Ireland (AP Militant Protestants threatened early today to take the o- nsive in Northern Ireland as gun battles and bomb explosions rocked the province The Protestant Ulster Defense Association which claims it can put 40000 armed men into the field said if the British do not crush the Roman Catholic guerrillas of the Irish Republican Army the association will take the offensive against the IRA and do its "level best to eliminate and destroy it" The British government rush 800 more troops into tne province in preparation for the traditionally explosive summer season of Protestant parades celebrating historic events in the centuries of Protestant-Catholic warfare in Northern Ireland The first parade is Wednesday The reinforcements bring the garrison to 16800 men the biggest it has been in the three years of communal turmoil In the wake of the collapse Sunday night of the IRA cease $78125 plus another $75000 of HONEYMOONERS Mr and Mrs Early Henry ride down Dubuque Iowa street as they leave the church for their honeymoon The bride former Marsha Bellings said her husband is a motorcycle club member and that she wanted his hobby to be part of their wedding day the $120000 provided by London investment banker James Sla- A-.

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