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THE TROY RECORD PubllrtX Dm, tjj Vkp TROY, N.Y., 12181, THUR; Democrats Nom wither Nominee Denies Softening Viet War Opposition at ening is Pp05itio Rogers Democrats 9 Viet Plan MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAT, CIANCC SHOHKIS. HIGH NEAK IS. CLOUBr TOSICHT, urn- IN US. CTANCE OK IMUMUWSNOWEKS FKIIMr, UGB IN PRICE 15 CENTS Surrounded by Secret Service and wearing a palternet shirl, McGovcrn came down to the lobby from his 17th floor hotel suite a few hours before his name was offered for nomination at the Democratic National Convention. The demonstrators had been encamped in the lobby ol JIcGovern's Doral Hotel headquarters lor about six hours, protesting his statement to POW families Tuesday that he would keep a residual force in Southeast Asia as long as any American prisoners were held by the Communists.

'False Hope' Earlier in the cvcnin McGovcrn issued a statement in response to charges that he ivas a hope" for the peace movement, claiming that he was sure his plan to end the war within 90 days of Inauguration Day would win the release cf all the prisoners. But the 100 or so protesters rejected McGovern's attempt to clarify his statement. When he appeared, they booed and shouted epithets for several minutes as he tried to spe-k. Gazing info the crowd and the bright television lights that covered the scene, the South Dakotan wailed until his words could be overheard din. above the "1 make a flat pledge that if 1 become President of the United Stales, every American toldier, every American prisoner, every American man involved in.

the in Southeast be removed," be Asia will declared. McGovern agreed to answer generally hostile questions after his strategy of trying to wait out the protestors showed ligns of succeeding. no WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary ot State William P. Rogers said Wednesday night the Democrats' proposal for an im mediate U.S. pullout from Vietnam would give the enemy "Exactly what it wants" and would lessen incentives to Hanoi to negotiate a peace set tlement.

Returning from a global tour, Rogers was asked about the Democratic platform plank on Vietnam and its expected by Sen. George McGovern, the probable Democratic presidential nominee, in forthcoming campaign in light of the Paris peace talks reopening Thursday. All Enemy Wants "I don't want to get involved in the political battles so soon after my return," Rogers told newsmen, but added: "It is quite clear to me that the enemy can get exactly what it wants under that method, that its incentive for a negotiated settlement is lessen- "I would hope, however, that hat is not the case. It is inter- sting to me that most of the eaders I spoke to are convinced that President Nixon is going to win the election. "And that reason it may well be that the other side will eel that this is an appropriate ime to work out a negotiated settlement.

Certinly we hope Body Pulled From Hudson The body of a Colonie man, reported missing two days was pulled from the Hud- River Wednesday by a Snap of vacationing rescue members. The body of Bernard J. JtnUms, S3, of, 49 Wilkins was found floating in the river ahont p.m. by three members ot the Conoes Rescue The three, Ronald Gali- Francis Roy and Richard I.amourejux, were boating In the river just below tfce Crescent Bridge when they saw the body floating np in the river. They pulled the body from river and notified (be London- ville State Polke BCI and Albany County Coroner John J.

Marra. Troopers said DCS jar dins was reported missing Monday to Colonie police. Investigator W. J. Gary, who is conducting the investigation ot (he man's death, said Wednesday there were BO apparent marks of violence on the body.

The body was removed to the Cohoes Memorial Hospital where an autopsy is to be performed. Orangemen March, Troops Keep Peace ef Orangemen marched Wednesday to commemorate the 17th Century battle that es- Jamcs ln tablished Protestant power in They mari.TM rllu luu tvu Northern Ireland. A huge Brit- drums and piping flutes to ish security operation kept the rume mm OKianoma City to defeated the Catholic legions of Dallas, when the hijack 'ames II in 1690. They marched with thumping inarches from erupting into clashes with Homan Catholic militants. But gunmen shot dead three youths, including a 15-year-old mentally handicapped boy, keeping sectarian tension much In evidence, raising the death toll in three years of sectarian to at least 420.

In Londonderry, a 200-pound XCiignitc bomb blasted dozens of shops and offices in the downtown area. British troops defused another of equal size. In Belfast, troops and guerrillas traded fire in a series of skirmishes. The Profcslanls ignored a persistent downpour to parade cross the bloodslalned province on the day marking the 282ni anniversary ot the Battle The that the parades would spark violent confrontation between the two sides, sealed off centers of Belfast, the Orange demonstrations as a flaunting Protestant dancy. CALL THE RECORD Circulation Department PMOXE: 272-29M William 111 and thfin radu army, MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

(AP)Gcorge McGovern swept to the Democralic presidential nomination Wednesday night to climax an incredible campaign that carried him from the back row the Senate to the pinnacle of party power. He offered the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, a spokesman said, but the Massachusetts senator declined to run. A mighty roar sounded from from California cheer the nomination of Sen.

Geor-e Profile Of McGovern Nomination Ends Long Quest vin the Democratic ial nomination. He would run in By CARL P. LEUBSDORF AP Political Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Tor three years, Sen. AlcGovern told reporters and politicians how he planned to prcsidcn- the pri- naries, scoring well in New it nip shire and breaking hrough to victory in Wisconsin, ie would, speak out- boldly on he issues, relying on his rivals to stumble and fall.

Until he captured the Wisconsin primary April 4, few be- ieved The South )atoU senator complained that no one took him seriously. But the script laid out by the 9-year-old South Dakota senator has turned out to be the nly accurate forecast of the 972 Democratic primary campaign. An amazed Democratic itself with presidential Still, jarty now finds UcGovern as its nominee. The least surprised person is McGovern. "I didn't know it would happen just this way," he told a reporter.

"But I thought we'd right from the bcgin- McGovern said he understood the doubts about his chances, doubts held even by some of his closest advisers. "It did look: like very much of a long shot," he Indeed, when McGovern der clared his candidacy on Jan. 19, 1S71, a year ahead of the usual starting time, the public opinion polls set his popularity at under 5 per cent. Little Support He had little support from politicians and even less from labor leaders. They said he was a one-issue candidate with his opposition to the war appealing only to students and radicals.

But the doubters failed to anticipate the collapse of Sen. Ed- mund S. Muskie, the mood of protest in the country and McGovern's own organizational ability, persistence, determination and confidence. "George McGovern," an aide aid a few weeks ago, "has a very high opinion George McGovern briefly sought the presidency in 1968 in the place of the slain Robert F. Kennedy.

turned (Continued on Page 8) NOMINATION Moves From Senate Back Row To Party's Helm Die Democratic National Con-(cheered, waved their ventTM, as CMTMTM Lawrence and (he blue placards V. O'Brien pronounced the senator from South Dakota the presidential nominee. McGovern had it won long before the first ballot was completed. His final delegate vote after switches: 1,864.05 far past the 1,503 majority he needed. Before the switches his total was Even as McGovern partisans 'Stop New Yorkers Chant By BOB FUSCO MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

The New York Stale momentarily interrupted a smooth-flowin tial nominating session Wednesday with bombing!" With all but a handful of (lie delegates long committed to the McGovern bandwagon, sought to tress i candid a anti-war slant! with a peace demonstration that included the display of large placards dema i delegation Bob Fusco "stop i nounccd bombing." A their chanting briefly interrupted a nominating speech for a fellow New Yorker, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, their activities were ignored by the convention chairman. On the first ballot, which nomi nated McGovern, the state dele He received, 146H. votes at the gallon gave 263 votes to the win Chicago convention which nom- inated Hubert H. Humphrey. Gilis Identity McGovern succeeded, however, in identifying himself ner, six to STrs.

Chisholm and eight to Senator Henry Jackson All eight Jackson votes came from the nine-member 28lh Congressional District, where only of Amsterdam Mc- delegates voted for Mc- demonslration in difiance been (Continued on Page 8) 'STOP BOMBING' Planes Hijacked In East, Southwest Air Pirates Strike In Two Incidents By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hijackers demanding ransom ind parachutes commandeered American and National airlines lights Wednesday night in sep- irate incidents on the East and Southwest, author- ties said. The air piracy came a week- after two planes on the West were hijacked within 21 "lours. President Nixon ordered tricter searches of all commuter flights after last week's incidents. The American plane, a three- engine Boeing 727 with 51 pas- engers and a crew of six, was route from Oklahoma City to airport while the ransom was being delivered. There was no indication of where the man wanted to go next.

An American Airlines spokes- iccurred. Authorities said an armed man, demanding $550,000 and larachutes, ordered the plane i- fly to Fort Worth, Tex, about 30 miles from Dallas, fearful First reports said he wanted another plane in Fort Worth. Bad weather prevented a nding at Fort Worth, how- and'V 7 ever, and the pilot flew back to and Portadown. Catholics hate Oklahoma City, landing at Will the a ripmnnclrattnnc ae ft Rogers Airport'. The hijacker ordered the plane to take off and circle the man said "we are making every effort to accede to" the hijacker's demands.

arrange- and meet "We are making monts to fuel him FBI Arrests Suspect Iii West Coast Hijack SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -The FBI arrested a 29-year-old Bulgarian immigrant Wednesday in connection with the July 5 hijacking of a Pacific Southwest Airlines jet in which both hijackers and a passenger were slain. Robert Gebhardt, special FBI agent in charge, said I.ubomir Pcichev was arrested while at work in Oakland, on charges of aiding and abetting aircraft piracy, conspiracy to commit extortion and conspiracy to commit air piracy. On July 5 two men identified as Dimitr Alexiev and Michael Azmanoff, both Bulgarian nationals, were fatally shot by FBI agents while they held 79 passengers and five crew members hostage at gunpoint aboard a Boeing 737 jet at San Francisco International Airport. A passenger, E. H.

Stanley Carter, 66, of Quebec, Canada, was killed by shots fired by one of the hijackers. The two men had demanded $800,000 in cash and said they wanted the plane to fly to Siberia. The FBf later said it found maps on Alcxiev's body plotting the location of an abandoned military airstrip in the remote Puntzi mountains of British Columbia. This discovery led the FBI to believe the Siberia destination was a decoy to mislead pursuers, Gebhardt said. any other demands," the spokesman said.

He said the hijacker "has a pistol, but he has not used it in any threatening manner." The hijacking of the National plane also a 727 came as the jet, carrying 113 passengers and a crew of six, approached New York City's Kennedy In lernational Airport after flight from Philadelphia. Authorities said two men, whom the pilot said' carried guns and a package they claimed was a bomb, took over the plane and demanded $600,000 in U.S. currency, $20,000 in Mexican pesos and parachutes. They ordered the plane back to Philadelphia where it landed Democratic presiden- chants of "stop the Nixon Asks Flood Area Relief Cash SA.V CLEMENTE, Calif. President is'ixon an- ask Congress to vote $1.7 billion in disaster relief funds and authorize one per cent interest loans for homeowners and businessmen in Eastern states recovering from Tropical Storm Agnes flood damage.

In a statement, Nixon scribed the recent floodin 5 the "worst natural disaster ir the whole of American history 1 and said "our response as a nation also must be massive." Largest Ever dc- candidale, word csmc that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy had spurned the vice presidency. Afler H9 delegate votes from Illinois assured his nomination, McGovern telephoned Kennedy in Hyamtis Port, to offer the vice presidency. Richard Dougherty, a McCoy, ern spokesman, said Kennedy declined "for very real personal reasons." Dougherty said the two men talked for about 35 minutei.

McGovern already had been, ookmg to others, for Kennedy has repeatedly renounced any candidacy for national office in And so the only question left for the Democratic convention was the selection of a No 2 man to run with McGovern. Tha delegates were sure to ratify whomever McGovern chooses at the closing session Thursday night. watched on telcvii- in his penthouse suite two miles away as the convention voted him triumph i an 18- month quest that he began, as lonely political outsider. Midnight Count This was the official tabulation of a roll call that took more than an hour and a half even though the issue was settled at the stroke of midnight: McGovern: 1,864.95. Sen.

Henry M. Jackson of. Washington: 485.53. Gov. George C.

Wallace of Alabama: 377.50. Hep. Shirley Chisholm. of New York: 101.45. In a final forlorn footnote to" what was once a front-running campaign, Sen Edmund S.

Mus- kie 01 Maine got lO.g votes for The special request for S1.7 billion if approved by Congress, would be the "largest single amount ever allocated for a recovery effort," Nixon said, and would be used for every aspect of long-and short-term assistance. The heavy rains left by Uie lying hurricane last month- in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Florida, and S'ew York took more than 100 ivcs and destroyed or damaged J28.000 homes Nixon said. "We must not permit the ughlmare ot destruction which ias wrecked so many of their homes and places of business to be foltowecl by the equally grim specter of bankruptcy or ruin," Nixon said in disclosing he would seek legislation author- zing the special disaster loans at one per cent interest and "with no repayment required nn the first $5,000 of the loan." and businesses, the nomination. Muskie who with Sen. Hubert H.

Humphrey conceded McGovern a day in advance, went to bed before tlte final count was annoiroMt- Humphrey got 31 votes, most of them in a presidential farewell gesture from his own Minnesota 5IcGovern's middle name is Stanley, but in the uproar of his victory, Chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien's formal prononeement declared: 'Sen, George il. McGovern, laving received majority vote of this convention's dele- Sates, is hereby declared the 1S72 Democratic presidential candidate." Earlier in the day, federal agents seized two men, one in he lobby and one in a car outside the lavish Doral Beach Hoel, McGovern's convention leadmiarters. Two handguns were found under the seat of the car, and two Yegroes were arrested on concealed weapons charges. was in his 17th floor suite at the time.

The Secret Service said it had no evi- (Continucd on Page 8) MCGOVERN Fischer Walks Returns And Loses REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) --World chess champion Boris Spassky of Jiussia defeated just before 9 p.m. EOT About if 1 50 0 1 cnam ion! minutes pUol' ElUoU TprecH Adams jumped out of the cock- re( clable pit and was picked up on the 54 runway by police. A doctor wh treated him quoted Adams lho saying he jumped because he his passengers to a crash. The control tower said thx plane lost its electrical power while on the runway. American C0uld Fischer, who had slopped Play in the game for S3 minutes ras above the contest slage, conceded to the Kussian on the 56th move.

He gave up when he saw he could not prevent Spnssky Ji-Ji pi State Plan Stresses Air, Rail, Bus Travel I I i ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) The Transportation Department rolled out a proposed "master plan" Wednesday, shifting the state away from highways and toward more air, rail and bus travel in the next 20 years. The urban-oriented plan foresees a jetnort for the Buffalo area, high speed rail service bclwee Albany, Buffalo and New York, express buses around major cities, and turning the barge canal system over lo the federal government. The master plan recommends against establishment of a fourth major passenger jetport in the New York City area. Counting heavily on increased federal aid, the plan complete three major upslale expressways--but then start no major intercity highways before The 92 page proposal, complete with dozens of maps charts, was offered in advance of public hearings around the slate next month.

A final draft will then be presented to Governor Rockefeller in December. Transportation. Commissioner T.W. Parker said the draft an increased emphasis on solving urban problems, on providing service rather than just facilities, and on integrating the efforts of public agencies." The department, acknowledging the state's fiscal restraints actually two plans' One to spend $49.6 billion in stale, weal and federal funds in the next two decades to meet most needs; the other, a "minimal" plan, of SK.5 billion- which mean delays mostly in roart projects and the western aid, J7 per cent increase over current levels. The state would pay $8 billion in the scaled-down version, and local governments 3.4 billion.

Significantly, the state spending of $402 million a year is sharply below the average $60S million spent annually between 1967 and 1971, with money from the $2.5 billion transit bond issue of 1967. New York airport. Even (he "minimal" plan jiimiiuaL plan fcptwls oa $16 billion in federal The three major highways to be completed would be 1 S3, from Binghamton to Schenectady; 1-330; the Genescc Expressway, from Rochester to the Southern Tier Expressway at Bath; and the Southern Tier Expressway, from Elmira west to the Pennsylvania line. Another $940 million in stale funds is earmarked ftor improving rural highways. Of the total plan, 77 per Falls airports; also, would go for roads, bus and rail lines in urban areas; an- Highways For Troy Area Still Planned Despite the fact considerable placed iWitional air carrier fttDtties, the SUtewMe Master for UM slffl ewrfilis coutrncthMi of etrmark- (fee Greater Arei.

Urtet Uw Mister PI.a following intercity and rural highways: The North-South Arterial in Troy, the cwridor, extension of Hoosick Street Into superhighway well beyond the city limiU, the Alb an) Midlown connector, the Stolia bypass the proposed sew route, encourage commuter between smaller cities. moving his only surviving pawn to Fischer's side of the board, thus turning it into a queen, the most powerful piece in game. Fischer Mood up, made a heipless gesture to the audience and walked off. The second game was scheduled for today at 1 p.m. EOT.

Play in the interrupted first ame resumed on time, but Fischer walked out after three moves to protest the two television cameras. Match organizers covered the cameras wiih a cloth, but Fischer said they still bothered him. Spassky, wearing a slate jacket and beige trousers, made the first move Wednesday, taking one of Fischer's remaining paims. Fischer then took a pawn from Spassky with his king. A 4S moves and hours other 18 per cent lo highways between cities, and the rest for intercity freight, air, rail and bus lines.

The major proposals would: Bail: Have a pilot, high-speed run between Albany and New York, to be expanded to Buffalo when feasible; also, restore "Empire Service" between majnr upstate cities, and add routes to Montreal, Boston and Chicago; also, get new cars on all commuter runs in the New- York City area, and expand the transit system by 92 miles. Air: Bring more cargo into Stewart Airfield near N'ewburgh, but not develop a fourth major passenger jetport in (he metro area; construct the new New York field to replace one or both the Buffalo a linesi Ia Tuesday, Spassky held advantage with a bishop Bus: Unk all communities 1 hre a against 2,500 or moiv i filiation pawnSl lay wa hiK halted when Sp; bus routes; experiment with small stations at expressway ramps to serve smaller towns; make special lanes for commuter buses in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany areas. Barges: Ask the federal government to take over the system, and make the estimated 5133 million in repairs and SSOG million in improvements needed barring such a take-over, raise tolls to finance the system, or close non-proiitable sections. Freight: Allow carriers greater freedom to set rates; ask federal government and other states to lower taxes on railroad property; rehabilitate upstate ports; encourage gas and oil pipelines along transportation corridors, Spassky, 35, asked for an adjournment and Fischer agreed. On Inside Pages Bridge Lesson Classified Comics Crossword Death Polices Editorials Markets Obiluary Social Sports Television Theaters Woman's Page Paga 3d 45, 46, 47 41 35 23 22 43 41 20 37, 38, 3D, 40 18 34.

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