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PRICE 15 CENTS Eagleton McGovern's Running Mate; New Politics Promised AIR PIRATES GROUNDED FBI agents escort accused hijackers Michael Stanley Green, 34, left, and Lulscyd 22, second right, to the Federal Building in Houston. The air pirates were taken into custody after they released their remaining hostages and disembarked from a National Airlines jet at Lake Jackson, Texas. The hijacking episode began over New York City Wednesday night. (AP Wirephoto) -ii Air Pirates Surrender In 2 Hijackings New York Delegates Walk Out By BOB FUSCO MIAMI BEACH, Fla. The fiery New York delegation Thursday angrily stalked off tha floor at Democratic National Convention, furious over what it considered reform backsliding by the Democratic presidential candidate.

reform- bent Yorkers a been increasingly angered or a 1 days over a revision in the national party structure that they say retains too much power for the State Democratic Committee. The delegates, all but a small handful militant McGovern supporters, wanted to retain for themselves the authority to appoint a majority of state rep- esentatives to an enlarged Na- tonal Democratic Committee. McGovern Switch Although this had been the original plan there was a switcl by McGovern this week, in wha Acceptance Speech Raps GOP Closed Door Policy MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) George launched a presWenliaJ campaign he said will change American politics forever as the Democratic National Convention did his biddinj early Friday and nominated Sen. Thomas F.

Eagleton of Missouri to run for vice president, MeGovern vowed to wrest the While House from President Nixon, to bring America to a new time of importance, hopelul change and political ferment. "American politics will never Boh Fusee By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two armed hijackers forced a National Airlines jet to fly from. Philadelphia to a little, out-of-the-way Texas airport Thursday after releasing its 113 passengers. The airliner was disabled in landing and the pair later freed three hostage stewardesses and surrendered. It was one of widely separated skyjackings that began almost simultaneously along injured by the hijackerV'now the nation's air lanes Wednesday night.

Both ended with the sky pirates giving up, and with no loss of life. Two male crewmen on the National plane were Heavy Fighting In 3rd Day At Quang Tri Area SAIGON (AP). South Vietnamese marines battled enemy infantrymen Thursday in a third day of heavy fighting north and northeast of the city of Quang Tri, field reports said. Associated Press correspondent Dennis Necld reported that the marines claimed they killed J18 enemy and knocked out five tanks in a series of clashes several miles outside the northern provincial capital. Marine casu- altks were said to be six killed and 27 wounded.

Government paratroopers on the southern and eastern out- skirls of the city said they No Progress Seen In New Paris Talks the same again," the South Dakota senator said. And come inauguration day, said, "you won't have Richard Nixon to kick around any more." He urged Democrats to put behind them "our fury and our frustrations" and to unite for campaign ahead. Follows Script The windup sessior, of the convention followed McGovern's script in voting Eagleton, a 42- year-old freshman senator, its vice presidential nomination. But first, there were wearing hours of oratory as a suc- esskm of seven other entries placed in vice presidential omination. The talk was mean- ngless; McGovern was in harge.

For all of that, the convention ules required a lengthy roll call of the states to choose Eagleton. "To any one in this hall most consider South Dakotan regulars. a bid by the to woo party PARIS (AP) The Vietnam peace conference reopened Thursday after a 10-week break, with both the Communists and allies clinging to old positions. But the U.S. delegation spokesman termed the session businesslike.

And the negotiators agreed to hold a new meeting next Thursday. This reinforced speculation that a new round of secret and possibly 'more fruitful talks piay be pending. Politburo member Le Due Tho of North Vietnam, who has held a. series of secret meetings in the past with Henry A. Kissinger, left Peking tin Thursday en route to Paris.

North Vietnamese Ambassador Xuan Thay Jaid new stress en a linkup of a military and political solution to the war-slightly rephrasing the olc Communist demands without fundamentally changing them He insisted that the United Slates end support for th South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thteu to permi stablishment of a coalition government to be followed by a cease-fire. The U.S. delegate, William J. Porter, reiterated the allied po- ition that a cease-fire should put into effect first and that then "political issues can be liscussed by the Vietnamese among themselves." "I am sure, I wil e' discussing this matter more," he added. Porter would make no further comment on the meeting, tell- ng reporters without elaboration: "We will have to have another look at the record." Picking up after their longest suspension, the talks produced no visible movement peace.

Instead there were the familiar' polemics that have marked the conference during its ZV years. There was no evidence to support a July 8 statement by Kissinger, President Nixon's security adviser, that he had some reason to believe Hanoi would take "new approach" when the talks resumed. killed 13 enemy in two clashes at a cost of one airborne soldier killed and four wounded. Ranking military sources on the northern front said the government drive into Quang Tri Province has made some progress during the past week but conceded the enemy remains in control of the city. "Indications are that the North Vietnamese are going to defend Quang Tri right down to the wire," one source said.

"He who controls the Citadel con- sols the city, and the North Vietnamese still control the Citadel." He: was referring to a 19th century walled fortress in the heart of Quang Tri that served as a government military headquarters until the city fell last May' 1. It has been heavily fortified by the North Vietnamese with captured howitzers and Soviet-made antiaircraft artillery. ever. Piror to their surrender, the National hijack team sought to make a deal with the FBI--the hostages and a small fortune in ransom money.in exchange for a private getaway plane by an agent. The airport a Lake Jackson, was too small to safely handle a replacement aircraft the size their tri-motored 727.

Agert and Psychiatrist A black FBI agent was -flown in from Baltimore to aid in the negotiations as-the two Negro hijackers kept altering their demands. Also bought in was Dallas psychiatrist, an expert on the thought processes of aerial hijackers. Earlier, a man in a pink shirt with an empty pistol lost Ms nerve after commandeering an American Airlines New York- to-San Diego jet on an Oklahoma City-to-Dallas leg. He surrendered himself and $200,000 in ransom and was held in $100,000 bail after a tearful Capt. Gail Furrow, a paratrooper the front on the southern edge Quang Tri, told Associated Press correspondent Richard Blystone that progress has been slow but measurable.

Every day, Furrow said, his battalion bunkers, takes a few a few more more houses, and kills 60 or 70 enemy. But the North Vietnamese are putting up stiff resistance despite constant pounding; by air strikes and artillery. Accldentlal Bombug court appearance in Oklahoma City. Between them, the hijackers demanded SI million in ran som--although they settled for less than that. Both planes in volved were Boeing 727s, with a rear exit from which it is possible ta parachute in relative safety.

Before their release, 1H passengers in the two planes were at the, mercy ot the three gunmen: Lai Security In both passengers complained lax security thai enable'd-the skyjackers to walk aboard with their weapons. One reportedly concealed a sawed- off shotgun in a cast and sling on his arm. Another apparently wore a gun holster. of the passengers aboard National's Flight 496 which was forced down at Philadelphia along its Miami-to-iYew York route was-Gene Burroughs, 48, His move will allow the Stat Democratic Committee to place a majority of the state's repre sentatives on the national com mittee. When the delegates sought argue their point before the Na tional Convention Thursday their request was summarily rejected by the convention chairman.

a roll.call began on the revised reform plan, the New Yorkers headed for the aisles and walked'out of the convention hall. Thy met in one of the hall's caucus rooms where, after about 20 minutes, they were convinced to return to the floor. The major argument that appeared to placate the delegation was that McGovern had not aban doned the original platform proposals, but that he had first to win the election, and to do so lie would need the support of all Democrats. Talked Of Boycott The delegates had been talking about a walkoui or a boycott during much of Thursday, although they had been warned that such a move would only eyond who doubts the ability of Democrats to join together in common cause, I say never un- derstimate the power of Richard Nixon to bring harmony to Democratic ranks," McGovern said in his speech formally accepting the nomination. He caid his was the most remarkable political organization in American history, his nomination "the gift of the most open political process In our national history." For the People "This is a nomination of the people, and I hereby dedicate this campaign to the people," said the nominee from South Dakota, last season's political nobody next January we will restore the government to the people.

American politics will never'be the same again." Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Fischer Stays In His Room, Forfeits Match Field reports said an American jet accidentally bombed government lines south of the city and U.S. air strikes were a i suspended to coordinate the scores of planes striking the area. The U.S.

Command con- of Los said of the shotgun-carrying hijacker and his pistol-waving companion: "Anybody that would have checked with any type ot metal (Continued en Page S) AIR PIRATES give joy to the Republicans and embarass Senator McGovern. Victor Gottlied, New York City abor official, passionately urged the delegates not to walk off the floor. Noting the state had the largest delegation in the convention, said, "You'll leave that empty void on television, while you're ventilating your happy frustrations. You've given Nixon and the Republican 1'arty the magnificent sight empty chairs." He said the first-time dele gates "have to pay the price discipline" in order to not embarrass the presidential candidate. Still, many of the delegates bitterly opposed what they viewed as a surrender of'their new-found positions ol power to the state organization.

Said one New York delegate: "The new York delegation has Massachusetts, who declined McGovern's offer of the vice presidential nomination, flew to Miami in a show of party solidarity to present the nominee to the Democratic National Convention. "I think we have a strong ticket, a strong candidate and a strong vice presidential candidate," Kennedy said. Eagleton said be was flabber gasted when McGovern phoned a offer him the vice presiden cy. been and REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) --Charging there was "a conspiracy against me," U.S. grand Master Bobby Fischer locked himself In his hotel room Thursday and refused to come out for the second game of the $250,000 championship chess match, forfeiting the game to Boris Spassky ot the Soviet Union.

Despite last minute attempts by organizers to get him to the hall Ihe 6 p.m. (2 p.m deadline, Fischer retusec to listen and turned off his telephone. Aides said the unpredictable cben genius itayed ia bed to irotcst the presence ot close- ircuit television cameras in he contest hall. He later allowed an old riend, Icelandic grand master Eridrik OWsson, into his hotel suite. "Talk to mo about just about everything else hut the Olafsson quoted Fischer as saying.

"I am not interested in it any more. In fact, 1 lost Interest already six months ago." The American camp announced four hours after the game that Fischer was filing an the McGovern leadership." Another cried, "We've been stymied by the old-lime polili- (Continwd Pale B) NEW YORK firmed that one soldier was killed one wounded in the incident, but a spokesman said he couldnt' confirm the report of a suspension of the bombing. The command, in a second revision of report on a marine combat assault north of Quang Tri Tuesday, acknowl edged lhat two marines were missing and a total of 10 were wounded when their helicopters put South Vietnamese marines on the ground under heavy enemy fire. The Viet Cong's radio Thursday claimed the government battalion that landed in area "was wiped out with 450 killed and wounded, including many officers." HAVING THE UOME TOWN PE-UVERED BY MNU VJH1L official protest decision to give second jime. against Spa; sky the the The more marines acknowledged than 100 killed and wounded in two days of heavy fighting after the landing.

Both sides have been known to txaggerage tnemy losses and miniroiM Uxir own. The only real business left for Ihe convention was to ratify Eagleton'5 nomination and in person the nominee whose name was newly emblazoned in two-foot-high orange letters on a sign behind the platform. In his acceptance speech McGovem spoke of the issue on which his long-shot presidentia Candidacy was, the Vietnam war. Closed Door Polky "In a democratic nation, ni one likes to say that his in spiration came from secret ar a behind said. "But ii a sense, however, that is hov my candidacy began.

1 am her as your candidate tonight i large part because during fou administrations of both parties a terrible war has been charfe has behind closed doors. badly by "I want those door opened," he said, "and I wan that war closed. And I mak these pledges above all others-- (ConUBned Page 6) EAGLETON MtCOVERN'S CHOICE Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri leaves his Miami Beach hotel aCter he was picked as the presidential candidate ot the Democratic Parly by presidential hopeful Sen. George McGovern.

(AP Wirephoto) Eagleton Got Early Start In Politics JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. AP) Thomas F. Eagleton ot his first taste of politics at ie age of ten when his fa- ier, a prominent St. Louis at- irney, took him along to the 140 Republican National Con- ention. But both father and son later Became strong Democrats.

And Thursday the 42-year-old leton, now Missouri's junior enator, was named by Sen. ifiorge McGovern to be his ice presidential running male. When he defeated incumbent )emocratic Sen. Edward Xing in a 1968 primary, Ea on called politics his lifelong 'Qcation. "I never wanted to be a po AP Analysis iceman or a cowboy like other kids," he said.

Eagleton has sometimes beta to as a Kennedy-type Democrat. He is youthful in ip- pearance, smiles easily even vhen the joke's at his expense and is a Roman Catholic. Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy helped in Eagleton's senatorial campaign four years ago. Eagleton dislikes being labeled either a conservative or a liberal because he says his views depend on the issue involved.

Friends and close associates regard him as a liberal on most matters. When elected to the Senate (Continued on Page 6) EAGLETON Experts See McGovern As Another Goldwater By CARL P. LEUBSDORF MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -Republicans hope, and many Democrats fear, that Democratic presidential nominee George' MeGovern is a Barry Goldwater ot the left, an extremist doomed to defeat GO overwhelming he will carry much of his party down with him. Parallels do exist vdtii Goldwater, the conservative GOP nominee routed in 1954 by Lyn- don B.

Johnson, but the contrasts appear to be far more striking as McGovern sets out to unify the Democrats to challenge President Nixon in November. Like Goldwaler, the liberal McGovern started with the narrow support ot what was considered an extreme fringe of his parly. Like Goldwatcr, it (Continued on Page 6) EXPERTS Ulster Violence Kills 13 In 48 Hours CALL THE RECORD Circulation Department BELFAST (UPI)--The ridden bodies of two unidentified men turned up at a Belfast hospital early Friday and sniper fire killed three British soldiers, Uw army said. The army said the two civilians' bodies were delivered by unidentified persons to the Royal Victoria Hospital shortly after midnight. An army spokesman said sniper fire killed one soldier in Belfast's former Protestant Lenadoon area, now largely abandoned, just before midnight and another trooper a ibout 1 a.m.

in the city's Catholic Areoynt district where a soldier died from gunfirt Thursday, The deaths raised to 13 fatality toll in the province in last 48 hours and brought lie overall death toll in nearly hree ytars of Northern Ireland iolence to 434. Eight other persons, including a retarded 15-year-old Catholic found shot in his bed, had died Wedensday and Thursday. Statistics published by the British Army Thursday report- id 8M shooting incidents since he IRA cease-fire ended four days ago. At the same time here 41 explosions throughout the troubled province, they said. An explosion of a.

100-pound tkarge of gelignite Thursday morning hetvily damaged shops and automobiles in the main strett of Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, but no Injurie reported. In Armagh, troops investigating a suspicious car were iired upon by at least four gunmen. They said they hit one gunman when they Iired back. The Londonderry commander of the Ulster Defense Associa- ion. (UDA) said Thursday his men would in future reply with orce to "any aggressive action." His threat came after bombs caused an estimated $2.5 million in damage in the city center within 48 hours.

"The lime has sadly arrivec for the Ulster Defense Associa Londonderry Command to act independently and relaliati vith all the force our command until peace to us all." OH Inside Pages with all the command to act," he said. "Force will be met in tutur power at its any aggressivi Bridge Lesson Classified Comics Crossword Death Notices Editorials Markets Obituary Social Sports Television Theaters Woman's Page 8 28, 29, SO, 31 23 15 2T 24 12 21, 22, 23 20 11 I V..