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Hazy, Hot City Final Details on A 9 Friday, July 14, 1972 Serving The Inland Empire 10 Cents A Gannett Group Member San Bernardino, Calif. cGovern Vows Unity to Beat Nixon Demos Accept Eagleton As His Running Mate By WALTER R. MEARS MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) George McGovern launched early today a presidential campaign he said will change American politics forever, his chosen running mate at his side and the Democratic National Convention thundering a sendoff to his quest for the White House. Sen.

Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri won the vice presidential nomination by acclamation but first, the new-look convention spent wearing hours in speechmaking and roll call balloting on the vice presidential spot. The roll call was part comedy, part, politics, and all meaningless, for the presidential nominee from the prairies of South Dakota was in charge, and Eagleton was his man. McGovern was presented to the convention by Sen. Edward M.

Kennedy, whose own appearance drew a mighiy roar from delegates who, in other circumstances, might have been his. McGovern vowed to wrest the White House from President Nixon to bring America to a new time of important, hopeful change and political ferment. Time and again, the convention interrupted his speech with applause, longest and loudest when he pledged that if he became president "that brutal war will be closed" in South Vietnam. His acceptance speech done, McGovern stood beaming at the rostrum, waving acknowledgement of the cheers in a moment of triumph that seemed impossible but six months ago. Then, after four marathon sessions, the 36th Democratic National Convention adjourned and sent McGovern forth to the campaign.

McGovern and Eagleton stood, hands clasped high, before a wildly cheering convention. Then, in succession, the candidates McGovern overtook and defeated for the nomination stood with him Sen. Hubert II. Humphrey of Minnesota, Sen. Edmund S.

Muskie of Maine, Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington. Rep. Shirley Chisholm of New York, former Gov.

Terry Sanford of North Carolina joined them. The band played "The Gang's All Here," and for the Democrats, it was, AP Wirephoto They're the Democratic Ticket for 1 972 Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton, vice presidential nominee, and Sen. George McGovern, presidential nominee, stand before the convention 2 Skyj 'etchings End in Surrenders FC 'MM McGovern Will Expand 1v- ft, 41 VJT By ARTHUR EVERETT Associated Press Writer Two armed hijackers forced a National Airlines jet to fly from Philadelphia to a little, out-of-the-way Texas airport yesterday 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 two widely separated skyjackings that began almost simultaneously along 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 injured by the hijackers, however. Prior 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 piloted by an agent.

The airport at Lake Jackson, was too small to safely handle a replacement aircraft the size of their tri-motored 727. A black FBI agent was flown in from Baltimore to aid in the negotiations as the two Negro hijackers kept altering their demands. Also brought in was a Dallas psychiatrist, an expert on the thought processes of aerial hijackers. Earlier, a man in a pink shirt with an empty pistol lost his nerve after commandeering an American Airlines New York-to-San Diego jet on an Oklahoma City-to-DaUas leg. He surrendered himself and $200,000 in ransom and was held in $100,000 bail after a tearful court appearance in Oklahoma City.

Between them, the hijackers demanded $1 million in ransom although they settled for less than that. Both planes involved were Boeing 727s, with a rear exit from which it is possible to parachute in relative safety. Before their release, 164 passengers in the two planes were at the mercy of the three gunmen. In both cases, passengers complained of lax securily that enabled 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. One of the passengers aboard National's Flight 496 which was forced AP Wlrephst Too Many Speeches Margaret Carrulhcrs, 1 year old, lets the world know what she thinks about the Democratic convention. She's the daughter of Georgia delegate Evving Carrnfhers of Atlanta. In a show of solidarity behind their newly chosen ticket. The cheers rolled on and on.

But the unity show the Democrats wanted the (Continued on A 2, Column 1) Techniques I of regular Democratic organizations, the senator from South Dakota is preparing to wage a fall campaign as though the nalion wore one big primary state. Unlike skeptical critics within the party, McGovern and his strategists appear to be beginning the campaign with the same confidence they had when the polls said the senator could never be nominated. Frank Mankiewicz, the salty national coordinator for the McGovern campaign, says he is convinced that "the voters are lying in the weeds waiting for Richard Nixon to go by." And Gary Hart professes to know the date when they will reach out and trip the President up. On Oct. 20, according to the 34-year-old Denver lawyer who managed McGovern's capture of the Democratic presidential nomination, the Democratic ticket will pass President Nixon's in the national public opinion polls.

"It's not impossible," Hart said in an interview here, "that. McGovern can win the election by four or five percentage points." McGovern's Democratic critics pass off some of Hart's and Mankiewicz's optimism as bravado or the arrogance (Continued on A 2, Column 4) AP Wlrsphoto BORIS SPASSKY waits silently for Fischer 1-3 -Vt Air Piracy Drama Michael S. Green, left, down at Philadelphia along its Mlami-to-New York route was Gene Burroughs, 48, of Los Angeles. He said of the shotgun-carrying hijacker and his pistol-waving companion: "Anybody that would have checked with any type of metal detecting device would have found something of that size. I saw them before they got on.

One had a cast and his arm was in a sling. Later, looking back, I wondered why no one checked him out. Apparently, he had a gun in his cast." Deputy Marshal Sarge Glenn of Philadelphia, where the a boarded the National flight before forc Today's Headlines Inside 2fhe5un World New round of secret talks likely as Viet peace parley reopens in Paris. (A-3) B52s smash enemy positions around city as Quang Tri battle rages. (C-8) Nixon's campaign chief opens attack on McGovern's "extremist elite." (A-2) Chrysler takes It on jawhnne from Trice Commission, cuts 73 prices (A-3) 3 Slale Regents committee recommends paring university's plans for growth.

(B-fi) State Board of Education criticizes classes about sex perversion. (D-5) Area County General Hospital deficit of $2.7 million worries supervisors. (Metro) List of candidates delinquent in filing expenses pared to 10. (Metro) Sports Jacklln, Trevino share second round British Open lead. (F-l) New Rams owner says he likes team's chances for title.

(F-l) Specials Is the high price of food cutting in on dining out? (C-l) Gunsmoke's Amanda Blake: It's rible what 18 years can do. (C-l) ter- Index (Eight News Sections) Ann Landers C-2 HELP! Metro OS His Primary By JAMES M. NAl'GHTON New York Times Nws Srvlr. MIAMI BEACH Sen. George McGovern will try to win the White House in November with the same techniques he patented in the Democratic primaries: a huge registration drive among youths, reform rhetoric and national grassroots organizing.

With or without the active assistance Rcdlands Smog Alert Possible SAN BERNARDINO A smog alert may be called in the liedlands area today, if oxidant concentrations reach the .33 to .38 parts per million level predicted by pollution control officials. An alert is called at .35 ppm. Alert levels were approached yesterday in the valley San Bernardino recorded a .34 ppm and Redlands a .31 ppm. (See story on Metro Page.) Lo Spassky The row over the cameras began early yesterday when Fischer said he couldn't play alongside them in the Sports Palace. Fox, whose purchase of television and film rights for the match allowed the Icelandic Checc Federation to offer a record $125,000 in prize money, said the cameras had to stay.

In an attempt at compromise, Fox's lawyer Richard Stein sent Fischer a letter at 5 a.m. appealing to him to at least talk about the problem. "As a folk hero of the Americans, you must permit millions of Americans to share this experience with you in their homes, for the benefit of chess and for the benefit of Ihe rest of the world," Stein's letter said. Fischer ignored the appeal. Ten minutes before the match was to begin, Fred Cramer, a U.S.

Chess Federation official, called the match organizers to say Fischer wasn't coming. "It is a great pity," Spassky murmured to Schmid as he left the hall to a standing ovation. Chess Score 2-0 in Jtussiun's r.ivor AP Wirephoto Etuis in Surrender and Luscged Tesfa at Houston ing ils return, said the airline had no metal detector there. Some National passengers also complained because the pilot, Elliott. Adams, abandoned his aircraft by diving to freedom through a cockpit window while the plane was on the ground at Philadelphia.

He said the aircraft was virtually out of gas, and he feared subjecting the passengers to a crash if forced by the hijackers to take it aloft again. A copilot, Norman Regan, captained a substitute 727 jetliner which carried the skyjackers on a meandpring route (Continued on A 3, Column 1) land to play for the world title that the match would be filmed. And Chester P'ox, the promoter who owns the three cameras, said they were out of Fischer's sight and hearing. "He said just knowing they were there bothered him," Fox said, adding later: "I pity the poor guy." All attempts to get Fischer to the chess table where he lost the first game to Spassky on Wednesday proved futile. The temperamental American chess whiz even turned down an appeal based on his responsibilities as a folk hero of the Americans." The future of the match, said chief referee Lothar Schmid, now depends on whether Fischer persists in his walkout.

Schmid said the International Chess Federation could intervene and disqualify the American challenger, allowing Russia to keep the world title it has held for 24 years. But at the end of the day, Schmid said there would be a game on Sunday as scheduled. Sulking Fischer Forfeits By STEPHENS BROENING REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer forfeited yesterday's chess game with world champion Boris Spassky. He stayed in his hotel room, sulking because of movie cameras in the playing hall. When the American failed to show up, the chief referee awarded the game to Spassky by default.

Fischer drew up a formal protest against the decision and handed it to the referee shortly before midnight. His balk for the second in a 24-game schedule left the score 2 to 0 in the Russian's favor. This gave Spassky a powerful psychological advantage over Fischer, who has never beaten the champion. Jivo Nei, one of Spassky's assistants, said Fischer's failure to appear was "a grave insult not only to the Soviet people but. to the whole world." "The world champion," he added, "cannot dance to Fischer's tune." Fischer knew before he came to Ice Outdoors Gets Full Attention News of value to golfers, fishermen, hunters, campers, hikers can be found in one place in today's edition of The Sun.

It is the sports section. To be more precise, pages F-6 and F7 The special outdoors section will be a regular Friday feature of The Sun and Evening Telegram. Among the top features on today's pages are an article on backpacking in the wild country, a golf lesson by Arnold Palmer, outdoor humor with Woody's World, inland lake fish reports, and local golf by sports edilor Mike Murphy. Howard Ei'ns C-2 Living C-l to 4 Obituaries E-7 Spoils C-l to 7 Star Gazer C-4 Television C-5 Theater C-6. 7 Vital Records G-l Weather A 9 Billy Graham D-3 Rridge D-l Classified C-2 H-10 Comics County B-2 to 4 Crossword G-3 Fditorial B-8 Financial D-6, 8, 9 Good Health.

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