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RM10MMwmIMI il (ot 1i0 i) f4 I 374-7322 Partly Cloudy rola --Th (it ap fk rue Warm High 85 Low 68 Have Your Observer Delivered At Home Make That Call Today A Foremost Newspaper Of The Carolinas More weather data on page 24 THURSDAY JULY 13 1972 114 Pages 10 Cents 87th Year No 110 I 1 Mc Old MEETS WITH GOVERNORS Guard overn Preaches Hurls Defiance ni Ity Rep Mills Drops Out Of Race 1 i- I MEETS WITH GOVERNORS'' 74 ::4 4- i McGovern 0 Preaches Unit-ty0 4 4ittir (-1 Old Guard Hurls Defiance 0 -71-: 4 i it) 1 Rep Mills 1 I Il 4 4:: 4 1 Drol)s Old fttliit I lit 'l l' i 11 Of Race :5: i A 1( 1:: or i et4 I 7- 0 1 0 4:::: 4' it 1 1:: S' 111t1''''4 (7 1)1' "'J i 4 'T'" I A ir '4 t'('4 :1: "11 I 41tf i "1 1 41 1) ir )t IL AP Phato George Wallace Fears Party Disaster And So Do Other Southerners iiir 1: By WILLIAM MONTALBANO Observer Convention Bureau MIAMI BEACH George McGovern certain of a presidential nomination he had sought so long and so skillfully preached unity Wednesday to traditional elements of his party But from organized labor and the Democratic old guard came undiminished hostility as the convention moved toward McGovern's ratification Outside McGovern's hotel at midday the police and Secret Service arrested two black separatists and charged them with possessing concealed weapons By WILLIAM MONTALBANO Observer Convention Bureau MIAMI BEACH George 4 )p ii l'' I -mfr 1 1 ''''Nlim000Oe' ii r05'''' fl 1 4 3 1 40041u 011 I A A 7 0 1 Ni -4 0 itf ci 0:1 41 ii-" --v: I': malldo 44: It A '40tZ: alter 7:: 1 1 1 i 4 4 --17: 09aill i 1) 1 plf: '''''')- li- 441') '1' i' pi-1ip''-'F- iokic '777 '7'71111 1N? :::::7 by i'N4'464" li i tt-'44 '012S 0)4 :4111 46 0' 4 n' i 4: 1) etie allace Not Through Yet Rep Wilbur Mills Wednesday became the third presidential candidate to abandon the race announcing his name would not be placed in nomination Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie had guaranteed McGovern's nomination by dropping out Tuesday along more conservative lines" one aide confided Snider said Wallace was 'Upset" by the defeat of his platform proposals on busing and other issues Tuesday night ''We don't consider what happened last night as a defeat for George Wallace' said Snider "The people who lost was the Democratic party" lie said Wallace told him Wednesday morning that there is no way he can support McGovern and his platform however he also ruled out any possibility that Wallace would endorse President Nixon Snider said the possibility of See WALLACE Pg 19A CI 1 AP Photo Relaxed George McGovern Romps With Grandsons Timmy And Matthew BUT WON'T ENDORSE HIM 3fore News Of COM ention On 19-2021A West Warms To McGovern By plin GAMEY Observer Convention Bureau MIAMI BEACH Gov George Wallace his convention battles lost likely will go all out to help state and local Democratic candidates in the fall who feel doomed on a ticket headed by George McGovern Charles Snider Wallace's national campaign director said the Alabama governor has made up his mind not to endorse President Nixon But Snider claimed Wallace had not ruled out a third party campaign of his own Snider said Wallace has no plans for a third party campaign but Wallace apparently wants to keep his options open to maintain a bargaining position within the party Snider said the governor has no plans to actively stump for candidates but will be happy for them to come under his protective shield for whatever that is worth "All these candidates have to do is take the lead and say they agree with what Gov Wallace is saying and that could help them considerably" said Snider Wallace he said believes McGovern will drag the Democratic ticket to defeat including governors congressmen senators and even local candidates Already in Georgia for example the major Democratic candidates for the US Senate have aligned their polities with and have said publicly they will not support Mc Govern Some of Wallace's close associates say the governor hopes to build his own base within the party around these candidates who turn to him for help "I think this is what he meant the other day when he talked about having a hand in restructuring the party wouldn't openly pledge support of McGovern if local candidates feared it would hurt their chances In addition to McGovern remaining nominees included George Wallace Henry Jackson Shirley Chisholm Terry Sanford and Eugene McCarthy Edward Kennedy 's name persisted at the top of the list of vice presidential possibilities And Kennedy vacationing on Cape Cod said again that he wasn't interested McGovern ate breakfast Wednesday with six Democratic governors as part of his peace-seeking missio The governors told him either Kennedy or Mills would be "great addition to the ticket" His campaign director said McGovern planned to call Chicago Mayor Richard Daley "within a day or two" in an effort to patch up their differences following Daley's ouster from the convention Gov Patrick Lucey of Wisconsin called McGovern 's breakfast meeting "generally optimistic" Participating governors were more hopeful of McGovern's chances than at a governors' conference in Texas a few weeks ago Governors attending with Lucey included Dale Bumpers of Arkansas Jimmy Carter of Georgia Marvin Mandel of Maryland John West of South Carolina and David Hall of Oklahoma Despite McGovern's apparent progress with the governors labor opposition to his candidacy remained unchecked AFL-CIO President George Meany and other labor executives tried vainly to keep alive the "Stop McGovern" move-See McGOVERN Pg 19A Col 1 West who angrily attacked McGovern Monday for opposing South Carolina in a credentials fight reconciled the differences Wednesday He informed McGovern of his plan to vote for Sen Henry "Scoop" Jackson as a presidential nominee McGovern explained that his forces were committed against South Carolina on the women's rights issue but said they let up their opposition enough to allow South Carolina to win the floor fight George McGovern has 'the best political organization this country has ever seenLJOHN WEST 1 1 7 e24 tr'ti 114 Jil i 4 4 7-4' 11B 6G 7G 16-18A 10-20C 6-7G 10C 22A 6G 6-7A 1-9C 158 148 23A 5-13B Features 14F 12A By JACK BASS Observer Convention Bureau MIAMI BEACH Fla After a meeting with Sen George McGovern Wednesday morning SC Gov John West said he believed McGovern's political organization could help state and local candidates In an interview West called It "the best political organization this country has ever seen" Because of that he said "No part of the country Can be written off" West also emphasized to McGovern that he believed Rep Wilbur Mills would be the strongest vice presidential running mate but West said McGovern was noncommittal Ann Landers Bombeck Bridge Lesson Business Classified Comics Death Notices Editorials Horoscope Obituaries Sports Theater TV Timetable Viewpoint Women Special Thursday Auto Desk Book Reviews Handicapped Mailbag Science Weekend Your Money West said he discussed at length with McGovern the application of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in South Carolina "He agreed that South Carolina should not be singled out" West said The SC primary elections this year have been postponed twice because of lengthy Justice Department reviews of state election laws The Voting Rights Act requires review of all election law changes in South Carolina and four other states to determine whether they are racially motivated The governor said he thought a McGovern-Kennedy ticket "would run well in South Carolina" lug a decision on endorsement lie promised an announcement no later than Aug 15 16F 9A 16B 17F Bumpers of Arkansas Gov Bob Scott of North Carolina also was invited but did not attend Except for Lacey none of the other governors came here as McGovern supporters and all but Lucey represent states that are members of the Southern Governors Conference All of them expressed support for Mills for vice president West said West was more reserved about McGovern at an after noon press conference and refused to endorse his candidacy West said he is "inclined to support" McGovern but that he wants assurances the South won't be written off West said he also wants to return to South Carolina and talk with local and state Democratic candidates before mak West was one of six governors who attended a breakfast meeting with McGovern at the senator's Doral Ho el headquarters The others were Patrick Lucey of Wisconsin Jimmy Carter of Georgia David Flail of Oklahoma Marvin Mandel of Maryland and Dale IN CHESS MATCH "We understood each other" said West "It's all part of the game of politics" West's support of Jackson is based in part on the unanimous support given by the 52- member Washington state delegation to the challenged South Carolina delegation The support of Jackson by West helps taZce home to South Carolina an image that the state party leadership basically is moderate Former Gov Robert McNair joined West in endorsing Jackson Although West refused to commit himself to public support of McGovern the governor displayed more enthusiasm than ever before ''Each time I meet Sen McGovern" West said "I'm more impressed with his personal integrity and enthusiasm "The most encouraging thing I have found about McGovern in talking to him is that his positions aren't as radical as pictured" West said With McGovern's strong organization at work there could be registration of another 10000 young people in South Carolina and most would vote Democratic West said Soviet Champion Wins First Game Love Story Viet-Style dence and when Steve came home a year ago he had to leave Leenie behind Ile vowed to return to redeem his vow 1 I 400:: woe41 -gt'- '4-i" 4 kr: -'I 41c -i 'et I 'c 4- lo ''44i Nt0' i 4i- 1-: ''-'7 1 ir I tA '6 '1''t '41 co i I '''4111kt1' tit 11frAfc'' f4 By PETER COUTROS New York Daily News NEW YORK Two weeks ago Steve Menta got a haircut packed some duds in a duffel bag and on the wings of love flew halfway around the world to pursue an improbable dream The dream comes true this morning when Menta a 24-year-old veteran from Jackson Heights Queens brings Leenie home to meet mama and to prepare for an October wedding "I've got the lasagna in the oven already" said Mrs Anthony Menta as she paused to open the back door of her steaming kitchen "I'll be too excited and too busy to do any real cooking tomorrow And for Leenie I'm making chicken and rice a pilaf" "Only half a boy come home last year" Mrs Menta recalled as she spoke of the disappointment engulfing her son then In the intervening months Steve got himself a bank job and stashed away his earnings saving the price of a roundtrip ticket to Saigon for himself and a one-way ticket for Leenie whose Vietnamese name is Thai Thi Thiet By IAN WESTERGREN United Press International REYKJAVIK Iceland World chess champion Boris Spassky of Russia defeated Bobby Fischer in the first game of their $250000 championship match Wednesday putting the unpredictable American one point behind in what could be a 24-game series Fischer who had walked off the stage to protest the presence of two closed-circuit television cameras high above the contestants conceded to the Russian on the 56Ih move He gave up when he saw he could not prevent Spassky moving his only surviving pawn to Fischer's side of the board thus turning it into a queen the most powerful piece in the game the playing board for 35 minutes to protest the cameras that televised the moves to the audience in the hall "I told him it's allowed in the rules to have these cameras" Schmid said "but then he said he had not signed any rules I know this story is not finished yet We will hear more about these cameras from Fischer" Schmid specifirally cited two rules in the contract governing the match No 17 and No 21 No 17 involves the sportsmanship a the players and specifies that it is forbidden to disturb an opponent on his move In Schmid's opinion Spassky was definitely disturbed No 21 states that television coverage as part of the agreement among the parties to the match is permitted Fred Cramer one of Fischer's seconds said "Bobby was naturally very disappointed but he is a pro and I be-See FISCHER rage 2A Col 7 West indicated he might at tempt to convince local Democratic candidates in South Carolina that McGovern's candidacy could help them by organizing new voters to vote Democratic But the governor said there was a possibility he As she boarded a jumbo jet in Salgon Wednesday Leenie was resplendent in an an dal which is the Vietnamese costume She fingered a string of pearls sent by her prospective mother-In-law as a sort of "welcome-to-the-family" gesture Leenie is the 21-year-old beauty Steve met and fell in love with while doing a tour of duty In Vietnam Two Christmases ago Steve gift-wrapped a promise of marriage and left it in Leenie's keeping "to be opened later" But military red tape took preee Today's Chuckle Breathtaking scenery usually leaves tourists speechless only until they reach home and friends "When our daughter grows up and gets married Leenie will pass the pearls along to her" beamed Steve typically focusing on a happy future The second game was scheduled for 1 pm today Judge Lothar Schmid said Fischer was "very angry and upset backstage" when he left I Phot Bobby Fischer Deep in Concentration But He Lost The First Game Anyway L'.