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Convention 72 xVets to Answer Siib'pEnai 21A A Delegates May Bolt 23 A j'McGovcrn Leads 22A Be No 2 23A 5 ''eletU'onTallirigShort A A 22A Wliat TliryVe Saving i 23A Credentials Battle Tq 23A 3IcG6vcrn-Goldwater Analogy 24A Profile of 1972 Delegate 2 1 A Stanley Arnold for Veep? 27A Zippies Hold Smoke-In IB Women 3 Convention Keys 1C fit BREVARD EDITION 10 Cents 62nd No 221 96 Pages Monday July 10 1 1972 Florida's Complete Newspaper Twp Latin American Edition Art Published Daily See inside bm page of this section Escorts Down 3 Leader's Foes liiicnsihj Hi i arts Jets Destroy ajorNViei i 1 epair DepoU US Paves Path lo Qiwjsf Tri '34 Refugees Near Limit of Endurance Saigon Economy in Trouble 17 A By Herald Wira Service 5 SAIGON US Air Force jets destroyed one' of North biggest jmilitary vehicle repair depots on the edge of Hanoi and shot down three IVJKJils trying to intercept them the US Command -announced Sunday It reported one- American plane lost In grqund warfare South Vietnamese launched their first attacks to clear Commuhist troops from Tri capital field said ana engaged its defenders in intense fight- i mg i-r One of eight Air Forcf 'F4 Phantom fighters that four MIGs in a battle of and North fastest supersonic jets over Hanoi was downedbut the two crewmen weret Rescued the command said North Vietnam clamied four Phantoms shot in the action Saturday 'Hdrioi charged that US jets' Bhln-bed many residential and industrial inside 183 hopses and killing score of SPASSKY 5 California Delegates Can Vote A Simple Majority Will Decide Issue By WILLIAM MONTALBANO Htrald Staff Writtr A pair of parliamentary rulings gave front-running George McGovern a significant boost toward the Demo- cratic presidential nomination Sunday But powerful anti-McGovern forces intensified a relentless campaign to stop him Democratic National Chairman Lawrence ruled that 120 California delegates committed to McGovern would be eligible to vote in a key California credentials test tonight AND REP James the convention parliamentarian recommended that a majority of delegates eligible to vote on any challenge be sufficient to decide the issue The rulings are open to reversal by appeal from the convention floor But they made it more likely that McGovern would regain the entire 271-member California delegation he won in a winner-take-all primary The Credentials had stripped 151 California I votes from McGovern and they are the ones most crucially in dispute WITH A majority of 1433 needed to win the California battle under ruling McGovern forces were-confident they 'would carry the day McGovern expressed quiet confidence Sunday that he would emerge as the nominee McGovern also would accept a plan to seat Chicago Mayor Richard disputed Illinois delegation if his California delegates were returned IF McGOVERN wins the credentials battles in what promises to be a long and tumultuous opening session he is regarded a shoo-in for the nomination Wednesday' But the anti-McGovern forces conceded him nothing Sunday Spearheaded by the lieutenants of AFL-CIO President George Meany and with Turn to Page 22A Col 1 MIGs IN ANOTHER broadest later by Radio Hanoi Vietnam claimed two'mjore US jets shot down in feids Sunday again in the Fmjioi area The broadcast ch-ged that the US planes cotm-ued attacks on popifidus areas -4 i'! The US Command said- it had no additional plahe(yss-es to report The comnjrfnd has a long-standing policyjof not announcing aircraft £s-es' while search-aiid-re'sfcue operations are being carried out not targeting other than militaryTar-gets" a spokesmap'in Saigon commented J't? mi'lifary assiijne AN AMERICAN' mint source said he would assii that there were civiJns working in the vehicle redair depot but he stressed that it is amilttary facility' 1 i 4 1 He said- the objcctiyqtof the bombing was to it more difficult for Handle to keep its fleet of trucks operating thus reducing the- jjjpw of materiel to support Ngrth offensive in Swith Vietnam Four F4 Phantoms cabled out the bombing Pilotwje-ported that they" beaded 'eight laser-guided bombon the 24500 square-foot repair building four miles southwest of the center of Hanoi 5 Other F4 Phantoms esfloTt--ed the attack planes -The were armed with air-to-air missiles to keep -ay ay from the strike aircraff-and intercepted four of the 5 i-et-built fighters about 30 Turn to Page 2A CoU7 I Like Lake But With'a LOS ANGELES (UPI) A 29-year-ptd man was hospitalized Kh multiple injuries Sunday after he was struck bv -ji 51-pound watermekjn dropped from a winabw hy his girl friend polibe said Henry was leaving his home followmga argument over a welfare check with Ofena Jonel 25 when he heard her catl from an upstairs windoy As he looked up melon came hurtling down Henry suffered a brokeh right shoulder two broken ribs and other injur-S Detectives were seeking Miss Jones i iVesifcilial Democrats Rivalries Apart fur a -Meet the Press Handshake Willimr ver Contenders Put 11- 1 "to- settle a contest between two rival delegations AT stake Towever will be chances of regaining 151 iforma delegates which he needs for a first-ballot nation An anti-McGovern coali- tion on the Credentials Committee took the 151 California delegates away McGovern and he will be fighting tonight to get them back on the floor of tne convention i Developments Sunday boosted prospects Party officials issued a se-- ries of rulings that will help him' and his agents persuaded a significant number of anti-McGovern delegates to -support him on the CaLfornia flight i THE' KEY parliamentary ruling reduced the number of votes McGovern will need to win the- California delegates back from 1-509 (a majority of all the delegates) to 1433 (a majority of those eligible td on the California question) This ruling was vital because delegate counters believe they bave from 1480 to 1490 votes for this contest Chuckle not so easy as you might think to get a parking ticket First you Jhavfe to get a parking spacer Face r' First Showdown To Swap Daley Seats For 151 On Deliegale Figlit United Press International Telephoto made his -remarks during an exclusive interview with interview with Knight Newspapers in his penthouse suite atop the Doral Bqach Hotel 4 COATLESS and relaxed McGovern sipped coffee rested his foot on a table near the sofa and displayed apparent confidence that he would leave Miami Beach the presidential nominee of his party With quiet candor traced with humor McGovern made these other points: He made a mistake on his welfare program because he and his staff had not done Turn to Page 22A Col I Black Books Own Chair Is Floira In Bloodless I Far 15C REYKJAVIK Iceland (UPI) Challenger Bobby favorite chair arrived by air freight from New York Sunday to help tfi American in his match against Russian Boris Spas- sky for the world chess championship Fred Cramer a yice president of the US Chess Federation who is acting as Fisd spokesman said he was certain that the first of the 24 scheduled games would be played Tuesday Spassky is still i THE FACT that the official arbiter West German Grand Master Lothar Schmid has returned to his home in Bamberg and will not be back until Thursday "Will not stop the Cramer said Schmid flew home Saturday after his son had been injured in- a traffic accident deputy Gudmun-' dur Amlaugsson of Iceland will take charge of the first game in the $250000 match for the world title The players still have to give their official approval to the playing conditions But Spassky said Saturday before going salmon fishing that he would not argue about the conditions or the picking of a board and a chess set will leave that to Fischer It makes no difference to he said FISCHER who has gone to the hall where the match is to be played complained about a number of things Including the chairs the light and the Since he could find chair to ftt him the year-old 'American is mdch O0 9- Turn to Page 2A Col 1 WHERE TO FIND IT NEWS ANALYSIS The showdown vote is expected to come when an anti-McGovern delegate raises a point of order challenging Convention Chairman Lawrence ruling on this point The challenger will argue effect that McGovern really does need an absolute majority of 1509 votes to get his California delegates back O'BRIEN will call for a vote on the pomtof order He will declare that 1433 delegates are enough to settle the procedural question Turn to Page 23A Col 1 Hidden By SAUL FRIEDMANN Kmgltf Newspapers Staff Writer McGovern said Sunday that he would accept a plan to seat Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and his delegation at the convention if his 151 lost California delegates were also returned McGovern said he would prefer a compromise that would seat both the Daley delegation and the challengers doubling the size of the Illinois delegation and reducing each vote to one-half But if the convention voted to reseat the original California and Illinois delegations McGovern said would accept The South Dakota senator By ROBERT BOYD Knight Newspapers Staff Writers i Sometime between 9 and midnight tonight the Democratic National Convention will' most likely decide whether nomin nate George McGovern president first -key test will come on a seemingly obscure poinof order Th6 'Outcome still in 'doubt Sunday night but Mctpovern appeared to have a better chance to win the test than his enemies did of stopping him i On the surface the issue before the convention will be how many votes are needed Taps Dear Watermelon? SHE MUST BE GETTING SOFT FRANKLY I i nan ii ii 4r it Charts Phones Little Helpers Smarten Anchormen godfather (at age 56) and the smarter he looks the better for CBS That puts 525 brains behind him not counting the computer ones Trying to measure a in the viewing public a recent survey scored Cronkite at 73 per cent which is higher than Richard Nixon or for that matter probably Billy Graham NOT OVERLY IMPRESSED is the Competition which also hangs from the ceiling of the convention hall 36 steps up without an elevator From an eight-by-25-foot unsmudged plate glas window which weighs 1320 pounds anchormen view the same gathered multitude below and keep out of sight their telephones which help make THEM smart One is marked DB for David Brinkley and the other JC for John Chancellor They ring Red lights go on And the caller is always the same: NBC's command Tim to Page 2A CoL 1 By GENE MILLER Hsrald Staff Wrilfl- How come those guys on television are' so smart? At Walter right foot in the anchor booth Is a pit 3'i feet deep and inside the pit is a man who types fast on' an electric typewriter on cards with great big letters for a TelePrompter They share a copy of Rules of Order revised edition 4 5 ON THE FLOOR AT left is a delega- tion seating chart so that know he is hanging 24 feet above Massachusetts Colorado and Alabama He has to be careful not to step on his Sony tilted up ankle high or knock over his binoculars or water jug On a narrow desk where three more Sonys are recessed there-is an arrow pointed at belly button so he swivel off center' Everjbody at CBS Miami Beach works for Dr Cronkite (possessor of four honora doctorates) in one fashion or another for superstar electronic SO 34C I6C 34C 340 6B 6A 8B 2B 6B Heloist Horoscopt Kofoed Latin News living Today Movies Prefer Sports Weather 90 350 350 3EC 1C -4A i2D 10 2A nartsement Bishop Classified Crossword Deaths Editorials financial fl Dew Con.