Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 1

The Ghost of July 4ths Past: 'Lookif Wow! By MIKE ROYKO 172 Chicaqo Daily Newt Every 4th of July morning I hear the same strange sound It is Slats voice He is in front of the house yelling: can yon come He is out on the sidewa'k and he has a big brown paper bag in his arms Ha points at it with a bony finger We meet in the gang wav a few minutes later He opens the bag he hisses I gasp garages above the power lines beyond the rooftops almost disappearing in the clouds Then it falls slowly and clatters on the pavement Slats picks it up The unopen end is puffed out the inside scorched by the force of the explosion he hisses I hiss -h try it with a coffee he hisses We blow up the coffee can Then we shoot up two juice cans at the same time THERE ARE zebras by the package and cherry bombs torpedoes and skyrockets more zebras pinwheels nni other great stuff I hiss he hisses I hiss rh boy" he hisses And we trot quietly out of the gangway and into the alley He finds an empty soup can Then he takes a thick stubby cherry bomb out of ths bag and puts it on the ground as loud as I shout he shouts banging a torpedo against the candy store wall waste Slats yells lighting an entire package of zebras and tossing it on Mr porch I yell lighting an entire package of zebras and dropping them into Mr mailbox got to last all Slats yells laying out a row of torpedoes on the street ear tracks I yell aiming a rocket at the school windows WE TROT down the street as tht streetcar sets off a chain of explosions and mailbox sails into the yard and Mr porch trembles and a school window suffers a direct hit is more fun than IVe had in Slats yells I cackle Everybody in the neighborhood is outside shaking their lists We trot faster At the end cf the block on the corner all the guys are waiting brother Fats Big Head Louie Sneaky Tony Crazy Birdy And they all have big brown paper bags We trot faster But we get any closer All the guvs start fading away disappearing And Slats starts disappearing It happens every 4th of July morning And awakened by the same sound the alarm clock I listen for the can you come Nothing Ahhh nuts He puts the can over it so only the wick sticks out He lights a punk with a match waves it till the tip is red then he touches the punk to the cherry bomb wick And jumps back THE SOUND bounces off the garages and the houses It rattles windows and shakes porches Mortar trickles from between bricks Cats flee Dogs howl The can leaps toward the sky climbing higher than the 0 EVENING LARGEST COMBINED DAILY CIRCULATION IN TEXAS 46 PAGES IN 3 SECTIONS TUESDAY JULY 4 1972 A FORT WORTH-OWNED NEWSPAPER 92ND YEAR NO 155 "o)S U9 to) Somebody comes out on a back porch in his underwear top and shakes his fist WE TOSS a zebra firecracker into his yard then turn and trot quietly up the alley and into the street As we trot we toss torpedoes against the brick wads of buildings leaving a wave of explosions behind us are just as as cherry I shout Slats shouts Debate Is Expected On Friday AUSTIN (AP) Texas Senate and House negotiators put the final polish today on a compromise $41 billion state budget for the next year The 10-man conference committee reached agreement on all money items shortly before midnight but put off a final vote until its two days and nights of steady work was rechecked bill for all practical purposes is said Lt Gov Ben Barnes who with Speaker Rayford Price sat in on a closing compromise session that reached the shouting and finger-shaking stage several times BARNES SAID hopefully the bill would be on desks sometime tomorrow indicating debate could begin or Saturday Final approval of the con-promise by both houses apparently will end the special session that began June 14 unless Gov Preston Smith decides at the last minute to submit other proposed legislation The final differences between the Senate and House versions were made quickly after the 10 negolitaors decided on a pay raise for state college teachers and employes They agreed earlier to a 68 per cent raise for state employes The original House bill bad Turn to Conferees on Page 2 0 J1 They are the young women competing here for the title of Miss Texas this week and July 4 is not only a meaningful day of patriotic observance but also the eve of the -Star-Telegram PhotnJ by TONY RECORD Mrs Lindy Temple of 2238 plans to be among the curb-setters watching the Addition parade SHE LOVES A PARADE-There will be parades and July Fourth festivities galore today throughout Tarrant County Sharon Temple daughter of 10 CENTS ponement in Fischer's favor was unacceptable THEN SPASSKY and his aides who were expected to draw lots for match staged a glum-faced walkout Spassky was asked if there was a chance for a game today He said is not Speaking to newsmen after the Russian walkout Euwc was much more forthright Asked whether he considered the Russian move threatened The Illinois vote gave McGovern at least 41 supporters among the challengers seated by the committee in place of the Daley contingent McGovern forces first sought a compromise in the Illinois dispute but after the California upset they stood firmly against Daley SUPPORTERS OF Sen Hubert II Humphrey initiated the challenge to the winner-take-all aspect of primary and Humphrey picked up most of the delc- Mr and Lipscomb flag-waving Ryan Place Associated Press Wirephoto and skate exhibition for spectators who flee New York City for the holiday weekend NOT SO CLOSE Fourteen-month-old Mindy Perilla like for Zippy the chimp to be monkeying around so close Zippy 4 years old put on a bike Spassky Move Puts World Chess Match in Jeopardy Beauties Patriotic Practitioners (Picture on Page 4A) By DEBBIE STEWART The Fourth of July has a double significance for 65 Fort Worth visitors to wreck the whole match lie replied Euwc said the Russians gave no indication what ac-lion if any would satisfy them they had it would be he said know what they want Perhaps they want an SENT TO FIND out were second the Rev William Lombardy and his lawyer Raul Marshal They went to hotel to get clarification from the Russian champion WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU Ranger Reserves Deliver Some of the forgotten such as reserve catcher Hal came through as Texas earned a split against tough Kansas City with a victory Monday night Bob Lindley tells their story on Page 1C imperfections they see in their country Hopefuls from small towns said they believe the traditional observances of the Fourth of July are stronger there than in large cities PEOPLE around have more patriotism than in big said I8-vear-old Danita Bronson Miss Sulphur Springs seem to follow the older generation more in a small Miss Bronson said she thinks half of her age group is still patriotic and embracing traditional values The other half she feels tends to shun the concept of patriotic displays and beliefs "With the business of the pageant I can't really stop and think of what July 4 Miss Bronson said that get so rushed in our country stop and think of what the day is In that sense we are losing Eightecn-year-old Pat Harris Miss Throckmorton is from Haskell a town of 4000 population She said she was Turn to Beauties on Page 2 TODAY'S DELEGATE FIGHT first round of competition Contestants interviewed between the ages of 18 and 23 said they support and practice patriotism although they do not necessarily condone Miami Price Inflations Watched MIAMI BEACH Fla (AP) Internal Revenue Service is joining three agencies in a campaign to make sure prices of food and lodging stay within reasonable limits during the Democratic and Republican national conventions IRS spokesman Holger Eu-ringer said South Florida hotel and motel operators have been sent warnings that they may not charge higher winter rates during summer months Meanwhile the Florida Hotel and Restaurant Commission the Miami Beach Tourist Development Authority and the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce have announced they are setting up special phone lines to receive complaints of price gouging When the Republicans held their convention here in 1908 hot dogs reportedly sold for $175 When the Democrats convene next Monday a hot dog will cost 35 cents inside Convention Hall Billy Death 'REYKJAVIK Iceland (AR) Hours after Hobby Fischer ended his holdout and gave the world chess championship new life Russian Boris Spassky put the match in doubt again today Spassky lodged a formal protest objecting that Fischer the American challenger violated the rules of the by failing to appear for its scheduled start on Sunday The world champion told Max Euwc president of the World Chess Federation that his decision to allow a post US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia had agreed to hear arguments today despite the holiday DECISION came in these cases: move by Sen George camp to overturn the Credentials Committee vote stripping him of more than 150 California delegates 1 1 by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and 58 of bis allies to upset a committee vote depriving them of seats as convention delegates Democrats Court-Bound Think IT Three things to neglect: worry over misfortune concern over ingratitude over uncertainty- (Related Story on Page 11A) WASHINGTON (A P) -Parallel efforts to upset the Democratic Credentials decisions on California and Illinois toward a federal appeals court today Attorneys fighting the decisions said they would appeal US Dist Court Judge George Hart's ruling yesterday that the judiciary should not get involved in the debate Anticipating the appeals Hart told the lawyers that the gates taken from and apportioned who ran in that state In ruling on the California challenge Judge Hart commented might not be cricket it might even be dirty pool but is it Ilis answer w'as that there was no clear constitutional principle involved Humphrey welcomed ruling and said the convention floor the proper to resolve the dispute He pre- Tum to Democrats on Page 2 I THE WEATHER: Cloudy Cooler Fort Worth and Mostly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers today tonight and tomorrow A little cooler with the high temperature today near 90 low near 70 with the high Wednesday in the Winds arc northeasterly at 10 to 15 mph The probability of rain is 30 per cent today and 50 per cent tonight and tomorrow Rain to date 871 inches normal through July 1971 Sun sets today at 8:40 rises at 6:25 tomorrow High temperature yesterday 91 overnight low 75 wonderful to belong to a family with a teen-ager in it How else would you get to know your faults? fti 1972 Genertl Featurci Co rp.