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VOL. 139 Jacksonville IDailv Journal JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1972 TWENTY-TWO CENTS WORLD NEWS Pick Woman Chairman By THI ASSOCIATED PRESS Hobo-Philosopher CHICAGO (AP) The baby buggy full of Lawrence's possessions was standing by the curb, but the hobo-philosopher who lived for 31 years in the underground maze of Lower Wacker Drive, there Friday to return the waves of work-bound drivers. His body had been taken to the morgue after it was found lying on the sidewalk beside his baby buggy 'Diursday by the driver of a newspaper delivery truck who had stopped to chat from time to time and had brought food. Lawrence, who preferred to introduce himself by holding up his thumb and saying, on the thumb, on file with the FBI, you was Lawrence J. Balis.

He told reporters who passed his way asking questions that he had lived 48 of his 57 years as a an ancient way of He made Lower Wacker Drive, a dimly-lit, subterranean shortcut through downtown and lined with saloons and loading docks, his home after, he said, he got rolled once too often in a flophouse. In the winter, Lawrence huddled in grimy sweatshirts and a tattered overcoat near his trash-can fire. People who passed by his comer often said he never once complained and never once held out his hand for anything but a handshake. He liked to every subject from his favorite movie, to the machine age. found out a lot of things in my he would say.

an easy-going guy, and been easy-going all my He said he liked to travel but never further than 500 miles from Chicago, where he was born and the strong flower (the onion) Even though he had no family, Lawrence had friends. One of them, Msgr. Ignatius McDermott of the Chicago Roman Catholic Holy Cross Mission, has arranged a funeral to be followed by burial Saturday in a Roman Catholic cemetery. McDermott, called padre of Skid by those he knows and serves, said: if Lawrence was a bum, he should be given the dignity of a funeral and a burial just like anybody Reject Fischer Appeal REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP)Bobby Fischer charged Friday that tournament organizers seemed to and provoke deliberately, but an appeals committee rejected his request to replay the chess game he forfeited to Boris Spassky. The world champion from the Soviet Union was awarded second game in the championship match when Fischer refused to appear, staying in his hotel suite, because he objected to three moving picture cameras in the hall.

Thus Spassky, who won the first game, was 2-0 in the 24- game series. He needs 10 more points to retain the title. A victory counts one point and a draw half a point. Fischer said that if the forfeit ruling were reversed and all cameras were removed, he would go ahead with the match. This demand came despite the fact the movie and television rights allowed the Icelandic Chess Federation to offer a record $125,000 purse for both players.

Gumundur Thorarinsson, president of the Icelandic federation, said the cameras would be removed, but that game point would stay. That still left the future of the championship in doubt. Thorarinsson said that if the match was stopped by disqualification, the organizers would not pay the share. This meant that Fischer could not only lose his chances at the title but a great sum of money. As the loser he would be entitled to $46,875 from the chess federation, $45,000 from a purse of about $120,000 offered by British financier James Slater, and $27,500 from television and movie rights.

In a seven-page letter to Lothar Schmid, the chief referee, the American said he was told the cameras would be silent and invisible but could have been farther from the He previously had told Schmid that although he could not see or hear the cameras, the knowledge that they were there made him nervous. Andrew Davis, lawyer who arrived in the morning from New York, appeared upset by the ruling. Asked if Fischer would appear for the third game Sunday, he replied: comment on Yefim Geller, second, and Viktor Ivonin, from the Soviet Sports Committee, urged strict application of the tournament rules. These provide that the clock must be started if a player appear on time for a game and after an hour the game is forfeited if he appear. Belfast Battlefield BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) British troops and Irish guerrillas firing rockets battled across Belfast Friday in some of the heaviest fighting the city has seen.

Nine persons were woman, four soldiers and four civilian men. Their deaths brought the three-year toll in Ulster to at least 435. Six of the victims died before dawn and a civilian man and a soldier were killed Friday afternoon in a gun battle. The woman was killed by crossfire between troops and snipers while she stood in the doorway of her home in the Springfield Road district. A bomb planted in a car on Alliance Avenue exploded, damaging six houses.

Troops dispatched to the scene came under heavy sniper fire. In London, the Ministry of Defense announced it was sending a of additional armored vehicles to Northern Ireland. Each can carry a dozen troops. Battles continued through the afternoon with concentrated assaults on two police stations in West Belfast and sniping attacks on many points in the city. In Paper I Page Ann Landers 2 Business-Market News 15 Classified 5, 15, 16, 23 Comics 6 Crossword Puzzle 7 Page Editorials 2 Horoscope 3 Jacoby on Bridge 7 Pointers 7 Sports 9, 10 Television Schedules 17-20 The Weather Temperatures ligh Firday 90 at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday 68 oreast for Jacksonville and inlty: aturday partly sunny with nderstorms likely, high 84 89. Saturday night cloudy thunderstorms likely and ler low 60 to 65. Sunday part high 80 to 85. hances of rain are 60 per Saturday and 60 per cent urday night. Jacksonville Skies Today Saturday, July 15 Sunset today 8:28 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow 5:46 a.m. Moonset tonight 11:01 p.m. First Quarter July 18 Prominent Star Antares in the south 9:52 p.m. Visible Planets Mercury low in west after sunset. Jupiter In the south I Venus rises I Saturn above Venus.

Demos Break Tradition MIAMI BEACH: The new Democratic Presidential nominee, Sen. George McGovern (left) and the Chairman of the Democratic Party, Lawrence O'Brien, have a few last words just prior to McGovern's departure for Washington Friday. (UPI Telephoto) Lettuce Boycott Gains A New Head Of Steam FRESNO, Calif. (AP) When Sen. Edward M.

Kennedy hailed delegates to the Democratic National Convention as lettuce it gave a big boost to the Cesar Chavez-led boycott against nonunion head lettuce, a United Farm Workers Union official said Friday. However, an Associated Press survey of supermarket chains across the country indicated the boycott thus far is having little effect. we plan a boycott, we plan for a couple of said Marshall Ganz, director of the farm workers international boycott program. success of the boycott depends on reaching many, many Americans and convincing them not to eat that bear the UFW label, Ganz added. like this is tremendously he continued, referring to salute.

Kennedy, who introduced Sen. George McGovern when he made his acceptance speech at the convention early Friday, echoed sentiments expressed by members of numerous state delegations, including Califor- nia, New York, Illinois, Tennessee, Rhode Island and Oregon. McGovern also has come out in support of the boycott. Democratic party is the largest political organization in the United Ganz added, having that kind of support and the fact that endorsed right in the platform is very helpful. waiting to see what the Republicans are going to The boycott extends to all lettuce which does not carry the stamp, Ganz said.

(Turn To Page Five) (See Connally Stays Demo, Still Supports Nixon SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) Former Treasury Secretary John Connally said Friday he will not support Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern but rather will work to enlist Democrats in President re-election drive. The man who until two months ago was the only Democrat in cabinet accused McGovern of sabotaging the Vietnam peace efforts and sharply criticized other McGovern positions as in As he emerged from a three- hour meeting with Nixon, Connally again left open the bility ho would accept any offer to be vice presidential running mate. closed any doors and I want Connally said, adding that think it will be Connally told newsmen he would remain a Democrat but would everything in my in the months ahead to encourage Democrats to defect to Nixon in the general election. The former Texas governor came to the Western White House to brief Nixon on a 35- day, 15-nation around-the-world tour he took at request after resigning from his cabinet post.

He said they discussed the Nixon said last month he had in mind for Connally. Actually, Connally said, talked about three different He name them, saying Nixon would make an announcement in a week or so, but said they were not of a political nature, possibly involving some foreign travel. The assignments, Connally added, are anything earth He ruled out a role for himself in the Vietnam (Turn To Page Five) (See i 11:28 m. 3:46 a.m. SAN CLEMENTE, President Nixon (right) laughs as John Connally relates an amusing anecdote about his recent visit to India where jthe former Treasury Secretary said he had "a lively with newsmen.

Connally met with the President at the Western White House Friday. (ypj Telephoto) MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Breaking with tradition, Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern chose a woman on Friday to become national chairman of the party he now commands. Jean Westwood of West Jordan, Utah, who helped manage campaign, was the choice for Democratic national chairman. She succeeded Lawrence F.

twice the chairman, A black, Basil Paterson of New York, was chosen for the No. 2 he was not original choice. McGovern said had declined his requests to remain as chairman, citing personal reasons. The South Dakota senator spent 2 2 hours conferring with in what he said was a final attempt to persuade him to stay. respect his McGovern said.

regret it, but I respect The selection of Mrs. Westwood began reshaping of Democratic party machinery for his campaign against President Nixon. It is a process McGovern will continue as he takes a post-convention break at Custer, S.D., in the Black Hills of his home state. Meanwhile, Sen. Thomas F.

Eagleton flew off to Kansas City for his first campaign appearance as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee. The national committee unanimously ratified selection of Mrs. Westwood, a cochairman of his campaign for the nomination. She played a leading role in managing the credentials contest that restored to McGovern his sweep of California delegates at the national convention, and foretold his nomination. Mrs.

Westwood, 48, became the first woman to assume the top post in either national party. Traditionally, in both parties, the vice chairman has been a woman. McGovern reversed that. Paterson, a former New York state senator who ran for lieutenant governor in 1970, was elected vice chairman of the committee. McGovern had chosen, Pierre Salinger, a campaign aide, former White House press secretary, and briefly a senator from California, to assume that post.

But Paterson was nominated from the floor by committeemen who said a black should have a role in the high command. McGovern said either man was perfectly acceptable to him, and Salinger withdrew bis name. think I sense the feeling of this he said. McGovern, accompanied by announced Mrs. selection and said he believes will play a part in the campaign ahead.

urged party unity in a positive campaign for the White House. TALLAHASSEE, A member of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War discusses strategy on the sidewalk in front of the Federal Court building with one of the defense lawyers of the six veterans indicted Friday by a Federal Grand Jury. The six were indicted on conspiracy to cause riots during the Republican National Convention. (UPI Telephoto) Grand Jury Indicts 6 VVAW Members TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Six antiwar activists were indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on charges of conspiring to disrupt next Republican National Convention by firing rifles and exploding bombs in the streets of Miami Beach.

The indictment came only hours after the Democrats, on the last night of their national convention, passed a resolution which condemned the Nixon administration for attempting to and the The six, all members of VVAW, were accused of plot ting to launch attacks on police stations, patrol cars and stores automatic fire and incendiary Held in Tallahassee under $25,000 bond were John W. Kniffin, 32, Austin, Peter P. Mahoney, 23, New Orleans; and Scott Camil, 25, Gainesville, Fla. Camil, Florida coordinator for the organization, also was indicted on charges of instructing in the use and application of incendiary devices and possession of a chemical bomb. A fourth, Alton C.

Miami, was being held in custody by U.S. marshals in Dade County. The other two, Don Perdue of Fort Lauderdale and William Patterson of El Paso, still were being sought, according to Asst. U.S. Atty.

Jack Carrouth. The indictments were Issued following a week-long hearing by the grand jury, which has recessed until Aug. 8. Meanwhile, four other members of the antiwar group are being held in Tallahassee on contempt of court charges for allegedly refusing to testify before the grand jury after being offered immunity from prosecution by the Justice Department. An attorney for the immediately protested the arrests and said motions would (Turn To Page Five) (See.