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18201 TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1972 28 Pages 15c copy Newwtanfle Greco Mall rd" Speaker City OKs Land Sale Humphrey Quits Race 8 Months Before Final Planning, Sugarman Says ill. By BILL CROOKS Unanimous City Council concur 'I Ik. rence was given last night for the The Greco land Is bounded by Juniper Street on the south, Chestnut Street on the north, Pine Street on the east, and on the west by Laurel Street. According to Howard Sugarman, sale of two blocks of downtown land to Greco Centrum, for the construction of a shopping mall, ,1. 'IBs 1 announced the withdrawal in an fMianded manner to newsmen awaiting the candidate's statement.

Humphrey's statement was seen as a move to unify the Democratic party which had been torn by sometimes bitter disputes between McGovern supporters and the backers of Humphrey and other candidates. Humphrey has said consistently he will support and work hard for McGovern if the South Dakota senator wins the nomination. Humphrey's withdrawal appeared to end his 12-year quest for the presidency. He first sought the party's nomination in 1960 but lost to John F. Kennedy.

He served as vice president under Lyndon B. Johnson and was. the party's nominee in 1968, losing narrowly to President Nixon. 1, IIRA executive director, the salt price of the land is $187,750. and the portion of a block to Joseph Bissol of 881 N.

Church St. for the construction of a wholesale Wm The block bounded by Laurel, K' 4 and retail beauty and barber sup Juniper, Chestnut and Wyoming MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AI) Sen. Hubert II. Humphrey, his last hope of winning the Democratic presidential nomination gone, stepped aside today and withdrew from the race.

Humphrey said he will not let himself be nominated at the Democratic National Convention, and he released his delegates to vote as they wish. Humphrey, reading from a brief statement at a news conference, dropped out of the race a few hours after Sen. George McGovern scored a striking triumph and reclaimed 151 contested California delegates in a floor fight at the convention. "My withdrawal from the presidential race is a withdrawal of candidacy only," the Minnesota senator said. "It is not a withdrawal of spirit or of determination to continue the battle I have waged all my public life on behalf of those who had no voice." The Humphrey statement came after the Minnesota senator's press aide, Walter Wurfel, thon opening session of his party's national convention that ended just before dawn.

McGovern's display of organizational muscle came when he recaptured 151 disputed California delegates at the peak of a tumultuous session. The South Dakota senator claimed his long, uphill battle was near success and that victory in Wednesday night's nominating session is "within our grasp." But with victory within reach in the convention's opening session, the McGovern camp failed in an effort to engineer a compromise to seat both Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and a heavily pro-McGovern group of Illinois challengers. The convention then voted to oust the powerful Chicago mayor in a move expected to have far-reaching consequences both throughout the party and in its fall campaign for the White House in the politically crucial state of Illinois. Party leaders had feared the opening night session would run into the daylight hours.

But the showdown votes on (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) ply store. Streets, which measures 380 feet by 320 feet, will bring $99,750. The "II I'll. All other parcel bordering by Wyom (The Hazleton Redevelopment Authority earlier approved the sale of both sections. However, council concurrence is required before the 2 ing, Pine, Juniper and Chestnut Streets, and measuring 370 feet by disposition of any redevelopment 320 feet, will cost the Greco firm land.) A decision on a third resolution proposing the sale of the major portion of another block to Arthur Abelson of Wilkes-Barre, owner of iiSiiii.iliiiiiMiiiii,, the Power Electric Supply Com' iittimmmmmm.

iii.ijiiii.4..i,.,LiLijL pany on South Vine Street was delayed for 10 days in a move to give a local man an opportunity to submit facts and figures regard MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -Sen. George McGovern, staging a dramatic demonstraton of political power, swept to the brink of the Democratic presidential nomination today in a mara Sen. George B. McGovern leans back in his penthouse suite in a Miami Beach hotel and savors his victory Monday night at the Democratic National Convention.

He recaptured 151 California votes taken from him by the credentials committee, putting him within reach of the presidential nomination. (AP) $88,000. Sugarman said last night prior to council's agreement to the sale of the land to Greco Centrum, that if council did concur it would be at least eight months before plans were finalized for the proposed mall. The HRA executive director also stated last night that present plans call for a major mall to be built on the block bounded by Wyoming, Laurel, Chestnut and Juniper Streets, and extended to the adjoining parcel. A supermarket, small stores and professional offices would be built on the remainder of the second parcel, according ing the establishment of a motor inn on the same site.

Three Choppers Downed Finally, Chess Match on of the $125,000 put up by the preceded the encounter, originally set to start July 2. REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) American Bobby Fischer Icelandic Chess Federation, or to Sugarman. southeastern outskirts of Quang Government losses were six Tri City. men killed and 13 wounded, the The Saigon command report-, Saigon command said, ed that 104 North Vietnamese' "The North Vietnamese are troops were killed and eight1 in there to stay," said Capt. Spassky, 35, drew the white $78,125, plus another $75,000 of Greco Centrum has said the mall and Russian defending cham chessmen and with them the Pa.

McGovern Backers Gain 18 Votes MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Pennsylvania delegates backing Sen. George S. McGovern picked up 18 votes from anti-McGovern forces in a stunning National Convention action early today that practically assures the South Dakotan of his the $120,000 provided by London investment banker James Sla will cost between $2 million and $22 million. As originally con pion Boris bpassky anally first move.

Fisher, 29, of ter to persuade Fischer to end Brooklyn, N.Y., had the black tanks destroyed, six of them in Don Dickenson, 25, of Braden-one battle, by U.S. naval gun- ton, an adviser with the squared off today for the world championship of chess the pieces. One game will be ceived the mall would have been located on the two blocks bounded by Juniper, Mine, Wyoming and his holdout last week. Organizers calculate Fischer and ar- paratroopers. "The guys who played each Tuesday, Thursday fire and South Vietnamese tillery support.

richest and most publicized match of all time. are there have been ordered to and Sunday, starting at 5 p.m. Laurel Streets, but since has been stay there." 1 p.m. EDT. Spassky had the first move.

The match is 24 games and SAIGON (AP) U.S. Marine helicopters lifted South Vietnamese troops into a combat assault zone north of Quang Tri City today, flying into a heavy barrage of fire behind enemy lines that knocked down at least three of the helicopters, the U.S. Command said. The landings, by South Vietnamese marines, put government forces ort three sides of the enemyheld provincial capital. U.S.

military spokesmen said the crewmen of two CH46 medium helicopters were safe, going down inside South Vietnamese lines after being hit by antiaircraft artillery and small-arms fire. could last two months. Fischer Spassky will divide at least another $55,000 from the sale of television and film rights. Both players stayed in secul-sion. Spassky was reported nervous and upset.

Fischer, who favors sleeping Associated Press correspondent Dennis Neeld reported from the front that Dickenson told him North Vietnamese troops needs 12V2 points to win; party's presidential nomination. National prestige was at stake for the defending Russian. The Soviet Union subsidizes chess and has dominated the game for decades. Fischer is the first foreigner to make it to the finals since 1948. Spassky 12, or a draw, to retain his title.

A player gets one in the daytime, was last seen at point for winning a fame and a Bugging Suit Delay Asked By Nixon Camp 1 a.m., Monday, when he vis half-point for a draw. Last minute adjustments The 200-member delegation voted 105 to 72 against a motion to permit the entire 271-man California McGovern delegation to be seated, giving the senator close to the 1,509 delegates needed for nomination. "I thoucht it was a sreat test ited the sports hall. He demanded that the mahogany redesigned to run parallel to the Broad Street shopping district rather than connecting to it. The Bissol property, as announced earlier in the Standard-Speaker, was sold for $27,000.

It is located on the south side of East Broad Street between Pine and Wyoming Streets. It has 40 feet of frontage on Broad Street and is 150 feet deep. Council decided to delay action of the Power Electric land bounded by Vine, Church, Chestnut and Juniper Streets after Nicholas Pantages, proprietor of the Blue Comet Diner and the Warm-Up Lounge, claimed he had not been (Continued on Page 2, Column S) For Fischer, it is a question of money and personal prestige, of proving his claim that playing table be shortened and vere being made on the stage of Reykjavik's sports hall. The playing table was he is the best in the world. that the overhead lights be changed.

The fate of the crewmen lof strength," said former Gov. i UlUilllllCC 1U1 UlC 11C-C1CLUV11 aboard the third helicopter, a London oddsmakers rated the lanky American the favorite to win the 24-game, two-month competition and capture more were well dug in in and around the Citadel, in the heart of Quang Tri City. Dickenson said he had seen 500-pound bombs dropped within 20 yards of the North Vietnamese bunkers and they failed to hurt anyone inside. In the air war, the U.S. Command said cloudy weather cut fighter-bomber strikes against North Vietnam to 199 Monday, most of them in the southern half of the country.

The U.S. Command also reported that a Navy A4 Skyhawk was lost 20 miles northeast of Thanh Hoa and the pilot missing. It was the 69th American shortened, the green-and-white marble chessboard constructed for the fourth time, and the overhead lighting changed. But these were small details of the President is worried that a hearing on a suit involving the break-in and bugging at The challenger also agreed with the Russian's complaints that the squares on the chessboard were too large in relation to the size of the CH53, the biggest U.S. troop carrying helicopter, was not immediately known.

than $180,000 of the estimated $300,000 at stake. compared to the tangled nego tempt at Democratic headquar- from fprs hprp rnnlfl ransp "in- George Leader, state chairman and head of the delegates backing Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey. "Obviously, McGovern had a great deal more strength than we anticipated." The Humphrey delegates, along with those supporting The helicopters flew tiations and war of nerves that The winner gets five-eighths pieces.

carriers in the U.S. 7th Fleet of the coast. The new assault by several hundred South Vietnamese marines north of Quang Tri enlarged the government forces' calculable" damage to President Nixon's campaign. For this reason, the committee asked U.S. District Court Monday to postpone the hearing on a $1 million damage Sen.

Edmund S. Muskie, had Lottery Resumes for One Week tried to hold the McGovern Deople as close as possible to plane downed over North Viet ring around the northernmost suit against the committee until the 54 committed delegates nam since the resumption of full-scale bombing April 6, and after the Nov. 7 election they had. But 10 Muskie sup Wednesday's lottery drawing in Beaver Falls could be the HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania lottery re provincial capital.

The Marines were landed 2'A miles north-northwest of the a total of 68 crewmen are miss The suit was filed by Democratic National Chairman Law- ing, the U.S. Command said. jlast of the summer, unless officials dry out the equipment in schedule by the end of August "even if we have to put the numbers on the tickets by hand." Meanwhile, Kaplan said, the lottery ticket itself is one aspect of the drawing targeted porters reportedly voted for the motion, along with one uncommitted and seven Humphrey delegates. Leader expressed surprise North Vietnam said its gun c'ty, on the eastern side of thejrenee F. O'Brien after it Thach Han River opposite the revealed that one of the was five ners in Ha Bac Province, north of Hanoi, shot down a U.S.

time. Kaplan said, however, that he's determined to have a Quang Tri combat base. jmen arrested in the May 15 For the fifth successive day, break-in was James W. McCord when the votes were counted Phantom today and the pilot sumes this week and then shuts down for an indefinite period while officials replace tickets reserves and equipment that foundered in the floods. Meanwhile, there's talk that lottery administrators will use the period of recuperation to modify the structure of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) was captured.

the security coordinator for the re-election committee. However, to hear the suit before the election, the committee said, could deter campaign workers and contributions, force disclosure of confidential campaign information and provide the Democrats with a rea-( Continued on Page 2, Column 6) entrenched North Vietnamese forces managed to stall the South Vietnamese drive to recapture the city lost 10 weeks ego. Tank-led North Vietnamese Infantrymen and South Vietnamese paratrooper and marines battled at four different points on the northeastern and Irish Protestants Make New Tlireat for change. He said the Lottery Commission has considered editing the ticket a bit it would be easier to understand." Other contemplated changes reportedly include incorporation of a $2,000 prize into the cash bundle distributed at each normal drawing. This would replace a $4,000 prize, one of several staple amounts won by lucky holders of the last five digits in the weekly six-digit number.

Currently, for each million tickets sold it's possible to have 1,270 cash prizes per million tickets sold one $50,000, nine' $4,000, nine $1,000, 90 400, 81 $100, and 1,080 $40 winners. The lottery is now operating under the following number combinations: --All six digits tn order means the last five, $4,000, nine $1,000, 90 $400, 81 four, $400; middle four, $100. Ticket holders win $40 if they have the last three digits in orderor the third, fourth and fifth digits and who missed the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7) four-month old fortune machine. The lottery's executive director, Henry Kaplan, declined comment on any specified proposals because "there's nothing definitive now. We're kicking the idea around while we have the hiatus." I i Kaplan has been spending BELFAST, Northern Ireland! (AP) Militant Protestants! threatened early today to takej the offensive in Northern Ire-i land as gun battles and bomb explosions rocked the province.

The Protestant Ulster De Congressman OKd Kickbacks: Witness 1 1 I 1 "v' i rH' l't 1 i "Hi Si! 4 ifi-ifi fins i11 tH considerable time trying to find another site for his equipment. Floodwaters from the Susquehanna River washed out a storage site at Olmsted Airport The British government rushed 1,800 more troops into the province in preparation for the traditionally explosive summer season of Protestant parades celebrating historic events in the centuries of Protestant-Catholic warfare in Northern Ireland. The first parade is Wednesday. The reinforcements bring the garrison to 16,800 men, the biggest it has been in the three years of communal turmoil. In the wake of the collapse (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) Collins, who has not been fense Association, which claims it can put 40,000 armed men into the field, said If the British do not crush the Roman Catholic guerrillas of the Irish Republican Army, the association will take the offensive against the IRA and do its "level best to eliminate and destroy it." here during the catastrophic flood three weeks ago.

Computers, ticket reserves and office equipment were saturated, and they won't be ready again for some time, Kaplan said. i mow irL in 'm' J'I-V I t.pdiiM"""'"1" no mi'im ii I 1 -f I charged, had been scheduled to testify Monday in the trial of George A. Haag in U.S. District Court here, but his appearance was delayed. WASHINGTON (AP) -Texas millionaire Congressman Jim Collins was to testify today at the kickback trial of a former aide, a day after the court was told that Collins himself Authorized the kickbacks.

Haag, 33, former chief Washington aide to Collins, is accused of taking more than w- i I Nixon Eats Tacos as Dems Stew 000 in kickbacks through falsifi cation of House payroll forms and mail fraud. He also is charged with obstructing justice by inducing fellow employ es to lie to the FBI and to a News Index Page Dear Ahby 17 Reaver Meadows 2(5 Births 28 Hal Boyle 12 Classified 26 27 Comics, Crossword 20 Coaldale 24 Deaths 28 Mason Denison 12 Jeane Dixon 21 Editorial Page 12 Freeland 18 Funerals 28 Hospital Reports 28 McAdoo 18 Nuremberg 23 Race Results 23 Ring! own 9 Sports 22-23 Stocks, Markets 26 Tarn aqua 24 Theatres 21 Weatheriy 19 Women's Pages 16 17 Press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said before the Democratic convention that Nixon would watch the proceedings on television only "as time permits him to do it." Ziegler reported that Nixon would in no way alter his schedule because of the rival convention and would retire at his usual bedtime. Asked to define that, he said it was anywhere between 10:30 p.m, nd midnight. 'The President doesn't plan to lose any sleep this week," said Ziegler.

Nixon's only announced appointment today was with Caspar Weinberger, director of th Office of Management and Budget. Sources said Nixon was unlikely to hold any other major conferences until the Miami convention ends. As Nixon ate, Democrats at their convention in Miami Beach were voting on a challenge to the South Carolina delegation. Nixon was back at his home here by the time the challenge to South Dakota Sen. George McGovern's California primary victory came to the test.

With Nixon at El Adobe were Hobart Lewis, board chairman of the Reader's Digest and a faithful campaign contributor; Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo, Key Biscayne, banker and presidential neighbor; and Lt. Cmdr. Craig Campbell, Nixon's Navy aide. Parked outside was the Cadillac of restaurant owner Alfred Cornwcll.

Its license number: 4RMN 72; RAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) While Democrats wrestled through the first of their marathon convention battles, President Nixon dined at a Mexican-American restaurant and displayed a good appetite. With two friends in tow, Nixon drove to the nearby mission town of San Juan Capistrano on Monday night to sample the menu at the El Adobe, a restaurant that has long enjoyed his patronage. Nixon dined on chile relleno green pepper enveloped in an omelette-like cheese wrapper and beef tacos. His waiter reported the chief executive was hungry and called for an extra order of tacos.

Furthermore, the waiter reported, Nixon was seated out of range of any television set. federal grand jury investigating the kickback scheme. Defense attorney Leslie Scherr charged in court Monday that Collins was behind the scheme, which allegedly was arranged to award bonuses to four employes, Including Haag, who helped in the congressman's 19(8 re-election campaign. Schrer acknowledged that Haag Issued the direct orders for the kickbacks, although he contended that Collins made the decision. He said Collins might not have known it was illegal.

"The congressman organized the covrrup, as I call it," Scherr said in his opening argument. "He had Haag come to (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) LIFE GOES ON As Lycomlnj Creek, north of Wllllamsport, again begins lo resemble a small creek, two hoys, who live by it were among the first to return tn the routines of life. As their parents continued to deal with flood ravaged homes, the hoys ca unlit some trout (or dinner. But the shadow of tropical storm Agnes still nrcdomlnalrs the scene. Extreme damage to the Penn Central Railroad (background) has caused concern over the possible abandonment of the Wllliamsport Llniira N.Y.

line. (AP).