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The Sumter Daily Item On Late Page Stocks 12-A VOL. 77 NO. 230 FOUNDED OCT. 15, 1894 SUMTER, S.C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 12, 1972 60 PAGES 6 SECTIONS TEN CENTS A COPY McGovern Must Tap Running Mate Next MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Sen.

George McGovern, assured of the platform he sought and a first-ballot victory tonight in the Democratic presidential balloting, considered a list of potential running mates today. Aides said he still plans to ask a reluctant Sen. Edward M. Kennedy to join the ticket. Weary delegates had barely 12 hours off after the longest convention session in the history of either party before tonight's climactic meeting at which McGovern was scheduled to be the first candidate placed into nomination and, when the balloting took place, the party's nominee.

California planned to yield to Connecticut when the states were called for nominations so that Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff could nominate the 49-year-old South Dakota senator to head the Democratic ticket this November. Speculation turned immediately to possible running mates after the withdrawal of Sens. Hubert H.

Humphrey Men Nabbed At Hotel MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Two men were taken into custody today by Secret Service agents and the FBI outside Sen. George McGovern's hotel. Two pistols were taken from their car. Both men were black and wore jeans.

They were taken into custody shortly after McGovern concluded a meeting on the 17th floor in the penthouse suite of the Doral Beach Hotel with six Democratic governors. The men apparently arrived in a small sports car with Michigan license plates. The weapons were taken from their vehicle when authorities searched it, a man who identified himself as an FBI agent said. Their names were not immediately available. Inside the car were several scraps of note paper and printed literature dealing with black nationalism.

At least one of the two men was found inside the hotel. It was not immediately clear whether the second man was first seized inside or outside of the building. GA Gay Gal and Edmund S. Muskie on Tuesday assured McGovern's nomination, Kennedy was clearly his top choice despite repeated statements he is unavailable. A close personal friend of Kennedy, Sen.

John V. Tunney of California, told reporters after talking with him by phone that he thinks it highly unlikely Kennedy would accept. He added he expects Kennedy to fly here from Hyannis Port, Thursday to appear at the convention with the nominee. McGovern's aides said that others under consideration include: United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock; Sens. Thomas F.

Eagleton of Missouri and Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut and Florida Gov. Reubin Askew. The Democratic National Convention, meanwhile, headed toward approval of a platform that mirrors McGovern's views in calling for total U.S. withdrawal from Indochina and supporting busing to improve educational opportunities.

By voice vote, the convention shouted down eight proposals, ranging from endorsement of capital punishment and publicschool prayers to a constitutional amendment barring busing, despite a plea by Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace. As the convention deliberated through a second marathon night session Tuesday in a relaxed atmosphere after Monday night's sharp credentials battles, Wallace provided a dramatic highlight with an appeal for far -ranging tax reform and a denunciation of "the senseless asinine busing of little school children." A mighty roar went up and redwhite-and-blue placards waved from the pro- Wallace delegates as Wallace was carried in a wheelchair to the podium. Other delegates stood in respect to the governor, partially paralyzed when shot down while campaigning in Laurel, May 15.

But Wallace's appeals were doomed to failure as the convention worked to approve a platform, tailored largely to the liberal views of McGovern. Wallace, holding just a few hundred delegates, and Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington, with under 100, vowed to A gay liberation supporter on the homosexuality in the platform. All Convention floor lobbies to gain was in vain as the measure went support for the.

endorsement of down to defeat. (UPI) stay in the presidential race although McGovern's assured first-ballot strength shot past the 1,509 votes needed to win. Some labor leaders who had supported Humphrey, including President I. W. Abel of the United Steelworkers Union, threw their support to Sen.

Henry M. Jackson of Washington. Besides McGovern, Wallace and Jackson, supporters announced nominating speeches would be made for former Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy; Reps.

Wilbur D. Mills and Shirley Chisholm and former North Carolina Gov. Terry Sanford. With much of the Humphrey and Muskie strength now listed in the undecided column, The Associated Press count gave McGovern 1,590.75 votes as the day of his nomination dawned. The total needed for nomination is 1,509.

Wallace trailed with 378, the uncommitted total stood at 850.6 and the 9 remainder were scattered. McGovern spent much of the day Tuesday in his 17th-story penthouse in the Doral Beach Hotel. "He's working on his acceptance speech and, I dare say, thinking about the vicepresidential thing," said spokesman Richard Dougherty. The senator met with various groups during the day, including relatives of a half-dozen American prisoners of war in Southeast Asia. McGovern promised to stand by American prisoners, a pledge that marked what aides said was "an elaboration" of his Southeast Asia policy.

Gov. West Tonight MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Previously uncommitted South Carolina Gov. John West says he will te tonight for Sen. Henry Jackson for the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention.

West becomes the second Southern governor to throw his support behind the senator from Washington. The other was Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter. Both were invited to support Alabama Gov. George C.

Wallace for the nomination and both declined after arriving at Miami Beach with their delegations. Carter will make Jackson's main nominting speech. West said his support would be limited to voting for Jackson and explaining his position to South Carolina delegates. "I feel that Scoop is a man I can vote for in good conscience," said West in an interview during Tuesday's convention session the platform. "I think he could Irish Plan March BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) Gunmen killed three persons early today as Northern Ireland's Protestants got ready for their first big march of the summer.

Automatic fire riddled a 19year-old Protestant walking with his father in a park in the town of Portadown. An hour later, five masked gunmen believed to be Protestant executioners broke into a home in Belfast and murdered a 16year-old Catholic. And the body of a hooded man, shot in the head, was found in Belfast, apparently another victim of the assassins who have terrorized the city for weeks. Meanwhile, the British government ordered 32,000 troops, police and militiamen into the streets of 18 cities and towns to keep the warring religious factions apart today while 100,000 Protestants of the Orange Order paraded, Belfast was lit by scores of street bonfires during the night, marking the advent of the "Glorious Twelfth." It is the 282nd anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, in which the Protestant armies of William of Orange defeated the Roman Catholic forces of James II. Amid politicians' warnings that Northern Irleand is closer to civil war than at any time in the three years of communal violence, the militant Protestants of the Ulster Defense Association said their armed units would protect the marchers from attack by the of the Irish Republican Army.

CBS NEWS Wallace Speaks ed wheel chair to address the 1972 With massed flags below on the Democratic Convention a drafloor of Convention Hall, Alabama matic appearance Tuesday' night. Gov. George Wallace sits in a (UPI) Will Vote For Jackson be a tremendous healing force in the party, and I would expect him to get solid bipartisan support in South Carolina." West said the state party would be successful in November with Jackson at the head of the ticket. But the governor said he recognizes that Jackson has only the slimmest of chances to win the nomination. Sen.

George McGovern of South Dakota has more than enough votes to win the nomination in the Associated Peess delegate poll. "I'm voting for him in the knowledge that it is an outside chance that we'll ever get to vote for Scoop Jackson in November," said West. Polls of West's 32-member delegation give Jackson about 10 votes, Wallace 6, McGovern 2, Rep. Shirley Chisholm of New York 2, and former North Carolina Gov. Terry Sanford 3.

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State State national guardsmen with 20 years or more service may soon start getting a state pension. The Senate gave the bill final approval Tuesday. See page 2A. 1 Most of the Jackson support, including West's vote, originally belonged to Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota.

But Humphrey withdrew from the race Tuesday in the interest of party unity. West said he will not support McGovern like Carter, he feels the South Dakotan would be too liberal for the Democratic voters of his state. "I think Gov. Wallace has many supporters in my state, but he is a very controversial man and I think that Jackson would be able to build a much broader base of support," said West. Other South Carolina delegates were not surprised by West's choice.

"I think the governor just looked around and picked out the man he could spare with the people back home," said one black delegate. "I don't think he hurt himself with Jackson." Budget Bill Haggling Continues COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Legislative haggling continues today over South Carolina's budget bill for fiscal 1972-73, already 12 days old. The House refused Tuesday to go along with a conference committee's compromise $648 million measure, and sent the money bill back to the committee. Thus, the state is still operating under the fiscal 1971-72 budget, and will continue to do so until the new measure is approved by the General Assembly and signed into law by Gov.

John West. Rep. R. J. Aycock, D-Sumter, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and a member of the conference committee, said the conferees would meet this morning, but declined to speculate on whether 1 the bill would be altered further.

Several legislative sources said the House may move today to reconsider the vote, 5646, whereby it sent the bill back to the conference committee. Korn Dies At Home Matthew Farrin (Bud) Korn, president of Korn Industries, died this morning at his home, 10-Swan Lake Drive. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Shelley-Brunson Funeral Home. A complete story on Mr. Korn is expected for Thursday's ITEM..