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HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1-1-7 E3R 1-1-7 hd XX aaX ci to The Alliance Daily Times-Herald Vol 85 No 37 ALLIANCE NEBRASKA FRIDAY JULY 14 1972 TEN CENTS McGovern Urges Dems To Unite To Beat Nixon out quietly as supporters stood and cheered clapped and marched following his speech The ovation that followed surpassing his greeting went on for minutes as the other top Democrats again faced the cheers of the crowd A big question mark was Wallace confined to a wheelchair since the May 15 attempted assassination in Laurel Md Most thought he would go back to Alabama and sit out the campaign After returning to Washington today McGovern flies to South Dakota on Saturday for two weeks of rest and strategy sessions in a secluded resort in the Black Hills south of famed Mount Rushmore to oppose Eagleton Then came Kennedy last man of the family which has seen two other sons fall before assassins declaring the party met the test of by nominating McGovern and Eagleton The thunderous reception accorded Kennedy who sat out the convention at his Hyannis Port Mass home rivaled that given McGovern whose candidacy fell heir to much of the support of slain brother Robert Then as the convention band blared the strains of Days are Here and the Saints Go Marching McGovern came forth followed by the rivals who had earlier pledged to back his effort this fall Often as he spoke his supporters erupted in applause as he pledged an end to the Vietnam war as he pledged before all else that doors of government will be oiened and that war will be The Wallace supporters centered in the delegations from Alabama Texas Florida and Michigan sat silently through much of the speech They filed McGovern Jean Westwood the Utah National Committeewoman to take the job In the final moments of the convention that his supporters dominated all week the triumph belonged to the onetime college professor from South Dakota Waves of applause rocked the hall as Hubert Humphrey Edmund Muskie Henry Jackson Shirley Chisholm and Terry Sanford lifted high the hands of the 49-year-old nominee and his 42-year-old running mate from Missouri Reviewing the way his campaign swept aside the established political leadership McGovern said he would dedicate his White House campaign to the people declared that next-January he would restore government to their hands and added "American politics will never be the same With some labor leaders still determined to sit out the campaign and other delegates grumbling about the ways in which his operatives dominated the convention McGovern forecast the battle against Richard Nixon would bring the party "together in common this fall is the unwitting unifier and the fundamental issue of this national McGovern said adding that of us together are going to help him redeem a pledge he made 10 years ago: that next year you have Richard Nixon to kick around any Even delegates who supported the absent Gov George Wallace joined the ovation when McGovern vowed to wage a national campaign and said By CARL LEUBSIIORF AP Political Writer MIAMI BEACH Fla (AiP) Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern vowing to lead a campaign urged wildly cheering Democrats today to put behind fury and our frustrations" and unite to capture the White House from President Nixon And the South Dakota senator appealed for help "from every Democrat and every Republican and independent who wants America to be the great and good land it can be" It was nearly 3 am when the beaming McGovern introduced by Sen Edward Kennedy and joined by vice presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton and defeated presidential rivals stepped to the rostrum of a tumultuous jammed Convention Hall to accept his nomination The victorious nominee had only a few hours to rest up after his triumph appearances before a unify breakfast for the party's House and Senate Campaign committees and a Democratic fund-raising group were scheduled before he returned to Washington later today McGovern also had to decide on a chairman for the Democratic National Committee The committee meeting for the first time under newly adopted organizational rules held a session this morning taken up with procedural matters but adjourned for lunch without getting around to election of officers McGovern had pressed Chairman Lawrence O'Brien to stay on at the DNC but O'Brien was reported reluctant and informed sources said if he resigned McGovern would ask are not conceding a single state to Richard Earlier in the long evening the convention ratified choice of Eagleton as the No 2 man on the 1972 Democratic ticket But it took a one-hour 20-minute roll call that saw votes cast for candidates ranging from television commentator Roger Mudd to TV character Archie Bunker to the senator's wife Eleanor Even Martha Mitchell the wife of former GOP campaign manager John Mitchell got a vote McGovern chose the handsome articulate first-term Missouri senator a border-state Catholic with strong ties to labor from a field of a half-dozen senators governors and mayors He was the second choice: Kennedy rejected an offer of the vice presidency shortly after McGovern swept to firs -ballot nomination Wednesday night When the convention's final gavel fell at 3:27 am the Democrats had ended a historic convention With reform rules that produced massive increases in the numbers of women black and young delegates it ratified a transition in party power from the big-city chieftains and leaders of labor dominant for 40 years to the forces of what Kennedy termed new wind rising over the Starting an hour late the convention's final session fell steadily further behind as the delegates ratified an overhaul of the national committee in one lengthy roll-call vote then fell into another over the vice presidency after seven rivals formally were nominated Candidate George Eleanor Would Work -Barbara Is Not For MIAMI BEACH Fla (API Eleanor McGovern said today she would to be the White House advocate" of the rights and well-being of children Joining Barbara Eagleton wife of the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in a joint session on the morning after the Democratic National Convention ended Mrs McGovern said she was ready to go onto the campaign trail after a South Dakota vacation in the Black Hills Asked about how she viewed a jtossible role of First Lady Mrs McGovern said one way to make living in the White House "palatable Is pursuing things that one is interested in" Her Courage Party Plans YONKERS NY (AP) New York State Courage party will begin circulating petitions next week to place Alabama Gov George Wallace on the Low Highway LINCOLN Neb (AP) The low bidder on a construction project to replace a Platte River Bridge South of Shelton was announced Friday by state Engineer Thomas Doyle The project was among $37 million worth of low bids on highway projects announced Friday by Doyle Total of the low bids was about $34000 under projected cost The Shelton Bridge will be built by the Missouri Valley Construction Co of Grand Island on a bid of $519678 The projects calls for one-half mile of bridge grading guard rail and asphaltic concrete surfacing The projects by county with nature of work and low bidders in Western Nebraska I-Inter- Kearney State Gets KEARNEY Neb (AP)-The Nebraska Stale College Board of Trustees Friday named Dr Brendan McDonald 42 as president of Kearney State College effective Aug 1 Dr McDonald succeeds Dr Milton Hassel who resigned in January after 10 years as president of the school Dr Martin Knittei who has been interim president was appointed acting dean of instruction Formerly chairman of the Department of Educational Psychology Knittei replaces Dr Paul Gaer who was ap 2 ALARM FIRE HERE Two calls were received at the Alliance Fire Department at 1 :19 and 1 :40 this afternoon-A fire was burning near Letan crossing and the second call said the fire was moving into a wheat field The location is 8 miles south of Alliance on Highway 385 Bids Announced state US-United States Nebraska Custer: 4 miles of grading culverts and asphaltic concrete surfacing N-2 at Mema intersection Missouri Valley Construction Co $53394 Banner 5 miles of armor southwest of Harrisburg Western Plains Construction Lincoln $94255 Cheyenne: 119 miles of armor coat on missile access road east of Gurley Missouri Valley Construction $189506 Kimball 98 mile of armor coat on missile access road south of Dix Missouri Valley Construction $152515 Keith: Seeding between US 26 and Lake Me Oonaughy on recreation access road Henry Geisman Trinidad Colo $6673 places will be Bowen and Whistle Creek precincts at the School District No 2 school-house at Glen Warbonnet and Hat Creek precincts will vote at the schoolhouse of District No 14 The question to be voted on is "Should Dawes County Hospital District No 1 be formed encompassing the following described land" A simple majority of those voting will carry or defeat the question Chadron Today Miss Janie Strotheide of Chadron is the current queen Another featured event will be the Senior Trail Course scheduled for 10 arrl Saturday This is a timed event in which the girls must cross a bridge go through a brush tunnel open and close a mail box back their horses through a box shaped obstacle open and close a gate and go over a small jump Crawford Hospital District's Fate To Be Decided Tuesday Urban Renewal Begins In Platte Armed Hijackers Surrender LAKE JACKSON Tex (AP) Fisher charged with air Two armed men who cy was held in lieu of $100000 commandered a jetliner and bond took it on a 21-hour journey surrendered quietly to an FBI agent after forcing the plane to GOinGT land at a tiny private airfield Held on $l-million bonds on By T1IE ASSOCIATED PRESS air piracy charges in Houston 8and Filir and cooler were Michael Stanley Green Friday night and Saturday Low 34 of Washington DC and Friday night in the low to mid Luseged Tesfa 22 a native of 50s mh Saturday in the 80s Ethiopia who was believed staying with Green Nebraska Partly cloudy The two walked down the and turnin cooer and rear ramp staiiway of the jet- tonight with chance of thunder- liner at 4 pm CDT almost smtheast Generally eight hours after it first touch- cooler Saturday Lmvs ed down on the small airstrip 50 northwest to owned by Dow Chemical Co in this town 50 miles south of in the Houston Panhandle Partly cloudy In a second hijacking case a and cooler Friday night Gen- man identified as Melvin erally fair and cooler Saturday Fisher 49 of Norman Okla Lows Thursday night in the mid surrendered Wednesday night 50s Highs Saturday in the 80s to a stewardess after a hijacker wlnd at n30 am NW 15 niph armed with a pistol command- Temp at 11:30 76 eered an American Airlines 727 High Thursday 91 jet during a flight from Okla- Overnight Low 0 homa City to Dallas -The hi- Precipitation Thursday 00 jacker had demanded artd re- Precipitation In if72 1188 ceived $200000 Precipitation in 1971 1212 New President pointed acting dean of graduate studies Dr Gaer takes over from Dr Bicak who is taking a leave of absence to serve as visiting professor at the University of British Columbia at Vancouver Canada The board set salary at $27500 a year plus $2400 for housing A native of Regina Saskatchewan 'McDonald became a United States citizen in 1959 Since 1971 he has been vice president for administration and planning at St Cloud State College in Minnesota on the local level North Platte's will be the first urban renewal project in Nebraska and the first program in the nation under the Neighborhood Development Program which provides for more local decision making it was reported Little Britches CHADRON (T-HNS) Six states will be represented in the competition in the 12th annual Nebraska State Little Britches Rodeo which opens at the Dawes County Fairgrounds tonight Approximately 219 contestants will be competing for honors The first of three performances will be at 7 tonight and the two on Saturday will open at 1:30 and 7:30 pm The queen contest was held For Children Abortion interest she said is child development Among questions raised by rejforters with Mrs McGovern was the abortion issue She said there is so much pro and con on it that she thinks jt should be settled on the local levels and not become part of the presidential campaign Mrs Eagleton said she was Catholic and "I am certainly not for abortion" Mrs Eagleton an attractive 5-foot-5 blonde said the vice presidency selection was a surprise to her and her husband and when he asked her opinion of what to do she said an offer go!" To Run Wallace presidential ballot a party spokesman said today Courage party was the designation under which Wallace ran for president in New York four years ago Podhaisky Neil Colerick Jack Brittan and Ed were present and other actions taken during the meeting were approved unanimously These included purchase of a new police car a Rambler Ambassador from Alliance Rambler for the low bid of $308875 less a trade-in allowance of 120375 for a 1970 Dodge now in use by city police for a net of $1885 Other bids were received from the local Ford Dodge Plymouth and Pontiac dealers and were respectively $386919 (with no trade-in allowance offered) $343773 $356579 and $3200 at the net level of a single bid for the paved parking lot on Niobrara Ave adjacent to The Times-Herald building The bid $120150 from the Alliance Publishing Co was called too low (Refemng of a rezoning request for a lot on West Third Street near the City Limits to the Planning Commission Joseph Heitz owner of Heitz Oil Co seeks to have the lot rezoned from Rural Residential A to Rural Commercial in order to use it for a service station and truck and trailer rental agency CRAWFORD (T-HNS) Persons residing in the proposed Dawes County Hospital District No 1 will go to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of the district that has been in the planning stage since February 1971 The polls will open at 8 am In Dawes county polling places include North Crawford at the City Hall South Crawford at the Catholic Hall Whitney area presidents that have land in the district will vote at the City Hall In Sioux County the polling Rodeo Opens At this afternoon and the new queen will be revealed at performance The seven girls age 14-16 who are competing include: Andie Jaggers of Hay Springs Cindy Kary of Parmelee SD Rolene and Royanne Bledsoe of Oral SD Kari Rish of Chadron Deby Hall of Scottsibluff and Wendy Engle of Winter Park Colo Buileti ns NEW YORK (AP) Prices swung upward in the stock market today after five consecutive losing sessions Trading was moderate GAINESVILLE Fla (AP) William Caliey Sr died in a Veterans Administration hospital Thursday night several hours after a 30-minute visit by his son a key figure in the My Lai massacre First 1972 Wheat Cut At Hemingford HEMINGFORI) (T-HNS) The Co-Op Elevator received its first load of wheat late Thursday afternoon It was harvested on the Don Proehaz-ka land east of Hemingford The Scout wheat tested 128 percent moisture Legals In Today's T-H County Court Notice of administration Maude Harris estate Budget Hearing School District 151 Proceedings School District No 6 April meeting Hearing Application of Irene Hagaman to 'Sell real estate Approval of sidewalk and street requests: For the Sidewalk Bazaar Days July 20-21-22 and for a street carnival Aug 10-11-12 Both requests came from the Retail Committee of the Chamber of Commerce setting of July 27 at 8 pm for the piiblic hearing for the 1972-73 fiscal year budget A budget discussion meeting of the Council was also decided upon to be held at noon today at the Drake Hotel to a special meeting at 2:30 pm Saturday of the Council with the American Indian Movement chapter at the City Auditorium The AIM group also plans a dance here Saturday evening and has arranged to rent the City Auditorium for this event Aibout 20 people were present at the meeting and several topics were brought up at the close of business before the Council adjourned These included request by the Garden Club that the City investigate damage being done at the Cemetery by burrowing animals probably moles or gophers This will be done and steps taken to eradicate them discussion of public hous Council Approves 1 am Closing NORTH PLATTE Nebr (AP) The opening of the North Platte Urban Renewal Project Friday marked a turning point for this city the state of Nebraska and the federal program itself an official of the Department of Housing and Urban Development said Floyd Hyde assistant secretary for community development in HUD said the 'North Platte program represents the Nixon policy of decentralization accomplished through providing resources but not dictating how the federal programs should be carried out For Bars ing including the possibility of a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) housing project here to build homes for Indian families and a proposal that a public housing project be sought The Council responded that an application has been made to the Bureau of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a public housing project here but has been turned down The council indicated new proposals would be considered were raised to the plan to charge $3 monthly for trash removal and to the hiring of a recreation director both recommendations under consideration for the new budget It was explained in the council's answer that trash removal because of new federal regulations has raised the costs to $72000 a year (making trash and garbage disposal the second most expensive city department next to the Police Department) and that a recreation director will not be employed unless a federal grant is received for this purpose Those entering into the discussions with the Council included Jack Little the Rev Jim Moores Mrs Robert Law-mice and Warren Maxwell By HUGH BUNNELL Times-Herald Managing Editor Alliance bars ami other liquor dealers may stay open until 1 am as the result of the third reading and passage of ordinance No 1203 by the City Council Thursday evening The action was taken by a 4-1 vote over the objection of one liquor licensee present Gideon Stroh After the vote another licensee Kenneth Diet-rich arrived at the meeting and also objected to the later closing hour Mayor Anthony Yeager cast the one vote against the passage of No 1203 In the discussion It was slated by other councilmen present that no objections had been received previously that the request for the later closing hour had been brought to them four or five liquor dealers who had been present at an earlier reading of the ordinance" that it would mean added sales for at least some liquor outlets and that the Police Department had been checked on the matter and had given the opinion that it would mean no extra problem for policemen All other Tom BOBBY CONCENTRATES Bobby Fischer of JBrooklyn NY studies the chessboard before making his move against the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky left in Reykjavik Iceland This action was in the first and only game Today an appeals committee rejected Fischer's protest against his loss of the second game by forfeit because Fischer failed to appear So far in the current series chess appears to be far behind ping pong in the promotion of good international relations (AP Wirephoto).