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Tv- Vv i The Weather Chhckle Cloudy vlth period af rata today and tonight ending Friday aad foBoved by clearing High today 75 to 88 Friday MghtotheSSs lot holder of A degree are diieorerlag that mv they got to kata the nrt-af the alphabet Serving Meriden Wallingford Cheshire Southington Berlin and Middlefield lOStKYEAR No 161 3IERIDEN-WALUNGF0RD CONJL THURSDAY JULY 13 1972 09! S' School Walks Nnt iltply NEWS BRJEES Fischer Loses Chess Opener Kennedy Refuses jl iJ 2 Spot REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP) a hopeless 'postion on the chess board- Bobby Fischer walked out for 30 minutes Wednesday then returned to lose the first game of the world chess championship to Boris Spassky the Russian Jitle-holder -After the game was over Fischer told the roan who taught him the of the game when he was a boy to Brooklyn NY that will settle It was a bid day all around for the 23-ytanbU' American In addition to conceding x- -f'fv jV- is 'unlikely that the school safety walks for' Ctsimir Pulaski Elementary School on Oak St- Extendon will be completed to time for opening fo September despite an accelerated time schedule set downby Mayor AbraKam Grossman Wednesday Themayor ordered an all-out effort Jn constructing an estimated 7150 feet of safety walks around Pulaski- School- and on New Hanover Avenue' He said pedal hood Issue will be made to finance the program the cost of Which will be determined by Nd1-'- V- -LiA necesuiy slowdown In the schedule in -attributed to the time necesuiy to advertise for bids opening and acceptance of bid and starting time Grossman appeared --before tin Planning Gpmmission and thf Board of Public Works Wed-Tuesday night to ssk'their ap-proval and their assistance to i accelerating the project i Both agencies gave their approval but the' Public Won board rtated I a time 'driaytag fctor to the bidding process They will authotize the advertising of bids for the job today The bids win be opened by Aug 4 the earilest possible datelw i MIAMI BEACH Fla (AP) George -McGovern swept to the Democratic presidential --nomi-1 mHi Wednreday night to clL pm An incredible campaign that carried him from the tack row of the Senate to tito pin-'necle of party power He offered the vice presidential namihatitin to- Sen -Edward Kennedy a spokesmln laid -but foe Massachusetts senator declined to run Spassky a 1-0 lead to this score at the outset of the 24-game match Fischer developed some more lnoney double News from London was that James Slater who sweetened the pot with 50000 about be able -to get bis money- out of England -because of currency restrictions South Yiets Retreat Photo' Sr Howard Xwaaickl MOksfsky forsgreaad Commmdty Acttoa Agency Exaeativa Director James Rice Intaraational Silver Co Vico President NEW CLINIC Dr GoSar director of Os Meridea Healfo -shsWs offtiiaMW Merldea Mo- Health Clbde to thorn who befpsd makt IlM mobila dtale a reality: Sanitarian Jade PefsasuMaw Ft-Lsaryia tiw-backgraund gAinmr (AP-pqny TVs laboratoqr wrin hold dlagnostio -jV-ii'w School Board laps Mayor --A ntighty roar sounded rom foe Democratic National Coo-- vention as Chairman Lawrenca (TBrien pronounced tta sew 1 'ator from South Dakota the preridential nominee' -McGovern had It won long before foe first ballot was com V'r- 1 7-- ''-V 7 Ssfinal'delegato -wo to after -7 switches: l964J5 far past th 109 majority ho needed Be five foe switches bis total wu 172SJ5M Even as McGovern partisans waved stats1 standards and foe blue placards of their candidate word came that Sen ifeRM Pms uwauiuirEd a Kennedy -h a -V spurned the vice presidency After 119 delegate votes from Illinois assured his nomination McGovern telephoned Kennedy to Hytimis Put Massto offer foe vice presidency Richard Dougrty a McGovern spokesman said' Kennedy declined very real personal Doug forces Wednesday at the vital southwest flank of South Vietnamese troope tattling around the provtodal capital of Quang Tri forcing a retreat1 North Vietnamese forces remained entrenched In th city deqdto' heavy bombing and shelling as the 20000-msn South Vietnamese drive into Quang Tri Province' entered Its third week '--v bidder to correlate thrown facts and figures' todWtermine their bids The awarding of the bid will result Jalm agreed-upon styrwg date-efter which tta contractor wffl have 130 days to intrtAa- job With this figure tofoind the board noted-the earliest possible completion date wotdd' bd toTnld-Novem- XV 'bet --r' i OniMskctit jSett lUbioofiE NantaiiiM McGovern 'I Calling a dedskm to keep the The Meriden Mobile Clinic-a! -new arrival in this dty snathe flrst of its kind to this part of the country' win Health Platt High School RapCenter i1 v-1 ooen School Associated- Press cmrespood- ent Dennis Neeld reported from the northern front that several hundred North Vietnamese IS-- A MM Board President George Wednesday tstad tainin schnol mwwrtv Tacked government para- taining school property1 government probably be to operetta to ear-y September it was teamed Wednesday r' I In Other business-the board agreed crackdown on delinquent water bills and an-thorized coUactkm of rah hills lee 8CH00LWAIJU Fag 21 Rlatfonn 1 leauBy USCitfC iWircsec-I i-N-MIAMI BEACH Fla! (AP) ''vjv'j on the southwestern Dtf dunar director of OS Meriden Health Depart-mentsakl She bu received for-mal' approval of her request for aState-Dartmeqt of Comtnu- Citing state statutes and tire City Charter which charged the Board of! Education -with' the maintanance-and jpontrol of alj Qt PlanBoard flank and drove them off their hilltop positions The enemy occupied foe out- By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS' Th foreeWta Boeing 727 were instrumental to overseeing the final product 4- For: all concerned it trepre-entsarveryrobviousachieve-ment in interagenw and commercial coperstta for the good of the community forces -in tire clinic are equally proud and excited about LEO LEARY first tar name aware? of the -clinic through the Cboununity Agency and through the auccesa of the present Neighborhood Healtir Services program Being awars of it we decided tn contribute to this good cayse 1 represents a part of bur (ttnpaay! total commitment to the community fo whkdi we operate Our poQcy giving to tiiose projects titathave abroad scope end broad interpsL -i all- think tfae mobile center is wooderfuL Dr Bohan and those who assistedftaf a marvelous job first ifoeoiv-celving of the' clinic' tbi in ovetseeing its execution get MOBILE CLINIC Page 18 nifoT Affaire grant to provide an electroencephalograph rhadiine posts and the troopers called in air strikes to blast the tarty said tta two meq talked for about 18 minutes r-McGovern- alrtady had toen-looktog to others for Kennedy has repeatedly -renounced any candidacy for national office to 1972 si-ifM Tta Democrel en Sen George McGovern a platform liberal1 enough to embrace most of the de-prived minorities and too litar-af to suit msUy businessmen 1 III lUlh HWIIjr UUWIIaWUBlBae- Airlinesrptaneen route from Philadelphia to New York and an American Airiines plana hreded from Oklahoma aty- to Dallas were hijacked Wednesday night separate schooi buikitogs- McGddrkk called decision unjustifiable and illegal abuse of the power of your office L- la a tetter to tin Mavot dated Wednesday McGoldrick also explained the school jtab sta todeny use of the kkasa V' The final version adopted At Plabning f' Commlsskm Incidents a coupl1- of hours isE i- i Paris Talks! Opening PARIS: (AP) Vtetnam peaee taikq resume Thursday with no concrete sign of an early settlement but' a feag of optimism is to the air i-'f dawn- by the national ccn-vention: promises immediate And so the only question left for- Democratic convention 1 wu tta sdeettan of No man to run with McGovern Tta delegates were sure to rat Ify whomever McGovern chooses at foe closing sesstan ThurdaynighLi i teen ntbertog center: 't1 In-' ajalal -jalatsd devetainent an amUoqieter and vision tes-lngOqiment or the new lealth unJt 'Detalls of the knot will te avatabto later dm The 25Jffoot tag clinic to the moat modern of Its kind available ItvraSjdonated to thd dty by the lnternitional folve? Co argdy through tbs work of Dr a Community Action Aggncy Executivs Director-' James Rice and Company Vice President toChirgs of Personnel Leo Letry Sanitarlan Jack MiQcofsky and Supervisor Of Mrl 'AnitavDiicu wasapproaehingKennedy-airport to New York When foe hijacking occurred authorities ssid returned to FMla-delphla and circled for an hour white pffictoto trie' to decide What tojdbtt1 It landed just before pm EDT at the airport which was closed to all other flights- Passengers and crew remained ahcnzdA National spokesman sid an jlAnny plane brofit parachutes "to the airpmi There: was ho woftl about what ammgenents'71f: any! were bring made to deliver the moa- About an hour and half after 'the' ptaMlaledthe air-port' control tower rqorted part In both cases foe hijackers demanded money and para Tb alr plrecy eame- only a week after two planes -on the Wert Court ware hijacked within 24 hours Stricter searches on all commuter' flights )rpre orderedtyj President Ntozm after lart weekto events The National jet'Which carried 113 passengers was1 hijacked by two men who zeport-edlyrdemanded S600000 to American currency 521000 in Mexican peso1 and three pare- rhtifmw- 4 MINIVIIJ A 1 ft i McGovern watched on tsfe vjstan-- in 1 his penthouse suite two'1 miles Taway as 'tta con vention -voted Mm triumph to an'18-monfo nomination quest that he began a knety poilti cal Outsider This wu '-foe (rffidaltabuto tion rrf aroU call that took Xr mor6 thin in hour and a even though foe issue wan Set tied at the stroke of midnight: McGovernr 16495 11 Sen Henry M' Jackson of Washington: 48861 Gov George -Wallace of Alabama: 377 JO I -A-i withdrawal from Vietnam federal income -payments to replace the welfare system and support of school taring But as if to cohrirm the stock visible anxiety the 7 South'-Dakota Apopullsfs emergence 'as 'the1 Democratic nominee It also calls for Antitoflatitoi 'contruto over Kofits dividends interest earnings and execidivA Salaries wdLto wages and prices -A gradukted -corporate In-come tax to steepen the gate of big --tnmgeraiUlmoMpalylaws to up large con-omerates found to violate tta antitrust i -Action to i Shared rmonqpdtaf suchu auto steel and tire industries whidi administer prices create unemployment through restrict-edemputand -stifte technological irmovation" 1 7- The United States has reported intensive diplomatic activity behind foe 'scenes 'since if suspended the talks May 4 On the 'eve of the1 150fo session of the conference that be-gan years ago foe public positions of the United States and South Vietnam bne aide and North Vietnam and the Vfet Cong on the other -zw-1 mahied peta Once- again however there appeared to be prospects of Secret talks tayund the semi-public plenary sessions at the International Conference Center near foe Ardr-of Triumph The United States haaconrtantiy favored private 'talks over foe plenary sessions which Washington feels have almost always reverted to fufila exchanges vwent hip ctoeed session: Wed-netday totelk over the person rlitiei and dollars Involved to land transactions that will be part flf Avdoptog the proposed 120-acre Pomeroy Avenue Industrial Part? Plana for the park which were presented to toe commission at the tost meeting in June call for -abandoning original plani to buy-out ajurdocate kva property owners residing on about five acres In the area eommtostaners voted unanimously to 'call the secret session after Mayor Abrshsm Grossman had appeared bey fore them earlier to the evening and urged them not to hesitate go into executive session when discussing personalities or money Grossman also weir corned the new board and told -i them- his dow was always open for guidance if needed j-Tta commission voted urnuri-: mous approval of plans for safe-ty sidewalks feeding to the new L- iiuki Elementary School el- jer Grossman asked the mem- bars personally for their over tha police radio that the plane was Aut of furi and with-Sm 2 PLANES Pag 28 to -r1 v-t- Music Wednesday Grossman said ta would assume 'retoooslbiHty for any damage to school pnStty to connecttawitiithe operitiion of foe Rap Ure- mayor oxpreseed'xoh-fidence tbat he would not be let down by the youths using the center He also said ta fou to open: another rep center on foe east side near Maloney High At a Monday meeting of foe Board of Pnblic Safety the Ma-yor had refused to honor foe school request to: use police to patrol foe lot The text of McGrtdrlck'i tetter to the mayor follows: 1 "The Board of Education at ife meeting: pn July 11 1172 considered your memorandum to Dr Magntih dated July 16 1972 or foe above subject Your decision is totally unaccepta The Board of is charged by state statute and local- charter with foe maintenance and control of all school buildings and grounds Including Set SCHOOL BOAKD- Pags 1 -iJt i i'A i1 i 'Vj uV if- Robert: Cyr a' Platt School music teacher wu ap-: pointed music supervisor of the Meriden school system during iffeucutlvt aeseta: of the Board of Education Tuoday -cyr who has been teaching tnuide in the city's schools since IM7 Will replace Walter Angus sriio retired from the port this spring rTbe board alstf accepted res- High Rep Shirley Chisholm of New 10145'1 'j -'J The balance of tha delata votes were scattered among right other candidates' with a' 7 handful going to Kennedy ist-'1 though his name's wu' nnt placed ta nomination' 7 -V- MIAMI BEACH Fla" (AP-Sen Georgs ported -Angry demonstrators Three Die In Belfast trttordijon the' key kiua-(fietnam 1 "I dont have any doubt-that srithin 90 days of my to-' -The stodc-markrtlafteril foreedsy sinking' spell as bid for the nomination surmounted' Ms threatened loss of a Mg Mock of Cali- See PLATFORM Pegs 19 who had tovaded Ms hotri tabby and told them Wednesday night that he'had not shifted hb positional any of the BELFAST (AP Thousands of Orangemen marched on Wednesday to commemorate the lTfo Century tattle that established Protestant power' to On Ms night of triumph tha senator from i1 South Dakota' Sea MCGOVERN Page 21 including Vietnam Baseball We are expediting this matter We want the sidewalks in before school opens in the foil -before anyone-gets tart -f be Iff if On The Inside i Wallingford AMERKAN1EAGUE Northern Ireland A huge Brit-bh-security operation kept the marches'from erupting Into clashes wifo Romani Catholic militants-" NewRSlS Clevdaed 8 CMeago' jl KaasuCUp 11Brttimree 4- Mssesota 7 JMDvautae 1X1 Detrait I Trees 1 Amuumanh i 22 Beilis'- 2 Bridge Column 28 Cteuifi sd Ads 294 1 Comidr 28" 21 itetsegaMMOiM Crossword Punli 70tUaad I ignstionb from Miss Jean Gar- ray of Thomas Hooker School and Mrs Ervine Pellegrini of i PlaftT A-feave xt ataeaca-mar-granted ip Mire Pamela Ktane-dy of Iincoln Ifoldto School' Hale Miss Lenore- Zavagiia to John Barry School and Mrs Bitten Harris to Thomas Hooker Also' Mrs Marianne Sivonda and George -Luca toJeffenoa Middle -Sdiba 'tad Gregory Smith xto Waritagtoai: Middle School XW-r- In 1968 Cyr 1 was! named Educator -of foe ypn bf the on augureticnf every American troop and every American soldier-will ta home and foe pledge I McGovern aid i McGoverii who was surrounded by Secret Service men wts'booed when he: said hq would not sign a bill providing life Imprisonment- for amr officer wta miirxleri a bladi MeMpafrAmericu other minority group member Tta meeting climaxed a 8-hour 15-mimUt demonstrattan during 71 which the protesters blockaded stabwsys anddevn-tors''-' Si' 9 iSytifX-- Another group of about i00 demonstrators convened on Convention Hilt and set up See PROTESTORS Pngs II 1 Responding to shouted questions from foe nofeycrowd McGovern clad ln an open-nedmd patterned qNXte feidit told1 the' tare to hreiLwtatjwi Jtoy tp He conceded -there were bound to be some differences of opinion but added: want to say to you that Pm not shifting my position on any of tha fundamental stands Stashing Just hours before lie was to to nominated as the presidential nominee the South Dakota senator sought to reassure tha -demon- -S ROBERT CYR mayor arid -Grossman laid the commit-slonert ldUnarept on the'1 cost of tile iproject frith gpffftUdnM in a day or two He said the cost which has been estimated at from 180000 to 875000 'will be made pUbUc after the bidding process to complete He told the board money will be made avail- -v v- The commissioners reviewer detailed plus drawn by the city engineering depeitment for ajdevalks on dearview Avenue Gale Avenue Hanover Street New Hanover Avenue and Oak See PLAN BOARD Page 23 New Ysrk Crtifarnls 6 1 -NATIONAL LEAGUE Ctaetaaatl 8PUdtorgh 8 Lss Aegdss I FMbdsIpMs I SL Lsais Atiaata 8 Su-Disge I Mortredg: Houston II Chicago JW-" New York 4 Sea Freadsee i Financial Stocks1 '7 Have You Soon 22 Halt HeipUsV 14 Horoscope -a1) 2B Intshiational Outlook 4 Sports ll 17 Suburban IB 27 Th Sonior Ferutin 11 WaOingfad 2427 Probua CtobHe wps selected vbte-by tiie public-school teachers for Ms caatritatta to education-irtteiert ta-commo- Bur gunmea shot dead three youths -lSyearoid mentally handictqqied boy keeping sectarian tension much to evidence the1 death toll to-three yean of sectartan strife to af 'teart 20J i' I In Londonderry a 206-pound gelignite bomb blasted dozens of shops and "Ufices -to tta downtown area British troops defused another of equal size 1 lq' Belfast- troops and guer-rillu traded fire to a series of ikinnishes Hi jack Suspect Held Sea BOARD NAMES Pag 2 To i s-- to question who are uname tor handle their awn money t-' rir-1 p' i t-- 1 some delegates Wednesday tta national AFL-QO board at Us Aug 2728 meeting' morning of over-zealous -I Richard Hennessey' acting -aairman of foe Planning'' and 2tooing Commisskxr said Wednesday be to considering a plan to change the format of public hearings to prevent dtocusrions from exceeding normal time limits He Also said he will ask Town Attorney Robert Billings for a legal opinion to determine whether tbe commlsikn hearings can ta myourned to isnofo-er date -Hennessey commenting oo some of the criticism levelled at the commission following1 Monday night's hearing on Attorney Edward application for an amendment to allow dog racing in Wallingford sajd he and hi colleagues also were concerned over tta length of the hearing I--It started shortly after 8 pjn and continued until 1:50 ajn nearly matching the-record for any commission hearing But on fhe basis of new approach it to considered likely that- tta former ground rules Will to revised to provide proponents and opponents equal time' for their presentations along with an adjournment time Hennessey said tta commis-Sea NEW RULES Figa II with: the necessities of life If they are -unable to budget for Others argue with equal vehemence that it to wrong to Interfere in the spending of welfare families and that to do so keeps them' dependent whta to not the purpoee of welfare Until Aug 1 when foe Family Assistance Plan (flat grtnt) is many hills do go unpaid Shutoffs for them are begun or forestalled but it is always a threat Two kinds -of direct payments may ta made by foe welfare department When there is: evidence of serious financial mismanagement protective payments can be instituted' In an emergency situation restricted vendor payments can ta put maneuvering by the McGoyernites during foie ptotfoiyn battle1 'As your-chairman I fed 1 have an obligation to try -to make our party stronger for election Bailty said think we can One of major Jackson blocs consisted of fos labor SANT FRANCISCO (AP) -The FBI arrested a 29-yearold Bulgarian immigrant Wednesday to connection wifo' tire July 8 hijacking of a Pacific 'Soutto west Airlines jet to which both hijackers end a passenger were slain'! 7' Robert' Gebhardt special FBI agenf to said Lutamir Peichev wu arrested white at work in Oakland Calif -on charges of aiding and abetting aircraft' piracy condracy to commit extortion- and con-qpiracy to commit aif piracy On July two men identified as Dimitr1 Alextov and Michael Azmanaff both Bulgarian nationals were fatally shot by FBI agents while they held 79 passengers and five crew members hostage at' gunpoint aboard is Boeing 737 Jet at San Francisco International implemented families are given By SUSAN APPEL Several months ago a Meri-dedkiamHy of three qtont -a week to their small east-side flat with no heat and lights The fomiiy-warnot suffering because of a power failure or because of a poor landlord They had simply not paid their utility bfos for a few months The family is one of less than one-tenth of few per cent of foe Connecticut flight and Power 44751 diente whose power i shut off each year But unlike many of the shut-offs they are recipients of state welfare There are many who will argue that ifiis almost criminal for the state to give people money! without giving them foe necessity help to taming how' to use money properly spd With- MIAMI BEACH Fla TVrentyne Connecticut Democrats refused to follow tta lead of State Chairman John Bailey Wednesday When Briley cart Ms veto for Sen Georve McGovern for foe presidential nomination Twenty of tta votes went to Sen Henry Jackson of Washlngtoa ooe to former North Carolina Gov Terry San tod and 30 to McGovern going to need every damn person with us if ghg to win to November iley told tiw Connecticut dris-gtk to a meeting at foe American Hotel 1 am not going to be silent If say pushing or "The national board to toe only body that can endorse any- -'r one to he said However foe Coraiscflcnt Com trittee on PollticaL Education COPE) can: endMie icon gresrionri candidates end will probably do so after Os nation- ri board meets Driscoll uid Driscoll arid he tad to coosid-er his baric constituency itt do-11 riding how to cart Ms vote a5 tta convention 'TIta reactions had so far art of consider- able resentment egatart McGtv candidacy" ta said "And- of resentment against some of his See BAILEY Pag 21 union representatives I'm -going to vote1 for TODAY bitbcroR Church --PoddockAvtflM 1W5 ro 5:30 pm rand Ntksne a specific allocation for utilities as well ee for- other budget items At that point they must arrange tbfeir own budgets by or 'trifoVasmall mount of guidance from a welfare worker It is believed that gll protective payments will atop with the new system Nq matter jww miicb foe state Urges responsibility town tn families' llke the one Into effect The latter to most often used to forestall a utilities shutoff since this to foe only way foe utility company can ta assured bills will be kept up Both Irving Wessman district manager for the CLAP end Arthur Boutilltor offfoe manager of the local QLAP office advocate protective payments and See NO VENDOR Figs 88 "Scoop1 dene President John Driscoll of Bridgeport trid newsmen 1 Driscoll -said the Connecticut could tut endorse presidential candidate but had to rdy on thq action taken fay 'it j- Ttare out dirertqit furnishing them comiHima.

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