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v- (THE Morning KANSAS CITY STAR) ll ci it it a £1 Cti it VOL 104 NO 267 Eagleton Is No 2 on new tank the Army wants to McGovern felt comfortable with Senator Eagleton as a Weill explained the people he had under consideration Eagleton was as well qualified if not better qualified to succeed to the Asked what Eagleton would add to the ticket Mankiewicz said young 42 a Roman Catholic a vigorous campaigner and an outstanding Eagleton along with Sen Stuart Symington and Gov Warren Hearnes originally had supported Sen Edmund Muskie for the nomination But Mankiewicz reminded reporters that Eagleton had supported McGovern in the crucial California delegate dispute After the announcement of his selection Eagleton went to the Doral Hotel and after battling the crowds and cameramen in the lobby managed to make his way to suite Eagleton told reporters He said he was sitting in his hotel room about 3 figuring that inasmuch as he had not been called the decision on a running mate already had been made Then at 3:40 he said he got a call from McGovern Asked how he felt in the new atmosphere of crunching crowds Eagleton said used to play football so used to There was evidence that McGovern and his aides went through an agonizing process in arriving at a final selection Tension and suspense were thick all day around the Doral Hotel Kirby Jones a press aide told reporters at an 11 news briefing that a See EAGLETON on Next Page By John Cauley Chlf of Tho Star's Washington Bortau Miami Beach Sen Thomas Eagleton of Missouri was chosen yesterday by Sen George McGovern Democratic presidential nominee to be his vice-presidential running mate The selection of Eagleton 42 a Catholic a liberal handsome and articulate was somewhat of a surprise although his name had been mentioned in speculation for the job for several weeks The announcement on Eagleton was made to reporters at 4:08 (Miami Time) by Frank Mankiewicz a top adviser to McGovern at a session that had been building in suspense since early in the morning Basically the criteria set by McGovern for a vice-president are to have the ability and qualifications to become President if such an eventuality occurs and to share philosophy Mankiewicz declined to specify the others whose names had been considered in the final selection process yesterday The job first was offered to Sen Edward Kennedy but he rejected it Sen Abraham A Ribicoff of Connecticut said he had turned down an invitation by McGovern He said several weeks ago McGovern had suggested he think about the No 2 spot Ribicoff explained he might consider the offer attractive if he were 48 instead of 62 years old Gordon Weill a top McGovern campaign aide said Eagleton was one of seven finalists Eagleton shares position on the Vietnam War and was an early supporter of the McGovern-Hatfield amendment to end the war He also has been a leader in seeking military budget cuts concentrating on eliminating a Call Ends Tense Wait at Missouri delegates as he left his Miami Beach hotel yesterday At left are two St Louis dele- gates State Sen Robert Young and Mrs Bar- bare Mueller (Star photo by Kenneth Palk) Sen Thomas Eagleton of Missouri makes the lr IClVfy sign for victory after being chosen as Sen A 1 1 ml Ai George McGovern's vice-presidential running ll 1M0 Vr 3 mae on the Democratic ticket Eagleton grinned Long while assuring that those unable winning record at the polls and BULLETIN The Weather Mostly sunny warm and humid today with light southerly winds is the National Weather Service forecast for Kansas City and vicinity Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance for thundershowers Partly cloudy and less humid tomorrow Precipitation probabilities 20 per cent today and 30 per cent tonight High today in the lower 90s Low tonight around 70 High tomorrow in the middle 80s sary that the country be militarily strong He pledged that will never be a second-rate The nominee admitted that the party had had its and at this convention but he said that he the contrast with the smug dull and empty event that will take place in Miami next He said that anyone who might have doubts about the ability of the Democratic Party to work together should underestimate the power of Richard Nixon to bring harmony to Democratic The reference was to complaint to the press after his losing race for governor of California On domestic issues McGovern called for a program to America back to McGovern who will face President Richard Nixon in November appeared before the of the which had given him its highest honor after a remarkable come-from-be-hind campaign In a speech of acceptance prepared for delivery he reaffirmed his determination to end the war in Vietnam 90 days of my he said American soldier and every American prisoner will be out of the jungle and out of their cells and back home where they Recalling some of President past remarks McGovern said that he had no secret plan for peace but rather a public one: will halt the senseless bombing of Indo-China on Inauguration He asserted however that an age of nuclear power and hostile it is neces to work should have "an income sufficient to assure a decent He urged a system of national health insurance and fair and just tax is a depletion allowance for oil he said no allowance for the depletion of a body in years of The convention was running nearly three hours behind schedule when the nominations for vice-president began They were in order drawn by lot The first to be nominated was Endicott Peabody ex-governor of Massachusetts who has actively campaigned for the office under the slogan idea whose time has Eagleton was the second to be named He was nominated by Kenneth Gibson mayor of Newark who reviewed the Miami Beach The Democratic Convention nominated Sen Thomas Eagleton of Missouri for vice-president at 12:37 am Kansas City time By Bill Vaughan Associate Editor of The Star Miami Beach In another marathon session the Demo-c a i National Convention moved toward the final gavel early this morning It had its ticket coupling two middle-American liberals Sen George McGovern of South Dakota and Sen Thomas Eagleton of Missouri Although Eagleton had been named three hours before the scheduled opening of the convention as personal choice for vice-president other names were presented Noon 1 pm 2 pm 3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm 7 pm Unofficial dential nomination 15 hours ear lier said with characteristic directness that he wanted Eagleton to be his running mate I accept before you can change your Eagleton said With the acceptance the 42-year-old Missourian renewed a constant quest for higher office that began in 1960 when he left the elective office of circuit attorney in St Louis to seek election as Missouri attorney general It continued with his election as lieutenant governor in 1964 and his election to the US Senate in 1968 call came during a depressing day for the senator who was staying at the Ivanhoe Hotel with the Missouri delegation to the Democratic national convention The Missourians were quarrelsome and part of the bitterness had been directed toward Eagleton Quips included harsh remarks that Eagleton would face trouble See QUICK on Next Page By Henry Clay Gold A Member of The Star's Staff Miami Beach Sen Thomas Francis Eagleton spent the longest day of his life yesterday in a hotel room waiting and hoping for the telephone call that would be heard across a nation It came The junior senator from Missouri slept late asked for breakfast in his room at 10:30 am and changed into a swimsuit Then the wait began with Eagleton lying in the sun on the sixth floor balcony of an ocean-side hotel At 3:40 pm (Miami time) the telephone rang and was answered by Douglas Bennett administrative assistant to Eagleton who called the senator to the phone recognized the Eagleton said in recalling the brief conversation in which he accepted an invitation from Sen George McGovern to become the Democratic candidate for vice-president McGovern who won the presi The river stage at 7:40 pr last night 87 feet Up 3 of foot from 12 hours earlier his sponsorship of liberal measures in the Senate The speeches for Eagleton were warmly received but there was no major demonstration Those nominating other candidates emphasized that in this convention the vice-presidential pick was by apparent prearrangement The last of two seconding speeches for Eagleton was made by Miss Debbie Barber a 20-year-old student from St Louis at the University of Mis- souri-Columbia Miss Barber was an alternate delegate from the 8th Congressional District in 1 Missouri She was chosen to 1 make the speech by McGovern 1 delegates from Missouri A dresser Miss Barber thought she was traveling without the right clothes for a national television appearance 3 She borrowed a dress from Mrs'ij Robert Young wife of a state senator from St Louis County Miss Barber said she has talked to Eagleton a time or i two but she does not know him personally Miss Barber pointed out that 1 Eagleton would be the youngest man the Democrats had nomi- 4 nated for the vice-presidency in 5 120 years Sen Mike Gravel of Alaska appeared as a seconder of his 1 own nomination and was allowed to do so after a brief parliamentary argument He asked the delegates not to allow the vice-presidential decision to be dictated to them instead of Stee Last on Page 13 Phone Sunday Want Ads In 11 am Sat 221-5500 Adv End of Road for Two Highjackers plane to Lake the pilot dived at the Philadel-suffered pelvic fractures and who flew the Jackson after out a window phia airport wrist and rib bruises On Inside Pages line had insufficient security measures In Philadelphia after leaving the plane Gene Burroughs a Los Angeles salesman said: that would have checked with any type of metal detecting device would have found something the size of that A National spokesman in Miami said the airline was not allowed to disclose details of its safety precautions Some passengers criticized Elliott Adams pilot for leaving the plane but he said the jet was nearly out of fuel and he did not want to subject passengers to a crash if the highjackers forced him to take off without refueling Worried Mother Aurora Mo The anx-See HIGHJACKERS on Next Pg Four stewardesses made the flight to Lake Jackson but one escaped when the plane landed The highjacked flight originated in Miami Fla Several passengers complained that the air i Forfeit by Sulking Fischer Sen Carl Curti (R-Neb) calls for a full investigation of organized crime in meat handling and pricing 9A Missourians fighting a proposed 730-million-dollar transportation bond issue ask the secretary of state to determine the validity of petitipns filed to put the proposition on the November ballot I0A George A Haag former aide to Rep James Collins of Texas is found guilty of mail fraud falsifying payrolls and inducing an employee to lie in connection with a kickback scheme 1 6A The Detroit Tigers forge a 6-0 lead early and hold on to score a 6-4 victory over Kansas City in Detroit giving Mckey Lolich the Tigers' left-handed pitcher his 15th victory against six losses 2B Other baseball scores: the the benefit of the rest of letter said Lake Jackson Tex (AP) Two air pirates surrendered at a small airfield here yesterday ending a 21-hour marathon highjacking that began with the forced flight of a jetliner to Philadelphia where the men received a ransom parachutes and a new plane The two men released three stewardesses the only other persons still aboard the National Airlines jet and left the plane holding their hands over their heads The flight engineer and copilot one suffering a gunshot wound and the other badly beaten left the plane earlier The men highjacked the first National jet as it approached New Kennedy Airport Wednesday night They diverted it to Philadelphia where they demanded parachutes $600000 in US currency and $20000 in Mexican currency They received the parachutes and an undisclosed amount of ransom and the 113 passengers were permitted to leave the Boeing 727 But the 3-engine jet lost its electric power and a second 727 was brought to the runway for the highjackers They ordered that plane to Lake Jackson 50 miles from Houston There they were trapped The jet was out of fuel and two of its tires were blown out from the impact of landing The little airport had no jet fuel and its runway was too short for a 727 to take off The men made repeated demands for a small plane to fly them out the other a pistol The FBI flew in a black agent from Baltimore in hopes he could persuade the highjackers both black to give up A Dallas psychiatrist considered an expert on highjack-ings arrived The FBI identified the two men as Michael Stanley Green 34 of Washington and Luseged Tesfa 22 a native of Ethiopia believed staying with Green in Washington Agents in Philadelphia said air piracy complaints against the men would be filed there FBI agents in Texas rushed the men to Houston in separate cars for an appearance before a US magistrate Thomas Jordan Houston agent-in-charge said they finally gave up when realized they were in an untenable position They realized they were going no further and they released the girls He credited a Baltimore agent Lou White with tremendous job in taking these people Jordan said the black agent told the highjackers the crewmen injured were not seriously hurt and that their best bet was to come out with their hands up He told them we knew who they were and that wherever they went in the world they would be Both the flight engineer and the copilot were reported in fair to good condition at a Houston hospital The flight engineer Gerald Beaver 37 was shot in the right side Copilot Norman Regan 34 Jth American League Texes 5 Cleveland 0 Minn 10 Boston 0 (Only games scheduled) National League Clney 2 Pittsburgh 0 St Louis 4 Atlanta 0 Houston 7 Chicago 2 (Only games scheduled) Tho leading editorial: Sen George McGovern having won the nomination starts from behind in the race for the White House The issues in the contest are many and the campaign promises to be lively 18B Reykjavik Iceland Bobby Fischer forfeited chess game with the world champion Boris Spassky staying in his hotel room sulking because of movie cameras in the playing hall The chief referee awarded the game to Spassky by default Fischer drew up a formal protest against the decision and handed it to the referee shortly before midnight His balk for the second time in a 24-game schedule left the score 2 to 0 in the favor This gave Spassky a powerful psychological advantage over Fischer who has never defeated the champion Jivo Nei one of assistants said failure to appear was grave insult not only to the Soviet people but to the whole world world he added dance to Fischer knew before he came to Iceland to play for the world title that the match would be filmed And Chester Fox the promoter who owns the three cameras said they were out of sight and hearing said just knowing they were there bothered Fox said adding later: pity the poor All attempts to get Fischer to the chess where he lost the first game to Spassky Wed-n a proved futile The temperamental US player even turned down an appeal based on his responsibilities as a hero of the The future of the match said the chief referee Lothar Schmid now depends on whether Fischer persists in his walkout Schmid said the International Chess Federation could sf intervene and disqualify the US challenger allowing Russia to keep the world title it has held for 24 years But at the end of the day Schmid said there would be a game Sunday as scheduled The row over the cameras began early yesterday when Fischer said he could not play alongside them in the 2500-seat Sports Palace Fox whose purchase of television and film rights for the match allowed the Icelandic chess federation to offer a record $125000 in prize money said the cameras had to stay In an attempt at compromise attorney Richard Stein! sent Fischer a letter at 5 am appealing to him to at least talk about the problem a folk hero of the Americans you must permit millions of Americans to share this experience with you in their homes for the benefit of chess and fpr -f Fischer ignored the appeal I Ten minutes before the match was to begin Fred Cramer a US Chess Federation official called the match organizers and said Fischer was not coming Spassky entered the hall on time and took his place at the table At game time Schmid started clock as the rules required Spassky looked perplexed At the end of an hour Schmid announced to an angry crowd and gentlemen Mr Fischer did not appear in the Playing hall According to rule No 5 if a player is more than one hour late he loses the game by During the hour there were1 telephone calls back and forth! between the Sports Palace and 1 hotel Thought for Today I am not young enough to know James Barrie author V- Ford Daily rental andor leasing Ford Adv One Industrial Properties Motley Sc Adv a shotgun man carried I.