The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 1

jfonsae (Dtu 25c Tuesday August 12 1980 Metropolitan Edition Kennedy withdraws after losing rules vote AMorltUd PrM Sen Edward Kennedy accompanied by his wife Joan announces Monday night that he it withdrawing from the presidential race By Walter Mean AP SpacMf CvrMpondM NEW YORK President Jimmy Carter was guaranteed renomination Monday night In a quick and dramatic finish to Sen Edward challenge Kennedy saying "I'm a realist" withdrew as a candidate after his defeat was sealed at the Democratic National Convention The end of the Kennedy campaign came swiftly after Carter cemented his command of a delegate majority by winning a vote on a rule requiring delegates to support the candidate on whose slate they were elected President Carter forces have won an impressive victory" Kennedy told repoiWs have just called President Carter My name will not be placed in nomination He added: "My efforts for Democratic principles must continue Kennedy did not endorse the Democratic ticket but Carter and his aides were working to get the senator support Robert Strauss Carter's campaign chairman said his staff and would working through the night" to resolve their remaining differences While the delegates clinched Carter's victory Kennedy watched from his Waldorf Astoria Hotel headquarters as his last long-shot chance of cracking the president's majority was undone Then he conceded saying that he saw no reason to continue the challenge Kennedy said he would address the convention as scheduled when it takes up the party platform today "The effort on the nomination is over" he said "But the efforts over Democratic principles must and will continue I continue to care deeply about the ideals of the Democratic Party" Carter won easily in the pivotal opening night teat that closed the only comeback route left to Kennedy and assured that the president will again lead the Democratic ticket With the adoption of the rule that cemented his hold on a delegate majority Carter clearly had the nomination won In effect it was winner-take-all in the rules contest that began the business and ended the suspense at the Democrats' four-day stand at Madison Square Garden The rule that became the issue reads this way: "All delegates to the national convention shall be bound to vote for the presidential candidate whom they were elected to support for at least the first convention ballot unleu released in writing by the presidential candidate Delegates who seek to vt- See CONVENTION Page A-5 Col 1 Nothing to do but admit defeat Campaign dies a quiet death when he announced that he would not allow his name to be placed in nomination Mias Siegel knows that but it seemed to help to uy it There were no tears from these Kennedy backers The young volunteers all over this city undoubtedly would provide thou But these people the people still committed to three days at the convention still committed to party jobs back home these people knew it was just a fact of life that Ted Kennedy had nowhere else to go He a big man and this wu a big thing to do dropping out I mean" said Ed Thrachter a Worcester Mass backer of the Kennedy! for many years shown a lot of character in this campaign He knew it wu pointleu now He already had had the impact on the platform that he wanted "And I'm sure he will continue to See REACT Page A-4 Col 1 They knew he had to go But some know where they would go It was hopeless ready to admit that now" said Ms Wallace Albertson a California delegate she walked toward the hall's big doors "But I'll still vote for him when they call the roll what I came here for and I'll do it "I'm not so sure what I'll do in the fall" But she wu sure It had felt good to say she but she couldn't let it stand So she returned seconds later to clear the record didn mean that go for Carter" the uid "It just doesn't feel right" Her friend Paula Siegel agreed But she swore she would go that last step "They passed the rule" Ma Siegel said They made the rule bound to Kennedy remember She isn of course Kennedy immediately released all his delegates By Robert Unger National CorrMpondam NEW YORK None was surprised not this time All the bad that has come to them over the months all the rain that has fallen since that bright cool day in Boston lut fall all of it prepared them So Edward Moore Kennedy 's faithful just sat back in their chairs quietly or they shuffled slowly off the floor The Kennedy campaign died with no fanfare just horrible I'm terribly disappointed" said Rom Nagle of Hawthorne NJ she ut alone after hearing her champion had quit "I just didn't think he would withdraw so quickly But 1 guess he didn't have any choice did At last after hearing it preached at them so steadily for months the Kennedy rank and file were ready to listen at least to the realities of politics Carol Coe (left) and Carter whip Phil Curls both of Freedom Inc of Kansas City listen as delegates voted Monday night to reject a rule allowing an open convention I Carlin switches stand at last minute Delegation remains loyal to president joined Kennedy supporters and uncommitted delegates in voting to open up the convention Her action wu a protest against a pro-abortion plank in the proposed Democratic platform being debated today Mrs defection however was offset by John Lawler an uncommitted delegate from St Louis County who jumped to the Carter side Two possible threats that might have dented the Carter majority failed to materialize Three Carter delegates allied with Freedom Inc a political organization in Kansu City's black community stayed with the See MISSOURI Page A-5 Col 5 By Mark Schlinkmann Miatoufi Ponttponflgnf NEW YORK Weeks of back-scratching sweet-talking and politi cal maneuvering by Missourians who favored a rule allowing a so-called open Democratic National Convention amounted to virtually nothing Monday night President Jimmy commanding majority in the state's delegation held firm against the proposal The Missourians' vote was 57 against an open convention and 20 for The edge wu the same Carter lead in commitments within the delegation total vote shows Carter has a very affective campaign organiza- By Rick Atkinson National Corraapondwe NEW YORK Kansu Gov John Carlin took a deep breath swallowed hard and abruptly ended his two-week flirtation with a so-called open convention Monday night by toeing the Wliite House line Bowing to intense political pressure Carlin waited until the lut instant to oppoM a change in the convention rules that would have freed delegates on the first ballot from their commitments to a presidential candidate The governor then announced to the convention that Kansu had voted 20 to 17 against the open convention concept joining the majority of Demo- Even before the final tally 19384 to 1JS06 wu announced from the podium Kansu delegates supporting Sen Edward Kennedy who had pushed for "opening up" the convention donned black armbands to protest the vote cut and dried If we could turn in a paper ballot tonight we could all go home" muttered Kansu coordinator Pat Lehman "This wu construed a loyalty test It wasn't really necessary since Carter had enough delegates to win anyway still trying to figure out why they did Two other influential Kansans who publicly had considered voting for an See KANSAS Pag A-4 Col 1 MISSOURI DELEGATES tion" said a pleased Charles Curry the Kansu City businessman who is co-chairman of the Missouri Carter campaign Curry wu not a delegate himself but was involved heavily in the drive to blunt lobbying efforts by supporters of Sen Edward Kennedy and uncommitted delegates for the so-called open rule which would have freed delegates from commitment made to presidential candidates during caucuses and primary elections There wu one switch in the Missouri vote One Carter delegate Frances Noonan of St Louis County KANSAS DELEGATES crats in quashing the proposal and ensuring President Jimmy Carter's nomination "I didn't change my mind" Carlin said "I made up my mind I made my decision on what wu best for the president and not because of pressure I deny the existence of pressure though" Carlin and other Carter loyalists are irritated at the Carter campaign team They think the president's people overreacted mismanaged the politics of the situation and blew an opportunity to allow divided delegations such Kansu' to unify Ber gland aide advised crop official to retire By David Hayes Federal NWraVWitar i960 The Kaneae CHy Tlmee James Deal the manager of the Federal Crop Insurance Corp wu advised to retire by a top aide to Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland one day before Deal wu scheduled to be informed of charges against him The Kansas City Timet hu learned As a result of the advice Deal a political appointee and longtime close associate of Bergland submitted a letter requesting retirement for medical reasons shortly before he would have been charged with misconduct in office highly placed sources within the Agriculture Department said The charges were drawn up by Agriculture Department investigators in connection with the establishment of a of unwanted Republican administrators in the crop Kansu City office Bergland hu been reviewing the investigative report on the agency for two weeks The report charge the managers with illegal personnel practices but did not include any evidence of criminal wrongdoing All of the managers work in Washington As a result of Deal's announced retirement Bergland told The Times on Monday night no charges will be lodged against Deal retirement benefits will not be jeopardized because the request for retirement came before charges were filed Bergland said It wu learned Monday that Deal would retire and three other top agency officials were being forced out of office for misconduct and misfeasance in office A formal announcement of the actions was scheduled for this morning Bergland confirmed Monday night that one of his aides Clifford Ouse See AGENCY Page A-4 Col 4 KC viewers to get a taste of pay TV Rival companies reach an agreement on using Channel 62 By Steve Nicely BroedcutCrttc After almost three years two companies that have been vying for permission to operate Kansu City lut remaining commercial television channel apparently have cleared the way for a new method of programming Under current plans viewers who will be within reach of Channel 62's UHF signal thou in Cut day Jackson Platte and Ray counties in Missouri and Johnson Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties in Kansu will be able to buy cable-style programming without a cable hoekup The new station could go on the air within 18 to 24 months Both applicants for Channel 62 had planned to offer subscription television Subscription stations sell pay-TV programs major sports events and first-run movies without commercials during prime time by sending out a scrambled signal Paying customers unscramble the signal with decoding equipment in the home During the day the subscription stations broadcast a normal signal with programming that is characteristic of any independent station such as Channel 41 Subscription stations earn profits from commercial adver-tisers during the day and from pay-TV subscribers at night To solve the three-year standoff over Channel 62 one of the interested See TV Page A-4 Cel 4 West Side residents gather outside the office of School Superintendent Robert Wheeler on Monday night Inside Vol112No291 50 Pages Angry West Side group takes over Kansas City school board offices from Jefferson City early today and About 20 people staged a sit-in in the protesters said they wanted to meet Departments Movie A-8 A-9 Editorials A-10 Metropolitan B-l B-12 You B-8 B-9 TVRadio B-9 Deaths B-10 Comics B-ll Classified B-13 B-20 The Farm Times C-l-C-8 Sports D-l D-4 Business D-5-D-10 The weather Mostly sunny today with southeasterly winds 5 to 10 miles an hour is the National Weather Service forecast for Kansas City and vicinity High around 90 Low near 70 Details on Page B-4 Thought for today Two things are bad lor the heart: running up stairs and running down people Baruch I lobby of the Kansu City Board of Education building late Monday It wu the second building to be occupied since the board decided last week to close the West BusinessManagement Center The sit-in at the offices at 1211 McGee began after about 30 people marched and others drove 1 miles from the occupied West high school where a rally wu held to protest the school 's closing Chanting Wheeler must go" (he meet with the demonstrators TV protesters at the school district offices first were told that they would be allowed to stay in the building but about midnight Everett Copeland the district security director said they would have to leave However by early today they remained inside waiting for Boesch Mayor Richard Berkley who spoke to the protest leaden by phone urged them to go home and said "Meetings See WEST Page 4 Cel 1 with Superintendent Robert Wheeler and planned to remain in the offices until this morning The demonstrators called for a meeting with Wheeler and Edward Scaggs the board president to ask them to rescind or reconsider their decision to clou West at 1936 Summit State Rep Paul Rojas notified Missouri Gov Joseph Teasdale's staff of the sit-in Gene Boeecfa legal counMl wu to fly to Kansu City.