The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 1

f-UCV John Anderson's Running Scared 16A Bill Hodge Reports On Lippy Leo 4B Sylvia Porter Respects Over-65 Voting Bloc 6B 1 Vf Stye Wichita 76 Pages WICHITA KANSAS 67201 WEDNESDAY JULY 12 1972 Price 10 Cents Bs Wallace's Stiff Photo by Jack Ridley INVESTIGATORS SURVPIY SCENE OP1 FATAL ACCIDENT Andover man 35 died of massive head injuries Rolling Tractor Crushes Worker Near Canal Route Construction KANSANS TOGETHER State Democratic delegates gathered in Convention Hall for action Tuesday night From left: Theda Brown he slipped and fell under the front tire officers said The occupational accident was reported by police officers Robert Circle and John Espinoza who arrived at the scene as Fore was using a two-way radio to ask his office to summon an ambulance By WALTER MEARS MIAMI BEACH Fla (AP) Despite a dramatic appeal from Alabama Gov George Wallace the Democratic National Convention shouted down his proposals Tuesday for more conservative terms in a liberal party platform The planks were being tailored more for Sen George McGovern who strode without major challenge toward the Democratic presidential nomination Sens Hubert1 II Humphrey and Edmund Muskie had bowed to his towering national convention strength and quit the race AMID WAVES of cheers from the convention minority supporting his candidacy the crippled Alabama governor came to the convention in a wheelchair to argue for his views of what the platform should say The convention minority that whooped it up for Wallace provided the only support as eight Wallace planks including a demand that the Democrats call for an end to school busing for racial balance were rejected in a succession of voice votes that dragged into Wednesday morning The platform committee had endorsed some busing as a tool to improve educational opportunity It called also for immediate complete withdrawal of all US combat forces in Indochina while the rejected Wallace plank set the release of American prisoners as a condition for a pullout THE PLATFORM voles demonstrated anew what was evident: The convention power was in the hands of the McGovern forces ages have been available on Amtrak trains in Kansas since July 5 believe basing their case on the Rail Passenger Service Act of Murphy said Ile noted that Section 306 of that act provides that stale laws governing rates routes and service shall not apply to Amtrak trains Moyer said Amtrak interprets this section as exempting Amtrak trains from laws prohibiting the sale of liquor by the drink Flooding Haskell Seward Stevens and Grant counties in the southwest also suffered crop damage mostly in the area where the four southwest Kansas counties meet BE IIARI) for a while to tell exactly how much damage has been said Billy Beeman district soil conservationist The southeast and extreme east central portions of the stale were virtually the only areas which didn't receive precipitation Monday and showers continued to fall over most of the state Tuesday morning and afternoon Amtrak Liquor Illegal Hutchinson Denise Edison Parsons Karen Smith Emporia and Kathy Dreiling and her father Norbert Dreiling Hays (AP Photo) Untied Kansans Plan to Step Aside By AL FOLCZIXSKI Eagle Political Writer MIAMI BEACH Fla Gov Robert Docking said Tuesday he and other uncommitted Kansas delegates to the Democratic National Convention will step aside and allow alternate delegates backing Sen George McGovern to cast their votes Wednesday for the presidential nomination Docking revealed his plans when he was asked by newsmen if he thought Kansas might cast all its 35 votes for McGovern now that it appears the South Dakota senator has the nomination sewed up The governor said he would be on the convention floor Wednesday night for the nominating process but will miss the Thursday night acceptance speeches He will go to Camp Chaffee Ark Thursday morning for a review of the Kansas National Guard unit in summer training STATE CHAIRMAN NORBERT DREILING also indicated he would give up his scat to an alternate Wednesday He said the practice was a traditional courtesy and added that he couldn't think of ary greater honor for a state chairman to pay an alternate delegate on the winning side Dreiling said the matter would be discussed at a caucus of uncommitted delegates Wednesday morning He said it would be left up to each whether they would give up their (Turn to Page 11A Col 1) Ronald Hagar 35 was killed Tuesday when his front-end loader tractor rplled over him Tuesday near the Canal Route construction site at 9th Street Hagar Andover died at the scene of massive head injuries according to District Coroner Robert Daniels Acupuncture Banned By Kansas Board KANSAS CITY Kan (AF) The State Board of the Healing Arts has prohibited doctors in Kansas from using the Chinese acupuncture surgical technique The unanimous action of the 11 members was announced Tuesday by Dr Nash its secretary not condemning acupuncture per Nash said we think there is any place in this country where it has been used or taught enough so anyone can claim proficiency in Another Utility Contractors Inc employe Sidney Fore 52 told police he and Hagar were adjusting the brakes on the tractor about 2:30 pm shortly before the accident occurred Investigators said the men had brought the tractor from the construction silo south of 9th to a closed section of street in the 900 block of north Mathewson to facilitate repairs had it fixed in about 10 or 15 Fore said As Hagar started to climb onto the tractor Fore walked to a nearby truck SAID he heard a scream and turned just to see the front wheel of the tractor run over Hie a police spokesman said The tractor engine was running but the machine was npt in gear officers noted Apparently the tractor started to roll on the slight drainage incline of the street as Hagar stepped aboard and reflection of his support in the convention: cheers and rebel yells from supporters in stales that are his strongest delegates from Florida Texas Michigan But much of the convention listened in silence HIS SPEECH was vintage Wallace: law and order demands for tax reform a protest against foreign aid and mounting welfare costs As he had on a hundred platforms before the shots that cut him down in Laurel Md Wallace denounced asinine senseless busing -of little school i partisans cheered but there were boos elsewhere on the convention floor am here because I want to help the Democratic Wallace said want it to become again the party of the average citizen as it used to be and not the party of the pseudo intellectual snobbery that it has come to BUT IF THE evening's moment of drama belonged to (Turn to Page 10A Col 3) Reno County Hit Bicycle Rider Struck By Grandmother's Car Secret Service agents and aides wheeled Wallace to the microphone He told delegates the average man is frustrated tired of big government The ovation he got in his first major political appearance since a May 15 assassination attempt was a Murphy disagrees: far as I can interpret this thing (Section 306) there's nothing that says they can serve The director and his attorney Boyd (Bud) Evans Jr cited the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution as the basis for their opinion that liquor cannot be sold aboard the Amtrak trains THAT AM END ME NT slates in part transportation or importation into any state territory or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors in violation of the laws thereof is hereby a question and we're looking into Murphy said adding that he intends to contact Amtrak officials about the situation He has no official information that liquor is being served aboard the Amtrak trains in Kansas he said Asked if Amtrak could register its bar ears as private clubs in order to serve liquor in the stale Murphy said that maneuver would not be possible because of requirements of a specific club location Living Council President's Council of Economic Advisers and office of the social assistant to the President for consumer affairs Bray said it is anticipated President Nixon's freeze on voluntary restraints on meat exports announced in late June would bring an 11 per cent increase in meat imports this year The new uppial lo the 12 nations for all the beef they can ship here will boost imports still further above the 11 jirr cent already expected The 12 nations and rxports to the US in 1B71 in millions of j-ounds More rain was predicted for Wichita Wednesday in the wake of summer thunderstorms that swept across the state Tuesday causing some flash flooding and heavily damaging crops in southwest Kansas Minor flash flooding was reported Tuesday night about 14 miles west of Hutchinson after a local downpour which bypassed that city From The Topeka Bureau TOPEKA The stale alcoholic beverage control director EVD Murphy said Tuesday it is illegal to sell liquor by the drink on passenger trains passing through Kansas position was outlined in the wake of a report Monday that liquor is being offered for sale aboard Amtrak passenger trains traveling through Kansas Glen Moyer Kansas sales representative for Amtrak said Monday alcoholic bever- by Flash counties near the Colorado line beginning Sunday night caused flash flooding Monday afternoon leaving some low-water bridges under water and severely damaged sorghum corn and some wheat crops Jack Wilson Wichita County extension agent said the heaviest damage was reported in the northwest corner of the county and encompassed an area of about nine square miles in that area was 80 to 100 per cent crop he said to corn sorghum and some Wilson said that the loss could be attributed to heavy rain and hail CROP DAMAGE estimates in Graham and Gove counties had not been determined Monday but James Scott Graham County extension agent said heavy rains large hail and heavy winds were the culprits in that area haven't been out to view the crops yet but some areas have been severely he said of the wheat has been harvested so the damage was mainly to corn and Today's Forecast WICHITA -Showers High 88 low 72 KAXSAS-Chance of thunderstorms central and cast Highs to low 90s Map table on Page 13B Cyclists Win First Round Over Helmets Picture on 3A By DOLORES QU1XLISK Eagle Staff Writer Wichita motorcycle enthusiasts won what they called a Tuesday over federal encroachment on their civil rights They persuaded the city commission to kill on second reading a city ordinance that would have required all riders to wear helmets and cyoshiclds and install turn signals on their cycles The state law on which the ordinance was based still stands however A grandmother driving behind her bicycle-riding granddaughter Tuesday crashed into the young cyclist when her foot accidentally slipped off the car's brake pedal onto the accelerator The grandmother Mrs Alvina Hundley 67 had been following Linda Blevins 13 because she was concerned about her granddaughter's safety according to police Officers said the girl Reno County sheriff's officers said a quarter-mile of K-14 was under water about three-fourths mile south of its intersection with old US 50 (Fourth Street Road) Old US 50 also was reported under water at one point but officers said they had not been able to confirm a report that cars were stranded in the area Heavy rains and hail that plagued Greeley and Wichita Jumble Markets Obituaries Oil News People and Places 13B Radio-TV Logs 7A Sports 2B 4B 5B State News 16A Women's News 12A 6 Parts 8B 6B7B 13B IB IB US Now Seeking Meat Imports stopped for a stop sign at Main and Pawnee when she was struck from behind by her grandmother's auto The car dragged the girl 62 feet across the intersection She was thrown to the side when the vehicle hit the curb The girl suffered severe leg and internal injuries and was reported in serious condition at St Joseph Hospital and Rehabilitation Center estimated pounds at 233 billion WITH A boost of more than 11 per cent in meat imports in the vicinity of 13 billion pounds will be furnished to American consumers with the hope that this will bring down soaring meat prices Bray said the purpose of the President's action in suspending voluntary meat restraints and of the meeting with the 12 nations Wednesday is to encourage a iurthcr supply American market lor meat is now wide open and wc will take all you can send" the spokesman said to iVh Today's Yoiith Index on Page 10A Pope Paul tries unsuccessfully to arrange pri-soncr of war exchange in Vietnam Page 6A 650 Indian graves give way to dam Page 14A Bobby Fischer may have trouble getting draw in first game for chess title Page 17A Four more die in Belfast Page 18A Wichita schools given $79 million Page 20B j' Classified 262-4222 Circulation 268-6344 Australia 6004 i 1 1 i pounds: New Zealand 2509: Mexico 782 Ireland 747 Guatemala 253 El Salvador 30 Honduras 167 Nicaragua 448 Costa Rica 398 Panama 61 Dominican Republic 125 and Haiti 26 It will be explained to the ambassadors that countries which help the United States with larger meat imports will have this factor considered when import quotas for 1973 arc set During 1971 there were 1112 billion munds of meat imported into the United States under the voluntary restraint program Total US production this year is WASHINGTON (AP)-The State Department is calling in ambassadors of 12 major at-exporting countries Wednesday to tell them the American market Is open and we will take all you can Spokesmen Charles Bray III said the aim is to bring down prices of fresh and frozen beef and veal to the American consumers Undersecretary of State John Irwin has asked envoys of the 12 countries to meet at the State Department Wednesday with Treasury Secretary' George Shultz and representatives of the Department of Agriculture Cost of The commission approved the ordinance two weeks ago on first reading to bring city ordinances in conformance with a state law making these requirements FILLING THE commission room in City Hall after the noon break the many of them young and dressed in the popular mode including long hair and waited patiently for two hours to be heard Mayor Jack Shanahan who along with Commissioner Jack Green voted against the motion to kill the ordinance llnrn to Page 3 Col I) i Amusements 14A Billy Graham 20B Classified Ads 13B-19B Ccmics 8B Crossword Puzzle 15A Dear Abby 12A Editorials 4A fl Goren on Bridge 20B Home Town News IB Vol 100 No 194.