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The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 12

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Back Home, S.Dakoians Were Glued To TV Unlet Movie Cameras Removed Fischer Threatens To Call Chess Match With Spassky announced their vote. la Mitchell, some of the citl-Irnry reflected on Itwit pat association with McGovem, -George probably duesnl remember this, but I gave Mm a ride lo his first Democrat political rally after he to.A ever the party In l4. aalJ Dr. Robert McCardle, superintendent of Mitchell schools. McCardle wst a Ukribal and football coach al Dakota Wesleyao University when McGovem was I political act-mce professor al the small school In the early lt.

McCardle said he rememberd ell when MrGovern quit teaching In lM 10 become ecutive secretary of the state Democratic party. -It took a lot of McCardle said. near main street, and la the mam lourtM attract of the town "We were juit drivleg through and saw the tirthpUce and we had to Mop brxauM we were McGovem fans," said Kevin Etttager. 40. a teacher at llaatiflgton lludaon.

N.Y. We saw the party signs fur tonight and had to come." Cheater Fert, a Republican candidate for Ron Homme County commlsaiofler, was at the party and uld he'd been working putting up McGovem signs "Fur Avon. It's the greatest thing that has ever happend." Fees said. "So we had better baik him up." Most of the people tat ot) folding chairs and clapped and cheered as the various states "I'm a Republican and I brought landttlrbet down lonigM." Mid Cleo Ruff, the wife of a farmer, and one of about 17 persona ho gathered for the party. Fifty five miles lo the north In Mitchell, a community of IS.

000 to which Mi Govern moved when a young boy, the atmosphere was grnrratly more serene, but the spirit was there. "He's a little too liberal for me," said bar owner Charle Roberts, tho uld he respected McGovem ability. "I didn't rvalue his organisation was strong enough lo put the big boys down." McGovem vat bom la Avon JO years ago next Wednesday In house that was almost demolished a few years ago. Hut It has been restored and moved lo paused once to wave to the audience, which was applauding Spassky. When the play resumed Wednesday, Spassky had his king, a bishop that controlled Supreme Court Thinks Female Couriers Would Be Awkward' the black diagonals and three pawns.

Fischer was down sing ana nve pawns. thm- thetn loose on the king! One of Spassky'a pawns ened a Fischer pawn. In his first move. Spassky raptured that pawn. Fischer recaptured with his king and the game turned Into an effort by Fischer to push his pawns a square at a time to the last rank under the escort of his king After his walkout, he made an ineffectual sidestep with his king.

In ensuing play alt the pawns on the king's side were lost Fischer shifted his king in a hopeless struggle lo the other side of the board, where two of his pawns and two of Spassky'a blocked each other's passage. Fischer couldn't unblock because Spassky'a bishop could protect his position from long range. Finally, after Spassky's Sftth move his king approached the Jam on the queen's siov 1- gave up. whether Bobby plays," one of Fischer's advisers said todav. With a mailmum of 8 more gamea to be played, Robert Byrne, the second ranking VS.

grandmaster, said Fischer's loss "isnt necessarily all that significant. F-lther of these players can come back and win." A victory yields one point, a draw half a point, and after Wednesday's match Spassky needed II more points In the 24-gsme series to retain his title. Fischer needs IJ't points to end the 24 year Soviet monopoly of the title. Today he plays the white pieces, which gives him the first move and a slight advantage. The first gsme In the match organ Tuesday, and Spassky ad)oumed It after 40 moves with Fischer In bad straits Five minutes after the game resumed late Wednesday after-noun, Fischer stood up, spoke animatedly to chief referee Lothar Schmid of Wrst Germany and strode to a backstage dressing room.

Schmid followed him, and Fischer said he wouldn't continue play unless a movie camera ISO feet from the board was shut off. Schmid said he couldn't order the camera removed. Fischer stayed away for 30 minutes, then rsme back and resumed play. After Spassky's S6th move Fischer resigned. He resched over and stopped the clock after minutes had elapsed, offered Spassky his hsnd.

folded his scorecard and walked out. He By ITtTIIESS BHOKMNU AaaerlaUe' PrM Writer KKYKJAVIK. Iceland (AP) Bobby HichiT lodjy was reported threatening to break off hit world championship chee match tth Bortt Spauky un-les all movie camrru art removed from the playing hall. "It's Quilt serious, lit may not play at all," uld a member of Fischer's entourage aftkrd not to bt Identified. Fischer scheduled lo mwi the world champion from the Soviet L'nkoo later today al I m.

COT for the second fame of their Mfsme match. The American challenger loet the first game Wednesday night. Kite her staged a 30-mlnute walkout shortly after the play began Wednesday, complaining that a movie camera ISO feet away was making him nervous. The camera wat hardly visible In the dimness outside the lighted players' circle, and II could not be heard by Fischer, but aides uld the knowledge of Its presence unnerved him. Chief referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany, who makes the decisions on all contested points In connection with the match, told Fischer during his walkout there was nothing he could do about the camera.

Film and television rights for the match have been sold to an American promoter, and Fischer and Spatsky are to get a share of the proceeds, estimated at a minimum of 177.100 each. "It's up to Lothar Schmid ROTO-HAMMER after a friend, already a meswnger, told her there were two openings. US. Marshall Frank M. Ilrpler (old her she was the first women lo apply for the job, she said.

It as Ilrpler, she said, ho told her a lemale messenger would be "a liability." Bert Whlttlngton. public Information officer for the court, said Ms. Clifford "was never told she couldn't have lob We said it might be a little awkward" He said one messenger job has been filled since Ms. Clifford wss turned away "but he applied ahead of her." "We wenl out of our way to help her find another Job." Ry MARGARET MIIEKF Aitorlaled Preta Writer WASHINGTON (AP) It a not that the Supreme Court won't hire female messengers It 'a just that they would be "a little awkward." Thai's what the court's spokesman says Maryann Clifford, 22, was told when she applied for one of the half-doien summer jobs al the court customarily filled by law students. Ms.

Clifford-e title she preferssays she was told "I'd be a liability because all the messengers share the same lounge." Ms. Clifford, who Is enter law school at Catholic University In the fall, said she applied for one of the messenger jobs June 19 Japanese Terrorist Takes Responsibility For Airport Massacre FACTORY DEMONSTRATION of POWER TOOLS IBBBBa BeBaDB0 Thurs. July 13th July 14th 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Saturday.

July 15th 9A.M.to17Noon COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO. 1035 Reynolds Greenwood, S.C. Whlttlngton said. "We called the Federal Judicial Center to see if they had anything for her. We don't do that for everyone." The center Is a research center for the federal courts.

Any job there would have been a clerical one, Whlttlngton said, but there was no job available. The Supreme Court messengers carry messages between the justices, run errands, tome-times act as chauffeurs and office helpers. They are paid S3.27 an hour. Ms. Clifford said she will file an admlnlitratlve charge against the VS.

marshall's office today, claiming the was denied a messenger job on the basis of her sei $88 each $12 88 38. Regulars and 14 88 88 ONE RACK BOY'S SPORT COATS You want find a better buy. Sizes 14 to 20. Some summer "Weight" and some "year-round weight. Regular to $35.00.

fcrar- "336 K7 Li 1 LJ BOBBY nSCHtR Contacted at his hotel. Schmid said: "There will be a match tonight. If Fischer duesnl appear, he will take the consequences." A member of Fischer's camp said the "legsl aspects art being studied." Richard Stein, a lawyer for the promoter who bought the TV and fUro rights. Chester Fos. said he was up all night with Fischer's second, the Rev.

William Lombardy. and Fred Cramer of the VS. Chess Federation. Stein said that at one point Fischer watked In on the meeting, listened for a few minutes and then In a few sentences Indicated he wsi adamant about expelling the cameras. Then he went to bed.

means of propaganda." Okomoto Is being tried on four charges, three of which could bring the death penalty. He is expected to get a life sentence. His two Jspanese accomplices were killed in the slaughter. Speaking of the massacre, Okamoto said: "Three of us, soldiers of the Red Army. de- elded that our intentions would have to be carried forward decisively during this revolutionary operation.

"I take upon myself full responsibility for the people I killed." Okamoto spoke against the advice of his chief counsel, Max Kirtzman. The presiding judge, Lt. Col. Abraham Frisch, Informed the defendant he could testify under oath and undergo cross examination like any witness, make a statement without cross examination or remain silent. fb i yzu By THE FNF.M The Comer Bar donated free-beef.

House Ives brought In sandwiches and coffee. The party al the American Legion hail in liny Avon. S. Cpulalion 140, attracted mocrats and Itrpubl leans ahke including a few gursta who just hspprnd to drop la from New York, A home Iowa boy was march but to the Democratic presidential nomination and the folks were gathering with all eyes toward the trlevtiion screen to watch the saga of George McGovem reach its climas at the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach. Fla.

People In The News RPIROAGNFW NEW YORK IAIM Vict President Spire T. Agnew was riding in a motorcade approaching LaCuardia Airport when the lead car In the procession was struck by an automobile. A Secret Service man. a city detective In the lead car and the motorist involved in the accident Wednesday were taken to a nearby hospital, where their injuries were reported slight. Agnew, who was not affected, took off later in an Air Force plane for Washington.

He had come here for a luncheon address to the Printing Industries of America CIIOU F.VLAI TOKYO (AP) Premier Chou En la I of China has had what was described as a "very cordial and friendly" conversa tion In Peking with Le Due Tho, special adviser to the North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks. A Radio Peking broadcast monitored Wednesday said Chang Chun-chlao. member of the Politburo on the Chinese Communisf party Central Com- mittee; Deputy Foreign Minis ter Han Nien lung, and other party and government leaders took part in the meeting. Details of the talks were not given. MKLINAMKRCOL'KI ATHENS (AP) Actress Melina Mercourl, who attended the funeral of her mother after receiving special permission from the Greek military gov ernment for f4-hotir -stay ht her native land, was whisked away by plainclothesmen after the ceremony-wss wrrr Miss Mercourl, 43, was ac companied by her husband.

movie producer Jules Dassing, during the brief funeral Wednesday at an Athena cemetery. For more than five years she has been in virtual exile be cause of her strong views against the Athens regime. The actress has faced an arrest warrant out for her in Greece since July 1967 when the mili tary-backed Greek regime stripped her of her Greek citizenship. Premier George Papado- poulous personally waived the warrant for 24 hours so Miss Mercourl could attend the funeral. KURT WALDIIEIM UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.

(AP) Kurt Waldehim, the U.N. secretary-general, has found a home. A wealthy New Yorker, Arthur A. Houghton 65, is donating his town house In fashionable Sutton Place for Wald-heim's use, informed sources said Wednesday. Houghton, president of Steuben Glass in New York City and a director of Corning Glass Works in Corning, N.Y., will give the property to the U.N.

Association of the U.S.A. The association then will sell it to the United Nations, the sources reported. Currently the Waldheim family is living in the Carlyle Hotel. HUMOR IN LAW VANCOUVER (AP) Gouging humor out of the law is like digging for gold tough but rewarding, says David Huber-man, professor of law at the University of British Columbia. He's devoted years to sifting out what little humor there is in the mills of justice and plans to write a book about it.

At one time he was chairman of admissions to the UBC law faculty and he recalled a couple of answers to admission questions, turned in by law students -and student accountants. Question; Define union check off dues. Answer: "A famous European author." Question: "Define a quorum." i Answers: "A place for crushing rock." "A place where the Romans used to sacrifice the Christians." "For a quorum, the directors have to be odd." "If you really want to laugh," he said, "you'd better remember that some of these people might be your lawyers, your accountants." Prof. Huberman also has a file devoted to letters addressed to lawyers. One says: "Thank you for offering to represent me in court, but I don't need a lawyer.

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