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2-A Tht Bradenton Herald Wednesday JulyS 1972 Democrats Scrap Their Electronic Gatekeepers Technician Drowns MIAMI Edmund Dono- Miami Beach Monday died Sun-van 45 a technician for the Columbia Broadcasting System drowned in a hotel swimming pool police said today Police said Donovan in Miami to cover the Democratic National Convention which begins on Donovan of Long Island NY was the father of eight children was Maying with some children in the hotel pool when he Just disappeared under the water" a police official said Fischer Apologizes For Delay are now stored under guard The day's color will be chosen just before distribution Going past the gatekeepers people will pass through metal sniffers such as those airports use to detect hijackers Briefcases will be searched Internal security for the huge convention center complex was put on bid and eight firms ap-plied The winner was McDonnell-Frain which has had experience with such tightly guarded events as the Super Bowl and the 1968 Republican National Convention McDonnell-Frain will supply 400 guard-ushers all unarmed including a proportionate share of women and minorities just like the convention itself Inside the hsll will be bomb squads and plainclothes police Seven of the would-be candidates have Secret Service protection Somewhere in the complex is a command center where representatives of various security segments will coordinate actions should there be trouble inside outside or both The convention hall seats about 14000 people There are 5000 delegates alternates and others entitled to be on the floor Some 8000 visitors sit in the tiers along three sides There are 7000 newsmen and their technicians in Miami Beach Only a handful will be allowed on the floor and only during specified times Wesley Pomeroy the man in charge of security inside He smiles and then tells the tMngs that won't go to the aid and comfort of the gatecrasher the enemy For instance the party's Security Advisory Committee which he heads has been working for a year on ways to make the entry easier for those who should get in and harder for those who shouldn't Only Chairman Lawrence and others of similar rank have passes for all sessions Each day just before the convention opens the tickets will go to the heads of delegations The tickets were printed in a secret place under guard They The American whose dispute over prize money forced organizers to postpone the world championship round said he had the greatest respect for Spassky as a man and as a player REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP) Fischer apologized today lor delaying the start of Ms $400000 chess match with world champion Boris Spassky of Russia Dance Studios Probed Seventeen Injured In Collision ST PETERSBURG Fla (UPI)-A legislative committee met here today to look into inducements used by dance studios to lure he old and lonely Rep John Forbes Jacksonville Democrat and chairman the subcommittee of the douse Consumer Services committee called the one-day hear-ng and urged anyone by a dance studio to Georgia Democrats Shuffle Delegation Makeup Again MIAMI BEACH Fla (AP) -The people who attend the Democratic National Convention next week will be admitted by people not machines The Democrats hope that humans can do what electronic gatekeepers In Chicago four years ago it was go or no-go according to the capricious whims of a machine that flashed green or red and maybe not at all A plastic card held by the user aided the machine in its decision Sometimes it got fooled by an ordinary oil company credit card but most often by its transistor innards The result was people who got in when they people who didn't when they should and a lot of people who flashed redder than the ma chines This time the Democrats have gone back to the old-fashioned admission ticket numbered and color-coded with secret and invisible markings to thwart would be counterfeiters Next to the heat the subject most discussed in this bare-back lace-dress strip of nature-gone-overboard is Security outside (Ylppies Hippies and Zippies) and security inside (delegates challengers newsmen and messengers) On suggestion of the Secret Service the conventional hall will undergo a military-type inspection for possible bombs beginning at midnight Sunday Convention officials said that all technicians and their tool kits must be out of the building then and those having unmoveable locked equipment in the hall must be there to open it for inspection The hall win not be reopened until Monday afternoon system relies on people not knowing in says Forbes said In advance of the hearing that it was the that some dance studios hive sold Ranging lesson contracts for thousands of dollars by means of questionable Inducements One case in particular revealed a contract sold for as much as Forbes said that the problem of questionable sales techniques in selling dancing lessons is more acute in cities like St Petersburg which are crowded with older lonely people "The person doing the selling will usually be a young attractive person and there will be an tplied social relationship uch pies along with the dancing lessons" Forbes said ire not just selling lessons Whatever they are selling in addition are Implied things" instantly by a Greyhound bus bound to Detroit from New York At least five other cars were wrecked while trying to avoid the accident investigators said The injured were taken by ambulance to Presbyterian University Homestead and Monte-fiore hospitals Only one Lena Fekris 55 of suburban Brentwood was reported in serious condition Those aboard the buses fled through windows and emergency exits aided by motonsl Police said the fire was extinguished quickly Vera Freshwater of suburban Carnegie a passenger aboard the Greyhound said she was talking with her sister when she looked up and saw the PAT bus on fire ahead Pittsburgh Pa ap Seventeen persona were Injured today in a fiery chain-reaction collision involving two buses and a half-dozen cars on rain-slicked Interstate 76 Police said the accident occurred at the outset of the morning rush hour and traffic on the a major artery into the downtown was backed up for five miles while the wreckage was cleared away Police said the collision began when a small car skidded out of control on the city-bound side of the highway also known as the Parkway East It was hit by a Port Authority Transit bus loaded with work-bound commuters Both vehicles caught fire police said They were Mt almost ATLANTA Ga (AP) the committee is upheld by the at Miami full convention Beach orbes called for cooperation by the news media covering the hearing in withholding the names of people who testify He said some people had indicated they were reluctant to appear before the legislators because they might expose themselves to ridicule from thgir friends By keeping the names confidential Forbes said feel like we will get better a delegate each to the 4th and 5th Districts whose delegates must caucus before Friday to elect the new delegates the vote of each of the 13 at-large delegates including Georgia party chairman Charles Kir bo to half a vote each a full convention vote to the national com-mltteeman and com-mitteewoman who were elected after the delegation slate was comprised one additional at-large delegate to be elected by the full delegation with half a vote to round out the Georgia delegation's 53 convention votes 'Pot1 Boat Captured Georgia Democratic officials attempting to make up a state delegation acceptable to the Democratic National Convention which opens Monday announced Tuesday night a reshuffling of the delegation The plan if approved by the full convention would prevent the unseating of any delegate and meet national Credentials Committee guidelines party officials said The Credentials Committee meeting in Washington last week unseated two delegates from the 1st District and replaced them with two black challengers Altogether the committee added 17 new members representing 10V4 votes if The committee said it took the action because Borne Georgia districts were malappor-tioned and some persons were denied easy access to voting places when the bulk of the delegation was elected Zell Miller Georgia Democratic executive secretary said the newly formulated plan: all 40 delegates who were elected in congressional district conventions last spring with a full vote each the two black challengers who would have replaced two 1st District delegates and gives them si full vote each Fire Kills 30 In Mental Hospital MIAMI (AP) A Cuban mat has captured an American boat with two Americans and "a of marijuana aboard" Havana said today in broadcast monitored in Miami The Cuban radio identified the men as Douglas Anderson and a name that sounded like They woe captured aboard the vessel Komono June 23 near layo Flamenco about a mile off the south coast of Mantanzas Province the radio broadcast said A US Coast Guard spokesman in Miami said no vessel named Komono had been reported overdue or missing The broadcast said both men were former members of the US Army and that they had tried to flee when they were found in Cuban territorial waters Radio Havana said they would be tried by a Cuban court Winfrith Villa a wing which opened nine months ago Dr Peter Johnson chairman of the hospital management committee said the most severely handicapped of the male patients were kept there Johnson said Investigators had no idea yet what caused the fire He said the firefighting equipment in the wing was was a very rapid fire with a great deal of smoke" he added Cold Harbor Hospital is spread over 24 acres and is a former navy hospital It is near the center of Sherborne a market town of 8000 residents in Dorset southwest England SHERBORNE England (AP) Fire swept through a wing of the Cold Harbor Mental Hospital early today killing 30 of the 36 male patients sleeping in a ward The nursing staff rescued seven of the men but one died later The other six suffered minor injuries One of the dead patients was 16 'years old and the rest were described as middle-aged Most died in their beds but the main doors were said to have been unlocked at the time of the Maze About 325 patients were in other buildings of the hospital The fire occurred in the Educators Cleared Of Libel HA1IOHAI WIA1HIK HI VICE FOIE CAST I 7AM 1ST 7 -t -72 Tides SEATTLE TALLAHASSEE Fit (AP)-Atty Gen Robert Shevin said oday the Board of Regents Chancellor Robert Mautz and state university presidents cannot be sued for libel as a result of student newspaper articles Shevin commented in an opinion requested by Mautz after state Sen William Barrow D-Crestview threatened a libel suit against The Flambeau Florida State Univeraity student newspaper The Flambeau printed an article in the spring attacking Fireworks Explosion Kills Three Men officials of the university system from libel suits resulting from student newspaper articles has generally been held that public officers including members of administrative boards acting within their jurisdiction are not personally responsible in the absence of bad faith malice or corrupt motives" hs said He warned that university presidents could be held responsible if they failed to take action once student editors printed libelous stories "The president might be subject to personal natality should he fail to Initiate appropriate action for removal of an editor subsequent to the publication id libelous matter "Shevin said WEDNESDAY Bradenton 1:09 tm 7:47 am 4:19 pjn Anna Marla 7:04 am 2:43 pm THURSDAY Bradenton 833 am 1:38 pm 01 Anns Maria 7:50 am 4:00 pjn FRIDAY Bradenton 8:33 nm 8:38 pm Annn Marin 7:58 amr 4:08 pm 13 04 04 20 28 81 28 01 28 81 row but retracted the story after the senator threatened a libel suit Shevin said the and unqualified" immunity from damage suits protects top lacerations and severe damage to both eyes He was expected to undergo surgery early Wednesday officials said The nature of the injuries to the other two persons was not immediately known Police said kind of firework exploded in a crowd of spectators at a July Fourth fireworks display at the lake near Wauconda a community of about 5000 Hospital officials said five other persons were treated for minor injuries and released Police declined to reveal further details of the accident saying it was under WAUCONDA 111 (AP) A 24-year-old man was killed and thrpe other persons were hospitalized Tuesday night in a fireworks explosion at Bangs Lake ner Wauconda 40 miles northwest of Chicago The dead man was identified by hospital officials as Edward Gulger of McHenry The injured were identified as Philip Marquardt 32 a -Wrfuconda policeman Craii Steiner 17 of McHenry ai Lawrence Lehnert 9 of Wau-cortda They were being treated at 1 Libertyville hospital Hospital officials said Marquardt suffered severe facial i From Page One un Wl Allft I OIOCAS1 Girl Is Unharmed bast Respects Paid To Church Head Tonight will find shower activity era Rockies and vicinity Elsewhere along many parts of the Atlantic coast generally fair weather should prevail states as well as in portions of the South- Florida Zones SUNRISE AND SUNSET July 5: Sunrise at 6:39 am Sunset at 9:30 pm MOONRISE AND MOONSET July 5: Moonset at 3:25 pm July 6: Moonrise at 2:20 am Moonset at 4:35 pm 5-Day Forecast Partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers No quite so warm extreme north Friday and Saturday with lows in upper 60s and highs in mid to upper 80s Otherwise lows around 80 Keys and 70s elsewhere with highs from upper 80s to mid 90s NORTHWEST FLORIDA -Partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers Mild Friday and Saturday Wanner Sunday Highs low to mid 80s Friday and Saturday and upper 80s Sunday Lows upper 60s to low 70s Marine 1 90 Mostly east to southeast I Rain probability 20 per cent and winds 10 to occasionally 15 mph 1 30 per cent at night Alt LAKE CITY (AP) -Mourners paid their respects to Joseph Fielding Smith president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints He died Sunday of a hedrt attack The body of the 95-year-old leader of three million Mor-mohs lay in state in the lobby of )he Church Office Building near Temple Square Thursday it will be taken to the Mormon Tabernacle for the funeral seiyice at 12:15 pm The White House announced Tuesday that George Romney secretary of housing and urban development and Sen Wallace Bennett R-Utah will represent President Nixon at the funeral Romney and Bennett are Mop moos The funeral will be conducted by President Harold Lee of the Council of the Twelve He is expected to succeed Smith as church president Smith held the highest LDS church position for Vk years Rains In Japan Trigger Slides A cloudy Chance of a few thundershowers becoming more likely by Thursday Lows 70 to 76 Highs 88 to 96 and mid 80s to low 90s Thursday Variable winds 10 to 15 mph gusty near thundershowers Rain probability 30 per cent I Partly cloudy with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers Low 70 to 76 Highs 88 to 96 Variable winds 10 to 15 mph gusty near thundershowers Rain probability 30 per cent cloudy with slight chance of showers Lows in low 70s Highs 88 to 92 Variable mostly east and southeast winds 10 to occasionally 15 mph Rain probability 20 per cent Partly cloudy with chance of showers little more likely during night and morning hours Lows 78 to 82 Highs near JaekanntUia ay Waal Miami Oil la taianda edly dropped the knife and walked down the ramp to a waiting police car still carrying Ms daughter in Ma arms Police uld Smith had left a note at Ms home indicating he wu depressed and contemplating suicide love you I love myself I love everybody I love God but If I have to do away with myself I will" the note read in part Deamer Desmer In Texu prior to his extradition to Manatee County In answer to questions by Siver the toped voice allegedly admitted to murdering the 11-year-old boy In an abandoned orange grove In Bradenton "I mean to do It something Inside Just takes over" the voice uld The 18 members of Urn grand jury empaneled for the single purpose of considering probable cause against Deamer were selected from 40 voters summoned to the courthouse this morning The jury took leu than two hours to return the true MU and the defendant ut quietly In the courtroom for 15 minutes before arraignment proceedings took place Deamer was dressed in gray slacks black shoes while socks and a long sleeve plaid shirt Hla shoulder length light brown hair wu uncut but had bun wished since earlier proceedings when paint blotches were noticeable In a whispered aside Mulock asked SI vers come they haven't cut hla halr7" "Why does ha need a haircut?" siver replied usually standard pro cedure for the sheriffs department It?" Mulock he was carrying and walked down the ramp of the plane 2tt hours later carrying Ms daughter He was accompanied by in unidentified FBI agent who had sneaked aboard the plane The child Identified as Je-tuan Smith was not injured Ash said She was taken to a Buffalo hospital for observation Ash said blood on the clothing was from a wound he suffered earlier Ash said Smith would face a charge of attempted MJacking Buffalo police said Smith allegedly stabbed the child's mother Ethel Smith 20 and a man identified only Dennis Keeys 23 during an incident on RUey Street grabbed the cMld and fled The woman wu reported in critical condition the man in fair condition at Deaconess Hospital in Buffalo Smith drove to the airport with the child police said and created a commotion outside the terminal post office during which he shouted that he would kill tho youngster Then he boarded the jet they added Authorities surrounded the plane and FBI agents began talking with Smith using a megaphone want a pilot I want a goddamn pilot" Smith was heard to shout from the plane A minister and a woman identified as mother took turns talking to Smith and st one point the woman walked part way up the ramp exchanged comments with Mm and then returned to the terminal From the terminal newsmen said Smith wu seen holding the girl In hla arms and wall 5 tag back and forth In the aircraft "If there's no shooting I'M como out" Ash said Smith told the agent Then Smith report- Tampa WPaimBaack TARPON SPRINGS TO APALACHICOLA Variable winds 10 to occasionally 15 knots winds near a few thun-wers becoming more likely Thursday and north portion at night CAPE SABLE TO TARPON SPRINGS Variable winds 10 to occasionally 15 knots Gusty winds near scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers occurred so suddenly many of us had no time to escape" he said people screamed for help and there were arms stretching from under tons of The second landslide destroyed 15 houses at the foot of a hill and swept a locomotive and two coaches Into a river Japan National Railways said the only persons on the train two engineers escaped wilhou injury One thousand rescue workers were sent to the area Authorities feared the death toll would surpass the worst landslide In Japan the 1961 disaster at Nagano which claimed 55 lives KOCHI Japan (AP) Top rential rains in southern Japan today triggered two landslides that left seven persons dead and 51 others missing police said Authorities reputed the heavy rainfall claimed eight fives elsewhere on the island of Shikoku One of the landslides buried about 60 workers and bystanders who were watching the rescue team dear debris from an earlier landslide The first landslide buried a 38-yeap old man A witness said the isolated farming area 18 miles from Kochi resembled hell of red earth" The second landslide Temperatures Across Nation) By City clear Pan ts bmdknton hemlu raMMri HHT iftanwaa MS Maria Mantas hr Itx I Ctrp at 41 UO Mutit Waal SUM llaraaS-rlaaa aaataia paM at FlartSa Munhar a Brill Uw AaaariaM Ptaaa Vaitri Piaaa lairraaitaaal ari Ikr at ClrtaiaUaaa SUBSCRIPTION RATHI la aapf Sana Srllrair ari Sariay THE ASSCIATED PRESS High Lew Pr Albany cldy 73 S3 cldy 81 59 43 Amarillo cldy 62 54 Anchorage clear 71 63 Asheville rain 77 64 Atlanta cldy 88 66 45 Birmingham rain 83 66 Bismarck cldy 73 42 Boise cldy 95 70 Boston clay 77 60 Buffalo cldy 68 53 Charleston clear 09 73 35 76 67 70 61 114 81 73 55 97 62 74 47 68 44 63 66 150 74 53 14 90 67 75 64 02 54 91 01 tta aar Phoenix ckly Pittsburgh rain Ore ckly Mo cldy Rapid City clear Richmond rain St Louis cldy Salt Lake cldy San Diego clear San Fran cldy Seattle dear IKIMC DUIVEKV BATfcJ UaHr ari Mai 4a Rfarki R7I Watka MIR 1fN it at la aaar waaka il Wak( lka lMllltf8i( yfflif fBRII lka RraSaaiaa iiaiiiiiiiiiiaiat naraM araaata a aariaSa at IS waaka vaaka A.

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