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WEEKLY democrat Volume One Hundred Four Sedalia, Missouri, Friday, July 7,1972 Democrat Established 1868 Number 27 $1.50 Per Year Win or Lose? Democrats In Legal Limbo WASHINGTON (AP) With their national convention fast approaching. Democrats were left in a legal limbo Thursday as they waited for Supreme Court action on an issue that could win or lose a presidential nomination. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger issued an order blocking a lower-court decision that returned to Sen. George McGovern 151 delegates to the party convention Burger ordered the delay as he attempted to contact the other eight vacationing justices.

The question is whether the court will agree to a special term to consider two challenges to the lower court ruling The Appeals Court earlier issued a stay of its own decision that was scheduled to expire at 2 p.m. (EDT) Thursday. one sentence order, issued shortly before that hour, extendkl the existing stay till further action by the high court. The Democratic Party asked the high court to convene a rare special term to hear its appeal. The party contends that lower court intervention in delegate selection likely will place the federal judiciary in the role of convention kingmaker.

At the same time, Daley forces have asked vacationing justices to sit in a special term The court may sit with as few as six of the nine justices present. The appeals court Wednesday overturned the Credentials Comnuttee and ordered 151 California delegates returned to Sen. George S. McGovern. The committee had stripped them from the South Dakota senator when it decided to reverse the winner-take-all state primary and parcel out delegates to candidates according to the percentage of the primary vote they received.

At the same time, the court upheld the rights to unseat the Daley delegation, saying they violated party rules on delegate selection. Battle Over Nomination For Vice Presidency MIAMI BEACH. KU (AP) The Democratic party, already facing one of its strangest conventions in years, has seen another weird ingredient added a public fight over the nomination for a job once described as not worth a pitcher of warm spit The vice presidential nonunation i traditioniilly held to be the personal pick of the choice for president, but this year two men are waging a battle between themselves for the position Sen Mike Gravel of and former Massiichiistnts (iov Endicott Peabixly not only are cluillenging each other, but also the practice of letting the head of the ticket choose his running mate Gravel, a maverick often at odds with his Senate colleagues of both parties, told a news conference in Washington Thursday he wanted the delegates to have a chance to reject the of the presidential nominee choice Peabody, who has been waging his unusual campaign for several months, told reporters as he opened his Miami Beach headquarters that for the first time in a long time we will have an election of the vice presidential nominee The job they are after has very little constitutional power and is used by the President as he sees fit, a practice that led late Vice President John Nance Garner South Vietnamese Advance Slowly SAIGON South Vietniimese paratroopers advancinl slowly on Quang Tn ('ity Thursday and fighterbombers pounded entrenched North Vietniimese troops guarding the access routes to the northern provincial capital iated Press correspondent Dtmnis Nwld. with tlie lead elements of the airborne task force, reported that dive bombers hundreds of small bombs on a row of shaded homes along Highway 1 on the southeastern edge of the city The paratroopers were taking fire from bunkers hidden among the houst's. and the planes were attempting to clear a path into the city that fell to the North Vietnamese 1 In the afternoon, lead elements of the task force still were slightly more than a mile south of the city center and moving cautiously forward Other airborne units and mannes in the 20.000-man task force were moving on the city from the southeast and east but were still 1 8 to 2 2 nules from the citadel ('apt Gail Furrow.

82. said the task force he is advising could have pushed into the enemy-held city Wednesday, but it had to secure the road to prevent the enemy from cutting the supply line The enemy forces holed up in the bunkers among the houses were estimated at two companies, possibly 200 or more men B52 heavy bombers ringed the city with hundrcHls of tons of explosives The PS reported that American warplanes flew 360 strikes again.st North Vietnam Wednesday in their heaviest raids since the 1968 bombing fui It An Air Force Phantom was hit by a surface-to-air missile over Haiphong during the raids The two crewmen steered the plane out to sea, bailed out and were rescued The plane was the 54th reported lost since the United States full- scale bombing of the North two months ago The command laser bombs knocked out the 96-foot Vu Phua railroad bridge 55 miles south of the border with China The bridge is on the northeast rail line. In Cambodia, the high command reported the enemy slammed more than 600 shells into the besieged district town of Angtassom. 40 miles south of Phnom Penh, in the heaviest bombardment in more than two years of war The town has been cut off and transport planes are dropping supplies. Commandos Ready For Irish Civil War BELFAST.

Northern Ireland (AP) Protestant paranulitary comnuindos are ready for a civil war in Northern Ireland. nuUtant Protestant leader William Craig as.serted Thursday i'raig, head of the nght-wing Ulster Vanguard said four or five armed commando-type organizations are standing by to carry out duties He August and September could be bliMKly months wluch ought plunge the province into a head-on conflict between the Protestant majonty and Roman Catholic nunonty did not disclose the strength of the commandot's. whom he described as men nulitary during an interview with the British Press AssiKiation But he declared their units were spread across Northern Ireland and supplemented the 43.000 men reported to belong to another militant Protestant organization, the Ulster Defense Association, or UDA. British authorities do not doubt that commando squads have been recruited, and report increasing British army involvement in the UDA. One of the principal UDA commanders is known to be a former British paratrooper, and security forces believe a number of other veterans of the elite regiment have joined Protestant ranks Craig forecast a civil war in the north next year unless Britain lifts its suspension of the Protestant-dominated Parliament He did not rule out however, an earlier confrontation during the traditionally troublesome summer months.

In the House of Commons in London, the Bntish administrator for Northern Ireland told lawmakers he would not tolerate illegal activities William Whitelaw said that persons who confront the British government also confront the security forces of the Whitelaw stressed he was anxious not to the situation," but his speech contained a clear warning that British security forces will act to prevent the creation (k new barricaded areas in the province. weather A chaacc of ihowcrt or tkuBderatorms kite today, cootiauiag iBtemdttcoly into Saturday. Tke Mfk today io the mid Nt. the low toilfht The Ugh Sotorday agaio ia the odd Ma. ProhahiHttea of predpitatioa are II per eeat today, 41 per cent toaighl.

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Page 12. In asking the high court to consider the case, the Democratic Party claimed thiit the lower court decision provoked a fundamental constitutional crisis which can be settled only by this court The seating of the California delegates, the party brief said, very likely the presidential nomination be determined, not by the political process operative at the convention but by the mandate of a lower federal court The Democrats contended the decision threatens to cause a fundamental change in the American political system by expanding the role of the judiciary into the affairs of political parties further than ever before. McGovern forces opposed the party bid saying "it is particularly important that the process in which the nominees of the two major political parties are selected conform to the dictates of due process equal protection of the law The appeals court ruled that changing the terms of the California election violated the fundamental principles of due process. to speak of his position as equalling the value of a "warm pitcher of While campaign has been one mostly of talk, Peabody has been driving for the nomination with verve and at only slightly less cost than some presidential aspirants. He has a headquarters trailer right next to that of presidential hopeful Sen.

Edmund S. Muskie, 70 hotel rooms are reserved for his staff and he has spent 100,000 The payoff, unofficial and unconfirmed, is a Peabody claim that "I know over 500 delegates who support my campaign." Peabody has talked to Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey and front-runner Sen. (jeoige S. McGovern, although, he said, stayed away from asking support because it would be the very antithesis of my campaign He added that the candidates neither gave support nor discouraged him.

Neither has any candidate indicated any interest in giving up the power picking his own running mate. Gravel Thursday described how he would do the job. Ecumenical Patriarch Dead at 86 ISTANBUL (AP) Athenagoras I. the ecumenical patriarch and leader oi the 250 million Orthodox Christians, died early Friday, the patriarchate announced. He was 86.

Athenagoras died of kidney failure at the Balikli Greek Orthodox hospital. He broke his right hip in a fall a week ago. Doctors attending Athenagoras said the death followed a nnassive loss of blood pressure. Athenagoras was to have been flown to Vienna on Friday or Saturday for surgery. Until Thursday, doctors had been optimistic about the state of his health, apart from the fracture.

A spokesman at the patriarchate on the Golden Horn here said the Holy Synod, the governing body of world Orthodoxy, would meet Friday morning to decide on details of the funeral. The body will be taken from the hospital, which is outside the city walls of Istanbul, to the patriarchal Church Oorge for lying in state. Laird Objects Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, at a Pentagon news conference Thursday, accused presidential hopeful George S. McGovern of advocating a "give away now. beg later" national security philosophy that would leave future presidents with only a spasmodic nuclear war policy.

(UPl) Fischer Apologizes In Writing REYKJAVIK. Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer apologized in writing Thursday to Boris Spassky for behavior' that threatened their world championslup chess match Subsequently, Tass news agency said demands of the Soviet delegation have been satisfied It was announced that the first game would be played Tuesday Fischer, the American challenger, and Spassky, the Soviet world champion, met Thursday night to draw for the first move in the series of 24 games Fischer drew the black pawn, giving Spassky the first move with white and a shght advantage The draw was done the same way park- bench chess players would do it Spassky took two pawns, one white, one black, juggled them behind his back then extended his closed hands to Fischer Without hesitation. Fischer hunched forward and pointed a finger to right hand With a smile Spassky opened it Fischer delayed the opening of the match, which was to have begun last Sunday, in a holdout for more money More prize money was donated, but Spassky then demanded a written for conduct before the cfiampion would play In his letter to Spassky. Fist her called his attempt to grab a share of gate receipts "my petty dispute over and asked the Russian to accept his apology Jetliner Hijacked With 58 Aboard OAKLAND. CaUf (AP) A Patific Southwest Airlines jethner with 58 persons aboard was hijacked Thursday by a gunman a ransom of the airline said The Boeing 727 was taken over as it approached Oakland Airport It was the second hijacking of a PSA aircraft in as many days The air pirate, descnbed as a white male ordered the plane to fly to San Diego after demanding the ransom, the airline said On board the PSA flight from Burbank to Oakland and Sacramento were 51 hostage passengers and six crew members The airline had reported earlier that 99 persons were on board the plane It later corrected the figure to 58 Says 'Dangerous' Risk Is Involved WASHIN(iT()N (AP) Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said Thursday tliat Sen George proposed $30- billion sLish in military spending would pose dangerous and calamitous risk" for S.

security and world peace. The so-called white flag budget substitutes a philosophy of give-away-now, beg-later for a philosophy of strength and wilhngness to negotiate," Laird said. A gloves-off campaigner in his past career as a Republican congressman, Laird said with obvious relish that the Democratic Platform Committee had the MtGovern proposals to curb defense outlays to $54 8 billion by fiscal 1975 The committee rejected recently both hawkish and dovish defense planks It said the military budget can be reduced substantially with no weakening of our national security But the committee used no dollar figures reference to a philosophy was an obvious slap at statements that "begging is better than and that "I would go to Hanoi and beg if 1 thought that would release the boys (POWs) one day earlier Laird released more than '70 pages of analyses of McGovern defense proposals sent to Proxmire and Rep John Rhodes. R-Ariz Summing up his objections to the McGovern plan, report said "His proposals would lead the United States to a weaker nuclear posture that could leave a future American president with no alternative but a spasmodic first- strike. attack on enemy civilians and cities would lead to a weaker conventional posture which would lower the nuclear threshhold.

and to an inadequate modernization and procurement program which would cau.se severe erosion of capabilities in both On other matters. Laird said no decision has been made to change deployments of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe the United States has some 7,000 warheads The secretary also stated "we have never targeted" dams and dikes in North Viet nam, but acknowledged that nuy have been some damage" to such structures when fighter bombers struck at antiaircraft defense positnins nearby Hanoi has charged the United States deliberately attacked dikes and dams Knob Noster Pair Charged in Death (Democrat-Capital Service) negligence" was dt'scribed as the cause of the death Monday of 3'z-month-old Justine Mane Radi, whose' and Mrs. William Radi Jr Knob Noster. are charged with second-degree murder in the incident, according to Johnson County Shenff Harland Tempel In a Wednesday Magistrate Court appearance here. William Radi Jr 19, and his wife, Sharon, 18, were charged with murder by faihng to provide food, medital attention and parental care for their child Tempel said Thursday morning both are still in jail in lieu of $2,500 bond each Preliirunary heanngs for both are s( heduled July 13 Tempel said the couple discovered the child was unconscious Monday morning and called the Whiteman Air Force Base Hospital The baby was pronounced dead on arnval by Dr Keith Jones, Johnson County coroner Charges filed later by the prosecuting attorney listed the causes of death as starvation, malnutrition and dehydration Tempel said the couple seemed indifferent about the incident, adding investigation had revealed the cluld fvad received literally no food, water or lare He said he understoixl that the infant possessed a history of illnesses and minor afflictions such as skin irritations The child had been treated both at Whiteman's hospital, since Radi is an airman, and also in the state of ('aliforrua, the home of both parents The shenff added that he had learned that one or two complaints had received by vanous county agemies about the care of the Radi infant, but that none had ever been channeled through his office Tempel said that a second daughter.

18 months old, had been relea.sed from the base hospital to the lare of her grandparents He said he was not informed about the condition of that (hild Discuss Recreational Programs Discussion of new recreational programs, the need for improved tennis facilities and the election of Jim Grady as president highlighted the meeting of the Sedalia Park Board Wednesday evening The recreation committee will request an allotment of $2,000. part of which would be for two part-time recreation specialists, to set up year-round programs for young people, adults and the handicapped Su( activities as ping-pong, shuffleboard bridge, roller skating and chess were mentioned as possible pastimes for adults The money might also be u.sed for transportation, it was learned Grady said it is a needed program David Porter, 1406 West Broadway, addressed the board about the growing interest in tennis in Sedalia, suggesting improved facilities, tournaments ana something in tennis corresponding to little league baseball Porter listed the following as needs or desired situations refinishing or new courts, new lights, new lines, new nets (proper heights) a wooden practice board, little league tenrus, free tennis lessons and an invitational tournament I tfunk the kids are Porter said and provided a list of possible instructors tor the free lessons He also suggestetl new lights might be coin- operated as they are some other cities. In other discussion. Bob Beykirch said tfiat the mam complaint against a paid recreation director was the possible loss of volunteer help and explained that this wouldn happen He noted a director would actually seek additional volunteers and cixirdinate, not take over programs. Beykirch also reminded the board of Mayor Jerry suggestion some time ago to the City Council of an additional two- mill parks levy He said Nuch additional funds might make many new programs and faciUUes feasible In other action the board voted to extend the hghts-out time at Liberty Park stadium so that no inning in a baseball game ought begin after II 30 The extension would be used only in emergencies The rule will be enforced during tournament play Up to this time, the lights have been turned out at 11 pm Jack Couts, park superintendent, said the rose garden at Liberty Park has been completed and that several garden club Please see DISCUSS, Page 4.