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Court Overturns Convictions Of 5 CHICAGO (AP) Declaring that the trial judge took an "often antagonistic attitude the defense," a federal court has overturned JhY conviction of five antiwar Activists in the case of the Chicago 7. ruling Tuesday by the Circuit Court of Ap) climaxed a controversial which stems from street rioting during the week of the Democratic National Con- here in 1968. five antiwar activists were convicted two years ago of inciting the rioting were David T. Dellinger, 56; Ren- Hard "Rennie" Davis 23; Abbot Reform Issue Drawn into House Contest WASHINGTON (AP) The contest for a new Democratic "majority leader in the House of could become on congressional gfeform. Sam Gibbons, one of two announced candi- flfites, is proposing major Ranges in the way the House its business, including fes reliance on the seniority Astern.

Tfjiis opponent, Democratic tfhip Thomas P. O'Neill of Massachusetts, is counting on House tradition of promot- qjig its officers to bring him vic- He is currently the heavy 'gjHoUse Democrats will choose hew leader at a caucus in. 2. The victor will succeed Hale Boggs, who appeared on an Alaskan lit Oct. 16.

leadership contests are jjecided by secret ballot and $ich matters as friendship, ge- xfgYaphy and personality are Dually the determining fac- Jers. It is rare for candidates to iSjte stands on issues, particularly controversial ones like congressional reform. IjyBut Gibbons sent a letter last £all the Democrats Wfected to the 93rd rCongress jiriticizing current practices proposing changes. present system dis- fturages and frustrates the ver members and those who 1 short on seniority," he said, mst infuse new blood and ideas into our system if we are to regain public con-. JBdence." who led a reform "oyement that made slight in- ids on the seniority system years ago, also proposed to juire confirmation of com- Ittee chairmen in each Con- 'Itess by vote of all House called for opening more (Jommittee legislative sessions to the public.

seven committee chair- itlen retiring or having been defeated, and a number of other members missing from tyie 93rd Congress, Gibbons is Ijoping his message will have appeal for the younger mem- less wedded to current procedures. vGibbons said the Democrats jp Congress have a responsibility to prepare and pass a legislative program of their own instead of merely respond- 0ig to President Nixon's. jjavy Cooks "lixon Dinner for Thanksgiving I-THURMONT, MD. (AP) resident Nixon has given "Abbie" Hoffman, 33; Jerry C. Rubin, 33; and Thomas E.

Hayden, 32. They were sentenced to five years in prison and fined $5,000 each. But the appeals court ruled that their constitutional rights may have been violated in the bitter four-month trial before U.S. District Court Judge Julius J. Hoffman.

The appeals court ruled that the government could retry the defendants. But it added: "There is evidence in the record, which, if believed, and inferences favorable to the defendants drawn, would lead a jury to acquit." Two other defendants in the case, Lee Weiner, 33, and John R. Froines, 32, were were acquitted by the jury. All of the seven were acquitted of conspiring to incite the rioting. An eighth defendant, Black Panther leader Bobby Scale, was severed from the case because of outbursts in the courtroom and the government declined to bring him to trial again.

The defense contended from the start that no conspiracy was involved. Abbie Hoffman often remarked, "How could we conspire to do anything? We couldn't even agree on lunch." The trial began Sept. 24,1969. Before it ended there were insults, the gagging and binding in court of Scale, the stoic testimony of Mayor Richard J. Daley, the sarcastic comments of the judge, the theatrics of poet Allan Ginsberg, the insults by defense attorney William Kunstler and the obscenities and comedies staged by the defendants.

By Feb. 18,1970, the jury of 10 women and two men weary of the long trial during which they had been sequestered in a Chicago hotel convicted the five men of actually inciting rioting. Judge Hoffman immediately passed sentence. A few days before, after the jury had been Sent to deliberate, he had imposed contempt sentences on all the defendants and their lawyers. Those citations were set aside earlier this year by the federal appeals court and the government says it plans to bring the nine men to trial on the contempt charges.

The decison Tuesday by the appeals court held that Judge Hoffman erred in several areas during the trial and displayed "a deprecatory and often antagonistic attitude toward the defense from the very beginning." Judges Walter Cummings, Thomas Fairchild and Wilbur F. Pell said that Judge Hoffman erred in failing to allow sufficient questioning of potential jurors as to their attitudes about the defendants' long hair and lifestyles; that he did not properly inquire into the effect of pretrial news coverage; and that he erred in communicating with the jury through a U.S. marshal. In Washington, a Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on a possible retrial until the appeals court decision is analyzed. Thanksgiving Service Set Israeli Troops Madrigal On MHS TV MEXICO (MO.) LEDGER Poge Wednesday, Nov.

22, 1972 At Academy Kept On Alert At 6 Tonight flnl. rhflHe.ct StrlhliflP TTT ttv nannrtitti Democratic National Committeeman George J. Mitchell is reportedly under consideration as a replacement for Mrs. Jean Westwood, chairman of the party's National Committee. Mitchell, 39, is a Portland, Ma ine, lawyer and chief adviser to Sen.

Edmund S. Muskie. (AP Wirephoto) 2 In Running For Democratic Col. Charles Stribling III, Missouri Military Academy president, will deliver the Thanksgiving message Thursday at special services at the Academy's Memorial Chapel. Services will begin at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited. Colonel Sibling's talk will be entitled "Of Samaritans and Pilgrims." Lt. Col. Eugene Lamm, principal of the Academy's high school, will read from Luke The brass ensemble of Cadets Brad Bristow, Paul Gant, Alan Haberman, Carlos Hinojosa, Mark Jones and David Mason will play the prelude and postlude. Major James Marley is organist and choirmaster.

Following the services, cadets will atttend a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in the MMA dining hall. They will be given leave in the afternoon. Thanksgiving is not a holiday at the Academy and cadets will attend short class sessions in the morning. Friday will be a regular school day. St.

Louisan One Party Post Of Rescued Pilots day off, but the family still have the traditional turkey cele- (ated the Thanksgiving holi- at Camp David, one of the favorite weekend vacation its, The cooking chores will in the hands of stewards PHI the Navy mess at the House. Navy stewards, by Cmdr. Ronald provide food for White and do the cook- at Camp David, a military tsJlation, when the President, dtaww will be a Hfjyijtt fajnUy affair with only BavW Eisenhower iissing. He ejjrrfptjy is on In the Mediterra- i djnjier mm will turkpy bread dress- gravy, green peas and onions, Food Handlers Seminar Set A food handlers seminar will be held in the cafeteria of Mexico High School Tuesday night, Nov. 28, from 7 to 9 p.m.

This seminar is for anyone working in the food handling occupations. It will cover sanitation, prevention of and extinguishing fires and proper human relations. There is no tuition charge. Adults living in Audrain and adjoining counties may make reservations for the seminar by Mexico Area Vocational Technical School, 905 N. Wade or calling 581-5684.

Eats 51 Eggs To Top tool Hand Luke' DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) Gerald Plotz, 6-foot-2 Davidson College freshman premedical student, ate 51 hardboiled eggs in two hours Tuesday night. He said $122 was wagered on his capacity to beat the 50 consumed by Paul Newman in the movie "Cool Hand Luke." Plotz, 18, of Winston-Salem, calmed his stomach with a post- contest pint of chocolate ice cream. "I kinda specialize in marathon activity," said Plotz, a 169- pounder who once ate 50 meatballs in the college cafe- WASHINGTON (AP) The chairman of the Democratic National Committee hasi cleared the way for her possible resignation, and there are indications the struggle for party leadership is becoming a two-man battle. Jean Westwood, who has run the party machinery since George McGovern picked her for the job last July, indicated Monday she may reverse her earlier stand and voluntarily step down.

"My own future," she said in a statement issued by her office, "is subordinate to considerations about the future of the party." The five-paragraph statement contained no reference to her previous insistence that she would resist efforts to oust her at the Dec. 9 meeting of the Democratic National Committee. The two men who appear to be emerging as principal contenders for chairman are former party treasurer Robert Strauss of Texas and George Mitchell of Portland, Maine, who directed Sen. Edmund S. Muskie's unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Working on behalf of Strauss have been close associates of Sens. Henry M. Jackson of Washington and Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota and AFL-CIO officials. Mrs.

Westwood "has a very warm feeling toward George Mitchell," said John English, general counsel at the DNC and a former Muskie strategist. "He's the kind of a fellow who would carry on in the fashion she would like. He is highly acceptable." Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace made a move Monday to influence the future makeup of the party organization.

His campaign organization announced it is opening a temporary office in Washington in preparation for the December meeting of the DNC. "We are seeking to place as many people on the national committee whose thinking is in tune with the people as we possibly can," said Charles Snider, national director of the Wallace campaign. Democrats who think Mrs. Westwood should resign include the leadership of the Democratic Governors Caucus, various members of Congress, and members of the DNC. A Strauss-Mitchell contest could precipitate a struggle between the conservative faction of the party behind Strauss against the more reform-minded, liberal element behind Mitchell.

However, all sources contacted Monday, including ardent Strauss backers, indicated that Mitchell is considerably more acceptable to all wings of the party than is Mrs. Westwood, who is closely associated with McGovern and his losing presidential campaign. Firecracker Prank Costs College Coed COLUMBIA Exploding a firecracker in a dormitory commode has cost a Stephens College co-ed a term of school. Suspension for Miss Julie Inghram, Quincy, 111., deprives her of credit for the semester about to end, plus $65 in damages. The 19-year-old said "this dumb thing I did" might mean the end of her college education.

The explosion shattered the commode and three chunks of material throughout the restroom. SAIGON (AP) Fighting high seas, thunderstorms, heavy overcast and darkness, a helicopter from the frigate Jouett rescued two 1 pilots from the Tonkin Gulf after their F4 Phantom jet was shot down over North Vietnam. Giving details of the rescue announced earlier, the U.S. 7th Fleet said the two pilots were Lt. Cmdr.

Vincent E. Lesh of Fayetteville, and Lt. (j.g.) Don L. Cordes of St. Louis, Mo.

Their plane was shot down Monday night by a surface-to- air missile near Thanh Hoa, just below the 20th parallel. As the plane went out of control, Lesh and Cordes bailed out six miles off the coast. A watch team aboard the Jouett picked up Lesh's Mayday distress signal and ordered up a helicopter piloted by Lt. (j.g.) Timothy P. Denhirst of Merced, and Lt.

(j.g.) Jerry M. Haggerty of Helena, Mont. The rescue was made within 30 minutes, and Lesh and Cordes' were returned in good condition to the carrier Saratoga, the Navy said. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Israeli Army sealed off the Golan Heights again today and kept its troops there on full alert in the wake of their big battle with Syrian forces Tuesday. The Israeli command said the plateau, which Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 war, was "quiet but tense." An Israeli commander admitted shelling six civilian villages to make examples of them during the battle with Syrian forces Tuesday.

He said he was acting on orders from higher up. The shelling was intended "to give the Syrians a signal that they should stop shelling our civilian settlements," a senior commander told newsmen visiting the battle zone on the Golan Heights. Rep. Russell Heads House Appropriations JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The new House appropriations chairman in the 1973 legislature will be Rep.

James "Jay" Russell, a bar and restaurant owner and five-term House veteran. Rep. Richard J. Rabbitt, D- St. Louis, speaker-elect, announced Russell's appointment Tuesday along with the selection of Rep.

Kenneth J. Rothman, D-Clayton, to take Rabbitt's place as Rules Committee chairman. Russell has served on the Appropriations Committee under the retiring chairman, Rep. E. J.

"Lucky" Cantrell, D-Overland, who was defeated for the Democratic nomination for state treasurer. Russell was chairman of the Atomic Energy and Industrial Development Committee in the 1972 session and the education committee. Rabbitt said he made the appointment early so Russell could start working on the 197374 budget. The new speaker and other Democratic House leaders met Tuesday to make plans for the 1973 session. One of the first formal events will be an orientation course at Columbia Dec.

13 for new members. "We made about 20 to 30 hits inside the villages. Who lives in them? Poor people." Israel hit the villages after Syria fired on two Israeli civilian outposts, killing one civilian and injuring three, the officer said. One Israeli soldier also was wounded. The Syrians later shelled a third Israeli settlement.

The eight-hour air, tank and artillery battle along the Golan plateau Tuesday ended at dusk. It was the second this month and one of the heaviest exchanges along the frontier since the 1967 war. Israel claimed it shot down six Syrian jets and destroyed 15 tanks. It also reported direct hits on three guerrilla encampments and two division headquarters as deep as 50 miles inside Syrian territory. Syria acknowledged the loss of two aircraft and claimed three Israeli jets, 14 tanks and eight fortified positions were knocked out.

The Israeli command denied it lost any planes or tanks. An Israeli military spokesman reported two U.N. observation posts on the cease-fire line were hit and their installations destroyed. No U.N. personnel were reported injured.

Syria appeared to be pressuring Egypt to help out by reopening hostilities along the Suez Canal frontier. Damascus Radio said "the Syrian challenge to Israeli arrogance should be an example for other Arab countries to follow." By Publications Department Mexico High School THE MADRIGAL WILL BE FEATURED on tonight's MHS Presents TV show on Channel 12 at 6 p.m. Dede. Lukaman and Priss Singleton will be hosting the program be re-aired at noon Friday. Madrigal is a 16-member ensemble of selected Concert Choir students directed by Gerald Valet.

IN YESTERDAY'S GAA VOLLEYBALL GAME, the Chiefs came out on top of the Non-Setters with a score of 1510 and 16-14. In another match, the Spikers won over the Triple HEW Double 15-13, 15-11. MHS WILL JOIN OKLAHOMA AND NEBRASKA In Thanksgiving Day games tomorrow night when they take on Moberly in the consolation bracket of the Hannibal Holiday Tournament at 6:30 p.m. Flintlock Sells For $300,000 LONDON (AP) A 17th cen-i tury flintlock made for Louis. XIII of France fetched a world record auction price for gun at Sotheby's Tuesday.

The French fowling piece was bought by the London dealer Frank Partridge for $300,000. The firearm was included in the sale of part of the collection of firearms owned by American William Renwick. 100-Year-Old Wine Brings $11,000 Bid LOS ANGELES (AP) A Los Angeles man paid a record $11,000 for about four-fifths of a gallon of wine bottled more than 100 years ago. The wine, a jeroboam of 1870 vintage Chateau Mouton Rothschild, was purchased Tuesday by Mario Ruspoli in an auction held simultaneously via satellite television in London, Paris and Los Angeles. Money from the auction was to help restore works of art damaged by Venice floods.

The oldest bottle of wine, a 1769 vintage Jerez Napoleon, was sold for $900, said spokesmen for auctioneers Sotheby, Parke-Bernet. Intruder Joins Princess At Church LONDON (AP) Princess Anne was attending a memorial service at a London church when a young man claiming to be "from God" slipped through tight security and knelt down beside her. The man, wearing sneakers and a white sweater, made two attempts to enter the Church St. Martin's-in-the-Fields at Trafalgar Square on Tuesday before he finally got inside. The intruder took his place in the pew alongside Anne, who was sitting with Prince Philip, her father, and Prince Charles, her brother.

The young man; who was not identified, was quietly hustled out of the church. Police said that since he had done nothing wrong he would not be charged. Published daily exceptl Sundays and holidays at 300 N. Washington Mexico, Mo. Second class postage paid at Mexico, 65265.

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