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Daily Record, Wednesday, July 12, 1972 Astronauts ran sideline in souvenirs The 300 unsold envelopes, known to the philatelic trade as postal covers, have been impounded at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston. NASA said in a formal announcement that the astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin WASHINGTON (AP) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration disclosed Tuesday that the Apollo 15 astronauts, on their round trip to the moon last summer, secretly carried 400 souvenir stamped envelopes that could have been sold to collectors lor $600,000 or more. The three exercised poor judgment. "Therefore they will be reprimanded and their actions will be given due consideration in their selection for future assignments," NASA said. The three astronauts have declined to comment, the Houston space center said.

The 400 envelopes were carried, without permission, without" of: I'icial knowledge and in violation of NASA regulations, along with 232 Apollo 15 covers that had the agency's full approval. NASA said it permits astronauts, within established procedures, to carry personal souvenir-type items, including postal covers, on space flights. These articles are to be retained by the astronauts or given to personal friends, and are not to be Kennedy MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) On the eve of George McGovern's likely nomination for president, senior aides said Tuesday they regard Sen. Edward M.

Kennedy as the South Dakota senator's top choice as a running mate. But there is surprisingly strong backing for labor leader Leonard Woodcock. This is the substance of an assessment based on a series of interviews in which the advisers were asked to list the three most likely McGovern choices if, as Total pullout for An aide said Tuesday McGovern's discussions with Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey and Edmund S.

Muskie have broadened the field of those under consideration somewhat but that those listed earlier remain the top contenders. Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri said in an interview he has been told by McGovern aides he is one of three leading contenders, along with Nelson and Hart, for the nomination. McGovern aides confirmed that Eagleton is one of those under consideration.

Woodcock, who discussed the vice presidency with McGovern a week ago, was asked in an interview Tuesday if he ould accept the No. 2 spot. "It would depend on all the circumstances," he said, adding he expects McGovern's foes in the abor movement to swing behind him in the fall campaign against President Nixon. Several advisers said they felt McGovern probably had narrowed the list of possible running mates down to a handful. WORLD CHESS Judge excludes war proponent have been disciplined, NASA said.

One hundred of the unauthorized envelopes were given to an acquaintance of the astronauts and were sold at a reported price of $1,500 each. The astronauts, in an apparent change of heart, declined to take any of that $150,000, NASA said. favored expected, he wins the presidential nomination Wednesday night. "Don't let anybody fool you," one adviser said. "He's the most serious possibility going.

This is not a ploy for labor support." Besides Kennedy, the interviews showed considerable backing for three senators Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, Philip A. Hart of Michigan and Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut and for Gov. Reubin Askew of Florida. Ribicoff and Askew have said they're not interested.

volvement in the war, "I think it's right." In judging government and defense cases, he added, "I probably would favor the one that went with my opinion." He was the first juror dismissed for cause on a defense challenge since jury selection began Monday. By day's end, seven potential jurors had been scrutizined on their views regarding the war. Two men and two women said they favored American withdrawal. Two men said they had no strong opinion concerning the war. Questioning continues Wednesday.

Earlier, defense attorneys briefly halted questioning, asking that the judge inquire more deeply into panelists' views on dissent and disobedience of government rules. County News 16,17,20,21,24,28,30 Crossword Puzzle 38 Editorial 10, 11 Gossip Column 38 Horse Racing 44 Jeane Dixon 39 Medical Memos 38 Obituaries 8 Real Estate 32 Sheinwold on Bridge 38 Social 14, 15 Sports 40-47 Published Daily Except Sunday. Christmas. New Year's. Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day.

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Beach LOS ANGELES (AP) A proponent of the Vietnam war was removed as a possible juror in the Pentagon Papers trial Tuesday, but four who said they want the United States to get out of Vietnam were allowed to remain at least temporarily. The two men and two women who oppose the war swore they could be fair and impartial jurors in the trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo, and the judge did not entertain any challenges for cause on their eligibility to serve. Either side has the option to remove them with a peremptory challenge later. Gray-haired Francis G. Hougen, a Bendix Corp.

employe, was excused after he said of U. S. in FISCHER given for commercial or personal gain, the agency said. Advertisements ol Apollo 15 covers at 4,850 deutschmarks or about $1,500 each, in a West German stamp-collectors magazine, called the attention of space officials to an apparent violation of the rules. NASA said it learned in the course of its inquiry that the Apollo 15 crew, before the flight, had agreed to provide 100 postal covers to an acquaintance, with the revenue to go into a trust fund for their children.

The acquaintance was identified as Horst (Walter) Eiermann of Stuttgart, a naturalized American well known in the Cocoa Beach, area. PO what the aides said was "an elaboration of his position" in a statement issued responding to his endorsement by a group of wives and sisters of American prisoners of war. It brought his position closer to that of President Nixon, who has vowed to maintain U.S. military action in Indochina until the North Vietnamese promise to free prisoners. Heretofore, McGovern has pledged to remove all U.S.

forces from Southeast Asia if elected president, saying he was certain this would lead the North Vietnamese to free captured Americans. In Tuesday's statement, he said he will use every resource possible to win freedom of the prisoners and a full accounting of Americans missing in Indochina. "While I am fully confident that there would be no such need," the senator said, "I would also retain the military capability in the region in Thailand and on the seas to signal and fulfill our firm determination on this issue. "This is the only cause for which I would retain any U.S. forces in or adjacent to Southeast Asia," McGovern added.

After restating his pledge to' withdraw ground torces irotn Vietnam and halt U.S. bombing within 90 days of taking office, McGovern said: "Remaining forces would be completely withdrawn as soon as oil prisoners are returned and a satisfactory accounting for the missing is received from all responsible parties." The aides said this sentence referred to bases in Thailand and the naval forces off the Vietnamese coast, insisting McGovern wasn't changing his policy but conceding he had never discussed this aspect if it publicly. camping out at the spraw ling, lush- green park located several blocks from the Democratic National Convention. The Yippies, Zippies, blacks, gays, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, women's lib and others-some 1,200 strong set up the council to run the tent compound authorized by the Miami Beach City Council. Heavily influenced by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Resurrection City II, beaded by the Rev.

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(AP) Sen. George McGovern said Tuesday for the first time that he would keep U.S. troops in Thailand and naval forces in the Gulf of Tonkin on what aides termed "an inactive basis" until the North Vietnamese release captured U.S. prisoners. The South Dakota senator, on the verge of capturing the Democratic presidential nomination, made CHAMPIONSHIP to compromise on the challenge issue which cost him his seat may not be known until the fall campaign begins.

But observers believe the mayor will ignore the convention humiliation and support the party's candidate for president. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) The antiestablishment people camping out at Flamingo Park in Miami Beach have created a ruling hierarchy of their own. It may not be entirely democratic, but it works, its members say. A tent-city Governing Council of 12 to 16 members represents 'all the iiondelegate protest groups SPASSKY Pie bakers get new contract Page 4 Carrier girl aims for top in baton twirling Page 4 Event to promote air conditioning at gymnasium Page 4 York Little Theatre schedules 'Plain and Fancy' Page 6 Glen Rock starts cleanup Page 16 'Summer Happening' Page 24 Amusement 31 Auto 36, 37 Business 12 Classified 33-37 Comics 38,39 More from Miami Askew Where it's at Challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union adjourned their first game in the chess championship series in Reykjavik, Iceland, Tuesday night.

Spassky wrote down his next move which referee Lothar Schmid will take from a sealed envelope today. (AP) sees party responding to protest IV And former Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota, a strong 1968 contender, strode across the lobby of the Muskie headquarters hotel and remarked: "I have a feeling this convention is not going to end it's just going to be gone." MIAMI BEACH.Fla. (AP) Dismissal of Mayor Richard J. Daley from the Democratic National Convention combines with his primary defeat of last March to dim the 70-year-old Chicago leader's political star.

But lie remains the man the Democrats must count on to win Illinois in November. Whether Daley adopts an attitude as intractable as his refusal. stay together and work together, they can elect an administration which will win a better life for all Americans, the governor said. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP)-Sen.

Edmund S. Muskie, conceding that Sen. George McGovern has captured the Democratic presidential nomination, endorsed him warmly Tuesday and dropped a candidacy once thought unbeatable. Muskie's brief withdrawal statement, delivered from a hotel night club stage, ended a political journey virtually four years long a campaign that once glowed brightly but now showed barely a glimmer. MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

(AP) -Florida Gov. Reubin Askew said Tuesday night that Democrats are responding to "a new coalition in this country a coalition of protest" and to "a thunder of discontent" coming from rich and poor alike. Delegates to the party's national convention, Askew said in the traditional keynote speech, were chosen "in a ballot-box rebellion from Florida to California. "This is indeed the most representative convention in our history. It's impossible, in fact, to look upon this group without feeling that one has seen the face of America." If the new elements in the party.