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Court Returns Calif. Seats to McGovern Final Cily Edition (7-6) Sun-Tclecraph Telegraph th Year TEN CENTS First Newspaper West ol the Alleffhcnlcs THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1972 Cool Partly cloudy and cool; chance of showers; low in mid-50s; high in mid-70s. (Wtother Dtteli on fas 16) VOL. 45 ISO. 251 Jl 1 v--" 1 -w- 1 aFKWtiy iLtlSt I llCUI) listed as a $10,000 loss i -i i -i i i New York to Lansing, This mangled pile of wreckage was a car involved in a Park- way chain reaction crash involving two buses and three other end.

Two women were vehicles during a torrential rain yesterday. A PAT bus was crash. (See story'and rl Court Returns Calif. Delegates To McGovcrn MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Sen.

George McGovcrn recaptured in court yesterday the California delegate sweep he won at the polls and said he hoped the verdict would point to a victorious Democratic campaign for the White House. The Democratic party immediately acted to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court on grounds the party and its convention should decide who casts presidential nominating votes. "THE COURTS should not get involved in selecting delegates," Joseph A. Cali- Reliefers congregate in Florida; other convention news. Page 2.

Columnist William V. Shannon says "Muskie Can No Longer Put Off His Decision," Page 6. See Hungerford's cartoon, "The Cloud's Silver Lining," Page 6. fano counsel to the Democratic National Committee, said in Miami Beach. McGovern's political strategists said the court ruling that he is entitled to all 271 California nominating votes would spell first-ballot nomination for the senator from South Dakota when the national convention chooses its man in one week.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., overruled the action of the Democratic Credentials Committee which had voted to strip McGovern of 151 of the California delegates. With that verdict, McGovern's delegate strength in the Associated Press count of first-ballot votes vaulted to 1,436.65 only 72.35 away from the majority it will take to name the nominee. McGovern strategists claimed even more delegate votes, and Rick Stearns, their chief head-counter, said the restoration of the California votes "puts us over the top." McGOVERN WON the June 6 primary which, by state law, awarded the victor all 271 national convention votes. But the credentials panel, in a political power play McGovern called a rotten steal, voted last Thursday to apportion the delegates on the basis of the candidates' finish.

(Cont'd on Page 2, Column 5) Prostitution Suspects Nabbed Armed with 29 arrest warrants, more than 50 city and Stale Police detectives launched a roundup of city prostitutes last night in a crackdown planned over the past several weeks. The raiders struck about 11 p. m. and quickly made four arrests in the Court Place section, Downtown. The sweep was concentrated Downtown and in East Liberty.

State Police Commissioner Rocco P. Urclla said the sweep is intended as a warning to all establishments that violators will be vigorously prosecuted. The raiders included 50 detectives of the State Police Regional Strike Force and six members of the city's Organized Crime Division. Warrants were issued for 28 women and one man. 1 In Three Sections "1 -Assocloltd Press Wircohoto Man, uilh bug that niifilil hav IipU Iriiarker' cah, til airport.

Slate Budget Compromise Move Simmers By DAVID RUNKEL Post-Gnzflle Hnrrliburo Bur-ou HARRISBURG-Pennsylvania's budget crisis entered its sixth day today as a legislative conference committee was unable to agree on a budget compromise that it hopes would be approved by 102 members of the House and 26 senators. During the day yesterday, Gov. Shapp again refused to accept passage of stop-Local effects of the buu'gct crisis: Increased county taxes foreseen; public donation for needy asked; health groups turn to charities, all on Page 1, Section 2. gap appropriations, a temporary solution to the budget impasse, according to Rep. Kenneth B.

Lee, R-Sulliyan County, the House minority leader. "WHAT HE SAID, in effect, was that he didn't want budgetary problems dangling around any longer," Lee reported after an 80-minute meeting with the governor. While the failure of the legislature to approve a budget for the fiscal year that started July 1 has not brought the state government to a halt, it has stopped the writing of most state checks. Hardest hit by the stoppage have born welfare recipients, some 40,000 workers due to be paid this week and suppliers to the state. Mrs.

Helene Wohlgemuth, welfare director, said welfare payments for the support of 200,000 persons have already been missed and that the checks for another 200,000 persons will be delayed unless a budget is approved today. APPROXIMATELY ONE-TENTH of the persons on welfare in Allegheny county have been affected to date. In Harrisburg yesterday, it was a day of closed door meetings. (Cont'd on Page 4, Column 4) brought the takings for both winner and loser to the highest amount ever in world championship chess. The winner will get $231,250 and the loser $168,750.

The 24-game series between Spassky of the Soviet Union and the 29-year-old American challenger was to have begun last Sunday. It was put off for two days because of Fischer's holdout, then delayed until today by Soviet objections to the American's conduct. Euwe admitted Wednesday he had violated the rules in allowing delays in the starting date, and promised strict rule enforcement from now on. He then suggested the further postponement and said the match may even have to be split into parts to avoid conflict with the (Cont'd on Page 4, Column 8) rap 7 'v i Jcls Komi) Near Hanoi S. Viets Beat Off Foe In Quang Tri City SAIGON (AP) South Vietnamese forces held the edge of Quang Tri city yesterday and beat off enemy attacks on their eastern flank.

In the air war over North Vietnam, the U. S. Command announced the heaviest raids in weeks against three major depots with- in four miles of the center of Hanoi, the 2 Other Riders Hurt As FBI Rushes Plane (Another picture on Page 2.) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Two armed hijackers were shot and killed by FBI agents yesterday after one gunman fatally wounded a passenger and shot two others on a commandeered Pacific Southwest Airlines plane, authorities said. The hijackers had held 79 passengers and five crew members captive in the 737 jetliner for more than six hours on a Read "Baby Periled by Dad in High-Jack," Page 4. runway at San Francisco International Airport, demanding $800,000 cash, two parachutes and passage to Siberia, PSA said.

FBI special agent-in-charge Robert Gebhardt said that after the two hijackers refused to release passengers, F'BI agents entered the plane. ONE WAS DRESSED as a pilot, Gebhardt said, and was carrying the ransom money and parachutes. He said one of the hijackers ordered the agent to strip to his underwear to show he was unarmed. The first agent entered the plane, Gebhardt said, and was followed by three other agents who had landed from a power boat behind the plane and reached the ramp under the fuselage. Gebhardt said the first hijacker, who was armed with two handguns, was shot dead by the second agent to enter the plane.

He said the second hijacker opened fire from the rear of the plane, hitting three passengers before he, too, was shot down by an FBI man. THE DEAD PASSENGER was identified as E. H. Stanley Carter, 66, of Longueuil in Quebec, Canada. The FBI identified tht dead hijackers as Dimitr Alexiev, 28, of Hayward, and Michael Azmanoff, 28, no address.

The injured passengers were identified as Leo R. Gormley, 46, of Van Nuys, Calif, and Victor Sen Yung, 56, of Universal City, who plays the cook in the television series "Bonanza." Both were listed in fair condition. In San Diego, PSA president J. F'loyd Andrews, said "The FBI took this out of our hands and directed the action. They stormed the aircraft and in the ensuing melee, the hijackers were shot and the passengers injured." "Certainly we're not pleased that three passengers were wounded, but somebody had to make a decision.

We wanted to stop the hijacking, and stop it we did," Gebhardt said. The hijackers, armed with three handguns, took over the Boeing 737 yesterday morning on a flight from Sacramento to San Francisco, PSA spokesmen said. They demanded the cash along with passage to Siberia via Canada and Alaska and refused to release passengers before their demands were met, said PSA spokesman Gary Kissel. (Cont'd on Page 2, Column 7) County Employes OK Pad, 15846 Craft union workers employed by Allegheny County voted 158-to-46 last night to accept a contract which offered a 5.5 per cent pay hike, but didn't give written guarantee on a key issue of a 260-day work year. However, Angelo Carponi, a union spokesman, said: "We got (verbal) assurance the county will continue to operate as in the past which came close to a 260-day work year." The knotting issue had bogged down talks for eight weeks and led to a strike threat by some 350 workers belonging to 21 craft unions.

For the first time, the workers won job protection from firings during the change of county administrations. It provides protection against dismissals without just cause, and machinery for grievances and binding arbitration. The offer also granted an added $8 per month county contribution for medical-surgical insurance for each employe now under those programs, and eight paid holidays per year, guaranteed. Previously workers received no pay if a holiday fell on a day off. The contract, which is expected to get quick approval by the federal Pay Board, will go into effect today and run until next April.

A strike had been authorized by the membership, but a strike date was never set. It 1 -Post-Gcrzette Photo while a Greyhound bus en route from took heavy damage to its front badly burned and 17 others hurt in the list of injured on Page 5.) North Vietnamese capital. RELIABLE SOURCES said Lt. Gen. Ngo Quang Truong, commander of the counteroffensive into Quang Tri Province, believes he can recapture South Vietnam's northernmost city without a bloody battle.

He is in no hurry to dash into the city and engage in unnecessary street fighting and destruction, the sources reported. Government paratroopers penetrated the city limits Tuesday, then took up defensive positions on the southeastern edge, awaiting an order to press on after their week-long, 10-mile drive up Highway 1. THE SAIGON COMMAND reported government troops reoccupicd Outpost Checkmate, 12 miles southwest of Hue. The hilltop camp had been abandoned under heavy enemy fire early in the North Vietnamese offensive. A military spokesman in Hue said the bodies of 79 enemy killed by air strikes were found on the hill.

The shelling of Hue continued for the fourth day. A military hospital in the Hue Citadel was hit yesterday morning. Spokesmen said 11 patients were wounded. In the latest raids announced by the (Cont'd on Page 4, Column 6) 4 Men Rob Supermarket Four men armed with revolvers held up a supermarket in the Broadhcad Manor housing project yesterday, escaping with over $3,000. Police said the men entered the Broad-head Market at 1900 Broadhead-Fording Road about 5 p.

m. While one of the bandits cleaned out a cash register, another 'emptied a safe in the store's office. The bandits escaped in an automobile. 235fi Body Recovered From S.D. Flood Muck RAPID CITY, S.D.

(AP)-Work crews yesterday uncovered the body of th 235th victim of the June 9 flood. Coroner George Behrens said the victim, a woman, has not been identified. The body was exposed by a bulldozer working in the muck of Box Elder Creek north sS Rapid City. '-54 Rising River May Flood Downtown Pkwy. Underpass A day and a a 1 of heavy rain threatens to push the river level at the Point to between 19 and 20 feet at noon today, a level that could once again close the Parkway's eastbound underpass Downtown along the Monongahela River.

Flooding on the underpass between Grant and Stanwix Streets occurs at about 19'2 feet, according to officials at the state Department of Transportation. This river depth also closes the city parking facility on the Mon Wharf. THE UNDERPASS was closed for more than a week after the high waters hit the city June 23. The roadway was reopened last Sunday afternoon. The road's closing always results in massive traffic jams along Fort Pitt Boulevard and.

adjoining streets in the Point area. The River Information Office of the National Weather Service here forecbst that the rivers at the Point will be 19 feet and rising at 7 a. m. today with a crest of between 19 and 20 feet coming about noon. Some good news emerged yesterday for rain soaked residents of the area when the County Health Department announced that people living in Verona and Sharpsburg no longer must boil water used for drinking or cooking.

People in these towns have had to boil water since the flooding of June 23. HOWEVER, residents of McKees Rocks and Braddock are still to boil drinking and cooking water since laboratory analysis of those towns' water supplies has shown that boiling is the only way to insure the water will not (Cont'd on Page 4, Column 3) Inside Today's Pirates Rally, Top Astros, 64 Just when things started to look dim again, Bob Robertson and Roberto Cle-mente lit up Houston's Astrodome, and the Pirates took a 6-4 victory last nigh Robertson, who seems to be coming out of his long slump, slugged his fifth homer, and Clemente lashed his eighth, and reliever Bob Johnson had himself a win. Robertson's homer came in the four-run fourth. Moments earlier the Bucs were trailing, 4-1. Details on Sports Pages.

Holiday Traffic Toll Record 758 By The Associated Press Holiday traffic accidents took a record number of lives for an Independenc? Day weekend. Authorities reported that 758 persons were killed on the nation's highways during the four-day obs3rvance which began at 6 p. m. Friday and ended at midnight Tuesday. Post-Gazette Page 2 Page 2 Page Page 5 Page 7 1, Sect.

2 10 News 4 to 17 11, 12 20, 21 16 Match Mayor May Not Slarl Today Fischer Apologizes For Chess Play Delay Military bypassing air taxes Meal price drop s-ern by Sbullz Spanish girls mmui will be women at 21 Sprague challenges bar on death penally in Pa. PAT consultant had "in" with DeSapio Couneilmen OK sale of GM Building REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer apologised yesterday for delaying the start of the $400,000 world championship chess match, but the Russians demanded apologies in writing. With the confrontation threatening never to reach the checkered board, President Max Euwe of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) took some of the blame and suggested a further postponement from toaay until next week the dust to settle. Euwe said he had allowed Fischer's tardy arrival he got here Tuesday because "Fischer is quite another person. He's living in another world." Euwe said he realized titleholder Boris Spassky was "very upset" and that he would like to give him a week before the first game.

Fischer'! holdout for more money Aces on Bridge 24 Parents Ask Around the World 3 People in the As'ro'flgy 21 Sports Better Living. 10 Theater Want Ads Comics Deaths Editorials 21 20 Weather Finnnrial 1ft. 19. 22 mm. IF-J Health 9 POST-GAZETTE Ann Landers 10 PHONE NUMBERS Marriages 20 Home Delivery 263-1121 Newsmakers 2 Want Ads 263-1201 Obituaries 26 Other Depts 263-1100.

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