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Replacement still not chosen Eagleton withdraws from ticket Missouri Democrats say Republicans will win state GOPnational committeeman JohnF. Mangle wasmore blunt: "Most Republicans and Democrats know Sen. Eagleton has stature in Missouri. This is a real kick in the pants." JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (UPI Missouri Democrats today said Sen.

Tom Egleton got a "raw" deal and that his departure from Sen. george McGovern 'spresidential ticket vic-tually assures the Republicans will carry the state in the November election. McGovern has made the major blunder of his life," said St. Louis Mayor Alfonso J. Cer-vanes, a Democrat.

"It's a total disaster for the State of Missouri." Cervantes refused to say if he would support the party's national ticket. party chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien. No Recommendations Eagleton, who met newsmen with McGovern toannounce the decision, said today he would make no recommendation to McGovern on a successor. "This is a decision that should be entirely up to Sen.

McGovern," he said in a television interview (NBC -Today show). Eagleton, ironically, performed the duties of the vice president Tuesday morning when he presided over the Senate for a short time after its opening. Vice President Spiro Agnew and President Pro Tern James Eastland, At the Democratic National Committee, where the succes- sor to Eagleton will be formally chosen, officials said the first task would be to clear up a series of credentials challenges against new members. After that, an emergency meeting will be called by the new national chairman, Jean West-wood, to select a new vice presidentialcandidate. McGovern's recommendation as it was at the Miami Beach convention is expected to be controlling.

At the White House, Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said President Nixon has not contacted Eagleton since the senator was dropped from the ticket and has no comment on the matter. Ziegler said he raised the development in conversation with the President and 'he said we really have nothing to say on that." McGovern and Eagleton announced at a news conference in the Senate Caucus Room Monday night their "joint decision" that Eagleton step down from the ticket. It came only six days after the 42-year-old Missourian disclosed at an equally dramatic joint news conference in the Black Hills of South Dakota that he had been hospitalized three times for psychiatricreasons. Eagleton is the first vice presidential candidate ever to accept the nomination and later resign from the ticket.

"In the joint decision we have reached, health was not a factor," McGovern said in a prepared statement. "But the public debate over Sen. Eagleton's past medical history continues to divert attention from the great national issues that need to be discussed." Reaction was mixed. California State Democratic Chair-(continued on page 8) WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen. George S.

McGovern, with the "painful" task of dropping Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton behind him, searched today for a new running mate who can help get his presidential campaign back on the fast track he had hoped would take him to victory over Richard M. Nixon in November. McGovern, who persuaded Eagleton to step down at a two-hour conference Monday night, said he had not yet decided on areplacement.

The Democratic presidential nominee said he would make a recommendation to the Democratic National Committee a few days." "We are going to be very cautious and very careful in making the vice presidential nomination," said McGovern, whose plans for a fast start in the campaign against Nixon were wrecked by the week-long controversy over Eagleton's health background. Speculation immediatelycen-tered on some of the same men mentioned as vice presidential prospects at last month's Democratic National Convention Sens. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, Sargent Shriver, a Kennedy in-law, and former Showers Western South' Dakota will have considerable cloudiness with occasional showers and thunderstorms today and tonight. Threat of showers again tomorrow mainly in the afternoon.

Highs today in the "The Democrats can count Missouri out as far as I'm concerned this fall They gave Tom Eagleton a raw deal," said state Democratic party Chairman Delton Houtchins. I'm going to sit this one out at the national level. I'll campaign for my friends at the state and local level." Republicanswereunanimous in their belief that dumping Eagleton from the Democratic ticket assured a GOP victory in the state. "I think that many Missour-ians have a high regard for Sen.Eagleton and will be disappointed at the action of the state chairman Lawrence K. Roos.

"As a Republican, I feel that this is a decision that must be made by the Democratic party and the consequences of this decision will have to be judged by the electorate. This is something the people will have to if) La mill 70's except locally in the mid 80's Western Black Hills. Lows tonight in the 50's. Highs tomorrow in the upper 70's to lower 80's. Chance of rain 40 per cent today and 30 per cent tonight and 50 per cent tomorrow.

Our weather LEAD High temperature for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. today, 57; low, 52; 8 a.m., 54. Precipitation: .29. Mine office, Homestake Mining Co. DEADWOOD High temperature for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m.

today, 70; low, 54; 8 a.m., 59. Precipitation, .22. Radio Station KDSJ. 1 CMl A I II II a II mm mm WEEKLY SUMMARY In Lead, July 23, 78-47; July 24, 79- 49; July 25, 80-58; July 26, 80- 54; July 27, 71-53; July 28, 78-53; July 29, 86-55. Precipitation: July 24, July 25, July 26, July 27, July 28, .02.

E. C. Larive, cooperative weather observer. tt78th Year SERVING LEAD AND DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1972 Food stamp office open in Lead Kneip urging 'compulsory talks' bargaining table under federal law. He says he hopes the negotiations will get started "within the next week." The strike has idled some 1,400 employes at the gold mine and some of the miners reportedly have gone to other Kneip says the strike can't be ended unless there are discussions between management and union officials.

The governor says the federal mediator has the power to order both sides to the The governor says there's been no negotiations since the strike began July 17. And he says that strike is having an adverse effect on the economy of the Lead-Deadwood area and the whole Northern Black Hills. United Press International Custer man killed in Vietnam WASHINGTON A Custer South Dakota man has been listed by the defense department as being killed as a result of non-hostile action in southeast Asia. He was 20-year-old Army Specialist Five Steven Trant of Custer. Trant enlisted in the army in 1969 and served in Germany and Vietnam and re-enlisted and was sent back to Vietnam.

Court ruling causes questions PIERRE The State Supreme court is not speculating on the effect of a recent U.S. supreme court opinion involving South Dakota. A Wood, South Dakota man, William Wright who was charged with public intoxication was turned down by the state court on his appeal that he was entitled to legal counsel at public expense. However the U.S. supreme court overturned the state court's decision.

According to the U.S. court's ruling everyone is entitled to legal counsel regardless of the classification of the violation. Hartford girl drowns LAKE POINSETT A weekend swimming expedition was turned into disaster for the Peter Dubbelde family of Hartford. TheDubbelde's five-year-old daughter drowned while wading in the lake. Lisa Dubbelde and her parents were vacationing at a north shore resort when the drowning occurred Sunday.

Meat packing firm closes SIOUX FALLS The Spencer meat packing company in Sioux Falls temporarily closed its doors yesterday putting about 140 hourly wage workers out of work. Company officials say the plant's operations were suspended because the plant hasn't had a consistent number of livestock in order to process every week. PIERRE (UPI) Gov. Richard Kneip says he is asking for "compulsory negotiations" in an effort to end the 15-day old strike at the Homestake Gold Mine in Lead. At a news conference today Kneip says he talked early this morning with the federal mediator and after doing so.

he will send a telegram asking for the mediator to order both sides to the bargaining table. Senate rejects McGovern's Friday, Aug. 4, in the St. Patrick's school auditorium. The office will be open from 8:30 a.m.

until 5 p.m. each day and those not certified by Friday will have to go to the welfare office in the courthouse at Deadwood to apply for food stamps. The regional welfare director said, "Unlike the Rapid City flood, the food stamps issued strikers will not be free and normal eligibility standards and certification procedures will apply." He continued, "As with anyone else applying for food stamps, strikers will be required to meet certain criteria as to income and resources." Schulz also cautioned that federal law requires that they register for employment and accept suitable employment if areas to find work during the duration of the strike. The Governor also replied to charges by State Republican Chairman Robert Burns that Kneip waited too long to step into the dispute and didn't take action until his political opponent. Thompson.

called on the governor's office to step in. Kneip said the last ingredient that is needed in the dispute is politics. He said. think the Republican state chairman and others have alluded to the politics of it." Also today in Lead the South Dakota Public Welfare Department opened a special food stamp office to handle certification for striking mine employees. Robert Schulz, Rapid City regional director for the welfare department, said that the office will be operated until Gold Price cut in defense budget supported the nominee in a speech in which he charged Nixon had engaged in "blind escalation of the arms race." He said the President proposed a speed up in development of the Trident submarine as "an obvious effort to stall an economic recession until after the election." NEWYORK (UPD-Foreign and domestic gold prices Tuesday: London: Morningfixing68.80, up 0.50; afternoon fixing 69.30, up 1.00.

Paris (free market) 70.66, up 0.55. Frankfurt68.96down0.02. New York Handy Harman, noon 69.60 up 1.00; American Express 69.35 bid 69.65 asked, up 1.00; Engelhard 69.55 bid 69.75 asked, up 1.00. European prices for 95.50 per cent fineness; U.S. prices 99.95.

WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Senate rejected today a proposal by Democratic presidential nominee George S. McGovern to cut President Nixon's defense budget by $4 billion this year. The vote was 59 to 33. It was the first legislative test of one of the major campaign issues raised, by McGovern. The South Dakotan has pledged that if elected President, he will trim more than $30 billion from military spending over the next three years.

That would give the country a defense budget of about $55 billion. In a floor speech on behalf of hisamendment.theDemocratic candidate told the Senate that isnm I 1V I WMtrji' Public Notices '-r I Insurance Annual Statements Nixon has "told Congress that we invite inflation by anything we do to build up our own country, to care for our own people and to improve the quality of life in our own society." "But that view has nothing to do with reality," McGovern said in his first fullscale Senate speech since winning the nomination. "Wemust consider the real sources of inflation." "It comes from the reckless war in Indochina. It comes from the bombs, the bullets, the planes and missiles which we have piled up beyond any rational need," he said. "And if we accept the $100 billion arms obligation represented here, we will be adopting a program of guaranteed ruinous inflation for years to come." McGovern took his $100 billion figure from independent studies of defense spending which he quoted in his 30-minute speech to a sparsely-attended Senate session He said if the $4 billion Nixon seeks to start buying weapons for delivery later is approved, it would lead to a $100 billion defense budget by 1975.

The bill being debated would hold military spending this year to the level of the last budget $77.6 billion. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who resigned as McGovern's running mate today, IS A3 'BHPF' State opens canyon road for travel State Highway Director Jack Allmon late Monday announced that the Boulder Canyon highway will be opened Thursday evening. The decision was reached to allow traffic through the canyon during the Days of '76 celebration in Deadwood. Travis Bunn, district engineer, and Maynard Sommer, chief engineer for the department of highways, met late last week with members of the Days of '76 committee and the Chamber of Commerce's state highway committee.

The road will be open only through Sunday when it will again be closed with service for local traffic only. After it is again closed Monday the temporary asphalt base will be laid. During the celebration it will only have a gravel base but the highway department stressed that it would have water trucks available to reduce the dust problem. State loses $9 million in federal road funds PIERRE Gov. Richard Kneip says the state has lost some nine-million dollars in federal highway funds.

At a news conference the Governor said South Dakota's highway allocation for fiscal year 1973 is 24 and one-half million dollars, nine-million dollars less than was appropriated by Congress. Kneip says the action will have a severe effect on South Dakota's road building plans and ultimately to the state's economy. The governor said the nine-million dollars does not include a possible three-point-three million dollars in withholding of federal highway funds because of alleged non-compliance with federal highway billboard regulations. But he says that since 1966. Dakota has lost some 44-million -dollars in highway funds that had been appropriated by Congress but withheld by the office of management and budget.

He says the reason for the cut in the allocation apparently is fear of inflation and other economic considerations. But he says South Dakota needs all the funds it can get to keep up its roadbuilding program. The Governor says the highway cuts were not limited to just South Dakota and included all the states in the country. Days of '76 committee Meeting Monday night to finalize plans for the annual Days of '76 celebration were the members of the executive committee. Pictured left to right, standing, are Floyd Caldwell, chairman Dick Shuck, advertising and rodeo secretary; Lloyd West, guests, merchant police and Indians; Don Ostby, parade; and Jim Frank, newest member of the committee, yet unassigned; seated are Dick Olsen, 1971 chairman; Bub Roberts, bands and Indians; Dale Stoneberger, Chamber president; Tom Thoresen, grounds and arena assistant; Willard Pummel, grounds; Denis Caron, concessions: Bob Thoresen, tickets and parade; Allen Johnson, tickets and grounds police; Ross Sorensen, arena director and Larry Jeffries, rodeo secretary.

(Photo by Paul Franich) Silver Price NEWYORK UPI Handy Harman Tuesday quoted silver at 183.2 cents per fine ounce, up 1.1 cents..