Monday Augu I 26, 19 6 DE 1 R T A "drafl-Ke1111ed.\ - f or-Pr esi dent" h e adquart y ha op 11 d ii door in Chica g o. Hot e e,, the Democrat apfJ a1 · · read · y to 11on1inate Hubert Humf)h · re a the y op n /It ir lhirt_ -fifth national convention. A pokesman for nator T d Kenned sa s h e Ins asked that his name not be placed before the con ention. His press secretar ays the Senator phoned former Ohio Go e1•no1 ' DiSalle illt this request - but DiSalle was reported as sa.ving he would conlinlle to campaign for the Senator's nomination. Part National Chairman John M. Bailey has announced that first, the convention will take up the contentious matte1' of seating disputed state delegatio11s tonight after th eremonial wel oming sf, e hes. Tl, e credentials of the Texas, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina delegations are being cl,all nged - mo t on grounds of ra ial di crimination. DEUO RAT - 2 Tomorrou uight, Ille 011d night of th co111 11/ion, a biller floor fight ; exp I d 01 er rules chang · an d Iii Party Plalforn-i - e Pecially th highl.) 1 contro er ial Pla11k on /he ietnam tar. Platform I rifer have a/read tenlatii•ely approv d a Plank back · 11g up lhe John 011 admini /ration poli .) on /I, i ar - and rejecting all d mands of the war ritics. The leader of the two mo t powerf ■ l slate delegatio11s -- Je se Unruh of Califor11ia and Chicago Ma3 , or Richard Dale) of llli11ois -- are ke ping their Prefere11ce for President lo tliemsel es. Both, however, den they are part of a "draft-Kennedy"..., move. Senator 'lcCarlhy -- figliting to withhold ballots from Humphrey on lhe first ballot - spent more tha,i an lto1'r toda.) 1 with the California d legation. Htlmphre.)' rode from hotel to hotel DEM OCR A TS - 3 ---- -- -- -- urging slat d legation and union official to gi e him a chanc lo d fea i Ri Izard Nixon, the Republican nominee, in No mber. CZECH --- - -- Cornmu11i I ourc as aying that the Soi iel Uu,;on ha d " ap · re · lo recognize Ill lih ral regime of Alexander Dub ek in Cze hoslo akia. Th Rus ians also ar reported lo ha e agreed to with- drau lh ir troops from Czech soil - but this To 11io II I d b e o n l )--. a "gradual" wilhdra al. The acco · rd reported! , was reached aft er four d a s of c l o e I.) g tt a r de d 1n e e t i n gs in t he Kr e m l i n •' Atcscow- - between Czech officials and leaders of the So ' iel Communist party -- although the free Czeclloslovakia r.adio claims the talks ha e not ended and are still going~. rnc::..7rln refusing to bring an immediate end to the military occupation of Czechoslovakia, tlie Russiatis reportedly in sis t-#fF that tlie t wo-1,undred-t housand ara1r War sa Pa ct troops remain bl, on Czech soil temporarily -- to see that the terms of atty agreement are carried out. Also, the So · iets are said to be demanding that some Russian troops be stationed \ l / ( ~ o n the Czech-West German border as mi itary observers. CZECH -2 ------ Meanwh i le, t he situation in Pragt« e is becoming i ncreas i ngl y tense by the hour. Sov i et troops are reported HI• more nervous than e v er as they patrol the streets wlie1·e h t tndreds of thousands of Czech 5 ei2i1, . . staging protest - ~ demonstrations 'Aincluding a noisy fifteen minute general strike in Prague's main square, with the Russians replying to taunts and jeers with warning bursts of machine-gun fire. Im Joi • • • • . ~ ------- a t f I a u .es e w, e a a a, ::s s s , J • • h r ri ate s Ir« n Ur A s d., s It ~ fell and the fate of the natio,o hu,sg in the bala,oce, ,<the Soviet troops ,..... 111•r• fingering their automatic •••ts•• weapons and a1••••• .. , scan,aiag the 1110 s saw,Jag roof- tops, as if awaiting sniper fire. The citize11s of Czechoslovakia are makiftg ii q clear _ they want nothi,ag short of a complete withdrawal of occuP ' J'ing forces from their cou,rtry. At the United Nations in New York - U S dit,l om a tic source 8 say the United Sd11.••x- Sta I•• 111ill re/,,se CZECH = 3 --------- to condone any - quote - "ratificatiion of rape" ~of Czechoslovakia, regardless of the official Czechoslovak reaction to the talk . in Moscow. The comment came after the Security Council - at the request of Czech ForeigN Minister Jiri Hajek - agreed to postpone the co,u,cil 's debate on the crisis, pending the outcome of the Mosco., talks. MIDEAST -------- Jordan and Israel filed com pl a int s with tlte United Nations today -- each accusing the other of bombarding villages along the border over the weekend. The two sides ,_., battled with tank, artillery aJtd mortar fire for several hours along a twenty-,nile front. VIETNAM --------- American army infantry - supported by low- flying fighter-bombers - fought a close-quarters battle t ilh North Vietnamese troops today. The fighting - which raged from mid-afternoon into the night - took place on a rubber plantation near the Cambodian b o r d e r ~ - - eighty miles north of Saigon. American military commanders call it a Communist effort to divert defense forces from Saigon. - 0 ~ I n Paris, the chief spokesman for North Viet••• at the deadlock peace negotiations, directed an appeal to the American people, aski,ag them to force tlaeir gover,ame,at ~ ~ - t a ~ to end the ivar. Some observers ~ ~ - w n - ,,.,..,.....,11L- an attempt to stimulate se,tliment agai,ast the MJar al ll1e Democratic ~ conve,ttioa, as it ope,es i,e Claicago. EISENHOWER - ----------- Th e condition of former President 8a,1W Eisenhower remains critical. Z 3 r ~ e d i c a l bulleli,o - is sued ~••4 at Walter Reed A: m; fita&Jtllal - - noted a" increa e in the seventy-seven year old General's lteart irri labtl ily ~ •~=,:• he w::;;'J.'ft..-/:omf ortably. ' RACE ------ T, o electric-powered automobiles are speeding acros the continental United States in opposite directiofls tonight - in a race to Pasadena, .._ California, at o,re e,rd, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the other. One car - powered b y twenty batteries - started from the Califor11ia Institute of Technology campus - the other - left the MI T campus in Cambridge. Each car has a crew of three, ~ l t e r n a t e at ,,.e ,.,.eel in t•e 1•1rty-five hufldred mile trip across the co11tinent - stoppi,ag ot1ly for battery recltargiftg and repairs. The wi,u1i11g car will be the ofte that reaches the opt,osite camP•s first. - M YIPPIES -------- ~~~ ~~Chicago, the !_iPPies have appealed for a United Nations observer to keep t atch on t h e i r ~ Wf:t;.~.:~, _o_p. to~cy ~ tro11blesJ._with t e police during convention .. •ea«. The a - . ~ ~ ( ) / V ) Yippies ~ bearded and beaded members of the so-called ' L . t t· l ~t&., J..!!_" •.,!!!. erna iona .}!__arty•~ wired U S Secretary-General U-Thant, charging that law and order had broke,a dowft i,a Chicago. An estimated twent,,_six thousand regular army troops, national guardsmen, federal agents aftd police are in or near the city • to keep order during the co11venllon p . - o c e e d l n g • , ~ ~ ~ "A~ • ~ Al - ~~ -