cZ1 P irl ig n 43ai; SUFFERING High--92 Low-70 Humid, chance of rain Vol. LXXXII, No. 39-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, July 12, 1972 Ten Cents Twelve Pages McGovern nears victory Wallace's challenges lose overwhelmingly MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (A)-Sen. George McGovern (D-S.D.) strode without major challenge toward the Democratic presidential nomination early today after Sens. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) and Edmund Muskie (D-Me.) bowed to his towering national convention strength and quit the race. Despite a dramatic, personal appeal from Alabama. Gov. George' Wallace, still a candidate, the Democratic National Convention shouted down his proposals by overwhelming voice votes to write more conservative terms into a liberal party platform tailored to McGovern's views. Amid waves of cheers from the convention minority supporting his candidacy, the crippled Alabama governor came to the conven- tion in a wheelchair to argue for his views of what the platform should say. The minority that cheered for Wallace provided the only support as eight Wallace planks, including a demand that the Democrats call for an end to school busing for racial balance, were rejected. The platform committee had endorsed some busing as a tool to improve educational opportunity. It called also for immediate, complete withdrawal of all U.S. combat forces in Indochina,. while the rejected Wallace plank set the release of American prisoners as a condition for a pullout. The debate on the Wallace package alone occupied three hours before any votes could be taken. Argument was interrupted periodically by appeals from the chair for restless delegates to return to their seats and cease milling about and talking in the aisles. It was Wallace's first appearance before a large crowd since he was shot in a Laurel, Md., shopping center May 15, the eve of Maryland and Michigan primaries-two of six that he won. In his speech, Wallace denounced "the asinine, senseless bus- ing of little school children." His supporters cheered, but there were boos elsewhere on the convention floor. "I am here because I want to help the Democratic party," Wallace" said, "I want it to become again the party of the aver- age citizen as it u d to be and not the pa y of the pseudo-intel- lectual snobbery that it has come to be." The Democrats also voted last night to continue the delegate- selection reforms that marked their 1972 convention, and added some new ones, including a requirement that from 1976 on a wo- man chair every other convention. Delegates chosen in winner-take-all primaries such as those .now in effect in California and several other states could be suc- cessfully challenged in the 1976 convention. -Associated Press SEN. EDMUND MUSKIE (D-Me.) announces his withdrawal from competition for the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday in Miami Beach. Muskie's wife, Jane, and his daughters, Martha and Melinda, listen to the speech. 6-5 VOTE: City Council passes HEW's anti-discrimination proposal By HARVARD VALLANCE City Council voted Monday to outlaw discrimination against persons on the basis of their "sexual preference, marital or educational status." The amend- ment to the City Code, intro- duced by council members Jerry De Grieck (HRP-First Ward) and Nancy Wechsler, (HRP- Second Ward), prohibits dis- crimination against male or fe- male homosexuals, bisexuals as well as heterosexuals. Discrimination against full- time students, married, single, divorced and widowed persons is also barred under the new amendment. The amendment, approved 6- 5, provides that violations of the new law be prosecuted as criminal offenses. The u s u a l procedure is to handle discrimi- nation cases through the city's Human Rights Department. De Grieck told council that defining such cases as misde- meanors will cause the law to be taken more seriously both by potential violators and by the targets of such discrimination. Controversy continues over airport expansion By DAVID STOLL A plan before City Council to expand the city's Municipal Air- port has generated controversy among many community mem- bers. The expansion plan, which in- cludes the construction of a new 540 foot runway, the paving of an existing cross runway, the construction of new hangars and the purchase of land for use as a clear zone, has run into some strident opposition. Residents of the area say that private jets using the new run- way will greatly increase the noise level around the airport. Supporters of the plan argue that actual jet use will be min- imal and that because the new runway will be set farther back thar the old, the actual in- crease in noise is debatable. City Council is scheduled to vote on the plan Monday, but action may be deferred pending noise tests and further negotia- tion. Mayor Robert Harris, a prime supporter of the plan, contends that rejection of the expansion will result in budget cuts. City funding of day care centers, Free People's Medical Clinic, emergency housing, Ozone House and many new experimental programs may be drastically cut, according to Harris. According to council member Jerry De Grieck (HRP-First Ward), the threatened cuts are an attempt to "blackmail" coun- cil into voting for the plan for budgetary reasons "rather than the merits of the program it- self." Although he says that any cuts should "be made elsewhere," he admits that there is a "de- cent chance" that they will end up coming from the pro- grams. At its present level of opera- tions the city-owned airport does not pay for itself and must be subsidized out of the city's gen- eral fund. Last year costs were over $30,000. According to Harris, the ex- pansion plan will make the air- See COUNCIL, Page 7 The Human Rights Party's proposal sought also to bar discrimination against persons practicing transvestitism; and transsexuality, but in a surprise move preceding the final vote Robert Faber (D-Second Ward) persuaded council to exempt such cases from the city's juris- diction. Asserting that he strongly supported the rest of the amendment, he said he was not convinced that "these prac- tices are legitimate differences in lifestyle" that should be pro- tected by law. While he said he would do nothing to further discrimination a g a i n a t the group, he argued that persons renting rooms in their own homes should be allowed dis- cretion in such cases. After defeating a Republican attempt to exempt rooming houses and apartments with less than 5 units, HRP and the Democrats combined to pass the measure over Republican opposition. In other action, council agreed to vote next week on an HRP proposal to force a mora- torium until Sept. 30 on fur- ther action by the city's Cable- casting Commission, whose ac- tivities were allegedly "cloak- ed in secrecy," according to HRP member Frank Shoichet. The 5 person public commis- sion was appointed by the may- or two years ago and oversees the development of the pro- poseCd city cable TV system. Thedcommission has the auth- ority to grant franchises to commercial broadcasting com- panies and will also regulate the use of 4 public channels that will be available for use by community groups, out of 24 proposed channels. Speaking before council, Shoi- See HRP, Page 7 SEN. HUBERT HUMPHREY (D-Minn.) hugs his wife, Muriel, yesterday in Miami Beach, after announcing his withdrawal from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Uonventio'n, From the outside (See story, Pae3)