P , txl i Yi 43FCIIjj PRIMARY ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS See Editorial Page Vol. LXXXI I, No. 57-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, August 5, 1972 Ten Cents Twelve Pages SOURCES SAY ACCEPTANCE LIKELY Muskie ponders Dem. VPoffer WASHINGTON AR - Sen. Edmund Muskie has been offered the Democratic vice presidential nomination by presidential nominee George McGovern and is inclined to accept the job, a source close to Muske said last night. The source, a liberal Democratic senator, told a re- porter "There's no question McGovern offered it, and there's no question Muskie's considering it now." The source said McGovern "thinks he's got Muskie sold on this now." He added that Muskie's wife, Jane, had . talked with her husband by phone Thursday night or yes- terday morning and said she would prefer not to have him accept the nomination. AP Photo GEORGE McGOVERN leaves the Capitol yesterday amid reports that he has asked Maine Sen. Ed- mund Muskie to be his new runnng mate. Although no decision has been made public, rumor has it that Muskie is leaning toward accepting. SENATE MOVE: Protest of dike raids sought But the source added 'I decision, she'll go along." He said Muskie is expected to give his final answer to Mc- Govern later today. Muskie said earlier yesterday that he had a two-hour meeting Thursday night at Muskie's home in suburban Bethesda, Md. While neither man would say definite- ly, there were strong indications that McGovern had asked Muskie to take on the assignment. It was not entirely certain that Muskie would welcome a second run on the No. 2 spot of the Democratic presidential ticket. He was Hubert Humphrey's run- ning mate in 1968 when the Democrats lost a close one. The same close associate of Muskie who reported the firm offer and its likely acceptance late yesterday had said on Thursday, before the meeting with McGovern, that the Maine senator "sounded as if he wouldn't go . . . He thinks that things are in such bad shape that it's virtually a lost cause." Muskie declined last night to say if he had been offered the nomination. Muskie, arriving at a private airport in Sanford, Maine, for a weekend stay at his summer home in nearby Kennebunk, said he expected to be in contact with McGovern "over the week- end, and possibly tonight." Muskie, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1968, said McGovern is not having trouble finding a running mate to replace Sen. Thomas Eagleton and said there are many candi- dates "willing to respond to the challenge." He would not say if he was one of them. Before letaving his Bethesda, Md., home, Muskie said he was concerned about the campaign and the issues involved in it but said his possible place on the ticket was a "question to be con- sidered , and resolved in due couse" suppose if Muskie makes his M~cGovern considers optons o Pln By The Associated Press Sen. George McGovern said yesterday he will procede more carefully and deliberately in choosing his second running mate than was the case the first time. The Democratic nominee has come under considerable criti- cism for not having taken ae closer look into the past of Sen. Thomas Eagleton before select- ing his at Miami Beach. McGovern said he is looking for someone who agrees with him that the Vietnam War should be ended quickly, that federal income taxes should be revised and thai military waste should be reduced. Hopefully, he said, the man will be a good cam- paigner as well. He told newsmen then that he was considering a list of possi- bilities that included women, blacks and Mexican-Americans, but that he wouldn't make any choice before talking with Sen. Edmund Muskie. today's. weather Clearing and warmer with low temperatures' around 60 increas- ing to the upper 70's later in the day. The weekend outlook is great with rising temperatures, sunny skies and little or no chance of rain. The expected high for the weekend is 80. By The Associated Press Declaring there has been de- liberate U. S. bombing of the North Vietnamese dike system, 10 Democratic senators asked Congress yesterday to go on re- cord against it. For a special report from Viet- nam compiled by Le Monde of Paris, see Page 8. The White House and the State Department said any bomb hits on the dikes are ac- cidental, not deliberate, Such accusations "only serve to fur- ther the enemy propaganda ef- fort," the White House spokes- man said. President Nixon has ordered that no bombs be dropped on the dikes. The State Department said last week there have'been 12 accidental hits on dikes and dams. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D- Mass.), told the Senate it is clear to him it is administration policy that "if the dikes are in close proximity to a potential bombing target, the policy of the administration is to bomb the dikes anyway, regardless of the consequences to the dikes." "It doesn't take a Philadel- phia lawyer to label this policy for what it is = a policy of de- liberately bombing dikes," he said. Senate Republican leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania agreed 'that if the dikes were breached the United States could turn North Vietnam into a lake in less than a week." Meanwhile, government ma- rines claimed they killed 44 North Vietnamme troops in fighting around Quang Tri yes- terday but their drive to isolate the walled Citadel in the heart of the city was at a standstill. Saigon command spokesman Lt. Col. Le Trung Hien admitted the elite marine division had made "no significant progress" in its push to recapture the cap- ital of the country's northern- most province, which fell to the enemy May 1. The marines are trying to but off the Citadel from supplies and reinforce- ments by occupying western sec- tions of the city along the Thach Han River. LIKE SEX, DRUGS? In search of a good book By MARILYN RILEY Eating, bicycling, drugs, and doing it yourself - that's what people on campus want to read about this summer. According to Elissa Miller, a clerk at the U Cellar, the most popular books are those t h at teach people how to use their wits and hands to do things for themselves. Among these are "how to" books - books which show you how to make or repair anything from acid to Volkswagons. Con- sidering the large VW population in Ann Arbor, it's not surpris- ing to find that How to Keep Your Volkswagon Alive is one of the best sellers in this category. Illustrated handbooks on bi- cycle repair and maintenance have enjoyed high popularity on city's bookshelves this summer. Less tame, but potentially more fun are the perennial favorites Brew it yourself and the Culti- vator's Handbook of Marijuana. Along more unorthodox lines," the Cellar also has a book which can teach you how to build your own dome. While there hasn't been any great surge in dome- building interest, Miller says that some people have purchased the book, built their own domes, and are now living in them. One of the more popular books which defies categorization is The Massage Book - a compete guide to the various parts of the body and how to massage tnem for maximum effect. A quick survey of the Cellar's book browsers, however, reveals that not all people have time to indulge in reading purely f o r pleasure. One young man who was look- ing through the section on wo- men's books reported he prefer- red watching television w'h e n he wasn't reading his text books. A harried-looking older woman, when asked what books she liked to read, answered "Right now, I'm reading only what I have to. "I haven't read what I want- ed to for 4 years and I regret it," she added as she thumbed through statistics books. A bearded young man who was browsing through the outdoors books reported that he 'lidn't buy books very often but j u s t "browses a lot."