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News stories from Sunday July 9, 1972
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Rep. James O'Hara, the Democratic convention parliamentarian, made his rulings on convention procedure; the rulings were accepted by Democrat party chairman Lawrence O'Brien, who will preside over the convention. O'Hara ruled that the 120 California delegates pledged to George McGovern who are not in dispute may vote on seating the remaining 151 delegates. O'Hara also ruled that McGovern does not need a majority of all convention delegates in order to win the California case, and that rule applies to all delegations under challenge. O'Hara's ruling increases the chances that McGovern will win his fight for all 271 California delegates. [NBC]
- Edmund Muskie may hold the key to the California delegation challenge; he can ask his delegates to vote either way. Muskie evaded questions on his plans but will meet tomorrow at the Americana Hotel with all delegates who are pledged to him. Muskie's directions to them could play a large role in determining the California case and even the Democratic presidential nomination. [NBC]
- George McGovern and other Democratic presidential candidates appeared on the "Meet the Press" television show this morning. McGovern said that Senator Edward Kennedy will be considered as his running mate, even though Kennedy does not want to be on the national ticket this year. James Kilpatrick asked about UAW president Leonard Woodcock as a vice-presidential possibility; McGovern replied that Woodcock is being considered. [NBC]
- Even some black delegates are moving to stop George McGovern. Hubert Humphrey almost released his black delegates to support Rep. Shirley Chisholm as part of the "Stop McGovern" alliance. But the black delegates never got organized and did not elect Charles Evers as chairman as had been planned. [NBC]
- The winner of the Democratic presidential nomination may be decided by the outcome of the challenge to the California delegation. George McGovern's California delegates are staying at the Doral Country Club, but many will go home early if the credentials committee's decision to break up California holds. The effort to overturn the ruling and get all 271 California votes for McGovern on the convention floor continues.
Hubert Humphrey's California delegates are working just as hard to uphold the credentials committee, which would give Humphrey 100 California votes. Other smaller California contingents pledged to Chisholm, Wallace, Muskie, Jackson, Lindsay and Yorty are also at the convention. [NBC]
- Hubert Humphrey appeared on "Meet the Press" and stated that the Democratic nominee needs the support of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and AFL-CIO president George Meany in order to beat President Nixon. [NBC]
- Richard Daley and his 58 Illinois delegates were challenged by a delegation backing George McGovern; the challengers were seated by the credentials committee. The delegation replacing Daley's slate is composed of political novices; Daley's delegation, in contrast, is made up of political pros. A compromise to seat both delegations and evenly split the state's vote between them is being considered. [NBC]
- George Wallace appeared at a reception in Miami Beach and said he will be as active as any other candidate at the Democratic national convention. [NBC]
- The 19-hour celebrity telethon staged by the Democratic party to raise money got only $3 million, with $9 million in debt still remaining from the 1968 presidential campaign. [NBC]
- Some South Vietnamese troops are inside Quang Tri city. Newsmen are forbidden to travel up Highway 1, but an NBC reporter got around the ban. A Russian PT-76 tank went up in flames after being hit by cannon fire. Refugees have slipped over to government-held territory after living for the past two months under North Vietnamese occupation. North Vietnam fired its artillery at fleeing civilians, and Communists still hold a citadel fortress in the center of town. [NBC]
- Two submarines operating west of Guam rescued all six crewmen of a B-52 bomber which crashed in the Pacific Ocean early Saturday. [NBC]
- Pope Paul urged the resumption of the Paris Peace Talks, calling them a beam of hope for ending the Vietnam war. [NBC]
- Secretary of State William Rogers is in Yugoslavia talking with President Tito on a private island off the Adriatic coast. [NBC]
- The United Nations statistical yearbook population figures show that in 1970 the world population was 3.6 billion. If the 2% annual growth rate stays the same, in the year 2000 there will be 7.4 billion people in the world. [NBC]
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