June 26, 1972

(Dem Conv Delegate Selection Completed) Dem party completes selection of delegates to Natl Conv on June 25; NY Times tabulation of delegate strength shows Sen McGovern with 1,378.90 votes, only 130.1 short of votes needed for nomination; 70 black uncommitted delegates, led by W E Fauntroy, are expected to endorse Sen McGovern on June 26, leaving him 50 votes short of nomination; some delegates from Ill, Kansas and NJ are reptdly on verge of switching from Sen Muskie or uncommitted status to backing Sen McGovern; NY Times tabulation gives Sen Humphrey 386.30 votes, Gov Wallace 377 votes, Sen Muskie 209.1, Sen Jackson 53.75, Repr Mills 30.55, Repr Chisholm 28.65, favorite sons 58, with 493.75 votes uncommitted; in NYS McGovern has 258 votes, Chisholm 4, Muskie 1, and 15 are uncommitted; in Ark, Mills has all 27 delegates, but survey shows over half will vote for McGovern if released; McGovern forces suffer minor setbacks in Delaware, receiving only 5.85 votes, and Washington, where Sen Jackson has support of all 52 delegates; Washington delegation may be challenged by McGovern forces

flood waters in Northeast recede June 25, leaving scores of towns and cities struggling to recover from one of region's worst floods; wk of nearly incessant rain leaves at least 122 dead, including 47 in Penna, 23 in NYS, 17 in Va and 15 in Md, about 500,000 people homeless and damage estimated at $1.6-billion; in hardest-hit areas, Corning and Painted Post on Chemung River in upstate NY and Wilkes-Barre and Harrisburg on Susquehanna in central Penna, thousands of people are still isolated by up to 15 ft of water; govs of 5 stricken states fly to Harrisburg, Penna, to confer about Fed assistance; NYS Gov Rockefeller, who is vacationing in NM, sends S Hopkins, dir of state's Washington office, to meeting; White House is represented by Emergency Preparedness Office Dir G A Lincoln; Pres Nixon, at Camp David, Md, receives periodic repts from stricken areas; Gov Shapp says that floods are worst disaster in history of Penna; flood damage throughout Middle Atlantic states described; illus of flood victims

Dem platform draft proposes that Hwy Trust Fund be replaced with gen fund that would permit money to be used for various public transportation facilities according to needs of each region

SAIGON, South Vietnam, June 25—Remote as the prospects of peace now seem to most South Vietnamese, at least a few high officials here have begun to worry about the stag gering social and economic problems that peace and de mobilization will bring.

detailed chronological rev of events surrounding June 17 break-in at Dem Natl hq concludes that motive is still mystery; notes that most known information is unofficial or has been leaked by unnamed sources; CIA and Cuban refugee links among various individuals involved in case revd