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rir uuu ix.QeXXuly 12, 19T2 4-A The Arizona Republic Phoenix Night habits altered Ciirf ew saps boisterous life of Saigon 5V' i0t. 4 avenue where prostitutes once cmised for customers while sitting on their boyfriends' motorcycles, is now populated only by a few policemen and military Before the 10 p.m. curfew went into effect, scores of teen-age couples gathered in a large park in front of the Los Angeles Times Service SAIGOX-This capital city's night life, with its well-earned reputation for raucousness and lack of has been dealt a serious blow by a prohibitive curfew in effect for the last month-and-a-half. Government officials were not chiefly concerned with limiting Saigon's social life when on May 11 they announced new curfew hours 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

instead of the old hours from 1 to 5 a.m. -but that is the effect the curfew has had nevertheless. The curfew change was one of the measures adopted after ii ii inn Ml rtl -4 "-M which overlooks Tu Do. The terrace, which was described two decades ago in Graham Greene's novel, "The Quiet American," has on and off for 25 years been a key spot for meeting and exchanging rumors about Vietnamese affairs of state, but until the last few weeks its business had been sagging. Since the new hours were announced, however, young Vietnamese prostitutes have frequented the terrance each night, for it is one of the few remaining places i Saigon where single men gather early in the evening.

If such a thing as a melting pot exists in Saigon, it can be found each evening at the Continental Palace Terrace. A haggard prostitute in a low-cut dress strikes suggestive poses for an American GI sitting next to her. He is in turn being asked for money by a 10-year-old beggar, while across from him two foreign embassy officials are talking over some intrigue. At another table, three American civilians are observing the unfolding scene and commenting on it. The noise adds to the sense of chaos.

The terrace sound system is tuned to the American Forces Radio Network and is blaring rock music, while squadrons of unmuffled motorcycles are buzzing along the street outside. The curfew has also affected Saigon diplomatic functions. Said a spokesman for the American embassy, "The curfew definitely has had an impact. At a party by about 9 or 9:15 people start looking at their watches, because their drivers have to be home by 10 o'clock. I've been to a number of dinners where we barely got to taste our coffee, and then we had to leave." Social functions now usually begin at 6:30 or 7 p.m.

in stead of 8. While many diplomats express annoyance about the curfew, some welcome it. "Now I don't have to spend all night standing around talking to dullards," said one. "For the first time since I've been here, I'e had a chance to do some reading, get my work done and get eight hours of sleep." Associated Prest Boris Spassky, left, and Bobby Fischer concentrate over chess table at first game for world chess title Russian gets chess jump on American President Nguyen Van Thieu declaration of martial law. It was then explained as a means of preventing Vietcong infiltration and giving Saigon residents a sense of sacrificing for the war effort.

presidential palace, where they sat on their Hondas until midnight, engaging in furious handholding and occasional kissing. Now fewer couples come to their park, and their wooing is more hurried. By 9:30 almost all are gone. Not only prostitutes and couples have been adversely affected by the new curfew. Restauranls, movie theaters, and taxi drivers all have been deprived of profitable nighttime hours.

Theater owners have tried to make up the difference by showing movies at an earlier time, but there is no way for restaurants to adjust. Mrs. Madeleine i owner of Le Guillaume Tell, one of Saigon's best French restaurants, reports a 40 per cent drop in business since the new curfew began. "We have had the worst business and Fischer's late arrival did not appear to have affected him badly. By the time the American challenger sat down at the chess board on stage in a auditorium, the deputy arbiter of tie match already had started the game's timing clock and Spassky had made his opening move.

Kach player is allowed to be up to one hour late for scheduled openings of games in international competition, so Fischer actually had 50 minutes to spare in making his first move. Each player Since North Vietnamese troops had scored their biggest victory of the offensive a week earlier by capturing Quang Tri Province 400 miles to the north, Saigon had been a tense, depressed city, and few people were preoccupied with social activities. Now, however, the gloom, if not all the tension, has lifted from Saigon. While still concerned, most Saigon citizens no longer believe that an attack on the city is imminent. Nevertheless, by 10:15 each evening downtown Saigon is still.

Tu Do Street the main Don't Buy Any LAND IN THE MOUNTAINS Until You've Seen Pineland Acres 2 Acre Parcels Covered With Pines at a Cool 7000 Ft. IN THE HEART OF THE HIGH LAKE COUNTRY-HAS PAVED ROADS ALL UTILITIES YEAR ROUND ACCESS. arguing that a draw playing the black pieces, or defense, would give him a chance in the second game when he plays white and has the initiative from the start. From their first moves, both contenders played briskly, trading queens in the 11th and 12th moves but taking no advantage through even the 20th move. The game began precis ly on time, but Fischer did not appear for several suspense-filled minutes.

Fischer shook Spassky's hand, quickly sat down and took two minutes to respond to the champion's opening queen gambit by choosing the Nimzo-lndian defense. The American broke Spassky's mobilization of heavy pieces in the 14th move but later in the game errored by sacrificing his last bishop against two pawns. Father Lombardy said the American meant no slight to Spassky by arriving late. "The traffic was just a bit more heav then we had expected and we arrived at the hall only a feu minutes before match time," Lombardy said. Karly in the game, Fischer went over to the arbiter a couple of times and appeared to be objecting to a huge sign in blue, white and red showing the International Chess Federation emblem and the name of the Icelandic ('boss Federation.

The sign decorated the stage where the two players sat alone with the arbiter and his deputy. Fischer only left the table twice to drink some orange juice. He first complained it was not cold enough but was satisfied when ice cubes were produced. Spassky spent much of his waiting time walking about the stage and disappearing to the rest rooms behind. Neither player ran into time trouble United Press International REYKJAVIK, Iceland World champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union capitalized on an error by U.S.

grand master Bobby Fischer and gave only hope for a draw tonight when the opening game of the world championship chess match was adjourned after 4' a hours of play. The adjournment, until this afternoon came after 40 moves of the first game of the 24-game match and gave Spassky, 35, who was playing while, a slight advantage with a bishop and three pawns. Fischer, 29, had five pawns on the board. Fischer appeared calm when he arrived eight minutes after the start of the $250,000 match and was welcomed by the capacity crowd of .1,000 with a second ovation. But as the game progressed, Fischer appeared angry with himself.

When the game was adjourned with one-half hour of playing time remaining, Fischer's second, the Kev. William Lom-bardy, said, "Bobby is fighting for a draw." But Robert Byrne, another U.S. grand master, said "Fischer is in trouble and he might lose." Fischer apparently errored on the 29th move when he took Spassky's king rook pawn and got his bishop trapped in the process. The Russian lost another pawn before taking Fischer's bishop off the board. Some experts described the move as an attempt by the American to inject some life into a rather dull game.

Hut. the general opinion seemed to be that Fischer went into a simple trap. Fischer also appeared to be playing for a draw from the start quite unlike his normal aggressive tactics-possibly since let (1968), she said. In addition to the curfew, she blames a new 10 per cent. surtax, tension about the offensive, and the" ongoing American withdrawal for the decline in business.

Some prostitutes have reacted to the new curfew hours simply by roaming the streets earlier in the evening. Many now appear at 6 p.m. just as thousands of other Vietnamese are on their way-home. The new curfew regulation has caused a sudden resurgence of life at the terrace of the Continental Palace Hotel, FOR ONLY TERMS JO SUIT ANY BUYER 995 SUICIDE BEGETS SUICIDE Statistics show that if someone close to a child commits suicide the child's chances of eventually doing the same thing increase by as much as 75 per cent. Dentists lead all professions in killing themselves, followed closely by psychiatrists.

must complete 40 moves within 2'i hours after the game begins. By the end of the 30th move, Fischer had a pawn advantage in pieces but the challenger had moved his remaining bishop into Spassky's king rook's corner and the Soviet champion trapped it there, rendering it useless. The match, being played for a $250,000 purse as well as the world title, already has been delayed twice from its originally starting date of July 2. The winner will receive $150,000, the loser $100,000. Roth will share in revenue from television rights.

Fischer. 20. of Rrooklyn. N.Y., did not. show up in time for the original starting date nine days ago.

remaining in New York in an unsuccessful attempt to force the Icelandic organizers of the match to add a percentage of the gate to the original $125,000 purse and 30 per cent of the television rights. Fischer, who had beaten three international grand masters in order to qualify as Spassky's opponent, for the title, agreed to come to Reykjavik only after a British banker doubled the purse with a personal contribution of $125,000. Then Spassky demanded a personal apology from Fischer for the delay. The American gave it to him in a letter delivered during the weekend. Local 264-1673 Collect 1-535-4416 or 535-4417 Select Properties CheSS club Championship maleh EVERY COOL SUMMER DRESS REDUCED! save 25 to 50 Three great groups of casual and street dresses in frosty cottons, easy-care blends and pure polyesters.

Long and regular lengths in dozens of styles. Misses sizes 8-20 (juniors available in all stores except Downtown and Scottsdale.) Moves given for first chess game Hi NiK2)-Q4 Adjourned. (Symbols: In British-American usage, each move in a chess game is recorded using letters for each chess piece and numbers for each square United Press International REYKJAVIK, Iceland -The progression of moves in the first game of the world chess championship match between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States: 17. 18. B-QN3 19.

NXBIQN3) 20. RXR 21. K-Bl 22. K-K2 NXN B-R5 B(R5)XB RXRiCHt H-QB1 K-Bl N-K5 RXR P-KB3 N-Qi B-Ql R-B2 BXN Fischer (Black I Spassky White) 1. P-Q4 schedules ruling play The Phoenix Chess Club will hold its summer rating tournament July 21-23 at the adult, center, 2240 W.

Citrus Way. The five rounds, divided into sections for both rated and unrated players, are scheduled for 8 p.m. July 21 and at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. July 22 and 23.

The $3 registration fee may be paid at chess club meetings or at the adult, center. A $4 late registration charge" will be made for registrations received on July 21. U.S. Chess Federation membership is required for tourney play. R7) on the board.

The squares are numbered along the columns (or files) and named for the piece initially sitting at the first square of the file. For example, the third square in front of the rook on the side of the king is numbered KR3, or king's rook 3. (The letters and their corresponding pieces are: king: queen: Bbishop; knight; Rrook; pawn. (An between letters indicates the first piece captured the second. 0-0 indicates castling.

"CH" indicates "check" or that the king is threatened with capture.) R-QBl BXR N-R5 K-Q3 N-B4 NXN P-N5 P-N3 K-K2 K-B3 K-N2 PXP KXB P-QR4 B-R3 B-B5 P-QN6 K-R4 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

28. 29. 30. 31. 32.

33. 34. 35. 3ti. 37.

38. 39. 40. P-QB4 N-QB3 P-K3 B-Q3 ()-() P-QR3 N-K2 BXBP QPXBP RXQ P-QN4 B-N2 2, 3. 4.

5. 6. i 8 9. 10. 11.

12. 13. 14. N-KB3 P-K3 P-Q4 B-QN5 0-0 P-QB4 KT-QB3 B-QK4 QPXBP B-N3 QXQ BXP B-K2 B-Q2 KR-Q1 BXPK P-KR4 P-KR5 K-K2 PXP BXP K-Q3 K-Q4 K-K5 P-R3 P-B4 P-B5 15. KR-QB1 Nixon meets Soviet envov HANNY'S SEMI-ANNUAL SALE! WOMEN'S FASHION SHOES sy p.

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Kissinger, the President's national security affairs adviser, knew that Dobrynin and his wife were on the West Coast and asked him to visit the Western White House. Ziegler, asked to characterize the planned Nixon Dobrynin meeting, replied: "I don't want to describe it as a courtesy call." Asked if substantive mat Amalfis to $35.00 Easy Streets to $21.00 I Vogues to $18.00 $12.00 Tmnorted sandals to $20.00 7 12.99 14.99 19.99 HANNY'S Group 1, regularly 16.00-20.00 Group 2, regularly 22.00-28.00 Group 3, regularly 28.00-36.00 DOWNTOWN, CHRISTOWN, THOMAS MALL, PARK CENTRAL, BILTMORE FASHION PARK, SCOTTSDALE TRI-CITY ters would be discussed, the Nixon spokesman said, "Yes." He declined to elaborate. Ziegler said Dobrynin was in San Francisco to visit the recently opened Soviet consulate there and was invited by Kissinger to join him in the Los Angeles area. The two men and Mrs. Dobrynin met yesterday in Los Angeles and visited the Universal movie studio, then went to dinner.

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