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The Morning News, Wilmington, Saturday, July IS, 1972 Shifting fight on Quang Tri rages front Cameras may go; Spassky still 2 up Compiled from dispatches fM --iV Vvi YUMW, killed 69 enemy and found the bodies of 48 killed by air strikes. They reported one enemy tank, four trucks and a captured U.S.-made 105mm howitzer were destroyed. Marine casualties were put at three killed and 18 wounded. PARATROOPERS within a mile of the southern and southeastern edges of the city were shelled and engaged by enemy troops but claimed they killed 19 enemy while los-i four killed and four wounded, a spokesman said. Authoritative sources say' the South Vietnamese straetgy in the counter-offensive is to engage the enemy wherever possible outside the city while laying siege to Quang Tri itself with artillery and air strikes.

In this manner, the sources say, the government forces hope to wear down the city's defenders without becoming bogged down or trapped in bloody, high-casualty street fighting against well-entrenched enemy troops. FAR to the rear of the task force, North Vietnamese gunners fired between five and 10 rounds of 122mm artillery into Hue hitting south of the Per- SAIGON (AP) Severe fighting raged around Quang Tri yesterday and South Vietnamese troops advancing from the northeast were reported within 500 yards of the provincial capital. Military sources said North Vietnamese gunners shot down a helicopter, killing Col. Nguyan Trong Bas, chief of staff of the airborne division making the advance from the northeast. Eight South Vietnamese also were wounded when the Helicopter crashed outside Quang Tri.

THE Saigon Command said its troops still had not entered Quang Tri, but paratroopers closing on the northeastern sector of the city reported they engaged the enemy only 500 yards from the city limits. They claimed to have killed 18 North Vietnamese and said their own casualties were light. Associated Press Correspondent Richard Blystone reported from the task-force headquarters that government marines fought a series of engagements less than 3 miles from the city. The marines claimed they weather TROOPS UNDER FIRE-A British soldier leaps for cover in Belfast during a day in which one soldier and a man and a woman were killed, raising the toll to 435 yester day, including nine deaths since 8 p.m. Thursday.

Army spokesmen also said terrorists used rocket launchers against British forces in one Belfast battle. Hard-line datelines Ulster move hard to judge Saturday, July 15, 1972 GREATER WILMINGTON: Mostly sunny, hot, hazy and humid today and Sunday, with a chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers. High both days in the low 90s. Fair tonight; low in the low to middle 70s. Chance of rain 20 per cent today and tonight.

Winds: Light and variable. DELAWARE: Mostly sunny, hot, hazy and humid today and Sunday with a chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers. High both days in the low 90s, except cooler on the shore. Fair tonight; low in the middle 70s, except cooler on the shore. MARYLAND: Mostly sunny, hot, hazy and humid today and Sunday with a chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers.

High both days in the low 90s. Fair tonight; low in the low to middle 70s. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Mostly sunny, hot, hazy and humid today and Sunday with a chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers. High both days in the low 90s. Fair tonight; low in the low to middle 70s.

SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: Mostly sunny, hot, hazy and humid today and Sunday with a chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers. High both days in the low 90s, except cooler on the shore. Fair tonight; low in the 70s. DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE BAYS: Chance of a few thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Otherwise fair weather.

Visibility: Three to five miles in haze, except locally less than one mile in fog and haze this morning. Winds: South to southwest, 5 to 15 knots today and tonight. Highest temperature yesterday: 91; lowest: 72. Highest humidity yesterday: 94 per cent; lowest: 51 per cent; at midnight: 91 per cent. Precipitation in 24 hours ending 8 p.m.: None.

Water temperature at Rehoboth Beach: 70 degrees. nmionai wtAim soviet tomCASi io 7 isi is fume River for the first time in nearly two weeks of almost daily shellings. Two of the shells landed near an American advisers' compound, but no U.S. casualties were reported. A government military spokesman in Hue said one Vietnamese was killed and 13 were wounded.

Enemy troops in the Minh Forest deep in the Mekong Delta attacked a South Vietnamese district headquarters and an army unit 5 miles away but were repulsed, the command said. Thirty-four enemy were claimed killed, and government casualties were reported as seven killed and 24 wounded. Three of the dead were civilians, a spokesman said. IN the air war, the U.S. Navy announced it had introduced a new television-guided, bomb that scored direct hits against its first six targets in North Vietnam.

The bomb, called "Fat Albert" by Navy aviators, was called an improved version of the "Walleye," a guided to its target by a television camera in its nose. "THE primary advantages of the new 'Fat Albert' over the earlier Walleye series," the Navy said, "are increased explosive impact, better reliability and greater stand-off range or the ability to hit targets from higher altitudes, the most popular feature for combat air crews exposed to enemy ground fire." The new bomb knocked out four bridges and two military supply buildings in it's first six missions, a spokesman said. Hanoi chief asks serious U.S. position TOKYO (AP) President Ton Due Thang of North Vietnam yesterday called on "the people of the world, including Americans" to demand that the United States seriously negotiate at the Paris conference to end the war in Vietnam. Thang also urged the North Vietnamese people and "fighters" to enhance their vigilance to smash "the new U.S.

military adventures," and carry on the national building in all fields so as to fulfill their obligations to the South Vietnamese as well as the Laotians and Cambodians. Thang said the Vietnamese people deeply cherish peace, but a peace in real independence and freedom. "Just as the United States belongs to the Americans, Vietnam belongs to the Viet-n a he declared. "Vietnam's affairs must be settled by the Vietnamese people themselves, without any foreign interference. "The U.S.

government must scrupulously respect the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Vietnam and effectively respect the South Vietnamese right to self-determination." Such, he said, is the correct path which makes it possible for the United States to get out of Vietnam. Disaster label asked for staie Sen. J. Caleb Boggs, has asked the federal government to declare Delaware a disaster area in the wake of last mouth's tropical storm Agnes. Boggs said that Agnes caused about $5 million in ag-r i 1 1 a 1 damage to Delaware farmers $2 million each in Kent and Sussex Counties and $1 million in New Castle County.

He sent separate telegrams to George A. Lincoln, director, of the Office of Emergency Preparedness, and James V. Smith, of the Farmers' Home Administration, asking that "action be taken as soon as possible." If the request is approved, farmers will be eligible for long-term, low-interest loans through the Federal Housing Authority. Boggs said his move was in support of a similar request made July 11 by Gov. Russell W.

Petersen. Jail revamped for Bremer UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (UPI) Arthur H. Bremer, accused assailant of Alabama Gov. George C.

Wallace, has been transferred to Prince George's County Jail where 20 inmates have escaped in the past two years. But just before Bremer's arrival Thursday night under heavy guard, workmen completed th last of new security arrangements at the jail that cost an extimated $4,000. Bremer, 21, is charged with the May 15 shooting of Wallace ands three other persons during a campaign rally in nearby Laurel. He is scheduled to be tried on state charges here, beginning July 31. Julie Eisenhower ailing SAN CLEMENTE, Calif (AP) President Nixon's daughter, Mrs.

Julie Eisenhower, is suffering from viral pneumonia and Mrs. Nixon flew to Florida last week to be with her, the Western White House said yesterday. Press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said Mrs. Eisenhower had been suffering from the flu and the illness developed into a viral infection.

He said the 24-year-old Julie, wife of Navy Ensign David Eisenhower, had a temperature of 101 or 102 but doctors say "she would not have to go to the hospital." Coup rumors put down BEIRUT, Lebanon Rumors of a coup in Libya circulating through the Mideast found no factual support in this listening post yestrerday. Although Col. Moammar Khadafy reportedly tried to resign as prime minister recenty, he was blocked by other members of the ruling Revolution Command Council, the semiofficial Egyptian newspaper AI Ahram said. According to AI Ahram, Col. Khadafy "wanted to resign, but some of his military colleagues moved to the radio station to prevent him from announcing his resignation." AI Ahram said Khadafy has made three other attempts to resign since January, 1971, but always was persuaded to stay on.

AEC security chief out in cold WASHINGTON (UPI) The Atomic Energy Commission's chief security officer, responsible for protecting nuclear secrets, has been placed on leave without pay pending resolution of allegations involving more than $100,003 about his personal finances. AEC spokesmen confirmed yesterday that William T. Riley, 52, of Silver Spring, was placed on leave June 14. In response to questions, they said "there is no indication any security matters are involved." According to the allegations, Riley, for reasons of personal indebtedness, had been borrowing money from his agency colleagues. "It appears," an AEC spokesman said, "that more than $100,003 is involved, none of which has been repaid." Judge rules pay limits too strict REYKJAVIK Organizers of the $250,000 world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spas-sky said yesterday, they might give in to Fischer's demand and remove all television cameras from the contest hall if that is the only way to save the match.

But Gudmundur Thorarjns-son, president of the Icelandic Chess Federation, said his match committee had rejected a protest filed by Fischer against the award of the second game to the Russian champion after the temperamental American failed to show up. "IF it all boils down to cameras or no cameras, I guess we'll try to remove them," Thorarinsson said. The third game is set for tomorrow, but it may not come off. If it doesn't, Fischer stands to lose some money. Thorarinsson, said that if the match were stopped by Fischer's disqualification the organizers wouldn't pay the loser's share.

As the loser he would be entiled to $46,875 from the chess federation, $45,000 from a purse of about $120,000 offered by British financier James Slater, and $27,500 from television and movie rights. THE American challenger refused to play in the second game Thursday unless all the cameras were removed. He said they distracted him. When Fischer didn't arrive within the alloted one hour to make his first move, judge Lo-thar Schmid announced that Fischer had forfeited the game. Thus Spassky, who won the first game, was 2-0 in the 24-game series.

He needs 10 more points to retain the title. A victory counts one point and a draw half a point. FISCHER agreed to go ahead with the match only if the cameras were removed. He then filed a protest against the forfeit ruling, and against the presence of cameras in the 3,000 seat hall. The match committee met for two hours yesterday before announcing the protest had been rejected.

The committee said its decision had no bearing on the presence of the cameras. "The match is still on and I will start the clock again at 5 p.m. (1p.m. EDT) Sunday," Schmid said. McGovern peace stand is attacked SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.

lP) Former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally said yester-day he will not support Democratic presidential nominee George S. McGovern but rather will work to enlist Democrats in President Nixon's re-electicn drive. The man who until two months ago was the only Dem-ocrat in Nixon's Cabinet accused McGovern of sabotaging the President's Vietnam peace efforts and sharply criticized other McGovern positions as "radical in character." As he emerged from a three-hour meeting with Nixon, Connolly again left open the possibility he would accept any effer to be Nixon's vice-presidential running mate. "I haven't closed any doors and I don't want to," Connally said, adding that, "I don't think it will be offered." Airline OKLAHOMA CITY UP-in the future, all carryon- luggage of passengers boarding American Airlines flights will be checked, the airline announced yesterday.

American Airlines ordered the searches after the hijacking of a plane near Oklahoma City Wednesday night. The hijacker surrendered after eight hours. At Oklahoma City, an airline spokesman said the order specifically applies to Boeing mmm ailDiySIS By Tom Lambert. Los Angeles Times News Service LONDON In one Belfast area, Britain has revived its former policy of stern military counter-thrusts against the Irish Republican Army's Provisional Wing. The thrusts seem to have blunted for the moment a marked stepup in the IRA's accelerated campaign agaisnt the British Army, in which the Irish gunmen started using bazookas for the first time.

But the wider effects of the British move are impossible to predict. It might spur the urban guerillas to intensify their terror campaign in Northern Ireland and their attacks on British soldiers. Another soldier and a civilian were killed yesterday in Belfast gunfights, Belfast and Londonderry echoed to more gunfire and bomb blasts and the British Amry said 600 more troops were going to the latter bomb-racked city. POSSIBLY, however, the British move might prompt the Provisionals to renew their cease-fire with the British. The IRA broke off the truce July 9 after it had been in effect 13 days.

British Northern Ireland Secretary William Whitelaw yesterday told Parliament the Thursday night deployment of some 700 troops into a Belfast Roman Catholic area was deisgned to control it, to rout an unknown number of IRA gunmen who had been firing from within the district at Britsh troops and to protect the civilians in the district. The Provisionals had been assaulting a British Army post in the Lenadoon district, and seemed likely to overwhelm it. At one point they loaded a large bomb into an empty dump truck and aimed it at the post. The truck swerved into a nearby fence and exploded. HUNDREDS of gunshots were exchanged between British troops and IRA gunmen in Thursday night fight around the post.

In the shooting which erupted after the 700 additional soldiers arrived, sholdiers were killed, three were wounded an an estimated 27 IRA men were hit. Whitelaw has been trying to mollify and conciliate Northern Ireland's hostile Catholic and Protestant factions, halt terrorism by their respective militant units and keep the British Army in a largely defensive role. He told Parliament yester-day that the IRA's introduction of bazookas into their campaign against the British Army and occasionally against Northern Irish Protestants "greatly multiply the risks of damage and casualties." BUT he insisted that British policy is "to seek to reconcile the differences of the Catholic and Protestant communities, while acting with the greatest against lawlessness and terrorism wherever it appears." Whitelaw's statement on policy reflects accurately what Britain is trying desperately to do in Northern Ireland, but it is uncertain if either the Provisionals or Protestants there will accept his words or share his explanation of Thursday night's British troop move. To some Provisionals, the troops move may constitute a further proof on the "treachery" they ascribe to Britain and an invitation to heighten their war. But hopefully, some Provisionals may be sobered by the British troop move to the point of seeking a ceasefire renewal.

2977. "0w AIR QUALITY The air duality inaicator and forecast based on data collected at the state's four computerized monitoring stations. Today Yesterday Woods Haven- Kruse School IS 25 Seventh and French Ms 10 0 County Bldg. Kirkwood Hwy 10 0 Old Ferry Dock New Castle 10 0 Indicator scale: 0-30, good; 30-60, satisfactory; 60-100, unsatisfactory; more than 100, poor. The index for today is a forecast based also on weather data.

TEMPERATURES IN LAST 24 HOURS The Weather Elsewhere By The Associated Press High Low Pr. Atlanta 89 66 Bismarck CY 71 51 .09 Boston 94 62 Chicago CY 90 74 Cincinnati 91 64 Cleveland CY 87 71 .02 Denver 88 57 Detroit CY 89 64 .15 Duluth CY 75 63 .63 Green Bay CY 87 67 .02 Honolulu CY 88 76 Houston CY 86 74 Indianapolis 89 66 Los Anqeles CY 88 67 Louisville 89 65 .11 Memphis 93 71 Miami CY 86 78 New Orleans CY 86 66 .13 New York CY 90 74 Omaha 84 68 .02 Philadelphia CY 86 69 Phoenix 109 85 Pittsburgh CY 84 66 Portland, Ore CY 81 65 St. Louis CY 92 70 San Diego 78 67 San Francisco 76 56 Seattle 63 60 .69 Tampa CY 90 76 Washington CY 79 70 .04 NtlwomlN V't miami 30.00 I llO(Xt WMkW (ZZ3SNCW 30.00 30.00 SANIRANCISCO V()tNV(R I Oi ui'i wi Aims ioiocam Sun rises today at 5:47 a.m. Sun sets at 8:29 p.m. Sun rises tomorrow at 5:48 a.m.

Sun sets at 8:28 p.m. Today's Tides At Marine Terminal High Low Today A.M 4:36 11:50 Today P.M 5: IS xxxx High Today A.M. P.M. Rehoboth Bay 11:59 xxxx Lewes 12:30 12:59 Breakwater Harbor 12:25 12:54 Slaughter Beach 12:55 1:24 Bowers Beach 1:22 1:51 Bombay Hook 2:07 2:45 Port Penn 2:42 3:20 Reedy Point 3:07 3:45 Kent Island 9:09 10:03 Baltimore 10:53 11:47 Chesapeake City 1:52 2:30 Tomorrow's Tides At Marine Terminal High Low Tomorrow A.M 5:29 12:07 Tomorrow P.M 12:33 High Tides Tomorrow A.M. P.M.

Rehcboth Bay 12:16 12:51 Lewes 1:16 1:51 B-eskwater Harbor 1:11 Slaughter Beach 1:41 2:16 Bowers Beach 2:08 2:43 Bombay Hook 2:54 3:36 Port Penn 3:2 4:11 Reedy Point 3:54 4:36 Kent Island 9:45 11:00 Baltimore 11:29 xxx Chesapeake City 2:39 3:21 Lj HICHI ST TtMPUAlURtS VJ (1 ran B0 was considering appealing the ruling in the federal appeals court. A spokesman for the AFL-CIO, which together with other labor units filed the original suit, called the ruling "an absolute vindication of opposition." In his 20-poage option, Jones commented that the councils "alarm at prospect of an exemption from wage controls for 50 percent of the non-supervisory working force i3 less convincing in light of 'ts recent ruling exempting small businesses from both price and wage regulations." The Pay Board, back when it still had labor and business members on it, voted down a proposal to set the exemption cutoff at $1,90 and hour, calling that figure too low. But the board could not agree on a higher figure and threw the issue back to the council, which promptly adopted the $1.90 figure. The International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE) argued that the council violated instructions from Congress to exempt low-wage workers from the pay controls. The union contended that Congress intended the cutoff to be at $3.35 an hour.

WASHINGTON (UPI) In a decision that could free millions of wage earners from limitations on raises, a federal judge ruled yesterday the Cost of Living Council must raise the wage control exemption level well above the present $1.90 per hour. District Judge William B. Jones said the $1.90 cutoff figure was much too low. He did not say what amount of increase would be appropriate, but he suggested the $3.25 an hour level proposed by organized labor appearpd reasonable. Prior to the ruling persons making $1.90 an hour or less were legally free to take whatever pay raises they could get from employers, without regard to the council's guideline calling for a limit of 5.5 per cent per year in wage increases.

Under the $1.90 cutoff iig-ure, some 9 million workers were exempt from controls. According to Labor Department estimates, a $3.35 cutoff would exempt another 14 million wage earners for a total exemption of about half the nation's nonsupervisory workers. A COST of Living council spokesman said the agency cracks down 7 2 7 the type hijacked Wednesday. But since most of the flights in Oklahoma use this type of three-jet plane the order was expanded to cover all flights. In Chicago, an American spokesman said the luggage inspection would not be limited to passengers boarding the 727s.

Eastern Airlines is inspecting all such luggage on its Boston-New York Washington shuttle flights in accordance with President Nixon's instructions of last Friday. But the airline said it is not currently planning to conduct similar inspections on its system generally. Citing the alarming number of hijackings carried out with arms or explosives concealed in hand-carried luggage, Federal Aviation Administration chief John H. Shaffer htas asked all airlines to consider a "voluntary program to bring about a very significant reduction in such baggage." The Morning News 811 (lunsr Vi ilminulim. I'd.

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