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Daily News "America's Farthest North Daily Newspaper' FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1972 24 Pages No. 158 CHESS CHAMPS TO MEFT-The stage is set for the Bobby Fischer and Borris Spassky chess match in Reykjavik, Iceland, but the match was delayed as Spasskv arrived Tuesday, at right, and Fischer was delayed. (APtoirephotus) Fischer gives Spassky apology A I Irolonrl A i -REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer apologized today for delaying the start of his $300,000 chess match with world champion Boris Spassky of Russia. The American, whose dispute over prize money forced organizers to postpone the world championship round, said he had the greatest respect for Spassky as a man and as a player. The statement, prepared by Fischer's lawyers, was read to newsmen by Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation-FIDE.

It was not known whether this would be sufficient to overcome Russian objections to starting the match. In a statement Tuesday, Spassky said he would consider starting play only if Fischer paid the penalty for his behavior. Spassky told The Associated Press this a he still did not know whether the match would begin Thursday. He said there would be an announcement by the Russian delegation later. "We are sorry the world championship was delayed," Fischer's apology began.

"My problems were not with Spassky whom I respect as a man and admire as a player." What Spassky meant when he demanded "just punishment" for Fischer, he would not say. There were unconfirmed reports the Russians wanted Fischer to be penalized with a loss of the first game. Euwe said later, however, the Soviet Chess Federation had cabled him demanding that he call the first game a loss for Fischer because of the American's late arrival. This would give Spassky a significant but not insurmountable advantage at the outset of the 24 game match. After holding out for more money and getting it, the American challenger came to Iceland for the postponed opening match Tuesday.

But Spassky walked out of the noon drawing to decide who would move first because Fischer was not present. He had sent his second, a Roman Catholic priest. Officials announced a new 48- hour postponement of the opener, originally scheduled for last Sunday. They hoped both players would be ready to meet on Thursday. Fischer arrived in Reykjavik early Tuesday.

The Icelandic Chess Federation had rejected liis demand for 30 per cent of the gate receipts, but he agreed to come after a London investment banker doubled the $125,000 purse which he and Spassky will divide. The 29-year-old American grandmaster was resting from the overnight night in a guarded villa at the edge of town when Spassky counterattacked in the holdout department. The 35-year-old Soviet champion read a prepared statement calling the American's conduct i i and intolerable. It Services for E. F.

Stroecker set at Sacred Heart Cathedral Funeral services for E.F. "Ed" Stroecker will be Thursday, 8 p.m., at Sacred Heart Cathedral with Episcopal Bishop William J. Gordon officiating. There will be a visitation tonight from 7-9 at St. Matthews Episcopal Church.

Stroecker, 54, died Sunday at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. He was bom Jan. 27, 1918, in Fairbanks, was graduated from Main High School here in 1936 and attended the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell from 1936-38. From 1938-41 he as a and bookkeeper at the First National Mostly cloudy with scattered afternoon and evening showers. High today in upper low tonight in upper and high Tuesday near 80.

Probability of rain In measurable amounts 30 per cent throughout period. Outlook for Friday little change. Record high for today ig 90 et in 1968, record low 42 in 1941. Sunriie tomorrow will at 2:24 a.m., sururt al 11:28 p.m., for 21 hourn, 7 minutes of sunlight, a low of 5. a of Fairbanks.

In the summer of 1941 he worked at mining at Utopia with Jack McGee. He entered the military service in September of 1941 and was stationed in Anchorage until April of 1942. At that time he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and received flight training at Merced, graduating with wings at Santa Ana, Calif. On 30, 1942, he married Glorine Mohr in Los Angeles. He served a year and one-half during World War II, Hying the "hump" from India to China.

During that time he earned the rank of captain in addition to the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He completed his military service in October of 1945 and returned to the First National Bank as a teller. He worked in that position until March of 1952 at which time he was elected president and chairman of the board of directors, filling the vacancy left by his father Edward H. Stroecker. He served in this capacity until January of 1955 at which time he was elected vice chairman of the board of directors of the bank, a position he held until his death.

Survivors include his son Robert of Fairbanks; daughters Linda Vlggers of Fairbanks Margaret Stroecker of Tulsa brother William Stroecker and half-brother Mcrwin Anderson, both of Fairbanks; sister Marlon Weeks, aunt Marion Wood and uncle Charlie Creamer FAIRBANKS The sternwheeler Nenana has been entered in the National Register of historic places. Page 2. ALASKA Gov. William A. Egan signed a total of nine bills Tuesday.

Page THE NATION A i Sens. Humphrey and George McGovern are sparring verbally as the Democratic National Convention start nears. Page 8. THEWORLD i a battered armed forces are striking back in hopes of reversing the flow of a i into South Vietnam. Page 16.

Court reverses Demos; gives McGovern votes WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. Circuit Court today reversed the Democratic Credentials Committee and declared the party's action "null and void" in stripping Sen. George McGovern of 151 California convention delegates. The lengthy opinion by the appeals court declared that the expulsion of the 151 California delegates "was inconsistent with fundamental principles of due process." The losers are expected to ask Chief Justice Warren Burger to call the Supreme Court, which adjourned last week, into a special summer session to hear appeals. A copy of the circuit court's opinion was dispatched to Burger's office.

He will have to contact the vacationing justices before deciding on a special session. The court has been called into special session only three times in its history. Meanwhile, attorneys for Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley's forces, whose ouster was upheld by the circuit court, filed a motion asking the circuit court to stay its own action. The appeals court directed the district court to write an order preventing the party from "excluding these elected California delegates because of their selection in a winner-take- all primary." The circuit court opinion noted that the Democratic party reform guidelines while urging representation of minority views "explicitly stops short of abolishing the winner-takc-all provision." "The understanding that winner-take-all was still a viable concept for the 1972 convention was also reflected in "the Call for the 1972 Democratic National Convention" the court said.

The court said the interests of the political candidates, the voters and the state of California were substantial. "But the fundamental basis of our action is the grave injury to the fairness and legitimacy of the process of elec- ting the president of the United States," the court's opinion continued. The court said that it may well be that the winner-take-all kind of election is not as fair as a proportional allocation of delegates. "But there can be no dispute that the very integrity of the process rests on the assumption that clear rules will be established and that, once established, they will be enforced fairly, consistently and without (See DEMOCRATS, Page 3) Kodiak children challenge property taxing for schools said Fischer, by refusing to appear at the opening ceremony last weekend, had insulted Spassky personally and the Soviet Chess Federation and had jeopardized his right to play for the title. The statement demanded that Fischer be punished.

However, Max Euwe, president of the international federation, said the Soviets had not formally requested punishment. "What should I do?" he asked. "Put him in the corner?" Fischer was staying away from newsmen and did not comment on the Soviet statement. With the contribution from the London banker, James D. Slater, the winner is to get $156,250 and the loser $93,750.

In addition, each player will get another $75,000 from the television and film rights. Two missing from area ANCHORAGE (API-Authorities said an air search would be stepped up today for two persons missing since Tuesday morning on a round-robin flight out of Fairbanks. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Anchorage identified the pilot of the single- engine blue and white Cessna as Mark Bohns of Fairbanks. His passenger was not identified. A spokesman said the light plane left Fairbanks for a flight to Settles, A a Pass, Chandalar Lake and Wiseman, then back to Fairbanks.

It never arrived at Chandatar Lake on schedule. A single Civil Air Patrol plane flew over the route Tuesday evening. An HC130 Air Force helicOp- ter plus new CAP planes from Fairbanks and Clear joined the search today. It was not known if the aircraft carried an emergency locator beacon. China to buy Boeing aircraft WASHINGTON (AP) The Commerce Department has granted an export license clearing the way for the Mainland Chinese government to buy $150 million worth of Boeing 707 jets and parts, a company spokesman said today.

Negotiations on the proposed sale between representatives of the People's Republic and the Boeing Company continue in Peking, but release of the export license clears any barrier within the U.S. government. KODIAK, Alaska (AP) An attorney for three school children has filed a class action suit challenging the use of property taxes to fund public education in Alaska. The suit filed in Kodiak Superior Court contends the financing system violates the equal protection clause of the Hth Amendment because it "renders expenditure for public education a function of the wealth of the school district The suit was brought in behalf of all public school children in Alaska and names as defendants the State, Atty. Gen.

John Havelock, Commissioner of Education Marshall Lind and all public school officials. The California Supreme Court a ruled unconstitutional school funding based on property taxation, and the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a similar suit brought in Texas. Principle plaintiffs in theaction represent a wide geographical and a a i brothers, a student at East Elementary School in Kodiak; Michael Jackson, enrolled in Hunter School in Fairbanks; and Iris Frank, a Palmer High School Student. The suit maintains, in part, that the state is forbidden by the U.S.

and State Constitutions "to make the dollar expenditure for the publicly financed education of any child a function of the wealth of the child's family, his school district, or any entity other than the state of Alaska as a whole." Under existing systems, all public schools except state-operated schools are financed by property taxes collected within school districts and by federal monies. "School districts created by the state have widely varying amounts of taxable wealth per pupil," the suit said. "As a consequence of such differences the school districts have widely varying expenditure per pupil of similar age and grade." The action contends all school children in Alaska "are suffering seribus inequality and injury in regard to a fundamental interest, the interest in education Asking the court to void the financing scheme, the suit urges that the legislature be given "a reasonable time" to devise a new method of school financing. "The financing system serves no compelling interest of the state which cannot be served as well or better by other financing structures," the suit said. "Many such alternative systems are available for adoption by the state." Two hijack PSA jetliner SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Two gun-carrying men hijacked a Pacific Southwest Airlines jetliner between Sacramento and San Francisco today.

They demanded $800,000 and two parachutes and said they wanted to go to Siberia, an airlines spokesman said. The twin-engine Boeing 737 with 81 passengers and a crew of 5 landed at San Francisco International Airport at 10:24 a.m. but took off 20 minutes later and circled the airport at the hijackers' insistence, PSA information officer Gary Kissel said. BLM controls Eureka fire; lightning sets smaller blazes The largest fire of the summer, at Eureka Creek, 37 miles east of Circle Hot Springs, is now under control and in the mop-up stage. According to the Bureau of Land Management fire control headquarters, that fire, plus several which broke outTuesday, were lightning caused.

All are under control. There were three new fires reported as of midnight Tuesday. One at Jefferson Creek, 70 miles southeast of Fort Yukon, burned 15 acres. A blaze at Paddle Creek, 77 miles southeast of Fort Yukon, burned a quarter-acre. A fire at Head Creek, 65 miles northwest of Fairbanks, burned one acre.

All three fires were caused by lightning and are under control. The Long Ridge fire, 65 miles southeast of Settles, is under a i a i a 500 acres. One hundred and forty-three men were at the fire Tuesday and a i i a crews from Unalakleet and St. Michaels were to be sent home today. Other village crews from Stebbins and Sclawik will probably be sent home Thursday.

The Long Ridge fire is now in the mop-up stage. The Eureka Creek fire, 37 miles east of Circle Hot Springs, has burned an estimated 1,320 acres E.F. "ED" STROECKER all of Fairbanks. There are three grandchildren. Pallbearers for the funeral will be Lee Linck, Jack Wilbur, Larry a Lloyd Burgess, Leo Schlotfeldt and Wilbur Walker.

Honorary pallbearers are Phillip A. Anderson, C.J. Newlin, Lester L. Dodson, R.K. Lavery, William L.

Lavery, Alden Wilbur, Ellis S. Albright, Duane M. Albin, E.W. Crafton, Raymond D. Evans Wallace Cathcart.L.E.

Linck FJ a a Donald M. Hering C. Bailey, Kenneth A. Murray, John I. Weston Hufman, Gene Immel, and Joe Franich.

Memorial Donations may be made to the hospital's kidney a i Gravel to seek Demo votes and was brought under control a Tuesday. One hundred forty-five men were at the fire and village crews from Hooper Bay, Kiana and Noorvik will be sent home today. Fort Yukon crews will probably follow them Thursday. The fire weather forecast for today is partly cloudy with possible thunder storms across most of the Interior with a chance for light showers in the late afternoon and early evening. Thunder storms are expected in higher terrain near Fairbanks Tanacross, Delta and Fort Yukon.

Winds are expected to a i i i a a i i throughout the Interior. A I (NMS)-Sen. i a A a a i expected to announce his formal candidacy for the Democratic vice presidential nomination at a press conference here Thursday. In a terse statement released by his office, Gravel said he would hold a news conference "to make a major political announcement." A Gravel aide confirmed that the subject matter of that announcement would definitely be the Alaska Democrat's interest In the vice presidency. For the past two months Gravel has traveled extensively, visiting 20 states in an effort to convince Democratic delegates that the vice presidential nominee should be selected by an open vote of the convention.

At the same time. Gravel has been seeking to woo delegates for his own candidacy, although he has consistently denied that he is a a i a for the vice presidential job. Whenever asked If he is running forvice president, the senator has said he could only be considered a candidate if the convention is opened up so that the delegates select the vice presidential nominee themselves. A Gravel aide said today that the a will reveal an i of his delegate strength at tomrrow's press conference. The aide said that Gravel has been financing his travels over the past months out of his own pocket and with the support of several contributors.

He said the senator plans to report his sources of financial backing under the new federal campaign spending law even though it Is unclear how a a i i presidential aspirants. Gravel said last month that he believes there is "an excellent chance" that delegates to next week's Democratic convention i i i vice presidential nominee rather than merely endorse the presidential nominee's choice. "About 80 per cent of the delegates to the convention have never attended a convention before," the Alaska Democrat explained, "and if there ever was an unbossed convention, this will be it. The delegates have the to select the (vice presidential) nominee." Gravel added that it is with this possibility in mind that he had been making efforts to meet as many delegates as possible. However, at the time of these a the a was i a i i a a candidacy.

Gravel wants to he can papers." be vice president so read all the secret.