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Ill WEATHER Occasional showers, thunder-showers, little cooler through Thursday, lows near 7fl, highs in mid 80s. Reservoir: Mostly westerly winds 8-12 knots. Tuesday: High 8fi, low 71, Pearl River at Jackson 2.7 feet, up 0.1 foot, rainfall 0.2 inch. HOME Edition Mississippi's Leading Newspaper For More Than A Century Established 1837 AP Leased Wires Wirephoto JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1972 VOL. CXXX NO.

240 54 PAGES PRICE 10c FISCHER READY; RUSSIAN SAYS WO" 'y Great Chess Title Fuss Rages 0 be a drawing of lots to decide who would play white, and protested Euwe's decision to tolerate it. REYKJAVIK. Iceland (APiof the match with it's Boris Spassky's Bobbv Fischer. American Fischer slept through it all. He had arrived in the morn-: ing from New York and went straight to bed to rest up for the first game, set for 5 p.m.

When Fischer woke up he found that the title series wa.s put off until Thursday at the earliest. It was to have begun last Sunday. Summing up the day, Max Vuwp nresirient nf thp Inter- natlonaI Federation, said: "When Spasskv is here Fischer doesn come. As as Fischer comes. Spasskv runs away." The Russians turned un in force at noon for what wa.s to have the first move, in the' ntipniT REFUSE TO DRAW Thev refused to draw with Fi.M'her's second, a Roman Catholic priest, the Rev.

Wil- liam Lombardy. and read a statement calling Fischer's de- layinv. holdout intolerable. They turn to say no and the world chess championship is off again. The Russian titleholder launched his counterattack Tuesday with a -stern protest, some sharp criticism, a walk- out and a demand for a two- day postponement of the start Demo Officials Wrestle with tion onven Court Fighljf, Cash, Protesters Problems FISCHER IN ICELAND American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer, armed with a supply of magazines, arrives in Iceland Tuesday, 10 hours before deadline to play in world championship chess match.

He had been due to berrin play Sunday but balked, demanding more money. the Russian grandmaster. Boris Spasskv, refuses to play. A new deadlin" of Thursday has been set. AP Wirephoto.

mF South Vietna orce MIAMI BEU'H. Fla. (AP) ible and childish blackmail and Youthful protesters conducted a can't be tolerated," Chestnut, mock funeral for a slain Viet- said in a statement. Stearns namese hijacker outsido the was quoted in a Knight news-site of next week's Democratic papers interview. Convention here Tuesday while (A new name among the court battle over the bitter horse candidates for vice-California and Illinois creden-, president surfaced in Washing-tials cases moved to the U.S.

ton Tuesday when the chairman Appeals Court in Washington of the Virginia delegation ad-Late Tuesday, word came vanced the name of Hodding from the court clerk's office Carter, III, Greenville editor, as that the judges would not deliv-, a liberal Southener who would er a ruling until Wednesday at help the ticket), the earliest. jM, candidates and most of About 40 demonstrators, rep- the delegates to next week's resenting several pi. nest convention won't reach this groups, left quietly after police sweltering beach resort until refused to let them place a 3- later this week, but Democratic Penetrates Quani 8:4 AtUkMS 11EU) CHILD'S MURDER When hischer failed to ap- near Sundav as he should have. Kuwe allowed him until noon Tuesday to show up in Reykja vik nr forfeit his shot at Spasskv. Fischer's refusal to come by Sunday was based on a dispute See CHESS.

Pi. 15 party officials are already on hand working out logistical tangles. FOOD PRICKS IIIKKl) One dispute was settled whm party leaders yielded in the face of a threatened cutoff ol air-conditioning in the convention hall, and agreed to give, the city of Miami Beach 17 per cent of the revenues from f.od sales They said prices would be raised to cover the 17 per cent pavment. As a re-ult. telephone work er- will be able to go back 1 1 See DK.MO.

Pg. 15 Stale Fishl Returns To Courtroom BY THE ASSOC IATED The see-saw battle of who will represent Mississippi Democrats at the national party convention in Miami Beach return to the courtroom Wednesday. The dominant Regulars, led by Gov. Bill Waller, rebuffed by the nat'oral party's credentials con ntittee in efforts to wrest away from the civil rights oriented Loyalist faction, have asked U. Dit Judce Dan M.

Jr to enioin the l.ova'is's from taking tho dele-ga'e seats. The hearing is scheduled here at 9 a.m. The credentials committee voted unanimously this past weekend to recognize the Loya led by A.fon Herry of Clark-dale, despite pleas by the governor that his group be rec- ogn.zea a the new breed in Sec STATE. 15 Plans when a car bearing three or four young men slowed and one of them fired a shotgun, fatally wounding the chi'd. The car then sped away.

Calling it a senseless killing," officers broadcast a public appeal for help in 1 racing the car. AP Wirephoto. Donald L. 21; Michael Remire, 18; and Oscar i'lernandez. 22, are being held as suspects in the latal shooting of blonde 4-year-old Joyce Ann Huff of Los Angeles.

The child wa.s playing in a neighbor's yard Sunday SAKiO.N (AP) South Viet- namese paratroopers pene- irate-1 the southeastern limits of Quang In on Tuesday, killed at least 21) North Viet- i tared a dozen artillery pieces namese defenders and recap-' lost when the country's north-; ernmost province fell to the enemy more than two months aga. Allied sources said several hundred airborne troops staged a lightning assault against ene- iiiv defensive strongholds and set up their own defensive dis- positions at nightfall, a half mile from the city center. The government announced two towns in the urea were reoccupied. The government flag was raised durim: the afternoon at Mai I.inh a district headquarters 1.2 miles south- Holiday Death Reaches 25 ill Trii their people in Quan'4 Tri and stand and fight, it's going to be he Prcss correspondent llolger Jensen' North Vietnamese troops to the rear of the advancing forces kept up pressure on the western defenses of Hue. 30 miles southeast, and shelled the former imperial capital for the: third day in a row.

Four 122mm artillery rounds! crashed into the ci'y and mili-i tary spokesmen in Saigon said three civilians were killed and seven wounded, About 1.S00 more shells blasted government positions; on Hue's western front and two outposts were reported at- tacked by North Vietnamese! ground troops. Officials' chrmer! -W enemv killed and i $1 The crash site was about 40 miles north of here. While piloting the open air-: cran, wore a iooioau helmet, smoked gogcles and a flight suit. The enire plane was' scarcely wider than the cabin The plane was completed by Rov "Buck" Wheat's aviation class at Bug Bend Community College at Moses Lake. It had See JET PH OT.

Pg. 15 cas; of Quang Tri. but consid- from nearly every treeline. ev- put South Vietnamese casu-ered within the city limits. ery village allies at seven killed and 17 Mai Linh and Hai Lang, six "If they decide to put all wounded.

on an inner tube around wlrch several children were playing A Pascaaoula man, IMcardo A. Cay, drowned in the Mississippi Sound while swimming Pour persons died in two separate eariy morning traffic mi'-haps Tuesday. south' of Poniarville about 1 a. m. luesuay were lionme i.

mi and Thomas Holiday, both 23-vear-old Poplarville res- The other two-death accident occurred three miles north of Vicksburg on U. about 747 Jet Pilot Dies On Flight Into Pas ST. JOSEPH. Mo. (AIM J.

I field. It had no information on; The Federal Aviation Admin-D. Morrison, a veteran jet pilot how the crash occurred, and an i istration said Morrison had not flying across country in an investigation was being eon-', filed a flight plan. miles southeast of Quang Tri. were the first of 14 towns thai during the throe-month-old enemv offensive to be recap- tured'by government forces AsS0QaeA Press correspond-i ent Dennis Neeld reported that South Vietnamese marines on the eastern flank of the man government drive were I within four miles of the city.

Their officers predicted thpy could be in Quang Tri in a day if ordered. i Elements of the airborrr moving up Highway 1 to-' ward Quang Tri encountered the first bunkers in what was believed to be a heavy line of fortifications around the city. One U.S. airborne adviser, Capt. Cal Furrow.

of Ur- bana. Ohio, said: "The enemy appears to be pulling back, bin we're encountering resistance ducted by the Federal Aviation! Administration. Morrison left Moses Lake on rnuay morning ana naa ueen making 150-mile hops. The plane's average speed was 60 miles an hour. Missoula, Saturday night in Billings.

Sundav nigh! in Rao'd Citv. S. and Monday night in Sioux Falls. S.D. U.S.

GET OUT jnj between them. -f i the an- nouncement said. jnr.e l' rean premier and Commun-st open-cockpit plane like the one I he learned to flv in 40 years ago, was killed Tuesday when ine crau crasneu near the Highway Patrol said, Morrison. 59. an Eastern Air- ines 747 pilot from Miami Shores.

was flying th replica of a Curtiss-W right pusher plane from Moses Lake, to his home. The Highway Patrol saMl the plane was found on its top in a REUS UEMASU 12 30 a. m. The Highway Patrol Haitiesburg. who drowned Mon-said Willie Wright 43.

ot See AC( IDE.MS. Pg. 15 CHA LLESG ES AMERICA Nixon Asks World To 200lh Birthday ljy-5-foot piece of plywood strewn with hibiscus flowers in a canal as par! of the funeru. for Nguyen Thai Binh. He was slain in Saigon Sundav while trying to hijack an American jetliner.

Meanwhile Sen. Oorge McOovern of South Dakota, who has forged to the front of the Democratic presidential race with little help from the normally influential leaders of organized labor, picked up the Mipport of a union official wno formerly backed Sen Kdmund S. Muskie. B.U KS Jerry Wurf. presiden; of the American Federation of State.

County and Municipal F.mplov-es. said in Washington Iv would urge delegates, including 25 who are members of his I'nion, to back McGovern. A second union leader. United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock, said in De'aoit Tuesday he ''ould "gladly en dorse" either Mcdivein or Sen. Hubert H.

Humphrey if nomi- nated. but he said this did not amount to a lomui endorse ment. McGovern spent the Ind--pendence Day holidav at his farm on Maryland's Eas'e shore. Sen. Hubert rey of Minnesota, one of his chief rivals for the was at his lakeside ho, re Waverly.

Minn In Washing! m. llamphrev's campaign manager. Ja Chestnut demanded that McGovern fire or repudiate Rick Stearns his top delegate counter, who was quoted as saying that, if Humphrey wins the nomination McGovein stiould organize a intra party to "punish" Humphrey. iaiK oi pun.smi.eiii oie Democratic party is irrespons- SEAL FOR DEMO( RATS to be used during the Democratic week in Miami. Beach.

It Seal of the United States. Count State near Vu ksbui'g. and Kdward S. Harni'-ii. 21.

of Vickourg died in the accident. Among the other accidental deaths reported were: Napoleon Davis, 45. of Ocean Springs, killed Sunday night in a one-car accident on Miss. 57. Authorities said Davis lust control of his car south of Vancleve and crashed.

Wilton Owens of Holcnmb killed Sunday night in a one-car mishap about four miles south of Holcomb in Grenada County, John Edward Wright. 17. of for genuine and lasting peace amrpg nations." are aware that a real structure of peace cannot be uu.lt on good will he said Its tourdation mu-t be the resolution of those basic national differences which can lead to war." "The United Sta'es is domg everything in its power to lay down that kind of foundation peace." Nixon sa d. cttirg be sending formal and official invitations to governments around the globe welcoming all people to visit the United States -35 laws and circumstances i permit." i See BIRTHDAY. Pg.

15 Mississippi's death toll over the Ion" holiday weekend has cimbed to at least 25. Nineteen of the fatalities were from traffic accidents, five drowned and one was killed in a farm mishap. During the fourth of July holi- day were k'lled in traffic, according to the Highway Patrol. At least 671 persons have been killed in traffic mishaps so1 far this vear on the state's high wavs. Nationally, the Associated prcss tallv of holiday deaths ctfl.lf4 Tuesday evenin" holiday counting period be oan at FiirfaV and run; midnii'ht Tuesday.

miin in a Laurel hospital Tu-s-ay afternoon from injures received in a Sunday mishap on Intersate 59 which had already claimed one life. He was identified as Richard D. Collins. Highway Patrol officials reported that Sid Curtis Stasher of Hernando was killed in a two-car crash just north of that ci'y on Highway 51 about 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Dorothv Two voung girls. May Taylor. 13. and Barbara Ann Taylor. 9.

both of Jackson, drowned Tuesday evening a. Barnett Reservoir near Jack- TEEM -AGE II KILLED IM I AIM ATTEMPT TO RESCA TITO DELAVAN LAKE. Wis. APi Fire swept through a Walworth County home early Tuesday and killed three children, including one vho tried to rescue the othe-two, Delavan Police Chief Harold Dahhnger said. The three, children of Mr.

and Mrs. William Leek, were Michael 18. Frederick. 11 and Barbara. 9 said Michael had escaped the blaze with three other children when he and a neighbor were driven back but Michael continued into the home and was killed.

South, North Korea Open Hot Line Between Capitals SEOUL (AP South and prevent the outbreak of unex--Waldheim announced in Geneva North Korea opened a hot line pected military incidents a.id to that he acted as a o-between. SAN CLKMENTE, Calif, (API President Nixon invited the world in a holiday broad- cast Tuesday to come to Amer- ica during "its bicentennial era and share our dreams brighter of a In the nationwide radio address from the Western White House. Nixon spoke of plans for the nation's 200th birthday cele-bra'ion in 1976 and said Americans should use the occasion vtwih North Korean renresnnta- iween two governments tnai have been sworn enemies for the past quarter-centurv. North The agreements were called for the withdrawal reached at meetings in P-on--! "They inforiwd me of their of U.S. forces from the South.

Van Mav 2-5 and Seoul" Ma'v arid mentI.nned a num- The direct phone link ne- tween Seoul. South Korea cap- The governments' top k-sd-ital. and Pyongyang, the ers. President Chung Hee Park tal of North Korea, was the out- 0f South Korea and North Ko- to "prove once again that the his trips Peking and Moscow spi-it of '76 is a soinf of ooen- and his quest for nuclear arms ness, of brotherhood and of limits. peM-' One of the best wavs to The President specifically duce the danger of war and en.

suggested that business and in- hance the quality of peace is dustry attempt to cut the costs 'hrough peon'e-t'o-'H'on'e cn-of travel, lodging and mals. tacts." Nixon said, adding: and that air carriers and ship-. like ping lines explore ways of of- stand a better chance or work-fenng inexpensive transporta- ing constructively together if t'on people on both sides can learn ''Let us be known throughout i to respect one another as fellow the world is the -Land of tne human beings. Our invitation to Open the chief execu- the world can contribute sig-tive said. He voiced hopes that r.ificantiy to that crucial pro lions upon millions of vis- ess.

itors from around the world The President he would party chief Kim Il-sung. took Pnea oetween tne two govern-part, ments since the 1950-53 Korean i U.N. Secretary-General Kurt War look two miIiion livei-! including 54.246 Americans tjves durjng a vis.t t0 Vienna 1 oer ot suggestions, ne said, informed tne soutn Korean gov ernment." Tne top-rung negotiations were the first such contact re-; fighting for the South. The con- iflict ended in an armistice July 2S. 1953 and the two Koreas still are officially at war.

with even i mail exchange severed. 1 A Japanese colony from 1110 I through odd War I. Koi ea was divided into U.S. anJ So viet occupation zones after the i defeat of Japan. The zones be-1 came separate republics in i See KOREAS.

Pg. 15 come ot a recent round oi se- cret high-level negotiations. Simultaneous announcement-in both cities said the accord provides for a joint political committee to open exchanges in many fields and to promote, unification of North and South through peaceful means ou'side interference. The two governments also agreed retrain from armed provocations from slandering or defam-1 ing each other. TO AVOID CRISES The two sides agreed ti in-! s'l 'he hot line in order to I INDEX Amusements 25 Classified Ads 337 Comics 28 Editorial It Miss.

Notebook 14 Radio-TV Logs 28 Sports 21-23. 28 Women 16-19 would respond to his invitation in tome 10 ine Lmiea Mates during the bicentennial era. said one "compelling reason for the invitation is the 1 realization that our kationship to the world relates to our hopes Th is the design of th? seal National Contention next features a portion of the Great AP Wirephoto.

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