Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 2

2 DELAWARE COUNTY (PA.) DAILY TIMES Thursday, June 29, 1072 Saigon troops smash Quang Tri SAIGON (UPI)-A South Vietnamese task force, joined by 1,000 fresh troops helicoptered in from. Saigon, punched deeper into Communist-held Quang Tri Province today in the second day of a major drive to put it back in government hands. Battle communiques showed the government soldiers and marines had captured the southeast corner of South Vietnam's northernmost province from the Communists, who captured it May 1 in their current offensive and have held it ever since. In what military spokesmen said was the greatest concentration of, U.S. firepower since the Korean War, big B52 bombers, conventional jet fighter-bombers and offshore cruis- ers and destroyers of the 7th Fleet today kept up a heavy bombardment on suspected Communist positions ahead of the advancing South Vietnamese troops.

Military spokesmen said the 'North Vietnamese put up only scattered resistance to the government drive, code-named "Operation Lam Son 72," by noon today, 32 hours after the counteroffensive 'began. An officer helping direct the operation from Hue In neighboring Thua Thien province directly south of Quang Tri said, however, "we expect heavier resistance later on in the operation." Military spokesmen and field reports said the intermittent fighting so far in the push has killed 274 Communists with the Iwlp of U.S. sea and air power. Government casualties were placed at nine dead and more than 30 wounded in the same period. The spearhead of the major ground drive, led by the crack Black Panther a team, pushed north from the My Chanh River defense line 20 miles north of Hue Wednesday and had driven halfway to Quang Tri City today.

The province capital is 12 north of the river. By nightfall Wednesday, the South Vietnamese force of marines, paratroops, tanks and helicopters advancing a 12-mile front was grouped around Hai Lang district town, half way between the My Chanh River and Quang Tri City. Field 'reports 1 said two South Vietnamese helicopters were shot down over Quang Tri Province but said no U.S. choppers we're downed; 1 Other field reports' said the only significant North Vietnamese attack reported since the operation began saw about 1,000 Communists hit a government position on the western flank of the push. UPI i i cameraman Tran Dai Minh said 28 North Vietnamese and five paratroopers were killed in the brief battle.

I MRS. PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS, chairman of the Democratic Credentials Committee, and Hoddin; barter, committee vice chairman, seem to be bored by the hearings over c. 'lengea to the seating of delegates at next month's convention. 'Very close' vote seen on delegate challenge WASHINGTON (AP) George MoGovern's hope for a first ballot presidential nomination lay precariously in the hands of the Democratic Credentials Committee today, as the panel neared a decision the challenge to his 271 delegates from California. 'Despite furious lobbying the night and morn- 'McGovern strategists con- i ceded the vote, expected about noon, could be "very, very close." A spokesman for Sen.

Hubert Humphrey, one of four contenders attempting to slash California strength more than half, agreed the battle was nip and tuck. Also on the agenda of the lUO- member, committee were delegate disputes from Hawaii, Missouri and Tennessee, each A matter of considerable controversy despite the spotlight a i given California. Hawaii, for example, was targeted for A McGovern blllz designed to increase representation of women, who now occupy four of the state's convention seats. McGoVern's California were asking for 151 of his 271 delegates. They claim the itate's winner-take-all primary disenfranchised the 55 per cent of the electorate which voted against htm.

iMoreover, they contend that the primary violated--nt least in spirit--a prohibition by McGovern's own reform conv mission against a unit rule. -The challengers proposed that IMoGovern's California share be reduced to 120 delegates, with the others being awarded among eight other candidates. Humphrey would be the chief beneficiary with 106. Earlier this week, a judgment by hearing examiner Burke Marshall held there had been no legal transgression of the party reforms. But he dumped the overriding question of whether the results were fair back into the Jap of the full committee.

McGovern aide Frank Makiewicz said the Marshall decision came as "a complete vindication of our position that this challenge has no basis in law or in fact." On the other hand, Humphrey forces distributed a memorandum late Wednesday claiming the Marshall decision "actually supported our challenge." The key issue, tho memo said, "is that 2 million California voters have been deprived of a full, meaningful and timely opportunity to in the delegate-selection process." Humphrey himself has said the challenge is. vital to party unity. Invoking the memory of 1968, he commented to pane! members that "I above all other er men, know the dangers a presidential cnndtdnte fwcea if he is charged with being a candidate of an unrepresentative convention." But Humphrey has had other thoughts as well in recent weeks. A few days after June 6 primary. Humphrey told The Associated Press that he had instructed his organization to slay out of any challenge which might arise in California.

"If I'm going to lose the nomination," he said then, "I don't want to go out looking like I'd used every dirty trick in the book." McGovern forces predicted committee's California decision would have strong impact on another controversial case- that against Mayor Richarc Daley and 58 other uncommitted delegates from Chicago. "If we win California," saic one high McGovern official, "1 would think Daley will find hi; position untenable and wil want to do some negotiating." 'Daley's delegates are being contested on grounds they un tier-represent women, youth and blacks and were electee through unfair campaign practices. The challengers include several McGovern supporters iti Illinois, although the candi datt' himself has yet to ta'ke a rm position. The Chicago case is sched Uled for a committee decision i a a McGovern spokesman said thai while he would not rule out unconditional support for the dial longers, he thought the pro McGovern committee member? vould adhere to the "politica realities" if Daley were at al receptive to a compromise. In action Wednesday, the committee disposed of dial Icnges from seven states, in diK'cd a bitterly contested figh' which resulted in the con vontlon seating of 17 new del gates, from Georgia Floods wash out lottery HARRISBURG, Pa.

(AP) The next Pennsylvania lottery drawing is set for July 12. And there won't be one after that until sometime in that's being optimistic," the executive director of the lottery said Wednesday. According to Henry Kaplan's figures, the flood destroyed 60 million printed tickets and a stock of paper to print nearly that many more. A computer and printers also were reported damaged in the lottery office at nearby Olmsted Airport. Kaplan said he was still assessing the doDar damage and that it would run into the 'thousands and thousands of dollars." About 11 million of the 50-cent tickets already had been distributed before the flood hit, ast week.

These had been marked for a July drawing, vhich was postponed for a week. Kaplan said that after the July 2 drawing the state will be osing about $1 in a week from tickets would have sold. Even if drawings commenced during the first week in August, the revenue loss would reach in the neighborhood of $4 million, counting the July 5 week that was lost. next i i a millionaire's drawing, originally scheduled for next week, also will be conducted July 12, Kaplan said. Kaplan said that even if the lottery could resume normal operations immediately and begin printing tickets "it would take three weeks to hold a drawing" from those tickets.

"And we certainly aren't even close to that," he added. Jtiry indicts city official PHILADELPHIA (AP)-A Federal grand jury has indicted the chairman 1 of city commissioners here on charges he evaded $68,833 in federal income taxes and accepted kickbacks in a scheme to rig bids by two printing firms. The charges against Maurice Osser, 62. were contained in indictments returned Wednesday to U.S.. District Judge Edward R.

Becker by the jury which is taking part in an investigation of political cor ruption. The investigation being carried out by the U.S. Justice Department's Strike Force on Organized Crime. One indictment charged Osser with nine counts of mail fraud and one count of obstructing criminal investigation. Chess star's plane reservation canceled Will Bobby Fischer show up? AP WIRCPHOTO RUSSFAN CHESS champion Boris Spassky plays with son Vasya as he awaits arrival of U.S.

champ Bobby Fischer for 24-game match Tor the world title in Iceland. NEW YORK (AL) Bobb.v Fischer's flight reservation to Reykjavik, Iceland, has been canceled again. The Americnr chess star is scheduled to piny Russia's Boris Spnssky there for the work! championship in chess. There arc just a few more flights to Iceland before the chess match is scheduled to start next Sunday. Will Fischer show up for (ho match? "He said lie was going," grandmaster Larry Evans saic Wednesday evening before boarding a plane for Iceland Evans has known Fischer for years.

However, Chester Fox, who hus exclusive visual rights to the match, and his lawyer, Richard Stein, were not so definite, And Fischer couldn't be reached for comment. A reporter asked Fox and Stein after they met with Fischer here Wednesday evening whether tho chess champ was definitely going to show up. "I think so," said Fox, before taking off for Reykjavik. "You said too much," Stein told Fox. Why did Fox say too much? Stein answered that "unless you have firm commitments" there should be no comments.

Stein added that, although this is a big moment for Fischer, he has walked out on matches before. Stein said he did ask Fischer if he would show up for the match. But he refused to givu Fischer's answer. Stein and Fox said they met with Fischer "to discuss differ ent considerations" of the coming match. Stein said the meeting was very satisfying.

Fox said he was very happy about it. "I think he's in a good frame of mind," Fox said of Fischer. Stein said he had asked Fis cher if he shouldn't be in Iceland to adjust to the cli mate. But Fischer replied that a climate change used to both er him, but it doesn't now. Fox has bought worldwide visual rights to the games from the Icelandic Chess Federation and plans to film the match.

Fred Cramer, a friend of Fischer's and pa.st president of the U.S. Chess Federation, said Sunday that Fischer objected to the type of lighting proposed for filming the match. On Sunday. Fischer canceled liis flight to Iceland, without ex- Cramer, who was to lave flown with Fischer, went on to Reykjavik. i GEN.

C. WEYAND Profile Weyand: Man with talent SAIGON (AP) The new commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, Gen. Frederick C. Weyand, was pegged as a rising star in the Army long before he was first sent to Vietnam six years ago.

He proved his battle prowess as a battalion Commander in the Korean war. And he demonstrated a talent for diplomacy from 1962 to 1964 in one of the most delicate Pentagon assignments--representing the Army on Capitol Hill as chief of legislative liason. GETS BIG PUSH Even then Weyand's colleagues were picking him as a future chief of staff, a fine performance for an ROTC graduate who never went to West Point. On Wednesday President Nixon gave him a big push toward the Army pinnacle when the White House announced that the- 56-year-old native of Arbuckle, would succeed Gen. Creighton D.

Abrams in the top American, military post in Saigon. If he follows the trail blazed by Abrams and his predecessor, Gen. William C. Westmoreland, the next step for Weyand will be Chief of Staff. Weyand has fought the Vietnamese Communists on the battlefield and sparred with them across the Paris conference table.

He recently told friends that the Viet Cong "are as tough in suits and ties as they are in black pajamas." COOL ADVISER The Viet Cong might say the same thing about the tall 6-foot 5-inch-blond officer who steered the 25th Infantry Division into South Vietnam in 1966 and three years later turned up in Paris as the cool, articulate military adviser to the American delegation at the peace tnlks. Weyand admits that he learned about Vietnam the hard way. "When I left the 25th in 1967, I was sure the war was he told a reporter a few months after his to commander of Field Forces 2. "But then I realized there was a war we hadn't even begun to fight-the war with the Viet Cong amongst the people." PROVED WRONG The Viet Cong proved Weyand and all other American generals wrong in the Tet offensive of 1968. But by then Weyand was learning fast, and over objections from the U.S.

Command had appointed the controversial pacification expert John Paul Vann as his civilian deputy. They remained close friends until Vann's death in a- helicopter crash early this month. In his new post, Weyand can expected to work much more closely with top Vietnam- officers than any of his predecessors, As Abrams' dep uty since September, 1970, he has concentrated on Vietnam- ization at the highest level, cut- through red tape by estab- ishing close personal ties with Vietnamese generals who for years were suspicious of Ihe Americans. THURMONT, Md. (AP) After clearing his desk of two key Vietnam decisions, President Nixon is at his mountaintop Camp David retreat, roughing out answers to questions he faces tonight in his first live television news conference in 13 months.

Before the President flew to his Catoctin Mountain compound by helicopter Wednesday afternoon his wife, he announced his decision to continue at a. slower rate the U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam and he named a new command- sr for U.S. operations in the war zone. The White House Nixon las decided another 10,000 U.S.

will be withdrawn by Jept. 1, bringing the American level in 1 South Vietnam to 39,000. This pace is lalf the withdrawal rate of Way and June. Nixon also disclosed he' was levating Gen. Frederick, C.

Nixon names new Vietnam commander Weyand to command U.S. operations in Vietnam, succeeding Gen. Creighton Abrams who was appointed Army chief of staff last week. Weyand has been deputy commander under Abrams for the past 18 months. The new Vietnam deputy commander will be Air Force Gen.

John W. Vogt, who also will continue to head the 7th Air Force in Indochina. The Selection of Vogt as deputy commander 'was of Nixon's unification of Army and Air Force commands in Vietnam--a consolidation which follows the disclosure of bombing strikes on unauthorized North Vietnamese targets or, dered by a since-demoted 7th Air force Gen. John Lavelle. Before Nixon left for Camp David, his staff had prepared a set of questions--and background material for presidential answers--expected to comt! up when the chief execuitve meets newsmen at 9 p.rrii in the White House East Room.

The news conference, to be broadcast live by the major television and radio networks, is the first session with such a format since June 1, 1971. Vietnam and the chances for renewed peace negotiations, other international issues and such domestic issues as the sputtering economy are expected to fuel questioning at tonight's news conference. Since his last live television session with newsmen, Nixon has news conferences, but most were in his Oval Office from tele- Vision cameras and, microphones were barred. The, lack of televised news conferences during his third year in office is in sharp contrast to his early heavy reliance on live broadcast sessions with reporters. Of the 17 lews conferences he held in his first two years in the White House, all but two were televised liv' OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS 'TIL 9:00 P.M.

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