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TWO THE DAILY MAIL, Hagerstown, Md. July 6, 1972 Fischer Apologizes World Chess Play Starts On Sunday By STEPHENS BROENING REYKJAVIK, Iceland CAP) Bobby Fischer made a full and penitent apology to Boris Spassky today, and organizers the world chess a i ship match said the two would meet for their first game Sunda night. The organizers said it had boon agreed in principle to hold the drawing tonight to determine which player would have the white pieces and with tlicm the first move. The young American, in a lel- ter delivered by hand this morning lo the world chess champion from the Soviet Union, apologized for his "disrespectful behavior." Fischer, whose delayed a i al doubled the prize money for both him and Snassky but also started an avalanche of confusion, asked the Russian to "accept my sinceresl apology." "I simply became carried away by my petty dispute over ivoncy with the Icelandic chess organizers," he wrote. The written apology from the A i a challenger was one of the chief conditions posed by the Russians before Spassky would sit down at (he chess board with Fischer.

Fischer told Spassky: "I have offended you and vour country, the Soviet Union, where chess has a prestigious position." The temperamental American also apologized to Dr. Max Euwc, president of the International Chess Federation, the Icelanders, "the thousands of fans around the world and especially to the millions of fans and the' many friends I a in the United Stales." However, Fischer brushed aside a demand from the Soviet Chess Federation a he forfeit the firsl match of his tardy arrival, lie said this "would place me at a tremendous handicap" and he didn't believe the "world's champion desires such mi adv a a in order to play me." "I know you lo be a sports man and a gentleman, and am looking forward to some ex citing chess games with you, 1 Fischer concluded. Earlier Euwc hat) met othc demands the Russians made on lim and suggesled a start of the a he delayer further. F.uwe, orcsldent of the Inter national Chess Federation, saic he i penalize Fischer fo his late arrival in Iceland be cause the American challcngei is "living in anolher world." HP said Spassky, the i a Navy Jets Hit Enemy Bunkers SAIGON (AP) U.S. Navy fighter-bombers pounded North Vietnamese bunkers south oi Quang Tri City today, trying to blast open a path for 'a task force of South Vietnamese paratroopers advancing on the enemy-held provincial capital.

Associated Press correspondent Dennis Neeld reported from the northern front that the carrier planes bombed a line of bunkers about 2Vi miles from the center of Quang Tri City. The bunker were concealed in a row of homes shaded by trees and flanking Highway 1. Tivo companies of North Vietnamese troops, perhaps 200 or more men, were reported entrenched in the bunkers and firing on the. paratroopers despite the air attacks. An American adviser with the paratroopers, Capt.

Gail Furrow, 32, of -Urbana, Ohio, told Neeld the battalion he is with could have pushed into Quang Tri City on Wednesday but it was essential to secure Ihe highway before advancing. Other paratroopers penetrated the city limits Tuesday but took up defensive positions on the southern edge. Reliable sources said Lt Gen. Ngo Quang Troong, com mandcr of the countcroffcnsive, is moving cautiously in hopes of keeping his casualties to a minimum. Field reports said 180 North Vietnamese were killed in clashes around Quang Tri City on Wednesday.

South Vietnamese losses were said to be 10 killed and SO wounded. Thirty miles to the south of the ninc-day-old drive, the Morth Vietnamese shelled Hue with 122mm artillery for the fifth day. About 100 shells hit the former imperial capital, but half of them were duds. One person was -reported wounded, and a Roman Catholic church and a home were badly a a 14 Americans Killed In Battle Last Week SAIGON (AP) Fourteen Americans were reported killed in the Indochina war last week and four more were listed as missing in action, Ihe U.S. Command reported today.

U.S. wounded in action last week were put at 23. A South Vietnamese commu- reported 2,765 enemy killed last week and listed government losses as 523 men killed and 2,109 wounded. Seven Americans were reported dead, "not as a result of hostile action," a category that can include deaths in combat situations not directly caused by the enemy as when a helicopter goes down from mechanical malfunction during a battle. U.S.

authorities have acknowledged more than (50 American fliers missing in North Vietnam since the stepped-up bombing campaign began April 6. Hanoi claims to have captured a of them. The allied commands now have listed these total casualties for the war: American 45,806 killed in action, 303,190 wounded, 10,229 dead from "nonhostilc" causes. South Vietnamese 147,865 killed, 341,813 wounded. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 858,100 killed.

U.S. Troops In Thailand Equal Level In Vietnam BANGKOK (AP) Reinforcement of the U.S. Air Force in a i a has brought troop levels here to approximately that of U.S. forces in South Vietnam. President Ni.xon's announce, ment that Vietnam troop strength will be reduced lo 39,0111) by Sept.

means that Thailand will have at least 10,000 more The U.S. Embassy in Bangkok refuses to discuss specific numbers, but a spokesman said U.S. forces in Thailand "approximately 48,000." Other (sources say the figure is more a and growing. Field Marshal Thanom Kit- tikachorn, chairman of the ruling National Executive Council, said there arc 43,000 U.S. mjli- tary personnel in Thailand.

The Air Force has reopened the big hase at Takhli for use bv F4 Phantom fighter-bomb- cr.s. A previously unused American-built base at Nam Phong lias been opened for use by a a i air wine transferred from Da Nang, Vietnam. A squadron of U.S. C135 aerial tankers- lias been brought A The Soviet 1" Bangkok to refuel fighter U.S. servicemen hy that time than Vietnam Russia Demands U.S.

Pull Out Of Cuban Base I'uion today demanded the un- i i a i a a of tlie U.S. a a base at a a a Bay and pledged to continue supplying massive economic bombers operating Korat tlrtorn, Nam Phong, Takhli Ubol ami Kanorn Phanom. U.S Air Force officers known to have surveyed U.S. planes if the buildup are LU nrtvc surveyed the and military aid to Fidel Gas- British-built air strip at Non Iru Communist regime. Han near Uliol for possible use The Kremlin demand was hv made in a joint vicl-Cuban communique published today as Castro left the Union for home after an 11-day visit.

"The Soviet leaders- have once again stated that the Soviet Union resolutely condemns tnc economic and political! Bible Thought He that soworh to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Galatlans To invest one's i in Gort's declarer declared. ly(promises is lo commu- return in terms of satisfaction, assurance and peace. world tille holder, was "very upset" and a he would like to give him anolher eek before the first game. Euwc also admitted he had violated the rules in allowing two previous postponements the start of the match.

lie promised strict rule enforcement in the future. The 24-gamc series between F'schcr and Spassky hat been scheduled to start Fischer stayed in New York, holding out for more money, and Euwc postponed the start of the match i Tuesday. Fischer arrived that day, but the Russians objected to his conduct and Euwc put Ihe start off until today. Fischer apologized Wednesday for delaying the a of the match, but the i a dc- m.mded apologies in writing. Then they demanded that Fischer forfeit the first a The American's apology, read by a spokesman at a a news conference, said: "We are sorry the world a i i was delayed.

The problems causing the delays were not with world champion Spassky whom I respect as a man and admire as a player." Shadowy Figure In French Politics Gets Second Highest Post In Nation NEW PREMIER Messmvr, France's new premier, hat a reputation as on swerving Gaullist. His appointment Wednesday by President Georges Pompidou is seen as attempt to pull back disaffected party members before the next election. This photo was taken in his office Wednesday night as he prepared to form a new cabinet, (AP Wirephoto via cable from Paris) Harry Truman Faces More X-Ray Exams KANSAS CITY (AP) Former President Harry S. Truman, hospitalized since Sunday with an intestinal problem, faces another round of X-rays. A spokesman at Research VIedical Center reported that X-rays a Monday were unsatisfactory, "and they will be repeated later in the week when advisable." By PAUL TREUTHARDT Aueclaltd Press Writer PARIS (AP) Pierre Mes smer, soldier, colonial adminis trator, staunch Gaullist and now France's premier, is a shadowy figure in French politics despite nearly 11 years in cabinet posts.

Although his name is well known to the public, he has never courted personal public ity. His image is that of a servant of the state and all a member of the tight group that unswervingly defends what it professes to be the ideology of Charles de Gaulle. At 56, Messmer's life has taken him from the academic world lo Ihe jungles of Viet- a to the deserts and mountains of Africa and nov. to the second highest post in the na lion. President Georges Pompidou fired Premier Jacques Chaban-Dclmas on Wednesday and replaced him with Messmer in an attempt to pull back disaffected Gaullists before legislative elections due in the next eight months.

Before World War II, Jfcs- smer took a doctorate in law and a degree in Oriental languages, but set the direction of his career by graduating from the special school which trained France's colonial administrators. He was one of the i to respond to De Gaulle's appeal of June 18, 1940, for Frenchmen to rally to his Free French cause and start to fight back against the Nazi war a i Messmer fought in North Africa, notably at the battle of Bir Ha- keirn, and on' D-Day in Normandy. Volunteering for the paratroops, he jumped into In- dochina near the end of the war to help set up the framework for the return of French administration. The Japanese captured him, but eventually he was released and took up his work as a colonial administrator. Messmcr went from In.

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