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FIRST A-4 SUNDAY CALL-CHRONICLE, Allentown, July 1972 Weather, Shelling Breaks Senate Clears Momentum of Allied Drive 3.1-Billion State Budget i -i xx mm -i-i a fr L. 4 r-4 "-i I ff ty 171 He predicted a "very tough fight" for the provincial capital that fell to the North Vietnamese two months ago. Lt. Gen. Ngo Quang Troung, who directs the counteroffensive, is- regarded as a bold general but he has bosn moving his troops carefully to avoid enemy attacks in the rear.

There was one attack in the rear of the northern advance. Continued From Page A-l are pushing northward toward Quang Tri. The Saigon command claimed 450 enemy troops have been killed in the first three days of the four-day counteroffensive and put its own losses as 36 killed and 148 wounded. The North Vietnamese are "in a bind, but it's like stepping on a bee," one airborne officer on Highway 1 told Jensen. "Just before it dies it will sting your foot." Some U.S.

officials also have noted it has been a favorite tac tic of the North Vietnamese to force the allies to fight for cities and towns, thus causing but it was an enemy shelling southwest of Hue and 30 miles south of the front. The South Vietnamese 1st division is on guard on the western approaches to Hue while the marines, paratroopers and armored units Nixon Signs Bill Hiking Social Security the population centers to be heavily damaged or destroyed by street fighting and bombing. Lan said he believed the enemy had been demoralized by the constant pounding of U.S. air strikes naval gunnery and artillery but "the Communists follow orders. I think their defense will be very tough." The general reported his troops had found unm'ailed letters on the bodies of North Vietnamese soldiers telling of being forced to live under ground day and night and never knowing when a bomb might hit them.

Benefits poses considerable additional tax burdens on all wage-earners. But he said he had given his approval because of "my deep concern for the well-being of our older Americans. They both need and deserve a significant increase in Social Security ben He said the bill's failure to fully finance the increase would add $3.7 billion to more than $3 billion by which Congress has thrown his fiscal 1973 budget into deficit; He called this infla tionary. Nixon said he will call for the offsetting cuts in other pro grams. There was no immediate indication of where the cuts will be proposed.

The 20 per cent boost brings to 45 per cent the increases grant ed within three years and since each increase was applied to benefits already raised, the over-all cash increase runs to well over 50 per cent. DO THEIR 'THING' Two youngsters in New York City's Washington Square Park take different ways to let off steam during holiday weekend. Boy in foreground uses vocal system while his chum climbs into pool wearing only hat. (AP) Rebuffs Continued From Page A-l tax refunds for those who suffer ed from the Hurricane Agnes and South Dakota flood dis asters. Nixon hailed both of these features.

He said the automatic cost-of- living increase "constitutes a major breakthrough for older Americans" by providing a hedge against inflation, which he says he has long urged. 5 Nixon signed a batch of more than 16 bills before his departure, several of them directed to providing disaster relief and ad ditional benefits for veterans. Other Bills Approved He approved bills to: Provide up to 13 extra weeks of unemployment com pensation for workers who have exhausted their benefits. It par ticularly affects states where unemployment remains high. The extension remains until Dec.

31, 1972. Provide an additional $200 ir JL orients committed delegates that made Daley a power in national politics," Singer said. "That is no longer the case." SAIGON (AP) Enemy shell fire and bad weather broke the momentum of the South Viet namese counter-offensive on the northern front Saturday, field reports said. North Vietnamese gunners also attacked below the front at Hue for the first time in the current enemy offensive. As South Vietnamese troops new ground within three miles of enemy occupied Quang Tn City, a general said shelling to the east was the worst obstacle the counteroffensive had met.

To the south, more than 30 rounds of heavy shells or rockets landed within Hue just after dawn Sunday. There was no lm mediate report on casualties. The shelling was the first against the former imperial capital since the North Vietnamese offensive began three months ago. Hue has been considered by allied officers a primary target of the offensive. Major Battle Seen The South Vietnamese para troops three miles from Quang Tn City were part of the drive to retake the occupied province of Quang Tri.

A major battle was expected against North Vietnamese forces dug in on the southern outskirts of the city. Associated Press corre spondent Holger Jensen report ed from the front that the ad vance by 20,000 South Vietnamese troops was slowed by heavy rains that flooded river fords and held up supply and ammuni tion vehicles. Associated Press corre spondent Dennis Neeld, with South Vietnamese Marines push ing toward Quang Tri east of the airborne troops, said that the marine drive Is about a day be hind schedule. Brig. Gen.

Bui The Lan, the marine commandant, said North Vietnamese shelling of the marines eight-mile front east of the city was the biggest obstacle his forces has faced so far. nn ii mil fillip Regular lief measure into the budget while Democrats fought them off. For two days Republicans had sought 'to sever the budget from the flood relief issue and were, in the end, successful. At the same time Democrats had tried desperately to keep the flood money tied in with the budget as a lever. The Republican reasoning this tune, as victory was hopeless, was to have Democrats go on record as voting against money to help flood victims.

Attacks Democrats Sen. Elmer Hawbaker, R. Franklin, bitterly attacked Democrats for holding the flood money in committee until a budget is passed. are using the flood money to extort our votes," Hawbaker said. "It's one of the most despicable things I've wit nessed in the 12 years I've been in the Senate." Sen.

Benjamin Donolow, D- Philadelphia, chairman of the Seriate Appropriations Commit- Patriotism Fete Draws Celebrities OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) Comedian Bob Hope and a host of other show business personalities are gathering here for "The 1972 Stars and Stripes Show," a $300,000 July 4 extravaganza dedicated to patriotism, i The Sunday show will be taped for broadcast over 240 television stations of the NBC network at 9:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, according to the event's sponsors, the Oklahoma City Association of Broadcasters. The show is an annual event that began four years ago as a strictly local production. Tickets for the 11,000 seats at the State Fair Arena where the show is held are free, but each ticket holder must come dressed in the red, white and blue of the U.S.

flag. Show costs are met by contributions and a surplus from the 1971 show was used to equip a public park beside a lake here. Oklahoma City TV executive Lee Allan Smith, executive producer of the show, says that all viewpoints will be represented in the spectacular. Flood Aid Continued From Page A-l the Midwest and Eastern portions of the country. Under the old law, a disaster had to occur before the end of the income tax filing period, usually April 15, in order for taxpayers to claim the losses in the previous year's returns.

"Simultaneously with the announcement of the change in law, the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service said that the July 15 deadline for. claiming disaster losses had been extended. Regulations giving specific details and dates will follow in the near future. "The change means that taxpayers who suffered losses in sections of the country declared disaster areas by the President in the first six months of 1972 may file amended returns for 1971. For many taxpayers that would mean a quick tax refund.

Form 1040 is used by individuals and form 1120 by corporations to file amended tee, said the flood money would be voted on, but he skipped around questions pinning him down on when. Sen. Stanley Stroup, a Bedford County Republican, claimed that the passaged budget will force the personal income tax to be hiked by seven-tenths of one per cent in order to balance the budget of June 30, 1974. To get the votes of the three dissident Democrats, leaders had to separate the flood money from the budget and change a formula for distributing aid to county courts give rural areas a greater proportion. Join GOP Bloc The three Democrats Sens.

Patrick Stapleton, Indiana County; Thomas Nolan, Allegheny County, and William Duf-field, Fayette County joined with a solid bloc of 24 Republicans to defeat the first budget offer early Friday morning. About $37 million originally was available for aiding county courts with Philadelphia and Allegheny County getting $25 million. The formula was changed to give rural counties a greater share. But at the same time $10 million was added with the end result being the two urban areas would receive about the same amount as first planned. The Senate also cut $77 million from the Welfare Department's $1.05 billion request.

Also cut was $3 million for prisons, $14 million for the school retirement fund, $10 mil lion for basic instructional sub sidies and $2 million for the Health Department. World Chess Tournament Under Way REYKJAVIK (UPI) Officials Saturday formally declared play ready to begin Sunday in the world chess championship even though U.S. challenger Bobby Fischer had not yet shown up for his opening bout with champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. However, Dr. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), said in the opening ceremony in Iceland's national theater he was convinced Fisher would arrive in time for the match at 5 p.m.

1 p.m. EDT. He said it was possible under FIDE's rules to have the first of the 24 games postponed until Tuesday if Fischer, wanted it. However, other sources said Fischer could be disqualified if he does not show up for the first game. Kennedy Aide Arrested After Crash SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y.

(UPI) Angier Biddle Duke, chief of protocol in the Kennedy administration and former ambassa dor to El Salvador, was arrested on a charge of drunk driving early Saturday after an accident in this fashionable Long Island reported. Police said Duke, 56, was re turning to his home from a cocktail party at about 2:15 a.m. when his rented car hit two parked cars on Hill Street, de molishing one of them. ported business at least 20 per cent better than has been previously. The same relaxed atmosphere filled the bomb-scarred streets of Londonderry, the province's second city.

Savings Interest NOW million for disaster relief which will principally aid areas of five Eastern states hit by Agnes New York, Pennsylva nia, Maryland, Virginia and Florida. Funds will be available also to help in continuing recovery ef forts from the San Fernando earthquake in California and flash floods in Rapid City, S.D., and Buffalo Creek, W.Va. A 10 per cent increase in monthly benefits for disabled veterans, which will start Aug. 1. Nixon had sought to head off the 20 per cent Social Security rider, attached under the spon sorship of Sen.

Frank Church, D-Idaho. Republicans wanted to cut the increase to 10 per cent and accused Democrats of playing politics. But it passed by 82-4 in the Senate and 302-35 in the House. Nixon said that the measure was not luliy funded and im nn KJ On Regular Savings Accounts PENNSYLVANIA HE Justice Da WASHINGTON (AP) Su preme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist denied Saturday a pe tition by the successful chal lengers to Chicago Mayor Richard J.

Daley's Democratic Con vention delegation to throw out a Chicago court action that would prevent the challengers from being seated in Miami Beach. In turning down the petition, Rehnquist noted that the Su preme Court is in recess until October and therefore would have no chance to review the judgment unless a special ses sion was called. "I simply do not believe that it is the same type of case which has caused the court to convene in special session on previous occasions," Rehnquist said in his opinion. Fight to Continue The action meant that the challenged delegates will go back to state court and fight the decision at the state level. Meanwhile, a bomb threat interrupted a hearing of the Dem ocratic Convention Credentials Committee, forcing members to call an early recess for dinner.

The threat turned out to be a prank, police said. The insurgent Chicago delega tion was awarded 59 Cook Coun ty convention seats last night by the Credentials Committee which held that Daley's Demo cratic organization had violated party reform rules putting its slate together. The challengers are expecting Daley to fight the committee ruling on the convention floor but so far there has been no word from the embattled Chi cago mayor. Daley Forces Rally At the moment the Daley forces are pursuing their fight in the courts. Besides taking on the challengers in the Cook County courts they are expected to go into federal court in Washington Monday with an attack on the party rules covering delegate selection.

A leader of the insurgent movement, Chicago Alderman William Singer, said at a Wash ington news conference he expected the challengers to sur vive all court and convention battles and to be seated at Miami Beach. Singer said he thinks the Cred entials Committee action had stripped Daley of the last ves tiges of political power that he once wielded in the Democratic party outside Chicago. It was his power to broker conventions with his bloc of un all primary. The delegates were considered critical to McGov-ern's chances for a first ballot nomination. "I think I have come to the point now where I have earned the nomination," he said in the interview.

"And if a bunch of old established politicians gang up to prevent me from getting the nomination because I didn't come to them for help just a negative, spiteful movement that subverts the democratic process if I feel that has hap pened, then I will not let them get away with it. "There been so much hard work and emotion poured into the campaign by so many thou sands of people it would be such an infuriating, disillusioning experience for them all that I would repudiate the whole leyOpp from to 17P1 UUOU I I annual rat i I Rows of Spikes Close Wide Belfast Areas Aroused McGovern Only at UNION BANK in the Lehigh Valley Would Bolt Demos BELFAST (AP) Protestant militants in- masks and battle dress threw up steel barricades across wide areas of Belfast on Saturday and told the British army: "Keep out' Most of the barricades, said organizers of the Ulster Defense Association UDA will be re moved at midnight Sunday. Others, rows of steel spikes cemented into the road under the eyes of British soldiers, were clearly intended to be more permanent. UDA leaders say they will come down only when the Brit ish government acts to take con trol of barricaded areas of Bel fast and Londonderry now ruled by guerrilla governments of the outlawed Irish Republican Army. This was the first weekend since the Provisional wing of the IRA called off, or put into cold storage last Monday its bombing campaign intended to force mainly Protestant Northern Ireland into a merger with the Catholic-dominated Irish Republic.

Despite the new barricades and a night of shooting in which at least two men died, Belfast was more relaxed than at any time over the past two years or so. 'Streets were full with Saturday shoppers. Store keepers re- BANK andTRUST COMPANY i. -k OF EASTERN MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION NEW YORK (UPI) Sen. George McGovern warned in an interview published Saturday that if he is denied the Demo cratic presidential nomination by an illegitimate power Dlav" he will run as an independent or support another independent candidate to spoil the chances of the Democratic nominee.

McGovern said in the inter view Life magazine he be lieved he had earned the nomi nation and "if a bunch of old es tablished politicians gang up" to take it from him he will "repu diate the whole process." The South Dakota senator ear lier this week blasted as "an incredible, cynical, rotten political steal" the decision by the Demo cratic Convention's Credentials Committee taking away 153 of the 271 California delegates he won in the state's winner-take- ALLENTOWN HAMILTON MALL OFFICE: 830 Hamilton Hours Fri. to 5 P.M.; Thurs. to 8 P.M. BETHLEHEM OFFICES: 52 Broad St. Fourth and Broadway, Hours Fri.

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