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1 Massachusetts Eases Pot Penalties State Tries New Drug Law 18 News Journal. Mansfield. O. Thursday, June 29, 1972 Fischer vs. Russian Pressure's on for Chess Championship i r- v- 1 I al sport of Russia as baseball in the United States.

I would riot care to be the man who allows the championship to go to another nation. It would be a serious matter, in many ways serious, no one really knows, is not likely that Spassky, like Just how Certainly it By HARRY EISENBERG BOSTON (AP) Anew drug law, more lenient on marijuana and more restrictive on other drugs, will go into effect in Massachusetts Saturday. "In the past, our drug laws have ben called irrational, illogical, irrelevant and inane, and with some said Asst. Atty. Gen.

David Vigoda, who was principally responsible for drafting the new law, "This will help bring us out of the back woods," Under the recodification, there will be stricter control of so-called "hard" drugs and "more realistic" restraint on marijuana. Stricter rein is placed on doctors, pharmacists, salesmen and hospitals experimenting with various drugs. 'These control measures are the most important," Vigoda said. "They protect all the public, not just a tion wheher to continue the probation. The new law reduces the list of drugs it is a crime to be in the presence of to heroin.

In the past, being in the presence of a person pos-s i marijuana could bring a five-year jail sentence, 18 months more than the maximum sentence for the person who possessed the drug. The new law raises the maximum penalty for distribution of heroin from five years to 10. "The addiction liability of heroin is greater than almost any other Vigoda said. 'The feeling here was that the guy who profiteers from exploiting people ought to be clobbered." The maximum penalty for the private possession of heroin, however, is reduced from five years to two. Marijuana no longer will be considered a Narcotic.

"Now at least the words are going to mean the same legally as i a 1 1 and Vigoda added. Marijuana penalties are reduced in the new law to the level of sentences being handed out by most state judges. The penalty for possession of marijuana will be a maximum of six months and a $500 fine for a first offense, compared with the current maximum of 3Vz years and a $1,000 fine. Under the new law, however, a judge must offer the first offender probation unless there are overriding reasons for not doing so. If the probation period is served adequately, the defendant's record is expunged and he is "deemed to be not convicted," Vigoda said.

'After the first conviction, it is left to the judge's discre the late Alexander Alekhine, would be con By TED THACKRKY JR. The Los Angeles Times It will begin quietly next Sunday afternoon, in Iceland Promptly at 2 p. m. (Icelandic time), a Russian and an A.nerican will sit down to play a game of chess in a small auditorium at Reykjavik. During the five hours that follow they probably will not exchange a dozen words.

Nor will the audience. To a casual observer, it all might seem about as exciting and dramatic as a visit to a mausoleum. But there will be no casual observers. For this will be the first in a series of 24 games to decide the chess championship of the world and this confrontation has drawn more worldwide interest than any other event of its kind in history. The characters in this drama are pure Dostoyevsky: The present champion, Boris Vasi-lyevich Spassky; a broad shouldered bear who knows he must maintain the dominance that Russians have held in World chess since' 1937, or face the consequences.

demned to death; (Alekhine, one of Russia's great chess masters, was condemned to death by the Bolsheviks after the October, 1917 revolution. He fled to the West and lived in exile until his death in 1948.) Considerations of public relations would seem to mitigate against such an extreme. Still, there is little doubt he would be made to feel his government's displeasure. What would happen if he loses the world championship to an American? Spassky has a lot to lose. His present life, by Soviet standards, is nothing short of luxurious.

Spassky lives BORIS SPASSKY loads up on watermelon with his second wife, Larissa, and their four year old son on the fifth floor of a 25- story VIP apartment building in Mos cow. LruO His income of 550 rubles per month is about five times the average for a Russian worker. He is one of the few Soviet citizens who drives a foreign car (a bright red Volvo bought after Russia won the 1970 invita 7.51 TO 11.51 OFF! WARDS POWR-KRAFT TOOLS NEW LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN, DOUBLE-INSULATED SAFETY wr tut tional team tournament in West i lie seldom rises betore noon a sleepy Russian bear, very hard to get mov AW ing in the and his important CHECK THESE OUTSTANDING FEATURES! neighbors frequently complain of the loud American jazz played on the Spassky phon 'I InsulBtBdjl) ograph at all hours of the night. More, he has consistently refused to join the Communist Party and he was outspo kenly critical of the Russian invasion of Double insulation helps protect against shocks Modular construction adds strength, durability a space-age design to reduce tool fatigue Cycolac housing tough, rust- and chip-resistant I-beam power unit keeps motor, bearings, gears in line and working together smoothly Convenient 2-prong plug no adapter necessary heavy-duty cord mobility and convenience Czechoslovakia, which could hardly have pleased Soviet authorities since he was widely quoted in the Western press. bfttfip All of which might be quite acceptable if he were considered in good form.

But of late, he has appeared to be playing consid erably below his usual game. 3600-OPM, DUAL. ACTION SANDER REG. 29.95 J' EACH rrAA He finished sixth in the Alekhine Tournament last December, and one Bpp "charge Tr American grandmaster who played him said there was "a lackluster, uncertain quality to his play that had not character ized it in the past." VARI-SPEED SABRE SAW REG. 29.95 Tass, the official Soviet news agency, passed this off as "mere camouflage," say ing Spassky had not really been trying, was merely tuning up for the matches with Fischer and "is preparing a big surprise" for the American If he is, Fischer apparently won't be the 1..

Ulliy Ulie surpiloeu. International chess experts currently see Fischer as the favorite to win by as much as three to one. And Fischer is even more optimistic. BOBBY FISCHER enfant terrible The challenger, Robert James (Bobby) Fischer; gangling, Chicago born "enfant terrible of the cheSs world" who has called himself the "unofficial world champion" for nearly a decade and who now must prove his claim. The winner's end of the purse is $100,000 and that alone could be a fair indicator of the difference between the championship matches of 1972 and those of the past.

When Spassky won the title from another Russian, Tigran Petrosian (in the last championship event three years ago), the purse was only $1,400. But the real prize is more than money. "I want the money," Fischer said recently in an interview at the New York resort where he was undergoing rigorous training. "But I want the title even more. Chess is my life my hobby, my recreation, my profession.

I have proved that I am the best in the past but now I want that fact officially recognized." "We take much interest in chess," Spassky said recently. "It is as much the nation "Three to one?" he said when informed of the most recent prediction. "Those peo ple don't know what they're talking about. The odds ought to be twenty one at least! On past performance, that would be a hard position to defend. Spassky and Fischer have played five games in the past.

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