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wld Welconfra to try to put vacation trip io the United States within the economic reach of more foreigners, and asked Americans to open their homes to Visitors from abroad. The invitation, Nixon said, would be issued in conjunction with Festival USA, one of three main themes for the nation's bicentennial celebration, which he promised would be "as wide as America's land and as richly diverse as its people." The President made his remarks in an Independence Day address prepared for delivery over nationwide radio from his office at the Western White House. The invitation is appropriate because the United States "is, and always has been, a nation of nations," Nixon said. "The blood of all peoples runs in with sister cities abroad; American! wild overseas relatives; shipping lints; airlines; ail to join in the campaign to urge foreigners to accept the invitation and then to help act as host to them. "Volunteers young and old can serve as guides, as interpreters, as hosts and hostesses, to help greet a flood of bicentennial guests which may be double the nearly 14 million persons who visited the United States last year," Nixon said.

Such contacts, he said, would go a long way in "reducing the fear and the ignorance which have divided mankind down through the ages." The bicentennial commission has been criticized from some quarters for moving too slowly in preparing for the celebrations, but Nixon promised it would follow up his announcement with a vigorous action program. 'Blood Of All Peoples Runs In Our Veins' our veins; the cultures of all peoples contribute te our culture; and to a certain extent the hopes of all peoples are bound up with our own hopes for the continuing success of the American experiment," he said. He sa id the bicentennial was "a time for America to say to the nations of the world 'you helped too make us what we are. Come and see what wonders your countrymen have worked in this new country of ours. Come and let us say thank you.

Come and join in our celebration of a proud past. Come and share our dreams of a bright future." Nixon gave only the broad outlines of the planned celebrations, which are being co-ordinated by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, established by Congress in 1966. Of the other two themes, one called Heritage 76, will focus on the nation's history during the last two centuries and the other Horizons '76 will involve setting goals for the third century, he said. Nixon said he would send formal and official invitations to governments around the globe and urged Americans to participate in people-to-people contacts with the millions of visitors he predicted would accept the invitation. Nixon called on corporations with foreign branches; U.S.

municipalities To U.S. 200th Birthday: Nixon SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (LTD -President Nixon said today the United States will invite the world to its 200th birthday party, so that the children of those who stayed behind when others emigrated to America can "see what wonders your countrymen have worked in this new land." He predicted 28 million would come. In his Independence Day address, Nixon said he was preparing to issue an "unprecedented invitation to the world" to visit the United States during the bicentennial celebration year of 1976. He appealed to the travel industry THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS HOME EDITION CHANCY OUTLOOK Chance of a few showers or thunderstorms tonight, partly cloudy and cool tomorrow; high tomorrow, mid-70s.

Page 39. "Where ihe Spkif of fhe Lord Is, There Is Liberty." II Cor. 3-17 TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1972 mt- -mmmmmi it" 'If Woman, 41, And Baby Die We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their 'Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. From the Declaration of Independence, adopted July 4, 1776. ome r-i I 1 03rd YEAR 21 Killed I i' ill ii mi HI In.

I fay Aw I ssrs finite MW4M I v-f Yl -A A 41 -year -old Southeastside woman was overcome by smoke as she attempted to carry her 6-month-old granddaughter from her burning house last night and both died in the fire. Indianapolis firemen identified the victims as Charlene Matthews, 3140 E. Iowa, and her granddaughter, Dana Matthews. In an unrelated incident earlier in the evening, a three-alarm fire destroyed a downtown apartment building, but no injuries were reported. Fire officials said today the fire was arson.

Mrs. Matthews and the infant were pronounced dead at the scene of the Southeastside blaze shortly after firemen removed their bodies from an upstairs rear bedroom at 11:08 p.m., eight minutes after the fire had been reported. Firemen said the blaze began in a rear bedroom and had leaped through the roof when they arrived. The body of the child was found beneath -Mrs. Matthews' body, in a front bedroom.

The mother of the child, Denise Matthews, 15, said she and her mother were watching television in a downstairs room when they smelled smoke. She went outside to get help while the grandmother went upstairs to rescue the child, she told authorities. Damage Set At $3,500 Firemen found the child's mother crying hysterically in the yard when they arrived. Damage estimate to the house was $3,500. Firemen were at the scene for two hours and 27 minutes.

Cause of the blaze has not been determined. Ninety firemen and 30 pieces of fire-fighting equipment were sent to the vacant Coredgeo Apartments, 624-626 Massachusetts, at 9:41 p.m. Additional alarms were turned in at 9:47 and 9:59 p.m. Division Fire Chief Donald Bollinger, who recently stepped down as fire pre- I 10c Corritr Dtlivwed Fire Picture, Page 5 vention chief, said the fire definitely was set by an arsonist. He said another fire was reported at 8:02 p.m.

in the Argyle Apartments, 617 N. East, an adjoining building, and "could have been a diversionary tactic to lure two private guards away from the Coredgeo so arsonists could set the blaze." Both apartment buildings were vacant and were undergoing extensive renovations into low-cost housing for the elderly. A two-alarm fire was reported at the Coredgeo in March, shortly after it and four other nearby structures were purchased by an Ohio firm. Flared Up Again Coredego, a 22 apartment structure, was declared a total loss by fire officials, but 1 no damage estimate was placed because the building was empty. Firemen were at the site until 3:37 a.m-today, but returned at 6:27 a.m.

when the fire flared up again. No injuries were reported to firemen. Bollinger said heat from the fire melted reflectors on fire trucks and a plastic sign on a tavern across the street from the blaze. "It was going too well to be anything other than an arson fire," he said. A 6:05 p.m.

fire at 5821 Port Hope Drive, in the Port-O-Call Apartments complex, resulted in an injury to Wayne Township Fireman Jerry Harper, 22, who suffered a splinter in his right eye. He was treated and released at Indiana University Hospital. Firemen said the fire began when a heated hibachi grill was placed in a second-story storage area outside the apartment of Jerald Kroggel. The fire caught a nearby couch on fire and moved inside the apartment. Smoke and water damage was reported to three adjoining apartments.

Another Story, Page 4 flew from New York after accepting London banker James D. Slater's offer to match the $125,000 purse put up by the Icelandic Chess Federation. Now the winner of the 24-game match will get $156,250 and the loser $93,750, if it is played. Each also will get 30 per cent of the $250,000 paid for the TV and movie rights to the match, or $75,000 each. The match had been scheduled to start Sunday afternoon, but Fischer stayed in New York, demanding a 30 per cent cut of the gate receipts.

The International Chess Federation postponed the first game 48 hours and told Fischer he had to be in Reykjavik by noon today or forfeit the match. He arrived about five hours before the deadline. A stewardess on the plane said Fischer appeared calm during the flight of 4 hours and 40 minutes from New York, but slept for only a few minutes at a time. Another passenger on the flight, Benjamin Rauschkolb of Long Beach, N.Y., angrily reported that his wife was told at the last minute she 1 't board the plane and he learned later she was bumped to make room for Fischer. "He's an awful lot of trouble, isn't he?" said Rauschkolb.

Independence is pursuit of happiness for these Indianapolis residents. In Long Holiday Weekend CHESS MATCH IN DOUBT Fischer In Iceland But Spassky Walks Out Art Work, Gladys 2 Arrested In Trooper Disarming Two suspects in the May 29 disarming of a pair of Indiana state troopers have been arrested in Franklin, FBI agents here announced today. Agents said the suspects, identified as Martin W. Bradberry, 20, 1100 block of South Franklin Road, and Harold Smith, 25, Mooresville, were arrested after being stopped yesterday in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, by a Louisiana State Trooper on a minor traffic charge.

They were jailed, awaiting their return to Indiana, after a check with the, National Crime Information Center in Washington confirmed they were wanted in connection with the disarming of Indiana Trooper Austin D. Zachary, 28, and Trooper Dwight Wilson, 31. Zachary said he was patrolling on Thompson Road, near Ind. 37 about 3 p.m. May 29 in an unmarked state police car, when he saw a man driving a state-owned mower.

Zachary said he asked him why he was working on Memorial Day and the man said he was a state employe and had been ordered to drive the mower to eastern Marion County. Another man was waiting nearby in a truck, which was stuck In a ditch, Zachary reported. To confirm their identities, Zachary said, he drove them to a service station at Harding and Interstate 465 and radioed for assistance from Trooper Wilson. The disarmed Zachary before arriving at the station and also disarmed Wilson at the rendezvous. Bradberry, who had been sought on Federal charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, is also charged with armed robbery and the kidnaping of Zachary here.

Smith, who FBr agents said, had earlier been reported as a deserter from the U.S. Marine, Corps in San Diego, is charged with armed robbery. Roads who died yesterday after his northbound auto struck the rear of a truck stopped on College for the automatic traffic signals at Michigan. Police said Johnson's car struck the rear of a truck driven by James D. Lawrence, 17, 4716 N.

Crittenden. He was pronounced dead on arrival at General Hospital. RICHARD GRIFFITH, 72, Tcrre Haute, died in Union Hospital at Terre Haute about noon yesterday of injuries sufered an hour earlier when he was cut down by a hit-and-run driver on the city's Northside. Police said Griffith, who worked during the school year as a school guard, was crossing the street in the middle of the block when he was sturck by a car. Witnesses, who said the driver fled on foot, reported the driver appeared to have been intoxicated.

One Way Or Another There is a chance of a few showers or thunderstorms to dampen Fourth of July celebrations tonight, the National Weather Service says. Highs tomorrow are expected to be in the mid-70s, with a low tonight in the mid fiOs. Partly cloudy weather also was forecast for tomorrow. The probability of measurable precipitation was fixed at 20 per cent tonight and 10 per cent tomorrow. THE SIGNERS What happened to the signers of the Declaration of Independence after July 4, 1776? A look at their lives that followed is on Page 10.

On State Road Toll Grows More than 520 persons have been killed in traffic accidents across the nation since the beginning of the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The National Safety Council estimated the toll might rise to between 800 and 900 dead before the counting period ends at midnight. State troopers said Means was a passenger in an eastbound auto driven by Mark J. Strobcl, 21, Louisville, which crossed the center line on a curve and sideswiped a westbound car driven by Leroy Ray, 3G, East St. Louis, 111.

Skidding out of control, Strobcl's car was struck broadside by a westbound semitrailer truck driven by Darwin L. Bradley, 35, Mount Vernon. After being sideswiped, Ray's auto skidded across the center line and collided with an eastbound car driven by Mary L. While, 51, Milltown. None of the drivers was injured seriously, but two other passengers in the Strobcl car, a sister Karen, 17, and Allison Adcock, 21, also of Louisville, were hospitalized in serious condition.

State 1)0111-0 said Miss Strobcl suffered severe internal injuries and lost a foot and Adcock suffered a broken buck. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death of Joseph Johnson, 42, 9604 E. 37th Place, TODAY'S DEFINITION BAAA plot with a counter at which liquor givtn to the man who it glvtn to liquor. Twenty-one persons have been killed in Fourth of July holiday weekend traffic accidents and state police warn the worst may yet be to come as vacationers take to the roads for the return trip home tonight. The 102-hour holiday weekend counting period, which began at 6 p.m.

Friday, ends at midnight tonight. Indiana traffic safety officials had projected 25 traffic deaths in the state during the counting period. WILLIAM F. KEIHN, 33, Cambridge City, was killed today when his speeding car crashed along U.S. 40 a mile west of Dublin in Henry County.

State police said Keihn's car blew a tire and the auto flipped end-over-end for 320 feet, throwing Keihn's body 140 feet into a field. CHRISTOPHER S. MEANS, 21, Louisville, died yesterday in Floyd County Hospital of injuries suffered earlier in the day when the car in which he was riding sideswiped an oncoming auto and was struck broadside by a semitrailer truck on Ind. 64 about 1V4 miles west of Georgetown in Harrison County. IN THE NEWS Pages pages Amusements 8-9 Obituaries 29 Bridge 22 Sports 24-27 Business 28 TV and Radio .13 Comics 21 Want Ads Editorials 6 Women 1520 Garden 40 The NEWS Phone Numbers Main Office 633-l'J40 Circulation Wont Ads 633-1212 The News Zip Code 482IW Crime Alert (Emergency) 633-2811 Wage-Price Questions 833-8611 REYKJAVIK, Icleand (AP) Hours after Bobby Fischer ended his holdout and gave the world chess championship new life, Russian Boris Spassky put the match in doubt again today.

Spassky lodged a formal protest objecting that Fischer, the American challenger, "has violated the rules of the match" by failing to appear for its scheduled start Sunday. The world champion told Max Euwe, president of the World Chess Federation, that his decision to allow a postponement, in Fischer's favor was unacceptable. Then Spassky and his aids, who were expected to draw lots for tonight's match, staged a glum-faced walkout. Spassky was asked if there was a chance for a game today. He said, "It is not known." Euwe was much more forthright.

Asked whether he considered the Russian move threatened to wreck the whole match, he replied, "Certainly." Euwe said the Russians gave no indication what action, if any, would satisfy them. "If they had it would be simpler," he said. "We don't know what they want. Perhaps they want an apology." Sent to find out were Fischer's second, the Rev. William Lombardy, and his Paul Marshal.

They went to Spassky's hotel to get clarification from the Russian champion. The 29-year-old American challenger.

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