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The Marshall News Messenger from Marshall, Texas • 2

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2A MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER Tuesday, July 4, 1972 Paratroopers Launch Lightning Assault Against Gong Defenses News Of People day: day: Harriett Smith, city; Michael Justin McClellan, 700 W. M. Neely 605 Lansdowne; Grand hmie CtAmaa, Rt. Ernest Holder, 203 N. Callum; Graham Beck-Patsy Manness, Dallas, ville; James Jones 1807 Port cupying positions about half a mile from the center of the provincial capital which the North Vietnamese captured May 1.

Government spokesmen in Saigon claimed the recapture of two district headquarters: Mai Linn, 1.2 miles southeast of Quang Tri, and Hai Lang, six miles southeast of the capital. It was the first recapture of any of the 14 district towns lost to the North Vietnamese in their three-month-old offensive. The marines on the eastern Hundreds of refugees from areas liberated by the South Vietnamese made their way south on Highway 1. They gathered at Phong Bien, 20 miles north of Hue, where buses and trucks picked them up and brought them to Hue. South Vietnamese marines were pushing toward Quang Tri from the east and were reported within four miles of the Government spokesmen said Saigon's forces also killed nearly 200 North Vietnamese in fighting south of Quang Tri City and west H.

S. Mauldin Sr. of Hallsville, formerly of Marshall, has been admitted to Merritt Plaza Nursing Home. A cemetery grounds cleaning is scheduled July 8 at Scottsville Cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited to rang a DasKet lunch and participate in this annual event.

A business meeting will follow the picnic-style lunch, to be served at 11:30 am. W. S. (Bill) Rutherford en- tered Scott and White Hospital in Temple Monday. 1 MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Admissions reported for Mon- Thnmas Markev.

Caddo Dr. Hallsville; Jo Ann Wilson, nack; Mrs. Lorenzo Lowe, 1107 Black Receives Doctor Degree Randy Black, grandson of Guy Cox of the Five Notch Road, recently received his M.D. Degree from Loma Linda University at Loma Linda, Calif. flank of the Saigon drive to recapture Quang Tri were reported within four miles of the city, and marine officers said their men could be in Quang Tri tomorrow if ordered to go.

However, there were signs of stiffening North Vietnamese resistance around the town. Field commanders reported encountering the first bunkers of what was believed to be a heavy line of fortifications. "The enemy appears to be pulling back, but we're encountering resistance from nearly every treeline, every village," said an American adviser, Capt. Gail Furrow, 32, of Ur-bana, Ohio. U.S.

jets knocked out two 130mm artillery pieces and five trucks on the western flank of the advance. Behind the front lines, ofti-cers said government troops had finished mopping up small groups of North Vietnamese soldiers who had been "overlooked" in the rapid South Vietnamese advance. Barbara Johnson Given Traineeship Black began a three-year residency in psychiatry Monday. His parents, Hubert and Charles Mary Black, are 1940 graduates of the College of Marshall. They currently serve as superintendent of missions in uishuxus rcjwucu iui WEATHER MARSHALL RECORD 7 a jn.

yesterday High Low 1972 1971 76 93 69 70 73 89 71 72 ajn. 7a.m. today Sunset today 8:28 pan. Sunrise tomorrow 6:15 tic standing in graduate work. their The grant totals $1,600 for the 1972-73 school year and begins in August.

Miss Johnson is a 1972 graduate of East Texas Baptist College with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. She minored in Spanish while at ETBC. While at ETBC, Miss Johnson was listed in Who's Who in the department of foreign languages, having a 3.0 grade point average out of a possible 3.0.HerETBCmemtsbtosand activities included Alpha Chi honorary scholarship society I under- AIRLINE" MfcS Monterey and Santa Cruz Bap- tist Associations in California. Elbert Wells. MEMORIAL ANNEX Admission reported for Monday: Mrs.

Pearl Owens, 1102 Melanie. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Jerry R. Arnold, 311 Esther, announce the birth of a son at 12:23 ajn.

Tuesday, July 4, 1972 at Memorial Hospital. Highway Bids Call Revealed AUSTIN The State Highway Department has issued a call for bids for July 27 on a highway paving project on U.S. 59 in Panola County. Thomas G. Hunter is to supervise the project for the state.

It is to run through Carthage, from Loop 455 on the north to Loop 455 on the South. The 60-day project is to include paving the road with asphaltic concrete. York, demanding a 30 per cent cut of the gate receipts. The International Chess Fed eration postponed the first 7 ELTA rr "TVX 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 couldn't board the plane and he learned later she was bumped to make room for Fischer. "He's causing an awful lot of trouble, isn't he?" said Chess Challenger Finally Shows Up SAIGON (AP) South Vietnamese paratroopers drove to the southwestern edge of Quang Tri City today in a lightning assault against North Vietnamese troops manning defensive strongpoints, military sources said. Several hundred troops with U.S. advisers made the attack, killing at least 20 North Vietnamese and recapturing 12 artillery pieces lost in earlier fighting.

At nightfall, the South Vietnamese were reported oc So Many "THE SUPERSCENIC SCHEDULED FLIGHTS I I I 1 1 of Hue. Hue, 30 miles south of the forces advancing on Quang Tri, was hit by North Vietnamese artillery fire for the third day in a row. South Vietnamese officers and their U.S. advisers are trying to locate the long-range gun firing on Hue from the mountains to the west. Since Sunday it has pumped more than 100 shells into the city, killing 13 persons and wounding nearly 60.

SFA Orientation Sessions Slated NACOGDOCHES Three more orientation sessions for incoming freshmen students are scheduled this summer at Stephen F. Austin State University. Wester, director, of guidancefateSIw students attended the first orientation session held this week. Other orientation sessions for new students who will enroll as freshmen at SFA this fall are scheduled July 23-25, July 30-Aug. 1 and Aug.

6-8. Wester said over 1,700 students are expected to attend the four orientation meetings. Orientation programs for the students include conferences with advisers, advanced placement examinations, panel discussions on student life at SFA University and preregistration for fall semester classes. Students are housed in dormitories on the SFA campus during the sessions. REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Ending his holdout which threatened to wreck the world chess championship series, American grandmaster Bobby Fischer arrived in Iceland to day about 10 hours before he Miss Barbara Ann Johnson of Marshall has been awarded a traineeship from the National Institute of Community Mental Health for graduate social work training at the University of Kansas for work in community mental health services.

Miss Johnson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson of Marshall. Traineeships from the national institute are awarded only to students of high scholas- At BARBARA JOHNSON awarded traineeship Mill Call JrtCK Before You Pack FOR HOUSTON Enjoy real money-saving value, and relax at the ALBERT MOTOR INN 3301 Southwest Freeway at Buffalo Speedway Heliport and Airport Bus Terminal near by Color TV in every room Restaurant Lounge Heated Pool Family Plan Free Parking Meeting and Convention Facilities for up to 375 ALL AT MODERATE RATES RESERVATIONS: CALL TOLL FREE American Express Space Btnk 800 -AE 8-5000 1 I SHREVEPORT I NEW ORLEANS I M0NR0E 1 FT. POLK LAFAYETTE president of the Foreign was scheduled to meet Soviet Language Club, 1970-71; second titleholder Boris Spassky for vice president of the Sociological their first game.

Society, 1970-71; College Chorus, The 29-year-old American 1971; organizations editor of the challenger flew from New York Martian staff, 1970; language after accepting London banker lab instructor, 1970-72; secretary James D. Slater's offer to for Foreign Language, History match the $125,000 purse put up and Political Science depart- by the Icelandic Chess Feder-ments; and reporter for foreign ation. Now the winner of the 24-Language Club, 1972. game match will get $156,250 She graduated seventh in her and the loser $93,750. college class of 86 students.

Each will also get 30 per cent Miss Johnson is a 1969 of the paid for the TV graduate of Marshall High and movie rights to the match, School. or $75,000 each. She is presently doing The match, which could last volunteer work with lower in- two months, had been sched-come group adolescent girls in uted to start Sunday afternoon, St. Petersburg, Fla. but Fischer stayed in New I Ways To Help You First National Bank will furnish free checks and deposit slips to our depositors.

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