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RACINI JOURNAL-TIMIJ a ft Thyrwl.y, July 4,1972 Pledge Continued Aid to Castro Soviets Demand Guantandmo Pullouf ft people, exists on Cuban territory," It added. The statement was Immediately followed by a Soviet declaration to continue "all-round assistance to Cuba In the construction of a Socialist society, In strengthening the country's defense capacity and defending its revolutionary gains." This meant that Moscow apparently will keep on supplying economic and military aid to bolster the Cuban the Soviet Union for home after an 11-day visit. "The Soviet leaders have once again stated that the Soviet Union resolutely condemns the economic and political blockade of Cuba conducted by the United States," the communique declared. There must be an "unconditional withdrawal of the American Guantanamo naval base, which, contrary to the sovereign will of the Cuban MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet Union today demanded the "unconditional withdrawal" of the U.S. naval base at Guan-tanamo Bay and pledged to continue supplying massive economic and military aid to Fidel Castro'i Communist regime.

The Kremlin demand was made In a Joint Soviet Cuban communique published today as Castro left if complete mutual understand-, Ing," a marked change from Castro's last visit when the communique declared that his talks with the late Niklta Khrushchev were "very a Communist jar: gon that Indicates clear' disagreement. There was no mention of President Nixon's visit last May, although Castro reportedly sought Soviet assurances that Russia would not sacrifice Cuban Interests for the sake of better Soviet-American relations. The communique said only that Moscow "informed" Cas-tro of its recent "summit contacts," which apparently included talks between the Kremlin leaders and such Western leaders as French President Georges Pompidou and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt as well as Nixon. economy and Increase the size of Castro's military forces. The 44-year-old Cuban leader boarded a plant In the Byelorussian capital of Minsk after an overnight visit there.

He left Moscow Wednesday. Communist' sources said Castro would make a short stopover In Morocco today en route to Havana, presumably for refueling. Ideological differences between the Cubans and their Kremlin patrons have apparently been solved and Castro's visit here his first since January 1964 marked the end to the Soviet-Cuban dispute over his attempts to export violent revolution to the rest of Latin America. The communique stressed that the Kremlin talks took place In a "friendly and comradely atmosphere, amidst Gs Play 31 Straight Hours Ping Pong Endurance Record Set 4 'J 1 Keating Will Take Nixon Campaign Job forces newspaper, Stars and Stripes. "We decided since we had a Ping Pong table we might as well try to set a record," Byrum said.

The players' friends and assistants provided hamburgers and cold drinks when and thirst caught up with them and Army C-rations were used for breakfast. To break the monotony, "we played the stereo real loud to keep them awake at night," one assistant said. When the feat was completed in the early hours today, the occasion called for Asked whether they would repeat their effort should their record be broken, Byrum replied, "We'll break that record." His fellow player felt differently. "Any new holder can have the record," he said. The Army awarded its new champs three-day passes to let them recuperate from their strenuous effort.

WORMS, Germany (AP) Two American soldiers claimed a table tennis world endurance record today after hitting the white ball across the table for 31 hours continuously. The previous record was set by two 16-year-old high school pupils from San Diego, last month. Terry Rogers and Steven Chrich-ton played 30 hours for their world feat. The new champs are Spec. 4 Bobby By rum, 18, Portland, Tenn, and Spec.

5 Charles Ikerd, 23, Saint Cloud, Fla. Byrum is a crypto material specialist and Ikerd a security clerk with the U.S. Army's Strategic Communications Command in Europe. The record was set shortly after midnight The pair began play in the Worms police day room Monday evening with 13 observers taking turns watching the record-breaking effort. Byrum said they got the idea after, seeing the San Diego achievement in the armed -1 A South Vietnamese paratrooper, wearing a gas mask, bowed his head in prayer Wednesday In Hei Lang, after preparing the grave of an unidentified civilian killed in the May 1 retreat from Quang Trl province.

Advancing paratroopers found the area south of Quang Trl littered with decomposed corpses. Reds Bombed South of Quang Tri City 4 VI AP Wlrcpholo Kenneth Keating "After that, I expect to campaign actively for the reelection of President Richard Nixon." i SAIfiDN AP U.S. Navv fighter- bombers pounded North Vietnamese bunkers south of Quang Tri City today, trying to blast open a path for a task force of South Vietnamese paratroopers advanc ing 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 2'i miles from the center of Quang Trl City. The bunkers were concealed in a row of homes shaded by trees ana naniung Hignway i.

the Plain of Reeds In the northern Mekong Delta. Fourteen Americans were reported killed in the Indochina war last week and four more were listed as missing in action, the U.S. Command reported today. The battle deaths, believed to be mostly from air action, exceeded the weekly average of 9.5 for the first 13 weeks of North Vietnam's offensive. U.S.

wounded in action last week were put at 23, compared to an offensive-period average of 36. Official South Vietnamese figures for the period total government troops killed, but authoritative military sources estimate at least Sum that have died. 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 "nonhostile" causes. South Vietnamese 147,865 killed, 381,813 wounded. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 858,100 killed.

I 1 1 4 Two companies of North Vietnamese troops, perhaps 200 or more men, were reported entrenched in the bunkers. One captured prisoner told interrogators that they had called for An American adviser with the -paratroopers, Capt. Gail Furrow, 32, of Urbana, Ohio," told Neeld he doubted that reinforcements could avoid the U.S. air strikes and South Vietnamese artillery bombardment. But despite the U.S.

air attacks, the entrenched North Vietnamese were firing on the paratroopers. have the white pieces and with them the first move. The young in a letter delivered by hand this mornings to the world chess champion the Soviet Union, apologized for his "disrespectful behavior." Fischer, whose delayed arrival doubled the prize money for both him and Spassky but also started 'an avalanche confusion, asked processions July 12 of the Protestant Orange Order. This was a warning to both the British and the Roman Catholics not to interfere with the parades, which the Catholic minority regards as a provocative demonstration of Protestant domination in Northern Ireland. Both Protestant and Catholic marches have frequently touched off communal fighting in the past three years of violence.

The UDA last weekend barricaded five Protestant areas to protest Whitelaw's refusal to interfere with Catholic-only enclaves policed by gunmen of the Irish Republican Army. Later the UDA let the army take over the barricades In one sector but maintained unarmed patrols behind While the IRA generally continued to observe the cease-fire that the guerrilla command declared last week, a wave of sectarian attacks continued. Fischer Apologizes; Match errnnnms Free Rear of Store Furrow said the battalion he is with could have pushed Into Quang Tri City on Wednesday but it was essential to secure the 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 a Truong, commander of the counteroffensive, is moving cautiously in hopes of keeping, his casualties to a minimum. The Saigon command said the immediate objective of the offensive is to destroy the North Vietnamese forces in the area. the Russian. to "accept my sincerest apology." "I simply became carried away by my petty dispute over money with the Icelandic chess organizers," he wrote.

The written apology from the American challenger was one of the chief conditions posed by the Russians before Spassky would sit down at the chess board with Fischer. Fischer told Spassky: "I have offended you and your Cease-fire Wednesday night a man was shot in the thighs in a Catholic district of Belfast and another was shot In the shoulder in another Catholic section. A volley also was fired at an army patrol, but nobody was hit, and the troops didn't return the fire. Eight men were murdered over the weekend two Protestants, five Catholics and a young Jehovah's Witness visiting from England. REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer made a full and penitent apology to Boris Spassky today, and organizers of the world chess championship match said the two would meet for their first game Sunday night.

The organizers said it had agreed in principle to hold the drawing tonight to determine which player would hired in fighting along the Cambodian border 50 miles west of Saigon. Four South Vietnamese were reported killed and 31 wounded. Spokesmen said many of the North Vietnamese were slain by air and artillery strikes. The Saigon command claims that more than 500 North Vietnamese have been killed since last Sunday in the fighting around the Cambodian town of Kompong Rau, just across the border. Kompong Rau is on a main infiltration corridor from the Parrot's Beak of Cambodia into Sunday But Fischer's holdout brought a $125,000 contribution from London banker and chess enthusiast James D.

Slater to double the purse. Each player also gets $75,000 from the television and film rights. SAVE STEREO Fold -f. compacny. for aty carrying.

Is NEW DELHI (AP) U.S. Ambassador Kenneth B. Keat-. ing announced today that he will resign before the Republican National Convention next month to work for the reelection of President Nixon. Keating's departure will end a three-year assignment during which Nixon's support of Pakistan in the December war plunged relations between Washington and New Delhi to their lowest point in the 25 years of Indian independence.

The ambassador issued a two-sentence statement acknowledging reports in the United States that he would return to politics. He was a U.S. senator from New York until Robert F. Kennedy defeated him in 1964. "I expect to return to the United States about Aug.

1 and will resign as ambassador prior to the Republican National Convention" the statement said. FIRST CHOICE FOR CAMPERS Shop Now for Early Seoson Savings (323 Main 0RIG i Park '3 ON PANASONIC PORTABLE COMBO AT BRANDT'S "Then naturally Quang Tri will be taken," a spokesman said. 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 90 wounded. Thirty miles to the south of the nine-day-old drive, the North Vietnamese shelled Hue with 122mm artillery for the fifth day.

On the southern front, the Saigon command claimed that 208 North Vietnamese were killed and "45 weapons cap- to Start country, the ''Soviet chess has a prestigious position." The temperamental American also apologized to Dr. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess the. Icelanders, -'the thousands of fans around the world and especially to the millions of fans and the many friends I have in the United States." However, Fischer brushed aside a demand from the Soviet Chess Federation that he forfeit the first match because of his tardy arrival. He said this "would place me at a tremendous handicap" and he didn't believe the "world's champion desires such an advantage in order to play me." "I know you to be a sportsman and a gentleman, and I am looking forward to some exciting chess games with you," Fischer concluded. The winner Is to get $231,250 and the loser $168,750, the highest amounts ever paid in chess.

The original purse was $125,000, with the winner taking five-eighths and the loser the remainder. 1972 8:00 A.M. to 12 Noon 1972 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. 1972 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.

1972 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. 1972 9:00 A.M. 12 Noon Militant North Irish Protestants Propose Deal for Quieter BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) Militant Protestants today were demanding another concession from the British government in exchange for two weeks of cooperation in the cease-fire in Northern Ireland. The paramilitary Ulster Defense Association said it would barricade another Protestant section this weekend but after that would "grant 14 days of peace and grace" to allow British forces "to deal with the deteriorating position." Britain's administrator for Northepi Ireland, William Whitelaw, had warned that no moresuch no-go areas would be tolerated.

The UDA In effect was telling him he had to back down or face the possibility of an armed challenge to the army. The UDA, which claims lt can bring thousands of armed fighters Into the streets, also said that during their two-week "peace and grace" period, their men would be "standing in full strength to protect any area" "during the hi pub. July 1 15-3-5 6-7 ATTENTION PROPERTY OVrSERS OF THE CITY OF RACINE THE D0ARD OF REVIEW Will EE IN SESSION To Review Tax Assessments on the following Days: Get big savings ot BRANDT'S on Panasonic's carry-around stereo you can even take to parties! The whole set complete with speakers folds into a compact cos with sturdy handle. Full rich tone plus quality features: Automatic drop-down 4-speed record changer, magnistate cartridge, diamond stylus and automatic shutoff. Solid stato FM-AM-FM Stereo radio with AFC for drift-free FM; stereo eye and muting systems; jacks for recording.

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If you with to mak an objtction of your tax aucssmtnts, appointmtnti can bt made for th above mting date by contacting th City Clerk's Office, Room 102, City Hall. Tlphont 634-7111. I ALBERT A. REID CITY CLERK Get your Boats back on the trsckl A personal time managtment expert shows you how to fdlrtct your life, by means of an action program that he'pe you make better um of tvtr tnlnuta. Rad "How to Get Control of Your Time (and ill ll 'Mii'im'l "I.

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