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3A IACINI JOl'KNAL-TIMf Frld.y, July 7, Dispute Claim That S. Viefs in Heart of Quang Tri City ed Into the northern part of OUCIll NASHVILLE, Tcnn. (AP) -Sign on door of shoe repair shop: "On vacation. Back In a Week. Go Barefoot." and automatic weapons fire.

Elsewhere, sharp fighting was reported on the southern front in the Saigon region at points 50 miles west and 50 miles north of the capital. was reported to have advanced half a mile to the eastern outskirts and was a little more than a mile east of the Citadel, at the center of the city. A second marine task force made a helicopter landing 2' miles southeast of the city. Lt. Col.

Do Viet, a spokes- man for the Saigon command, aid that elements of a South Vietnamese paratroop battalion backed by tanks had push- structed as the beginning of a major offensive against Hue," one source said. At the same time, the enemy sent 400 rounds of artillery shells lamming Into nearby Fire Base Bastogne. In the advance on Quang Trl, a huge U.S. air and naval armada covered the South Vietnamese troops. South Vietnamese marines were closing In on the city from the east.

One task force To the south, the North Vietnamese launched attacks that sources said may mark the beginning of an offensive against the old Imperial capital of Hue, 32 miles south of Quang Trl. Tho North Vietnamese seized Checkmate, a hilltop outpost 12 miles southwest of Hue. The outpost had changed hands three times In the past week. i "The enemy paid heavily for it and It could be con SAIGON (AP) -The SalBon command claimed today that elements of a South Viet-namese paratrooper task force spearheaded by tanks had forged Into the heart of Quang Trt City, and seized control of two-thirds of the northern provincial capital. But field reports and senior U.S.

military source sharply disputed the announcement made' In Saigon. Associated Press correspondent Dennis Neeld report ed from tho front he had no Information to indicate a thrust Into tho northern half of the city, A senior military source said there were no South Vietnamese units of any significant size In the city. Ha left open the possibility that reconnaissance teams might be operating there. Field sources said South Vietnamese paratrooper and marine units were closing In on tho city but were meeting tough resistance. nn Quang Trl a few hours before dawn.

"They are right next to tho Citadel," he said. Viet reported that resistance appeared to be light although the forwardmost troops of the battalion were shelled by 107mm rockets and long-range 130mm guns. Heavier fighting was reported on the southern and eastern fringes of the city. Viet reported 58 North Vietnamese killed and eight tanks destroyed on the outskirts. Paratroopers on the southern side battled heavy counterattacks Thursday night from North Vietnamese forces making a stand In a line of old French villas.

Scores of U.S. Navy jets from 7th Fleet carriers off the coast scrambled into the night skies to attack the North Vietnamese, their tanks, artillery Leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians Dies OPEN FOR BUSINESS at our NEW LOCATION IN ELWOOD PLAZA his Turkish citizenship, an unwritten requirement for the News of the Patriarch's death cast a pall over the gala banquet Thursday night of the the Anglican Church, in Istanbul in 1962, and they met again In London in 1967. On that same trip the Patriarch conferred in Geneva with Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, general biennial lay clergy congress or secretary of the World Council the Greek Orthodox Church in of Churches. map J.

rara Contractor Services Ottered of peace again on July 25, 1967, in Istanbul, and three months later Athenagoras flew to Rome, the first leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christians ever to visit' the seat of Roman Catholicism. At a momentous ceremony in Sll Peter's, Pope and Patriarch prayed together and expressed the hope that their churches would move toward union. The walls of the vast Basilica resounded with applause. The Patriarch was also zealous In his efforts to bring his church closer to the ants. Soon after he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch in 1948, he arranged for the Eastern Orthodox churches to join the World Council of Churches, He sponsored two Pan-Orthodox conferences in 1961 and 1963 to discuss relations with other Christian churches.

He received Dr. Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of His 24-year reign was most notable for his efforts toward reunion with the Roman Catholic Church after more than 900 years of schism. He and Pope Paul VI njet three times, In Jerusalem, Istanbul and Rome. The Jerusalem meeting on Jan. 5-6, 1964, breached, barriers of silence and hostility that had existed since the Great Schism of 1054, when the two churches separated over, questions of authority and forms of the creed.

The Pope and the bearded 6-Ioot 4-inch Patriarch met on the Mount of Olives, exchanged a symbolic "kiss of peace" and talked in two private sessions. Almost a year later, Athenagoras, in the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, and Pope Paul in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, presided at simultaneous services at which the centuries-old excommunication between the Eastern and Western rites was annulled. The pair exchanged the kiss (Picture on Page 1A) ISTANBUL (AP) -Athenagoras, 1, the Ecumenical Patriarch and leader of the world's 250 million Eastern Orthodox Christians, died early today at the age of 88.

Metropolitan Mellton, the 59 -year -old archbishop of Chalcedon, was mentioned as" a likely successor. He was to preside over a meeting today with the other 11 archbishops of the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate to decide on funeral arrangements for Athenagoras. Later, at a date still to be announced, they will elect the new Ecumenical Patriarch, who is also Archbishop of Constantinople. Another prospective choice is Metropolitan Kallinikos, who was named acting vice patriarch today after the death of Athenagoras. Athenagoras died at Balikli Greek Orthodox Hospital in Istanbul, succumbling to kidney failure following a massive loss of blood pressure, his doctors said.

He broke his hip in a fall a week ago and was to "have been flown to Vienna today or Saturday for orthopedic surgery. the Americas, being held In Houston, Tex. Cries -of "Oh, no!" and weeping broke out among the 1,000 persons when the head of the church, Archbishop Iakovos, broke the news. Former Vice Premier of Yugoslavia Dies ZAGREB, Yugoslavia (AP) Dr. Nlkolo Mlljanic, 51, former vice premier of Yugoslavia and former governor of the national bank, died of a heart attack here Thursday.

After resigning- the post of vice premier two years ago, Miljanic became president of the new Associated Bank of Croatia. Athenagoras was bora Aris-toklls Splrou, the son of a doctor, In northwestern Greece, then under Turkish rule. He trained for the priesthood in Istanbul and was ordained a deacon In 1910 under the ec-cleslastlcal name of Athenagoras. He was Metropolitan of Corfu and Paxos In 1931 when he was elected Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America, with headquarters In New York City. He held the post for 17 years, became a U.S.

citizen and established new parishes, numerous parochial schools and other Institutions and organizations. When he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch in 1948, he resumed Basement walls plastered with waterpoof Cement Tuck pointing Foundation walls repaired or rebuilt Glass block panel installed STORE FRONTS Dial 633-5536 ONCE IN A LIFETIME SAVINGS! Chess Game Now Is Set kw-V I THERE IS STILL TIME FOR YOUR LAST MINUTE WEEKEND CLEANING for Tuesday CONVENIENT LOCATIONS SERVING YOU IN THE RACINE AREA. REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) r- Bobby Fischer lost the draw Thursday night, giving Boris Spassky the first move, jand the world championship match will finally start Tuesday. i Unless the American challenger or the Soviet champion pleads illness and gets another postponement. It had been announced Thursday that the first game was to be played Sunday night.

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