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Clark. Willi Uaf-Oiromcfa, WwJnwday, Jury 12, 1972-Psgt 7 1X1 fl" kSj tiUwi UiJ w-J v.4fcji viewpoint i By STEPHENS BROENING Associated Press Writer REYKJAVIK; Iceland (AP) Defending champion Boris Spassky was favored by the experts to beat American challenger Bobby Fischer in the opening game of the world chess match when play resumes this The opener of the richest cness competition in history adjourned Tuesday night after and handed it to him in a sealed envelope at the' adjournment. The two competitors, their seconds and chess enthusiasts throughout the world spent part of the overflight break analyzing possibilities for the 11 pieces remaining on the green-and-white chessboard in Reykjavik's sports hall; king and five pawns for Fischer; king, bishop and three pawns for Spassky. jhe. eaded until Fischer hied to seize the initiative on his 20th move.

The lanky Brooklyn, N.Y., challenger galloped hirbishop-down a long black diagonal to snatch an unprotected pawn Spassky had offered. A few moves later the bishop was trapped and lost in exchange for two pawns. U.S. grandmaster Robert Byrne said it was a blunder and commented, "Fischer is goifig to have trouble making a draw. I don't see how Spassky can kse." Analyzing the game for The Associated Press, international grandmaster Fischer's ove rare miscalculation by the American genius." He said it gave Spassky good prospects for a win.

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Referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany will make Spassky's41st move. The Russian wrote it on a slip of paper BETTER VALUES FAIRER PRICES I TRUST WORTHY DRUG STORES Ambassador Rabin spelled it out quite clearly: Israel would much prefer seeing a Nixon victory at the polls next November. Ane why not? President Nixon is not one to "beg" the Communists for anything. POSITION OF STRENGTH Mrr. Nbren belligerent.

But he believes in operating from a position of strength. And that is why, despite recent breakthroughs in reaching agreements on arms limitations in Moscow, the President is seeking congressional authorization for new offensive strategic programs -Strength, as the President has observed, is the only thing Communist rulers respect. Conversely, the Communists will take advantage of any sign of weakness. And McGovern, who has called for unrealistic slashes in present defense appropriations, represents total weakness. Should he become President, this once-great nation ours will automatically become a second-rate power.

None of which is aimed at denigrating McGovern's patriotism. He is. a war veteran with a commendable flying record. But he is also essentially a pacifist, who admittedly still believes in the idealistic notions held by the late Henry A. Wallace.

Wallace, fortunately, did not get very far in the 1948 election campaign with his belief in the essential goodness of Communism. It can safely be predicted that neither will George McGovern. SAN RAFAEL, (NANA)-One need not be a luper-patriot to wince at Hearing George McGovern VICTOR LASKY3 proclaim on a TV interview show that, if he became president, he would fly to Hanoi to "beg" for the release of American prisoners of war. No wonder Hanoi has made it clear that the Senator from South Dakota is its candidate for President. Hanoi would be making a serious miscalculation if it predicates its future policy on the belief that McGovern might make it to the White House.

Hanoi would be better ad "Louisiana votes 23 ham and peanut butter 3 L8Q willing to "beg" for Communist cooperation. For that kind of rhetoric makes most Americans-no matter how they feel about Vietnam-sick to their stomachs. And that includes most Democrats, too. Can you imagine how Mayor Daley, George Meany, Harry Truman, Hubert Humphrey and others of their kind must feel to hear a standard-bearer talk about "begging" the Communist enemy to do anything! And can you imagine this scene? Newly-elected President McGovern, after making his inauguration speech necessary, I will crawl on my hands and takes off in Air Force One (a Picasso Dove of Peace painted on its fuselage) and arrives in Hanoi to be greeted by a group of smiling North Vietnamese. And then, behind closed doors, the newly-elected President of the United States begins "begging." WHAT'LL HE GIVEAWAY? But what will Mr.

McGovern Give away? We know now that he is willing to hand South Vietnam over to North Vietnam without a protest. In fact, he will probably apologize for the "immoral" war which the United States had conducted, beginning with President Kennedy. But what else will he give away? And that's what has a lot jpf small countries-particularly the harassed state of Israel-really worried about a possible McGovern victory this fall. No wonder then that Israel's ambassador to the United States-Gen. Yitzhak, Rabin, the hero of the six day "war over the Russian-backed Arabs-openly views such an eventuality with alarm.

In fact, despite later diplomatic disclaimers, vlCLIP TH IS'COUPO 1 I Ilo( vised to realize most Americans- fully support President Nixon's efforts to extricate the United States from the war without surrendering South Vietnam to the Communists. Hanoi would also be better advised if it listened to reason and came to terms with the United States now-and not later, when it will have to deal solely with a less tractable Saigon regime. For President Nixon has made a generous offer for a settlement and only ruthless men-willing to see their people continue to suffer under heavy bombardment-will continue waging a war they cannot hope to win. ABSURD PLEDGE As for Hanoi's hopes for a McGovern victory while that is possible, it is becoming less likely-as long as the candidate continues to make such absurd pledges as being cheese 3 egg salad 18 and eiyr By JOSEPH ALSOP Value Alka-Scltzcr slav grandmaster present' at the tournament, said, "It is doubtful whether black can save a draw." Spassky, who had the first move, is playing the white pieces, Fischer the black. Fischer has played Spassky five times in the past, losing all three times he played the black pieces and getting draws both times he played the whites and had the advantage of the first move.

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i TWD SPECIAL if 10 Roll Pack NSPECIAL Vjci' II Moscow in all the ways that matter. A TOUGHER NIXON Moscow and Peking can no longer "bring pressure" on Hanoi; as President Johnson used to hope. President Nixon's blockade and bombing are bringing more pressure than either of the big brothers' could bring on their own. But both Peking and Moscow are also warning Hanoi that President Nixon is pretty certain to be re-elected, and that he will be a lot rougher customer to deal with once the election is over. "Do business now, while you can," is the advice being offered.

That would be quite divisive enough, in and of itself. It must be even more divisive for Hanoi to have to watch the once tough North Vietnamese units throwing away v. Highlights In History Today's highlight in history On this date in the year 100 B.C., Julius Caesar was born. On this date: In 1804, the American a a. Ale.8 Hamilton, died from a wound inflicted in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr.

In 1817, the American naturalist and writer, Henry David Thoreau, was born in Concord, Mass. In 1941, Britain and the Soviet Union signed a mutual assistance treaty. In 1957, a 20-year-old student at Harvard, Prince became the Aga Khan and leader of 20 million. Ismaili Moslems after the death of his grand-father. In 1960, Soviet Premier Ni-kita Khrushchev said the U.S.

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These shelves vary greatly in width and often plunge steeply at their edges. The World Almanac notes that many of the world's major fishing grounds are found on con-, tinental shelves. Copy-lftht 172. Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON-In the fighting for Quang Tri, the Hanoi leaders appear to be losing the unique provincial capital they have gained by cruel efforts and fearful expenditures of men.

Unless the South Vietnamese later have untoward bad luck, in short, the great North Vietnamese offensive of 1972 must now be seen as a vast and unqualified disaster. The dimensions of this disaster have been largely concealed from the American public for two rather simple reasons. To begin with, there are too many people in Saigon who have too often predicted disaster for the Soiuth Vietnamese government Naturally, this makes it unpalatable to report disaster for the enemy. More importantly, the American public has been justifiably absorbed in the fascinating spectacle of the Democratic Party tearing itself to bits on nationwide television. Yet even in terms of our own politics, the battle at Quang Tri can easily prove to be far more important, in the long run, than the battles for the California and Illinois delegations to the Democratic convention.

THE BEGINNING MCGOVERN Jfhe truth is that President Nixon now has about an even chance of being able to claim that he has ended the. war on reasonable terms before Election Day. The fall of Quang Tri improves the odds in Nixon's favor, at least to the point of the twit being even. One must begin by asking, of course, just what the bet is really about It would be idotic, for example, to bet that the party first secretary, Le Duan, and the other hard-liners in Hanoi will suffer a change of heart. At this moment, these men just instead be arguing desperately for hanging on at all in the hope that Sen.

George McGovern will somehow be elected, and will then come "begging" to Hanoi, as he has publicly promised to do. Instead, it is now an even bet that the disaster of the great offensive will cause a major change in the balance between the leadership groups in Hanoi. If that the main losers are bound to be Le Duln and the other hard-liners. And if the hard-liners lose their former grip on policy, in turn, the President may easily atb in his long-sought goal. This kind of development must now be regarded as entirely possible, for three quite different sets of reasons.

First comes the President's brilliant success in separating Hanoi from Peking and Hi in In id Is fl ib Tt their weapons and running like rabbits, when serious South Vietnamese pressure is applies. That has happened quite often on the approaches to Quang Tri. One of the units involved has also been Hanoi's last reserve division, the 325th. r- That sort of thing never exerts a unifying influence in any government, especially when it also means that the lives of many tens of thousands of men have been spent to no good purpose. But third and finally, there is the simple fact that the Hanoi leadership has never been united, even in periods long before these new factors entered the equation.

On this, the record is quite clear. In 1965 there was a bitter internal dispute about whether to answer" the American intervention by pouring more North Vietnamese divisions into South Vietnamdivisions into South Vietnam or whether to go back to classical guerrilla warfare. In 1967, there was a second bitter internal dispute about whether to make the enormous sacrifices demanded by the Tet offensive. In 1971, there was a third dispute, on the same pattern, about the preparations for the present offensive. Each time, Le Duan and the hard-liners won the argument.

But each time, subsequent experience proved that Le Duan and the hard-liners were tragically wrong. After Tet, to be sure, Le Duan had a kind of fig leaf to cover his folly. He could boa stand did boast-that Tet had knocked. President Johnson out of the box and had also ended the bombing. Now, however, the new offensive has started the bombing again, has blockaded the ports and has produced an even greater disaster than Tet.

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