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2.. ATLANTA CONsTHTTION, July 14, 1972 British Troops Attack Catholic 4No-Go' Zone four days and nights of IRA attacks on the-army post at one end of Andersonstown, culminating in "an attempt to blow up the. The post had been under almost continuous attack since the IRA renounced its 13-day cease-fire on Sunday. A full-scale battle erupted Thursday night. Thirty besieged troops held on until columns of reinforcements moved up.

The fighting broke out at the end of a 24-hour period of clashes that left 10 dead in the divided province, including a British soldier killed by a sniper earlier Thursday. He was hit in the chest by a single shot as he stepped from a military observation post in the Ar-doyne district, another IRA stronghold in Belfast. He was the fourth soldier to die in nearly 200 shooting incidents which also killed six civilians. The violence surrounding mass parades Wednesday by Protestants celebrating a 1690 military victory over Roman Catholics made it one of the bloodiest days in the province's three years of communal strife. Eleven British soldiers were wounded in sniper attacks that continued until dawn Thursday.

At least 427 persons have lost their lives in the protracted sectarian BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -Three battalions of British troops, supported by armored vehicles, swept into a Roman Catholic stronghold in Belfast late Thursday night after a raging gun battle with guerrillas of the Irish Republican Army. Army headquarters reported about 1,800 troops quickly established control of a four-mile-square area of the Andersonston Catholic "no-go" zone. One soldier was believed killed in the assault. A spokesman said that as the troops moved in, a fierce battle broke out between soldiers and IRA gunmen in the Catholic Lower Falls region of Belfast. This evidently was an IRA diversionary tactic, he said.

Heavy shooting also was reported in other areas of Belfast. The penetration of Andersonstown was the first major military operation of its kind carried out by soldiers since Britain imposed direct rule on Northern Ireland more than three months ago. Military headquarters said the invasion of Andersonstown a long-time IRA bastion-was carried cut on express orders from William Whitelaw. the British administrator of Northern Ireland. A statement explaining the invasion cited Associated Press Photo DEBRIS LITTERS LONDONDERRY STREET AFTER 200-POUND Blast Came on 282nd Anniversary of Establishment Establishment in Ulster of Protestant Supremacy 3 STEWARDESSES FREED OBJECTS TO CAMERAS Bobby Forfeits Second Game 2 Hijackers Give Up in Texas $100,000 Silver, Gem-Studded Chess Set to Be Displayed Br United Press International A sterling silver chess set, studded with diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires and valued at $100,000, will be displayed at the Atlanta Merchandise Mart next week.

The massive set, made in Germany, will be flown here under armed guard by Corbell which commissioned its manufacture. The board of white carnelian and black agate is set atop a 200ixiund sterling silver base in the form of a castle which has doors that open to display red carpeting. The chess pieces are from 8 to 12 inches high. The set is for sale to wholesale dealers only during the week-long gifts and decorative accessories market which opens July 20. Anyone, however, could make a bid through a dealer.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Objecting to movie cameras in the hall. Bobby Fischer forfeited the second game of the world chess championship Thursday. By failing to show up. Fischer gave Boris Spassky a of the plane," said Thomas Jordan, special FBI agent in charge at Houston. "He made them realize they were in an untenable position.

White told them the people who were injured were not injured seriously and the only thing to do was to give themselves up. They asked to be allowed to give up only to the FBI and with a guarantee for their safety." Jordan said the stewardesses were in danger throughout the ordeal. He said at one point a stewardess was allowed to talk from a doorway but one of the hijackers held a gun at her head. He said the stewardesses were tired and exhausted. The jet landed at the Lake Jackson Airport south of Houston at 9:10 a.m.

EDT and blew four tires on touching down. Two crewmen jumped out the cabin windows and the hijackers were stranded in the plane with their hostages. They demanded that a pilot dressed in a swimsuit fly them away in a small plane and agreed in turn to leave behind $600,000 in ransom money they had extorted from the airline. FBI agents with highpow-ered rifles guarded the plane at the airport 1,450 miles from New York City, where the hijack had begun in another plane 22 hours earlier. Three crew members were injured during the long dual hijack.

The pilot was slightly injured in a spectacular escape at Philadelphia International Airport, where the hijackers were given the ransom money. The flight engineer was shot and wounded during the hair-breath Texas landing when four tires blew out on the jetliner. The copilot was hurt when he jumped from the plane after it came to a halt on the tiny runway. One stewardess, who was allowed to leave the disabled Boeing 727 at Lake Jackson Airport in Texas, presented the hijackers' demands to authorities. The skyjack started Wednesday night as a National Airlines 727 flight 496 from Miami made its final planned approach to New York's John F.

Kennedy International Airport. The two men forced the plane to Philadelphia where the passengers were released hours later in exchange for another 727, the ransom and three parachutes. The pilot was credited with forcing the skyjackers to free the passengers by smashing the cockpit window on the first jet. He jumped through the window to make good his escape. The hijackers left the passengers in the first jet and transferred to the second plane.

A TV special, "World Chess Championship, featuring highlights oj the Boris Spas-sky-Bobby Fischer match, will be seen at 5 p.m. Sunday on Channel 11. Padgeant Won't Accept Debbie's POW Bracelet FREEPORT, Tex. (UPI) -Two heavily armed black men who hijacked a jetliner over New York City Wednesday night released three hostage stewardesses from a second plane stranded at a small Texas commuter airport Thursday and surrendered without a fight to the FBI. After hours of tense negotiations between authorities and the hijackers, the rear door of the National Airlines jetliner popped open as the plane sat near the end of the tiny runway.

The three stewardesses quickly filed down the steps. The hijackers followed a few moments later holding their hands above their heads and were arrested by FBI agents. The two hijackers were identified in a warrant issued by a U.S. magistrate in Philadelphia, where the hijacked plane landed and was exchanged tor a second craft, as Michael Stanley Green and Lulseged Tesfa. Tesfa later was identified as a native of Ethiopia.

Green was identified as a resident of Washington, D.C. FBI agent Louis White from Baltimore, like the hijackers a black, had negotiated with the hijackers for several hours. He snapped handcuffs on them as other officers converged on the plane where a shotgun and a .22 caliber revolver were recovered along with $600,000 ransom paid by the airlines Wednesday night in moved from the sports palace. Spassky entered the hall on time and took his place at the table. At game time Schmid started Fischer's clock as the rules required.

Spassky looked perplexed. At the end of an hour, Schmid announced to an angry crowd: "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Fischer did not appear in the playing hall. According to Rule No. 5 if a player is more than one hour late he loses the game by forfeit." During the hour there were telephone calls back and forth between the Sports Palace and Fischer's hotel.

Spassky, who left the stage at times, emerged from behind the curtains after i 's announcement, bowed to the crowd and left. Richard Stein, lawyer for American promoter Chester Fox, said "we did everything we could" to appease Fischer. Fox, who bought exclusive film rights for the match, reported that Fischer admitted he could not see or hear the cameras but "said they bothered him because he knew they were there." Stein emphasized that Fox could not comply with Fischer's demand because "the whole financial structure of the match depends on it." Fred Cramer, an official of the U.S. Chess Federation, made the phone call toGud-mundur Thorarinssen, president of the Icelandic Chess Federation, informing him of Fischer's decision to boycott. JHrc also wears a POW bracelet, said girls were informed during a briefing session "to enjoy the pageant and put on the bracelets next Monday," after the pageant is over.

Debbie was the only girl who wore a bracelet, Mrs. Relyea said. But she did bring several other stainless steel bracelets each with the name of an American POW on it. She had hoped to enlist other girls in the cause when she wras rebuked by pageant officials, the mother said. Mrs.

Creel said she was disappointed in the "officials" attitude and lack of understanding." "It reflects the apathy about the suffering of the POWs," she said. State Assemblyman John Jenrette, from the Myrtle Beach area in Horry County, planned to introduce a resolution in the State General Assembly in Columbia Friday commending Debbie's stand. By DOROTHY SPLETH Special to The GREENVILLE, S.C.-Deb-bie Relyea, Miss Myrtle Beach jeopardized her chances to win the Miss South Carolina title when she refused to take off her "POW" bracelet to conform with pageant regulations. Although pageant officials say now that any contestants will not be penalized for wearing the bracelet supporting the release of American prisoners of war, contest regulations say points will be deducted for contestants who wear any type of jewelry. "Debbie has won a battle," said her mother, Mrs.

William V. Relyea, wife of a retired Air Force colonel. Early in the contest girls were told that they would be penalized if they wore such jewelry, 19-year-old Debbie's Jaycee-appointed chaperone said Thursday. Mrs. Carolyn Creel, who 2-0 lead in the scheduled 24-game series.

Lothar Schmid, the chief referee, told reporters: "The match is not finished. We will now have the third game on Sunday." The Russian won the first game Wednesday. According to the rules Spas-sky must have 12 points to win. Fischer, the challenger, needs 12M. This means 10 more unplayed games may be required if Fischer continues his boycott.

Schmid left open the possibility that the International Chess Federation FIDE could intervene and decide on Fischer's disqualification if the situation persists. Ten minutes before the scheduled start of the second game, Fischer informed the organizers of the championship through a U.S. chess official that he was boycotting further play unless three hidden movie cameras were re They then were driven to Houston, 50 miles away, for arraignment on air piracy and other charges. "He really talked them out weather, Ex-House Aide Convicted in Plot Mostly Fair, Hot today Georgia HIGH LOW RAIN .55 .01 some of the counts without finding him guilty on all. Gasch told them they could.

Haag was accused of 20 counts of mail fraud involving mailing of that number of .33 .02 ALBANY 95 ATHENS 91 Alfil'STA 94 BKI NSWICK 90 CLAYTON 88 COLCMBUS 93 MACOn 94 ROME 91 SAVANNAH 96 VALUOSTA 94 69 69 70 74 55 70 67 65 73 70 .09 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .03 .00 .00 .12 WASHINGTON (AP) -George A. Haag, former top aide to Texas Rep. James M. Collins, was found guilty Thursday of all 23 counts of mail fraud, falsifying payroll forms and inducing a fellow employe to lie in connection with a kickback scheme. The 33-year-old former administrative assistant to the Dallas millionaire Republican kept his composure throughout the reading of the 23 guilty verdicts but his wife began weeping quietly almost imme Atlanta Fair to partly cloudy skies are expected over Atlanta through Saturday with a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms also in the offing.

Continued warm nights and hot days are likewise expected. Highs Friday and Saturday are expected to be in the upper 80s to low 90s and the low Friday night should be near 70. A 30 per cent probability of showers is forecast for Friday and winds should be variable at less than 10 miles per hour, except strong and gusty near thunderstorms. The Nation Boston 71 Buffalo 71 Charleston. S.C 77 Chieaco Columbus, 0 87 Denver 17 Si Di-h Moines 85 (8 Detroit 80 44 El Paso 87 4 Houston 76 Indianapolis 91 76 Kansas City 89 69 Los Angeles 90 65 Memphis 69 Miami Beach 85 80 80 57 New Orleans 87 67 New York 75 71 Orlando 93 75 Phoenix 108 84 Pittsburgh 86 63 Portland, Me 81 64 Portland, Ore 83 66 Raleigh 88 72 Kichmond 86 73 St.

Louis 94 70 Salt Lake CM? 100 63 San Francisco 89 60 Seattle 70 5 Spokane 83 63 Tampa 93 79 Washington 89 73 Wichita 92 67 House payroll checks from which kickbacks were to be received, two counts of falsifying House payroll forms and one count of obstruction of justice by allegedly inducing a former employe to lie to a federal grand jury. .03 3.06 .10 .11 .30 .87 .11 from our collection of superb leathers TWO FOR CASUAL WEAR made to our exacting specifications These interesting, good-looking shoes are made exclusively for Brooks Brothers on lasts of proven comfort their fine leathers and workmanship enhance both appearance and fit. (left) From Italy, our plain front buckle slip-on oj calfskin in Mack or brtrjen, $36 (right) Our popular tassel slip-on moccasin oj black or brrxn calfskin, $42 cordovan leather, $45 Air Pollution Index Thursday 45 Rainfall Thursday 0.00 Rainfall to Date 1972 28.01 Normal Rainfall 27.87 High Thursday 900 Low Thursday 68 Mean Temperature Thursday 79 Normal Mean 79 High One ear Ago Friday 91 Low One ear Ago Friday 69 Highest Recorded This Date 98 (in 19S4) Lowest Recorded This Date 59 (in 1967) Hind Friday Variable, less than 10 m.p.h. Sunrbe Friday 6:37 a.m. EDT Sunset Friday 8:49 p.m.

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Atlanta Newspapers. recommends to subscribers that prepayments made directly to carriers be limited to a maximum cl thirty (30) days STAtllSHED 181S diately. Haag could get a maximum 15-year prison sentence on the conviction but was expected to get less than five. He contended on the witness stand that the $18,000 kickback and payroll-juggling scheme was conceived and planned by the congressman and that he carried out some parts of it only under the congressman's specific instructions. Haag's lawyers said he will appeal the verdict.

Judge Oliver Gasch instructed the former aide to stay in the Washington area but said he would be reasonable in considering any requests by Haag to travel in connection with his political consultant profession. In midmorning the jury, indicating the way its deliberations were going, asked if they could find Haag guilty on vl I Data From NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, Dept. of Commerce 70ISi Wnn Rain Figure Show High TemperoturM ForDoylimt Ffidoy 90 ii.Jot.tl Precipitation Not Indicated- Conmlt Utol forttait -p BOSTON CHtCACO CINCINNATI LOS ANGELES NEW YORK PITTSBURGH ST. LOUIS SN FRANCISCO SCARSDALE WASHINGTON, D.C. 3cirs C'Boys' furnishings.

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