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I' I- leetftan 72 Bobby: Sorry Bo ris 1 1 yci a i A 1 5 1 mS REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer apologized in writing Thursday to Boris Spassky for "disrespectful behavior" that threatened their world championship chess match. Subsequently, Moscow's Tass news agency said "all demands of the Soviet delegation have been satisfied." It was announced that the first game would be played Tuesday. Fischer, the American challenger, and Spassky, the Soviet world champion, met Thursday night to draw for the first move in the $300,000 series of 24 games. Fischer drew the black pawn, giving Spassky the first move with white and a slight advantage. The draw was done the same way park-bench chess players would do it.

Spassky took two pawns, one white, one black, juggled them behind his back then extended his closed hands to Fischer: Without hesitation, Fischer hunched forward and pointed a 1 finger to Spassky's right hand. With a smile Spassky opened it. Fischer delayed the opening of the match, which was to have begun last Sunday, in a holdout for more money. More prize money was donated, but Spassky then demanded a written apology for Fischer's conduct before the champion would play. In his letter to Spassky, Fischer called his attempt to grab a share of gate receipts "my petty dispute over money," and asked the Russian to accept his "sincerest apology." I 'it 7 wm cr" iW'j iW It JrJT- It 1111" Pholofax Ghost of the post A huge photo mural of the late Robert F.

Kennedy domi- as final preparations for the Democratic National Conven-nates seating in the Miami Beach convention hall Thursday tion were being made. kirtr ifir its St WW Slfifllt Copy 15 "87th Year-No. 66 Billings, Montana, Friday Morning, July 7, 1972 Ul md wen i ft IDHD Burger delays WASHINGTON (UPI) Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Thursday temporarily delayed a lower court order ousting Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley's 59-member Democratic convention delegation and awarding 153 disputed California delegates to Sen.

George S. McGovern. Burger's order gave him more time to consider an urgent appeal from the Democratic National Committee that he reassemble the Supreme Court from its summer recess to consider overturning the appellate court's California decision. That earlier decision enhanced McGovern's chances of winning the Democratic presidential nomination on the convention's first ballot. THE APPEALS court on Wednesday overturned the vote of the Democratic Credentials Committee last week to take 153 California delegates from McGovern and distribute them among his rivals in the June 6 winner-take-all primary.

The court also upheld the Credentials Committee decision to replace Daley's uncommitted delegation with one more favorable to McGovern. Shortly after the Supreme Court building opened Thursday, attorneys for the Democratic National Committee, representing the Credentials Committee, and for Daley's group asked Burger to bring the Supreme Court back to review the 2-1 appellate decision in the California dispute and the unanimous action in the Illinois case. They argued the disputes were best to be settled by the party itself at its convention. The decision whether to bring the court back-an act with a few precedents-could be made by Burger acting alone or in consultation with other members. Burger did not indicate when he would take further action.

Lawyers for the 153 California delegates pledged to McGovern argued in their papers filed with the court that Burger should allow he appeals court decision to stand. White flag policy' WASHINGTON (UPI) In attack on the Democratic presidential frontrunner, Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird said Thursday Sen. George S. McGovern was advocating a "give away now, beg later" defense policy which could be ruinous for America.

At a Pentagon news conference, Laird abandoned the traditional nonpolitical nature of his office to lash out for a second time at what he called McGovern's "white flag of surrender" proposal to cut $30 billion from the Defense Department's budget by 1975. "The so-called white flag budget substitutes a philosophy of give away now, beg later for a philosophy by the administration of strength and willingness to negotiate throughout the world," Laird said. This was clearly a reference to McJ Govern's statement that "begging" for the release of prisoners in Hanoi is more likely to be effective than bombing. McGovern hit back in a statement from his offie. "THERE WILL be no white flag flying if I become President," he said.

"I will never commit the United States to become a second rate power But I do not believe in wasting the taxpayers' dollars on needless cost overruns and careless planning. It seems strange to me that the results of Mr. Nixon's arms agreement is a request for a more costly military budget." 'Worm spit' fight MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) The Democratic party, already facing one of its strangest conventions in years, has seen another weird ingredient added a public fight over the nomination for a job once described as "worth a pitcher of warm spit." The vice presidential nomination is traditionally held to be the personal pick of the party's choice for president, but this year the two men are waging a battle between themselves for the position. Sen.

Mike Gravel of Alaska and former Massachusetts Gov. Endicott Peabody not only are challenging each other, but also the practice of letting the head of the ticket choose his running mate. Gravel, a maverick often at odds with his Senate colleagues at both parties, told a news conference in Washington Thursday he wanted the delegates to have a chance to reject the "rubber-stamping" of the presidential nominee's choice. Peabody, who has been waging his unusual campaign for several months, told reporters as he opened his Miami Beach headquarters that "now for the first time in a long time we will have an election of the vice presidential nominee." The job they are after has very little constitutional power and is used by the President as he sees fit, a practice that led the late Vice President John Nance Garner to speak of his position as equalling the value of a "warm pitcher of spit." In spite of the Peabody and Gravel campaigns there didn't seem to be much support from the delegates arriving in Miami Beach. "You know the metaphor of Garner's about warm spit," a delegate said.

"That's what these two guys' chances are." A dollar-a-day MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) The impoverished Democratic party is getting a dollar-a-day kickback from 10,000 hotel rooms rented for its convention just one of the deals arranged by Treasurer Robert Strauss who is forced to pay cash for the $25-million extravaganza Another angle has some of the 80 staff members dutifully packing their bags every couple of days and moving into another hotel-to take advantage of free rates negotiated by Strauss. "Everything we get here, I pay in advance," sighs Strauss. "I paid in advance for the hotel rooms we're occupying here. I pay in advance for printing that is being done I've paid cash in advance for everything we do." For the Republicans that would be no problem.

But the Democrats still owe $9.3 million from the 1968 campaign and once-burned creditors aren't rushing forward. Strauss, a Dallas lawyer, inherited the debt 2'2 years ago when he became treasurer, and hasn't made a dent in trimming it. "The city agreed to do certain things for us," Strauss says. "Cities by tradition have put up money. We said to the city, we don't need money.

What we want is facilities. "What we want is a half-million dollars in goods and services and we want a half-million from other sources in cash, tourist agencies, hotels, etc. We get $l'a night of every room booked through the hotel association. "We originally figured it would raise $100,000, but it's going to be closer to $50,000. One of the major networks in and booked all their own rooms and cost us several thousand dollars just by not going through us." With some pride, Strauss said: "We negotiated what I think is the best convention contract ever negotiated with a city.

This contract was a first. "We negotiated with each of the hotels for so many free nights. Our staff uses up the complimentary rooms in one hotel and we move them to another hotel. It's not easy, but it's prudent. If we had money we wouldn't do that." of peaceful coexistence, ruling out the use of force in relations with the United States.

As the latest platform for their views on Vietnam, the Russians used a Soviet-Cuban communique issued at the end of a 10-day visit by Premier Fidel Castro, who returned by air to Havana later in the day. The joint statement contained renewed expressions of support for Cuba, but gave no indication of any new specific aid agreement. There was no immediate confirmation in Moscow of the report from London. However, for Moscow at least, such an attitude seemed consistent with the stand restarted in the communique. North Vietnam is presumed to have been urged to reach a settlement when President Nikolai V.

Podgorny of the Soviet Union journeyed Hanoi last month following President Nixon's visit to Moscow in May. Western diplomats in London had no information about the peace moves. They either have no direct link with Hanoi or very limited access to North Vietnamese officials there. NEITHER RUSSIA nor China is applying pressure to North Vietnam, because neither can afford to politically, the source said. On the contrary both countries have confirmed that they support North Vietnam politically, morally and militarily.

Both support Hanoi's terms for a Vietnam peace and neither has suggested any specific concession to the United States the London source said. What both have done the source said was to imply the need for greater flexibility on the part of Hanoi. They have also let it be known that they cannot risk confrontation with the United States, the source said. Already the supply of large quantities of sophisticat- From Gazette Wire Services LONDON Russia and China have separately counseled Hanoi to negotiate a settlement of the Vietnam War with the United States without much further delay, a high Communist diplomatic source based in London said Thursday. The source whose country has full diplomatic representation in Hanoi said these moves have been made independently by Russia and China, without apparent coordination.

Meanwhile the Soviet government described a resolution of the war in Vietnam as "one of the most pressing tasks of our time," essential if tension was to be eased throughout the world. AFFIRMING ITS stand on the conflict in southeast Asia, Moscow pledged continued support for North Vietnam, but at the same time asserted its policy ed Soviet weapons has been severely handicapped by the American blockage of North Vietnamese ports. The source stressed that there was no suggestion of concerted Sino Soviet pressure on Hanoi. Nor was there any indication whether Hanoi would heed the counsel from its two main allies, which it has ignored in the past even when taking their economic and military aid. CHINA'S AND Russia's attitude toward a negotiated Vietnam settlement has nevertheless caused considerable depression in Hanoi, the source said.

For some time Hanoi was said to have shown growing disappointment with its key allies. This has now given way to outright suspicion, which was deepened when neither Peking nor Moscow took action against the American blockade of North Vietnamese ports the source said. He said Hanoi gives the impression of being deeply engaged in a review of its overall policy and strategy. It has given no indication as yet even to its close friends of what it will do but there were apparently reasons to believe that a final decision has not yet been taken. In counseling a settlement the big Communist powers apparently have been motivated also by the latest American bombing of North Vietnam and the effect it has had so far.

The Russians, for instance, were reported by Western defense sources earlier this week to be worried about the effect of the bombing on the Soviet-supplied SAM ground to-air missiles the installations for which have been hit frequently. ul. Vi 1 Anderson shifts health chairmen By DENNIS E. CURRAN Gazette State Bureau HELENA-Montana's Board of Health, which has been at odds with Gov. Forrest H.

Anderson over air pollution control, will have a new chairman for the rest of the year. Dr. B. P. Little, a Glasgow physician and board member, has been named by the governor to succeed Mrs.

Rita Sheehy of Billings as chairman of the seven-member board. Mrs. Sheehy and the governor have clashed vigorously in past months over air pollution standards for smelters, but she, Little and the governor's office Thursday downplayed speculation that their rift prompted Little's appointment. "THAT'S ALL water over the dam," said Ron Richards, the governor's executive assistant. Richards said thejovernor believes that "no one person should have a monopoly on being chairman" and that the chairmanship should be rotated around his appointees.

Mrs. Sheehy, who remains a member of the board, said she is "not too upset at being deposed" as chairman. "Everybody's replaceable," she said in a telephone inter- (Continued on Page 2)' Lense safety queried WASHINGTON (UPI) -Hinting that new "soft" contact lenses were allowed on the market without adequate testing, a doctor allied with Ralph Nader Thursday urged that they be withdrawn until proved safe and effective. The physician, Sidney M. Wolfe, also suggested in testimony before the Senate Small Business Committee that some of the medical investigators who tested the lenses had financial links to their manufacturers a conflict of interest situation which he said was condoned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Further, Wolfe said, the FDA itself has just signed a $67,000 contract for a safety study of soft lenses at the University of Florida even though the university and members of the medical faculty now have, or once had, stock holdings in soft lens companies. Wolfe testified as the committee began two days of hearings into soft lenses. He is a member of Nader's Health (Continued on Page 2) Pholofax Off and running Cloudy Variable cloudiness with a chance of showers Friday, high 80 to 85, low 55 to 60. More weather on Page 6. Eye Opener Mother: "Eat your dinner." Child: "Motivate me." Index Weather, vitals, obits 6 WomeB 8 Comics i 10 Sports 14 Markets 1' Thosteson Classified 19 23 Crawfish Festival New Orleans Thursday.

This mean looking character is in the heat of battle for the title of fastest crawfish during the annual.