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i-i-S -i if si, 4.4 Boston Evening Globe Wednesday, June 21, 1972 Hanoi sees flood disaster in wake of US bombing Associated Press i- STOCKHOLM North Vietnam could be overwhelmed in a gigantic flood during the next monsoon in July because of American bombing, a i Hanoi diplomatic asserted today. North Vietnam's ambassador to Sweden, Nguyen Huu Ngo, told a news con ference in Stockholm that US planes attacked dikes and dams in North Vietnam 68 times in the last two months. He said 32 dams were destroyed on the Red River and on the Taih Binh and Ma rivers. "The United States now seems to be deliberately trying to hurt the people and to cause a flood in the most fertile and densely populated areas of North-Vietnam," the envoy said. He claimed the North Vietnamese have downed 200 American planes during the last Two months, eight of them B52 bombers.

North Vietnam has thrown fresh troops from its last army division against South Vietnamese marines who have thrust back up into occupied Quang Tri province below the Demilitarized Zone, military sources in Saigon said today. Some of the prisoners captured during fierce battles on the northern front the past two days have been identified as belong-' ing to the 325C division the only one of Hanoi's 13 divisions not until now committed to the southern battlefields. At least one regiment of the 325C has now joined the remaining troops from the three North Vietnamese divisions which wrested the whole of Quang Tri Province from government control in May and made by far the biggest Communist gain of the offensive. correspondent Michael Fathers reported from Hue, the most northern city held by the government, that the fighting was petering out tonight in Quang Tri after two days of battles in which nearly 400 North Vietnamese were claimed killed. He said the marines, who made their thrust north on Sunday, had lost about 50 men killed.

ut it 1 1 -n w-it 4oV trftoeutjMo Nixon may leave force of 30,000 in Viet FLORAL SOCIETY 7.00 Join in with this cool flowered shift with a slit neckline, drawstring waist. In lilac or gold cotton, in Lingerie. Mail and phone orders filled. ENROUTE After an eight-day visit, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro left East Berlin for Prague, while Boris Spassky (right), world chess champion, left Moscow for Raykjavik to prepare for his July 2 match against American Bobby Fischer. World news tions may be smaller and the pace slower in the coming months.

Officials pointed out the military situation is uncertain and hopes for a negotiated settlement remain slim. Mr. Nixon has removed almost 500,000 US troops from Vietnam since he took of ice. Ronald L. Ziegler, the White House press secretary, said Mr.

Nixon would meet his deadline of reducing the troop level to by July 1. "They are meeting that level and will meet that level," Ziegler said of field commanders. franklin simon i V) United Press International WASHINGTON President Nixon is thinking of keeping a residual force of 30,000 US troops in Vietnam until a cease-fire is achieved and US prisoners of war are informed government sources said today. The White House said yesterday that Mr. Nixon would announce a new troop reduction within the next several days.

Two months ago, Mr. Nixon announced he would reduce the troop level to 49,000 by July 1. There had been reports "that he might try to keep the residual force in Vietnam at that level. But the White House announcement dispelled this speculation. 1 The size of new reduc To enjoy our OPEN HOUSE and ANNIVERSARY SALE Free Refreshments! Continuous entertainment! Appearances by renowned pianists and organists 300 fa Globe Wire Services Tanaka bids to succeeds Japan's Sato TOKYO Trade Minister Kakuei Tanaka, a front runner1 in the battle to succeed retiring Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, officially declared his candidacy today with a pledge to strengthen relations with the United Sates and China.

The 54-year-old Tanaka, a self-made man nicknamed the "Computerized Bulldozer" for his quick decisions, is the chief rival of Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda in a July 5 party election to choose a new leader. Protest ship sails into French test area PAPEETE, Tahiti French officials said today an atmospheric nuclear explosion could come at any time despite last-minute international diplomatic appeals to call off the blast. A yacht from New Zealand sailed intothe danger A yacht from New Zealand sailed into the danger zone around Mururoa Atoll, 800 miles southeast of Papeete, to protest the test. The yacht Greenpeace III carried a three-man crew. Death tolls climb in Hong Kong, France HONG KONG More than 200 people are now re-' ported missing in last weekend's landslides in this storm-ravaged British colony The slides are known to have killed 96 others.

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