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Daily News from New York, New York • 182

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'vys i i 2 tap DAILY NEWS, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1972 hw MM Ira A Asia 7 frtrMk MM! mm Uto Belfast, July 14 (UPI) Two British soldiers and two civilians, one a woman, were killed today in gun battles and bombings which pushed Northern Ireland to the brink of what British Defense Secretary Lord Carrington termed "disaster' Adding to the gravity of the situation was the Irish Republican Army's use of bazooka-type rockets against British forces during an overnight battle in Belfast's Suf 1 1 folk housing estate. diers, supported by armored cars, moved from house to house in the district where a clash last Sundajr led to the collapse of the ceasefire declared by the militant Provisional Wing of the IRA. Sniper Kills Soldier A soldier was killed by a sniper bullet in the early morning, but fighting died down about dawn. The army said soldiers hit at least five gunmen in the Lenadoon fighting. 2 British troops under fire run for coTer In Belfast.

A British army spokesman tlcftcrihcd the fighting as the heaviest yet in Northern Ireland's three years of violence. Rocket's Origin Unknown Origin of the rocket launchers vas not known, but Libyan leader Col. Moammer Khadafy said in a rr-i-ent speech that his Arab nationalist government fully supported the action of anti-British forces in Northern Ireland. The deaths today raised the over-all toll in the province to A'M including 10 in the last 24 hours. The British army said 34 gunmen had been hit in battles Discreet Withdrawal If at first you don't succeed A bank robber gave a teller at one bank a note demanding; $10,000.

It didn't work. He walked out, went into another branch of the same bank, passed the same note and came away with $750. Spokesmen for the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. said the robber first visited its branch on Seventh near 39 th St. When he asked a teller for $10,000 in $100 bills, he was told: "We don't have that kind of money." Within minutes he showed up at the Broadway and 41st St.

branch. This time he was obliged with $750. 800. wtsfigk mii? By JOSEPH FRIED Staff Correspondent of The News Saigon, July 14 With U.S. warplanes blasting an escape route, 800 trapped South Vietnamese marines fought their way out of enemy encirclement at the edge of Quang since 8 p.m.

yesterday. The latest victim, on army spokesman said, was a soldier hit by sniper fire tonight in the Len-adoon section of Belfast. The British army said an unidentified woman was killed when snipers fired on an army post in Belfast's Springfield Road, once referred to as the "peace line" between Protestant nd Catholic communities. Used Rockets Before A British soldier and a civilian were killed and three soldiers and three civilians wounded in another battle in the Catholic Ardoyne district. Snipers wounded two more soldiers in other incidents.

Security sources said rocket litunchers had been used against Tri city today. Even as the government troops broke out of the trap," enemy gunners shot down a helicopter gun-ship carrying Col. Nguyen Trong Bao, chief of staff of the South Vietnamese airborne division, his aides and four crewmen. They were all killed in the crash three miles southeast of Quang Tri Swamp Chopper The marines had been pinned down by blistering enemy fire after piling out of an armada of U.S. helicopters on Tuesday.

Enemy gunners downed one of the CH-53 copters and riddled two others with bullets. Two Americans were missing and 11 wounded in support of the assault. Other U.S. helicopters attempting to evacuate South Vietnamese wounded seven miles southwest of Quang Tri city ran into trouble from government paratroopers. One copter was swamped by 30 South Vietnamese, who attempted to climb aboard.

It was overloaded ana crashed. When a second American helicopter put down to evacuate the stranded American crewmen, it, too was rushed by paratroopers. During the melee the U.S. crew chief of the second copter was shot and killed. It was not clear whether a disgruntled South Viet namese paratrooper or an enemy sniper fired the fatal shot.

South Vietnamese troops, backed by U. S. planes am artillery, killed 115 enemy troops in Quang Tri fighting. Hue Shelled Again North Vietnamese troops at the same time shelled Hue, killing two civilians and wounding 16. It marked the fourth time in less than 36 hours that Hue has been bombarded.

U.S. Air Force Jets continued attacking enemy tanks, trucks and supply points in Quang Tri, and B-52 bombers struck eight (Continued on poga 8. tot. t) the British army before, in mid-1971. William Whitelaw, British secretary of state for Northern Ireland, told the House of Commons in London that the use of rocket launchers by the IRA forces "greatly multiply the risks of damage and casualties." About 700 British troops fanned out from the army post in Lenadoon Ave.

to drive off gunmen who attacked the position. The battle raged for hours as the sol- INDEX TO FEATURES Chess IPs-olbleoyis Hose bi Wdbii Mlby Jumble Chas. McHarry Movies Obituaries Patterns People's Voice 11 24 26 12 22 17 28 Reykjavik, Iceland. July 14 (UPI) Organizers of the $250,000 world chess match between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris of Russia said today they might remove all television cameras from the contest hall Beauty 22 Bridge by Goren 28 Business Column 20 Classified 29 Crossword 9 Editorial 17 Fashions 22 Food 22 Friend in Need 23 Hollywood 9 Home 21 Horoscope 14 Inquiring Folog. 17 Socal Security Speaking of Loc 23 Sports 30 if that is the only way to save the contest.

Slock Market Theater TV, Radio Dr. Van flln 20 25 10 9 i flu Fischer could not see or hear them. Fischer's aides approached Spassky and his seconds today seeking a settlement of the impasse. Russian sources said Fischer's representatives asked Spassky to agree to cancel the forfeiture of the second game and replay it but Spassky refused. Icelanders Seek am Oat "In contrast to Mr.

Fischer, the (iudmundur Thorarinsson, rresident of the Icelandic Chess Federation, said the cameras might be removed after the match committee decided to reject a protest filed by Fischer when the second game of the match was awarded to Spassky. ComIci fused to play in the second game yesterday unless all the camera's were removed. He said they distracted him. Judge Lothar Schmid ruled that Fischer had forfeited the game and that Spassky was leading the match, 2-0. The organizers, bound by a contract with Chester Fox had refused to remove all the cameras, but did take out.

one and relocated two others so that day, but chess sources say it may not come off. The Rev. William Lombardy, Fischer's second, discounted rumors that the American chess-master was flying home. "I haven't heard anything about that and I hope it's not true," the Rev. Lombardy said.

"Everything is still up in the ir. We have settled nothing so The American challenger re Gasoline Alley 14 MoonMullira 29 BecUc Bailey 2B On Stage 24 Blondie 28 Orphan Annie 2S Broom-HHda 14 napkins 24 Dondi 14 Sesame Street 9 Friday Foster 2B Brenda Starr 28 Like It 23 Terry 25 IHAbner 14 Dick Tracy 28 Louie 14 Wmnie Winkle 14 Rex Morgan 28 world champion abides by the Next Game Due Sunday "If it boils down to cameras. no cameras, 1 guess we'll try to remove them," Thorarinsson said. The third game is set for Sun rules for this match," said Niko- (ContinmoJt mm pmg 13, f. I) wiiiHmwiiiiiiiwiHiiiiitiiiniuiiiiiiiiHiiii mmmiimmmiWMiiwiiWMWiwiMWUi wiwiwiiiiiiiiiiiniiiw HOW CITIES PARED YESTERDAY Rm Law ml Rata Wtarher TEMPERATURES IN NEW YORK Max.

at 2.40 p.m.; Mln. 73 at 5:00 a.m. Highest this date, 73 In 154 Lowest this date, 51 in 1921 DAILY ALMANAC SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1972 NAT'L WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST SUNNY, BREEZY AND HOT. Temperature range 74-92; winds southwest at 1015 mph. Tomorrow chance of thundmhowprs; sunny, hot and humid.

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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 a.m 7 10 a.m 11 a.m Noon 1 p.m ta 2 p.m. I 3 P.m B9 4 p.m 1 am 74 2 a.m 74 3 a.m.. .74 4 a.m 74 5 a.m 73 a.m 73 7 a.m73 a a.m 74 4 p.m B6 7 p.m 44 5 p.m 85 p.m i3 10 p.m (3 11 p.m 2 Midnight MOON- 47 58 44 .73 49 72 41 70 59 49 73 73 81 47 44 44 Auq. 21 .14 .14 July 10 July 16 July 26 Full 1 12 at i a ts 17 94 84 15 45 75 79 -ta 90 90 For 24 hours ending at 10 p.m., July 14, 1972 Mean temperature, 41; normal, 77; 'aver-ae below normal sire July 1, 2.0 degrees. Detroit Fort Worth Houston Pi Cloudy Cloudy Clear Han Pt.

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