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DAILY NEWS; THURSDAY, 'JULY' 13; Bobby Yields to Doris i mm a fx at By ROBERT BYRNE Special Correspondent of The News Reykjavik, Iceland, July 12 Boris Spassky, 35, world chess champion, won the opening game of his 24-game title match with challenger Bobby Fischer in 56 moves here in the Laugardalshoell Sports Palace tonight. The blond Russian got off to a slow start in the first session yesterday, aiming for a solid position by the cire-f ul K2. Up to move 29, that strategy had completely failed to jay off against Fischer's exact defense, and it looked as though the first game of the match would end I in a peaceful draw. But Fischer shocked the fans here by snapping off the king's rook pawn, allowing Spassky to Atlclctl Purse A Loser, Too Reykjavik, Iceland, July 12 (AP) It was a bad day all around for Bobby Fischer. Aside from losing the first game to Boris Spassky in their world chess championship match, news from London was that James Slater, the millionaire British chess buff, would not be able to get his pot-sweetening money out of Britain because of currency restrictions.

Slater donated about $120,000 of his own money after Fischer held out for an increased purse, pushing the total prize money to about $300,000. Asked about Slater's problem, Fischer snapped: "No comment." I f9 if. Li irv MIS' HAN NEWS photo by Lea Rudakewych via UPI Cableptiolo Steve Menta and Leenie prepare to board jet at Saigon airport. AP Cablppholos Bobby rubs fare during match. Sires Winging j0M r'V 4L 1 Ihme of pearls, sent by her prospective mother-in-law as a sort of "wel-come-to-the-family" gesture.

"When our daughter grows up and gets married, Leenie will pass the pearls along to her," beamed Steve, typically focuring on a happy future. Still Some Kind Words Despite his determinaf in, it seemed almost inevitable that Steve and Leenie would stumble over at least one of the bureaucratic barriers arrayed before them eve since he found her in (Continued on pogo 34, tol. 1) FEATURES MixontoAsklTB By PETER COUTROS Menta got a haircut, packed some duds in a duffel bag flew halfway around the world to pursue an improbable trap his bishop. Six more moves left Bobby minus the bishop, with only two pawns two pawns to show for it. No one knows for sure whether it was audacity or a miscalculation of this possibility: 33.

P-R6, 34. K-Kt4 B-Kt8, 35. KxP BxP, 36. B-Q2 that did Bobby in. Spassky Is Relentless Determinedly struggling to make use of his superior king position and the two pawns, the American had succeeded by move 40, when the first session ended, in confusing about half the followers into thinking he was on top.

But he couldn't fool Spassky. When play resumed tonight, the world champion drove smoothly to the win by precise, merciless technique. Fischer tried to keep Spassky's (Continued on page 10S, col. 1) and payback of the balance over 30 vears at only 1. The combined reliel proposal, the chief executive declared, rep resents the "largest single amount ever allocated to recovery efforts in this country.

Tropical Storm Agnes whipped the East Coast last montn, causing extensive flood damage in six states, and the District of Colum bia. All six states were declared disaste rareas by the President. The six. as well as the District of Columbia, will be covered under the Nixon proposal. There had been some question (Continued on page SS, eot.

J) IF ir Agues victims By FRANK VAN RIPER Of Tiif. News Washington Bureau San Clemente. July 12 President Nixon an appointment that engulfed her son then. In the intervening months, Steve got a bank job and stashed away nis earnings, saving ine price of a roundtrip ticket to Saigon for himself and a one-way ticket for Leenie, whose Vietnamese name is Thai Thi Thiet. String of Pearls Yesterday morning, boarding a jumbo jet at t' Tan Son Nhut Airport in Saigon, Steve turned to his fiancee and sighed, "Well, we made it." Resplendent in an Ao Dai, which is the Vietnamese costume, Leenie fingered a string INDEX TO Tiouneed today that he will ask Congress for a record $1.7 billion in emergency funds to aid the victims of Tropical Two weeks ago, Steve and, on the wings of love, dream.

The dream comes alive at dawn today when Menta, a 24-year-oh veteran from Jackson Heights, Queens, brings his Vietnamese sweetheart Leenie, home to meet mama and to prepare tor an October wedding. "I've got the lasagna in the oven already," said Mrs. Anthony Menta as she paused to open the back door of her steaming kitchen. "IH be too excited and too busy to do any real cooking tomorrow. And for Leenie, I im making chicken and rice, a pilaf." Steve Was Disappointed Leenie is the 21-year-old beauty Steve met and fell in love with while doing a tour of duty In Vietnam.

Two Christmases ago, Steve gift-wrapped a promise of marriage and put it in Leenie's keeping "to be opened later." But military red tape took precedence and when Steve came home a year ago, he had to leave Leenie behind. He vowed to return to redeem his vow. "Only half a boy came home last year," Mrs. Menta recalled yesterday as she spoke of the dis DAILY ALMANAC Beauty 82 Jumble 84 Suzy 12 TV. Radio 102 Bridge by G'ren 106 Warren King 65 Thealer 88 Dr-Van Dellen 70 Business Column 68 Chas.

McHarry 101 CoflllCS Classif ied 107 Movies 100 Gasoline Alley MoonMuilinj 101 Crossword 70 Night Owl 7 Beetle Bailey 106 On Stage 96 Editorial 65 Obituaries 104 Blond ie 106 Orphan Annit 100 Fashions 83 Parents.Children 82 Brtom-Hilda 72 Simpkins 83 Sidney Fields 70 Patterns 66 Dondi 72 Sesame Street 1C9 Food 85 People's Voice 65 Friday Foster 106 Brenda Starr 106 Friend in Need 87 Social Security 72 Like It Is 71 Terry 73 Gossip Column 96 Speaking of Love 84 Lil Abner 72 Dick Tracy 106 Horoscope 72 Sports 110 Louie 72 Winnie Winklt 72 Inquiring Fotog. 65 Stock Market 68 Rex Morgan 106 Storm Airnes. In a nationwide radio address, Nixon also revealed that he will propose to Conpress legislative Bction that would authorize special disaster loans to affected homeowners and businessmen at Ve interest with no repayment required on the first $5,000 of the loan. Existing federal disaster relief programs require that loan recipients repay the first $500. They then receive "forgiveness" tantamount to a federal grant of $2500, ami must pay back the balance of the loan over 30 years at B'fc interest.

Under Nixon's proposal, there would be no initial repayment, forgiveness of $5,000, THURSDAY. JULY 13. 1972 NAT'L WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST RAIN, BREEZY AND WARM. Temperature range 73 80; winds south at 10-15 mph. Tomorrow: rain ending by noon, warm.

Fastern New York State: Rain and warm. MOON- poly 10 July 18 July 26 Full Aug. 2 Naw first Q. lost Eastam Daylight Saving Tlma Vinriv a.m.; sonwt :37 B.m. Moon rles 1:43 a.m.; arts 10:09 p.m.

Morning itars: Venus. Saturn; evening stars; Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Neptuna. TIDES (By National Ocenn Survey) Saady Hook The Battery Willett PI. A.M. P.M.

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Tve. Wei Tkir. Fri. Sat 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 TEMPERATURES IN NEW YORK Max. V0 at.

3:01 p.m. Min. 74 at 5:2 a.m. Highest this date, 99 In 196 Lowest this date, 57 in 192 1 a.m 79 2 a.m 77 3 a.m 77 4 a.m 74 5 a.m 75 6 B.m 74 7 B.m 74 8 a.m 7 9 a.m 79 10 a.m 81 11 a.m 83 Noon Ba 1 p.m 87 2 p.m 86 3 P.m 89 4 p.m 85 5 p.m 87 4 p.m 8a Readings up te 5 p.m., July 12, 1971 Mean temperature. 82: normal.

77; aver age below normal tinea July 1, 2.5 degrees. PRECIPITATION Yesterday, none; total since Jan. 1, 35.02 Inches. Total this date, 1971, 22.87 Inches. Total since July 1.

.55 Inches. INDEX (0 at I p.m.; 79 at p.m. 10H of us are affected when Index hits 70; half at 75, all at 80. HOW CITIES FARED YESTERDAY Temperatures Inches I a.m. High Lew ei Rain Weather Albany Anchorage Atlanta Boston Buffalo Chicago 8a 45 87 91 84 92 90 19 93 1 84 58 54 44 44 69 76 64 71 57 66 73 74 63 71 66 62 75 49 85 74 54 76 60 70 70 Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Pt.Cloudv Clear Haze Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Pt.Cloudv Clear Cloudy Cloudy Pt.Cloudv Pt.Cloudv Clear Pt.Cloudv Rain Clear Cloudy Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Detroit Fort Worth Houston .04 Los Angeles 77 Miami Beach 84 Minneapolis 89 Montreal 79 Orlando 91 Philadelphia 88 Phoenix 109 Salt Lake City .88 San Francisco 70 San Juan, P.R.

89 Seattle 45 St. Louis 93 Washington 85 .10 .29 TODAY'S FORECAST jfvTSS Burlinstonirll 2tioit CBufW Albany Cleveland- NIW ItV Pittsburgh ColumbusT Philadelphia I FUR I PI- CLOUDY 7 Elkins Washington CLOUDY SHOWERS -frtf Roanokef I AIRDEX Yesterday; Pollution: Pollution levels war rated acceptable for 24 hour ended tun. Today; Pollution levels expected to be acceptable. Air Resource Dept. The Dally New I oubll'Jied dally except Sunday by New York tfews 220 East 424 New York, N.Y.

Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y. Hlqh 1:34 10:44 11:70 11:31 1 50 54 Low 4:3 4:01 5:1 I 22 HUMIDITY; 71 at I a.m.; 54 at 5 p.m..