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The Daily Sentinel from Grand Junction, Colorado • 3

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The Dalit Sentinel TumIjv, Jul 1, m2lNgt- 3 -s Near Quang Tri City Enemy Resistance Stiffens Against S. Viet Drive? six rtules soil h-a4 of the capital. It US. jets knocked out two tJOmm or was the first recapture of any of the- tilery pieces and five trucks on the It district towns last to the North wedem flank of the advance. eg Quang Tri City and west of Hue.

Hue, 30 miles south of the forces advancing on Quang Tri, was hit by North Vietnamese artillery fire for the third day In a row. South Vietnamese officers and their S- advisers are trjmg to locate the fiyiuaiutn rvit: SAIGON (API South Vietnamese paratrooper! drove to the iomh western' e4e of Quang Tri city, hut there are signs of stiffening enemy resistance in the provincial capital Sal goo lost Slay An American adviser lay attacking force are encountering resistance from nearly every tree! Inc, every village." Several hundred troop with US. adviser made the attack, killing at lead 20North Vietnamese and recap turing 12 artillery pieces lost In earlier fighting, At -nightfall. the South Met names were reported occupying post tton about half a mile from the center of the provincial capital which the North Vietnamese captured May I. Government spokesman in Saigon claimed the recapture of two district headquarters: Mat Unh, 12 mde southeast of Quang Tri, and ILu Lang, Behind the front lines, officers said government troops had finished mopping up small groups of North Vietnamese soldi eriwho had been over- 4 Russian Chess Walkout Over looked" the rapid South Vietnam long range gun firing on Hue from the ese advance.

mountains to the wed. Since Sunday it Hundreds of refugees from areas lib- has pumped more than 100 shells crated by the South Vietnamese made into the city, killing 13 13 persons and their way south on Highway I. They wounding marly 60. gathered at phong Bien, 20 miles north of Hue, where buses and trucks picked them up and brought them to Hue. South Vietnamese marines were pushing toward Quang Trt from the cast and were reported Within four miles of the city.

Government spokesmen said Saigon's forces also killed nearly 200 North -Vietnamese in fighting south (001 OFF Vietnamese their three month old offensive. The marines on the eastern flank of the Suigun drive to recapture Quang Tri were reported within four rrule of the city, and marine officer said their men could be in Quang Tri to-morrow if ordered to go. However, there were signs of stiffening North Vietnamese resistance around the town. Field commanders -reported encountering the first hunkers of what was believed to be heavy line of fortifications, The enemy appears to be pulling months, had been to Mart of 4 hours and 40 minutes from New j53 wer encountering resis Sunday but Fischer stayed York but slept for only a few minutes tance (f001 ever treeline, ev- in New York, demanding a 30 per cent at a time, village, said an American ad- cut of the gate receipts. Another passenger on the flight, KISPr Furrow, 3 of Lr The International Chess Federation Benjamin RauschkoJb of Long Reach, bana.Qnio.

postponed the first game 48 hours NX, angrily reported that his wife and told Fischer he had to be In was told at the last minute she Reykjavik by noon today or forfeit the couldn't board the plane, and he match. He arrived about five hours learned later she was bumped to before the deadline. make room for Fischer. A stewardess on the plane said Fis- Hes causing an awful lot of cher appeared calm during the flighty trouble, isnl he?" said Rauschkoib. Champ Threatening i Fischer Treatment FOWTOnCTSincE YOU RELAXED AT A BUSINESS MEETING? Tense, nervous, afraid youll mitt an Important point, embarrassed to aik people 'to repeat themselves.

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1119 North 1st, Ph. 242 6742 By STEPHENS BROENING REYKJAVIK. Iceland tAP) flour after Bobby Fischer ended his hold out and gave the world chess cham pionship new life, Russian Boris Spassky put the match in doubt again today. Spassky, the world's champion, lodged a formal protest objecting that Fischer, the American challenger, "has violated the rules of the match" by fading lo appear for its scheduled start on Sunday. Spassky told Max Euwe, president of the World Chess Federation, that his decision to allow a postponement in Fischer's favor was unacceptable Then Spassky and his aides, who were expected to draw lots for tonight's match, staged a glum -faced walkout.

Spassky was asked if there was a chance for a game today. He said, jit is not known." Speaking to newsmen after the Russian walkout, Euwe was much more forthright. Asked whether he considered the Russian move a threat to wreck the whole matclj, he replied, Certainly." Fischer arrived In Reykjavik about 10 hours before his first scheduled match with Spassky. The 29-year-old American challenger flew from New York after accepting London banker James D- Slater's offer to match the $125000 purse put up by the Icelandicthess Federation. Now the winners of the 24-ame match will and the loser $93,750.

Each will also get 30 per cent of the $250,000 paid for the TV and movie rights to the matdfijfr $75,000 each. The match, which could last two Dollar Nears Low Level On Europe Money Markets LONDON (AP) The dollar- neared its lowest permitted level on European money markets today, triggering inter- vention by the West German central bank. The pound sterling continued its downward slide. -The pound was close to the $2.40 base that was predicted after sterling was floated 10 days ago. The weakened by the ster- ling crisis, continued -to- the.

pound downward and opened in ks.This was a slight rally overMonday nights close of 3.1497, but only intervention by the central bank shored it up then. The bank began buying up dollars again todayo maintain it at the lower mandatory intervention level and head off panic selling. But reports of the market situation in Frankfurt touched off a flurry of last'-minute selling in Tokyo, and the Bank of Japan had to buy million during the last 10 minufes of trading. in Paris, the dollar was near floor level at 5.0005 francs, down from iyTS.ooiroTSgerBonmfere-war no sign the Bank of France was planning to step in to support the currency. The dollar weakened in Aurich to 3.75 Swiss frances, down from 3.7530.

The Swiss national bank intervened Monday to keep the currency hovering above floor level, but there was no immediate sign it planned to step in again today. The dollar also weakened in Brussels, falling from Mondays close of 43.81 francs to 43.80 despite a brief rally when the market opened. The Belgian national bank supported the dollar Monday with some cautious buying, but there was no sign yet it planned to do so again today. tiMCi some Ibamfe Eft's promsesn promises With our bank, its guarantees, guarantees. Instead of a lot of empty promises, our Personal Bankers give you a money-back, no-nonsense guarantee.

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