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Banner, Monday, July 10, 1972 Ulster near civil war as IRA ends cease-fire BELFAST (UPI) Irish Republican Army (IRA) gunmen returned to the attack today, their 13-day cease-fire abandoned. Gunbattles spread across Belfast and Londonderry and 10 persons died in the fighting or through "executions." In the first hours after the IRA Provisional wing called 01 off their truce Sunday night, six civilians died in Belfast, including a 14- year-old girl and a Roman Catholic 1 priest shot as he administered last rites to another victim. Earlier Sunday, while the cease-fire still was in effect, police found the bodies of four men who apparently had been executed. The deaths raised the toll for Northern Ireland's three years of bloodshed to 416.. "We are very close to civil war," a spokesman for the Protestant Vanguard Movement said.

The militant Ulster Defense Association (UDA) marshalled men in the streets of Protestant neighborhoods. 'These her have been called up for emergency duty," a UDA source said. "They are awaiting the call to arms." Sharp gunbattles raged in several parts of Belfast until the early morning hours. Most were between troops and Catholic Enemy re reinforces Quang Tri citadel U.S. general killed at An Loc SAIGON (UPI) A South Vietnamese task force that moved into battered Quang Tri city last week withdrew to the edge of town today and allied officers said they expect a major fight before recapturing the provincial capital from the Communists.

The South Vietnamese said last. Friday that government troops had occupied two-thirds of the city and the only major obstacle was the capture of the walled, 19th century citadel near the center of the city. However, allied officers said today the North Vietnamese defenders have received reinforcements and are prepared to fight for the city. "Quang Tri is going to be very hard to take. The bunker complexes are unbelievable," a U.S.

adviser told UPI correspondent Barney Seibert. "They are determined to hold Quang Tri. There is at least a battalion of about 500 men in there." Far to the south, U.S. Brig. Gen.

Richard J. Tallman and three other Americans were killed by a North Vietnamese artillery shell near An Loc, a provincial capital 60 miles north of Saigon that has been under siege since soon after the current Communist offensive started on March 30. Two other Americans were injured. Tallman, 47, of Honesdale, and his party had just stepped out DRIVE- IN RT. 67 HATHAWAY'S MI.

N. OF HOOSICK FALLS. N.Y TONITE THRU TUES. The most Magical one of all! You'll be you'll beDAZZLED! WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS' Bedknobs, and Broomsticks Gig ANGELA LANSBURY DAVID TOMLINSON M-DOWALL: JAFFE ERICSON PLUS 2ND. HIT "LAWMAN" OP, COLOR by DeLux LEE J.

LANCASTER: ROBERT RYAN of their helicopter when a shell hit nearby. They jumped into a bunker, then climbed out again and were running for a command post 100 yards away when a second shell exploded in their midst. President Nguyen Van Thieu landed in the same spot two days ago during an inspection tour but no artillery shells came within 400 yards of the Thieu party. Tallman was deputy commander of the 3rd Regional Assistance Command operating in the An Loc area. He was the father of seven children and had been stationed in Vietnam for one year.

At least nine U.S. generals, one admiral and five South Vietnamese generals have been killed in the Vietnam war. U.S. Navy officials said an American destroyer sank three barges Sunday that were unloading a Chinese freighter off the coast of North Vietnam. freighter was not fired upon.

The 7th Fleet said the incident occurred 33 miles northeast of Dong Hoi. Elsewhere over the North, U.S. fighter bombers knocked out 28 water supply craft. American planes flew more than 300 sorties over the North in the period ending at 5 p.m. Sunday.

In the air war over the North, F4 Phantom jet fighter-bombers Saturday took on four Communist MIG-21 jets in a dogfight near Hanoi. The U.S. command said Sunday three MIGs and one Phantom were shot down, but the Communist-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) claimed Hanoi gunners shot down five U.S. planes over the Hanoi area Saturday. A command spokesman said Sunday's heavy B52 missions near Quang Tri City were to prevent Communist reinforcements from reaching it.

The North Vietnamese overran the entire province a month after their offensive began in the South March 30 and have held it ever since. Spokesmen said that as of this morning, 447 Communist troops have been killed in the government drive to retake the province at a cost of 36 South Vietnamese killed and 107 wounded. snipers, although Protestant the gunmen were drawn into the gun duels as well. Some of the bitterest fighting raged in the Catholic Ballymurphy section. An army observation post in a lumber yard was heavily attacked, and it was near there that Father Noel Fitzpatrick was shot in the neck as he knelt over a dying man to administer the last rites.

A Provisional IRA statement from Dublin accused British troops of breaking the ceasefire by firing rubber bullets and nausea gas at almost 2,000 Catholics, including women and children, trying to take over abandoned houses in the Protestant Suffolk housing estate. The confrontation developed into a gunbattle between troops and snipers. British commanders denied troops had broken the truce and said their men fired only when fired upon. Norther Ireland Secretary William Whitelaw said in a statement: "'The incident was clearly set up by the IRA to provide a justification for a resumption of terrorist activity." Later, a spokesman for Whitelaw said he believed the incidents Sunday could have been resolved by peaceful discussions which were going on, and said Whitelaw was ready to resume talks at any time. The trouble began when the crowd of almost 2,000 Catholics, armed with wooden clubs, iron bars and garbage can lids, tried to march through an army barricade sealing them off from the empty houses on the Protestant housing estate.

After 10 soldiers had been injured by stones and one struck down with a golf club, troops opened up with rubber bullets and CS gas to disperse the crowd. As armored cars moved up they came under fire from snipers and a gunbattle developed. Within two hours the IRA had called off its cease-fire. HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. United in marriage June 24 at 1 p.m.

in the Church of the Immaculate Conception were Miss Colleen Marie Fitzpatrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William John Fitzpatrick of 10 Cummings Hoosick Falls, and John Edward Webber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Webber Jr.

of 18 LaBarre Plattsburgh. Father John Ryan, O.S.A., performed the ceremony and the bride was escorted by her father. She wore an Empire style gown of white lace over satin. The bodice had long angel lace sleeves and white satin bows accented with back of the gown. Her Juliet cap was fashioned of material matching the gown, and her veil of illusion was elbowlength.

The bridal bouquet was a colonial arrangement of white miniature carnations, stephanotis and baby's 1 breath with white ribbon streams. The attendants were Mrs. Gary Keegan of Hoosick Falls, matron of honor; Miss Elizabeth Lamanna of Troy, N.Y.; Miss the Claudia Fitzpatrick and Miss POWNAL, -Miss Elaine Marie Burdick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Burdick of Dean Road, North Pownal, and Randy Arthur Schnoop, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Adams of Berlin, N.Y., were married July 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the North Pownal Congregational Church. The Rev. Jim Metcalfe performed the ceremony.

Traditional wedding music was played by Mrs. Jean Blevin of North Pownal. The bride was escorted and given in marriage by her father. The short-sleeved gown was in Empire style of Chantilly lace over satin. Falling from a crown was her elbow-length Chantilly lace veil.

The gown had been designed and made by the bride. She carried daisies on a Bible. Matron of honor was Mrs. Lois Maxon. The other attendants were Mrs.

Linda Raetz, Mrs. Marcia Wilson and Miss Cindy Harrison of Petersburgh, N.Y., Webber-Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. JOHN EDWARD WEBBER Donna Fitzpatrick, both sisters of the bride, of Hoosick Falls and Mr. and Mrs.

RANDY A. SCHNOOP Schnoop-Burdick the matron of honor and Mrs. Raetz and Mrs. Wilson, all sisters of the bride. Yellow dotted Swiss was worn by the matron of honor and the other two sisters were attired in pink and blue dotted Swiss.

Miss Harrison was attired in green. Flower girl, sister of the bridegroom, wore white. All had rose bouquets. All attendants' gowns had been designed and sewn by the bride. Best man was Benny Wilson of North Pownal.

Ushers were Bobby Bisson of North Petersburg, N.Y., and Leland Burdick of North Pownal. Following a reception at the North Pownal Firehouse, the couple left on a wedding trip to the southern states. They will reside in North Pownal, where the bridegroom is employed at Pownal Tanning Company. The bride is a 1972 graduate of Mt. Anthony Union High School in Bennington.

Her husband attended Berlin Central School. Schenectady, N.Y., cousin of the bridegroom, flower girl. The attendants' gowns were also in Empire design similar to the bridal gown with short puff sleeves and bow in back. They were in blue taffeta under flocked dotted Swiss. Their blue picture hats matched and they had flower baskets of pink miniature carnations, blue mums and baby's breath with matching blue ribbon streamers.

Stephen Terplak of Saratoga Springs was best man. Lawrence LeBarre Jr. of Plattsburgh; David Besaw of Plattsburgh, cousin of the bridegroom, and Robert Mahaly of Plattsburgh were ushers. Ring bearer was Lawrence Tucker of Stillwater, N.Y., counsin of the bride. The bride is a graduate of St.

Mary's Academy in Hoosick Falls and a 1972 graduate of Plattsburgh State College receiving a degree in nursing. Her employment will be at Physician's Hospital in Plattsburgh. Mr. Webber, a graduate of Beekmantown Central School, is senior at Plattsburgh State majoring in sociology. A reception followed at the Hoosick Falls Elks Club, after which the couple left on a wedding trip to Washington, D.C.

They are now at home: in Plattsburgh. Engaged Bills-Rice accident. Memorial Hospital. NOW PLAYING THRU, TUES. 11TH.

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SUN. SUN. WIN CINEMAS 2 BENNINGTON POPPING POUT WILMINGTON An engagement announcement has recently been made by Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Bills Sr.

of Wilmington of their daughter, Elizabeth, to John Timothy Rice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merton Rice of Searsburg. Rice and his rock and roll band, consisting of himself, Danny Look of Wilmington and Mike McGee and Larry Wright of Brattleboro are engaged by the Shakey Pizza Plaza chain in Maine. He is a 1968 graduate of Wilmington High School and Keene, N.H., State College, 1972.

His fiancee is a student at Wilmington High School and a Candy Striper at Brattleboro Knapp-Reynolds Miss Sandra Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Brookman of 112 Rollin and Duane Knapp, son of Mrs. Viola Knapp of 939 East Main St. and the late Arnold Knapp, exchanged nuptial vows June 24 at 11 a.m.

in the Second Congregational Church. The Rev. Thomas D. Steffen, pastor, officiated. The church organist, Jack Shindler, played the wedding music.

The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a floor-length gown of pure silk organza over taffeta. Her A-line skirt was trimmed with a floral pattern of Alencon lace down the center and sides and encircling the hemline to the double chapel train. The Engaged GLORIA JEAN RICE Rice-King Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rice of Charles Street have announced the engagement of their daughter, Gloria Jean, to Frank King Jr.

of East Road. Miss Rice attended Mt. Anthony Union High School and is now employed at Bennington Brush. Her fiance attended MAUHS and is now employed at Mt. Anthony Union High School.

No date has been set for the wedding. bridegroom, of Hinsdale, N.H.; Miss Pamela Cone, niece of the bridegroom, and Miss Bonnie Brookman, sister of the bride. Robert Knapp Was his brother's best man. Mark White, Richard Prentiss and Jeff Brookman, brother of the bride, were ushers. A reception followed at of Hall.

Bill Hart's orchestra provided music. The bride's cake was made by Bennington Pastry. The bride is a 1971 graduate of Mi. Anthony Union High School. Her husband, a graduate of Bennington High School, is employed by the Bennington Water Department.

Following a wedding trip to South Carolina, the couple are Raina Mrs. DUANE KNAPP fitted bodice of Alencon lace over taffeta had an Empire waist in high neckline and short sleeves. Seeded pearl clusters trimmed the neckline and sleeves. Her pure silk illusion fingertip, veil fell from a wreath cloche with set-in seeded pearls and a wide satin Dior bow. Her cascade bouquet was of white carnations and yellow sweetheart roses.

Bridal attendants were Miss Darlene Joslin, maid of honor; Miss Susan Hallock, cousin of the living in Bennington. BENNINGTONI DRIVE- IN THEATRE ROUTE PHONE 442-5005 NOW PLAYING SKYJACKED PG MGM me a ate RICHARD YVETTE CHAMBERLAIN MIMIEUX JOY IN THE MORNING METROCOLOR MGM GP the Williamstown WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. THEATRE 413-458-8146 LAST OF THE RED-HOT LOVERS NEIL SIMON'S HILARIOUS HIT! JULY 11-15 Bobby's chair flown to Iceland REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) The Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world chess match can begin Fischer's favorite chair has arrived. The swivel chair in metal and black leather was flown from New York to Iceland and put on the stage in the Reykjavik chess hall Sunday. Spassky's Russian advisers arrived shortly after the much talked about chair and studied it suspiciously.

Then they left without comment. Now the Icelandic organizers face a new problem: Where to find a similar chair in Iceland? "It would look better if both Spassky and Fischer had the same chairs," said Gudmundur Thorarinsoon, president of the Icelandic Chess Federation. Fischer took one look at the dozen different chairs the Icelanders had assembled brom Reykjavik's furniture stores the other day, sat down in some of them and then gave his verdict: "Fly in my own chair." Spassky, the 35-year-old world champion, did not seem to worry much about details of the $250,000 match. Before leaving for a salmon fishing tour of northern Iceland the defending champion said, "I am not going to argue about chairs, chess boards and sets. I will leave that to Bobby.

It makes no difference to me." After lengthy and dramatic preludes, both Fischer and Spassky appeared ready to start Dedicated Service To All BENNINGTON OUR POLICY Since 1884 ARLINGTON ANSO Miss Kathy Callanan of a Iceland the first of their 24 games Tuesday. is relaxed and ready. We will' play Tuesday unless Spassky is ill," said Fred Cramer, vice president of the U.S. Chess Federation. But the players still have to inspect and approve the facilities in the hall, where the organizers expect 3,000 fans playing $5 each to be on hand Tuesday.

Gudmundur Arnlaugsson, deputy referee of the match, spent all day Sunday polishing off the fine details. He tested several chess boards and finally settled for one made in Iceland specially for the match. It has been put together from Icelandic stones. Arnlaugsson, who had to take over when the chief referee Lothar Schmid of Germany flew home Saturday, also has a choice of five or six different chess sets of various sizes. Schmid said he would return Thursday after visiting his son, who was injured in a traffic THE SHOE SALE FURTHER REDUCTIONS! ONCE A YEAR EVENT SUMMER CLEARANCE RED-CROSS COBBIES SOCIALITES SELBY FRONT-ROW AMERICAN-GIRL HUSH-PUPPIES TROTTERS SRO.

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