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1 2 Thur 6. 1972, ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES, Port Alberni B.C. 1 CHESS TEST STARTS SUNDAY MEWS I 1 IN BRIEF Fischer apologizes, ready to play The 24-giiine series bet- REYKJAV1K, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer made a full and penitent apology to Boris Spassky today, and organizers of the world chess championship match said the two would meet for their first game Sunday night. The organizers said it had iH'en agreed in principle to hold the drawing tonight to determine which player would have the white pieces and with them the first move. The young American, in a letter delivered by hand this morning to the world chess champion from the Soviet Union, apologized for his "disrespectful behavior." Fischer, whose delayed arrival doubled the prize Earlier Euwe had met other demands the Russians made on him and suggested that the start of the match he delayed further.

Euwe, president of the lute a i it 1 Federation, said he didn't penalize Fischer for his late arrival in Iceland because the American challenge is living in another world." lie said Spassky, the Russian world title holder, was "very upset and that he would like to give him another week before the first game. Euwe also admitted he had violated the rules in allowing two previous postponements the start of the match. He promised strict rule enforcement in the future. Dr. Max Kuwe, president of the International Chess Federation, and Icelanders, "the thousands of fans around the world and especially to the millions of fans and Ihc many friends I have in the United States," However, Fischer brushed aside a demand from the Soviet Chess Federation that lie forfeit the first match because of his tardy arrival, lie said this "would place me at a tremendous handicap" and he didnt believe the "world's champion desires such an advantage in order to play me.

"1 know you to be a sportsman and a gentleman, and 1 am looking forward to some exciting chess games with you," Fischer concluded. ween Eiseher and Spassky had been scheduled to start last Sunday. Eiseher stayed in New York, holding out for more money, and Euwe postponed the start of the match until Tuesday. Eiseher arrived that day, hut the Russians objected to bis conduct and Euwe put the start off until today. i a 1 i cl Wednesday for delaying the start of the match, but the ussi a a apologizes in writing.

Then they demanded that Fischer forfeit the first game. Award of the first game to Spassky would give him a 1-0 advantage at the outset, but chess experts said that in cunts demand concessions OTTAWA- The propriety of lrime Minister Trudeau's use of government aircraft last weekend in an "undeclared election campaign" was questioned by opposition members of the Commons Wednesday. On a one-day excursion Saturday, Mr. Trudeau used both a transport department Viscount and a Canadian Forces helicopter to visit Earlton and Swastika in northeastern Ontario. Another military helicopter was used between Earlton and Swastika to ferry reporters covering the prime ministers tiip.

McCurtcheon asked Defence Minister Edgar Benson in the Commons for an assurance that "ethical guidelines" governing the use of government planes in an election campaign were not violated on the northern trip, which he described as part of an "undeclared" campaign. Man charged with murder SURREY-Charles David Garry Head, 26, charged with the murder of seven-year-old Tanya Busch of Vancouver, was remanded without plea Wednesday to July 13 by provincial court judge Lloyd Steele. Head was guarded by a single RCMP officer when he made his brief appearance in court. Tanya Busch was kidnapped from her schoolground June 2. Her body was found two weeks later in Surrey bushland.

Calgary Stampede away CALGARY-Sixty years a wiry Indian cowboy called Tom Three Persons climbed on a musclebound horse called Cyclone and the violent aftermath gained the rider the worlds first bucking horse cha mpionship. That was the first year of the Calgary Stampede and today, when the rodeo celebrates its diamond jubilee, ornery cayuscs and leathery cowpokes still are the main attraction. "Boots and saddles" is the call to action for most Calgarians as well as the thousands of tourists who visit the Stampede city every year; cowboy hats and boots are worn by many residents and a lot show up for work in full western gear, right down to the six-shooters. Attendance at the 1971 Stampede, which ran for nine days, was 895,097, up 41,477 from the previous record set in 1968. This year, with the show running 10 days, hopes are that attendance will pass the million mark.

Public hearing slated VICTORIA- Resources Minister Ray Williston announced Wednesday the provincial environment and land use committee will hold public hearings later this month into flood control measures proposed for a new subdivision on the outskirts of Kamloops. No date has been set for the hearing. A cabinet order made public Wednesday stated no further subdivisions shall be approved on the flood plain above the Thompson River, in the district of Brocklehurst, until flood, erosion control and drainage plans have been approved. Beer barrel swish' ST. JOHN'S, A royal commission that examined the Newfoundland Liquor Commission leases says "evidently a very select clientele was allowed to purchase empty rum barrels" from the liquor commission.

If hot water is poured into the barrels and the barrels revolved, a few gallons of swish" are produced. The report says "swish has "almost the same stimulating effect as ordinary rum but perhaps was a little less palatable. Two more Protestant brothers, 19 and 20 years old, were slain Wednesday, after their liodies were left in a country QUANC TRI CITY Planes support Viet paratroops such a long series Fischer probably would overcome the disadvantage. A player gels one point for winning a game and half a point for a draw. Spassky needs 12 IHiints to retain his title, Eiseher 12.5 to take it away from him.

The winner is to get $231,250 and the loser $168,750, the highest amounts ever paid in chess. The original purse was $125,000, with the winner taking five-eighths and the loser the remainder. But Fischer's holdout brought a $125,000 contribution from London hanker and chess enthusiast James D. Slater to double the purse. Each player also gets $75,000 from the television and film rights.

latte. There were reports that the youths had Catholic friends and one of them had a Catholic girl-friend. offensive is to destroy the North Vietnamese forces in the area. "Then naturally Quang Tri will he taken," a spokesman said Thirty miles to the south of the nine-day-old drive, the North Vietnamese shelled Hue for the fifth day. About 100 shells hit the former imperial capital, but half of them were duds.

One person was reported wounded, and a Homan Catholic church and a home were badly damaged. rl Join your friends at the GREENWOOD "The Centre Ring of Excitement" in North Port Alberni July 8 9 P.M. 1 A M. The Milltown Brass GREENWOOD MOTOR HOTEL 300 Beaver Cr. I I phne I i 723-3516 1 BMP ft9twnm WALT DISNEYS 411 cttrooN hamhi UUT.1OTIUJS I.THE HONKERS.

Umted ArtYstsHB adult entertainment THURSDAY, FRIDAY SATURDAY Show at Dusk CliWI EASTWOOD. A FiSIfUL 5f DOLLAR Keif-ascd thru TECHNICOLOR UNITED ARTISTS adult entertainment WARNING Nudity, sen and brutal violence B.C. SAIGON (AP) U.S. Navy fighter-homhers pounded North Vietnamese bunkers south of Quang Tri City today, trying to blast open a path for a force of South Vietnamese paratroops advancing on the Communist-held provincial capital. A i a correspondent Dennis Neeld reported from the northern front that the carrier planes bombed a line of bunkers about 2' miles from the centre of Quang Tri City.

The hunkers were concealed in a row of homes shaded by trees and flanking Highway One. Two companies of North Vietnamese troops, perhaps 21)0 or more men, were reported entrenched in the bunkers. One raptured prisoner told interrogators that they had called for reinforcements. But despite the U.S. air attacks, the entrenched North Vietnamese were firing on the paratroops.

An American officer said the battalion he is with could have pushed into Quang Tri City on Wednesday hut it was essential to secure the highway before advancing. Other paratroops penetrated the city limits Tuesday but took up defensive positions on the southern edge. The Saigon command said the im mediate objective of the PARAMOUNT 723-8412 money for both him and Spassky but also started an avalanche of confusion, asked the Russian to "accept my sincerest apology." "I simply lie came carried away by my petty dispute over mono) with the Icelandic chess organizers," he wrote. The written apology from the American challenger was one of the chief conditions posed liy the Russians before Spasskv would sit down at the chess Ixiard with Fischer. Fischer told Spassky: "1 have offended you and your country, the Soviet Union here chess has a prestigious IHisition." he ill a a 1 American also apologized to portion them toother primary eandiclates, chiefly Senator Hubert Humphrey.

The court suspended the effect of its rulings until 2p.m. today to give the high court time to act if it wishes, rhe Supreme Court has held only three special sessions in its history McGovern forces announced Wednesday afternoon that the appeals-court action gave their candidate more than the 1.509 delegate votes needed for nomination. The Associated Dress delegate count, which does not list officially uncommitted delegates who are leaning toward a candidate, showed McGovern with 1,436 votes U.S. medics warned of 'blue book' VANCOUVER (CP) The provincial governments publication of doctors' salaries last year opened a rift within the medical profession that "has been close to a calamity," Dr H. G.

Cooper of Vancouver told the western section of the American Urological Association Wednesday. He said the "blue book" of incomes creates strife amongst British Columbia doctors and is used by the government to impose greater controls. Dr. Cooper, president of the western section, warned S. delegates to study the effects of socialized medicine in Canada and bo prepared for its arrival in the U.S.

Dr. Cooper said a proper medicare progiam should tie of high quality, low cost anil be readily available to all people. He called on the profession to plan ahead and remain muled. Prof esf further BELFAST (AP) Militant Protestants today were demanding another concession from the British government in exchange for two weeks of cooperation in the ceasefire in Northern Ireland. The paramilitary Ulster De-fenre Association said it would barricade another Protestant section this weekend but after that would grant 14 days of peace and grace tq allow British forces "to deal with the deteriorating position." Britain's administrator for Northern Ireland, William warned that no more such no-go areas would be tolerated.

The UDA in effect was telling him he had to back down or face the possibility of an armed challenge to the army. The UDA, which claims it can bring thousands of armed fighters into the streets, also said that during their two-week peace and grace period, their men would be "standing in full strength to protect any area" during the processions July 12 of the Protestant Orange Order. This was a warning to both the British and the Roman Catholics not to interfere with the parades, which the Catholic minority regards as a provocative demonstration of Protestant domination in Northern Ireland. Both Protestant and Catholic marches have frequently touched off communal fighting in the last three years of violence. 1'he UDA last weekend barricaded five Protestant areas to protest VVhitelaw's refusal to interfere with Catholic-only enclaves policed by gunmen of the Irish Republican Army.

Later the I DA let the army take over the barricades in one sector but maintained unarmed patrols behind them. While the IRA generally continued to observe the ceasefire that the guerrilla command declared last week, a wave of sectarian attacks continued. Wednesday night a man was shot in the thighs in a Catholic district of Belfast and another was shot in the shoulder in another Catholic section. Eight men were murdered during the weekend two Protestants, five Catholics and a young Jehovahs Witness visiting from England. CUT it DAILY p.m.

'til Dusk EVES: PHONE SOCIAL CLUB HELPING TO START a new program of summer fun activity, pupil Allan Wilson and instructor Doug Brimacombe team up for golf lessons. Golf and a host of other recreational activity are being offered in the form of a summer sports camp. DEMOCRATIC FIGHT U.S. political scene still before the court Quebec gets tough QUEBEC- The Quebec government has proposed severe penalties for polluters and a single cabinet portfolio to handle all ecological problems. ajor pollutors will be fined up to $10,000 a day under the bill introduced Wednesday in the national assembly.

Fines up to $200 are provided for such infractions as littering a highway or operating a motor vehicle which does not meet pollution control standards. There was no indication in the proposed legislation of what new norms of acceptable pollution will be. Japan policies unchanged TOKYO- Kakuci Tanaka said Wednesday that as Japans next prime minister he plans no drastic departure from the policies of his predecessor Eisaku Sato. But then he added: It is like a new man taking over the presidency of a company. There are bound to be some changes eventually.

The 54-year-old millionaire construction executive is the countrys youngest prime minister since 1945. Holiday toll rises CHICAGO- Holiday traffic accidents took a record number of lives for a United States Independence Day holiday weekend. Authorities reported that 757 persons were killed on U.S. highways during the four-day observance which began at 6 p.m. local time Friday and ended at midnight Tuesday night.

The previous record for a Fourth of July weekend was 732 in 1967 when the holiday also ran four days. The count last year, a three-day observance, was 638. The National Safety Council had estimated in advance that 800 to 900 persons might be killed during the 102 hours of this year's holiday. People are war target' CHICAGO- A Roman Catholic theologian who visited North Vietnam last month to view damage by U.S. bombing raids says the Vietnamese people are the German Jews of the 1970s except that the crematoriums are B-52s and fighter-bombers.

Paul Mayer, a former Benedictine monk who left the priesthood in 1967 to marry and join the Catholic Resistance Movement, said in an interview: It is very clear that the U.S. target in the war is not military supply dumps and railroad lines but the Vietnamese people themselves. French gov't in works PARIS- The new French prime minister, Pierre Messmer, prepared today toform his government as the Gaullists planned their strategy to retain a majority in the coming National Assembly elections. While France waited for its new government to take power, it was clear that President Georges Pompidou had taken even greater political control of the country following Wednesdays forced resignation of Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Deimas. Drug connection seen WASHINGTON- Federal narcotics agents fear a new Chinese connection is developing as more heroin is smuggled into the United States in search of a market to replace that lost as American troops pull out of Vietnam.

Federal agencies battling narcotics are trying to meet the threat before it reaches crisis proportions. mint THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHTLY AT 7:30 SATURDAY MATINEE 1:00 P.M. ONE WONDERFUL SHOW! Hut Humphrey was in no mood to concede. He noled that the Supreme Court had not yet spoken. Humphrey conceded that it would be "quite a hassle" if the convention ignores the court, but said he felt it has the right to do so.

VALLtY OPEN 1 fir trlrasefl bv BUENA VISTA DISTRIBUTION CO INC 1972 Wlt Disney Productions STARTING SUNDAY, at 6:55 9 P.M. (Weather Permitting) Go-Cart Track 18-Hole Mini Golf Course WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic party forces are seeking a rare special session of the U.S. Supreme Court to determine which presidential candidate gets the California delegates Senator George McGovern thought he had locked up. The appeals, to be filed today, would go first to Chief Justice Warren Burger who would decide whether to call the justices back from vacation. The arguments revolved around constitutional guarantees of due process and the extent to which federal courts may inject themselves into partisan political processes.

Two groups arc appealing a U.S. Court of Appeals decision Wednesday which reversed the party's credentials committee in the California case, but upheld it in the Illinois case. First is the party hierarchy, which defends the committee as the proper body for deciding such matters and wants the high court to declare the selection of convention delegates offlim its to the federal courts. On the hand, forces loyal to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley argue that the courts should upset the committee once more and restore convention seats to Daley and 58 allies. McGoverns renewed hopes for a first-ballot presidential nomination ride on the verdict.

Whatever the outcome, said Democratic national committee counsel Joseph Califano, party leaders will "obey the law of the land." Rut commenting that "nobody controls a Democratic convention," he seemed to hint that the convention might flout a ruling it disliked. The Court of Appeals restored to McGovern all the 271 votes he won in California, reversing the committee's vote to take more than half the number from him and ap 71 2 EY JAMES COBURN VALLEY 723-8412 GATES at 8:30 STACY REACH HARRIS YUUN in DOC A Film bv FRANK PERRY GENERAL Some swearing and coarse language. B.C. Director. Smith Rd.

MORNINGS: AFTER HOURS PORT ALBERNI Presents for Members and their Advertising Deadlines For the convenience of the public, we are pub lishing our Display Advertising Deadlines. Copies of our rate cards may be had on request. Phone 723-8171 All display advertising copy is required to reach The A V. Times advertising dept by the times specified below For Monday's Paper by 3:00 p.m. Thursday For Tuesday's Paper by 3:00 p.m.

Friday For Wednesday's Paper by 3:00 p.m. Monday For Thursday's Paper by 3:00 p.m. Tuesday For Friday's Paper by 3:00 p.m. Wednesday Advertising copy received after 3:00 p.m. will be scheduled to run the following day.

Spectrum by 3:00 p.m. Tuesday Full Page Ads advance deadline', by one day Proofs to be returned to the publisher by 12 00 noon of day prior to publishing. gordie McConnell NORTHERN LIGHTS his and STARTING SUNDAY, Gates at 8:30 Shew at Dusk Allen Funt's "WHAT DO YOU SAY pL Alan Bates in TO A NAKED LADY" "WOMAN IN LOVE' THE BEST SOUND IN COUNTRY WESTERN AND ROCK FRI. JULY 6, 7 8 ''Warning Documentary with nudity and sen B.C. (NO ADMITTANCE TO PERSONS UNDER II) tHiimif? iiHiiffflniimmmivmMiHiNrHn.

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