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Happy Birthday America Nation Marks 196th Birthday The Napa Register SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) President Nixon issued a and THE NAPA JOURNAL States on its 200th birthday in 1976. broadcast invitation to the world today to visit the United Inside Today "Let America be known throughout the world as the 'land of the open Nixon said in a live holiday radio broadcast. from the Western White House. He spoke from a prepared text.

Nixon expressed hope that "millions I upon millions of visitors" would help celebrate the U.S. bicentennial. Nixon said he would send formal invitations to foreign governments "extending a welcome to the people of those nations to visit the United States, as laws and circumstances permit, during the bicentennial era -and especially during the year 1976." Noting that America has been peopled by immigrants from many lands, the President said it is time to say to the world's nations: "You helped to make us what we are. Come and see what wonders your countrymen have worked in this new country of ours. Come and let us say thank you.

Come and join in our celebration of a proud past. Come and share our dreams of a brighter future." He struck much the same theme in a formal holiday message which is published below in full: This Fourth of July holiday is an appropriate time for every American to reflect on the deeper meaning of the momentous events at Philadelphia 196 years ago today. John Adams, later to be our second President, summed up that meaning in a letter to his wife on the night of July 3, 1776. The Continental Congress, to which Adams was a delegate, was to complete its work on the Declaration of Independence the following day. About that event he wrote: PP' am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.

I can see that the end is more than worth all the means. And that posterity will triumph in that day's You and and all of the 209 million Americans living today, are the posterity of which he spoke; and we have triumphed, in ways the Founding Fathers scarcely dreamed of. Over the past two centuries our revolutionary heritage of self-government has helped to make the United States, the freest and strongest nation history has ever seen. It has enabled us to bear with unfailing honor the responsibility of world leadership in the cause of peace. As we look back to America's beginnings, therefore, we are surely entitled to a feeling of pride and gratitude at the same time, through, as we look forward to America's bicentennial, just four years from today, we also have a feeling of healthy impatience for change--a determination to make this good land even better.

It is in this traditionally American spirit of pride in our past and present, and purpose for our future, that I would like to talk with you for a few minutes today about some of our preparations for the year 1976. In 1966 the Congress established an American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. I have worked closely with this commission and its chairman, David J. Mahoney. At our urging its membership has recently been expanded to make it more broadly represenative of all the America people.

The commission's excellent plans call for truly national participation in our Bicentennial Observance. Thousands of communities in all 50 states will contribute to a celebration as wide as America's land and as richly diverse as its people, within a framework of three, interrelated programs. One is called Heritage '76' This will focus on the unfolding panorama of our nation's history over the course of two centuries. Another is called Horizons '76. This will involve looking into our third century, selecting goals to help make America the "more perfect union" we all want it to become, and then working together to achieve those goals.

The third major program, and the one I especially want to talk about this morning, will be known as Festival USA. Its concern will be travel, discovery, and hospitality-hospitality by Americans to Americans, and hospitality by Americans to millions upon millions of visitors from nearly every country of the globe. In the near future. I will be sending, in the name of all the people of the United States, formal and official invitations to the governments of nations around the globe, extending a welcome to the people of those nations to visit the United States. 38 laws and circumstances permit, during the bi(Continued on Page 2-A) Classified 7-8-9-10-11B Comics 4B Community Calendar 7B Editorials 4A Features 6B Markets 2A Obituaries 11A Television 6B Sports 8-9A Weather 10A Movies 6B Womens 2B Two Girls Drown At Berryessa Two young girls drowned in Lake Berryessa Monday afternoon when one tried to rescue the other from deep water.

The Napa County Sheriff's Department late this morning identified the victims as Clementine Genneen Bates, 13, of Palo Alto; and Regina Lynn Barbour, 10, of Menlo Park. According to sheriff's department reports, the two girls were swimming near the Etucuara Creek Bridge at the north end of the lake when one began struggling in eight feet of water. The other attempted to rescue her and both girls drowned. Identification of the victims was hampered because their parents were not with them at the lake. The girls were with an uncle and aunt and friends, according to county reports.

The drownings Monday afternoon were the fourth and fifth to occur at the lake this year and No. 97 and No. 98 since the lake was created by construction of Monticello Dam 15 years ago. 'Three persons had drowned in the lake up to the (Continued on Page 11A) Highway Toll By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The number of traffic fatalities reached 530 early today with the return trip home still ahead of many Fourth of July holiday weekend travelers. The count of traffic deaths began at 6 p.m.

Friday and will end at midnight Tuesday. The 102-hour period is generally considered four days. 110th YEAR, No. 278 Trio Arrested In Child Slaying LAKEWOOD, CALIF. (UPI) Sheriff's deputies arrested three young men today in the killing', of a 4-year-old girl who was blasted by a shotgun from a passing car as she played in the yard of her home.

Joyce Ann Huff was hit by 42 shotgun pellets, two of them entering her brain. The shot was fired from a car that slowed as it passed her home in the Hawaiian Gardens area Sunday. Someone in the back seat poked a shotgun out the window, took aim, and cut the child down, according to witnesses. A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who arrived on the scene called it "a joy killing," with no apparent motive other than the thrill of it. The sheriff's department threw a force of 50 detectives into the hunt for the killers.

Early today, deputies arrested Donald Paul "Cochise" Antel, 21, Mike Ramirez, 18, and Oscar Hernandez, 22, all of Norwalk. All three were booked on suspicion of murder. Deputies said Antel and Ramirez were arrested at Antel's home here and Hernandez later picked up at his home Pool Bans Nude Dips STANFORD, Calif. AP For more than 60 years the Stanford University men's pool has been available for nude swimming by men daily between noon and 2 p.m. Last week two unidentified women students went to the pool, undressed and jumped in.

The administration closed the pool Friday. Monday the word came down: No more nude bathing in the pool at any time, but it will be open for men only between noon and 1 p.m. and for women only from 1 to 2 p.m. Ten cents per Tuesday, July 4, 1972 PRICE: $2.50 per Parking Space Dispute Mervyn's Cancels Dow Downtown Lease By HARRY V. MARTIN Register Assistant Editor Dissatisfied with the number of parking spaces and their design in the downtown area, as well as delay in the start of construction of a new building, Mervyn's has cancelled its lease with developer Gust Nichandros.

This does not mean, necessarily, that Mervyn's will pull out of downtown Napa, but it apparently puts the onus on the city and the developer to renegotiate a lease to the satisfaction of Mervyn's, providing adequate parking facilities. The announcement, which places redevelopment in its most precarious state since its conception, was made by Mayor Ralph Bolin Monday night at the Napa Parking Authority meeting. Bolin read a copy of a registered letter sent to Nichandros from Mervin Morris, chairman of the board of directors of Mervyn's, which states: Said lease specifically provides that in the event lessor (Nichandros) failes te acquire both the premises and the right to use all of the parking spaces referred to in the said lease for the purposes set forth in said lease by June 30, 1972, lessee (Mervyn's) may by notice in writing, delivered to lessor, terminate the lease. "Since you (Nichandros) have not as of the date hereof acquired both the premises and the right to use all of the parking spaces referred to in said lease, notice is hereby given to you that said lease is terminated as of the date hereof (July 1), and is of no further force and effect." The letter is the culmination of nearly two weeks of a series of meetings and complaints between the city, developer and Mervyn's. At the base of the cancellation is Mervyn's discontent with the parking facilities and the city's jockeying around of parking spaces, as well as the uncertainty from time to time of what parking the city is making available, Larry Mitchell, manager of the local Mervyn's store, indicated to the Register late Monday night.

Morris, who was enroute to Hawaii at the time of the public announcement, and Nichandros were not available for comment. Mitchell said termination of the lease was on the advice of the company's lawyers to protect the firm. Mitchell added that, though the company hoped to remain in the redevelopment area, the next move is up to the city and the developer to come up with adequate parking and construction times, respectively. Mitchell emphasized that Mervyn's is not pulling out of town, but he did not rule out the possibility of moving across town or to some location other than the core area. The status of the termination means that it's a new "ball game," according to Mitchell, who said the company was displeased with the city's parking arrangements.

The city stated Monday night that it did not know how many parking spaces Mervyn's wanted -Mitchell says it is 304 "adequate" spaces. To date, the city has only supplied 171 permanent spaces. These spaces, incidentally, do not meet the design status Mervyn's is seeking. Temporary parking arrangements made by the city are totally inadequate, according to Mitchell, who said Morris is dissatisfied (Continued on Page 11A) City Of Napa Recreation Tax On Ballot A measure to increase the city tax rate by six cents will appear on the ballot in November. The Napa City Council agreed Monday night to submit a recreation tax proposal to the voters.

Already included in the current $1.77 tax ceiling is four cents for recreation. The ballot measure would raise the recreation funds to 10 cents per copy month where a yellow 1966 Chevelle belonging to Hernandez was seized. Detectives did not say why they suspected Antel and Ramirez. They said Antel had previously been arrested on attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, burglary, arson and narcotics charges. The dead girl's mother, Mrs.

Bernice Huff, 37, said she heard (Continued on Page 2 A) Russ Ace Refuses To Play Chess REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) The opening game of world chess championship was postponed again today after Russian Boris Spassky protested challenger Bobby Fischer's behavior and walked out of a meeting with the organizers. Representatives of the American grandmaster later conferred with Spassky and his aides in seach of some compromise to what the organizers termed "complications." Tass news agency said Spassky accused Fischer of violating rules and wanted him punished. Less than two hours before the match was to begin, Spassky and his second, Yefim Geller, drove to the Soviet Embassy, presumably to consult with authorities in Moscow. This supported the sentiment that Spassky's belated protest after a week of complications caused by Fischer was on Moscow's orders. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation hoped the match could be saved.

The new starting date for the 24-game series was Thursday. It was to have begun Sunday. Spassky, the world's champion, lodged a formal protest objecting that Fischer, the (Continued on Page 2-A) $100 assessed valuation and the total tax ceiling to $1.83, if approved by the electorate. The proposal was in response to a request of the Napa Recreation Commission to increase its allotment of tax funds to be used for development of more city parkland. Under the ballot measure, which will carry the endorsement of the city council in November, five cents of the proposed tax base would be used for acquisition of parkland while the other half would be used for maintainence and administration, plus improvements to existing parkland.

parklands. Because the City of Napa is under a charter system any tax increase must go to the voters..