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Portage Daily Register from Portage, Wisconsin • 10

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4 PORTAGE DAILY REGISTER Mon July 10 1972 Page 10 hS wf iirors being for Ellsberg trial- '4 "fe' fr Hope heads benefit BALTIMORE Comedian Bob Hope has recruited a of Hollywood personalities to appear with him July 22 in a six-state telethon to raise money for victims of Tropical Storm Agnes Hope complied a list of stars including Zsa Zsa Gabor David Jansen Fess Parker Mike Douglas and Miss World US A within hours after a request Sunday from a Boston television station Dayan hits spraying JERUSALEM Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan said Sunday that it had been a mistake to spray plant-killing chemicals on 125 acres of Arab land in the occupied Jordan west-bank Dayan told the regular weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem that those who ordered the spraying last week should have consulted higher authority (He said authorities who ordered the spraying made a LOS ANGELES The Pentagon Papers trial of Daniel Ellsberg "finally begins today and it could bring a parade of former government officials testifying about the practice of classified information A panel of 100 prospective jurors was summoned to appear in US district court in the espionage theft and conspiracy case against the 41-year-old Ellsberg and codefendant Anthony Russo i Selection of 12 jurors and six alternates is expected to require about a week with the total trial lasting 10 to 12 weeks In pretrial hearings the defense produced affidavits from a number of high government officials that it was deals 4 have been embarrassing to several administrations but was not espionage Both sides are expected to call expert witnesses on the sensitivity of the documents Ellsberg and Russo colleagues at the Rand Corp In Santa Monica from which they admit the papers were removed face possible lengthy prison terms if they are convicted The indictment makes no mention of the of the documents but actually talks only of a conspiracy alleged to have been carried out from March 1969 to September 1970 more than eight months before the documents wjre published The New York Times which won this Pulitzer Prize for publishing the papers is not mentioned in the indictment i a choice of a mix of wheat corn sorghum rye barley and oats Nixon was pleased with the agreement among other reasons because it will provides work not only for American farmers but for those involved in shipping it such as railroad and dock workers exporters seamen and shippers the White House said 4 -c The agreement was announced as Nixon relaxed here at his Oceanside home aide going to Moscow World War II Lend-Lease debt owned by Russia and credit arrangements two of the major obstacles to broader trade between the two The United States claims the Russians owe about $800 million and the Soviet Union only acknowledges a $300 million debt Under the grain deal the Soviet Union will be granted up to $500 million in credit through the commerfciaT credit corpora common practice to make secret information available to the news media Among them were John Kenneth Galbraith former ambassador to India Kennedy White House aide Theodore Sorenson and former assistant secretary of state for public affairs Robert Manning Another key question is whether the documents on the evolution and escalation of the Vietnam war contain information dangerous to the national security and defense The government contends they do and has earmarked certain sections of the 57-volume study to prove their point Ellsberg and Russo say they broke no law but performed a patriotic act in making information available to the American public about Vietnam decisidn-making that it may tion the government-backed agency which normally handles commodities transactions at the regular 6-Vb per cent interest It also marked the first occasion that such credit has been furnished the Russians Their previous purchases were for cash During the first year of the three-year agreement Russia will buy at least $200 million worth of US crops their Pr We know a couple of cats who think chess such a big thing and wonder why Bobby Fischer is putting up such a fuss about his upcoming world title match with the Russian Boris Spassky UPI photos MENS co mid BOYS WEAK REDUCED TO CLEAR own chair arrives1: match might start Tuesday About grain SAN CLEMENTE Calif President Nixon will send his secretary of commerce to Moscow this month to work on comprehensive to US-Soviet trade following upthe unprecedented $750 million grain deal He will bring up the old Russian World War II debt Plans for the trip by Secretary Peter Peterson were disclosed this weekend by Henry Kissinger chief foreign policy adviser The President wants comprehensive new approach to the issue of US-Soviet economic Kissinger told newsmen He described the agreement to sell the Russians American grain as major toward that end The deal is by far the largest such trade transaction ever between the United States and the Soviet Union negotiations will focus on settlement of the Partial eclipse visible today By United Press International The shadow will sweep across the earth today at more than 1000 miles an hour during an eclipse of the sun A total eclipse will occur along a 113-mile-wide strip starting just north of Japan and ending in the North Atlantic as the moon comes between the sun and the earth A partial eclipse will be visible in America ranging from about 14 per cent in San Francisco to 90 per cent in Boston Scientists using sophisticated instruments including rockets carrying electronic observation gear planned to track the eclipse from land sea and air Experts- warned amateur astrologers and others that looking directly at the eclipse could cause permanent eye damage The total eclipse was scheduled to begin at sunrise (2:29 EDT) near Sakhalin Island north of Japan and travel eastward across the Sea of Okhotsk and the peninsula of Kamchatka in eastern Siberia the Bering Straight northern Alaska -and Canada Hudson Bay and the Canadian maritime provinces It will fade out at 5:03 pm EDT in the North Atlantic During the eclipse the shadow travels at an actual speed of 2100 mph but since the rotation is in the same direction (1040 mph) the apparent speed will be 1060 mph The full eclipse will last 2 minutes and 36 in a remote area northwest of Hudson Bay and near the Arctic Circle Nixon MENS DOUBLE KNIT DRESS SLACKS 100 per cent textured Polyester Knits with wide belt loops and flared Regular 1599 Values Save 399 pair 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 i 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 accident start the first of their 24 games Tuesday is relaxed and ready We will play Tuesday unless Spassky is said Fred Cramer vice president of the US Chess Federation But the players still have to inspect and approve the facilities in the hall where the organizers expect 3000 fans paying $5 each to be on hand Tuesday Gudmundur Arnlaugsson deputy referee of the match spent all day Sunday polishing ALL DOUBLE KNIT MENS KNIT In dress and sport styles all are perm press Reg 399 43 ALL MENS specially 300 )22 Values A 199 Values 66 BOYS JEANS Values 244 350 966 Values -A and all sizes 322 399 Values 799 aa Values Fischer took one look at the dozen different chairs the Icelanders had assembled from furniture stores the other day sat down in some of them and then gave his verdict: in my own Spassky the 35-year-old world champion did not seem to worry much about details of the $250000 match Before leaving for a salmon fishing tour of northern Iceland the defending champion said am not going to argue about chairs chess boards and sets I will leave that to Bobby It makes no difference to After lengthy and dramatic preludes both Fischer and Spassky appeared ready to Pope says talks helpful VATICAN CITY Pope Paul Sunday called the Vietnam talks in Paris gleam of for ending the war in Indochina XAs the bitterness of the conflict in Indochina grows from day to he said now is a gleam of He called for a new spirit at the scheduled resumption of the talks to make that hope come true SICKROOM NECESSITIES for the comfort of the patient and convenience of the home nurse 7 REYKJAVIK Iceland (UPI) The Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world chess match can 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 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? would look better if both Spassky and Fischer had the same said Gudmundur Thorarinsson president of the Icelandic Chess Federation Zanuck leaving Warner Bros LOS ANGELES Richard Zanuck 37 whose father helped fire him from 20th Century Fox Studios announced Sunday that he was leaving Warner Bros Zanuck said he is leaving his job as senior executive vice president at Warners along with his long time associate David Brown because it is to strike out and make some pictures of our Brown was executive vice president for creative operations REAL ESTATE SCHOOL! Become a Licensed Real Estate Broker or Salesman Start now Low Fee Visit class tree in Baraboo at Cooperative Service Center on My across Irons airport on Tues July It at 7 Approved for Veterans Benefits Also classes Madison Also Home Study Course Wisconsin School of Real Estate HI Wis Ave Milwaukee New state aids bill for Marquette expected MILWAUKEE (UPI) The president of Marquette University The Rev John Raynor said he is confident the school and Wisconsin Legislature will be able to prepare legislation to provide lawful state aid to the dental school 1 The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that a bill to provide financing now in the Legislature is unconstitutional But the ruling which the school is now studying left open the door for revised legislation that would provide aid in a constitutional manner are of course disappointed that certain technical aspects of the legislation failed to pass judicial Raynor said in a statement Saturday we have little doubt of our ability promptly to prepare revised legislation which will fully meet these technical Raynor said the school would present the earliest possible a new bill to get the aid which Marquette says it needs to survive BOYS DRESS and SPORT SHIRTS I99 44 299 Values 2yy 4)44 144 1 33 2 Values BOYS CUT-OFF JEANS BOYS SWIM SUITS BOYS PAJAMAS BOYS SPORT JACKETS Reg 499 4 BID NOTICE Sealed bids on a 1964 Ford F-250 4 wheel drive chassis and cab will be accepted by the Arlington Fire Dept Arlington The Deaprtment reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids Bids will be opened Saturday July 15 Address bids to Arlington Fire Dept c-o Bill Bell Arlington Wis 53911 BUILDING or REPAIR Tool and Die Machine Parts SIMONSEN TOOL AIID MACHINE MFG CO Pardeeville Wis 418 Chestnut St 429-3491 Reg 1199 Reg 799.

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