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The Sacramento Bee from Sacramento, California • 4

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Thursday July 6 1972 THE SACRAMENTO BEE Page A4 Fischer Apologizes Chess Classic Is Set For Sunday thousands of fans around "I know you to be a sports-the world and especially to man and a gentleman and I many friends I have in the ym pisdier concluded United States" The written apology from the American challenger was one of the chief conditions posed by the Russians before Spassky would sit down at the chess board with Fischer Fischer told Spassky: "I have offended you and your country the Soviet Union where chess has a prestigious position" The temperamental American also apologized to Dr Max Euwe president of the International Chess Federation the Icelanders "the morning to the world chess champion from the Soviet Union apologized for his "disrespectful behavior" More Prize Money Fischer whose delayed arrival doubled the prize money for botli him and Spassky but also started an avalanche of confusion asked the Russian to "accept my sincerest apology" "I simply became carried away by my petty dispute over money with the Icelandic chess organizers" he wrote REYKJAVIK 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 been 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 bv hand this Rejects Another Demand i However Fischer brushed aside a demand from the So-J viet Chess Federation that he forfeit the first match be-' cause of his tardy arrival lie said this "would place me at a tremendous handicap" and: he didnt believe the "world's champion desires The Sacramento Bee Ibsued Dallv Includino Sunday McCttikhv Newbnanets Uwner and Piih lisher Ollicc Twenty First and rdniento Cdlllornia Msilinq dddress PO Box M9 sr rdmento Cdlitoniia 9ia 1 3 Phone Member ol the Associated Pres Thf Associated Press is entitled ciLsiveiv tu the use tor Duplication of dii news printed in this newsoaner Member ot the Audit Bureau ot Orcula tions Sccono-cliiss DOstage Daid at Sacrampn to California Subscription rates by mail: In Caiiior ma Nevada and Oreoon daily S'm day 54 00 Der month Sundwonlv on per month In other slates nv mail daily Sunday S4 SO Der month Sundav-onlv S2 50 Der month such an advantage in order to play me" Ik OiFP -f a jv-'s jjjj-iiv y-y' MAMIYASEKOR 6-PIECE CAMERA OUTFIT! Banner Head Navy Chaplain Lt Paul II Williams I'SS Energy and USS Firm to the Repub-seemed to be having difficulty with a lie of the Philippines navy At the po-windblown flag at Long Beach in a cere- dium is Lt Cmdr Gerald Scott of the mony for the turnover of minesweepers USS Energy AP Wirephoto PRESIDENTIAL rufmtyn COUNTDOWN By Warren Rogers 1000 DTL camera has an exclusive "creative switch" that lets you choose between "average" or "spot" meter readings Outfit includes Vivitar 135mm telephoto lens 2X teleconverter electronic flash plus an accessory shoe and deluxe "pro" case Only once in a hundred years do you see an outstanding value like this! MamiyaSekor has incorporated two metering systems into its 1000 DTL camera to give you perfect control over exposure regardless of the light source It lets you the photographer create artistry with light All included accessories are made to give you total photographic indoors or out Complete outfit is packed in a handsome fitted "pro" case See it today! long-suffering veteran of many a political campaign rolled her eyes and sighed a wan "yes" fCto cm cElED fiE 380 COMBINATION WHAT'S IN A NAME The Secret Service is running the names of all connected with the two conventions press and all through a computer to make sure none is a threat to the various candidates On the other side of the coin the Florida Highway Patrol has decided that if troopers' names are being taken by demonstrators to harass them they can hide their nameplates as police did in Chicago in 196S plined hard-working all the virtues the voter is thought to expect in a president Nixon would of course be pictured as flunking this personality-character test by comparison But some advisers argue this won't be enough They are telling McGovern he must tackle not only what kind of man President Nixon is but his performance on the issues They contend more votes can be swayed by demonstrating if he can that Nixon has failed to cope with the presidency This argument is based on the premise that the voter wants a man who can do the job regardless of his personality and character The best bet is that McGovern will win the argument as he has others with his advisers and if nominated make it a man-to-man fight in the fall CAMPAIGN CAPERS- By Warren Rogers WASHINGTON With 18 weeks to Election Day George McGovern's anger over losing some convention delegates is cooling but he is still hassling with his staff over how he should run against President Nixon if he is nominated McGovern's strategists are extremely edgy over possible party backlash against his irate reaction when the Democratic Credentials Committee decided the California primary which he won wasnot winner-take-all after all They fear the outburst could do him in at the Miami Beach convention just as Edmund Muskie's temper tantrum in New Hampshire helped cool him from shoo-in to also-ran But as delegates braced for the opening gavel Mc-Govern remained within striking distance of a first-ballot nomination his strength holding His strategists not as cocksure as they had been nevertheless pursued their running argument over how McGovern should approach the formidable foe he would face in Nixon Man-To-Man McGovern's instinct good enough to get him this far against huge odds is to run a man-to-man campaign That is he would present himself as independent truthful concerned aware disci Zippies are chortling over how the "straight people" of Miami swallowed and fretted over their tall tale that a golf course had been seeded by aircraft with marijuana to be ripe by convention time The Southern Christian Leadership Conference will skip the Republican convention in favor of one of its own elsewhere in August Extra security men are being added to the Nixon compound at Key Biscayne during both conventions and some 3000 National Guardsmen will be on "short notice" alert Frank Sinatra is strong for the GOP but his daughter Tina will appear on the Democratics' big fund-raising telethon this weekend ALL IN TE Hubert Humphrey was on the rostrum at the National Press Club replying to questions when an aide slipped him a note saying he had won the California delegate challenge His whole demeanor changed The light of battle rekindled in his eye Leaving the club later he kissed his wife Muriel in the elevator and said "Well mother it's a new ball game" Mrs Humphrey FOUR LENS I COMBINATIONS ''yW'fpJ't' 50mm lenj for normal i 'j Jl 135mm telephoto len for JJr 1 OOf) nTfjnTTi medium dijtqnce shots 1 mil I mJy tr yours free Mr JUST F0R C0MNG 0 AND EXAMINING OUTFIT lv i4' ml If Tiff -p I i SAVE NOW ON THESE GREAT VALUES AT JUST SAY "CHARGE IT!" Forfy Winks 5601 FLORIN ROAD Phone 422-8990 WARDS Open Won thru Fn Sat Sun I Plenfy of fVe store-sIcJe parting Flamingos at the Walter Stone Zoo in Stoneham Mass rest "comfortably" with their necks twisted and heads rested on their backs Many of them stand on only one leg AP Wirephoto.

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