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MWf? nnffiyTfTIMw 2A THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sun July 2 1972 Deluge Stalls Quang Tri Drive outskirts of Song Ee in at- tacks Friday night and early Saturday They overran militia companies defending the Phuoc Binh and Xuyen Loc district headquarters within a mile of -Song Be Then the sources said they shelled the provincial capital r' itself The Communists also shelled and then seized the Bara marketplace three miles southwest of Song Be The capital is only 15 miles from a Communist stronghold across the border in Cambodia and paratroopers engaged in the four-day-old drive tried to keep dry under tents made of ponchos Seibert said North Vietnamese artillery however laid down heavy barrages against Highway 1 from the My Chanh River northern defense line to Quang Tri City 12 miles to the north The Communists were apparently trying to stop government troops from filling the hundreds of shell holes in the highway the only paved road in the area Seibert said South Vietnamese paratroopers had advanced Friday-to the outskirts of Quang Tri the only one of the 44 provincial capitals captured by the Communists during their three-month-old offensive Military sources said Viet Cong guerrillas were closing in on Song Be 77 miles north of Saigon and capital of Phuoc Long province before the downpour began in Quang Tri They said the commandos 200 strong captured at least two district headquarters and a village marketplace on the United reii Internationa! SAIGON Torrential rains bogged down the South Vietnamese push to recapture Quang Tri City from the North Vietnamese Saturday Meanwhile Viet Cong guerrillas closed in on a provincial capital only a three-hour drive from Saigon UPI correspondent Barney Seibert reporting from the northern front said the tropical rain brought South 20000-man Quang Tri campaign to a virtual halt Tanks and trucks sank into the mud Government marines Daley Group Wins Skirmish Delegate Credentials Fight Sent Back To Courts AP Photo Vietnamese Is Helped From Battle Near An Loc Soldier Was Wounded Trying To Open Road To The City Justice Rehnquist Is Reluctant To Rule During Court Recess 2250 Miles Do It Lying Down US Expects Lillie From Paris Talks United Press International WASHINGTON President Nixon and his top advisers do not expect an early breakthrough at the Paris peace talks despite Hanoi's agreement to resume negotiations July 13 That was one reason sources said Saturday that Nixon took an extremely tough sland at last week's news conference about continuing the intensified bombing of North Vietnam Although industry and communications are taking a savage beating by American air power North Viw etnamese leaders still have not given any real signal they are wiling to negotiate on a basis agreeable to the United Stales -i The lack of optimism here over the possibility of any rapid progress when the talks resume stems from the belief that Hanoi probably still clings to the hope that Nixon may be forced to soften his position before the November election ly be a chance for full high court review of the Issues That being the case the convention would come and go before any truly final judicial judgment could be rendered making the issue moot he said The Conk County court is to hear further argument in the case on Wednesday The credentials committee ruling upheld a contention of the challenging slate that Daley's group had been chosen secret a violation of new party reform rules group countered that it was the challenge slate that was put together out of public view while theirs was chosen by vote Chicago Alderman William Singer a co-chairman of Daley could win his fight to oust the insurgents on the convention floor think he has the votes to he said hope that the matter will end Singer added we will be back before the Supreme Court in a few Veterans Benefits To Increase WASHINGTON President Nixon Saturday signed legislation to increase by 10 per cent the Veterans Administration compensation for men with service connected disabilities The measure gives the same rates to men disabled in war time and in peacetime effective July 1 1973 For 40 years the rates had been different The present gap is 80 per cent of the wartime rate for peace time veterans Also in the bill is a new clothing allowance of $150 a year for veterans who must wear prosthetic or or-t i devices which tend to wear out or tear normal clothes United Press International HULL Mass Larry Ca-pune a 29-year-old lifeguard from Balboa Island Calif shoved off from Nantasket Beach Saturday morning to begin paddling his 18-foot surfboard 2250 miles down the Atlantic Coast to Miami Fla Barring mishap he hopes to average 25 miles a day as he paddles with his arms and lies prone on his stomach on the surfboard He had hoped to enlist the aid of a girl volunteer to meet him each night when he came ashore but was unable month and could be reversed on a vote by the full Convention delegation had been officially uncommitted to any presidential candidate the challenge delegation includes 40 McGovern supporters ruling technically was to refuse to interfere with federal appeals court clearance for the state courts to proceed to consider the dispute A lower federal court had ordered the state courts to stop Rehnquist ruled that the challengers had failed to demonstrate state courts could not adequately handle the case He said they therefore must be allowed to continue But Rehnquist the high newest member expressed considerable reluctance to rule because the Supreme Court is in summer recess and there would not like United Press International WASHINGTON Though denied convention seats in a preliminary party ruling Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and 58 fellow would-be delegates won a legal skirmish in the Supreme Court Saturday that could bolster their claim to be the legitimate representatives of Illinois Democrats In a ruling by Justice William Rehnquist a local court in Cook County III was given a go-ahead to continue proceedings in which it had temporarily prohibited rivals of the Daley delegation from pressing their claim within the party Because the local court injunction had been stayed by a federal court the rivals did present their claim to the credentials committee meeting here this week and on Friday received committee sanction to be seated in place of the Daley delegation which was formed as a result of winning in Illinois primary voting The credentials committee ruling which gave the candidacy of Sen George McGovern a boost will be raised again at the national convention in Miami Beach later this Convention Hall Readies Special Wallace Box United Press International MIAMI BEACH Special box seats and a portable ramp for partially paralyzed George Wallace were installed Saturday at the site of the Democratic National Convention Convention manager Richard Murphy ordered the six-chair box reserved after what he described as a cooperative" Friday meeting here with top aides of the Alabama governor Murphy also ordered a closed circuit television set installed in Wallace's suite at a Miami hotel so the governor could observe the convention proceedings from his room Folks Like Visiting Charlotte to find anyone willing to keep tabs on him during the planned 70-day trip Capune wanted a girl he said because he finds them more dependable than men who he felt might not stick to it The purpose of having someone meet him he said was to make sure he arrived at each destination and notify authorities if he failed to keep the rendezvous The on-shore companion driving a car would also carry his provisions In order to cope with his lack of "companionship Capune attached a watertight sack to his surfboard containing personal provisions and of The current trip is designed to set a new record for paddling surpassing the 942 miles he paddled down the East Coast in 38 days in 1965 He has made several lengthy trips off California including 557 miles in 16 days from San Francisco to Newport Beach Part of the reason for this trip he said is to express his individuality in a exciting and socially acceptable to counter the adverse criticism college students have experienced recent-ly- His desire is to establish what he calls a that would see groups of young people taking paddle-board trips IJS Chess Champ Asks For Delay (C) 171 New York Tlmee New Service REYKJAVIK Iceland Bobby Fischer has asked for a two-day postponement of his chess match with Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union according to Andrew Davis attorney Thus the match and there is no certainty that the International chess tournament will ever be held would start on Tuesday instead of today Fischer Davis said is an impediment to playing and he pleaded that Fischer was not medically fit to start the match Asked why the challenger had not arrived earlier Davis contended that reporters had spotted Fischer at Kennedy International Airport on Thursday night and had prevented him from leaving Fischer who has delayed his trip here several times is now expected to arrive this morning Continued From Page 1A they come just on special occasions or for special needs A guy in York SC have as much trouble getting to the airport as a guy who lives on Randolph Road A company decides to put a plant outside Wadesboro because among other things their trucks can get to 1-85 in an hour or less you come over to Charlotte much?" I asked Ray Crisco the Stanly County register of deeds sure do" he said a i All those Shrine events Just a couple blocks from The Observer building" most of the developments in Charlotte and the protests and controversies They even use Charlotte as an object lesson Many of these smaller towns are growing and they have their own urban redevelopment projects and problems and their zoning headaches and taxing problems and they keep up with all Charlotte situations and learn from our mistakes These (owns need to learn all they can to ease their own growing pains Monroe has a major redevelopment plan which will remake the center of that town It has already started The new Union County Courthouse good for said John Marshall an execu-t've at the Rock Hill Printing Finishing Co do a lot of recruiting interv i 1 people in other parts of the country of times these people want to know if anything to do around here if there are plenty of places to go for entertainment that sort of thing say sure there's the Coliseum with Ice Capades and all kinds of things and Ovens with a summer theater usually and the nicest kind of restaurants and shows" Charlotte is a convenience center ail right And because it is these many thousands keep up with In His Sweat Suit the OLD Temperatures CHARLOTTE TEMPERATURES 4lMAHkc Tidal Data is in use and before long a wide street out in front of it will be a garden-like mall Albemarle Is already using 1 its new courthouse and jail I and library Concord is going to build a new courthouse shortly All around us these towns are going through major changes and watching Charlotte development aches and pains with intensity Why a lot of our neighbors even want to live in their own small towns let alone pay Charlotte's taxes and fight Charlotte's traffic daily More and more couples Irr this region are joining that growing class known to the Census Bureau as the non-farm I That means a neat brick I ranch-style house on an acre lot on Road 200 between Monroe and Stanfield where you'll see miles of such abodes It means many of others out in the pretty country around Casar and Toluca west of Lin-colnton From their places these people can forget the traffic lights and blocked streets of a until they get danged good and ready to use our facilities And now evidence that many Charlotteans tired of the crowds at some of these facilities are turning outward looking for services for themselves out in the nearby counties Some Charlotte friends have taken to going up to a nice steak house in rural Cabarrus to get away Many Charlotteans have found some golf courses to their liking in Stanly County I dropped in the oilier day on the Gastonia Municipal airport which is on NC 274 several miles south of town on the way down toward Rock Hill a small airport but with some nice equipment and repair shops and a 3500-foot runway It's only 12 air miles from Douglas There was a surprisingly large number of private planes parked there and I sort of whistled at this when I visited with Dick Caldwell there of them are owned by Charlotte people" he said of them just wanted to get away from the jet Note- I remember enjoying any of my newspaper wo ik more than writing this series of Visiting Around cof Minns But this is the last of the series I am going to be domg some much broader traveling around on another writing project for the next several months We'll see later how this one turns oit Hlah 12 -16 Low 6 55 pm Charleston Hloh a Low 638 am Myrtle Beach High 11-56 am High pm Low 6' 23 am Low 640 pm Carolina Beach High 11-59 am Low 6 26 a Low 6 43 Miscellaneous The old farmer thought he was as soaked as he could ever be after the rams then Ma Bell the car insurance people and Duke Power put in their bids Well the codger has weathered worse storms The Almanac has a sunny prediction for the beginning of the week with clear skies and hot temperatures Then it warns of rain developing by the middle of the week and continuing through the weekend The wet weather should help cool the mercury though The official forecasters took time out from adjusting their fans to issue this word on the weather: Metrolina Charlotte and vicinity will be mostly sunny and warm today becoming fair and warmer tonight Monday will be partly cloudy warm and humid with a chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers Highs will be in the upper 80s with the lows in the upper 60s The high on Monday will be near 90 Winds will be from the west to southwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour a 20 per cent chance of precipitation through tonight and 30 per cent Monday Beaches Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers this afternoon and evening Winds southwesterly at 10 to 15 knots through tonight Visibility 5 miles or more in haze lowering to less than 2 miles in showers The Carolinas North Carolina will be partly cloudy through Mon- JULY 3 9 Corn's knee high by the 4th of July Pick blueberries now Kidd deported July 6 1699 Last quarter of the Moon July 3 Salvation Army founded July 9 1865 Average length of days for week 15 hours 12 minutes Tragic Hartford circus fire July 7 1944 Independence Day July 4 Alewives return to the sea Trees stop growing for the year now Never make two bites at a cherry Old Riddle: Why is Ireland likely to grow rich? (Answer below) Ask the Old Fsrmer: My mother-in-law alwiys insisted that her bed be placed so that she slept with her head to the north Could you tell me the meaning of this idea? SF Lynn Mass Ottr sainted grandmother (the one who carried a hatchet in her apron pocket) also slept with her head to the norrad She claimed that a person who slept this wag was safe from lightning if and vhen it struck Lightning did strike her hanse once and the holt ran right through the place missing the old lady clean She said told yon so!" hut I have v'ondered if the lightning didn't actually sheer off from her out of fright Home Hinti Fix atickin drawer by ruhbinr ap wooden alidr Feed raw earrota to your do or rat and the r)o of it coat will improve Heat a randie holder in hot water and then innert the candle RiddU anewer It's capital ia alwaya Dublin OLD WEATHER FORECASTS Weather Tip of the Week: Good vacation weather Pacific Northwest New England Coastal: Begins with light rain then turns very warm with heat moderating by week's end Northern Inland New Fngland: Showers at first then elear and pleasant by midweek through end Greater New York: Off and on showers all week Sun peaks through now and then Middle Atlantic Region: Begins with light rain then turns heavy by midweek right thiough weekend Southern States: Heavy rain through most of week clearing by week's end Northern Plains: Begins hot with heavy rain Light rain from midweek on Rocky Mountain- Central Plains: Partly cloudy at first then heavy rain beginning midweek through weekend Pacific Northwest: Clear and very warm through most of week Cooler and light showgrs by week's end day with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers mainly in the mountains today and over the state Monday The highs today and Monday will be in the 80s and low 90s The lows tonight will be in the 60s and low 70s South Carolina will have variable cloudiness through Monday with a chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers The highs today and Monday will be in the upper 80s to lower 90s The lows tonight will be in the upper 60s to lower 70s City-By-City Temperatures than an inch of rain in a six hour period Thunderstorms also were scattered across the South and over the Rockies and the adjacent plains (CljarlDtle too Tryon Ctiarlottt 28201 Telephone: Switchboard 371-7070 Classified Ads 377-7474 Circulation Service 374-7322 SUBSCRIPTION RATES smalt copyi Dally toe Sunday 23e Heme Delivered: 7-Day esc week 370 month t-Day toe week 240 month Sunday 30c week 130 month Delivered By Mall To Postal Zones 1 2 A 1 1 Mo Mo 1 Yr Dally 3 30 19 10 39 to Sunday 190 1140 25 90 Dally A Sun 4 35 2410 S2 20 Rates to Postal 2ones 4 4 7 A I furnished upon request Mail subscriptions ara payablt In advance resident add 3 sales tax Second ilas postage paid at Charlotte All earner dealers and dfstrwu-tors are Independent correctors Payments not In accordance with the established rates not euthoriied Net Paid ABC Publisher's Statement Sept 30 1971 Daily 172758 Sunday 211980 the mid-60s in the mountains to low 70s elsewhere The Nation Rain is forecast today for parts of the Midwest and Florida Warm weather is exppeted from Texas to the Northeast and in California Cooler temperatures are expected in portions of the Midwest Most of the South sweltered under hot and humid conditions Saturday while thunderstorms brewed in the central sections The Southwest remained dry and hot with temperatures topping the 100-degree mark while most of the North enjoyed moderate to warm weather A line of severe thunderstorms packing gusty winds hail and heavy rains moved across Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma Fort Smith Ark was drenched with more EXTENDED FORECAST Tuesday through Thursday will be warm and humid with scattered showers and thundershowers Tuesday mainly in the eastern portion Wednesday becoming partly cloudy and less numerous on Thursday Highs in the mid-80s in the mountains to upper 80s and low 90s elsewhere Lows in -I- eieMWCPB 5-C.