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i milt 1 1 iiMin 'ftur liiujjh tW 1 illiT riinWu niiiTiri itij-htpiimifiiMfrtrr imiliiiilfiiiwiiiTW'fr 'tout orrent Viet Drive SAIGON (UPI) Torrential rains bogged down a giant South Vietnamese push to recapture Quang Tri City from the North Vietnamese Saturday and 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 virtually to a halt Tanks and trucks sank into heavy rains came One marine was wounded The government reported 484 of the enemy killed in the four days of the drive There were 36 South Vietnamese dead and 149 wounded 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 up north in Quang Tri 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 enemy during their three-month-old offensive South Vietnamese marines reported killing 34 of the enemy early Saturday in a battle seven miles northeast of Quang Tri before the the mud Government marines 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 ENEMY apparently was trying to stop government troops from filling the an enemy stronghold across the border in Cambodian rubber country Guerrillas overran Bo Due district headquarters 15 miles northwest of Song Be during the first week of the enemy offensive They generally had remained quiet in the area since then In the air war American planes flew across North Vietnam Friday to hit a MIG airfield 55 miles from the Chinese border Warplanes from the carrier Midway in the Gulf of Tonkin blasted a 300-foot strip of the runway at Kep Airfield 30 miles northeast of Hanoi THEY SAID the commandos 200 strong captured at least two district headquarters and a village marketplace on the outskirts of Song Be in attacks 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 itself The enemy also shelled and then seized the Bara marketplace three miles southwest of Song Be The capital is only 15 miles from Worldwide Trade In Weapons An Important Political Tool The worldwide trade in arms has become the weightiest and most important tool of international power and diplomacy The United States accounts for more than a third of the total weapons and since 1950 has supplied the astronomical figure of $70 billion in arms exports to other nations Viewpoint The Cuban Touch Is Making Imprint On Miami's Construction Industry The Cuban touch is evident in every section of Greater Miami These new Americans fdr years a major economic factor in our area are now making an imprint on construction industry especially in housing Today Cuban contractors are responsible for approximately 30 per cent of all building here Home and Design A Parents' Primer On Marijuana Lse Oct 3 Checks Will Contain Benefit Boost Ik1? I xk Although many of their children use marijuana few parents understand one of the most controversial and confusingtopicsAn expert attempts to put the phenomenon in perspective Gone Are the Days of Bombastic Exaggerated Movie Advertisements They make movie ads like they used to The days of screaming bombastic exaggerated advertisements are gone advertising by comparison tends to be bland unimaginative and at bestsnobblishly tasteful Lively Arts 4 Coombay Summer Awaits Tourists A real bargain awaits the tourist who visits the Bahamas The city of FreeporUs offering its Summer a program exposing to the visitor various aspects of Bahamian culture And for the budget-minded the prices in this resort area are downright cheap Travel World Wounded South Vietnamese Soldiers Evacuated From Besieged An Loc casualties were taken to a landing pad during letup in action World Chess Match Ready to Start But Fischer Shoivn Up Yet more than $3 billion by which Congress has thrown his fiscal 1973 budget into deficit He called this inflationary NIXON SAID he will call for the offsetting cuts in other programs There was no immediate indication of where the cuts will be proposed The 20 per cent boost brings to 45 per cent the increases granted within three years and since each increase was applied to benefits already raised the overall cash increase runs to well over 50 per cent New tables have yet to be released by the Social Security Administration but some average figures have been made available The 15 per cent increase which became effective in January 1970 plus a 10 per cent increase in January 1971 'raised from $100 to $129 the pension for an average retired single worker The latest raise will move that to $158 The two earlier increases raised the average payment from $170 to $223 and this will be $271 after Sept 1 These figures are averages and actual benefits run both lower and considerably higher than these figures The actual benefits are based on the number of years worked and on the salary on which the Social Security taxes were paid during those years iSiawi trail! The Miami Herald it published every morning by The Miami Herald Pub hshmo Co One Herald Plaza Miami Florida 13101 Second class postage pad at Miami Florida tUftSCHtPTIONS Herald Carrlar Delivery NEWS SUMMARY port the games play by play and that all rights to still pictures in the hall had been sold to an American syndicate To get their accreditations newsmen were asked to sign a declaration that they were not going to give a play-by-play account and that they would limit themselves to linked to cost-of-living rises And it includes prompt tax refunds for those who suffered from the Hurricane Agnes and South Dakota flood disasters Nixon hailed both of these features He said the automatic cost-of-living increase a major breakthrough for older by providing a hedge against inflation which he says he has long urged Nixon signed a batch of more than 16 bills before his departure several of them directed to providing disaster relief and additional benefits for veterans He approved bills to: 6 Provide up to 13 extra weeks of unemployment compensation for workers who have exhausted their benefits It particularly affects states where unemployment remains high The extension remains until Dec 31 1972 Provide an additional $200 million for disaster relief which will principally aid 'areas of five eastern states hit by Agnes New York Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and Florida Funds will be available also to help in continuing recovery efforts from the San Fernando earthquake in California and flash floods in Rapid City and Buffalo Creek Va 0 Provide a 10 per cent Increase in monthly benefits for disabled veterans which will start Aug 1 Nixon had sought to head off the 20 per cent Social Security rider attached under the sponsorship of Sen Frank Church (D Idaho) Republicans wanted to cut the increase to 10 per cent and accused Democrats of playing politics But it passed by 82-4 in the Senate and 302-35 in the House Nixon said that the measure was not fully funded and imposes considerable additional tax burdens on all wage-earners But he said he had given his approval because of deep concern for the well-being of our older Americans They both need and deserve a significant increase in Social Security He said the failure to fully finance the increase would add $3 7 billion to Down on storms were scattered across the humid Southeast and from the Rockies to the adjacent Plains The national forecast: Mostly sunny and warm weather Martha Above Nixon Mitchell told United Press she was Press Wlrephoto three reports from each game Many refused to sign and decided to buy tickets instead to get into the hall Asked by newsmen whether he expected the match to begin today Spassky said "I think so But I know for sure and at this point I want to think about International about her decision to step down from the prestigious post of attorney general to take over command of reelec-tion drive just breaks my heart" Mrs Mitchell said describing her husband as perhaps greatest attorney general the country ever The domestic crisis that brought resignation became public property June 22 when Mrs Mitchell telephoned UPI White House correspondent Helen Thomas from a motel in Newport Beach Calif where she was visiting and disclosed her to Mitchell Of his wife Mitchell said: little sweetheart she gets a little upset about politics but she loves me and I love her and what the 100 mark in the southwestern desert country A low pressure disturbance triggered thunderstorms over Central portions of the nation And thunder man Tigran Petrosian in 1969 He locked himself into his hotel with his assistants who included two Russian grand masters1 to relax before the first game Newsmen and photographers arriving to cover the match were told that they would not be allowed to re John Puls JTN ture of our country than your reelection as letter said had looked forward eagerly to devoting all my time and energy to that result "I have found however that I can no longer do so on a fulltime basis and still meet the one obligation which must come first the happiness and welfare of my wife and daughter They have patiently put up with my long absences for some four years and the moment has come when I must devote more time to Unmentioned in the letters but manifestly there between the lines was the record of public confrontation between the demonstrative frequently emotional Martha Mitchell and the outwardly stem pipe-smoking lawyer vf II fh ture fromew York without giving kny explanation He failed Saturday night to hoard the last scheduled flight to Iceland SOME CHESS sources said he was playing a game of nerves frying to upset the 35-year-old champion who has been in Iceland since June 21 preparing for the marathon match which will include 24 games Others said Fischer was stalling because he was not happy with the money agreement he and Spassky had accepted The Icelandic organizers have put up $125000 in prize money with five-eighths going to the winner and the rest to the loser The sources said Fischer suddenly demanded an additional 30 per cent share of the gate receipts but the Icelandic Chess Federation rejected it The drawing of lots to decide who is playing the white pieces in the first game was postponed until this morning SPASSKY DID not appear to be disturbed by the last-minute drama surrounding his first defense of the title he won from fellow country Tide Tables in Sports Sec MIAMI AND VICINITY: Partly cloudy through Monday with some mainly afternoon thundershowers likely High in the 90s Low in the upper 70s Southeasterly winds 10 to 15 ph Rain probability 30 per cent SMALL BOATS: Exposed Atlantic coastal waters from Capa Kennedy through the -Florida Straits Southeasterly winds 10 to 15 knots Seas around two feet Exposed Gulf coastal waters from Cedar Key to Florida Bay Westerly winds 10 to 15 knots Seas around two feet inland waters from Lake Worth through Biscayne Bav Southeasterly winds 10 to occasionally 15 knots A light chop on the waters FLORIDA: Partly cloudy with mainly afternoon showers over the north and south portions High temperature range 86 to 95 Low temperature range 70 to 60 FLORIDA EXTENDED OUTLOOK: Wednesday through Friday Partly cloudy to fair with only a few showers expected High in the 90s Low mostly in the upper 70s Statistics 7 00 A Barometer 30 08 Relative humidity 91 Highest temperature (pelt 12 hours) Lowest temperature (past II hours) Mean temperature Normal temperature Accumulated excess since first of monlh (degrees) Accumulated excess in temporaturft since Jan 1 (degrees) Highest and lowest this date smee 1939 96 and 60 Local ramfall for 74 hours ending at 7 in inches 00 Rainfall this month 00 Deficiency this month 26 Ramfall smee Jan 1 34 40 Excess since Jan I 10 41 7 00 30 07 72 48 75 82 I Tropical Heat Wave Bears THE WORLD AS TORRENTIAL RAINS STALLED the South Vietnamese push to recapture Quang Tri from the North Vietnamese the Viet Cong closed in on a provincial capital only three-hour drive from Saigon Page 2A INVESTIGATORS ARE POSITIVE A BOMB tore apart a Cathay Pacific Airways jetliner over the Central Highlands of South Vietnam last month sources in Saigon said The sources said a suspect being watched in connection with the crash in which 81 passengers and crewmen including 16 Americans were killed Page 13A THE NATION 'i ALTHOUGH EXPRESSING serious concerns about 2 cuts that might be forced in other programs President Nixon signed into law a 20 per cent boost in Social Security benefits which will take effect in September Page 1A CITING THE HAPPINESS and welfare of his family as of prime importance John Mitchell resigned" as the head of President reelection campaign He was replaced by Clark MacGregor former five-term Minnesota congressman who has been serving as counsel for congressional relations Page 1A CLEANUP CREWS USING STRAW and other absorbent materials contained a six-million-gallon oil spill that threatened water supplies along a 32-mile stretch of the Schuylkill River It was described as the worst inland spill in the history of the United States" Page 4A FLORIDA A NUMBER OF NEW STATE LAWS are now in effect 133 to be exact They include measures to provide better protection of the environment and set up a new office to investigate welfare fraud Page 1C REPUBLICANS ARE HOPING for a sweep by President Nixon in the fall election that would carry over and give the GOP a majority in one of the houses of the Legislature They are shooting for the Senate Page 5C GREATER MIAMI A COMPLEX CONTROVERSIAL 40-year financing plan involving an agreement between the Dade Port Authority and the major airlines has been proposed Page IB THE AMBUSH SLAYINGS of two members of a Miami-based motorcycle gang has been described by police as a plot to get revenge for the theft of a motorcycle Page IB si PUTS TEENAGERS CHRIS EVERT of Fort Lauderdale and Jim Connors after denying reports in the British press of a budding romance led the American 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City Montnrrey Nassau San Juan St Croix St Kills Local National World Temperatures GREATER MIAMI Clark MacGregor replaces Mitchell who is her devoted husband That record has bemused official Washington and the ration for the past week as reporters recorded efforts to come to terms with his openly rebellious wife Their disagreement was apparently in the making last Feb 15 when a weeping Mrs ered the South while oppressive conditions were being felt in the arid Southwest where a hot spell continued unabated The mercury ranged above July II July it July i July 10 90 Prec 75 Coral Gablet Miami Airport Miami Btach 85 75 87 80 WEST Pensacola Tallahassee Tampa Vero Beach Bch 92 71 95 68 91 75 91 74 93 Albuouerout Anchorage Bismarck Brownsville Denver Ft Worth Honolulu Houston Las Vegas Los Angeles Ok la City phoenix Salt City San Antonio San Diego SOUTH Miss Rock 65 55 66 62 66 45 91 74 88 63 93 70 93 70 93 68 89 73 Asheville Atlanta Birmingham Charleston Charlotte son Knoxville Little 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