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FISCHER STILL OUT Chess Title Match May Collapse century expressed a belief that Fischer in the end would sabotage the championship AMONG T11E more optimistic was Larry Evans a former American champion who knows Fischer well He said say there was a 50-50 chance he will come" One Swedish expert left for home in disgust Icelanders themselves though they may not believe Fischer will come have made no great rush to return the tickets they purchased for the match Fischer's 24-game match with the Russian world's champion was to have begun Sunday and the president of the world federation Dr Max Euwe announced if the American challenger failed to show up by noon Tuesday (7 am CDT) he would risk forfeiting his chance at the title Euwe said his personal opinion was that will he no play at THE RUSSIANS reluctantly accepted Euwe's decision to delay the match Asked what he thought of the situation Spassky replied: came to Fischer's representatives in Iceland requested the postponement on the grounds that he was unable to play because of fatigue Rut it was generally assumed that the request was part of Fischer's campaign to get more money out of the Icelanders Fischer and Spassky have agreed In split a $125003 purse' with the winner taking five-eighths and are also to each get 30 per cent of the sale of film and television rights But Fischer is seeking an additional 30 per cent of the gate receipts and his representatives have been negotiating this point with sponsors SLATER'S OFFER was immediately relayed to Fischer in New York a spokesman for Slater said The six-man board of the sponsoring Icelandic Chess Federation was reported unanimously opposed to paying Fischer the extra money One board member called Fischer's gambit blatant attempt at THE BOARD MET until the early hours today with Fischer's lawyer Andrew Davis A spokesman said there was no progress As the deadline approached the board was in session again to decide whether to pursue negotiations with Davis a man they say has no written credentials from Fischer Some chess experts who have gathered here from distant parts of the world for what promised to be the match of the REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP) The world chess championship was threatened with collapse today only hours before Bobby deadline to show up or forfeit his match with Boris Spassky of Russia Fischer the American chess champion was reported sticking to his demand for more money He told the New York Daily News he wouldn't yield and was reported in New York A British banker today offered Fischer a deal worth 50000 pounds $130000 at official parity to entice Fischer to play his Soviet rival Boris Spassky for the world title James Slater an investment banker said in making the offer has said that money is the problem Well here it is What I am saying to Fischer now is out and Auociated Prm Phot Spassky held thumb up outside hotel in Reykjavik Iceland champion still awaited arrival of Fischer The Wichita Beacon Monday July 9 1972 20 Volume 99 Price 10c 1152 BOMBS ROUT ENEMY Flee South rages 2 Parts The spokesmen said the attackers might be trying to pull South Vietnamese troops away from the drive on Quang Tri The Saigon command also reported fighting continuing for the third day 75 ni'les nortlR'ast of Saigon It said a North Vietnamese attack on a district headquarters at Phuoc Rinli was repulsed and 120 of the attackers were killed most of them bv air strikes OVER NORTH VIETNAM US Navy jets blasted the Yong Bi thermal power plant 10 miles northeast of lluiptiong for the second time in six weeks Tlie US Command reported several main buildings destroyed or damaged including a coal treatment facility boiler generator buildings and other areas LAOS Number ISO Drive The power plant was last hit on May 2-1 with TV-guided bninhs US spokesmen said they did not know whether the bombs were used again in Sunday's attack IN OTHER AREAS North Vietnam US planes hit pipelines pumping stations and storage tanks and several surface-to-air missile launcliers and missiles Hanoi claimed two US planes were slug down Sunday one over Hanoi and the other over Uaihong The US Command made no report of any losses Sunday but it disclosed that a Navy A7 was lost two weeks ago on June IB aluiut 30 miles southwest of Vinh It said the pilot was not found despite a search Inda-pendence Hail While thp Dandy hopcluls declaim President Nixon and his wire plan to sHnd a quiet holiday at the Western White House in San Clemente The President said in his annual Fourth of July message that the spirit of the first Independence Day lives on that evil is too strong to be overcome by the American IN PITTSI1UHG1I Pa which is still recovering from the tragedy and destruction wrought by Tropical Storm Agnes the American Wind Symphony will present a BYOL concert Bring Your Own Light Tuesday night Flooding knocked out the electrical system in the park where Hie group plays but director Robert Boudreau said if everyone brings their own flashlight no other power will he needed Broadway's bright lights in New York will feature a free Tuesday night performance of Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the as a Fourth of July gift to the public support drove off the attacks killed 100 of the North Vietnamese destroyed four tanks and captured another The spokesmen said five marines were killed and 17 were wounded Thirty miles to the south 30 rounds of heavy artillery' fire hit Hue military spokesmen said but there was no immediate report of casualties Nearly 70 shells crashed into the former imperial capital Sunday killing 12 civilians and wounding 53 It was the first shelling of the city since the North Vietnamese offensive began March 30 ALLIED OFFICERS said the shells apparently came from a 122mm artillery piece which has a range of about 13 miles It was believed concealed in a mountain position west of the city not far from Fire Base Bastogne Spokesmen also said government troops in two positions west and northwest of Hue were hit by more than 1200 rounds and by a ground attack at one position Sunday and early Monday Backers Court convention pitting McGovern's delegates against those now banded together in an cflort to deny the South Dakota nomination The vote would mark the first expression by hundreds of uncommitted delegates and give a strong indication whether McGovern has enough supixirt among them to win the nomination on the first or second ballot McGOYERN IS no longer dogged by accusations that he is really just a stand-in for Sen Edward Kennedy But he is still surrounded by numerous aides and advisers who have tics with that famous political family For several months after McGovern announced in early 1971 his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination he faced continual speculation that he would eventually step aside willing his organization anil popular support to Kennedy That talk has long ended and the speculation is now whether McGovern would offer the vice-presidential nomination to Kennedy and whether Kennedy would accept If Kennedy did he probably would have little dmiculty feeling at home in the McGovern campaign organization MCGOVERN'S TOP two day-to-day strategists Frank Manckiewicz and Gary Hart worked in the lale Sen Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign that ended with the candidate's assassination Other former Kennedy hands among McGovern's workers include the South Dakota senator's press secretary a speechwritcr adviser a political troubleshooter advisers on economics tax reform and international issues some political officeholders who were closely allied with the late John or Robert Kennedy and numerous middle-and lower-level workers in McGovern's campaign office Among McGovern aides with no active Kennedy tics the most prominent are former newsman Richard Dougherty Joe Grandmaison and four members of McGovern's regular Senate staff personal secretary Pat Donovan administrative assistant George Cunningham executive assistant Gordon Weil and legislative assistant John Hulum Wichita Kansas 67201 Reds SAIGON (AP) South Vietnamese marines supported by UR fighter-bombers dropping cluster bombs on fleeing North Vietnamese troops moved forward today toward Quang Tri City Associated Press correspondent Holger Jensen reported from the northern front that the North Vietnamese were fleeing in small groups before the steady movement of the the US air strikes and the shelling of American Navy ships offshore US B52 bombers flew 13 missions around Quang Tri City striking ahead of the marines to within three miles of the southeastern edge US fighter-bombers hit the North Vietnamese with antipersonnel cluster bombs THE MARINES reported the North Vietnamese attacked them on their eastern flank with a force of infantry and tanks But spokesmen said the South Vietnamese and their air and artillery Take Tiff to From The Beacon's News Services WASHINGTON Supporters of Sen George McGovern went to US District Court today seeking to overturn a Democratic Credentials Committee decision that took away 151 of his national convention delegates They argue that the Credentials Committee acted unconstitutionally last week when it set aside California's 1 winncr-take-all primary election rule and decreed the 271 delegates should be apportioned on the basis of percentages of the popular vote received by each candidate The committee decision could block a McGovern first ballot nomination at the convention which starts in Miami Beach a week from today Stephen Reinhardt Democratic national committeeman from California and a cochairman of the state delegation said McGovern approved the legal move told us he thinks we are doing the right Reinhardt said IN LOS ANGELES California delegates for Sen Hubert Humphrey who were selected after the Credentials Committee decision said they were not concerned about the court suit or a potential convention floor fight over seating of their slate The first major test of McGovern's strength at the convention appears certain to come opening night when the delegates settle one of the most explosive issues facing them the seating of the California delegation THE TIP-OFF may come very early when Democratic National Chairman Lawrence O'Brien rules whether 120 California delegates who were not challenged are allowed to vote on the seating of the rest of the delegation O'Brien's ruling whatever it may be is almost sure to provoke an appeal and set off the first significant vote of the TODAY'S CHUCKLE You really beat the game If you win anything it's less taxes If you buy anything it's plus taxes THE WEATHER WTCIHTA Considerable cloudiness and much cooler with showers and thunderstorms likely tonight and Tuesday Low tonight 57 High Tuesday 76 KANSAS Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers and cooler tonight and Tuesday Lows tonight 50 northwest to low 60s southeast Highs Tuesday upper 50s northwest to mid-TOs southeast Weather map on Page 5B OX TIIE IXSIDE Amncmtolt 3A Ann 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free but the ticket holders had to come dressed in the colors of the flag NBC taped the show for broadcast at 8:30 pm CDT Tuesday NATIONAL Yankee Doodle will be selected in Philadelphia from among 13 teen-agers who were horn on the Fourth and who represent the 13 original colonics The youngsters competed in an essay on My American Freedoms Mean to Acting FBI Director Patrick Gray III will deliver the keynote address Thunderstorm Triggers Tower Failure in City Staff Phots by Jim Wampler year however the city has reported 1021 inches 403 inches below normal HAIL STRONG winds and locally heavy rains were reported south and east of Topeka Sunday evening Over-brook reported one inch of rain during a heavy thunderstorm Sunday nighL Yates Center measured 291 inches to 7 am today with Worden reporting 175 Pratt 147 and Greens burg 110 inches of moisture during the period Temperatures across the state on Sunday ranged from 74 at Goodland to 93 at Wamego Overnight low readings varied from 50 at Goodland to 70 at Pittsburg The mercury climbed to 89 degrees in Wichita Sunday followed by an overnight low reading of 67 CLOUDY SKIES a chance for additional scattered showers and thunderstorms and cooler temperatures are on tap for Kansas at least through Tuesday The expected low in Wichita tonight is 57 followed by a high Tuesday of 78 Lows elsewhere across Kansas tonight are forecast to range from 50 in the northwest to the lower 60s in the southeast Highs Tuesday are anticipated to be in the upper 50s in the northwest to the mid 70s in the southeast section of the state Note for License Plates A moderate thunderstorm moved through the Wichita area this morning bringing the total amount of rainfall receive since Saturday to 141 inches A power failure was reported in Wichita at 9:01 this morning A spokesman at The Electric Co said the area was bounded generally by the Arkansas River to Meridian and from just south of Douglas to Lincoln He said crews were working in the area at 10:20 am and power bad been restored at that time The power failure was attributed to the thunderstorm A SPOKESMAN at the National Weather Service here said the rain was the result of warm moist air flowing over cooler drier air The cool air extends from New England through much of the nation to Lubbock Tex and then northward through Kansas Considerable cloudiness mild temperatures and scattered showers and thundershowers continued to dominate extreme southern and western portions of the state this morning By 10:30 am today 68 of an inch of rain had been reported at Municipal Airport During a severe thunderstorm Saturday 73 of an inch was recorded Three days into July Wichita rainfall is 102 inches above normaL For the Proposed By BERN1E WARD Beacon Staff Writer Notations on driver licenses and license plates identifying the owner as a "problem were two measures suggested today by the director of a federally sponsored alcohol safety program as means of combatting drunk driving Don Ferguson director of the Wichita Alcohol Saiety Action Project (ASAP) said at a morning press conference the licensing requirements were being considered as ways to improve existing laws concerning excessive drinking and Ferguson referred to the licensing steps after announcing the results of an ASAP survey conducted here last fail which indicated one out of five Wichita drivers stopped during the survey hours had been drinking and one out of every 30 legally was drunk THE NOTATIONS on driver licenses Ferguson said would alert police the holder if arrested is a problem drinker and informatkin would then be passed on to a judge when the violation goes to court The license tag would serve to warn motorists the car bearing the tag contains a and other drivers could then become more defensive in their driving Ferguson said He identified the drinker as one who drinks excessively and then Tests have been developed which separate the social lroin the problem drinker he said IN ADDITION ASAP will begin urging the Stale Legislature lower the Tom to Page DRINKERS 1.