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2A Tha Bradenton Herald Saturday July 8 1972 History Records Cruel Checkmates rive from the game of chess foriday Fisher feels the glare of now I own your costly ob-lthe elaborate chess table In Jcctsl said his competitor Reykjavik may be bright Talk about concentration To-1 It may distract him When a certain King Louis lost a chess game to Rognvald he stood up in a fury shoved his chessmen into a bag and smashed his opponent in the face with leaving him a bloody mess has gotten the highest stakes in history of chess for his series beginning Tuesday in Reykjavik with Boris Spassky the world champion Even though thousands of dollars of prize money are on the line today's championship prize is chicken feed Rognvald played King Louis for his head A woman was the prize in knightly saga A king put up his horse falcon and sword for a maiden and engaged in a game winner take all The king lost He left the game on foot unarmed and unloved consolation do you de- By ANN MENCKEN Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) The insulted egos and white-knucklod tensions before the Fischer-Spassky chess match may seem to be a blazing battle but pale beside the tales of bloodthirsty games in Medieval Iceland Chess boards in the 12th and 13th centuries were often the center of treachery revenge intrigue and murder according to sagas of the time Games were often interrupted because somebody' was getting hacked to pieces Referee Enters i Chess Bickering exclaimed the king i Rognvald rode off in a panic But his brother stayed to split the skull open These stories are aagaa from Willard Fiske'a in Iceland and in Icelandic published In 1905 It la said that American chess champion Bobby Fischer NY Abortion Law OKd could take a lesson from King Vsldemar In the year 1157 The king concentrated so hard on his chess game that when Canute gave him a big kiss' ha didn't even look up from tha board It took a troop of enemy sol dlers rushing into tha room to get his attention The king lept up to fight lie fell with a wounded thigh But his men covered him' with their bodies for protection They were chopped to bits and the king escaped The game was never finished Concentration could have been the downfall of Eric Piov-penning a wise ruler it la said He waa lured to the chess table by his blackhearted brother in the summer of 1250 The brother abused Eric as he sat play jng chess and Eric waa killed that very night King! Little did he merit so cruel a was tha comment from Fiske religion if the match ran past August the informants said Friday 1 Both disputes were solved when ihe contestants confirmed about 50 minutes before the draw that they would play The first game in the 24-game series begins Tuesday! During the bickering referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany threatened to quit REYKJAVIK Iceland Whether the world chess championship would take place was uncertain until an hour before titlist Boris Spassky of Russia and American challenger Bobby Fischer drew lots Thursday night sources say The Russians asked that Spassky be permitted to rest until Tuesday and Fischer demanded days off because of his (AP) Russia Won't Let Viets Disrupt Big 3 Peace Talks Breitel said "The Constitution does not confer or require legal personality for the unborn the legislature may or it -may do something less as it did in the abortion statute and provide some protection far smut of conferring legal Breitel agreed that the embryo is human only because it may not be characterized as not human and it is unquestionably The real argument Breitel said was a human entity conceived but not yet bom is and must be recognized as i person in the This he said is a largely religious and philosophical argument and the answer cannot be found in law The legislature thus has the power to make the decision he concluded issues are outside the law unless the legislature should provide ALBANY NY (UPI)-New York liberal abortion law was declared constitutional Friday by the state's highest court Court of Appeals voted 5-Cto uphold the 1970 law which Jq the most liberal It permits abortion for any reason (Hiring the first 24 weeks of pregnancy for both residents pad nonresidents of the state 'Robert Byrn the 40-year-old law professor at Fordham University who filed the original court challenge said he would appeal to the US Supreme Court In his suit challenging the constitutionality Byrn had asked to be appointed guardian of all unborn children ft the state and for the court to decide whether embryos should hit legally recognized as hu-rtans la the majority opinion Associate Justice Charles From First Bdllbt Victory Related lAr Story Page 1-A Bugging Attempt Probed had not been determined whether Hand has amended demands for a settlement that would be acceptable both here and in South Vietnam Citing President Nixon's recent visits to Red China and Russia the source said the three major powers have too much at stake to permit a deterioration in improved relations The Moscow visit the source said came after two years of planning on arms control control of Incidents at sea medical arrangements and other matters The visit to Red China the source added was made after it was decided that no US President in the 1970s could afford to neglect a nation of 800 million persons The source said the United States had reasons to believe Russia in reaching agreements in the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty and there are reasons to hope the agreements win be binding However the source added the United States must always be prepared in the event of a breakdown NEWPORT BEACH Calif (AP) A White House source says Russia has too much at stake to permit North Vietnam to disrupt relations between the Soviet Union Red China and the United States Speaking at a background briefing for Southern California editors Friday the source said North Vietnam has lost the backing of the rest of the world World opinion changed the source added with North Viet Invasion of South Vietnam by conventional warfare and with all its divisions Attending the meeting were Herb Klein President communications director John Ehrlichman a special presidential assistant and MaJ Gen Alexander Haig deputy to presidential adviser Henry Kissinger The source said South Vietnamese troops have done well since North Vietnam's invasion March 30" The communist forces have suffered heavy equipment and manpower losses in the invasion he added When Paris peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resume next week the war is expected to be settled by direct agreement The source said however It X-Rated Movie Slips By Warden DRAPER Utah (UPU-War-den John Turner said Friday inmates at Utah State Prison got to see an X-rated movie because he didn't know it was X-rated Turner said it was part of the weekly film program in the medium security section and he learn its nature until it was being shown of obvious security reasons we permitted the inmates to a the remainder of the film rather than to stop it after it already he said WASHINGTON (AP) Suffering a setback at the hands of the Supreme Court George McGovern Is now more than 200 delegate votes away tyom a first-ballot Democratic presidential nomination However the final preconvention delegate poll by The Associated Press shows the South Dakota senator with more than twice the delegate votes of his nearest rival Sen Hubert Humphrey Friday night the Supreme Court suspended an appeals court decision returning to McGovern 151 California delegates which the Credentials Committee had stripped from him-' The high court said the Democratic party would have to decide on the floor of Its national convention which begins Monday in Miami Beach if McGovern would get the delegates Here is the latest delegate tally McGovern 130715 Humphrey 50755 Sen Edmund Muskie 23705 Alabama Gov George Wallace 387: and uncommitted 40465' It takes 1509 to win the nomination In effect the Supreme Court ruling reinstated the Credentials Committee formula for apportioning delegates to candidates That formula waa based mi showings in the California primary But because of -the complexity of the formula It waa not immediately clear exactly how many delegates would go to candidates besides McGovern Hera is the latest delegate count: WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Committee to Reelect President Nixon is expected to issue a report soon on its independent pfobe of the alleged bugging Attempt of the Democratic ational Committee headquarters June 17 Former White House consultant Howard Hunt Jr inbanwhile has reportedly greed to discuss his alleged role in the controversial case kith federal Investigators who hive been searching for him since the break-in at the Watergate apartments James McCord former security chief for the Nixon re-election committee snd four other men were arrested inside (he Democratic headquarters Police confiscated some electro- hie surveillance equipment while making the arrests The Democrats immediately seized on the arrests as an election-year issue and filed $1 lawsuit against The Committee to Re-elect President Nixon Hunt was first linked to the alleged plot when his name was found in the address books of two of the five suspects Beside his name were the notations and House" The FBI had mounted nationwide search for Hunt but failed to And him William Bittman a Washington attorney gave federal authorities his assurances Friday that Hunt would meet with them to discuss the care if they called off the search" Youth Charged In Arrow Murder Tides MATVOMAl WEATHER SIR VICE FORECAST I 7AM ESI 7-9-72 3000 SEATTLE SATURDAY Bradenton I 29 10:25 7:33 pm Anna Maria 9:42 am I57 pm 29 Totals: 60755 1307A5 23705 387 404tf Needed to nominate: 1509 Others Rep Shirley Arizona Colorado 1 California 12 Delaware 65 Georgia 5 Idaho 2 Iowa Minnesota-J MontaHa 1 North Dhkotr 7 'NeW Ycfrk 4 Ten-6 Virginia 3 total 4425 Ramsey Minnesota 1 Rep Wayne Ohio 5 Sen Henry Calif ornia 2 Georgia 5 Louisiana 1 Nebraska 75 South Carolina 1 Washington 52 total 5725 Rep Wilbur Mills Arkansas 27 Connecticut 2 total 29 Sen Walter Kansas 1 Eugene McCarthy-CaUfornla 3 Terry Sanford-North Carolina 27 Virginia 1' total 28 Total delegate votes 3016 Needed to nominate 1509 home with an arrow piercing her chest The youth had Jived with Mrs Bachert until he Joined the Army Jan 1 He was arrested Wednesday night on-Interstate 94 near Dickinson when an Ioqra motor-IsHn the Dickinson area'' notified authorities after seeing a car described as one belonging to Mrs Bachert and which authorities said Shamblln might be driving Investigators said they found camping equipment and a bow and arrows in the car- SIOUX CITY Iowa (AP) -JIarold Shamblln the 17-year-eld youth accused in the bow nd arrow slaying of his grandmother has been returned here from North Dakota to face a murder charge -v Shamblln a soldier from Sioux City waived extradition in Dickinson ND and was brought back late Friday by Sioux City authorities 1 The murder charge stems from the death of Shamblin'! gandmother Gail Bachert 71 who was found dead Wednesday in the basement of her SUNDAY Bradenton 11:21 am 38 8:24 pm 43 Anna Maria 10:38 am II 1:48 pm -4 1 Aloon Nixon Speeds Flood Aid People In The News fir if -e iv SUNRISE AND SUNSET July 8: Sunrise at 6:40 am I Sunset it 8:30 pm July 9: Sunrise at 6:40 am Sunset at 8:30 pm MOONRISE AND MOONSET July 8: Moonrise at 4:14 sjn Moonset at 6:37 pm July 9: Moonrise at 5:16 am Moonset at 7:42 pm Marine 1 Vv 0 UPI WEATHER fOTOCASI Saturday night showers will be scattered across parts of the North Atlantic states lower East coast upper Mississ ippi valley central Plains Pacific Northwest and Southern Rockies Elsewhere mostly fair weather should prevail 1 WILKES-BARRE Pa (AP) Governmental red tape will be cut by President Nixon to speed federal aid to 180000 flood victims in northeastern Pennsylvania Sen Hugh Scott reports Scott told the President over one of the few working telephones In this city Friday that problem is so missive that financial loans alone meet the whole response Scott told gathering of Wyoming Valley business leaders was that Wants tha total resources of the federal government used to get help to meet the problems in the Senate minority leader estimated that $2 billion ih federal aid would be needed to reestablish some 250000 victims of Tropical Storm Agnes Across the state But he also suggested that the state legislature would have to share some of the cost eased for a figure on that share Scott said it should be in the neighborhood of 1 billion visit came as residents of this hard coal region centered on the city of Wilkes-Barre but including several smaller towns started into their third week of clearing the muck left by the flood waters of the rampaging Susquehanna River on June 22 Thousands are still homeless forced into makeshift and near-primitive living conditions A 20-mile stretch along the river was laid bare when the swollen Susquehanna smashed through dikes and damaged some 28500 homes Gov Milton Shapp estimates total damage in the state at (2 billion Cape Sable to Tarpon Springs Tarpon Springs to Apalachicola Variable winds 10 to occasionally 15 knots Gusty winds near a few thundershow- Florida Zones By United Press International PERTH Scotland (UPI)-PrincessAnne and a lion were face-to-face briefly la a safari park at Blair Drummond Friday' The lion Jumped on the hood of a land rover carrying the princess'rand a few inches from the windshield a park spokesman said Startled momentarily the princeas smiled when the lion slid to the ground and ran Into the high grass LONDON (UPI) Richard Burton stood in for Elizabeth Taylor Friday at a United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) ceremony He said he was there because she was "locked in some embracing scene with Laurence whllefilming "Night Burton presented Miss check for (45000 to UNICEF It matched the winds 10 to 15 mph gusty near 1 40 per cent today and Sunday thundershowers Rain probability! 30 per cent tonight Pentagon Papers Trial Set Burton amount he spent for her 40Lh birthday party In Budapest laqt February era Thief Dresses As Clergyman BRIDGEPORT Conn (AP) A 72-year-old man said he waa robbed of $6 Friday afternoon by a man dressed as a clergyman while he sat praying in St Church Francis Whelan of Bridgeport told detectives he waa sitting alone when a man wearing a black suit blue shirt and while collar entered the church and sat behind him me your money and put everything in your pockets on the Whelan quoted the robber as saying lie said he had about $6 Whelan said he was then ordered to move toward the altar while the robber was Joined by a woman who had waited at the back of the church The two robbers left the church by car police said MUON BCD Generally fair today and partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers Sunday Highs 85 to 90 Low tonight near 70 Northeast to east winds 10 to 15 mph Rain probability 20 per cent Sunday Partly cloudy through Sunday Slight chance of a thundershower today becoming more likely Sunday Highs 89 to 94 Low tonight in 70s Mostly east winds 10 to 15 mph gusty near thundershowers Rain probability 20 per cent today tonight and 40 per cent Sunday Parity cloudy through Sunday with a chance of thundershowers Highs 88 to 92 Low tonight mid to upper 70s Easterly winds 10 to 15 mph gusty near thundershowers Rain probability 30 per cent today tonight and Sunday HI Partly cloudy through Sunday with a chance of thundershowers Illghs 88 to 94 Low tonight mid 70s Mostly east From Page One JarkaMVIUt Key Wert Miami (kila Orlande Pmaanid Na mania Talla banned Tampa WPaJmBeaci T1 7i IjLOS ANGELES (AP) The Pentagon Papers case Is scheduled to go to trial Monday The case came one step closer to the trial when US District Court Judge William Ml Byrne Jr denied on Friday defense motion to dismiss the charges against Dr Daniel EUsberg 40 and Anthony Russo 35 The Judge ruled that sections of the Espionage Act ln-vdlved in the eight counts of the Indictment are not unconstitutional on their face Byrne Instructed government attorneys to make available to him before Monday information about electronic surveillance of EUsberg and Russo who have admitted leaking to newsmen the classified Pentagon documents on US involvement in Vietnam Byrne also ruled that each side must provide for his inspection any investigative material that either side may have on any of the prospective Jurors Byrne is to decide Monday whether such material should be kept secret Defense attorneys introduced an affidavit from former presidential aide Theodore Sorensen at session It said that leaking secret government documents was not uncommon Although Byrne earlier denied a nearing to show that confidential government papers are commonly leaked to the news media he left open a decision on whether EUsberg and Russo are victims of The Judge ordered attorneys for both sides to show up before the scheduled trial Monday to clear up last-minute matters if1 Temperatures Across fJefiQB By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Charleston clear Wallace Stamina Tm still an active viable candidate even though I have been sidelined for a few But most Democrat saw him possessing only a nega- Uve power the power to denounce his ultimate presidential candidate and the platform and ait out the election Polls indicated that most of 19C8 sup-! porters would vote for President Nixon in that event making the presidency that much harder to win Walace declared in a 10-mlnule speech to 10000 whoop- lng Alabamans In Montgomery Friday that ha wanted the platform Junked particularly Us endorsement of compulsory school busing It had been written in Washington' snd chiefly reflected the views of George McGovern and had been endorsed by Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie leaders In Washington have paid attention to a small number of he declared average citizen should be the king of On the flight to Florida Wallace eschewed his hoa pllal bed in the plane sitting erect in a seat Every 10 minutes or so he flexed his muscles by pressing his arms down lifting his body a few Indies into tho' air TIB BSSOBNIOM HEMLU II 78 79 78 74 39 X2 63 62 67 57 50 61 18 48 hMM in nr iHumm ami Unlay Mania by lira Pan Cary al jltt Hml Wa(t BM Saaaai-aliaa partH MM at Bralmlaa tUmkaf 0 Praia VMM Prat latamatlaMl mi tkr SnM Baraaa at Clraalaliaaa SUBSCRIPTION BATES Da By Ma pi tap SaMay Sia pi aapy Nana ta IKary art SaaAay par Hh Houston ddy 85 74 ddy 77 59 dear 88 61 Juneau MM Kansas City cldy 81 67 Little Rock dear 81 57 Los Angeles ddy 90 67 Louisville clear 80 55 Marquette ckly 61 50 Memphis ddy 79 61 Miami dear 84 78 Milwaukee cldy 73 54 Mpls-StP ddy 74 61 New Orleans ckly 87 84 New York clear 79 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