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the -farmer U.S. cr.r.r.. has exprccaed the view C.r.t C.a North Vletnamcce vera a fighting force in tl.c'i" c'J style than in convention In addition to prollcms tl.st allied officials believe North Vietnamese are having on the front lines, there is much confidence that the Nixon administration's mining and bombing of North Vietnam especially with the super accurate "smart" bomb, will succeed In paralyzing Hanoi's warmaking and supply potential There is also a widespread belief among Americans that, sooner or later, the troubles Hanoi is having win have political aa yvell as military ry pylk SAIGON. (AP) With crowing confidence, South Vietnam's tattered armed forces are striking back In hopes of rever-sing the flow of Hand's massive Invasion. And while soma success seems ultimately assured, the outcome Is likely to fall short of what President Nguyen Van Thleu called "the final battle." Some military and political observers believe the three months of fighting since IJie North's offensive started, although the bloodiest 'of the war in some respects, have proved' nothing except-once again that a military solution is impossible in Indochina, and the only way to a cease-fire and a settlement is through negotiation.

Gaining favor now among lied officials appears to be a view the North Vletnam- knows what enemy losses are, and so-called body counts have never proved reliable, some senior commanders believe Hanoi has lost as many as men mostly to air and artillery strikes. Although North Vietnam has never had a provable manpower problem during the war, most military men Insist It Is having one now. They say most of the Communist units which began the offensive1 at full strength have not been able to keep up their strength with replacements, especially In the face of B52 strikes and other mass-killing barrages. There are reports of enemy units being unable to carry out their missions because of heavy manpower losses, but ordered to do so anyway. Allied X)fficials also, say evidence Indicates the North Viet- out of end more than Jlj.ClD jrcnple, about 3.0 per cent of population, are un-der enemy control, with many more potentially lost, with a million persons counted as refugee.

"It will' take years to restore that situation even If the offensive should end tomorrow," said one U.S. official. The success of the North Vietnamese drive, to whatever degree It extends In the final analysis, also likely to have an eroding effect on the confidence of the people, which the Saigon government has tried hard to One thing working In the South Vietnamese governemnt'a favor In this respect, say officials, has been the failure of the Viet Cong to fulfill their role In the" Hanoi plan. Communist documents In the. hands of allied officials are the basis for this belief, telling how the Viet Cong did not mobilize their forces in strength but spread them top thinly and dissipated their effect, and ako reporting that Vict Cong political agents and cadres moved too slowly In organizing the political side of the offensive among the people.

Many U.S. officials contend that the Viet Cong are not an important force except In certain areas, in particular the coastal provinces and some areas, of the Mekong Delta, where they have always been strong. The Idea that North' Vietnam's own forces are finished for a while stems in large part from what allied officers believe are their battle losses. Although' it is conceded that no one on the allied side really namcsc soldiers now are, much younger, sometimes 15 and 13, and have been thrown into many battle situations with al- most no preparation and far less fighting skill than Amcfi-dicrs have learned to expect from' the army that Is sometimes called the "world's finest light They point to examples of inexperience, 'poor planning and amateurish execution, such as the tactics used by North Vietnamese tanks, which have been destroyed In large numbers almost everywhere they have appeared. Many.

American officers be-, lieve the North, Vietnamese erred in trying to use tanks, big artillery pieces and other new and complicated weapons. While often effective and frightening to the South Vietnamese, they also proved more of a bur- having tried utmoat but failed to oehlcvs ahy of their major objectives, will pull back to refit for ytt another try. Some think his next attempt might come B3 early as next year, but many U.S. officers are so optlmstic as to believe the Communist command has finished Itself militarily for up to four years. Nevertheless, the South Vietnamese also are facing severe problems.

The enemy push has again reshaped the borders of the country In the Saigon region, with the Communist command effectively controlling large areas of South Vietnam that It will probably take years for the Saigon flrces" to recover by staying on the offensive, not a familiar role for ARVN troops. Many areas of the coun- tryslde, including 1,164 hamlets u. MATTOON tt3dr ILLINOIS rri fX tDCDOD ll LJ I mmm It 118th YEAR 142 15 CENTS PHONE 235-56S6 20 PAGES MONDAY, JULY 3, 1972 -'I Reds fleeing in small groups i 1 second time in six weeks. SAIGON (AP) South Viet' Thirty miles to the south, 30 missions around Quang' Tri City, striking ahead of the ma ly Monday. The spokesmen said the attackers might be trying to pull South Vle'tnamese troops namese marines, supported by rines to within three miles of rounds of heavy artillery fire hit Hue, military spokesmen said, but there was no imme the town's southeastern edge.

away from the drive on Quang Tri. U.S. fighter-bombers hit the U.S. fighter-bombers dropping cluster bombs on fleeing North Vietnamese moved-forward today toward Quang Tri City. North Vietnamese with antiper sonnel cluster bombs.

diate 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 be Associated Press correspond The Saigon command reported fighting continuing for the third day 75 miles northeast of Saigon. It said a North -Vietnamese attack on a district headquarters at Phuoc Binh was repulsed and 120 of the at- ent 'Holger Jensen reported from the northern front that the In other areas of North Vietnam, U.S. planes hit petroleum pipelines, pumping stations and; storage tanks and several surface-to-air missile launchers" and missiles.

Hanoi claimed two U.S. planes were shot down Sunday, one over Hanoi and the other over Haiphong. The' U.S. Command made no report of any itdisdosed -that a' Navy A7 was lost two weeks ago, on June 18, about 39 miles southwest of Vinh. It said the pilot was not found despite a search.

1 The marines reported the North Vietnamese attacked them on their eastern, flank with a force of infantry and tanksBut jppkesjnensaid the North Vietnamese were fleeing insmalL. gan MarchJO, South Vietnamese and their- air tackers' ere.v most of -Spokesmen ilso-said "govern-- steady -movements of- the-ma- them by air strikes. Over North Vietnam, U.S rines, apparently hoping to escape the U.S. air strikes and and artillery support drove off the attacks, killed 100 of the North Vietnamese, destroyed four tanks and, captured another. Navy jets blasted the Tong Bi ment troops in two positions west and northwest of Hue were hit by more than 1,200 rounds and by a ground attack at one position Sunday and ear the shelling of American Navy thermal power plant -10 miles ships offshore.

U.S. B52 bombers flew 13 northeast of Haiphong for the i First peace accord Chess series postponed REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) odia, Parisian agree The International Chess Federation postponed the start of the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world championship series until ratify the agreement. Under the Indian constitution, parlia Tuesday after Fischer, failed to arrive in Iceland over the weekend. The American champion was believed still in New project will be completed in the fourth quarter of this year at a total cost of more than $1 million. The elimination of eight-party rural service in the Mattoon exchange- is another step in ICT's program' to make one- and four-party service 'available to all its rural customers by the end of 1973.

according to the company. Party lines will be limited to four subscribers a line. More than 500 miles of aerial wire serving the rural area will be replaced with underground cable which is less susceptible to storm damage and "assures iustomers of the most reliable service possible," the firm said. The mentary ratification is not necessary. India and Pakistan have accused each other of frequent violations of the cease-fire in Kashmir and along the demarcation line in the Indian states SERVICE UPDATED Homer Russell, line foreman (left), and Walter Crabtree of Illinois Consolidated Telephone Co.

discuss the work of burying cable in the rural area of the Mattoon telephone exchange. Enough facilities are being placed to provide private lines to all subscribers who request them, Miami Beach desh, the former East Pakistan. The agreement gave no time-tabler but called" for-measures to resume communications and. air promote travel between their countries, reopen trade and carry out scientific and cultural exchanges. Excluding Kashmir, India during the December war seized a total of 5,139 square miles of territory in West Pakistan, while Pakistan took 69 square miles of Indian territo of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Punjab.

In many places the troops are bivouacked within sight of each other. SIMLA, India (AP) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reached their first peace agreee-ment early today and promised futurejiegotiations on the other issues between stheir two nations, Kashmir and the Pakistani POWs in India. The agreement, which came after five days of talks in this Himalayan resort, said Indian and Pakistani forces will withdraw from the territories they seized last December along India's western border except in Kashmir. There they will maintain the cease-fire line established by the two-week war in December. The pact also contained a pledge to settle all disputes bilaterally and peacefully, and said steps should be taken to restore and normalize relations, which Pakistan severed Dec.

6 when India recognized Bangla- Agreeing to renounce force apparently was a victory for India, because a few hours before he signed the agreement ry. In Kashmir, Where the York. 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 he would risk forfeiting his chance at the title. Fischer's representatives in Iceland requested the postponement on the grounds that he was unable to play because of fatigue.

But it was generally assumed that the request was part of Fischer's campaign to get more money out of the Ice-landers. lias cootob Seven killed in Belfast BELFAST (AP) Seven men were killed in Belfast during a violence-ridden weekend that threatened the flimsy cease-fire in Northern Ireland and fanned fears of "eye for an eye" warfare 'between Protestant and Roman Catholic gun-menf All seven men1 were shot in the head," and some were bound and hooded, the trademarks of the Irish Republican Army's execution But at least two of the victims were Catholics. there was some speculation that they had been killed by IRA punishment squads, authorities believed they were the victims of Protestant extremists. Three of the victims were Protestants, and the fourth was a 19-year-old Jehovah's Witness from England who had been, working in a camp for poor children since coming to. Northern Ireland a week ago.

His body was found on a garbage dump, and authorities believed he may have been killed by mistake. Leaders' of the militant Protestant Ulster Defense Association threatened reprisals against the IRA after Augustus "Gusty" Spence, a Protestant hero, was apparently kidnaped. Four men stopped the car taking Spence back to jail after a two-day parole to attend his daughter's wedding. 'He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1966 for killing a Catholic. Sun city Bhutto told newsmen he dis liked the term "no-war pact" which India had called for.

beachfront condominiums mat honeycomb the skyline, rivaling Mrs. Gandhi abandoned a troops will remain in position, India took 480 square miles and Pakistan occupied 53 square miles. The agreement said the troops withdrawals would take place within i 30 after ratification by both governments. Radio Pakistan announced that the Pakistani National As basic stand she had made for the motels. months.

She hid contended that India must have an overall set They shop in the exclusive Bal Harbour area where price tags for clothing can come in tlement, starting with Kashmir, before going on to less emotion four and five figures. al issues. sembly would meet July 10 to But while the old and the affluent form the basis of the permanent populace, it's the that make Miami Beach Wednesday start MIAMI 6EACH, Fla. (AP) -Out of the sand rise 400 glittering giants of glass and concrete that soak up $600 million a year from sun-loving tourists holiday in Miami Beach. "Motel Row" is a towering strip of neon and good times that has made this resort island famous.

But close by the nightclubs and "extravaganza revues" 6n Collins Avenue are the bingo parlors and shuffleboard courts of South Beach where the old folks gather. The elderly comprise most of Miami Beach's 87,000 population. The average age is 65. Miami Beach Convention HaU, scene of the Democratic ana Republican national con ventions, is the hub of the city at Washington Avenue and 17th Street. Oceanfront hotels lie to the east, swank homes to the west and poverty-level walkups to the south.

On South Beach, the elderly are jammed into faded stucco hotels and apartments where rent is $75 to $150 a month. Drugstores and sundry shops are filled with low-cost trinkets to match the pocketbooks of their customers. There are dozens of cafeterias and low-budget diners. i By contrast, the affluent own, winter homes on the secluded islands that dot Biscayne Bay between Miami Beach and Miami or live' in massive, Today's Journal thrive. Tourism accounts for 85 cents of every dollar in the Miami ITU Beach economv.

In 1970. vaca tioning tourists spent nearly 6uu muuon. From South Beach through Motel Row, there are 400 hotels with a total of more than 40,000 Charleston news 2 Classified 18719 Comics 20 Editorial 4 Entertainment 16 farm Obituaries 5, 18 Sports v- 9, 10 Women's 12 fAn OVERCAST rooms. Saigon incident rw 1 slated for the nomination by Mayor Richard J. Daley in November but dumped a few weeks later when black leaders and Democratic party Herds said endorsing Ilanrshca'vculd hurt the party's tldxt.

The mercurial crccccuta-, wice a close protege of Dy, refused to quit politics id mounted an independeri against Judge Raymcr.i the man who replaced hini cn the partv slate. Hanrahan won the primary following a campaign mostly on law and c.d crime In the streets. II. i has been an c. of Judges who fall to Lr 3 j-vere penalties on convict: r-sons.

Hanrahan con' 'i t'rt -e none cf ths r- i eluding the found that a ctLt.3 rn -mlttcd during the the raid, it Is gal to indict him 1 1 c' r- CHICAGO" (AP) The- long-delayecT trial of State's Atty. Edward V. Hanrahan of Cook County is scheduled to begin Wednesday. There were no petitions filed Friday with Judge Phillip J. Romiti of Circuit Court which would again delay the proceedings against Hanrahan, one of his assistants and 12 policemen.

The 14 mien are charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. They are accused of attempting to block the prosecution of the policemen who participated a Dec. 4, 1969, weapons raid on a Black Panther party apartment.1 Two Panther Mark Clark, 21, Peoria, and Fred Hampton, 20, Chicago, were The controversial incident was reviewed by a coroner's jury, a regular county grand jury and a federal grand Jury but none of these bodies indicted anyone. A special grand jury convened in December, 1970, how ever, voted to and the others in June 1971. Hanrahan successfully fought public announcement of the indictments until Aug.

24, 1971. He and his co-defendants then argued before the Illinois Supreme Court that were invalid because of publicity, and he contended that the special prosecutor, Barnabas Sears, -unduly influenced the grand jurors. The case went to the Illinois Supreme Court five times and each time Hanrahan lost. He also made an unsuccessful attempt to have the U.S. Supreme Court hear his argument that the indictments were invalid.

The Illinois Supreme Court and Judge Romiti did find some fault with the clarity of the indictments and Sears was ordered to specify certain charges against the defendants. Hanrahan, meanwhile, was nominated in the March 21 primary election for another four- year term. Ha was oritssHyl Temperature p.m. 82 Tonight, mostly cloudy and Showers or thunderstorms likely. Low 55 to 60.

Tuesday, cloudy and cool. Chance of showers. High 72 to 77. Chris Evert Wins WIMBLEDON. (AP) Teen-ager Chris Evert of Fort Lauderdale, beat Patti Hogan of La Jolla, 6-2 4-6, 6-1 today and moved into a women's singles semifinal match with defending chamnlon Evonne Goolagong.

that the plane be. diverted to Hanoi. The hijacker, in the rear passe compartment, also talked with the pilot, Capt. Gene Vaughn, 53, of Scottsdale, over the Intercom. "I am doing this for revenge," Vaughn said he told him.

"Your bombers are maiming and killing our people of the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam. Tou are going to fly me to Hanoi and this airplane will be destroyed when we get SAIGON (AP) A young Vietnamese man who tried to hijack a Pan American jumbo jet with 153 persons aboard to Hanoi' in revenge for1 U.S. bombing of North Vietnam was overpowered by the pilot and shot to death by an armed passenger Sunday. The hijacker. was tentatively Identified today as a speaker at antiwar rallies at the University of Washington In Seattle, where, he had studied fishery science on a U.S.

government scholarship and graduated with honors last month. police sources Bald two homemade grenades were in the package and there was no indication, whether they) could have exploded. But the airline described them as harmless "egg-shaped objects" wrapped In aluminum foil. The hijacking attempt began after the jumbo jet, flight 841, left Manila on the last leg of its San Francisco-toalgon flight. Binh, who had boarded in Honolulu, grabbed a stewardess as a hostage and sent two notes to the control cabin dcmandlns The young man, carrying a South Vietnamese passport in the name Nguyen Thai Binh, met violent death after the pilot tricked him and landed at Saigon, the flight's scheduled destination, In defiance of his demand to fly to North Vietnam.

The 135 other passengers were safley evacuated by sliding down emergency chutes, used to empty the plane quickly In case of explosion. To back Up his' threats, the hijacker carried a long knife and a package which he said contained i bomb. Vlctrncsa.