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PAGE TWO ALLEY OOP THE by V. T. Hamlin HOW no YGHJ VO SWEAT PROPOSE WF wfll, were mas GET HIM TO YOUR ROC WAXAHACHIE DAILY LIGHT "Congratulations! You're a Father!" IJ Wednesday, July 12, 1972 THE BADGE GUYS by Bowen Schwarz ON THE OTHER JOHNNY IS THE GRANDSON OF THE CHIEF POLIC ATViLFTiC LEAGUE BILLY HAS A FAST BALL, SLOW BALL, CURVE AND PERFECT CONTROL. THE BORN LOSER UJOCLD SOU LOVB IF I crashing eats? by Art Sansom EEK MEEK by Howie Schneider UFE LIBERTY ARS BUGS BUNNY by Heimdahl Stoffel "ET CAMPUS CLATTER with BIMO BURNS by Larry Lewis FAT Tv 'J3j Ja (, jj.tA.y 77 EDITORIAL Fischer Kind of Checkmates Self By RALPH NOVAK We have seen over the past tew days the creation of something new in chess, the Fischer gambit. This is where you threaten to hold your breath until you turn blue pick up your chess board and go home unless you can have your own way A true inspiration to the youth ot America.

Bobby Fischer has shown us that these tactics work in this greed- smudged real world performance, ttie prelude to the world chess championship match in Iceland, should not have surprised us. He has. after all. never said he was sensitive, poised, considerate, modest, generous, admirable or intelligent, tie has said only (though many, many times) that he is the best chess player around, in Brooklyn, the I nited States, the world and. presumably, the universe Let us assume that he is right The next question is.

so Fischer seems to be operating under the beliet that because we pay our athletes and entertainers outrageously large sums of money, we should do the same for chess players From his point of view this is reasonable, of course. But from everybody it is super-arrogant nonsense. That we are foolish enough to sanction paying Turn Seaver $125.000 a year to throw baseballs is no justification for our being foolish enough to sanction paying Bobby Fischer $200.000 for shoving a bunch of toys around for a month. For one thing, there is the two-wrongs-don't-makc-a- right theory. For another, there is the fact that chess is not, either historically or intrinsically, an interesting spectator sport.

Such vicarious enjoyment as chess games provide comes from leisurely study of the move-by-tnove account, not from watching Fischer knit his brow in thought or lick his chops in fiendish anticipation of crushing an ego. Maybe at some future time there will be enough fans around to support chess in the fashion to which Fischer would like to be accustomed. But right now there are not And no exploiting capitalist is getting rich on Fischer's talent. This makes it doubly unfortunate that London investment banker James 1) Slater saw fit to add $125.000 to the world championship purse. For Fischer's threats to quit the match bordered on extortion and his bluff should have been called This would have been painful for costly preparations for the match Fischer held hostage But it would have put Fischer, a fatuous, graceless man, in his proper place, that of someone who happens to be a genius at a trivial pastime Now.

though, we have the confrontation Fischer has at times tried to make his match with defending world champion Boris Spassky a Cold War kind of crusade, good old American versus godless Russian Communist. But he was not so dedicated to the crusade that he was willing to wage it for a mere $100.000 He was not so proud that he would not apologize to the Russians to save the match and his money And he was not smart enough to realize that if he had just quietly won the championship, he would have earned the respect and. probably, the financial rewards he demanded so prematurely. Go. Boris by Dick Cavalli GLOBAL VIEW Pyongyang Wants West Safety Tie Bv KOMLHY WASHINGTON (NEA) North Kim II Sung is caught in a bind between Russia and China And suffering severe economic problems For years he has kept his country free of complete domination by Moscow and Peking only by the most nimble of dancing acts He has shifted first to the one.

then the ot her By this play back and forth he has extracted arms and economic aid. at one time from Moscow, at another from Peking and sometimes from both at once Up to now he has been aided by the rivalry between these two countries and In his own adroitness. There is new evidence that the pressures have now become too great Like Mao Tse-tung in his fear of Russia. North Korea's Kim needs a connection with the West to balance against the two Communist giants. He needs economic accommodation to lessen his dependence on Russia and China for aid which is uncertain and tied heavily with strings.

He requires some sort oi military accommodation with South Korea to cut back on his defense burden, which is overleading his economy and making him too dependent on Moscow and Peking Kim. for all his communism, has a deadly tear of domination by either Russia or China, even though he reportedly holds, or once held, Russian citizenship. Curiously enough, it is understood from contacts in Tokyo and Hong Kong that both Moscow and Peking, for reasons of their own. have also been urging Kim to make these accommodations hope, these reports say, is that these Western contacts will weaken North relations with Peking Peking, presumably, has the same hope in reverse In any event, othei Tokyo contacts report the eagerness with which Pyongyang has been seeking economic deals with Japan and South Korea, and putting out feelers toward economic accommodations with the West in a variety of areas The thinking is that North Korea would like western technical and monetary aid and closer contacts generally for the economic and fear of Sino Soviet imperialism reasons noted above Officials in the Nixon administration say it is not necessary to put trust Kim II Sung to see the opportunities tins opening to the West otters It is precisely the same type situation that prompted Yugoslavia almost two decades ago to ask for help. Now, some 20-odd years and well over a billion dollars in aid and political backing later, some of the most ardent anti-Communists in this government believe the experiment and investment were worth every dollar in halting Russian expansion in Western Europe, even though Tito remains as determined a Communist as evet this de tense setup is directed against the Sov iet Union to insure against a Czechoslovakian-type takeover The theory is that every move toward independence by a Communist nation, however small, is insurance against a Communist front that could endanger the United States and its allies and othei nations large and small around the world Though North Korea may not be a major factor in world affairs, it us hoped here that if could set an example ioi other countries encouraging them to resist Communist pressures And who knows, perhaps even North Vietnam would find a lesson in the Korean example Hanoi has the same problems a shaky economy, a haunting fear of Russia and China, a wai that i reuses hei dependence on these two powerful giants But don't count on Hanoi following lea 1 1972 br MA, "The it' guy may all be wearing 'em these days but that's MY kerchief and I'M wearing it tonight'" Waxahachie Daily Light SGT.

by Bill Howrilla Published each afternoon (except Saturday! and Sunday morning By Waxahachie Publishing Co A Division of CRACO, Inc. Published and Second Class Postage Paid at Waxahachie, Texas 75165 Telephone 937 3310 215 South College Sunday Copies Single Back SUBSCRIPTION RATES CARRIER DELIVERY Waxahachie per month 1.90 Waxahachie per year 20.00 SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER IN ELLIS COUNTY Par Month 1.90 Par 20.00 SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL IN ELLIS COUNTY Per Year in 14.00 Per Month 1.50 SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL IN TEXAS OUTSIDE ELLIS COUNTY Per 1 90 Per 22 80 SUBSCRIPTION RATES OUT OF TEXAS Per 2 00 Per 24.00 MEMBER OF UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL The United Preaa International is exclusively entitled to the use of publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. nhts of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. 25 Years Ago From The Files Of The Daily Light 12,1947 the little trees on the northeast corner of the courthouse lawn, Col. Olin K.

Teague, Congressman from the 6th district, became a member of Libs County Chapter iNo. 33, Disabled American Veterans. to sign him up were Commander R. A. Jackson, Adjutant-Treasuer James Bratcher and several bystanders.

Colonel Teague was wounded six times during his six months of combat in the European Theatre. are some 30 new members of the Ellis County Chapter, with 22 re-registering for this new fiscal ALL RIGHT, ALLEY, suppose GO along WITH YtXJC PLAN 10 HIDE THIS BIG IM A OVMORE INTELLIGENT THAN ANY CAT, SO WHY SHOULD I FEAR THEY? ITS THERE IS NO EARTHLY REASON FOR A FULL-GROWN MATURE PARROT TO BE AFRAID OF CATS. hoc AVALLI.