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Show - By Peter Arnett Associated Press Writer SAIGON The first American combat troops came to Vietnam bearing their weapons proudly and speaking of a grim determination to win the war. Now the last American infantrymen have stood down with determination dissipated to boredom, pride worn thin. The i years that spanned arrival and departure generated debate that seems likely to continue as long as there are military analysts. (i-- thousands Many Americans of remain in Vietnam in advisory and technical roles. The war remains unresolved. The profit and loss sheet, from the viewpoint of international politics, is yet to be determined But there is a Aear path leading from the hopes of those first U S. Marines wading ashore through the Da Nang surf in March, IDG), to the U S. infantrymen throwing away their ammunition with relief on the eve of their departure home . f - m II The war went sour in 1966 when North Vietnam sent troops, down the Ho (hi Mmii trail to save Viet Cong guerrillas from destruction at American hands. The hopes of a ''limited war" and a clean victory drowned in the monsoon battles of the Central Highlands and the Demilitarized .one was the same unit wnose Company A made headlines by refusing an order to tight in August. 1909. In one respect the soldiers preparing to leave Da Nang are witnesses to a war that has come a full circle. II was lo delend Da Nang that 4. Odd Marines landed early in 1963. The conflict claimed more than 43.0WI lives. No soldier American wanted to be the last American to die. The last battalion to stand down Thursday, the 3rd of the Llst Infantry. Now. as the troops go home. Da Nang is under as serious a thieat as the war is -.- -- lough! at a much mo'e furious pace than when the first American ground troops came m. Towns like Cu Chi. I.m Khe and l.ong Thanh that came under heavy enemy attack in the first days of the Americans are coming under attack again There is the temptation to write oft the whole American t commitment as having bad no real consequence. In a strictly tactical sense this might tie true, but what cannot be ignored is tile impact tne menean presence had on Yieinamground-comba- ever before in the war, with rockets scoring regular hits on the city. Countrywide, .KIM being - Combined Wire Services Secretary of State William P. Rogers Friday accused Sargent Shriver of indulging in "political fantasy" with his assertion that President Yanks Deactivate Reds Rake 9 Areas In S. Yiet Associated Press Wirenofo Wont Say When Romney Plans To Leave Cabinet Post Belfast. Northern Ireland, vehicle. The explosion was part of continuing violence reported in l ister. Ulster Bomb Explodes Early, Kills 2 Teens By Ed Blanche Associated Press Writer A teen-agBELFAST boy and girl blew themselves up in an accidental bomb explosion Iriday hoirr before Britain called Roman Catholic and Protestant leaders in Northern Ireland to a peace e WASHINGTON (AP) Housing and Urban Development Secretary George Romney said Friday he plans to leave his Cabinet post but has not asked President to Nixon accept his resignation. The former Michigan governor and American Mo-- ; tors president made the statement, after he shortly met with the President to discuss HUD's efforts to find housing for flood victims in Pennsylvania. I discussed with the President montlis ago my desire to devote myself in the years just ahead in a private capacity rather than a public capacity, Rom- ney said. Asked Me to Stay The President asked me to stay on and deal with the problems of housing and the cities. I have done that. He has asked me to help secure the federal leadership required to mount an effective effort in Luzerne County, Pa. I have agreed to do that. Romney declined to say when he plans to leave his post. However, he said Nixon had agreed to accept one of his recommendations that a federal disaster Jinx-tobe named to supervise relief efforts in Pennsylvania and other areas hard hit by Hurricane Agnes tliis year. r Private Capacity Romney also refused to say what position he is considering taking but said it would be a private capacity in public service. At this point, Ive been asked by the President to do certain things he said. ... Eight of the twelve cabinet members who started with Nixon four years ago since have resigned. Romney indicated he and Nixon had had some disagreements over policy matters but said he felt his personal relationship with the President had not deter-- ' ioraled. He said he felt Nixon had done a good said was job in handling what Romney ever States United the the worst crisis had faced and said he would work for Nixons Todays Chuckle When a man breaks a date, he usually has to. When a girl breaks a date, she usually has two. i conference. The main party immediately rejected the bid for talks. The pair killed in Belfast, a old girl, died when a boy and a charge hidden in the girls shopping bag exploded as they drove along North Howard Street, the dividing line Shankill and between the Protc-slaCatholic Falls Roads sectors. Catholic-base- The Provisional wing of the illegal Irish Republican Army announced the two were members of its Lower Falls Road Battalion. Third Secret Meeting The British administrator of Ulster, William Whitelaw. held his third secret meeting of the week with leaders of the Social Democratic and Labor Party, the opposiprovinces main Catholic-backetion party. Then he called all Northern Ireland parties. Protestant and Catholic, to a peace conference Sept. Whitelaw also announced 1H prisoners, interned without trial as suspected guerrilla'- were being released in addition to the 47 announced earlier this week. d Police in I.iirgan reported Tartan Protestant Gangs, young denim-clawere policemen's terrorizing thugs, homes. Mobs have stoned officers and their homes for several nights and have d attacked patrol cars. Police Fire Warning Shots Thursday night police fired warning shots in the air to drive off Tartan Gang rioters. In Londonderry, the army prepared to cordon off the Protestant Waterside district. where some 6.t)0(i Apprentice Boys have said they will march Saturday in defiance of their own leaders, who called off a planned parade this week after security authorities refused lo permit it. 23-2- Inside The Tribune But the opposition party said it will send no delegates to a peace conference until all the remaining 263 internees are released. Whitelaw received a helping hand from the neighbor Irish Republic, where troops and police raided drugstores and warehouses lo seize chemicals that could be used lo make guerrilla bombs for the bade in Ulster. Blasts Hits Grocery Stores secIn Londonderry, the ond city of Northern Ireland, explosions wrecked two grocery stores. The violence increased tension on the eve of a planned march there by the Apprentice Boys, an influencial Protestant order, in defiance of authe ities and their own leaders. bomb-gutte- Saturday's Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity Partly cloudy at times, chance of thundershowers afternoon, evening: some cooling. Weather map is on Page 13. Army experts speculated that the bomb which killed the two most recent victims was meant for an army post and exploded prematurely in the stolen black car driven by the youths. It was the second fatal mistake made A by the IRA bombers in three days. a when died man bomb Provisional in .he was he exploded priming charge border town of Newry on Wednesday. Fridays shopping bag bomb demolished the car and blew' the terrorists to 1 prominent liberal Democrat, who. like Rogers, was a funner attorney general, Clark, in North Vietnam on a trip, has made broadcasts over Radio con- Hanoi which Rogers said were temptible. "It's beyond belief, frankly, and I can't remember anytime in our history when anything that is comparable has would happened," Rogers said. And think that the American people would be shocked to hear his voice on Radio Hanoi while the war is in progress, while American lives are being lost, particularly a man who was involved in the very derision that made the whole thing come about as a Johnson administration cabinet officer. g ! Placing himself in the squarely middle of the campaign for the of the President. Rogers hastily arranged a Secy. Rogers new conference to hit back at charges made by the Democratic vice presidential nominee llie day before. lingers also attacked Ramsey Clark, a Court Airs Plot to Kill Nixon e Targets of North Vietnamese ground attacks stretched from Radi Kien. ll-- i miles south of Saigon, to Tam yuan in the central coastal area. 290 miles north the capital. The command said all ground attacks were beaten back. Cost 211 S. Mel Liu-ot s The shellings and attacks cost 20 South Vietnamese and soldiers dead and another si) wounded. ' while at least 60 Communists were killed in the ground battles, the command said. A North Vietnamese battalion of about 100 men assaulted the 3th Infantry Division base at Lai Khe, 30 miles north of Saigon, but was cut down by South Vietnamese troops lying in ambush. The Saigon command said 38 Communists were killed and two were taken prisoner, while South Vietnamese casualties were four dead and 26 wounded. Military sources said the South namese were warned of the attack by a North Vietnamese reconnaissance soldier taken prisoner along highway 13 north of Lai Khe two days earlier. He was to in the commando altaek. but told the details of the assault lo his captors after deciding to lake advantage of the "Chieu Hoi" amnesty program. Despite the advance warning, some lo managed sappers penetrate the sprawling base and remain inside its perimeter for several hours, the Saigon command rejiorted. Viet- Artillery Spurs Casualties South ietnamese marines engaged in the struggle lor Quang Tri city endured 9IKI rounds of Communist artillery lire. Military spokesmen said the bombardment was responsible for most of the during the day of governments casual-ieill dead and 89 wounded. Reuters News Agency A plot to kill President NEW YORK was described in court Friday when Andrew B. Topping. 27. was arraigned on charges of (laying an undercover agent $1.90(1 to kill the President. Nixon Topping. New York City, was held on bail after his arraignment in federal court. C.S. Magistrate Martin D. Jacobs scheduled a hearing for Aug. 21 after noting that "a more serious charge could hardly he brought before this court." $30(1.090 Tells of Payment Assistant C.S. Attorney William B. Gray told the court that Topping paid the 81. 090 to the undercover Secret Service agent Friday at a boat basin in Central Park. Gray said Hie understanding was that the President would be assassinated next week. Gray also outlined the alleged details surrounding the meeting. He said that a week ago Topping had sought to meet personally with the President and as part of a routine investigation he was interviewed by Secret Service agents. Gray said that several (lavs later, a friend of Topping reported to the Secret Service that Topping sought his help to find someone lo assassinate the President. Thursday night the agent, identified as Stewart .1. Henry, and the friend met with Topping and arranged the Central Park meeting. When Topping allegedly handed over the $1 .drill cash he was immediately arrested. Requested siaw.iiilll asked for 86(111, (Kid bail but TopGray pings attorney Albert Greenberg, of the Legal Aid Society who was representing him only for Friday s hearing, deemed that bail "excessive." He told Magistrate Jacobs that Topping attended both Pennsylvania and Columbia universities, that he is employed in the investment and finance field, and that Topping could meet 8HIO.OOO bail. Winds Up Initial Tour front. Sen. George McGovern, winding up his first major campaign lour, had better luck Friday talking lo voters than to politicians. H I., the Democratic In Providence. presidential nominee drew applause and cheers from people at a lunchtime rally and at a home for the elderly, as he had done the day before at appearances in Manchester. N.H., and Hartford, Conn. On the Democratic But he failed to patch up a dispute with Rhode Island Democratic Chairman Lawrence P. McGarry. In New York, Brooklyn leader Meade Esposite and Bronx leader Patrick .1. Cunningham stayed away from a news conference called to demonstrate party unity. Rogers took lo the role of campaigner with gusto, using humor and ridicule to debunk Shriver's charges. He also released Shrivers letter of resignation as ambassador to Paris in which Shriver warmly thanked the President for the freedom given him in helping to formulate policies toward France. . "Accomplished Objectives" (he letter, dated Jan. 27. 1970. Shriver told the President: "I have accomplished the objectives I went lo Paris the beginnings at least ol lo achieve peace in Vietnam and the reawakening ot friendship between the United States and In France." Rogers told reporters Friday that if Shriver knew of any "historic opportuni-Se- e Page 10. Column I Market Soars To Top Week - Stock market NEW YORK (AP) prices climbed sharply Friday pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its highest level in nearly two and a hall months. The blue chin Dow dosed up 11.29 Full Details. Page 32 points at 964. IS, highest level since May 30 when it stood at 971. IS. Advances outnumbered declines on the New York Stock Exchange by 9 to 3. and Big Board volume totaled a moderately active 16.6 million shares. Analysts said the market's ability to hold its ground the past four sessions despite profit taking pressure gave investors some encouragement. Fischer Wins Marathon 13th Game in 74 Moves It was an Apprentice Boys march three years ago that resulted in a clash with Londonderry Catholics, plunging the province into sectarian fighting that has cost 304 lives. The Communists mounted their artillery and commando assaults within hours of the deactivation of 3rd battalion. 21st the last American ground infancy combat unit in the country. to pound U.S. Warplanes continued enemy targets, however, as BV.Ktrato-fortresse- s flew eight missions south and west of Quang Tri. where the bombers already have dropped more than 30 million tons of bombs since the start of the counteroffensive June 2S. according to unofficial records. s Another bomb damaged the Shamrock Bur in Portadown. a mainly Protestant industrial town southwest of Belfast. No one was hurt. From the first the American command sought to koep the troops happy. Veterans described the U.S. trooper See Page 2, Column 1 eight-engin- pieces. Fragments of bodies were buried 40 yards down North Howard Street, located in an industrial complex and the in the past. scene of several shoot-outwere About eight persons injured. As soldiers rushed to help them they were stoned by Roman Catholic youths from the Falls Road side. an'-histori- opportunity to end the war m Vietnam. SAIGON South Vietnamese Troops met their first challenge of bearing full responsibility for fighting the ground war in their country Friday by repulsing a series of Communist attacks that hit nine towns and bases throughout Smith Vietnam. in "blew" Nixon By Donald A. Duis Cnited Press International British troops remove one of two victims ol terrorist bomb team from flaming; debris of demolished The wars impact on the American Army is more measurable. The last of boredom and ('.Is. complaining saying their duty was pointless, are an indication of how early idealism deteriorated. hriver Char o ese sonetv. both North and South. And the United States itself caught up in the Vietnam debate. By Harold C. Schonberg New York Times Writer REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - Bobby Fischer outstayed and outplayed Boris Spassky Friday, and won he playmf ol the 13th world championship chess game. It was a marathon of a game, running to moves, and it left both players hausted. 74 ex- also left the score 8 to 5 in Fischer's favor. Now he needs only four and a hall points to win the title. Spassky needs seven to retain it. The 14th game will be pla ed Sunday. The prevalent feeling is that the It match is now, to all intents and purposes, finished. Spassky, it is felt, cannot overcome a three-poin- t handicap so late in the match. If Fischer merely draws the remaining nine games he will have won. Spassky is faced with an all but impossible task. He can no longer afford lo play for draws, and he will have to win his next three games just to pull even. But after the loss, and the psychological jolt it must have given him, it would seem unlikely that he has the resources for such a feat. The game, which started at 2:30 p in. because Fischer observes Sabbath at sundown, was a heartbreaker for Spassky lo F In the opinion of many grandmasters the loss may well have resulted in breaking the champions spirit. Spassky- lose. Filial Roves, Page 8 came to the adjourned position with good drawing chances. Lengthy analysis during the night had convinced him and his second. Efim (idler. that even with a pawn down the game could be held. When Fischer arrived. 23 minutes late, and entered into a variation that the Russians thought was inferior, tiiue were broad smiles from Spassky's delegation. The delegation, incidentally, did not include the wives of Spassky, Geller. Ivo Nei and Nikolai Krogius. who arrived Thursday. The ladies are staying at the Soviet Embassy here, and they were not in Exhibition Hall for Friday's playoff. For most of the game. Spassky defended brilliantly. Fischer gave up his bishop for three connected pawns on the queens side, but Spassky succeeded in immobilizing Fischer's rook. It appeared a standoff, with nothing either player could do. But IWher. in a desperate attempt to get more action into the game, sacrificed See Pace 8. Column 3 I |