July 18, 1971

Kissinger and Chou illus during Peking talks

Article on D H Parsons, 1 yr after collapse of his $3‐billion empire of 19 banks; details rise during '60s of Parsons Banking Group and history of its pub downhill slide, when Parsons resigned as chmn of Union Commerce Bank; discusses battle between Parsons and Fed banking agencies over his partnership operations and other practices; Parsons int; illus

WASHINGTON, July 17—John Newcombe of Australia and Stan Smith of Pasadena, Calif., the finalists at Wimbledon earlier this month, were defeated today in the semifinals of the $50,000 Washington Star tennis tournament.

Hussein pledges to back guerrilla activities against Israel but scores guerrilla leaders and says that army's crackdown, was necessary and successful, news conf; guerrillas reptdly have offered no more resistance in north and 400 reptdly have surrendered and more surrenders are expected; Hussein emphasizes his rapport with army and says that army is still busy clearing land mines set by guerrillas in Jarash‐Ajlun area; says he thinks victory is final and implicitly scores guerrilla leaders and Libyan Govt, which has backed guerrillas; says that question of whether there will be another war depends on Israel and says that Jordan backs peaceful settlement but that guerrillas have continually charged Jordanian Army with interfering with its forays across Israeli border; question of what support Hussein foresees for future guerrilla actions against Israel remains unclear; Israel has in past charged that Jordanian Army gunners have provided cover fire for guerrillas in Jordan River Valley but Govt has denied this

Article on Lime Rock Pk, Conn, race track; illus