August 24, 1972

Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky agreed to a draw after 45 moves of the 17th game in their world chess championship match in Reykjavik, Iceland. The 18th game will be played today. Details on Page 30.

Fed authorities rept on Aug 23 uncovering of ‘loose‐knit’ narcotics ring in Chinatown, NYC, and arrest of 4 persons who had been attempting to move into distribution system for heroin and to capitalize on shifts in internatl mkts for drugs; say gradual reduction of Turkish opium cultivation and increasing pressure on French‐based heroin refineries have spurred expansion of SE Asian heroin trade, in which strategically placed Chinese communities play pivotal role; seizure of heroin and arrests of pushers climax 5‐mo investigation of the US end of the ‘Asian connection'; defendants listed as H Kan‐kit, T Lok, H Loicheng and Guan Chow‐tok

14‐hr ordeal for 7 Chase Manhattan Bank employes held hostage by distraught homosexual J Wojtowicz and his accomplice S Natuarale ends at 5:24 AM on Aug 23 as Fed agent shoots and kills Natuarale at Kennedy Internatl Airport; Wojtowicz is overpowered and captured; strategy included using code word from another agent during an apparently innocuous conversation about small jet plane gunmen had demanded be brought to airport; when code word was spoken, driver grabbed shotgun Natuarale had aimed at his head, pulled out concealed revolver and shot Natuarale, who was seated behind agent and flanked by 2 hostages; FBI seeks Chase Manhattan Bank exec with whom Wojtowicz maintains he was drinking at ‘gay bar’ when Wojtowicz was planning robbery; FBI says Wojtowicz never met Natuarale before planning robbery; Wotjowicz is ordered held in $250,000 bail by US Magistrate M Schiffman in Bklyn Fed Ct; Natuarale has NY criminal record under name D Matterson; biog sketch of Natuarale; events preceding airport arrest reviewed; sketch of positions occupied by hostages, gunmen and FBI agents in limousine; list of hostages; illus

Soviet pub Komsolmolskaya Pravda article deplores expense acct finagling apparently rampant in USSR, particularly at resorts; suggests that special summer confs at Black Sea resorts, expense acct padding and practice of taking along wives, relatives and friends to resort hotels at state expense is extremely common practice; illus of Black Sea resort beach

Dade County, Fla, State Atty R E Gerstein summons K H Dahlberg to testify on Aug 23 about $25,000 Nixon campaign contribution he collected in cash and converted to cashier's check which later turned up in Miami bank acct of alleged leader of Dem Natl Com hq break‐in B L Barker; Gerstein and his chief investigator, M Dardis, have have been conducting quiet investigation of case for some wks; Dardis questions Dahlberg, who is subpoenaed while attending Repub fund‐rasing meeting at Nixon's Natl Conv hq and escorted to Miami Metro Justice Bldg, concerning notarized statement on check he endorsed and says he personally handed to Nixon campaign chief fund‐raiser M H Stans; when Barker 1st presented check to Republic Natl Bank in Miami, bank officer reptdly told Barker that check bearing Dahlberg's endorsement would have to be verified; Barker reptdly left bank and returned later with check bearing written statement, signed by himself as notary public, that appears to certify that Dahlberg endorsed check in Barker's presence; Dahlberg, who is Nixon re‐election com Midwest finance chmn, says in Aug 23 int that Barker was not present when he endorsed check and gave it to Stans; Gerstein and Dardis, in brief statement, say that 1 aspect of their inquiry involves possible commission of felony under Fla law that bars notary public from certifying fradulent statements; Gerstein says he is cooperating in investigation with several Fed agencies; speculation noted that Gerstein's local investigation is increasing pressure on Washington for full investigation; Dahlberg, Dardis illus