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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1960)
o o MEDFORD MAIL TRlfcjNE, MEDFORD, ORE. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1960 o A 3 Paeif icationr f Vietnamese Forges Against Communists i ' ''' ' ' ' ri TRAINS COLLIDE The engine of the Wabash passenger train that went off the tracks lies on its side near Spring field, 111. Fourteen passengers were sent to hospitals and damage estimates ran up to $250,000. The passenger train was struck by a freight train that ran through a switch onto the main line. (UPI Telephoto) Better Sewage Plants Planned Portland flJPD The commu nities of Canby, West Linn and Newberg told the State Sanitary Authority Thursday they would be able to com ply with demands for improv ed sewage facilities as or dered. The authority held a hear ing here on river pollution problems in the northern Wil lamette Valley. It had sent directives to the cities to en large sewage treatment plants by July 1, 1962. The authority ordered Ore- eon City to submit some kind of definite schedule not later than next Dec. 15. Authority members said Oregon City's plans were inadequate at present. Salem asked for an exten sion of time. It is planning a larger plant than required by the authority's order,. it can serve outside-the-city areas in Marion and Polk counties. .Anything that's . WILL MAKE A GOOD PICTURE BROWNIE 8 CAMERA f2.7 Lowest priced movie camera in Kodak history! Join the family fun of making movies . . . keep a record of good times! Buying the camera and making the movies are both easy with the new Brownie 8. The price is the lowest ever, and shooting movies is as easy as taking snapshots! Just set a dial lo match the day's light ... no other adjustments. 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It is a word used formerly by the French army in its struggle against the Vietmlnh in this same region, and it is a word being used today by French generals in Algeria. For the U Minh Ha war zone, pacification means the destruction of the Communist Viet Cong and their food sup ply. The effective strength of the Viet Cong in the zone is placed by officers conducting operations there at 250. It could be less, because, it is pointed out, the small cadres receive clandestine reinforce ments from fishing boats that put in to shore under cover of night. Obierver Impressed What impresses the observ er most is the deserted aspect of the countryside through which Vietnamese marines moved with their rifles and grenade throwers at the ready. The enemy is rarely seen, and only occasionally heard. By means of an apparently efficient intelligence network operating through villages that border the swamp, the Viet Cong are able to ascer tain in advance the move ments of government forces through the swamp and rice fields. Yet evidence of recent hu man activity was clear in the area. The column with which this reporter moved by sam pan uncovered more than one cache of rice in metal cans and bunches of freshly cut bananas. These finds brought cries of delight from the rain-soak ed troops, and they were bun dled into the sampans for some future meal. Thatched huts, rebuilt with new materials after the end of the last "pacification . op eration, were burned to the ground. The theory is that without shelter, the Viet Cong and their supporters will be less likely to cultivate the new rice crop. Viet Nam, a land of rice surplus, finds It more profitable to deny the rice of these fields to the en emy, and tnereriy 10 useu, than to allow it to be harvest ed. To Now Villages The inhabitants of the orig inal settlements had long since been movea away m new villages the government constructed for them on the frinees of the swamp. In that way, the government could be sure no one was left in the swamp but the Viet Long. But the task of putting up house there is as simple as stringing a cover of leaves from the latania tree on a stout wooden framework. Ac cording to the military, many of the huts have been rebuilt, month after month, following repeated expeditions of gov ernment troops through the area. As the nale erav smoke of hnrnlne huts rose into the overcast sky, a short burst of small arms fire sounded from thirltpt of trees on the norl- "Wnmine shots." said the battalion commander. "The Viet Cong avoid us whenever they can, Capt. Tran Van Nhut said. "It's dif ficult for us to engage them an open fight. Comtani Menace Booby traps are a constant menace. The Viet Cong leave a variety of devices behind to try to Inflict casualties in any way without exposing themselves. In recent opera tions, government troops have encountered trip wires in the rice paddies, mined huts and flat wooden -blocks armed with rusty nails practically invisible under water in the rice paddies. The troops have been in structed to hold their fire un til they actually see a target. But there are no targets In this sort of war where the advantage is with the surprise attack. And the size and slow advance of an army column make it difficult for It to sur prise anyone. A sentry posted on the edge of an encampment re ported sighting a string of five sampans navigating along a canal half mile away dur ing a brief lift in the drizzle. The company commander or dered several rounds of 81 millimeter mortar fire on the canal. The dull thud of the exploding rounds echoed in the distance, drowning brief ly the sound of the rain. The column moved forward i c-i '01 ,fM r r -: i i off" Rate Suspension On Grain Opposed Salcm-IUPD-The Oregon Ag riculture Department Thurs day went on record against suspension of reduced rail road grnin freight rates slated to go into effect Sept. 30. Department Director J. F. Short sent a telegram to Har old D. McCoy, secretary of the Interstate Commerce Com mission, urging denial of a petition for suspension. The petition was filed by the Portland Dock Commission and various river barge lines. Paul T. Rowell, chief of the Oregon department's market development division, said if the rates are reduced, it would mean "at least a mil lion dollar saving a year for grain producers in Oregon PRESIDENT'S EXPRESSIONS-President Eisenhower's ex pression varies as he holds the center of the "world stage" at the United Nations General Assembly. He denounced Soviet meddling In The Congo and called anew for dis armament talks. (UPI Telephoto) Council Selects Executive Secretary . Salem - IUPD - The planning director of Merced, Calif., Thursday was named execu tive secretary of the Intergov ernmental Cooperation coun cil here. Robert F. Van Horn, 33, will succeed Richard Hart- man, who resigned to take a county administrative posi tion in Sacramento. and small arms fire echoed sporadically over the watery waste. The column stuck .o single file through the knee- deep rice shoots to avoid stepping on mines and booby traps. But under such conditions it's hard to catch up with guerrillas and engage them in an open fight. The guerrillas use a strange assortment of arms. Captured Viet Cong weapons in the last few months included French MAS-36 rifles, British Sten guns, American carbines and BAR'S, and arms of Czech manufacture. In addition, the Viet Cong uses many types of home-made weapons. Wooden Rifles The Vict Cong also are known to make use of dummy rifles carved out of wood to impress the local population with the strength of their ar mament. v "They use every trick in the book, as you Americans say," the company command er said. He added that his own unit had engaged in op erations against the Vict Cong in other provinces of the Me kong river delta, and was composed of veterans, many of whom had their first taste of war in the fighting in the Indo-China war. (Next: Guerrilla. Tie Down Large Forces.) -dm ES'tof JJ. 14 i Fl.l ! GETS INDIAN HEADDRESS - Sen. John Sioux Indian. The presidential nominee Kennedy, right, was presented with an was named ' Chief Eagle" Sen Kennedy Indian headdress on his arrival at Sioux arrived to attend the National Plowing Falls, S.D., by George Kills In Sight, a matches. 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