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MEDFORD MAIL TRlfcjNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1960
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Paeif icationr
f Vietnamese Forges Against Communists
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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
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Destruction of
Food Supplies
Among Goals
Editor'! notr: Thii li the strand
of three dispatches by UPI Saigon
Bureau .Manager Artnur J. uom
men, who ipent several days with
Vietnamese armed forces operating
against lommuniii guerrillas.
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Saigon,' South Viet Nam -
IUPD - Inside a war zone, the
objective of Vietnamese arm
ed forces operating against
Communist guerrillas is spell
ed out in one word: pacifica
tion.
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
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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.)
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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. (UPI Telephoto)
Worker Crushed By Logging Trucks
Klamath Falls -jllPD- Allen
Coddington, about 32, was
killed instantly Thursday
when he was crushed between
two logging trucks about 110
miles northwest of here on a
logging road to Roseburg.
Coddington was part owner
in the Iron Mountain Lumber
Company and a partner in the
Coddington-Fourtner Logging
Co., Beaver Marsh.
The accident apparently oc
curred as he was Inspecting
a load when one of the trucks
backed up.
Coddington had been al
Beaver Marsh for about three
years. He formerly was a resi
dent of Willamina.
He is survived by his wife.
Nancy, and two sons. Funeral
services will be held at Willamina.
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