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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1900 Many South Viet Mam Villages Peaceful by Day, Horrible by Night ) By ARTHUR J. DOMMEN ', Cho Gao, Soulh Viet Nam (UPD-To. reach this village in the Mekpng river delta one drives along a narrow, bumpy road between, flooded rice fields where black-clothed peasants are busily trans planting the new rice crop. Thnlched-rooJ huts dot the flat land, connected with the toad by a maze of pathways along the tops of dikes. Peaceful enough by day, Cho Gao and many other vil lages and hamlets like it have become, by night, the scene of acts of bloodshed and ter ror. This correspondent visited Cho Gao to talk with the peo ple who are most directly In volved in the two-way strug gle now going on In the South Vietnamese countrys lde. where the farmer and the civil servant often have to make the decision: The Viet Cong (the name for local Commu nist agents and guerrillas) or the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem. It is a life and death deci sion, and for many it is their last. . . ;. The name Cho Gao means literaly "rice market." The village lies along both banks of Viet Nam's most heavily traveled inland waterway, wide canal used by junks and barges carrying the produce 1 ', v 1 V -hi, . t ' ill vn .and let us also give thanks for the human dignity which we' enjoy as free individ uals ... for the preservation of the peace .. . for the prosperity of our great Nation ... for its thrifty and self-reliant citizens ... for our homes and tho family happiness they bring . . . for the challenge of the unlimited opportunities which lie ahead. CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE 4 PER ANNUM MSI FEI Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford 29 Norfh Ivy Street Robert F. Kyle, Manager of 13 southern provinces northward to Saigon, half a day's journey away. Proud Little Town Cho Gao is a proud little town, with its modern, corru gated iron - roofed school buildings, its army post and its ferry that Is pulled across the canal by a fixed cable. On one side of the street are shops stocked with 100-pound bags of Tunisian phosphate for sale to farmers who want to make the effort to fertilize their fields to obtain a second annual rice crop. They bear the red-whltc-and-blue clasp ed hands symbol of the Amer ican aid program. The district administrative headquarters are a little way out of the center of town. There, grouped around an open square are the district Information office with loud speakers attached atop a near by pole (operated by gasoline generator-electricity has not yet reached Cho Gao), the po lice station, the office of the plainclothes police, the farm ers cooperative, the Bureau of the National Revolutionary movement, South Viet Nam's national political party, and the house of the district offi cer. Progress Inspected Inside the house, one of the district officer's assistants told of having spent the morning inspecting progress at an ag glomerate community being built at the other end of the province The government has placed much hope in its far-reaching plan to build agglomerations, "agrovillcs," throughout the south. The Viet Cong have concentrated their efforts against the agrovillcs, trying to sabotage them and Intimi date their inhabitants. Cho Gao has been called upon to provide 500 workers for the new, agroville. They receive no money for their work digging canals1 and building roads. They are hous ed for the week they spend away from home in a sort of communal bunkhouse. Their village Is responsible for send ing them food during their absence from home. The district officer's assign ment made it clear he believes the government's efforts at winning the- wholehearted support of the peasants de pends on the success with which it can convince the pea sant he is working for his own good, for his own country, "Despite our troubles, he said, vve have great confi dence in our future." Nevertheless, he admitted to having taken the precau tion of covering up his offi cial license plate with an or dinary civilian license on the drive to the new agroville- as "a sort of camouflage." The rill tti w $m$M ANYONE FOR CAKE? Evansville, Ind.'s Fellowship cake, the world's largest, was fed to some 15,000 at ihe cuy's municipal stadium. The cake took many days to prepare and fed an estimated 250,000 people. It measured 38 feet long, 8 feet wide and 12 feet high. After the stadium group was fed, tne remainder was distributed throughout the city to passing motorists. y (UPI Telephoto) SEEKS TORTOISE BAN ' London-fflPB-The Royal So ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announc ed today it will try to end the importation of tortoises from the Mediterranean. The so ciety charged that Britain bound tortoises are tied to a stake in the hot sun while awaiting shipment. AT $260 A NIP Pinner, Engla'nd-flJPD-Wine shop owner Tom Norman has offered to sell a bottle of 1811 Napolcan brandy for 1,000 pounds ($2,800) providing the buyer will let him buy back one drink for .100 pounds ($280). "I fancy a drop myself," Norman said. clean up bills and get ready for winter expenses G2&G ask ,he 'riend,y 'an man $25 to $1500 CITY FINANCE COMPANY 185 E. Main St Phone: MU. 9-5421, Ashland life tnturanc available on all loom at low group rates Viet Cong have been ambush ing and assassinating govern ment officials when they get the opportunity. Viet Cong terrorism has not been much of a problem in Cho Gao district itself. Things have been quiet here. The dis trict is considered "safe and there is no need for pacifica tion by the army, as in other areas. Units F6rmed However, two units of Re publican Youth have been formed and armed with French rifles. These youth, be tween the ages of 18 and 25, can act as a militia in aiding regular troops in case of a se rious engagement with the Viet Cong. Such engagements are rare, though, and the dread pres ence of the Viet Cong makes itself felt In small, individual acts against civil servants and those accused of "collaborat ing" with them. Changed Quarters Only a few weeks ago a hnmlct chief In another dis trict in the same province was reported assassinated. H 1 name was Bay Nhleu, and he was well regarded by his neighbors and had the reputa tlon of making good collec tions on loans made by the government's A g r 1 c u 1 ture Credit agency. He had the premonition the Viet Cong was determined kill him, so he moved from house to house at night, each time sleeping in a different place. On the night the Viet Cong went for him, even his wife did not know where he was A snort time later ,he was found sleeping in a hut. The nine Republican Youths the hut with him were armed only with sticks and were or dered to clear out. How was he killed? He was strangled. A note listing his "crimes" accused him of doing his job too well The Viet Cong also set fire to the roof of the hut so the blaze could be seen in all the dis trict, the usual way of indi cating they have assassinated someone. These are the facts of life today in South Viet Nam' villages. ' JI send a child to the store? How ia it you know you're taking no chances when you lot a youngster take your shopping UbI? Isn't it for the sume reason that you buy 70 of your family's food without actually seeing it? 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Turner of Central Point. They suggested a table for sorting and sizing pears. The table, according to the state department of agriculture has proven to be more accu rate and has more than dou bled the tonnage an inspector can examine. It also will eli minate the hiring of part time personnel. Yearly Savings Yearly savings of $10,000 are anticipated as a result of the suggestion, the department said. The $500 award, which will be shared by the six men, is the 10th maximum award made during the five-year his tory of the employee sugges tion awards board, and the first maximum award for the state department of agriculture. A seasonal cook for the state department of forestry, Eva L. Gerhardt, was award ed a certificate of commenda tion for suggesting a conveni ent way to pack lunches for fire fighters. She is a resident of Medford. Mrs. Lininger Named To College Group Mrs. B. M. 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