! TImh
Day's Slews
By FRANK JENKINS
Something to remember:
beginning tomorrow, be sure
to put an extra penny on your
letters.
This modern world note on
ailing Telstar and what cured it
Engineers of the Bell Telephone
Laboratories diagnosed the trou
ble, blamed it on radiation and
found a way to restore the satel
lite whirling around the earth
goodness knows how many thou
sands of miles out there in space
to normal health.
Here's how it was done:
The engineers determined that
one transistor in its command
decoder was running an electri
cal fever and so, feeling out of
sorts as people do from time to
time, Telstar refused to act on
command.
The remedy?
It was quite simple. The en
gineers devised a trick code
which cut off the electrical ' fe
ver, not unlike a couple of aspir
ins when taken by human beings
who for one reason or another
are felling all upset.
When Telstar got rid of the
fever, it went back to work
even as you and I,
A thought:
The time may come when, feel
ing lousy, you'U merely phone
your doctor, describe your symp
toms, and he'll push a few but
tons and set you up in busi
ness again.
It's Retting to be quite a world,
isn't it?
From Salem the other day:
Steps to reduce the number of'
Oregon counties have been pro
posed by the legislative commit
tee on local government. The
committee called for creation of
a special commission to study
county CONSOLIDATION. It said
present studies indicate that great
economies may be achieved by
consolidation into a lesser num
ber of counties.
Ah me!
How times do change!
There was a time within the
memory of many of Oregon's cit-j
izens who are still able to get
around without a cane when
COUNTY DIVISION was a big
Issue in Oregon. The argument
was that taxpayers shouldn't have
to go so far and waste so much
lime getting to the. county scat to
transact their necessary business
at the court house.
And- '
At that time
It was a logical argument. Con
sidering the prevailing modes
of transportation, it did take a lot
of time in many ol Oregon's larg
er counties for remote citizens to
pet to the county seat. There were
a few automobiles, to be sure.
But the prevailing roads were
anything but good. When a re
mote taxpayer came to town in
his tin Lizzie, he could never be
certain that a rain wouldn't come
tip and make the roads impass
able. ' So the proposals to make little
counties out of trie Dig counties
seemed quite reasonable, and
county division projects were
numerous. They were perhaps
somewhat more numerous be
cause of the desire on the part ol
many of the smaller towns to be
come bigger towns by getting In
be county seats.
Th p-ttsiinc rountv seats, of
courst, reasoned that county di
vision might result in making
them smaller town.. At anv rate.
the county division movement of
several decades ago resulted in
quite a lot oi' blond on the moon
in Orccon.
Now-, with good roads and fast
cars, we're moving in the other
direction. In the beginning, there
was just ONE Oregon county east
of the Cascades mighty vtasco.
In this area, there are now IS
counties.
And-
Because ol better roads and
faster cars it would now actually
be easible even though it
wouldn't be popular to go hack
again to one big county in all o(
Oregon eat of the mountains
It is indeed true that times and
manners chanse.
Coal Shortage
Faces Germans
BERLIN I PI1 - Cnmmunit
Est Germany, faced with a ma
jor coal shortage in the wake of I
one of Europe s wnrt winter
storms, appealed Saturday to the
people to conserve natural gas
supplies. II also fired a number of
coal mine manaccrs.
The Communist ADS news serv
ice said 800 factory worker and
collective farmers were called out
Salurdav to help miners dig ma
chinery and equipment out of the
snow and gripping frost, flame
throwers were used in some
places to tha layers of ire m the
earth over open mines.
Wen I her
High yesterday 41
Low Friday night 19
High year age II
Low year ago n
High pett 14 yeert SI (mil
Low poll 14 years .1 (mat
Proclp. pait 34 hours .00
Sinco Jan. I .0!
Sama period tail year .0
Sunntc Monday T:U
Sunset Monday 4:51
Gas Tax
Proposed
'Have Not' Roads
SALEM IUPH Legislation call
ing lor a 1-cent a gallon gasoline
tax to finance bonds for construe
Hon of have not , highways
throughout the state will be pro
posed by the Oregon Coast Asso
ciation. Manager Verne Ayers
said Saturday.
He said legislators from coastal
areas have agreed to submit a
highway bond bill to be financed
by the 1-cent tax.
He said a proposal to increase
auto registration by $3 a year a!
so was under consideration.
Ayers estimated the 1-cent tax
would raise between $5-$6 million
a year, and the $5 registration in
crease could produce up to $10-$12
million a vear.
He said the plan would be bit
terly opposed by the Slate High
way Commission and Gov. Mark
Hatfield.
Ayers was hopeful of success,
however. He said the state Demo
cratic platform includes a plank
favoring such bonding, and added
the Democrats control both the
House and Senate."
He said "our number one proj
ect is to eliminate 25 miles of
horse and buggy road on U.S. 101
in Tillamook County.
He said the Associated General
Contractors and Oregon Automo
bile Association oppose the bond-
India Asks
Arbitration
NEW DELHI (UPD-lndia dis
closed Saturday it has formally
proposed to Communist China that
they refer their border dispute to1
the International Court of Justice
at The Hague for arbitration.
At the same time India accused
the Chinese Communists of using
tactics "reminiscent of the old
days of gunboat diplomacy." It
implied for the first time that
Peking's terms for opening nego
tiations amounted to a victor's
surrender conditions.
The International Court propos
al, originally suggested in parlia
mcnt by Prime Minister Jawahar-
lal Nehru, as well as the sharp
charges were contained in a note
to Peking released Saturday by
the Indian Foreign Ministry.
Its disclosure came as Red
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai
bade farewell in Peking to two
visiting would-be peacemakers in
the Sino-Indian dispute with a
statement indicating the Chinese
have not budged from their hard
line on the controversy.
Foreign Ship
Use Approved
WASHINGTON 'LTD - Acting
Commerce Secretary Edward
Gudcman has approved a request
to permit four companies to ship
lumber from the Pacific Coast to
Puerto Rico in foreign flag ves
sels. Approval was conditional on
American shipping companies be
ing given an opportunity to match
the bids of foreign shippers.
The request to use the foreign
(lag vessels was from Dant 4 Rus
sell, Inc.. Orcmm Lumber Export
Co.. Seaboard Lumber Co. and
Simpson Timber Co.
Boivin Predicts Long Session Of Legislature
By FLOYD L. WYNNE
"This could be the longest ses
sion ol the legislature on record.'
That s about the way that State
Sen. Harry Boivin sees the pros
pects for the coming session ol
the legislature which opens in
Salem on Sunday. Jan. 13. with
caucus calls, and oflicially be
gins work on Monday, Jan. 14.
Boivin returns to work in the
Senate with some concern over
where he will fit into the current
picture after having served the
last term as the president of the
Senate, the top-ranking and policy
making post of that body.
However. Boivin indicated that
his prime concern, as it has been
dunne pa-t sessions, is to work
for the advancement of the Ore-
con Tech campus. "Our goal," he
said, "is still the same, namely
to get the school moved o(f the
hill and operating on the new
campus by (all of 19M "
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Price Fifteen Cents
I
Increase
To Build
ing plan, and added the Oregon
Motel Association which at first
opposed the idea had reversed it
self and now favored the bonding
proposal.
"If all the have not highway
areas get together we can get re
sults," Ayers stated.
"Frankly," he said, "if we get
groups throughout the state to
thinking we're going to get all the
money for the coast, they will all
join and try and get their share.
"This is what we want. All the
have not highway areas can bene
fit if they all join and push to
gether." He cited U.S. 20, U.S. 101, U.S
'J7, U.S. 395 and the Winnemucca-
to-the-Sea routes as "have not
highways" that need improve
mcnt.
He said so much money was
going into construction of the in
terstate highway system there
was not enough money left over
to improve or rebuild other major
slate roadways.
Ayers scoffed at those who op
pose the bond financing.
"That s what banks are for.
"If you want to expand your
business, or build a house, you
Iwrrow. We feel that way about
highway bonds.
Let's pay for the highways
while we are using them.
'You have to wait too long for
improvements if you go on a cash
basis, he explained.
Ayers said the coast association
had been "pretty successful" im
programs to date. He cited the
$24 million Astoria bridge and the
$12.6 million Gold Beach - Brook
ings highway project both fi
nanced by bond issues as exam
ples of successes to date.
"We are vitally in need of a
network of highways in the state!
to complement the interstate sys
tem, he said.
Ayers said he understood the
Highway 20 association also would
join the campaign (or the pro
posed highway bonds.
mat 1-cent tax could raise
more than $50 million in the next
ten years to pay for the bonds
while we were using the high
ways," he explained.
Postal Rates Hike
One-Cent Monday
WASHINGTON UP1 Post-i
master General J. Edward Day
issued a reminder Saturday that
it will cost a penny more to send
letters and postcards beginning
Monday. Even so, he said, the
U. S. mail "still is one of the con
sumer's best bargains."
Day noted that postal rate in
creases enacted by Congress last
(all go into effect alter midnight
Sunday. First class letters will
cost five cents and postcards four
cents, while air mail letters will
require e'ght cents postage per
ounce and air mail postcards will
be six cents.
This will mean an increase of
about $1.80 in the amount each
American family sp-nds on post
age in a year, bringing this ex
penditure to $9, he said. "But.
compared to olher prices,"
he added, "a stamp still is one
of the consumer's best bargains."
The postmaster general noted
that the cost of living has jumped
He indicated that the need will
be In secure about $3 million addi
tional lor campus construction.
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WATCH YOUR SPEED Sgt. Odell Olson checks the new addition to the Klamath
Falls Police Department, the bugaboo of speeders, a radar speed trap. The Stevenson
Radar Speedhalizer cost nearly $1,000. It's a compact unit with only two small
components. The lamp device attached to the patrol car window is called the'
antenna and the speed recorder sifting on the roof is placed next to the patrolman on
the front seat. All in all, this radar device is quite Inconspicuous. Klamath Falls speed
ers, watch out.
Katanga Forces Mass
To Take Elisabeth ville
ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga,
The Congo (UPI) Katanga In
terior Minister Godefroid Munon
go said to be the power behind
President Moise Tshombe has
reformed the shattered Katangesc;
gendarmerie and is marching onj
Elisabethville with 1.000 men,
U. N. sources said Saturday.
At the same time Radio Free
Katanga said U. N. forces which
seized Jadotville earlier last week
had resumed their drive on
Tshomhe's headquarters town ot
Kolwezi and had driven 40 miles!
from Jadotville against "tiercel
resistance." Jadotville is 80 miles
from Kolwezi.
The Katanga communique said
U. N. troops w-ere stopped be
tween Mulunghishi, 20 miles
northwest of Jadotville, and Ngu
ba, 20 miles further on, "by vio
lent battles." U. N. sources in
dicated earlier their forces had
halted at Jadotville to await a
Tshomhe peace feeler.
118 per cent during the past 30
years, while the cost of mailin;
a letter has risen only fiS per
cent, from three cents to five
cents.
When related to the ability to
pay, based on average hourly in
come, U.S. mail rales are "sub
stantially lower than in the other
major countries of the world," he
said.
To support his contention that
stamps are a "bargain." Day had
pointed out that when the Post
Office issued its first stamps in
1847, the basic prepaid letter rale
was five cents "and a nickel
was a lot harder to come by in
I hose days.
Air mail letters cost 24 cenls
in 1918. when air service was of
licially started although that
included a 10-cent fee for special
delivery as well and the charge
was eight cenls an ounce the
same as under the new rates
Irnm I!t44-1!H7.
He labelled prospects lor Orecon
Tech at the next legislative ses
sion as "all right." adding that
the school is "numlier one on the
priority list o( the Slate Board of
Higher Education "
He also ventured a guess lhal
if the Hale resorls to bonding
to solve the building needs of
higher education. OTI might se
cure one or two dormitories.
In prcdiiling that the coming
session miht be the longest on
record. Boivin indicated that there
were some tough problems to be
laced and solved
First among these, in his esti
mation, is that o( the needs of
higher education. "If we are go
ing to continue to solve our pres
ent problems and provide for the
increasing enrollment, it is going
to cost money."
Speculation on possible In pack
alios to be adopted rallied from
net receipts to increased income
ecu?
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KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON,
U. N. reports said Munongol
was marching up from the North-;
ern Rhodesian border.
The development threatened to.
explode a new round of fighting
in the mineral rich province. It
came as U. N. Undersecretary
Ralph Bunche arrived in Leopold
ville and gave the green light for
further military operations against
Katanga President Moise Tshom
be.
Bunche pinpointed three more
main military objectives including;
Tshombe's stronghold at Kolwezi
and Sakania. Sakania is located
on the bordrjr of Northern Rho
desia, 100 milt's southeast of Klis
abeUivillo, from which the Ka
tangese were reported moving
with at least six armored ve
hicles.
The United Nations sent a civil
ian train with Red Cross mark
ings down the railway line toward
the Sakania area late Saturday to
lest the reaction of Munongo'sl
gendarmes.
It appeared obvious Bunche was
hoping to withhold major U. N.
strikes until Secretary General
Thant's two-week ultimatum to
Tshombe to talk peace or face
renewed warfare expires Jan. 14.
The new Katangese offensive
could change all that, however.
Hope Seen
For Peace
PALM BEACH. Fla. 'UPIi -
President Kennedy received an
up-to-the minute report on the
tense Congo situation Saturday
from Secretary of Slate Dean
Rusk. The cabinet member told
newsmen afterward there is "a
real chance" for settlement.
But Rusk said the prospects for
peace In the turbulent African
nation depend on the next moves
of President Moise Tshombe.
president of the breakaway pro
vince ot Katanga.
Tshombe, however, was show
ins no signs he was willing to
talk peace.
taxes. Boivin did not see any
likelihood of a sales tax being
adopted this session.
He also indicated that any
building program for higher edu
cation would have to come from
bonds, that it could not be sup
ported from the general f u nd
which is alieady hard-pressed.
While he did not have any pref
erence in the matter. Boivin said
he felt the legislature would pass
a tax program and lea'f it up
to the people to rclcr it if they
wished. "If they do refer the
lax program." Boivin cautioned,
"we will have In have a sitcrial
service and will cut the cloth to
lit the pattern, meaning that serv
ices will have to be cut."
He summed up the basic prob
lem of the coming session s
"raising enough money to continue!
present state services and pro
vide additional services that are
deemed essential."
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1J
For Drive
From UN
Tshombe has shown no signs ol
talking peace at the moment
U. N. reconnaissance aircraft
flying over the Sakania area Sat
urday reported that Munongo has
retormcd stragglers from the Ka
tangese gendarmerie who were
driven out of Elisabethville In a
U. N. Christmas offensive and
was leading them into battle
( Northern Rliodesia chareed
that three Swedish U. N. let fisht
ers Hew deep into Rhodesian ter
ritory in the same area. It or
dered its own jet air force to na
trol the border and halt further
incursions.)
Officers
In Dope Crackdown
YUBA CITY, Calif. UPI-A
two-state narcotics ring was
smashed early Saturday when
law officers confiscated $250.0001
in heroin and arrested five per
sons. Federal, state and local agents
swarmed over the five as they al
legedly completed the sale of 22
ounces of uncut heroin to two FBI
undercover agents from Reno,
Nev. The agents had agreed to
iay J10.000 for the cache, which
authorities said could bring a
quarter million dollars on the
o)cn market.
Sutler County Undershcriff Har-
mol Ollar said the five had been
upplying dne throughout North
ern California and Nevada. He
said the investigation would con
tinue and more persons could be.
come involved.
Arrested were Adulph Rodri-
quez. 41, Yuba Cily, a labor con
tractor, and his wife, Etla Rodri-
quez, 35. Also booked were Al
berto Morales Amaro, 34, Sacra
mento: Juan Rarragan Bautista.
42. Tijuana. Mexico, and a wo
man, Ceja Huerta Francisca, 30.
also of Tijuana.
The five were held in Suiter
("ounlv Jail, then transferred to
Moral marshals in Sacramento
The sheriff! odice said Bauds
la. Amaro find Miss Francisca
Boivin also jabbed at the work
of the Constitutional Revision
Committee, succesting that the
committee should take another
two years of study on the prob
lem of revising the Constitution
and tiiat the legislature should
shelve discussion on It for two
years. He commented, "We don't
want change just for change, and
any revisions should result in im
provement " He particularly dis
agreed with the commitlee's rec
ommendations on the governor be
ing the only elected official in
the state, tile recommendation
that a lietuenant governor be
adopted, and the proposal on
judges being appointed. He con
cluded. "We haven't done too bad
ly under the present system."
Boivin expected to leave this
weekend for Salem where he Is
making preparations for (he long
vital session which he anlici
pates for the legislature.
Telephone
WASHINGTON (UPP - The
Army made a strong bid for sup
port from state governors for its
National Guard reorganization
plan Saturday by promising to co
ordinate the action with an inter
nal revamping of guard units.
The promise was made in an
announcement issued at the Pen
tagon while the governors were!
meeting here to consider whether
they would consent to a tar
reaching shake up in the 400,000-
man guard.
The effect of coordinating the
reorganizations would be to speed
the improvement of 2.1 guard dl
visions which would be left in
tact.
The Pentagon is seeking thel
governors' support for its plans to
reduce four other guard divisions
to brigades.
The governors Inst summer
withheld approval of the Pentagon
plan. State adjutants general ob
jected to the shake up on grounds
it would delay an internal im-:
provement planned since 1961.
Saturday's promise would meet
these objections.
The Pentagon-sought charges
would result in a net loss of M8
company-sized guard units. The
improvement plan envisions great
ly increased mechanization of the
guard.
Under the new policy, both re
organizations would be completed
in six months.
The Army announcement pre-l
sumably was introduced at
meeting between Army Secretary
Cyrus Vance and seven state gov
ernors. They were meeting in a
final bargaining session on the re
organization plan.
Although they saw little alter
native to ultimate approval of the1
reorganization, the governors
Nab Five
brought the heroin to Rodriquez
from Mexico Friday night. The
cache was believed to be French
in origin.
Deputies said the five met with
tlic FBI agonts in Rodriquez'
home. One of the agents handed
over $8,000, then went to his car
on the pretense of getting $2,000
more. More than a dozen officers
then broke into the home.
The agents described Rodriquez
as the chief wholesaler and said
he had been under surveillance
for several months. Smaller pur
chases had been made by agents
during that period.
Peru Moves
On Commies
LIMA, Peru (UPD - The mili
tary junta proclaimed a nation
wide stale of siege Saturday to
block an alleged revolt "planned
by agenls of Moscow and Havana."
Police squads routed scores ol
known Communists from their
beds and carted them off to jail.
The numlier of arrests was es
timated at from 50 to 300. There
was no Immediate official report.
There were reports of arrests in
interior cities.
The Communist front National
Liberation Front 'FLNi and the
pro-Castro Social Progressive
movement ' MSP I headquarters
were raided.
Fort army trucks were kept1
busy shuttling the alleged Commu
nists to army security compounds
There was no room for them in
city jails.
Retired Army Gen, Cesar A
Pando, National Liberation Front
presidential candidate in lasl
year's election, was among those
arrested.
A government spokesman saiJ
only Communists were arrested
In Cuzeo where Communist Hu
go Rlancn leads an Indian guer
rilla rind, 300 Indians raided I
powder masazine bekmging In an
army engineering company Frl
day. but were repulsed alter a
light, an army sKikesman said.
The stale o( siege declaration,
read over all radio slatinns under
a junta decree promulgated Fri
day, said "i vast subversive plan
of agitation and violence, planned
by agents of Moscow and Havana,
has been unleashed."
TU 4-8111 No. 7030
hoped to win concessions on these
points:
They seek greater "flexibility"
in recruiting to permit the guard
to maintain the 400,000-man
strength authorized by Congress.
In recent months, the guard has
slipped to a strength of less than
ryi v? I V
HMssj L.iia.1 aim MMiM.i.im.l
MAY THE BEST MAN WIN Two nominees for the
Jaycee Junior and Senior Citizen Awards wish each
other good luck Friday. The men were nominated as out
standing citizens in the Klamath Basin area by fellow
citizens. The winners will be honored at an awards
banquet set for Jan. 10 at the Wineme Hotel. Tickets
may be purchased at the Winema or at the downtown
branches of the First National or U.S. National banks.
Freeman's
Rejected By Governor
SALEM (UPI) A plea for com
mutation of the death sentence
child slayef Jeannace June Free
man has been rejected, the gover
nor's office announced Saturday.
Travis Cross, press secretary
for Gov. Mark Hatfield, said the
governor found nothing in Uie
case at this time as the result of
the presentation earlier last week
which warrants the exercise of
the extraordinary relief of execu
tive clemency,
Cross made it clear the rejec
tion applied only to the presenta
tion made for commutation Thurs
day by attorneys William M,
Holmes and Csh R. Perrine, both
of Bend
Cross said Hatfield was contin
uing to read transcripts and other
Venus Probe
Signals Out
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
liny voice of Mariner 2. which
whispered to men some of the se
crets of space, has laded away
forever.
U.S. tracking stations on earth
lost contact with the little space
craft Friday.
Its last signal came from 54.3
million miles away, more than
twice as far as radio signals
were ever successfully beamed be
fore.
At that point, sensors on the
spacecraft which kept its direc
tional antenna beamed toward
home could no longer see the
earth. So Mariner i, a 447-pound
spacecraft that looks like a min
iature oil derrick, sped to a per
petual orbit around the sun Sat
urday with Ms radio signals aimed
(he wrong way.
Scientists had expected this to
happen.
Conductors
Ask Raise
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa (UPII-
The Order of Railway Conductors
and Brakemen (ORCB) Satuvday
announced It Is serving notice on
the nation's railroads requesting
basic pay increases of 10 per cent
I ou is J. Wagoner, C'RCB prcsi
dent, said the notices were being.
served on all railroads by general
chairmen of the ORCB.
The ORCB, which represents
30.000 conductors and brakemen,
also plans to seek a carrier-paid
health welfare program . which
would include life insurance for
each employe.
Wenllier
Klamath Falls, Tulelake and
Lakeview Fair through Monday
with patchy morning fog. General
ly light winds. Continued mild
days and cool nights. Highs to
day and Monday 44. Lows tonight
14 In the lower Klamath Basin,
with 20 at Klamath Falls.
375,000 because recruiting quotas
could not be filled.
Speaking on behalf of the
guard, they want faster and mote
simultaneous mechanization of the
guard's 23 remaining combat divi
sions. Four divisions are to be
reduced to brigades in the reor
ganization. Mercy Flea
- ldocuments In the case "before an-
ollnouncing a final decision."
Miss Freeman, 21, is scheduled
to die in the gas chamber Jan. 29
for the slaying of a six-year-old
boy in Central Oregon in litil.
When asked to explain what
was meant by "at this time."
Cross replied "in effect the gover
nor has rejected their (the attor
neys') presentation, but he is not
yet prepared to announce a final
decision in the case."
Cross said the attorneys, while
meeting with Hatfield on Thurs
day, discussed a change of venue,
subsequent testimony taken by the
attorneys after the trial and the
philosophy of capital punishment,
in addition to Miss Freeman's six
point formal request for commu
tation to life imprisonment.
Cross revealed Miss Freeman
had sent an 11-page handwritten
letter to Hatfield. He said the let
ter asks clemency.
He said the letter discussed
the case," and that nowhere in
the letter does Miss Freeman ei
ther admit nor deny her guilt,
He said nearly 400 letters on
the case had been received by
the governor's office to date.
They run "more than 2'4 to 1
gainst execution," he said.
Cross said Hatfield advised
Holmes and Perrine that he was
still studying the case, and gave
the attorneys his private tele
phone number so there could be
quick communication, i
Earlier, Hatfield announced
there would be no eleventh hour
decisions In the case, and that he
would announce his final decision
in "plenty of time."
Copter Lift
To Continue
WASHINGTON (UPH- Use" of
U.S. helicopters to airlift South
Vietnamese troops into battle will
continue despite heavy damage to
the craft earlier Inst wrel; from
Communist ground flic the De
fense Department aaid Saturday.
The department said the losses
Wednesday resulted from "cour
ageous act by U.S. Army heli
copter pilots and crew of one
ropier that was shot down In a
Communist-held area 35 miles
southwest of Saigon.
Three American soldiers were
killed and 10 were wounded aa
several helicopters were struck by
Viet Cong fire.
The statement was based on a
report by Gen. Paul D. Harkins,
commander of American forces In
South Vfet Nam, to the joist
Chiefs of Staff.
The department said:
"Use of helicopters to provide
transportation for (South) Vietna
mese forces will continue."
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