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_CAR INVOLVED IN SATURDAY FATALITY.

Mark Joseph Handrahan, --18, of Christopher’s _Cross, “near Tignish~was killed Satur- day morning. about 2 o’clock when the. above 1956 Chevro- “let in. which he was'a passen-

‘Authorized ea Second Class

Otlawa and tor Payment Of Postage in Cash.

: “ger left the highoas” near Alma. The vehicle crashed down a_ steep embankment

and: came to rest in-a shallow- brook, Driver of the car is: in Western - Hospital, Alberton,

Mall by re Post Office’ a

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Traffic. accidents and drown- | ings claimed at least 14 lives:in ithe Atlantic Provinces during | ithe weekend. i

New Brunswick :had_ eight | traffic deaths and one drowning. | Six of the deaths came in. two separate accidents. Nova Scotia | reported two traffic deaths and a drowning, Newfoundland had two drownings and there was| one highway fatality in Prince.| Edward Island.

In Prince. Edward Island Mark Handrahan, 18, of. Tignish was killed—when—a<car left er |

while another‘ passengek was transferred from Western Hos- pital to Cine County Hospi- tal. Survivors of the crash are

“Outlaw War Activity On Moon lohnson. Proposal .

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Presi- ima eariclioa o om a célestial Robert H. Fleming told report. | dent Johnson-— proposed-~Satur= |body. Weapons tests. and mili- fers. at —<—<day that the United States; Ris- tary manoeuvres” should be for: |

ce

residen

-sia-and_other space: powers join |bidden.

in a treaty outlawing military |

activity on the moon and: deny;,

. Ing anyone or any nation lu

sovereignty. —Johnson—said—the—objective—is- to make sure that astronauts of

“all nations can freely conduct

scientific investigations of the moon. : : Non - military goals in outer

space - are attainable, Johnson said. In his view a treaty is needed to Jay dotvn rules for ex-

~~ploration of the moon and other™

heavenly bodies for purposes only. “Johnson said the treaty propo- gal will be discussed by US. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg in the 28member United Na- tions committee on outer space. After that, it would become a matter of formal negotiations among nations involved in outer space exploration. looking to-

peaceful

, ward @ treaty:

OUTLINES BASIS

Johnson said “the elements of such a treaty would be as fol- lows: ae

“The moon and other celes- tial bodies should be free for ex- | ploration and use by ‘all coun-| tries. No country shoild be. per- mitted to advance a claim of sovereignty.

“There should be freedom of scientific investigation and all countries should co-opérate i scientific activities relating to eelestial bodies.

"Studies should be made’ to |day. before Mr. Justice Wishart’) Mr.

“I- am convincéd that we |should do what we can—not only or our generation but for fu-

e generatibns—to see_to it that-serious-political-conflicts-do not arise as a result of space activities, | believe: the time is right for action. I believe that 4. we should not lose time.” ~~

SIMILAR TREATY

Antarctica -for- the—-use—of-mill- tary purposes. Twelve nations have signed this treaty, includ- ing Russia andthe United States but. some non - signers have staked out claims there. Such claims are not recognized by the United: ‘States or the Soviet Un- ion.

Asked whether Johnson's ‘treaty proposal represents new concern that the Russians might beat the United States to the moon, Deny Press Secretary

both in their late teens. "(See highway. and__ overturned story on page 3.) Alma. (See more details on re | 3.)

eGerald Gallant 20, of St. Louls | de Kent, N.B., died in hospital | in. Moncton Sunday from injur- ies received in a highway accl- dent that claimed the lives of two companions earlier in the day. Leopold. Arsenault, 21 and Adrien Ra@pichaud, 15, both of St. Louis de. Kent, died in ‘the acci-_ dent. Police said their car left the road and struck a culvert.

Thi rsons died in a twé- \car ergah.in the Holmesville. press. headquarters here: | area. Bath_.in. western ‘New. ““T don't” see that conclusion ” ‘Brunswick Saturday night. The jout of ‘it "at all" ~~ =—— \vietims were identified as Mans- He said US. | studies have (Held Foster, in hit 30s, his 44 [reached *. ‘the stage to enable \Year-old sister Mrs.- William \Johnson to outline in fairly spe- ;Cammack and Geraldine Garb- icific. terms what he feels should (erson, 16, all’ of the: Holmesville be~done—to—guarantee peaceful farew— cee ee ses of outer space. _—._-|_A_two-Car collision in East

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MONDAY, MAY 4, 1966.

Island Death Is Included In 14 Maritime Fatalitie

hy THE CANADIAN PRESS [theson, 18, was es

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from; the car in which he was ” driving

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“Covers Prose: Edward Island: Like The Dew”

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA,

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WEAT

winds southeasterly

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Snow Blankets Maritimes Area

HALIFAX (CP) -—. Snow blan- ketéd most: of the Maritime Hen. vinces Sunday with. Saint vole, N.B., and Yarmouth, N-S.? | porting about an inch on the | | ground by- late. afternoon.

The_weather office ‘said the

By FRED 8. HOFFMAN WASHINGTON (AP)—USS. of- \ficials expect the North Vietna-

woe ee pseven &F CENTS

HER.

Cloudy, becoming sunny, this ‘aftern

15, diminishing te

‘light near dawn.., Low-high 30 and 45.

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Pa)

iet. Cong Drive. waited By Americans

Effort Expected To Cut Viet Nam

jare. up: from last year. In the lrirst four months of 1966, nearly 16,000. of the’ enemy were killed,

his motorbike when it struck an island on-a traffic circle Sat- | day night. He died in hospital j

left the road and plunged into a “brook about 20 miles south of Marystown. A second man in the |

late season storm came as an unusual development as a dis-

mese and their Viet Cong allies according te reports reaching to try once again to cut South here. In that same span, the United States and its allies lost

| by surprise while other- fisher- | insho tto-haul“traps-

4 forced: to put in at Murray Har- |

in “Halifax early Sunday. Friday night, Leonard Joseph | | MacDonald, 19, of Cleveland fn | Cape™ Breton was killed in a! two-car crash near his home. nise Bryan drowned Saturday in | In Newfoundland Sunday, div: 1-8 water-filled hole near her | ers recovered: the hody of a! home at Norris Arm South tn young man who drowned when | Central Newfoundland.

Lobster Fishermen Caughtn Storm

Gale- force- winds Saturday 1. several: hours making way ‘— caught some lobster fishermen | back to port. Visibility was al- | most zero im snow flurries. High* winds, high seas, .and Z high tides on Saturday about Fisheries officer Warren Far- | noon gave,; lobstermen in the rar last night said reports indi- Montague area one of the worst cated most boats on the North maulings in years. The sudden Shore had returned to. their ‘Sterm with “winds reported to nidorings About 1-w'clock “Satir="Teadh’ 720 “mph by times blew day while two other boats oper- | cabil m boats, traps and ate out of Morell were quite | lines were tangled as well as late returning. Reptsts from the | other fishermen’s regalia being eastern section of the _ Island | blown into the sea. The sudden were similiar with one fisherman ‘storm halted all lauling of operating out_of _Wood_Islands_! Jobster-traps—shortly-hefore—noon- torm sent all in a run bor in the_ make of -high_ winds | to port.- Ree tee Red House | ,j and heavy - indicated fishermen from there The Charlot ftetown radio range ite Muyray Harbour south and repo “points in-hetween had -a-haz- westerly direction Saturday at Lane trip- to port. Some’ were

vehicle——managedto swim. to|

safety. Identities of the

were not released. Eighteen-month-old Laura De- |

two

men..were kept

not able |

|Viet Nam into, two. parts after | the heavy; rains set-in later this month. .

They expect the first attacks

turbancé” off the New England +; States and began moving north- jeast meeting cold air trapped |

over the Maritime region. |to be launched against outposts

At, least two records” were jiong the Laotian and Cambo- established, but not by the. snow- Idian borders. fall. :

The mid-afternoon temperature | The Communist mogsoos of here stood at 32 and in Frederic- | ton it was 37. It was the first time in weather-recording _his- tory at both cities that the May 8 daylight hour‘temperature had | not gone _as high as 40 degrees.

calls for killing, disabling and

lreeruits in South Viet Nam. ‘Communist battle casualties

+

| exhaustion, their roads cut and ae isolated. ward, ending in. all regions |y 4, boosting «its. tr oop commit- Jate Sunday. Accumulations | nent from about 42,000 men last | mark in most ee are hoping the North Vietna- ps regulars and the Viet INDEPENDENCE, - y (AP) |than the Communists can re- His “hair is whiter and thinner, ‘Place by infiltration from North Sunday, still has the barbed wit and blunt manner of the man fice. in the itaiada ees daily, usually arriving at .7;30

YW SAIGON (AP). — Premier

|fensive last’May and June’ came

he

VietNam or “Impressment"—of-} bringing:

|more than 4,800. dead in_ battle. | In alt of 1965, Communists killed in action totalled some 35,000. But infiltration is up and japparently is continuing to. rise.

~The infiltration rate now is_

and possibly is reaching toward 7,000_a. month.

Current ‘plans contemplates gradual buildup’ of U.S. atten. strength in South Viet Nam to perhaps 400,000 by the end of the-year,_—

Evidently, US lieve. this pace and scope of buildup will be enough to cope with the foreseeable situation.”

By every ‘present the air attacks. on North Viet Nam will remain Hmited te what are considered «strictly military targets, chiefly. the roads, bridges, ferries, troop-

‘staging areas and the like,

---|-"Phis--is--because--U.S>-strategy~--—The--view —at--the-top-—still-ia-—--—-.

that the risks involved in hit-

‘capturing more of the enemy-jting targetsin the North Viet-

Mamese cities—_of Hanoi. and Haiphong—especially the risk of -China=into-the war outweigh any possible gains. from such bombing..

“Premier Ky Makes Pledge _ —To Stayin Power F

| Ky made his statement on im

figured at about 5,500 a month —

zi ‘authorities: be a

indication

!close’: to victory, ..with South |Vietnamese military forces on \the ropes, their reserves near Ett this near-defeat- prompted - The hich — said ‘the | United. States to take over ¢ snow would spread rapidly east- s,earhead role in” the’ ground «would be light and night tem-.jmay ¢ peratures were expected to stay lecenast. nee, Oak ee at or -slightly above the freezing |" American authorities say they Truman sh Cong - main force battalions: .jeame out and fight. he_relies on a cane and—he; makes.. fewer public appear- ances, But Harry Truman, 82 | who left the job of being United | States president 16 — < ¥ Truman a:m,_He -works_on—his_mail—let- ters’ still arrive by. the ae

Nenyen Cao Ky's military re- |tending to stay in power for an..

igime “moved ‘stifle ‘other year at a news conference

The treaty would be some-| what like that barring the use of:

‘Saint John, N.B., Saturday nig ‘took the life. of David Richmoné

Gordon Says |

Silence Over

cet 53, of Lartcaster. — Navy divers~ Sunday recover- TORONTO (CP)—Walter Gor- don says his period of silence is

over.

“I've been silent ;-for six months,’’ said the former Lib: eral finance minister. “I now feel free to go around and say what I think.”

Mr. Gordon was commenting in an interview on a remark in the text of a speech he de- livered Saturday tothe Ontario

led the body of Ellis Clarence Jennings, 33, of Moncton from the waters of First Lake near

-}Pope’s Harbor on Nova~Scotia’s-

leastern age Jennings drown- ‘ed. when small boat- from which he was fishing overturn- ed. A cémpanion reached _ shore.

A car skidded on an icy high- way and overturned near Por- tage River in New Brunswick’s Northumberland County Satur- day night. The car was struck by another vehicle, killing -Alphie Comeau, 28; of Portage River.

35: miles per hour gusting to 65.

reported not to have made port

Tt was raining with a trace of | until after. dark, but so far as snow and temperatures at the /can be ascertained no one was lowest_point. were 27. degrees. __| injured-or_lost.—

CNR ferries at’ Wood tslands | At Panure Island bar. Robert were effected. Although no cross- | Taylor of Albion was forced onto ings were cancelled, average 'the bar.gvhen the engine of his crossings were behind about 10 boat,quit due to being “soaked minutes. : _|with spray and waves for a time

Captain C. R. Hunter said the he was in a very precarious pos- sea wasn’t, {90 rough although ition, however, James Murphy winds were strong. Car ‘traffic of’ Sturgeon who risked his boat, at the Wood Islands terminal is | equipment and life came to his reported moderate with no pass- | | assistance and was able.to get a engers being held up waiting |line onto his boat and after three

In serious condition in hospital at Tracadie was Comeau’s 20-

iLiberal oe Ss annual. meeting.

. OTTAWA (CP) — ‘The Gerda \Munsinger inquiry resumes to- |

PM's Statement Poses Problem For Inquiry

year-old ,brother’ Stanley. Oc- Lowers of the second - vehicle Eee not injured.

Nine-year-old Wayne Quann of Chatham, N.B., drowned Sun- day when he fell into an aban- doned reservoir, at -. Morrison Cove near Chatham. He had been fishing with two companions.

In Dartmouth, N.S., Ian Ma-

jbe accepted as evidence by the linquiry. Pearson stated . that in |

De Gaulle Marks 1946 Victory

for boats. | attempts was able to pull him mbe ‘ ‘off the bar. Fishermen of the hertommber of Tignish and Al area said Murphy had risked his

\life and equipment.

The lobster catch to,date in this area has not been the best with an average of about a pound per trap and one of the jreasons given for small land- ‘ings has been the wind and

pounding. on way back to port about noon Saturday. They faced tremendously heavy seas and | some of the older boats had to | be put on slip and repaired to- day as they were leaking badly

“Sunday. -to_ any political agitation that tant ‘visitors and occasionally | imight come from ‘his pledge to: shows someone through the li- ' stayin: power-for-another- year. brary. Its censors blotted “the pledge | out of Saigon's

W.S. Gifford rare en Dies At 81

tension in Saigon, ‘Buddhist leaders’ meeting in Da,'Nang—-“

NEW. YORK (AP)—Waller S. Gifford, 81, U.S. ambassador to

a hotbed of anti-Ky sentiment— |.

; appeared to be reactin ith | Britain from 1950. to 1953. and ee and conten Bot satieae oa non of. the meee: expressed belief Ky would can Telephone~-and~ Telegraph Co., died here Saturday. cham bie pied eae lew

Gifford served as president of

A.T and T. longer than any other man, from 1925 to 1948. He began working for the Bell system as a $10-a-week clerk in Chicago and served the system |Ship is expected to come for 45° years, until his retire- with a definite policy

ber or October of a national assembly that would name a new civilian government sos thereafter, The Buddhist lea

up

from the Saturday trip which | rough. seas. -

New Hope Seen For Power Sale. ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. (CP)

‘Premier Joseph Smallwood had | a one-word. comment. Saturday

ment as board chairman in 1950. |the week. Sp

eis:

Vietnamese |

plans for an election in Septem- |

future.” ~

Saturday at Can Tho, during —— opening a new air ‘base: : Blank = ~“sopeered on the front pages of .newspapers, as ithe government, fearing violent ‘reaction of political parties ‘clamoring for civilian rule, or- dered reports of Ky’s statement

deleted.

But word was spreading | jquickly through the capital and political groups began. to threaten counter-action,. accus- jing the government of treason. Left-wing unions ?were . dis- tributing anti-government~ leaf- Nets. ‘a newspaper editor was istabbed outside his home and ~ Buddhist students .were threat- iening a strike. A new 12-party anti-Commu- nist “nationalist nnited front’ \declared the government ‘‘is

- |betraying the nation’s interests

and being harmful to its The coalition group warned jagainst increasing Communist | infiltration of the country’s po- litical, labor and student groups.

Ss ( — Se thou- avoid harmful contamination. |Spence ” of the Supreme Court ‘late November, 1964, a few, days Hac econ, Fat Gale a thw

“Astronauts from one country jof Canada. ‘after the Lucien Rivard--case itourists, lined: the Champs-Ely- should give any necessary help | One. of the first items which broke, he asked RCMP Com- sees Sunday to see Preaiaeat de

on remarks by Premier Jean \Lesage of Quebec that there is lnew hope for completion of ar-

-Main Routes

‘gupporter

seem,

to astronauts of another coun- may have to be disposed of is missioner George B. McClellan |Gaulle as he rode down the question whether Prime |for information. on “that kind of v#peoad" thoroughfare to mark the | 1 ¥ concerning -any—inter-/2ist—anniversary -of- the —Allied | \Quebec power grid a the United

try, “No country shouldbe _per- mitted to... station weapons. of

ithe |Minister_ Pearson's statement. in ithe Fommoans last. Tuesday ‘will

New Payroll Tax. May Hit

- LONDON (AP) The Quieen yay be hard hit by. Britain's

|

Queen

Well staffed, too, are-such royal | homes as Windsor, ‘Sandring-

few payroll tax. And one royal |ham and Balmoral.

suggests it's about time she got a salary increase.

With an enormous staff,~the |her income at $475;000 ($1.425,- ‘minister said it was ‘not true’ Queen could feel the pinch of 000) a year. With rising costs jhe had said Commissioner Me- the new tax, intended. to push | jsince then, there’ have been in- 'Clellan’s evidence to. be false. |

more people into productive in- | dustries at the expense of so- called service trades.

This is the scheme put for- ward by the Labor government to help deal with an economic headache that has developed | from what at first glance_.would | a paradise—overemploy- ment. Britain’s registered _ un- employed in April totalled 307,- 345—only -1.3 per cent of ‘the

‘ work force and the lowest: in 10 |

years. The number’ of jobs va- cant totalled 432,440—the high- | est in 15 years.

Royal advisers are studying | the position of the Queen but ‘a | treasury Spokesman, said:

“On the information at. pres-

ent available it would seem the |

Queen will have to pay.’

ASSESSMENT HEALY : This means she will he as-| sessed 25. shilling’. ($3.75) a/|

“week for each man on her staff | .

and 12s 6d ($1.88) for each woman. At Buckingham re |

_alone she employs at least

} gested:

| When Elizabeth came to the

|throne 1952, Parliament fixed |

dications she has had to ae ‘on her_ private income. ‘does not have to pay an Gicuee 'tax on her government allow- ance but the considerable in- | jcome from her private estates is liable to tax. ; Te ..monarchist Sunday -Ex- | press, in. ‘givings'a rundown of the Queen’s predicament, sug- ~ “She might have to jmake staff economies. Or it might be felt that the time has jcome to give the Queen a bay raise.

INSIDE TODAY

[NIRS Gc ev ccevueeuses a Summerside ~............. 3 Kings, Queens, Eke ce Prince County .. ...... z

jsinger was the mistress of | Pierre Sevigny, former Con- |servative associate defence min- lister. ‘

‘|. George Hees; ‘former Con- servative trade minister, has

Classified .......40.4. 12, 13 |

scandal”

lvention , by members...of..Parlia-.ivictory-in- Europe.

~,|ment with government, depart: | [ments on bekalf of ‘dubious ele- lente ;

Commissioner McClellan had |told the inquiry Mr. Pearson jhad asked him for any informa- | tion of a. ‘scandalous nature” involving any MP of any party /atr in. the. previous_10 vears.—

|

STATEMENTS DIFFER | Mr. Pearson said the commis- sioner's statement did not cor- respond to the request made ‘by | ‘him for information. Later, however,

the prime |

he | ee tea McClellan also jhas ‘sa he delivered a Mun- singer file to Mr. 2, 1964. :

No evidence has yetpeen |presented to the inquiry —~“at east in -public—that. the Mun-: Singer case involved any MP} intervening with government. deé-

partments—on—behalf—of—dubious-|-

elements. a RCMP reports submitted, to the-inquiry state that- Mrs; Mun-

testified he was indiscreet-in his four meetings: with: Mrs. Mun- isinger. known to him as Ricky,

sbut: has disclaimed any __ im- propriety. Mr. Sevigny is expected fo

itestify this week. He has said

| aed:

'Gaulle”’

Pearson Dee. |"

jrangements to produce Church- \ill Falls power and sell it via a

‘|States.

With scores of prancing Re- ‘‘Ditto,"’ |publican Guard horses: in front ireply when asked to comment |and behind, de Gaulle wasjon Mr. Lesage's. statement: idriven slowly-by, standing in his | Sept Tes, Que., Friday, limousine. He presided at cere- |- , |monigs tinder the newly- cleaned | ‘Arch of ‘Triumph and reviewed | navy and air force unite

Transplant: » Patient Dies . went up. De Gaulle |

isponded with a smile and vigour TUCSON, Ariz, (AP) Robert hand gestures. Light rain fell, |Allen, 29-year-old former {cot- ibut did not seem to bother de ball player who jnderwent a iGaulle. jrevolutionary cancer transplant

Several ‘weeks, ago, sank into a PRINCE TRIES _ictom‘houitnnte" NEW. ALPHABET

idied one hour later, BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP)—

| Allen was admitted ‘to St. 1é- seph’s Hospital Friday and -had

Prince Andrew, five-year-old |

son of. Queen Elizabeth and

ibeen under normal sedation. up Prince. Philip. is learning to

|to, the time of “his death. read by the Initial Tegehing

ig. ‘de Gaulle passed, frequent |

applause and cries of ‘‘Vive de |

LOST. LEG LAST FALL

Allen, whose leg was ampu- tated last fall: because of. the .jfare bone marrow~ cancer, iderwent a transfer of cancer

Alphabet. methéd,, av” letter “tissue with Harry. T. Griffif from. “Buckingtiam © e alace lor mourtown. ‘Pe a wie: a says. Griffith, a former mihor

Recipient of. the letter was Dr. Albert J. Mazurkiewicz, director of the reading centre at- Lehigh University.

He: introduced the new al- phabet in the United “States and it is generally used in the first. grade. His system uses a

league baseball player; died April 25. Allen never was told of ihis death.

Carrier Blained

44-character alphabet Se

youngsters started rea ing, | BEAUCEVILLE, Que. (CP)

then switches - ree to Ipr.. Francoll Guimond, heslth

more gear il sp wid ‘director for . Beauce Couiity, Dr. Mazurkiewicz Que.,, said Maturday that an 82.

day the note from London telling him that the: prince is learning the ITA way was.

|year- -old woman typhoid carrier lis the source of an outbreak of |the disease in this community twhieh so far has taken the life

jhe knew Mrs. Munsinger only | Socially,

just ‘a courtesy.” : of one person,

was Mr Sinaliwond’ 8

un- |

‘In Typhoid Cases j

y

Army orientalion courses taught Sgt. Joseph P. Bange of Boston, Mass, about the birds and hees, but it took a new di-

mension when this jungle par- rot alighted on his helmet and

‘BIRD OF PLAY

made itself at home. a-squad leader in the Ist Bat-

the border hetween South Viet Nam and Cambodia last week. He is holding a viet Cong rifle captured along with hundreds of tons of supplies which were: seized.

Bangs is

tallion, 2nd Infantry of the Ist Infantry Division—which

was seeking Viet Cong-along-

the Rach Bong river which is ‘(AP Wirephoto)

}

To Hanoi

SAIGON (AP)—U.S: air at. | tacks carried out since mid- | April: have ent all main supply

port of Haiphong and from Com- munist China, the U.S. Air Force said. Sunday. 5

“We have now interdicted all ot the main arteries — into Said. “All these arteries can be bypassed but I think it will slow down the movement of sup- iplies. They will have to find {some other means_- by junks ba’ eee: "

Hanoi,

with a citv and ini

urban .population of nearly 645,-

00, is the capital of’North Viet Nam. Its. virtual isolation’ was confirmed Sunday hy a collee- tion of aerial photographs show- ing destruction to bridges and highways leading into the city from four directions, the spokes- man said.

North Viet Nam has been: get-_

iting food as well as war -ma- teriel on overland routes from Russian military .°

China. Most equipment is helieved to come by sea to Haiphong ‘

Monsoon rains cut weekend tically to nothing. Action on the: ground in South Viet -Nam dwindled to minor skirmishes in scattered areas.

Air action in the South in’ cluded a strike hy Guam-based B-52 bombers for the straight day against su Viet Cong troop concentrati land supply areas in Zone C, ‘miles northwest. of Saigon, near. the Cambodian border. ‘

Revorted Cut ©

routes to Handi’ from its sea- -

Hanoi,” an air force spokesman «

air attacks: on the North prae-. .

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