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Highway 19 In
Viet Nam
By PHIL NEWSOM
CPI Foreign News Analyst
i The road from Qui Nhon on
South Viet Nam’s South China
sea coast moves west through
mountain pass and jungled
sand and scrub to Pleiku in the
Central Highlands and then
onward a handful of miles to
Cambodia.
This is Highway 19 it &
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strategic to the whole of
northern South Viet Nam and
its possession has been hotly
contested by the Communist
Viet Cong.
Lying between Pleiku and the
, Cambodian border is the
American Special Forces camp
at Due Co,
Last July and August, the
Communists laid siege to the
camp, which finally was
relieved by a South Vietnamese
armored column supported by
elements of the U.S. 173rd
Airborne Brigade. There was a
reason for the determination of
both sides.
Lines Blocked
Secret American detection
devices had established that the
315th division of the regular
Communist North Vietnamese
army had established headquar
ters inside Cambodia, close to
the border, and Due Co blocked
Its communication lines.
Since then, on either side of
the strategic highway, Ameri
■ cans have fought some of their
fiercest engagements against
Communists who killed and
then slipped back to their
Cambodian sanctuary.
Despite heated Cambodian
denials, American and South
Vietnamese commanders long
have known of other Commu
nist sanctuaries in Cambodia.
Some provide rest and
regrouping points for infiltra
tors coming down the Ho Chi
Minh trail.
Another lies close to the
Plain of Reeds which begins
just below 8algon, cuts north
westward almost the Cambo
dian border and provides
access to th« Mekong Delta.
Pursue Viet Cong
These were the considera
> tlons which finally led Ameri
can commanders to let It be
known they would pursue Viet
Cong across the border and into
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182 B.HIU.SI
griffin GEORGIA
Cambodia if necessary.
The angry reaction of Cambo
dia’s chief of state, Prince
Norodom Sihanouk, that with
Peking’s help he would repel
any invaders and counter
attack Into South Viet Nam,
was the expected one.
It also had its Incongruities.
Cambodia Is a placid land of
emples hidden in great rain
forests, of saffron-robed Bud
dhist monks and blue skies.
Beautiful Phnom Penh, its
capital is unscarred by war and
its 30,000-man army is more
used to building roads and
irrigation projects than combat
Reacted With Fear
Sihanouk’s reaction then was
less a militaristic one than one
of fear that the spreading war
finally would come to his own
bright land that he had tried so
hard to protect
Sihanouk knows full wall that
as a prince symbol of
imperialism, he would be one of
the first to go in event of a Red
Chinese takeover.
It was this same knowledge
that led the United States to
continue to speak softly even
after Sihanouk broke Amarlcan
Cambodlan relations last May
It was the diplomatic view
that with a change In the
fortunes of war, Sihanouk also
would change. But, with
American casualties mounting
and in the Increasing belief
there could be sanctuary
neither for the enemy or his
supplies, the military view took
over.
CHOPPERS PROVEN
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
performance of helicopters in
Viet Nam, with an average loss
of one for every 18,000 flights,
has removed all “honest
doubts” about their vulnerabili
ty in combat, an Army expert
says.
Col, George W. Putnam of
the Army aviation school at Ft.
Rucker, Ala., told a news
conference that the Amy now
is graduating 3,500 copter pilots
a year—more than triple the
number before last summer.
Nearly all are going directly to
Viet Nam, he said, where
copters have become an
“accepted way of life."
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TELLTALE TATTOO
RENO, Nev. (UPI) —Police
officer Joe Smith figured that
anyone with “L-O-V-E’’ tat
tooed on his knuckles must be
wanted for something, so he
made a quick check on a
stranger with whom he had
been discussing football at
coffee ship.
A detective arrived minutes
later and arrested John Daw
son, 27, wanted by the FBI as
fugitive from prosecution on
bad check charges In Dayton,
Ohio.
★
POETIC DEFENSE
WICHITA FALLS, Tex.
(UPI) —Larry Sullivan, 22, of
Seminole, Tex., waxes poetic at
the final examinations starting
today at Midwestern Universl
ty:
“If I fail this course, It will
disappoint mom.
“She will be getting letters
from South Viet Nam.
“I know that to you it is just
a trifle,
“But mom doesn’t like me to
carry a rifle.
“I know where I’ll be If my
answers come wrong:
“I'll be taking my class notes
from the Viet Cong.”
Social Security
Health Insurance
Has Two Parts
Individuals age 65 or over who
are not eligible to receive social
security benefits may qualify
for coverage under the Health
insurance Program. There are
two parts to the Health Insur
ance: hospitalisation insurance
and medical insurance. There Is
no cost to the individual for the
hospitalizattion insurance. The
medical Insurance coats $3 mon
thly. It is possible to take one
part of the Health Insurance
without taking the other. Enroll
ment In this program by March
31 is necessary to qualify for
coverage by July 1, 1966.
Q. Will I have to go to a spec
ial government doctor In Atlan
ta if I get paid by the medical
Insurance? F L., Griffin.
A. No. You may go to the doc
tor of your choice.
Q. I was retired because of
disability at the age of 58. When
I begin receiving my benefits,
will it be retroactive back to tho
date of disability? B.B.T., Tho
maston.
A. No. Disability benefits are
not paid for the first six months
of disability. No social security
benefits are ever payable for
more than twelve months prior
to the month of the Individual’s
application.
Q. I will be 62 in June, 1966.
if I retire then when should I
put In for my benefits? Row long
will It take to get a check? Will
my employer know of this be
fore I can give him notice? F.
Z., Thomaaton
A. You should file for benefits
about two months before the
month you expect to retire. Your
first check would then be promp
tly paid when first due July 8.
All social security checks are
paid one month behind. Your
employer Is never notified of
your filing for benefits without
your permission.
Q. I have been told that I can
earn $1500 this year without los
ing any social security benefits.
Is this true? H.O., Griffin.
A. Yes. This is true beginning
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with the calendar year of 1968.
Q. Does the new social secur
ity law make It possible for all
women to receive social secur
ity benefits when they are 60?
S.A., Molena
A. No. Only widow’s benefits,
benefits payable on the record
of a deceased husband, are
paid at age 60.
If you have a question about
social security, send It to the So
ciai Security Office, 435 West
Solomon street, Griffin, On.
All inquiries must be signed
and should include your address.
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Thursday, Jan. 20, 1966 > Hn Daily News
Gallery Emptied
Error
ATLANTA (UPI) House
Speaker George T. Smith said
that a group of four persons,
led by a bearded civil rights
worker, was ejected from the
House gallery Wednesday be
cause of a “communications er
ror.”
Smith said he watched 13
members of the Student Non
violent Coordinating Committee
get off a bus outside the capi
tal and sent word that no other
persons be permitted in the gal-
®
lery until he gave the word.
The information that reached
the gallery was that Smith had
ordered the place cleared. The
group of four, led by a beard
ed SNCC information officer,
was asked to leave, along with
five other surprised observers
of the House proceedings.
Smith then quickly spread the
word that anyone with a pass
would be permitted In the gal
lery. The civil rights workers
continued to watch the proceed-
tags, but were watched elosely
themselves by state troopers.
SNCC is supporting Negro
Rep.-elect Julian Bond who is
involved in a federal court suit
to get his seat back. He was
ousted after making statements
in defiance of TJ.S. policy and
the draft.
IRONIC STROKE
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UFI)
—H. Lloyd King Jr., 13, won a
certificate of merit from the
Boy Scouts of America Wednes
day for saving his 8-year-old
brother from drowning last
May. Last summer, sometime
after the incdent, Lloyd took a
life-saving course from the Red
Cross.
He flunked it. They said he
could not swim well enough.