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Reed Cundiff,
‘Little Squirt’
By TOM TIED*.
BIEN HOA. Vietnam — (NEA)
—When Reed Cundiff volunteer
ed for duty in the tong Range
Reconnaissance unit, he was
less than welcome.
A sergeant put it bluntly enou
gh:
“I don’t want the little squirt.”
The noncom had reason for
prejudice. Infantry reconnais
sance is no work for the woebe
gone. It is a deadly occupation.
. . .and skinny, introverted Reed
Cundiff was hardly the deadly
type.
There were his spectacles for
one thing, ground to correct a
22-50 vision, they were as thick
as the bottoms of peanut butter
Jars.
But what really irritated tne
sergeant was Cundiff’s book
learning. The new man was a
college graduate, holder of de
grees in physics and mathema
tics, and possessor of a tested in
telligence quotient of 150.
Wailed the NCO, “I never got
past llth grade!”
And so it was when Cundiff of
Bishop, Calif., went on his first
combat reconnaissance assign
ment, he was under the doubt
and the resentment of his peers.
His sergeant, especially.
That assignment, as it happen
ed, was a chilly one. Cundiff, the
sergeant and four others from
the I73rd Brigade, were airlifted
deep into enemy jungles and told
to observe all enemy activity,
size of forces and types and
numbers of weapons.
They did just that.
As long as they were able, any
way.
The men hid near a frequent
ly used Communist trail and
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counted guerrilla soldiers throu
ghout the day. Big guerrillas, lit
tle guerrillas, men and women
guerrillas. Hundreds. All heav
ily armed.
At first it was easy enough.
The enemy passed without sus
picion. They filed along the tr
ail. . . and on into the brush.
But then, later in the afternoon
a group of them stopped abrup
tly on the trail. They chatted an
nodded their heads. They remov
ed their gear and began cutting
down trees. They had decided to
set up camp. . . not 15 feet from
the horrified American patrol.
Other guerrillas stopped.
Fires were started.
Cooking utensils rattled.
Small sprinkles of frost sprin
ted up each GI’s neck.
Automatically, the Yanks be
gan to move back. They craw
led in silence at first. Five yards,
10, 15. As they drew farther aw
ay they bellied faster, their br
eaths coming in grunts. Finally
a couple of them sprang to their
feet on a dead run and ....
Somebody cracked a branch.
The VC heard it and the se
cret was out. Quickly the guer
rillas grabbed their guns and
spread out in a semicircle sear
ch.
Just as quickly the sergeant
buried his men in the brambles
and radioed for an emergency
helicopter evacuation.
Then, silence again. The pat
rol didn’t move. The men held
their breathing to a minimum.
Even their sweat ran slower.
The enemy advanced careful
ly, poking every bush and ex
ploring every tree. They moved
at a crouch or a crawl. They
were in no hurry. They feinted
cautiously for the first resistan
ce.
And suddenly they got it. The
GI sergeant jumped brazenly in
to the open, swung his automa
tic rifle around at his hip and
opened fire with short, choppy
bursts.
It was courageous but risky.
It left the noncom merciless
ly exposed. And as he continued
to fire, a guerrilla took aim at
him from the rear. The serge
ant was an easy target. . . but
he was miraculously spared.
Friendly shots hit the aiming
VC first. The bullets whistled
past the NCO’s ears and he
wheeled to witness his life being
saved.
A pair of spectacles glinted in
the sun.
And Reed Cundiff waved his
rifle.
Moments later, rescue helicop
ters clattered into trie area and
their heavy guns covered the
patrol’s stumbling withdrawal.
The men pulled out wearily.
The sergeant was wet with sw
eat and dirt. He watched as Cun-
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“The little squirt,” he chuck-
Melton Opposes
Sales Tax Hike
Bill Introduced
ATLANTA (UPI) A pro
posal to increase the Georgia
sales tax from three to four
per cent was put before the
Georgia Legislature Thursday.
Reps. Wayne Snow of Chica
kamauga, Kevereaux McClat
chey of Atlanta and Jack Sul
livan of Valdosta introduced the
bill, which would earmark 75
per cent of the additional reve
nue for the state treasury.
The other 25 per cent would
go to local governments on pop
ulation basis and local school
districts on a per-student basis.
Before the measure could be
come effective, the voters
would have to approve a con
stitutional amendment authoriz
ing the legislature to increase
the sales tax.
Another tax measure brought
before the legislature Thursday
would exempt personal clothing
and household effects from
property taxes.
Reps. John Harvey Moore of
Cedartown and Richard L.
Starnes of Rome introduced the
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THE NATION’S YOUNGEST GOVERNOR, 35-year-old Kenneth
M. Curtis, faces the camera in Augusta, Maine, with his
family. Mrs. Curtis celebrated her 31st birthday the day of
his inauguration. Children are Susan, 8, and Angella, 6 .
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G. R. ROBINSON, MGR.
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led.
Then he climbed happily into
his ship.
proposed constitutional amend
ment which would have to be
ratified in the 1968 general elec
tion if approved by the legisla
ture. Automobiles would still be
subject to the tax, however.
In another House develop
ment Rep. Quimby Melton, Jr.,
of Griffin suggested that local
governments be given a broad
er tax base or more direct
grants from the state to ease
financial woes.
Melton, who opposed a sales
tax boost, said Georgia’s most
serious tax problem was at the
local level.
“This is because the state has
a broader tax base than the
cities and counties have,” he
said. “The local governments
are usually restricted to one
tax source — add valorem or
property tax.
“It is ultimate that either the
local tax base must be broad
ened or else local governments
must utilize the state’s broad
tax base.”
Griffin News
Friday, January 20, 1967
State
Briefs
Columbus C of C
Names Director
COLUMBUS, Ga. (UPI) —
Charles E. Crowder of Atlanta
Thursday was named executive
director of the Columbus Cham
ber of Commerce to suc
ceed the late Thomas G. Moore.
Crowder, 39, membership di
rector of the Atlanta Chamber,
assumes his new duties Feb. 15.
The local post has been vacant
since Moore died in December.
Booth To Aid
Servicemen
ATLANTA (UPI) — The De
fense Department has opened a
“lost and uncertain travelers”
booth at the Atlanta Airport to
aid members of the armed
forces.
The department said tire
booth is one of five in the coun
try that will remain open on a
90-day trial basis.
The booth will enable mili
tary travelers to obtain infor
mation without long waits on
commercial lines. It is staffed
mainly by civilian personnel
and is open 24 hours a day.
Gen. Holtoner
To Retire Jan. 31
WARNER ROBINS, Ga.
(UPI)—Maj. Gen. J, S. Holton
er, vice commander of the Con
tinental Air Command at Rob
ins Air Force Base, will retire
Jan. 31 after 34 years service.
He has served here for two
years. Previously Holtoner was
commandant of the Armed
Forces Staff College at Nor
folk, Va.
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Regents Told
By MARCIA RASMUSSEN
United Press International
ATLANTA (UFI) — The State
Board of Regents came to plead
Thursday for the $14 million cut
from the university system's
budget, but members got only a
warning from Gov. Madxox
that more cuts may be coming.
Maddox told the regents to
“tighten up your belt some
where” and warned that even
greater cutbacks may be neces
sary if January revenue collec
tions do not increase.
“We may have to come back
again,” Maddox said. “Just
work to keep that from happen
ing.”
The regents said the money
was needed just “to catch up”
Stuckey Puts Salary
Into Industry Plan
By ED ROGERS
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) —
A freshman Democrat from
Georgia staked his $30,000 year
ly congressional salary today
on a project to prove that pri
vate enterprise can outdo the
Great Society.
Rep. W. S. (Bill) Stuckey,
multi- millionaire businessman
turned politician, is setting up
his own private development
council in Georgia’s 8th con
gressional district.
The council will resemble
hordes of development and
planning agencies dotting Geor
gia and other states, many of
them governmental or semi
private. Stuckey’s is to be fi
nanced solely by Stuckey, as
a starter.
Campaign Pledge
While Stuckey hopes to at
tract other contributors he said
he will carry out a campaign
pledge to stake his entire sal-
to minimum standards recom
comended by the Governor’s
Commission on Educational Im
provement for student-faculty
ratio.
“We’re not asking for frills or
cream on the cake," said Uni
versity Chancellor George L.
Simpson. “We’re simply trying
to narrow the gaps."
He said the state has lost
ground already, citing a 495
teacher deficit for next year.
Maddox said the increases in
his budget prosposals for higher
education are the highest in his
tory, even with the cuts he
made in the allocations urged
by former Gov. Carl Sanders.
“I want you to have more,”
he said, “but because of the
ary on the venture, if neces
sary.
Stuckey said government
money would also be welcome
but he does not want any gov
ernment controls of the sort
now placed on most programs
financed by federal matching
funds.
"I’m not up here to praise or
criticize the Great Society,”
Stuckey said. “There have been
many good programs but many
have been mismanaged.”
Stuckey, who with his father
operates a profitable chain of
roadside pecan shops, said the
whole idea grew out of discus
sions of what could be done for
his district’s economy.
Because of low population
density (352,000) in the predom
inantly rural area of southeast
Georgia, the district was ex
panded under recent congres
sional redistricting to cover 24
counties.
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financial conditions of the state,
I have to make some reduo*
tions."
The regents said they would
fight to get back “every cent'*
of that which was sliced from
the Sanders’ proposal. They in
sisted all the other money bud
geted to the board was already
obligated.
The regents want the $10 mil
lion cut from the $20 million
Sanders recommended for the
enrichment program and the $4
million Maddox cut from the
capital outlay budget for con
struction bonds.
Maddox also defended his
recommendations for education
in a speech Thursday night to
the Downtown Merchants Asso
ciation in Columbus. He said
his proposed allocation of $973
million over the next two years
is an increase of $252 million
over the current biennium.
Maddox said this represented
the largest single increase in
the history of education in
Georgian and he called the rec
ommendations the most far
reaching in Georgia history.
I WAS ADMITTED TO HOS
PITAL November 22 and am
still confined to my room in
Jackson.
Will not be able to return to
my office before February
1st.
Until then Mr. D. J. LEWIS
associated with me will be in
charge, but I can be reached
by calling Collect at:
775-7306, Jackson, Georgia at
any time needed.
B. V. BEVIL
PHONE 228-2260
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