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Griffin Daily News
Planes, Soldiers
Destroy Supplies
By JACK WALSH
SAIGON (UPD—U.S. war
planes and South Vietnamese
footsoldiers slammed into the
Communist troops and supply
build-up threatening Saigon and
dealt the guerrillas a heavy
blow, military spokesmen said
today.
American 852 Stratoforts,
divebombers and helicopter
gunships destroyed 125 Commu
nist bunkers, 55 fortifications
and 28 sampans in raids
Thursday that triggered 10
fireballs in the guerrilla supply
network toward Saigon.
South Vietnamese infantry
men captured 49 Viet Cong
trainees in a camp 20 miles
north of the capital and seized
two tons of hidden Communist
TNT and arms south in the
Mekong Delta, military spokes
men said.
U.S. headquarters disclosed
Intelligence reports meantime
that showed the guerrillas had
not used the allies’ 24-hour
Christmas cease-fire to move
closer to Saigon for the
expected winter-spring offen
sive.
U.S. divebombers tore into
Communist supply stores and
troops in 672 sorties in South
Vietnam Thursday, the first full
day following the allied truce.
Many of their raids aimed at
relieving the pressure on
Saigon.
Heaviest of the air raids cut
into the network of Communist
canals and bunkers south of
Flu Doubles Number
Os Respiratory Deaths
ATLANTA (UPD—The Hong
Kong flu doubled the normal
number of deaths in the nation
as a result of respiratory di
seases in the past week.
The National Communicable
Disease Center said Thursday
that 1,000 persons — 500 more
than was expected for the third
week in December — had died
of influenza or pneumonia.
The normal death rate is
“about 350 in the lowest period
in the summer” and ‘‘above 500
In a certain period in winter,”
a spokesman for the center
said.
However, reports from death
certificates in 122 reporting
cities showed 500 more than the
expected rate had died of the
respiratory ailments, sources at
the center said.
“Outbreaks of the flu is the
only thing that would make the
death rate larger,” the center
spokesman said, adding “wher
ever we have reports of the flu
we’re calling it the Hong Kong
flu.”
The spokesman said the
strain, called A-2, Hong Kong,
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Saigon in the Mekong Delta.
U.S. helicopter gunships sank 16
sampans, killing 10 guerrillas,
on a river 20 miles south of the
capital.
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House Speaker John McCormack has been challeng
ed by Rep. Morris K. Udall (D-Ariz.) who an
nounced he would oppose McCormack when the
Congress meets to organize in January.
1968, was the only kind of flu
creating the epidemic conditions
in most areas of the nation. He
said that two strains, such as
the “A2” or “Asian” flu, would
not occur together.
The death rate reported
Thursday was the second such
jump in the death rate since
the onslaught of the Hong Kong
flu, which has been traced to
central mainland China and
Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong flu is now re
ported widespread or regionally
active in 33 states, with Nevada
added to the list Monday. The
victimized areas include the
District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico.
Only Hawaii, Mississippi and
Louisiana “are recording either
isolated or no occurences at
all” the spokesman for the U.S.
Public Health Department
agency said.
The World Health Organiza
tion also reported the strain as
“seeded” in Britain, Australia,
Singapore, the Phillipines, Hong
Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Iran,
India, South Vietnam and Ja
pan.
bombers tore into a base camp
i in South Vietnam’s southern
most province and cut up 29
fortifications, 19 bunkers and
seven sampans, military spokes
’ men said.
Second Class
Postal Rates
Go Up Again
Postal rates for newspapers,
magazines and other material
mailed at the second-class rate
will be increased Jan. 1, Post
master Ed Dye reminded se
cond-class mailers today.
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The increase results from the
postage rate law enacted in De
cember, 1967, which raised most
second-class rates in three annu
al steps, Postmaster Dye point
, ed out. The Jan. 1, 1969, hike Is
the second phase of the increa
se. The first phase took effect
Jan. 7, 1968, and the third step
will go into effect Jan. 1, 1970.
The second-class rate increa
se affects general interest, non
profit and classroom publica
tions.
Rates also will go up Jan. 1 for
controlled circulation publica
tions. These are primarily trade,
technical and industrial jour
nals which generally do not
charge a subscription fee and
are not eligible for second-class
rates. The 1967 postal rate law
called for a three step raise for
controlled circulation publica
tions, to be effective the same
dates as the second-class incr
eases.
Except for home county mail
ings, postal rates for newspa
pers and magazines mailed se
cond-class are based on the we
ight of the publication, the am
ount of advertising it contains,
and the distance it is mailed.
Effective Jan. 1, rates for edi
torial or non-advertising mat
ter in commercial publications
will be increased from 3 to 3.2
cents per pound. Rates for ad
vertising content depend on the
distance the publication is mail
ed. These zone rates now range
from 4.6 to 15 cents per pound
of advertising content. The new
advertising zone rate range will
be 4.9 to 16 cents.
There are special lower se
cond-class rates for classroom
publications and publications of
nonprofit organizations. These
rates also will be increased Jan.
1.
Postmaster Dye said second
class or controlled circulation
mailers who need detailed infor
mation on the new rates may
contact the post office where
their publications are mailed.
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QUICK QUIZ
Q—How did the Apostle
Peter meet his death?
A —Saint Peter may have
been killed during the
persecutions of Emperor
Nero around A.D. 64. Ac
cording to tradition, he was
crucified head downward at
his own request, probably in
the Neronian Gardehs.
Q —How old was Albert
Einstein when he first ad
vanced his theory of relativ
ity?
A—He first advanced this
theory in 1905, when he was
only 26 years of age.
Q — Which three states in
the Union were once inde
pendent republics?
A— Texas, Hawaii and
Vermont.
Q —Why is the Friday be
fore Easter called Good Fri
day?
A—ln the Western tradi
tion, it is called “Good” Fri
day because the faithful
Christian is expected, on
that day, to live a careful life
totally free from sin in re
membrance of the crucifix
tion of Christ.
Q—Who was the first
golfer to win the Masters
Tournament four times?
A—-Arnold Palmer in
1958, 1960, 1962 and 1964.
Q —ln what part of the
body is the feeling of pres
sure most developed?
A—On the tip of the
tongues. I
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