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...woman between the ages of 18 and 60 to aid the national defense and made all property subject to confiscation. It will probably be many months before Cambodia's swollen army of some 120,000 men-only half of whom have even been issued weapons -can absorb new recruits. Moreover, the nation needs its citizens for productive labor almost as desperately as it needs them for fighting. Since the war spread to the interior, Cambodia's exports, chiefly rubber and rice, have trickled down to almost zero...
There is a long-term threat to the West in increased Russian exploration and political gains in the Moslem countries, but the Soviet bloc obviously could not absorb all that oil. Europe's more immediate concern is the prospect that the Arabs and the oil companies might settle their differences by increasing their prices to European customers-and simply splitting the extra profit...
...seven million South Vietnamese- nearly half of the population of the country- now live in concentration camps. Some of the camps are near the major cities, but many are placed around American army bases to absorb the NLF mortar attacks. Saigon now has 2,800,000 people in it, making it the densest city in the world- twice as crowded as Tokyo...
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...national network of offices with many customers-for the new securities issues that are a major part of Glore Forgan's business. As a cost-saving measure, Du Pont in the past year has been forced to pare back from Ill. branch offices to 95; it will now absorb 20 Glore Forgan offices. More important, Du Pont will add some $18 million to its $62.5 million capital-an infusion that it sorely needs. Though Du Font's 13-to-l ratio of capital to liabilities is well within legal limits, it is right at the point where...