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...camp when they came under heavy enemy attack and had to retreat. In a way, the entire northern edge of South Viet Nam has come under the same sort of siege. Allied strength is clustered in pockets of outposts or in major cities-from Khe Sanh, the western anchor, through the Rockpile, Camp Carroll and Con Thien to Quang Tri city, Hué and Danang. Few of the allied bases are accessible now except by air. Last week the North Vietnamese infiltrated a fresh division into South Viet Nam, bringing to 50,000 their troop concentration in 1 Corps. Enemy...
...time the baton was passed to anchor Huvelle, the N.U. runners had built up a five-yard lead. Huvelle hung behind N..'s Mike Roberts until the final half-lap of the race. Then, to the cheers of an enthusiastic crowd, the stocky captain poured it on, caught Roberts with 15 yards to go, and beat him by a fraction to the finish...
...defense of Saigon is now largely in Vietnamese hands. Even more significantly, the U.S. Marines are beginning to turn over the task of manning the strongpoints along the Demilitarized Zone to the ARVN. Already the first units of the ARVN 1st Division are in place on the eastern anchor. Newly armed not only with the M-16 but also with M-60 machine guns (as will be all the ARVN this year), the Vietnamese 1st will soon take over Gio Linh, Con Thien and all the exposed positions where the Marines have taken such heavy casualties in the past year...
...Baker, Dave McKelvey, Jeff Huvelle, and Trey Burns streaked around the 21-lap course in 7:45.8, bettering a six-year-old Cage mark of 7:52.3 by six and one-half seconds. Burns, the team's anchor man, crossed the finish line nearly a lap and a half ahead of the last Terrier runner...
Hemery should be an entry in the 600 yard run, however, and may anchor B.U.'s mile relay team. In both events he will be a threat...