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...buildups in the sanctuaries. The ban against U.S. advisers operating in Cambodia seems firm, and thus close U.S. combat air support seems unlikely -though if a large South Vietnamese unit were threatened with defeat, the U.S. could hardly fail to come to its relief with fighter-bombers, helicopters and cargo flights...
...establishment into the noisiest disesteem since before World War II. Wisconsin's Senator William Proxmire, a liberal Democrat-but no doctrinaire foe of the armed services -has won national attention with his disclosures about military overspending beyond original estimates for weapons procurement, notably on the giant C-5A cargo plane...
...nosed into the riverbank, opened its bow doors and disgorged its human cargo at Hong Ngu. The Vietnamese were greeted by a white-shirted bureaucrat who shouted instructions over a bullhorn. There were tables stacked with forms to fill out and, near by, a tent city to shelter the refugees for the two weeks or so that will be needed to screen and begin relocating them...
...Precious Cargo...
...became obvious that a moon landing was now out of the question; mission rules forbid a lunar landing if even one fuel cell becomes inoperative. The loss of two requires the earliest possible return to earth. Even worse, the second oxygen tank was now also rapidly spilling its precious cargo. Unless the venting could be stopped, there would soon be insufficient oxygen aboard Odyssey. Oxygen was essential not only for breathing; it would also be needed to react with hydrogen to produce power in the remaining?and apparently undamaged?fuel cell...