Word: civilianizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...removed remaining Ky backers from influential posts. These days Thieu is working hard to broaden the base of support for the presidency. He takes trips into the countryside, where he is virtually unknown. He consults more often with political leaders and the National Assembly. He prods the military and civilian establishments to prepare for the day when the South Vietnamese will have to take on a greater share of waging the war or policing the peace by themselves...
...sentenced last month to five years at hard labor for advocating talks with the National Liberation Front. The Premier tried to change Thieu's mind, but he failed. Yet in less than three months in office, Huong has given the premiership-and with it, by extension, civilian government in South Viet Nam-an aura of respectability it had never attained under others. Huong's hope is that the aura will grow. As one of the Premier's associates put it last week: "We do not expect to last for a long time. But many of the things...
...solution, worked out by a civilian in the Navy's Research & Development unit at Saigon, is as inexpensive as it is uncomplicated. After a brief visit to the Delta last summer, Berger Shepard, who usually develops mines for the Navy, designed and built in just four days the world's smallest aircraft carrier. Constructed from pipes and a 16-ft. by 16-ft. steel mat (total cost: $300), the helicopter landing pad was fitted atop the foredeck of a 56-ft. Armored Troop Carrier, a standard craft in the Riverine fleet. The device was an immediate success...
...technically at war in Viet Nam? The question has been raised frequently in courts of law; just as frequently the courts have sidestepped the issue. Now the Court of Military Appeals-three civilian judges appointed by the President-has faced the problem squarely. In a decision reviewable only by the Supreme Court, it has ruled that the U.S. is definitely...
...military law changes in time of war. The maximum penalty for desertion, for example, rises from life imprisonment to death. Assaulting or disobeying a superior also becomes punishable by death. While the Anderson decision applies only to military courts, its effective marshaling of precedents is likely to persuade the civilian courts to agree that the U.S. is indeed in a war-even if Congress never does get around to declaring...