Word: civilianizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Testifying before Senator Edward Kennedy's Judiciary Subcommittee on Refugees and Escapees last week, wit ness after witness reported on the plight of Vietnamese civilians engulfed by the war. Their point was not that the U.S. ought to end the misery by quitting the fight and get out of Viet Nam. They were all there to argue that the U.S. will lose the war if it does not double its efforts to care for Viet Nam's hordes of refugees and civilian wounded...
...Tactics. During the past year, Kennedy held closed hearings on civilian casualties and privately prodded the Administration to improve conditions. With few tangible results to show beyond building starts on three civilian hospitals, Kennedy has now switched tactics. He is calling public hearings and saying that the war cannot be won without more humane treatment of civilians...
...dirt and cobblestone streets to the town's Señor de Malta Hospital, run by German Dominican sisters. There four men in white and a nun went to work on Che, opening an incision in his neck for embalming fluid and washing his body. A man in civilian clothes took his fingerprints. A medical examination by Drs. Moises Abraham and Jose Martinez revealed that Che's body had seven bullet wounds, including one through the heart that killed him instantly. "An interesting fact," said Abraham, "is that his feet were very well cared...
...would be mayor first and a Negro second-a claim that was supported by his record during three terms in the state house of representatives, where he has sponsored bills for state laws controlling riots and the sale of firearms. He has refused to support establishment of a civilian review board for the police, but he vowed, if elected, to fire Police Chief Richard Wagner for being insensitive to the city's racial problems. He hit at the Locher administration's weaknesses: lagging urban renewal, lethargic leadership, and festering discontent in the slums. His campaign was a shrewd...
...they can get. Never have they gone up against such a dense and withering air-defense system. There is flak, small-arms fire from rooftops, increasingly frisky MIG fighters and portable surface-to-air missiles. To complicate their mission, Washington demands high-precision pinpoint bombing to avoid endangering civilian populations; pilots must get in close, fast, and make no mistakes...