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Lieut. General George Simpson Lemming (ret.) ponders his proud military history in La Jolla, Calif. He commanded the 12th Infantry Division ("the Lionheads"), of which Robertson's Riverines were a part the night Compella died. The enemy body count for the operation was 158. Says Lemming: "The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is a gift. The terrain would be very good, especially for armor. And there would not be any beatniks raising hell with Washington. Resupply would be difficult, but of course we could do it with the petroleum from Iran. Might as well take them over while...
...Counting Americans every ten years would seem to be a noncontroversial enterprise, but the 1980 U.S. census has become immersed in politics up to its last decimal point. A growing number of people are worried about the accuracy of the tally because so much-political power as well as the distribution of billions of dollars in federal funds-is riding on the outcome. The nose count will not begin until April, but Census Director Vincent Barabba already predicts that it will be the "toughest and most scrutinized ever. Everyone is going to be watching...
...last census. The bureau estimates that its survey missed 5.3 million people, or 2.5% of the population. Most of those overlooked in the census live in metropolitan areas; the rate for missing blacks was 7.7%, compared with 1.9% for whites. Every person left out of the final count can cost a state as much as $200 a year in federal grants...
...vote was postponed until early in 1980, when Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd says it will receive "top priority." Says Byrd: "I have no reluctance whatsoever to call up SALT, even though I don't know where all the votes are." By the most optimistic Senate head count, the treaty remains at least half a dozen votes short of approval, and the Afghanistan crisis may cause more problems for passage...
...visualize happening, then the Governor would have to use the forces that he has at his disposal and are loyal to him-forces he can rely on from all the parties concerned [that is, whatever units of the Rhodesian security forces or the Patriotic Front he can count on in any given situation...