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...Negro sergeant was sprawled in a ditch full of water. Over the steady drumfire of the rain came the cough, whoosh, crump of Viet Cong mortars. The sergeant counted on his fingers the seconds from the time of firing to the time of detonation, then lit a drooping wet cigarette and casually announced "Them's incoming sixties landin' over there 'bout a hundred yards. Nothin' to worry about." He took off his helmet wiped his face. "You know, we Airborne, we like to get things done real fast, get in there quick and out quick killin...
Stop the Music. Saigon's suburban battle seldom makes the headlines. It is still largely the sentry's war of short, sharp encounters: the bark of a close rifle, the sudden cough of automatic weapons, the crump of a single mortar, occasionally a scream as a knife finds its way through a rib cage. An "incident" may be anything from the skirmish of a dozen men to the blare of a propaganda bullhorn; whatever their nature, incidents are on the increase along the Gia Dinh perimeter. From February to April they averaged 37 a month. Through July...
...Chicago Negro family to sue in federal court for unlawful police invasion of their home. The family collected enough to pay Moore 600 an hour for his four years' work. Meanwhile, he and his law partner had gone broke. Undaunted, Moore next worked round the clock for Paul Crump, the remarkably rehabilitated murderer in Cook County jail's death row. In 1962 Moore got Crump's sentence commuted to 199 years. Still in debt, he has switched to lawyering for the Justice Department's Criminal Division in Washington. Says he: "I feel lucky, going broke...
...capital's doorstep. One night last week they opened a barrage on the army post of Vinhloc, only five miles west of the city. The crump of guerrilla mortars and government artillery shook buildings at Tan Son Nhut Airport on the city's edge, and flares dropped from patrol planes were clearly visible from downtown Saigon...
Spinning Markets. Under Crump, C.P.R. also rounded out its transportation empire by absorbing Smith Transport, Canada's biggest trucking firm. This fall it will begin construction of a new hotel in Montreal, has faced up to the motor age by taking on the management of motels. But its greatest growth could come from its considerable remaining land holdings, whose rich resources the road has now begun to exploit. The newly formed Canadian Pacific Oil and Gas, Ltd., earned $5,600,-000 for C.P.R. in 1963, and another stripling subsidiary, Pacific Logging, contributed $253,000. A 51% interest in Consolidated...