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Though relatively mild, the rampage panicked authorities. "We have a war!" cried Fire and Police Director Frank Holloman. Mayor Loeb slapped down a curfew, shuttered liquor stores, bars and entertainment places, and stopped the buses. Governor Buford Ellington rushed in 250 state troopers and 4,000 Tennessee National Guardsmen...
...climate at Shaw is repressive. The campus policeman, known by students as "Deputy Dawg," is a powerful symbol. Students accuse him of "hunting for trouble." citing his nightly rout of couples from a popular tunnel that runs under a super-highway. A rigidly enforced curfew requires upperclassmen girls to be in the dorm by ten, and they must sign out whenever they leave the campus. A glance at the sign-out book on an ordinary day exposes trips to the laundromat, to the post-office, or to Woolworth...
...government's twelve-hour curfew (7 p.m. to 7 a.m.), intended to hamper the Viet Cong terrorists, has hampered the average Saigonese even more. Having in the past moonlighted on one or two extra jobs in order to make ends meet, he now is able to hold only one job-if he is lucky enough to still have one. Because of the curtailment of working hours, there is far less economic activity. Some 20 freighters, for example, are lined up in the river waiting to be unloaded. The lack of these imports means fewer jobs, smaller pay packets. Partly...
...surface, Saigon seems in some ways to be its old self again. Traffic is nearly as heavy as before in the morning, but slackens during the afternoon in anticipation of the 7-p.m. curfew. The black market is still operating, but business is off by about 50%. About 70% of the sidewalk shops and stalls have reopened, most for only half a day; many of the finer shops still remain closed. Money is circulating freely and most Saigonese seem to trust its worth, since there has been little upsurge in bartering. Phone service has been restored, and so has electric...
Saigon-Hanoi Tea. Because of the curfew, there is almost no entertainment in Saigon. The state-controlled television now dedicates 90% of its programming to anti-V.C. propaganda. Cinemas and theaters are closed. President Nguyen Van Thieu also ordered all Saigon bars and nightclubs to shut down, but only about half of them have complied with the order. The others try to beat the early curfew by opening early...