Word: curfews
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...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...
...been completely retaken and that there are just pockets of resistance left. And that would be followed at the end of the news by an important anouncement to all American personnel: All American personnel are required to stay in their billets until further notice. There is a 24-hour curfew for all American personnel. Do not leave your billets except under armed escort...
...Minister Hassan Macky also left Yemen, showing up nearly a week early for an Arab foreign ministers' meeting in Cairo called to decide on an Arab summit. That left the government in charge of Field Marshal Hassan al-Amri, the army commander. Al-Amri declared a 6 p.m. curfew, ordered civilians to form militia units "to defend the republic." In Liberation Square, a howling mob watched a firing squad execute six suspected Royalist infiltrators, then dragged their bodies to the gates of the city and strung them up on poles...