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...assembled the air armada as a quick reaction force designed to keep South Vietnamese troops from bogging down in Laos and to deter North Vietnamese troops from pushing across the demilitarized zone. As many as 2000 combat aircraft have been committed to the operation...
...conviction of any rustler; in the past 15 months, the reward has been collected only eight times. To sweeten the pot, county associations now offer additional rewards of up to $1,000. The state department of agriculture has added an investigative branch to aid local lawmen and, to further deter cattle thieves, the legislature has raised the maximum penalty for trespassing to ten years and a $10,000 fine...
...Flight President. Less visibly, Nixon, other officials and Agnew himself were looking ahead rather than back. Nixon, the in-flight President, did not let his travelsfrom Key Biscayne to Washington to Paris and back to Washingtondeter him from constant consultation with aides. Much of his flying time was spent on domestic affairs, including the budget and economic message he will submit to Congress in January...
...first ceasefire to make major improvements on the Bar-Lev line, a series of fortifications named for the army's chief of staff. Engineers reinforced the forts all along the line, replacing sandbags with concrete and adding cover for Israeli soldiers. Roads were paved to speed traffic and deter mine laying, water and sewer lines were installed and, behind the lines, large ammunition and fuel depots were constructed and new forces moved...
Chief Gormeyer, the star witness in Rusher's case, said that surveillance had helped deter acts of violence, such as a plot to blow up President Nixon's home in Key Biscayne...