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...Federal and local correctional facilities -- how to insure that they prepare the offender for a more constructive life once he returns to society, rather than merely punishing him in order to deter others from the same course...
...fall of Gia Binh is not likely to deter the Communist buildup. Marine units patrolling the border of the DMZ report almost constant contact with the North Vietnamese, including three fresh battalions from the North; two full divisions, including the newly formed 341st, are believed to be group ing along the DMZ to join the 324B when the rains come. To meet the pos sibility of a major offensive, the Ma rines have moved five battalions up to the border, transformed a remote out post at Dong Ha into a major base, complete with airstrip and facilities...
...political weakness of Chancellor Erhard should not deter the administration from delivering the coup d'grace to the Multilateral Fleet, and other related plans for nuclear sharing, during the German leader's visit this week. Despite the criticism this move will arouse in Germany, the U.S. must make clear its unwillingness to give Germany control over nuclear weapons. This position is essential to the success of negotiations for a non-proliferation treaty with the Soviet Union...
Nevertheless, he said, the continued presence of American power in the area is "an indispensable factor in maintaining the stability of Southeast Asia." Moreover, President Marcos continued, "it is only American military power that is acceptable in Asia and great enough to deter Communist China's aggressive tendencies." Pointedly, he recalled that the U.S. was deeply involved in Asia for more than half a century before World War I returned its focus to Europe. 'The U.S.," he said, "was a Pacific power long before it was an Atlantic power...
When the comet Ikeya-Seki curved around the sun last October, many a stargazer's camera was focused on its fiery trail. But two California Institute of Technology researchers were deter mined to record far more than mere surface glow. And the Astrophysical Journal last week reported remarkable success. Eric Becklin, a graduate student in physics, and James Westphal, a senior research fellow in planetary science, not only obtained the first temperature measurements ever made of a comet, they also gained valuable insight into a comet's composition and behavior...