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Though Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman J. William Fulbright denounced the assault as "just another indication of the rising momentum of fighting" and urged "some drastic action to halt it," his Democratic colleague Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield was less alarmed. "Our troops have gone only to the doorstep of North Viet Nam," he said. "They are operating south of the 17th parallel...
...action open to students. In distributing the Lowell House proposal we were constantly asked, "Will it work?" "Will it be effective?" "Aren't you wasting your time?" 308 Lowell House members and countless others throughout the College cannot help but be convinced that the choice is now between drastic action or no results. Charles S. Peskin '68 John R. Gersh '68 Neal P. Katz '68 John D. Kennedy...
More Help than Hurt. Politically, Dirksen's distaste for the reapportionment ruling is puzzling, since it has helped Republicans more than it has hurt them. Initially, political scientists thought that the state legislatures would see a swift, drastic transfer of power from rural areas to the predominantly Democratic inner cities. Power has in deed flowed away from rural representatives-but to suburbia, where political loyalties are still in flux and Republicans are more often elected than Democrats...
Minding the Trail. The Allied and Laotian operations against the trail slow but cannot stop the Communist traffic into South Viet Nam. Inevitably, the U.S. has weighed more drastic measures, and in fact has drawn up a three-option contingency plan. In one version, U.S. troops would be helilifted in and out of Laos in rapid, frequent strikes against the trail. Another calls for the insertion of a sizable U.S. force, at least two divisions, into Laos to block the trail physically. The final and most far-out plan envisions a massive U.S. troops barrier drawn along the 17th parallel...
...healthy Redisco, Inc. subsidiary to Chrysler Corp. A credit operation, which does a $250 million annual business financing sales of furniture, TV sets and other items, Redisco had earned a robust $2,500,000 a year. A.M.C.'s appliance-making Kelvinator division is also profitable-and for sale. Drastic as such surgery is, Chapin and Co. see little alternative to sacrificing A.M.C.'s two strong, non-automaking arms...