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During the 1968 Tet offensive, for instance, the Communists executed more than 3,000 South Vietnamese in the former capital of Hue. Even though the brutality has been on a smaller scale during this year's Easter offensive, the Communists have murdered at least 200 people and imprisoned 6,000 in the Communist-controlled portion of Binh Dinh province. Allied intelligence officials believe that the number executed will surpass 500 before the whole of the province has been retaken by the South Vietnamese...
...tall, throws a knockout punch, and has long furry ears? It's John Wayne, drawling veteran of over 200 he-man films, dressed up in a rabbit costume. With enthusiastic support from Laugh-ln's comedienne Sarah Kennedy, Wayne is impersonating the Easter bunny on next month's opening of Laugh-In. Acting the role of a rabbit did not come easily. When he arrived onstage, the Duke growled: "The first guy who snickers gets a broken face." After the ordeal was over, he remarked: "I felt pretty funny in that bunny suit, but it could have...
SOUTH VIET NAM'S Quang Tri province, which was overrun by North Vietnamese forces last April, became a symbol of ARVN's humiliating setback in the early days of the Communists' current Easter offensive. Last week, as forward elements of a South Vietnamese force of 20,000 men fought its way back into the provincial capital, there were signs that Quang Tri might also become a symbol of South Viet Nam's military resurgence...
...with his earlier statement. But it is also conceivable that the South Vietnamese, surprised by the initial weakness of the Communist resistance, changed their minds in mid-offensive and launched an all-out effort to recapture Quang Tri city, the only provincial capital lost to the Communists in the Easter offensive...
Even an all-out military drive would not enable Thieu to wipe out the North Vietnamese gains. Despite their failure to capture Hué, Kontum and An Loc, the Communists have achieved many objectives of their Easter offensive. Besides inflicting heavy casualties on several ARVN divisions, they have very nearly undermined the all-important Vietnamization program and paralyzed pacification efforts in much of the countryside. They have once again staked out large swatches of territory in South Viet Nam's historically vulnerable regions. Though the Communists control only a small percentage of the South's population, the offensive...