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...fuel to power the city's water system for 19 days, and the electricity supply is dependent on the arrival of further convoys up the Mekong. The airlift announced by the U.S. this week is limited to JP4 jet fuel for the Cambodian air force's tiny fleet of about 20 helicopters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: Breaking the Siege | 4/23/1973 | See Source »

Heisman Trophy Winner Johnny Rodgers, a three-time All-America at Nebraska, also happens to be the Peck's Bad Boy of the Cornhuskers. The fleet-footed running back was sentenced to 30 days in a Lincoln, Neb., jail for driving with a suspended license. Rodgers' lawyer had attempted to get him a work release program at Boys Town, the school near Omaha for orphans and other underprivileged youngsters. But the director, Monsignor Nicholas H. Wegner, seemed to think they had no room for big bad boys. "We don't want him," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 23, 1973 | 4/23/1973 | See Source »

Harvard added insurance runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Fleet-footed Sandy Milley tripled to right to lead off the sixth and scored on a sacrifice fly. Dave Vaughan scored in the seventh on a walk, an infield error, a stolen base and a throwing error by the Huskie catcher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J.V. Batmen Top Huskies To Avenge Earlier Loss | 4/20/1973 | See Source »

...told, the Communists and the Thieu regime have charged more than 90,000 truce violations, ranging from isolated shellings to battalion-level battles. Yet the vaunted International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS), with its 1,160 neutral observers, its 42 local offices throughout South Viet Nam and its fleet of black-and-silver planes, has managed to complete investigations and file final reports on only six truce violations. At week's end, two helicopters carrying eleven ICCS members were reported missing in Northern Quang Tri province; one of the choppers was believed to have been hit by ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: Non-Policing a Non-Truce | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

...painting, which consists of a series of miniature scenes, none more than 16 inches high, portrays a battle between a fleet of Minoan ships and an enemy flotilla off a coastal city. Following their victory, the Minoans land, sack the city and make off with its valuables. The battle is vividly recreated; men can be seen falling from sinking ships and drowning, women jump in despair off towers, and soldiers lead away looted cattle and sheep. In other panels, the conquerors are welcomed by the inhabitants of two other cities. This activity takes place against a landscape populated by lions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Light on Lost Epochs | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

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