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...other bloody battles of the Indochina war rumble across I Corps,* the northernmost military region of South Viet Nam. During last year's Easter offensive, the Communists captured most of the area; today it is the scene of a curious military standoff. Recently TIME Saigon Bureau Chief Gavin Scott visited I Corps-officially known as Military Region I-and cabled this report...
...prestige alone. Last week, in fact, Richard Washington of Portland, Ore., considered by many the nation's No. 1 schoolboy prospect, announced that he was enrolling at U.C.L.A. Wooden, neglecting to mention that he had already signed another high school All-America, 6-ft. 7-in. Forward Gavin Smith from Van Nuys, Calif., for next year, tried to make little of his latest acquisition. Taking issue with recent news stories, the coach allowed that Washington was only...
...pool of the Hotel Le Phnom (the former Royal), reporters talked of the possibility of a guerrilla attack on the airport, the television station or some other suitable target to coincide with the Buddhist New Year's holiday. This was Phnom-Penh under siege. Reported TIME Correspondent Gavin Scott...
...Windows rattled, and the whole capital literally shook last night as bombs fell on Communist emplacements to the southeast along the Mekong River," TIME Correspondent Gavin Scott reported from Phnom-Penh. "Sleepless residents of the Le Phnom Hotel moved to rooms on the north side in search of peace and quiet. One marveled, 'This must be the only hotel in the world where you have to change your room because of B-52 raids...
...trip may accomplish, it inspired one of the most remarkable cocktail parties ever held in Saigon. Staged by Canada's effervescent chief ICCS delegate, Michel Gauvin, it attracted 200 guests representing an unprecedented assortment of former enemies. On hand was TIME'S Saigon Bureau Chief Gavin Scott to take a few surreptitious notes...