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...trail unusable, the Communists reacted by simply moving the key supply network westward and widening it in the bargain. Thus, in recent weeks, Communist activity along the trail has been running at twice the normal rate. U.S. aerial reconnaissance has revealed piles of bamboo and mounds of gravel at many points along the route, indicating that the Communists hope to provide traction for supply trucks no matter how muddy the going gets...
...people represent no fewer than 43 nationalities, including one Icelander. Every dwelling is air conditioned, since the temperature runs over 100° F. for two solid months during the summer, and the amenities also include three swimming pools, four tennis courts and a golf course with gravel fairways and sandy greens. The miners are well paid, but the labor turnover nonetheless is 100% a year. The reasons are not hard to find; most ironworkers are after a quick stake and leave as soon as they have saved one. They are also lonely: the town has only 16 single girls...
...Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) foresees political problems arising from the lapse of the 1967 law. "These men, the college students, are going to raise hell and object if they're the only ones drafted," he said...
Mark Schneider, a Kennedy legislative aid, does not foresee a split among antiwar Senators over a draft bill amended to end the war. "I'm almost sure Gravel will make a statesmanlike decision if the McGovern-Hatfield amendment is passed and decide not to filibuster," Schneider said yesterday, "and if he doesn't, he won't get more than one or two senators to filibuster with...
Douglas Jones, a legislative aid in Gravel's office, said however that Gravel "is willing to go over the falls on this." Although Gravel agreed with antiwar Senators last Friday not to filibuster until the McGovern-Hatfield amendment has been discussed, he is, according to Jones, still committed to prohibiting the enactment of further draft legislation...