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Even now, when the Ho Chi Minh trail often resembles a network of busy truck roads, the Communists still use elephants to haul their supplies. Not long ago, an American pilot sighted an elephant carrying rockets. His strafing run killed the animal and set off a series of secondary explosions. There was a slight dilemma on his return to base: should he put the event down as an enemy killed in action or as an enemy vehicle destroyed...
Obviously, promotional hoopla alone will not solve the airlines' earnings problems. They are currently mounting a vigorous campaign for fare increases, notably on such cut-rate promotions as youth, family and excursion fares. Some lines also want increased first-class rates on short-haul flights. Meanwhile, the CAB has intimated to the industry that it should cut down on the costly frills before seeking higher fares...
...that route last year. Eastern, as well as federal aviation agencies, hopes the testing will lead to a new form of short-range transportation. "Door-to-door" flights from small airports inside or on the edge of cities would save time and would not interfere with long-and medium-haul operations...
...long haul, however, some of the proposed economies may prove damaging. Last week the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a $1.9 billion foreign aid bill-a cut of more than $1 billion from the amount that the President requested and the smallest authorization in the 21-year history of the foreign aid program. The committee, whose leaders have repeatedly complained in the past that they have been denied a voice in foreign policy, thus voted to blunt one of its more effective instruments...
...sorties. Most of their bombs are aimed south of the DMZ, where few if any antiaircraft missiles exist to threaten the lumbering, relatively slow-moving attackers. Some 80 of the Strategic Air Command's older D and E models of the B-52, originally designed to haul nuclear weapons, have been converted for Viet Nam duty. They normally carry up to 84 conventional "iron" bombs of 500 lbs. each tucked inside their bomb bays and another 24 of 750 lbs. each slung under their swept-back wings...