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...region's immense iron ore reserves and the increasing global demand for the metal. For most miners, the aim is to make money quickly and get out. But in one community the situation is different. Shay Gap, a tiny (pop. 862), two-year-old town 120 miles inland from Port Hedland on the Indian Ocean, is proving that even the harshest environment can be tamed...
...vigorous small-arms fire from Cambodians hidden in a wooded area some 75 yds. from the beach. U.S. warplanes strafed the Cambodians' positions; a C-130 cargo plane dropped the largest American conventional bomb, which weighs 15,000 Ibs. But there was no need for the Marines to move inland; they were told by radio that
...northern and Highlands provinces had eroded beyond repair after the successful Communist attack on Ban Me Thuot two weeks ago. For three days the South Vietnamese forces tried hard to repel a cleverly executed Communist tank and infantry assault on the city, which sits astride Route 14, the main inland north-south road. South Vietnamese air force F-5s and A-37s bombed and strafed Communist positions around the city, while ARVN forces were hurriedly ferried to the outskirts of Ban Me Thuot for what looked initially like a full-scale counterattack...
...Soviet Union's greatest natural assets is the Caspian Sea, the world's largest inland body of salt water. Much of Russia's annual fish catch and most of its black caviar come from the Caspian; tankers ply its waters, carrying oil from Baku to ports in the north. But the Caspian is in trouble. Since 1930 its water level has dropped more than eight feet, leaving fishing villages and port facilities high and dry; the fish catch has been cut more than half. To compensate for the continuing water loss, the Soviets are planning a bold...
...Once the link is made and the necessary dams constructed, part of the Pechora's water will be diverted downhill into the Kama and thence into the Volga, which is the Caspian's major source of new water. The increased flow should stabilize the level of the inland sea. At a recent meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, the Soviets tried to assure fellow members that the explosions would not only cost considerably less than conventional explosives but produce no dangerous fallout either in the U.S.S.R. or abroad. As proof, they revealed hitherto secret details...