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...long suspected that a branch of the Communist "underground railroad"-the Ho Chi Minh trail-cut through Cambodia. But proof was hard to obtain: so wild and enemy-infested is the Viet Nam side of the Cambodian border that no allied troops had ventured to the border since the French left...
Hershey was asked if college students would be drafted if they failed to obtain a passing grade on the test or were unable to maintain their standing in the specified upper portion of their class. He said that he could not estimate when such students might be drafted...
...confident that it will be able to obtain the necessary votes needed to make the change. Abram said that the extensive support for the HUC and the HPC in the last referendum indicated that students were anxious to have these committees useful and active. "Since Cliffe membership will enable the HPC to function more effectively, it will probably be supported by the majority of students," he said...
...Transit Authority was equally ineffective at the bargaining table. Unable to tell what the union really wanted, and what the T.A. could obtain from the city and the state, it made no offer at all. Finally, on the eve of the walkout, the T.A. made a $25 million proposal based on President Johnson's 3.2 per cent non-inflationary guidelines...
...disregarding the other factors that clouded the negotiations, the city was still in a bad bargaining position. Because of the T.A.'s lack of money due to its present deficit and Lindsay's campaign promise to maintain the 15 cent fare, the Transit Authority didn't think they could obtain the resources necessary to support an increase that the Union would have accepted before the strike deadline...