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...lovely sunny afternoon in the green valley ot Nam Hoa, about ten miles southwest of Hué, I was with Warrant Officer Ostara, an Australian adviser with the South Viet Nam army, standing on the sloping sides of a recently dug hole. In the bottom were rush mats over sheets of plastics. Ostara drew them back and I saw two bodies dead Vietnamese, with their arms tied behind their backs just above the elbows. They had been shot through the back of the head, the bullet coming ou through the mouth. The faces would have been difficult to recognize...
Died. Walter Millis, 69, military journalist and historian; husband of Fashion Columnist Eugenia Sheppard; ot cancer; in Manhattan. During 30 years on the now defunct New York Herald Tribune, Millis established a reputation as one of the country's most lucid military commentators. His books ranged from The Martial Spirit (1931), which examined the origins of the Spanish-American War, to This Is Pearl! (1947), a study of U.S. unpreparedness against the Japanese attack. Recently, though, his articles turned more to politics than the conduct of arms, criticizing U.S. involvement in Viet Nam and voicing opposition to nuclear weapons...
Died Dr. Charles E. Fuller, 80, Baptist minister turned radio evangelist whose sermons reached 10 million weekly in the 1940s; of heart disease; in Pasadena, Calif. "If you are not in Jesus Christ, you are a child ot Sa-tan!" cried Fuller on his Old-Fashioned Revival Hour, and at the peak of his career the message was beamed out every Sunday on 900 stations across the U.S. Though his popularity faded in recent years, he could still be heard on some 500 stations, many of which will continue to broadcast his sermons on tape...
...result has been that many students go ot college today who wouldn't have thirty years ago. The opportunities are greater, the motivation different. During the Depression, only those who were highly motivated academically or very rich could afford a college education. Today, the typical college student ends up on the campus because social pressure drives him there, and also because of the vague feeling that the more education one has, the better...
Above both entrances to Tommy's, signs proclaim that shishkebab is the specialty of the house. Blitman goes up ot the counter and asks for shishkebab. "We're all out," says Tommy. Shishkebab is a standing joke at Tommy's. They never serve it there. Blitman orders a hamburger plate. For only 85c he gets two hamburgers, one bun, two pads of butter, lettuce and tomato, mayonnaise, and french fries. A fifteen cent coke brings the price of dinner to one dollar even...