Word: overrun
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SOUTH VIET NAM'S Quang Tri province, which was overrun by North Vietnamese forces last April, became a symbol of ARVN's humiliating setback in the early days of the Communists' current Easter offensive. Last week, as forward elements of a South Vietnamese force of 20,000 men fought its way back into the provincial capital, there were signs that Quang Tri might also become a symbol of South Viet Nam's military resurgence...
...battered city of An Loc was still under siege last week-the longest of the Viet Nam War, surpassing the 74-day record set at Khe Sanh in 1968. Nonetheless the South Vietnamese government proclaimed An Loc a major victory, on the grounds that it had not been overrun. Certainly its defenders deserved full credit for endurance and courage under the war's heaviest artillery barrage (TIME, June 26). But An Loc is not yet a victory for either side...
Reports of Litton's troubles touched off a furor in Congress, which is growing increasingly impatient with overrun-prone defense contractors. The House Armed Services Committee recently cut next year's budget authorization for the destroyer from $610 million, as requested by the Pentagon, to $247 million. The committee expressed "concern" over costs and delays in both shipbuilding programs, with an eye toward finding remedies...
...Farrell and American President lines. Now scheduled for completion next fall, the first such vessel will be 21 months behind schedule and will cost about double its contract price of $21 million, making it the most expensive general cargo ship ever built. Litton will doubtless pay heavily for the overrun...
...NOTICEABLE difference is that the editorial positions are now surrounded by more dissenting opinion, compliments of the Herald Traveler's syndicated columnists. In fact, there are four full pages filled out by the stable of syndicates. Likewise, the society page is overrun with columnists, many formerly of Herald Traveler fame, and the two solid pages of comics challenge even the most adamant eight year old. The sports pages of either of the old papers were more sympathetic to Boston's own than The Globe, and this hasn't changed with merger. There's just more...