Word: puebloed
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...grandfathers "remembered the Maine" and ended an oppressive, archaic colonial empire. Apparently we're going to "negotiate about the Pueblo" and accomplish nothing, except little inconveniences like prison camps and death for 83 Americans who were serving for the rest...
...assume that TIME either knows something nobody else knows, or else has been given advance word on the imminent demotion of Pueblo Skipper Bucher back to ensign? Otherwise, how do you explain the conspicuous absence of "scrambled eggs" on Commander Bucher's hat on the cover...
Beached Whale. Between the Red offensive and North Korea's seizure of the U.S.S. Pueblo, the mighty U.S. suddenly seemed as impotent as a beached whale. Even those nations that normally delight in American embarrassment refrained from crowing openly...
...President, Mr. President!" Mississippi Democrat John Stennis, chairman of the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee, was on his feet, demanding the floor. For a speech on Viet Nam? A ringing call for action to avenge the seizure of Pueblo? Nothing of the kind. Stennis was merely taking his turn in a lackluster mini-filibuster that has almost totally preoccupied the U.S. Senate since it reconvened three weeks...
Some psychological success could hardly be denied the attackers. In the raid on the poorly defended U.S. embassy in Saigon, they embarrassed and discomfited the U.S., still coping with the stinging humiliation of the Pueblo incident. They succeeded in demonstrating that, despite nearly three years of steady allied progress in the war, Communist commandos can still strike at will virtually anywhere in the country. Though the smoke must clear before any realistic assessment can be made, the slow process of pacification has probably suffered a major setback on two fronts. The promise of security in a hamlet may not seem...