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Impromptu Tollbooths. As U.S. forces faced up to the vital job of coping with the regular Communist armies, the hope was that when the big Red units began to topple in defeat, the guerrillas in the rear would lose heart. It seemed reasonable to believe that as their supply lines were bombed and as their soldiers were denied their customary rice rations, the Viet Cong would lose their stomach for revolution. So far, there are few signs that the elusive and dedicated guerrillas have lost either heart or stomach...
...countryside as well. "If the enemy tries to oppress the People's Movement in South Viet Nam," said General Vinh, "he will not be able to stop our reinforcements from North Viet Nam. If he concentrates all his forces to defeat us on the battlefield, he cannot protect his rear areas. To fight and secure his rear areas at the same time, he must have 1,000,000 troops...
Freeing ARVN. General Vinh's assessment of U.S. limitations in fighting a double war in Viet Nam are largely correct. But the U.S. never intended to tackle both the front and the rear of the struggle. From the beginning, Washington defined the American mission as a holding action in the cities and populous coastal zones; then, as the U.S. buildup provided the forces, to lash out into a big-unit war against Communist regulars. The South Vietnamese were to hold the countryside against the Viet Cong and pacify it. Just as Hanoi employed North Vietnamese troops to take the pressure...
Whipping along an Indiana highway at about 115 m.p.h., Michael Bigham's 1960 Chevrolet Impala smashed into the rear of a car going 55. Since Bigham was clearly liable for the accident, his insurance company settled with the injured driver and passengers in the other car. But one passenger was not satisfied. Contending that the manufacturer "should have foreseen that the auto mobile would, in fact, be driven at excessive and unlawful speed to the risk of the public," Philip Michael Schemel sued General Motors on the un usual ground of negligence in building a vehicle that would...
...cover-up headlights will become even more familiar. And to comply with new federal regulations, the '68 cars will have smog-emission-control devices and, mandatory after Jan. 1, such safety features as additional seat belts (with harnesses for front-seat passengers), obtrusion-free dashboards and breakaway rear-view mirrors...