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LAND OF THE GIANTS (ABC, 7-8 p.m.). The crew of a rocket-powered transport en route to London from the U.S. strays off course and embarks on a fantastic voyage to a strange planet inhabited by giants. This new series stars Gary Conway, Kurt Kasznar, Don Matheson, Don Marshall, Deanna Lund and Heather Youns. Premiere...
...miles northwest of Saigon. Three regiments of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops had maneuvered around Tay Ninh in the shad ow of Nui Ba Den, the Black Virgin mountain. Some Communist units hit outlying defense posts. Others slipped into the city before dawn under cover of a rocket and mortar barrage and dug into foxholes...
...titled Unless Peace Comes (Viking; $5.75), written by 16 scientists and scholars from six different countries, contends that man may soon be able to hurl nature itself at his foes. He could flood coastal cities with tidal waves and unleash uncontrollable hurricanes and earthquakes. A well-aimed, chemical-tipped rocket could puncture the atmosphere's ozone shield, loosing a flood of ultraviolet rays that would eventually kill all exposed life below...
...midweek, Saigon was hit, suffering its first rocket attack since June 21. The rockets whooshed in during the early morning hours, and 19 of the 122-mm. projectiles hit in two salvos. Seventeen Vietnamese civilians and a Japanese correspondent were killed. The National Assembly building took two hits, but damage was so slight that the deputies met as usual...
...rendezvoused and docked their Apollo command ship with an LM, has been pushed back until February by problems in the Grumman-built module. In place of the LM flight, a manned Apollo flight has now been scheduled for December, the first to be powered by the mighty Saturn 5 rocket...