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...offensive began in the sky-with a shattering barrage of at least 12,000 rounds of rocket, mortar and artillery fire across the Demilitarized Zone, which divides North and South Viet Nam. Said Specialist Fourth Class Michael Hill, a U.S. adviser with ARVN units in the area: "It was like nothing we ever expected and nothing we ever saw." Then came the ground attack. Some 25,000 North Vietnamese troops, with Russian-built tanks and artillery, swept down through Quang Tri province, sending 50,000 refugees fleeing south and U.S. advisers scurrying to their helicopters. As his stunned military forces...
...miles north of Saigon near the Cambodian border, North Vietnamese troops routed the South Vietnamese defenders, organized "people's committees," and set up antiaircraft positions. Other enemy troops were moving, in regimental strength, to areas west, north and south of Saigon, which was braced for its first rocket attacks in two years...
...South Vietnamese relief force defending the embattled town of An Loc, 60 miles north of Saigon, broke into a wild four-mile retreat under furious enemy rocket fire yesterday, a Vietnamese officer caught in the battle said...
...freeway. John Livingston, Hollywood designer, had to have a car all his own, unique, so he stripped a Chrysler down to its frame and hand-built his own shiny aluminum body held together by crude rivets; the car is pointed at the ends like a silver Buck Rogers rocket ship -enough to frighten drivers off the road on Santa Monica Boulevard. North Hollywood's Nudie the Tailor glorified his Pontiac Bonneville with Western regalia. The religious here do not settle for plastic Jesuses on the dash, they erect whole creches and biblical scenes next to the Kleenex boxes...
Despite their many uses, CRTs and gas-discharge tubes have certain drawbacks. They require considerable electrical power, are sensitive to vibrations and other stresses and cannot readily be miniaturized. These shortcomings are all the more significant in military and space applications. Aboard a rocket ship, for instance, every part must be as compact as possible and also be capable of surviving the shock of sudden acceleration and deceleration. To fill this need, the Pentagon and NASA began to look for other types of electronic display systems...