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...October, Captain Ronald F. Rod of New Orleans was ordered to South Viet Nam and one of the loneliest, most hazardous forms of duty a soldier can draw. As head of a six-man U.S. advisory team, he was sent to the northern coastal town of Due Pho, which is surrounded by Viet Cong territory and accessible only by air. There, Captain Rod, 31, shared responsibility for the welfare of some 10,000 civilians, mostly refugees from Communist held villages...
...response was instantaneous. A New Orleans meat packer shipped two tons of soap directly to Rod. Children gift wrapped individual bars, rushed them off by airmail. Other contributions inundated the Clarion Herald. A Baton Rouge TV station weighed in with 700 Ibs. of soap, a New Orleans seventh-grade civics class with 700 bars...
...Orleans citizens again responded handsomely last month, after Captain Rod appealed for help in starting an orphanage. More than $500-enough for the building expenses-was sent immediately. When the first nine mailbags of clothing and soap arrived, Rod wrote jubilantly: "It looks as though we will have a wonderful Christmas for these people...
...purchase of Spanish trucks, industrial machinery and other manufactures. Owing to a swelling demand for imports, Spain is heading for a $200 million balance-of-payments deficit in 1965 and must find export markets for her growing factory output. Explains Láureano López Rodó, 44, Franco's top economic planner: "Credits are a means of selling, and since our fundamental problem now is our export problem, I believe we should try to put ourselves in a competitive position...
After a 3-2 defeat by Wesleyan's John Logan in the quarter finals. Wickens faced Rod Richmond of Hofstra in the consolation. At the end of the regulation six minutes, the two were tied 3-3: after an overtime period, they were deadlocked 4-4, but a referee's decision gave Wickens the win. He then almost upset Bob Drebenstedt of Oklahoma State in another consolation before losing 2-1 and settling for fourth place...