Word: short
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...However laudable each small act, this course in the end satisfies no one and it leaves him open to the charge that he cares more about the illusion of action than about substantive change. Without any cooperation from Hanoi, it is difficult to see what else Nixon can do, short of a precipitate withdrawal from Viet Nam. Among the most frequent suggestions from war critics: give less solid U.S. support to the present Saigon regime, grant more political concessions to the North, perhaps including the acceptance of a coalition regime in South Viet Nam. Admittedly, such moves would be risky...
Nixon's latest troop "replacement" was first forecast as imminent, then held up, then linked with an obviously futile short halt of B-52 bombings in South Viet Nam. When the announcement finally came, it turned out to involve only a modest 35,000 men to be returned to the U.S. by Dec. 15. That was about 10,000 more than the reluctant Joint Chiefs of Staff had conceded would be acceptable, but far fewer than many war critics think possible. It will bring to 60,000 the number of troops pulled out since the Administration outlined its gradual...
...Short-Lived Peace. Cairo's latest troubles began earlier this year when the Rev. Gerald Montroy, a white Catholic priest, arrived in town from East St. Louis and took up his duties in the heart of a black neighborhood. He drew together the local N.A.A.C.P., a cooperative association and a couple of street gangs, and with the Rev. Charles Koen, a local black minister, formed the United Front...
...peace was short-lived. A new wave of firebombings swept the town early this summer, forcing the resignation of Police Chief Carl Clutts. The new chief, William Petersen, made some progress toward cooling the conflict when he took away the deputy status that had been granted the White Hats. The group disbanded, but resurfaced almost immediately in a new organization, the United Citizens for Community Action, whose leader, Lumberman Robert Cunningham, is considered excessively racist even by local white supremacists...
...anywhere from 39% to 46% of the vote, v. 40% to 44% for the Christian Democrats. The fading Free Democrats will probably draw less than the 9.5% that they polled in 1965, while the ultra-rightist National Democrats (see following story) may draw 5%. The Communists will undoubtedly fall short of the 5% necessary for a party to win representation in the Bundestag. Key to all speculation is the size of the undecided vote-and it may be as high...