Word: southern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...southern Viet Nam, the U Minh Forest, the Central Highlands and the area bordering Cambodia's Parrot's Beak, are proving as inhospitable to Hanoi's troops as they were to America's. Tattered groups of militant Hoa Hao Buddhists, disgruntled peasants and bitter former soldiers of the fallen Thieu regime in Saigon have established strongholds in these areas. Around Dalat, for instance, up to 2,000 veterans sporadically battle the forces of the new rulers. The fighting has been serious enough for circumspect Hanoi newspapers to admit that "veterans do not hesitate to open fire...
...territory is located on the western shore of the 17-mile-wide strait called Bab el Mandeb ("gate of sorrows" in Arabic), which links the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean. More than 70 ships, including many oil tankers, pass through the strait every day, to and from the southern end of the Suez Canal. Moderate Arab states bordering the Red Sea-Egypt, Sudan and Saudi Arabia-fear that the Soviet Union, already well established on the eastern side of the strait in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, may have designs on Djibouti in a move...
Well, rock fans, you needn't get in a dither about it, but Max is right-non-mobile back-beat lovers will find this a summer of pretty slim musical pickings. The best rock around this week is out in the southern hinterlands. Ray Davies and the Kinks will be playing out at the Cape Cod Coliseum on July 2. Tickets are $7.50 in advance, $8.50 the day of the show and are available at the Out of Town Newsstand in the Square. Later in the week, Fleetwood Mac will play their various chartbusters at the Providence, R.I., Civic Center...
...enervating heat compounded by the hot dustbowl winds that strafe the course make Southern Hills an even sterner test of stamina. The course must be watered in the middle of the tournament and on a single hot day will soak up 400,000 gallons of water...
...difficult reflects itself in the scores. When Bolt won the Open at Southern Hills in 1958 he only missed 13 greens in regulation over four days of competition and still shot a three over par 283. Bolt's victory was a popular one since he was a favorite son from Haworth, Oklahoma. Although Bolt was an outstanding player, he was even better known for his tempestuous temperament, which earned him the label "Thunder Bolt...