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...elections for the lower house of the National Assembly approached, antigovernment candidates found the going rough (see box, page 24); police beat up and arrested one opposition politician, Tran Tuan Nham, who made the mistake of using a picture of Nixon with a Hitler mustache as a campaign poster. And for the second time in two weeks a crippled veteran set himself ablaze in Danang to protest Thieu's election tactics. Saigon's Disabled Veterans Association grimly announced that it had 40 more volunteers ready to follow his fiery example...
...When the search for provincial endorsements looked utterly hopeless, Ky's forces made a last-minute stab at the Assembly. There, 59 members had remained uncommitted despite Thieu's pressure tactics. Suddenly, as if on cue, Dr. Tran Tarn, a Catholic theologian and former Director of Information in the regime of Ngo Dinh Diem, declared himself a candidate, and 28 Assemblymen just as suddenly endorsed him, thus leaving an insufficient number to validate Ky's candidacy. Even before the filing deadline passed, Tarn dropped from the race. Few observers believe the Tam candidacy was anything other than...
...General Do Cao Tri, the flamboyant III Corps commander who died in a helicopter smash-up last February, accused then General (and former Senator) Tran Van Don of being "round"-a Vietnamese term of contempt for someone who will roll in any direction...
...With a presidential election coming up in November, they say, he is in no position to start swinging a political ax at influential backers. His opponents, on the other hand, point out that his own uncle, Ngo Xuan Tich, directs the government agency charged with rooting out corruption, while Tran Thien Khoi, a brother of Premier Tran Thien Khiem, is in charge of all antismuggling operations...
Teodoru asked the council to change its policy slightly and to sponsor a trip for students to which the council agreed, after Teodoru convinced Tran Van Lam, then head of the council and now south Vietnam's Foreign Minister...