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...apparent failure of the U.S. bombing raids to cut the Communist supply lines produced the necessity for this week's ground invasion of the region. It is not clear, however, how a brief Allied strike into Laos will curtail troop and supply movements for any length of time...
Thus the Laotian experience suggests one important element of U.S. strategy for the whole of the Indochina war: as public pressure at home forces further troop reductions, air power is the one cheap and reasonably effective way of stemming the revolutionary tide in the countryside...
...Americans have been listed as nonhostile fatalities v. 44,268 killed in action. Battle casualties continue to subside; last week's total of 27 dead was the lowest weekly total in five years. But over the past year the Army's mortality rate per 10,000 troops from nonhostile causes has risen by 27%, from 10.4 to 13.2. What is most disturbing is that the rate was increasing just as overall troop strength was being reduced...
...chief tenet of the doctrine, in the words of a White House aide, is that the U.S. will "reduce our presence while maintaining our commitment." Already the American troop level in Asia has been reduced by nearly a quarter of a million men. Last week, en route to Saigon for a personal inspection of the Viet Nam war zone, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced that by midsummer U.S. fighting men will no longer seek ground combat in Viet Nam. Because they will still provide air, artillery, logistic and security support for South Viet Nam's army, American G.I.s...
...dispiriting topic of unemployment. Among the season's favorite horror stories are those of the $100,000-a-year Smith, Barney man who is now pumping gas in San Francisco, the top Nevada broker who works as a short-order cook in Reno, and the uncounted troop of Wall Street casualties who drive taxis in New York City. But there is a resilient breed of ex-brokers who have rebounded from the stock market slump by starting lucrative new careers. Though their ventures vary widely, the once-busted brokers are united on one point: even if the Dow-Jones...