Word: truck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...black limousine and set out to cover the story. He had no trouble. Naturally the most varied and militant types of transport were put to use by our Saigon Bureau staffers, all out on this week's coverage of Viet Nam. Their means of travel included jet, helicopter, truck, taxi, rented car, jeep, armored personnel carrier-and, of course, jungle boots...
...with him. Since February, U.S. air strikes into North Viet Nam have pounded Ho steadily: in more than 4,050 sorties, jets and prop bombers have razed at least 30 military bases, knocked out 127 antiaircraft batteries, shattered 34 bridges. In their wake the planes left ablaze 17 destroyed truck convoys and an equal number of weapons-carrying trains, along with 20 radar stations, 33 naval craft and the entire Dong Hoi airbase. Yet even as the bomb line crumped closer to crowded Hanoi, there was no sign of Ho's flinching...
...north, has not been used for a year. Route 4, over which most of the rich harvest of the Mekong Delta moves to Saigon, is mined with jolting frequency. The road from mountainous Dalat-source of the capital's vegetables and fruit-can be traversed only by army truck convoys. On back-country roads last week, the Viet Cong coolly halted traffic, confiscated bikes, cars and motor scooters even from those who were willing to pay the usual Red traffic toll...
Hair Cuts & Cattle Feed. In its drive for more sales, the gasoline industry is also building hundreds of huge truck stops that cater to practically every need of the drivers. At Wildwood, Fla., Pure Oil has just opened a 23-acre, $550,000-station that includes-in addition to 28 pumps-a motel, restaurant, barber shop, clothing store and free shower-&-steam-rooms. In North Lima, Ohio, an American Oil truck stop includes feeding facilities for traveling cattle and a rabbi to supervise shipments of kosher meat, which must be watered down every 72 hours between the slaughter...
...take over from tiny Hennepin Mutual (216 telephones). Three power companies, which had never previously considered it worthwhile to provide the town with gas, are bidding spiritedly against one another for the right to do so now. And where Hennepin in the past has been served inadequately by three truck lines, 200 more have suddenly materialized to battle for routes...