Word: vietvets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pages; $8.95), the snatch-80 kilos of plutonium dioxide-is executed with lethal efficiency. The gang that pulls the job has its fusion in a Western mental hospital. There the principals-a deranged young Texas millionaire, a female Japanese physicist suffering from Nagasaki syndrome and a dishonorably discharged black Vietvet -first pool their malignant talents. The group's nuclear capability is channeled by an ambitious eminence blonde, mistress of a powerful and power-hungry U.S. Senator, in an attempt to plunge the nation into panic and bestow dictatorial powers on him/her...
...million Viet Nam war veterans. No fewer than 23,000 are totally disabled. A full 10% of all veterans in the 20 to 24 age bracket are jobless. The most bitter complaint for many centers on college and vocational education. They quite properly ask how a Vietvet is supposed to pay for tuition, books, rent and personal expenses on the present allowance of $220 per month...
...They wouldn't have sent for no troops if they weren't scared," a Vietvet home on leave said. "Police ain't shit in Michigan City. The pigs think it's all over now but it ain't even started. This is just letting the pigs here know we aren't satisfied, and we aren't afraid. We want our rights or we'll burn the place down...