Crucial Race Against Time in South Viet Nam War Effort
South Vietnam presses a time-bound campaign for victory as Viet Cong guerrillas push in the south and infiltrators reach from Laos. Casualties run 300 to 500 monthly. Viet Cong losses around 500. The 150,000 strong army shifts to counter guerrilla tactics and village psychological warfare, under U S and SEATO scrutiny with visits by Lyndon Johnson and Gen Maxwell Taylor highlighting U S concern.