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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1969
Page
11
South Vietnam's Lower House approved 178000 million piastres for 1970, about 1425 million dollars, with over half allocated to defence. The budget, trimmed by 4500 million piastres to enforce austerity, leaves a deficit just under 53000 million piastres (about 392 million dollars) next year. The approved amount is 42000 million piastres more than this year.
Chief Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson of Decatur Georgia received the Distinguished Flying Cross for twice landing under fire at Song My on March 16 1968 to evacuate 15 children from a bunker and later a wounded Vietnamese child to a hospital His actions halted what witnesses called a massacre and he faced court martial charges against an infant lieutenant for alleged premeditated murder of 108 people at My Lai
American steel magnate Cyrus S. Eaton, age 85 and a proponent of US Soviet understanding, plans a trip to Hanoi to learn what the United States must do to end the war in Vietnam. He says he will meet Soviet officials and Viet Cong delegates and hopes to present a formula acceptable to North Vietnam and American industry.
The United States turned over a coastal base 40 miles south of Saigon at My Tho to South Vietnamese command as part of Vietnamisation aims. Captain Din Van Lich led the turnover noting Saigon’s drive to reduce Communist influence and expand their naval capabilities for future territorial defense.
Captain Lich praised US Navy support as a 150 man South Vietnamese militia unit repelled a Vietcong ground assault near Bu Prang 46 miles southwest of Sai Gon. Allied sources report 18 dead and 31 wounded on the South Vietnamese side with 59 enemy killed.
President Nixon recommends astronaut Michael Collins for Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs at a salary of 38000 dollars a year. Collins would coordinate public discussions on foreign affairs and explain US policy to youth. If approved, he would resign his Air Force commission to assume the post after a career with NASA.
A South Vietnamese court handed life sentences with hard labor to four men in the country’s largest spy trial. Thirty seven others received 20 years to three months. two journalists were released for further investigation. Defendants claimed communist ties, with Nha admitting leading a spy network and Trong acknowledging passing documents.
An Australian writer finds a heartwarming note in Christmas hardship as festive moods lift spirits during a tough season. The December issue highlights 28 stories, including This ladeating article, offered in Reader's Digest.
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