Civilian RMK troop builds South Viet Nam fast
A four nation civilian army of 50 000 hard hat workers is tackling 700 projects across 45 localities in South Viet Nam. RMK BRJ led by Bert Perkins and Rear Adm. Paul Seufer supervises 3 500 Americans, 1 800 Koreans, 2 800 Filipinos and 40 000 Vietnamese on sites from Cam Ranh Bay to Saigon. The effort is the largest private employer in the region and aims to provide airports harbors hospitals and housing for peace after the war.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
South
Viet Nam
Doy
U.S
U.S. Navy
RMK
Morrissn- Knudsen
Boise
Idaho
Raymond International
New York
Brown & Root
Houston
Texas
J. A. Jones
Charlotte
N.C
Bertram L
Bert) Perkins
Morrison-Knudsen
Perkins
Cam Ranh Bay
South China Sea
Edwin
Pete) Beall
Bruce
Bud
Pete Beall
United States
Beall
North Dakota
RMKE
Southeast Asia
UCLA
Marine Corps
James Lilly
Raik
Paul Seufer
Seufer
Lttle
Can Tho
Tata Street
Voices Inc
Par- Tsraek
Lis
Evening soaps shake up to woo innkeepers
AP dispatches from cities worldwide note odd, lighthearted shifts in culture and policy. In Goiania Brazil innkeepers beg soap schedulers mercy as bar trade wanes due to TV serials. Mexico City reports police crackdown on unpermitted gun possessor. Warsaw archives yield a Haydn symphony dated 1787. Edmonton hosts Klondike Kate in warm welcome. Italy to stage The Odd Couple with Chiari and Rescel. Prime Minister Setnayake emphasizes nonalignment and disarmament in throne speech. Leftist women in New Delhi protest U S actions. London prevails with updates from Prime Minister.
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Goiania
Brazil
Colombo
Ceylon
United Nations
Dudley Setanayake
Calls for automatic Social Security hikes to curb living costs
A GOP task force urges automatic cost-of-living increases in Social Security and Railroad Retirement benefits to counter inflation. It frames living costs as rising faster than incomes and calls for immediate action across housing, employment, and data collection to aid older citizens. The report, prepared by John B Martin, favors expanded job placement, higher earnings thresholds, and better funding for elderly care.
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Washington
Thej
Republican Coordinating Com
Johnson-Humphrey Administration
Republican Coordinating Committee
Congress
National Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John B Martin
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan Commission On Aging
Coordinating Committee
GOP
Americans View Viet Cong as Formidable Enemy
South Viet Nam war reporting notes Viet Cong strength and organization. The terror network strikes efficiently, terror and sabotage rise to high levels, and leadership blends military and political roles. Viet Minh origins and Peasant support underpin a durable insurgent system with a broad apparatus across the South.
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Andrew Borowiec
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Cong
Indochina
Viet Nam
Viet Minh
Paris
Viet Cong resilience facts in indochina war analysis
The piece notes Viet Cong tactics adapted from Nguyen Giap, their ambush and tunnel networks, and their ability to endure U.S. bombing and propaganda. It cites U.S. estimates of 147 operational battalions, 18 000 support troops, and 142 000 cadres, plus growing weaponry from the world Communist arsenal.
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Nguyen Giap
Indochina
Saigon
U.S
United States
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