Worth of One GI in Vietnam War Excerpt
In Saigon a combat sergeant in a division-sized unit is captured by Viet Cong. The unit’s leaders back his safety with unlimited time, equipment, and risk, underscoring the value placed on every service member. The narrative centers on a soldier named Smith and a patrol overrun by enemy forces.
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Sergeant Smith Sought In Vietnam Guerrilla Hunt
American forces hunt for Sergeant Smith, believed alive after his platoon was killed by rebels. Intelligence operatives deploy leaflets, informers, and rewards up to 1 million piastres as divisions pursue clues near the village where a GI was last seen.
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Smith
World Food Reserves Reach Critical Level
United Nations study from FAO warns that over half the world’s population is underfed as population grows by about 180,000 births daily in 1965 66 while global food production stalls and declines in Asia Africa and Latin America. Experts urge global population planning to avert disaster and note crowded living harms to maternal and child care.
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N.Y
NEA
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
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Africa
Latin America
United States
Canada
Population Control Calls for Fertility Curb Said by Huxley
Global view sources advocate limiting births to avert crowding and social stress. Dr Leyhausen warns overcrowding risks neuroses and democratic breakdown, while President Johnson urges balancing food production and population with full access to population data and education.
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Paul Leyhausen
West Germany
Max Planck Institute
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Leyhausen
Congress
Johnson
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