Thailand Set to Host Major U S Indochina Airpower Hub
U S plans shift airpower to Thailand by next summer as direct military aid to South Vietnam ends. About a dozen attack squadrons and gunships to stay in Thailand into 1972, with B 52 bases retained but reduced. Navy Marine and other air units also move within the Far East to support allied security efforts.
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South Vietnam
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Phillipines
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Okinawa
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Far East
Boll Weevil Eradication Experiment Planned This Summer
The Agriculture Department announced a large scale boll weevil eradication trial starting in July and August in Mississippi and nearby Alabama and Louisiana. The plan uses nonpersistent pesticides on 4,000 acres inside a 25 mile core with a 50 mile buffer and includes sterile male releases in May 1972 to curb reproduction. The program aims to test advanced biological and chemical suppression methods on a national scale.
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Louisiana
Agriculture Department
Britain to open 230 miles of new superhighways in 1971
London based AP reports Britain plans to complete 230 miles of new superhighways in 1971, the most ambitious expansion in a single year to date.
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