Campaign Begins For Initiative To Finance Schools
Robert Johnston, campaign coordinator for Allan Hancock College, calls on school personnel and citizens to help collect one million signatures to place the California school finance initiative on the June 1970 ballot. The California Teachers Association leads the drive, promising state funding guarantees, shared 50 50 funding, and 90 percent county welfare financing. CIA facts say the plan would reverse a 16 year decline in public education quality and ease local property taxes.
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Robert Johnston
Allan Hancock College
Viet Cong Prisoner Feels Hunger Before Capture
Lt. Le Hoa a Viet Cong guerrilla was captured northwest of Saigon after being wounded. He admitted hunger and said a GI served him a heaping bowl of rice and meat. U S 1st Infantry Division reports malnutrition among enemies due to high risk and cost of obtaining food.
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Lai Khe
South Vietnam
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le Hoa
Hoa
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Saigon
1St Division
Vietnam
Viet Cong Outgunned and Routed by US Air Power
American officials describe Viet Cong forces as outnumbered and outmaneuvered after years of buildup. Superior US weapons, radar guidance, and defoliation of jungle venues leave the Viet Cong unable to resupply effectively, forcing split and aimless movement among remnants. A GI notes the enemy is “skinny as nails.”
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U.S
Hard Core VC Captive Speaks of Hunger and Escape
An exhausted prisoner recounts desertion and hunger among Viet Cong fighters. He describes Lt Le Hoa, a 38 year old local veteran now held as a captive who chats freely under interrogation about his hunger and recent escapes. The account highlights deprivation and the human side of wartime captivity.
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le Hoa
Soldiers face starvation while awaiting rations
The speaker notes weeks without rice, repeated illness, and widespread weakness. Hunger edges out combat as the main struggle, with troops fighting only when ordered or compelled, while their true battle is against hunger and deprivation.
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