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/200 MarinesLeaveVietnam War Theatrepast five days. Included in thishas alk-| hethe theion. I mtyDe-1 By WILLIS JOHNSONlate SAIGON (AP) — Two troops first withdrawal were 19 unitsf of'ships carried 1,200 U.S Marines and ^ flghter-bombers and heli-to away from the war Saturday,completing the first phase of a op s :8n- withdrawal that will reduce I The ships are saUing for Santhe American strength in Vietnam Diego, Calif,, a Marine spokes-ank by 50,000 men by mid-April. man said. Two other troop, jn The men aboard the Tripoli shlps tbe SemjnoJe and ^ion 'and Defiance which sailed from , ... .. , ,u-th Da Nang, were tbe last to be den‘ sa,led earl,er in ** wwk set pulled out under a 3,000-man ^*even of the 19 units are to be Grced Marine strength reduction in the inactivated after reaching the Ga“!United States. jfiliaIaItne,BW5Swilltel*xminViaakeStrike Stranded Passengers Are Finding FlightsMIAMI (AP) - Competing 0nly those menCO!wThe U.S. Command said the 303rd Transportation company, based 20 miles east of Saigon with an authorized strength of !J 240 men, will be inactivated Sunday, the first Army unit included in the latest cutback.who haverelt;C- j j rjZ.night in Miami to handle thou- tours will be going home. The* _ . . ram ni nrlriM 11V L ^ f____- v ft _ I8h airlines arranged flights Sunday completed their year-long duty*as — - ^ i * —licepassengerslt;en.age here by the two-day old Nation-rge al Airlines strikeVietnamlotThere was still no word on; nd t- . ,i ,, when major units ordered «iin „ h, , -7I t frofrt the war under the latest .(lights to its regular Sunday wUhdrawsl wjU ^ “do TTu' 250 fl,1*i'ts2nt0,i’l| Theslt; are Uxt !*»» man 1st In-an- f M“m!' a? MrlhfaS1^P' '*”“■ Division north of Saigon,; ,iter ” X.v ?, '“*hlS “„,N” dm «h Infantry Division s 3rdYork All Northeasts additional,Brigad(, the ^ anJ OighU were immediately filled^ and the 28,h „ , R£imenl I;Delta, which competes with „ Da N * At, . National on West Coast runs,; _ «n, had reservationists working ov . ^,Wi, remain at least until dJ0 ertime, but added no flights. , e ,“nar new y®ar Felj 6 paeP* TVias clrileaa Ku tho Air 1 ma Pm. 140 ^ey W1H be available to meet inii' dAssociation forced aoth Iployesshutdown Saturday of National - 58expectedbeforecutback. International Airport, handles 132 National flights.operations involving 58 jet ie planes making 450 flights a daytas Twenty-seven of National's 1S completed, 110,000 U.S. serv- H:Ie^ jets were lined up at Miami’s cemcn will have left Vietnam pi indi,^ ---. —sm,isince President Nixon ordered suthe first troop reduction last CSOverseas National Airways, a dune Last year 60,000 men were 7“'nonscheduled charter line, also pulled out in the first two with-: volunteered to help take up drawals. By mid-April, the U.S. [MJ2 i some slack. The airUne an- force ^vel in Vietnam will be Si*d Sunday it has asked the down ^ iwivu Aeronautics Board for per- since March 1967. h . mission to fly during the strike, the air war, B52 Stratofor- j m and at fares substantially lowet tresses concentrated their raids■ edtheer-“rnon the Ho Chi Minh trail in east-than normal ----------Eastern’s regional manager CTn Daos on the Ho Chi MinhBill Wooten said, “We think lrail Just opposite the 25-milewe’re absorbing a large portion ,on8 A ®hau Valley, This is an SFT\ tf t nNational’s passengers on our e,,emy “a rular scheduled flights Rieht channellingtranshipment* tfVMVMMiVM • *# |(vu w - —__r f____0n now we don’t plan any extra int0 Sooth Vietnam’s north nearlav. The busiest the old imperial capital of Hueand the U.S. base at Da Nang.entbytime is the weekend.”I Meanwhile, negotiations were : scheduled to resume Tuesday in hn the wage dispute which precipi-ntyStated the walkout of 7,500 em-hei ployes.Based on income estimates )refrom a recent six-month period, f0r the shutdown is costing the airline nearly $750,000 a day in pas-Cdropped hundreds tons of bombs in an effort toslow North Vietnamese trafficon the trail.Aground, a South Vietnamesearmy supply convoy was ambushed while driving to Song Be near the Cambodian border 70 miles north of Saigon. One gov-jl ernment soldier was killed and Tt0 senger and cargo fares. . ------ --------------National officials will not dis one wounded Two trucks were ? close present wage scales, but damaged;rsice
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Colorado Springs Gazette
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Mon, Feb 02, 1970
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