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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1969
Page
2
Two Puliter Associated correspondents review the Vietnam War's progress as 1969 closes. They analyzed four corps areas, spoke with hundreds of Americans and Vietnamese, and compiled findings across three reports assessing gains and current conditions.
In Saigon and Hanoi the war shifts to a pressure point as countryside breakthroughs grow, U.S. withdrawal accelerates, and Vietnamese forces assume greater burden. North Vietnamese build strength on borders while Americans train and empower Saigon’s fighters, aiming to leave a secure, self sustaining Vietnam. The plan hinges on security first, then political stability, with uncertainties about timing and future threats.
Former President and Mrs. Harry S. Truman met daughter Margaret and her three grandchildren at Municipal Airport in Kansas City on Sunday. The Truman party, arriving from New York, planned a three to four day visit during the holiday.
Boston AP Professor Leo Marx of Amherst College warns that concern over the environment may soon rival Vietnam War and civil rights as a national worry. He cautions publicity should not mask real policy changes and criticizes parts of the conservation movement as elitist and detached from poorer urban communities.
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