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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1970
Page
2
Leaders of the POW drive press a timetable for troop withdrawal in exchange for prisoners' release. Havens and Vinson back a deadline, Senate may pursue new war-ending measures in the next session, while McGovern hints at a revised plan linking repatriation progress to the deadline.
The Viet Cong announced a three day cease-fire starting at 1 am Saigon time Thursday while the U S and South Vietnam set a 24 hour truce from 6 p m Christmas Eve The U S Command said troop strength fell to 339 200, the lowest since Oct 22 1966 deactivation of Navy River Assault Squadron 15 was announced and its boats to be handed to the Vietnamese navy later this month About 350 U S servicemen left Vietnam for California after delays from the Tan Son Nhut landing denial plus a jumbo jet charter to carry Christmas mail and return with 359 men who had finished a year in Vietnam In Cambodia several mortar rounds hit a government position near Phnom Penh but caused no damage and a road bridge was damaged by saboteurs before retaken area members of a Cambodian armored unit.
The article recalls Allied air command tensions during World War II, noting Portal's demand for a combined staff or subservience between services, the creation and disbanding of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, and the public release of CCS records by the British Public Records Office. It cites June 29 1944 discussions on Southern France, Eisenhower, Noble, and King arguing strategy and a Balkans drive versus the Southern France invasion.
The 1956 Polish riots followed price hikes on essentials and a push for a new five year plan. Radio Warsaw reported Mikolaj Gomulka ally Edward Gierek vowed to reconsider the economic plan and work with workers and intelligentsia. Observers expect pay raises to offset higher living costs. Mieczyslaw Moczár, once security chief, gained a Poliburo seat amid replacements after purges.
Raiy, famed forger of famous paintings, copied a Raphael work to win a bet and sold it for gold sequins to Cr Casanova, director of the Dresden Cabinet. Casanova, the era’s renowned Raphaelite expert, refused to admit he had been deceived despite Cades offering a refund.
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