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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1968
Page
4
North Vietnamese troops guide pack elephants loaded with weapons into South Vietnam from Cambodia through the central highlands. U.S. observation planes patrol the dense jungle but thick foliage often hides the movements, with planes flying as low as 30 feet to spot the supply runs.
A reporter details patrols near the Cambodian border where North Vietnamese path tricks used bamboo tunnels and mined trails to guide elephant packs. U.S. troops plant booby traps and observe from ambush positions while elephants pass through or avoid the area. Capt. George Long explains the tunneled trails and repeated avoidance of direct contact.
The Soviet Union reports it recovered Cosmos 212 and Cosmos 213 to Russian soil after their orbit docking. Cosmos 216 launched on Saturday may be a lunar mission prototype or spy satellite. Tass described the docking as a major step toward orbital stations and interplanetary ships amid a high launch tempo and prior cosmonaut fatality.
West German Interior Minister Ernst Benda said the Bonn government is considering banning the leftist SDS linked group led by Rudi Dutschke after Easter violence in more than twenty cities. A federal session was set for April 30 to discuss the unrest sparked by a Hitler admirer’s assassination attempt.
Visiting French Defense Minister Pierre Messmer watched joint tank artillery infantry and aviation drills at a Soviet mechanised infantry division camp. The event underscored defense cooperation during his Moscow visit.
Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin will stop in New Delhi for private talks with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on Sunday. Officials call the detour significant and may discuss Kashmir Vietnam and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty during a three hour visit at the presidential palace.
Allied officials say the Chieu Hoi amnesty and aid program drew 2300 enemy defectors monthly in 1967 but slowed after the Tet offensive. February defections fell to 763 and March to 599, with April expected near February levels as fear and shifting countryside control deter switchers.
U.N. Secretary General Thant stops in Paris on the way to Tehran to address the 1968 International Conference on Human Rights. Hanoi official Mai Van Bo denies any Thant meeting. UN says no Paris appointments were scheduled.
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