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Beefing Up Armed Forces
The ever-increasing 1 tenor of American
“assistance” in the war in South Viet Nam
is quite likely to demand more American
manpower in the future.
We can envision no difficulty in meet
ing any demands which the armed services
may feel must be met in South Viet Nam.
These manpower pools are already in exist
ence, and have proved their combativeness
on more than one occasion.
Were we in charge of supplying the new
muscle for the armed services, we would
start first to look for our combat soldiers
in the ranks of the Ku Klux Klan, the
Deacons of Defense, the Black Muslims,
the Minutemen and other groups of white
and Negro extremists.
The willingness of these groups to mix
it already has been demonstrated in civil
rights clashes from New York to Mississip
pi. In South Viet Nam, it seems to us,
these groups could exercise their full po
tential as trouble-makers, without having
to account for their actions to the cops.
There would be a side benefit, too. With
the gun-toters busy with the real war,
perhaps sensible - minded citizens might
make more headway in settling grievances
at the local level, both in the North and in
the South.
In case these groups would be unable
to fill the quota, our next step would be to
look into the possibility of utilizing the par
ticular talents of the growing number of
sadists who are making many American
cities and towns unsafe.
The knife-carriers, muggers, purse-
snatchers, vandals and others of that
stripe who infest many cities the size of
Lake Charles and larger would, it seems
to us, make ideal combatants in South Viet
Nam, where their particular talent for
sneak attack could be put to good use
against the Viet Cong.
They should understand the Viet Cong
very well, since the Cong uses the same
kind of tactics.
Another potentially large pool of mili
tary manpower is to be found in that seg
ment of the youthful population which
periodically erupts into full-scale rioting on
Florida and California beaches, and at so-
called musical shows in other sections of
the nation.
A closely-allied group is made up of
those teenagers who are so bored with un
limited allowances and fast cars that they
turn neighborhood parties into free-for-
all battles.
Since all of these groups have demon
strated their desire for violence, they
should find themselves right at home in
South Viet Nam.
Best of all, they would not be maiming
innocent citizens with such crude weapons
as chains, baseball bats, broken bottles and
brass knuckles.
We do not know how people of this
breed would react if comfronted by a Viet
Cong attack, but there is at least a possi
bility that they might bring about a dif
ference in the war effort.
We do not know, either, what the Viet
Cong might do if confronted by a battalion
of hooded Klansmen, robed Muslins
or howling teenage hoodlums, but it would
be an experiment that ought to be worth
watching.
Maybe the Viet Cong might decide that
peaceful coexistence is not such a bad idea
after all.
This is purely a tongue-in-cheek pro
posal, of course, but we expect that there
are a large number of people scattered
about the nation who would welcome it
heartily.
They would probably agree with us that
leaving the fighting to those who enjoy
it would have the beneficial effect of per
mitting the peace-loving citizen (who
usually winds up doing this country’s
fighting) to stay at home for a change.
And we imagine there are also a lot
of people who would feel that the nation
would be better off with these groups in
South Viet Nam, rather than here at home.
We’re not sure how South Viet Nam
would feel about it — The Lake Charles
American Press.
NEWS
BRIEFS
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Viet Cong Raiders Hit
Mekong Delta Posts
SAIGON—The Viet Cong struck again
in the Mekong Delta Wednesday night,
raiding two government outposts while
U. S. war planes ranged over Communist
Viet Nam bombing boats and bridges.
The Communist guerrillas inflicted light
casualties in the raids on the outposts, a
U. S. military spokesman said.
There was no estimate of Viet Cong
losses in the night fighting in Kien Tuong
Province, 50 miles west of Saigon, and in
Kien Giang Province, 130 miles southwest
of the capital.
Pilots of 16 U. S. Navy planes from the
7th Fleet carrier Midway reported they
destroyed two boats and heavily damaged
several bridges in North Viet Nam. The
pilots said they met with heavy ground
fire but all planes reportedly returned
safely.
Radio Hanoi claimed North Viet Nam
shot down two U. S. AD6 fighters Wednes
day, bringing the total of downed American
aircraft to 592.
Another Radio Hanoi broadcast said
more than 200 U. S. troops were put out
of action during the fierce fighting at An
Khe, South Viet Nam, last Saturday.
India, Pakistan Agree
To UN Truce Terms
NEW DELHI—After 22 days of bloody
conflict, an uneasy peace settled today over
the 590 million people of India and Pakistan.
The guns were silenced on the India-
Pakistan front before dawn as scheduled
in a cease-fire both sides accepted under
U.N. auspices.
On the mountainous northern frontier,
Communist China failed to break the peace
as India expected—and the Reds appeared
to be building a' Himalayan version of the
Berlin wall.
Cement and stone were reported being
used to put up a wall near Jelep Pass, one
of the contested 12,000-foot high routes
connecting the Indian protectorate of Sik
kim with Chinese ruled Tibet.
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EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE
Managing Editor Gerald Garcia
Sports Editor Larry Jerden
News Editor Tommy DeFrank
Photographers Ham McQueen,
Herky Killingsworth, Gus De La Garza
Amusements Writer Lani Presswood
Lou pot Says,
“Thanks To Ole Army For Helping Me
Pay Back The Money I Borrowed To Help You
Last May.’’
Last Spring Lou Bought Your Books With
Borrowed Money And Faith You Aggies Would
Be Back. You Did Return And Bought Your
Supplies From Lou. He Says,
"Thanks and Welcome Back"
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
day to s
benefits <
ported co
House
“These same books will be used more than one semester
won’t they? They wouldn’t try to cover all this material
in one course would they?”
Texas Tech
When Texas Tech’s en
rollment for the fall semes
ter jumped over the 16,000
mark it threw the hous
ing 1 situation of that West
Texas school into a turmoil.
In a desperation move,
the entire fourth floor of
the Pioneer Hotel in down
town Lubbock was reserved
by the university for stu
dent housing. The students
pay $50 a month for hous
ing and have all the fringe
benefits of living in a hotel.
For the first time, more
students at Tech will live
off campus than on campus.
California
Those people at Berkeley
just can’t agree on any
thing. A group of faculty
members that opposes the
war in Viet Nam has no one
else to fight, evidently, be
sides a group of students
that opposes the war. Seems
that they disagree over each
others’ methods of opposi
tion.
If that is not enough,
their student governing
body may find itself the
subject of a lawsuit to force
payment of a $400 check,
The check had been gr
by the student governmei
to support a group of si
dents in legal action agaii
the university. The pn
dent of the group stop]
payment.
Those marvelous invi
ters of the IBM card hai
found another way to aid
in our daily tasks. Studei
of California schools w
allowed to register by mi
during the summer. Report;
said lines were shorter thai
they had been in 20 years
Houston
Shasta II, the cougar mas
cot of the University of
Houston, has become so un
predictable in her action!
that even the Cougar Guati
can no longer get along
her. The school reci
purchased a three month oli
kitten as a possible replacs-
ment.
No sooner had Shasta III
arrived in Houston, whi
she came down with a vims
and then broke a leg,
Cougar Guard pledge k<
been recruited to act as at
analyst for the old masco!
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