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Thursday, October 19, 1967
Colleg-e Station, Texas
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Infantry Suffers Heavy Loss
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By EDWIN Q. WHITE
Associated Press Writer
SAIGON — U. S. B52
bombers and artillery rained ex
plosives Wednesday into suspect
ed enemy positions in jungles
northwest of Saigon after a day
long battle between American
and Viet Cong infantrymen that
took a heavy toll on both sides.
The Viet Cong’s veteran 271st
Regiment, hunted by troops of
the U. S. 1st Infantry Division in
lable
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gade or wing shields.
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Studio.
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AGGIELAND FLOWER
AND GIFT SHOPPE
209 University Drive
Operation Shenandoah II since
late September, turned on two
American companies and a bat
talion command detail Tuesday
in what the GIs called an am
bush and the general called a
meeting engagement.
THE AMERICANS killed at
least 103 of the Communists, but
lost 58 dead and 61 wounded.
This action, 40 miles northwest
of the capital, swung back to an
old Viet Cong stamping ground
the focus of a war that had long
centered on the demilitarized
zone in the north.
Two widely known officers, Lt.
Col. Terry Allen Jr., 38, and Maj.
Don W. Holleder, 32, were among
the American dead, cut down in
succession in the battalion com
mand.
Allen’s father commanded the
1st Division, the “Big Red One,”
in Tunisia and Sicily in World
War II. Holleder, who starred
at West Point as an end and
quarterback, was voted the most
valuable player on the Army’s
1955 football team.
THE AIR WAR over the North
also heated up Tuesday, with
American strikes again as close
as 10 miles to Red China’s fron
tier. Targets included the pre
viously attacked Lang Son rail-
Army ‘Negligent’
Says House Report
WASHINGTON <A>> — House
investigators singled out ammu
nition deficiencies Wednesday as
the major contributor to mal
functions of the troubled MiG
rifle. They declared Army han
dling of the problem “borders on
criminal negligence.”
As initially developed, the
light-weight, rapid-firing rifle
being used in Vietnam “was an
excellent and reliable weapon,”
the report said. But the investi
gators contended the manner in
which the Army rifle program
has been mismanaged “is un
believable.”
THE HOUSE Armed Services
Richard Ichord, D-Mo., in a
hard-hitting report after lengthy
hearings and a field trip to South
Vietnam, also:
—Called for government audits
of both the Colt Firearms Co.,
maker of the rifle, and 01 i n
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der used in ammunition for the
M16. The report charged Colt
made excessive profits over what
was originally negotiated.
—Said it was “at least unethi
cal” for Maj. Gen. Nelson M.
Lynde Jr., who was commanding
general of the Army Weapons
Command at the time of the
initial procurement, to accept em
ployment with the producer of
the rifle upon his retirement.
—CLAIMED there still is no
proof that modifications proposed
will eliminate malfunctions ex
perienced with the M16 in Viet
nam and called for an independ
ent test of the combined weapon
system.
The subcommittee report was
signed by all three members,
Reps. Ichord, Speedy O. Long,
D-La., and William G. Bray, R-
Ind.
They said Army and Marine
troops had been hit by “serious
and excessive malfunctions” with
the controversial rifle—the worst
being a failure to extract the
spent cartridge.
SHORTAGES of cleaning
equipment, lack of proper train
ing, instructions and supervision
in care and cleaning of the wea
pon played a part in the mal
functions, they said.
road bridge in that area and the
Lang Giai railroad yards, 20
miles south of the border.
Four American planes were
shot down and the pilots are
missing. The U. S. Command
said the planes were three Air
Force FI05 Thunderchiefs and a
Navy A4 Skyhawk. Announced
plane losses over the North thus
rose to 705.
FIGHTER-BOMBERS helped
out the 1st Division infantrymen
in the jungle fight. They flew 47
sorties against the Viet Cong.
Spec. 4 James Schultze, 19, of
Ozone Park, Queens, N. Y., told
newsmen: “It was an ambush.
They were just on all sides of
us. I never heard so much fire
in my life.”
But Gen. William C. Westmore
land, commander of U. S. forces
in Vietnam, who flew to the
scence, said: “I’m not aware of
there being any ambush involved.
To the best of my knowledge, this
was a meeting engagement.”
WESTMORELAND said “I
would say the enemy stood and
fought with a greater degree
than he has in recent weeks in
this area,” but he saw no change
in enemy tactics.
“These are Viet Cong tactics,”
he said.
Some others had speculated
that Communist forces, after
weeks of lying low for reinforce
ments and supplies, might be
ready once again to challenge
American units head on.
★ ★ ★
Vietnam Casualty
Awarded Medal
WASHINGTON OP>_The 20th
Medal of Honor of the Vietnam
war has been awarded to Army
1st Lt. James A. Gardner of
Dyersburg, Tenn., who was killed
while personally destroying five
Communist bunkers.
Secretary of the Army Stanley
R. Resor, acting for President
Johnson, will present the medal
to Gardner’s former wife, Mrs.
Joella Gardner Rosier of Clarks
ville, Tenn., in a Pentagon cere
mony Thursday.
Gardner’s mother, Mrs. Lon
nie Patterson of Dyersburg, also
will be present.
DRAFT CARDS COLLECTED IN SAN FRANCISCO
Hands reach upward on courtyard in front of the federal building- as draft cards are col
lected in basket for presentation to U. S. district attorney in San Francisco, Calif. Basket
ended up in front of locked door of official’s office. (AP Wirephoto)
Jet Sales
Approved
To S.
Over
America
Opposition
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
AP Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON — After
months of resistance to Latin
American pressures, the United
States has now decided to ap
prove the limited sale of jet
fighter planes of supersonic capa
bility to countries in South
America.
The decision announced Wed
nesday appears to be a serious
blow to the U.S. policy of trying
to prevent Latin American arms
races — and concentrate on eco
nomic development—by blocking
the introduction of advanced wea
pons into Latin American mili
tary forces.
A STATE Department spokes
man said that half a dozen coun
tries in South America are inter
ested in buying U.S. F5 fighter
planes made by the Northrop Co.,
which Northrop now may sell di
rectly to Latin American buyers
with U.S. government approval.
The six countries are Peru, Bra
zil, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela
and Colombia.
The official position was that
there has been no real change in
U.S. policy which holds that mili-
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tary expenditures “should not get
in the way of over-all economic
development” in Latin America.
NEVERTHELESS, last August
Students, Big D
Blamed For Riots
AUSTIN _ The student
newspaper at the University of
Texas says the Texas-Oklahoma
football game should be taken
away from the Cotton Bowl in
Dallas and played in Austin and
Norman, Okla.
“The destruction of the Texas-
Oklahoma weekend in Dallas is
a tragedy in itself, but the possi
bilities of destruction are even
more frightening,” said an edi
torial in the Daily Texan Wed
nesday.
“A weekend of such ‘unreal’ and
unrestrained moods in a town like
Dallas could, however, be worse.
Smaller movements have started
riots that have wrecked cities and
destroyed lives.”
Th6 Texan said college students
contributed to the problem but
“the blame is on the City of
Dallas, which is turning the event
into a profitable weekend for its
merchants at the expense of the
ordinary citizens. Increasing the
police force may put more people
behind bars, but if anything were
really to start, this would not be
enough.”
the United States urged Western
European allies not to sell arms
to Latin America and it specifi
cally vetoed the sale by Britain
of six Canberra jet bombers to
Peru. Later in the summer the
United States opposed the sale
by France to Peru of 12 Mirage
fighter-bombers.
Indications are that the United
States would still like to keep the
1,400-m.p.h. Mirage out of South
American skies. Officials said
privately they hope Peru might
find the U.S. offer of F5s attrac
tive.
AS RECENTLY as last Friday
a State Department press officer
followed the line of opposition to
introducing advanced weapons
into Latin American arsenals.
But already, it is now known,
Asst. Secretary of State Covey
T. Oliver was sounding out key
congressional figures on selling
F5s to the South Americans.
Robert J. McCloskey, State De
partment press officei-, told a
news conference Wednesday the
decision to approve Northrop
sales was made “very recently.”
In fact, it is understood that it
was made this week.
The State Department says the
Northrop F5 cost $750,000 apiece
without electronic or other equip
ment. In other words its actual
cost would be much higher. De
pending on its load, it can fly at
supersonic speeds but its normal
cruising speed is subsonic.
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