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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, November 15, 1972
College Station, Texas
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Hanoi Continues Fighting Despite Peace Efforts
SAIGON (A*) —Despite height
ened hopes of peace, North Viet
nam still is pushing fresh war
materiel into the South and the
U.S. Command announced Thurs
day that American planes kept up
a heavy pounding of the enemy’s
main supply routes.
“There is no sign that the Com
munists are withdrawing troops
from South Vietnam prior to any
possible peace agreement,” said
a Saigon command spokesman.
“On the contrary, they are
sending in fresh supplies which
have enabled them to step up ar
tillery attacks against our
troops.”
Monday, for the second day
since Oct. 22, when bombing was
restricted to below the 20th Par
allel because of peace talks, U.S.
warplanes mounted more than 220
tactical strikes against targets in
North Vietnam, the U.S. Com
mand said. The parallel is 75
miles south of Hanoi and about
240 miles north of the demilitar
ized zone separating the Viet-
nams.
The strikes are designed to
blunt the enemy buildup.
Another 171 missions were
flown by Air Force, Navy and
Marine fighter-bombers Monday
just south of the demilitarized
zone in Quang Tri Province.
Targets reported destroyed or
damaged north and south of the
DMZ included trucks, warehouses,
river boats, railroad cars, a loco
motive and rail and road bridges.
B52 Stratofortresses bombed
enemy supply caches and troop
concentrations in all four coun
tries of Indochina. The bombers
struck deeper into North Viet
nam than at any time since last
April, attacking stockpiles 58
miles below the 20th Parallel.
The U.S. Command announced
about 30 B52s hammered the
U. S. Attempts To Break Stalemate
By RICHARD PYLE
SAIGON UP)— The United
States is trying to break a stale
mate on the Indochina peace
agreement by convincing Presi
dent Nguyen Van Thieu that he
has nothing to fear from Com
munist forces in South Vietnam
after a cease-fire.
It was on the strength of this
belief, informed political sources
here say, that U.S. negotiators
conceded to Hanoi the point that
its troops could be withdrawn un
der a private, unwritten under
standing.
But Thieu is balking at any ar
rangement that would leave the
status of North Vietnamese forc
es in the South unclear. He de
mands that a provision for a to
tal enemy troop pullout be writ
ten into any final accord.
From conversations with West
ern and South Vietnamese senior
officials and political informants,
plus other indicators, it is evident
that this is the central issue fac
ing the U.S. and North Vietna
mese negotiators when they re
turn to Paris for another round
of private talks.
If the question of withdrawal
can be resolved, some of these
sources say, no other obstacle of
equal importance stands in the
way of a peace agreement.
The issue’s significance for
Saigon is underscored by recent
official attacks on President Nix
on and his chief negotiator, Henry
A. Kissinger, for going over Sai
gon’s head to forge a deal with
Hanoi that includes no written
provision for a Communist pull
out.
Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam
made it apparent in talking with
newsmen Tuesday that the nar
rowing of differences achieved in
the most recent meetings here
with Kissinger’s deputy, Gen.
Alexander M. Haig Jr., concerned
a clearer U.S. understanding of
Saigon’s objections rather than
an agreement between the allies
on withdrawal itself.
The U.S. effort to convince
Thieu that no major peril to
South Vietnam would result from
enemy forces remaining in the
South is based on two key argu
ments, both arising from the of
ficial American view of existing
battlefield realities.
One is that the North Vietna
mese, estimated at 125,000 to
150,000 by the Americans and
twice that number by Thieu, could
pose no further organized mili
tary threat after an interna
tionally guaranteed truce, nor
could they magically transform
themselves into bogus Southern
ers to contain the struggle.
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A&M To Host English Pilot Conference
Faced with these realities, the
Americans say, the North Vietna
mese would simply “fade away”
of their own volition and return
to the North.
The other key to the U.S. ar
gument is the widely accepted
view in U.S. official circles that
as a result of severe manpower
losses and erosion of their politi
cal base, the Southern Viet Cong
insurgents are no longer a force
to contend with.
About 50,000-60,000 Viet Cong
are said to be operating in the
South, but senior Americans say
with confidence that they are ef
fectively neutralized and that
they could not suddenly rise up
in unexpected strength.
However, Americans studying
Thieu’s position see justification
for it from his standpoint, espe
cially his contention that since the
North Vietnamese invaded the
South, they ought to be made to
go home.
A&M will host a pilot confer
ence on programs of placement,
exemption and credit in English
Thursday and Friday.
Representatives of approxi
mately 30 Texas colleges and uni
versities have been invited to
attend the session sponsored by
TAMU’s English Department and
Counseling and Testing Center,
noted Dr. Forrest D. Burt, con
ference director. Dr. Burt is
associate professor and chair
man of the freshman English
program.
The meeting, first of its type
in the nation, is designed to pro
vide an exchange of information
among officials charged with
formation and implementation of
placement, exemption and credit
policies in English at their insti
tutions.
“By bringing together repre
sentatives of test-making organi
zations and the teachers who
utilize the tests for placement,
exemption and advanced credit,
we hope to derive procedures
which will benefit the individual
college student,” Dr. Burt ex
plained.
President Jack K. Williams
will welcome conference partici
pants.
Keynote speaker will be Dr.
Lorrin Kennamer, dean of edu-
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cation at the University of Texas
at Austin.
Dr. Burt said one of the major
conference topics involves the
need for increased communication
between the makers of tests and
teachers who utilize them, to in
sure that the devices actually
measure the aptitudes and skills
the professors wish to have meas
ured.
Another key topic centers on
the need for increased communi
cation regarding transfer stu
dents.
“There is “grey area’ in two-
year and four-year school inter
communication,” Dr. Burt pointed
out. “The ‘feeder’ institutions
need to know the level of compe
tency required at the four-year
school in order to i-educe academic
casualties after transfers.”
Institutions expected to be
represented at the conference by
their department chairmen or
freshman English directors are:
Abilene Christian College, An
gelo State, University of Texas
(Arlington), Universtiy of Texas
(Austin), Baylor, Del Mar Col
lege, East Texas State, Univer
sity of Texas (El Paso), Uni
versity of Houston, Kilgore
Junior College, Lamar Univer
sity, North Texas State, Prairie
View A&M College, Sam Houston
State, San Antonio College,
Southern Methodist University,
Stephen F. Austin State.
Also, St. Mary’s Universty,
Tarrant County Junior College,
Tarleton, Texas A&I, Texas
Christian, Texas Southern, Texas
Tech, Victoria College and West
Texas State.
southern and central regions of
North Vietnam, dropping up to
1,000 tons of bombs on routes
leading from the ports of Thanh
Hoa, Vinh and Dong Hoi. There
were similar B52 strikes in the
same region Sunday.
In a protest against what it
called “savage U.S. air attacks,”
Hanoi’s Vietnam news agency
claimed a number of civilians
were killed and wounded and close
to 100 homes destroyed as a re
sult of “carpet bombing.”
The Viet Cong radio claimed
a U. S. F4 was shot down east
of Quang Tri on Monday.
Hierth Voted To
Teacher Council
Dr. Harrison E. Hierth of A&M
has been elected to the executive
council of the Conference of Col
lege Teachers of English in
Texas.
The English Department head
was chosen for the three-year
term at the recent SCMLA meet
ing in Tulsa. Eight TAMU fac
ulty members attended.
Dr. Richard Costa was elected
secretary of the contemporary
literature section for next year’s
SCMLA meeting and three papers
were presented by Costa, John
Van Domelen and Frank Peirce.
Hierth was the outgoing presi
dent, and presided over a panel
discussion for departments of
English. He was succeeded in the
presidency by Roy Cain of Ste
phen F. Austin University.
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