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i'oad [ al off, ^ Mm], sased i fuel I, > p* THE BATTALION Wednesday, April 11, 1973 College Station, Texas Page 5 is not er SlipJ -udancef ■ices last J short dia’s Supply Trails Cut To Phnom Penh; U.S. Starts Airlift SAIGON (A*) — The United States began airlifting fuel Tues day into Cambodia’s capital, whose main supply routes have been cut or harassed by Com munist command forces. The airlift was announced by the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh and the Pentagon in Washington. A C130 Hercules transport came in with the first load of fuel in a huge plastic bladder and un loaded it at Phnom Penh’s air port. The Pentagon disclosed that since July, an average of 10 cargo planes daily had been carrying supplies, mostly military, to the Cambodian capital. Pentagon spokesman Jerry W. Friedheim declined, to give the maximum number of flights in any one day for the new airlift but said, “This is not a major airlift.” In Phnom Penh an embassy spokesman siad that without fuel resupply the city would have to shut down electricity generators and water pumps. Five tankers arrived in Phnom Penh Sunday and Monday after passage up the Communist threatened Mekong River. They added two weeks’ supply to the city’s xeserves, but the govern ment was pessimistic of any more ships making the 60-mile run from the South Vietnamese bor der. All major roads to Phnom Penh have been severed for more than three weeks by Khmer Rouge in surgents and their North Viet namese and Viet Cong allies de spite massive U.S. air support for government forces. In Honolulu, the U.S. Pacific Military Command said American B52s and tactical aircraft oper ated over Cambodia again Tues day, but provided no details. Military sources said the op erations were not at the same in tensity as the past few days. It was the 35th straight day the heavy bombers operated over Cambodia. The announcement of the U.S. airlift followed a visit to Cam bodia by President Nixon's spe cial emissary, Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., who is on a four-nation tour to assess the general po litical, military and economic situation in Indochina. Communist troops to the south of Phnom Penh are within 12 miles of the city and may launch an offensive Friday to mark the Cambodian new year. U.S. military observers, how ever, believe rebel forces lack the stx-ength for a full-scale as sault on the capital. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, who heads a Cambodian govex-nment in exile in Peking, said Monday he has enough arms and ammu nition from Communist China ^ WE RE FIGHTING HIGH « MEAT PRICES!!^ ALBERTSONS " DRUGS & FOODS ,#r' WV- f RUMP ROAST ttikoAT (choice) ROUND STEAK U.S.D.A. CHOICE BEEF U.S.D.A. CHOICE BEEF USDA CHOICE BACON RATH BLACKHAWK U B. S'] 04 RIB STEAK.." . $1 2! 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Speaking at a banquet in Hanoi to mark his return from a month-long visit to rebel-held areas in Cambodia, Sihanouk claimed his arms were delivex*ed prior to the Jan. 27 Paris peace agreement. Rebel forces control about 75 per cent of Cambodian territory. The one-time neutxalist prince said his army mustered 120,000 men and its field commanders recognized him as Cambodia’s only legal head of state. Western military attaches in Phnom Penh believe Sihanouk’s figure of 120,000 is greatly ex aggerated. They put the number of Cambodian rebel fighting men at about 40,000. In addition, they claim there are large numbers of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong ti-oops in the country. A spokesman said all four member nations — Canada, Hun gary, Indonesia and Poland — agreed to the move following the crash of a commission helicopter in northern Quang Tri Province. All nine people aboard were kill ed, including four officers of the commission. A Canadian investigator claim ed the helicopter had been shot down by a heat-seeking missile. He rejected a Viet Cong claim that the crash was an accident. A second helicopter was forced to land near the crash site after taking sustained ground fire. Its passengers and crew were un injured but the Canadians claim ed the airex-aft was in “desperate circumstances.” Canadian Foreign Secretary Mitchell Shai-p warned in Ottawa that Canada would withdi*aw from the peacekeeping body un less conditions “improve very substantially.” LSU Teacher To Give Two Talks Monday Dr. Dewey K. Cai’penter, asso ciate professor of chemisti-y at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, will present two lectures Monday. Dr. Carpenter will speak at 4 p.m. in the Chemistx-y Depart ment on “Scattering Functions of Chain Molecules in the Visible and Low Angle X-ray Region.” He will also speak at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Room 2, Zachry Engi neering Center, on “Models of Reality in Science and in Chris tian Theology.” The public-fi'ee presentation is sponsored by the Texas A(fcM Faculty-Staff Chris tian Fellowship. Dr. Carpenter, known for his work in the field of polymer's, received his Ph.D. fi-om Duke University. He was assistant pro fessor of chemisti-y at Georgia Tech and a research scientist with Humble Oil Co. before joining the faculty at LSU. One-Act Play Contest Today A&M will host Texas Inter scholastic League regional one- act play competitions Wednesday and Thursday. Six Region 4B schools will vie for fix*st place and a spot in the state finals on Wednesday. Nine schools of Region 3AA will com pete Thursday. Plays will be staged at the A&M Consolidated High School auditorium, under sponsorship of the Theater Arts Section of TAMU’s Department of English. Competition starts at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, announced Theater Arts chairman C. K. Es- ten. Thursday action begins at 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Admission is 50 cents per per son. 807 TRxas Ave. DAILY PLATE LUNCHES Choice of 3 Meats Plus 3 Vegetables Dessert and Coffee or Tea. $159