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Page 8 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1980 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1980 Vietnamese-Thai conflict worsens Viets shoot down Thai planes, six wounded United Press International BANGKOK, Thailand — Viet namese anti-aircraft guns shot down two Thai military aircraft over Thai territory Tuesday and Western di plomats said the level of the conflict was escalating. Western diplomats, who witnes sed the incident, said Vietnamese anti-aircraft emplacements about half a mile inside Thailand downed a Thai “Spooky” helicopter gunship and an L19 light observation plane within 10 minutes of each other. The two aircraft crashed and six crewmen were removed from the rubble, all in serious condition, the diplomats said. The incident took place over the embattled Mak Mun area, 150 miles northeast of Bangkok and the site of continuous fierce fighting since some 2,000 Vietnamese troops surged into Thailand in a bloody invasion Monday. “Our expectation is that the level of conflict will increase considerably after the downing of these two air craft,” said one Western diplomat. Thailand protested the invasion to the United Nations, condemning the fighting as an “international act of aggression aimed at killing Thai sol diers and citizens. Thai Foreign Minister Sitthi Savestila said Bang kok would ask for a U.N. Security Council meeting. The boom of artillery duels and automatic weapons fire resounded along the Thai-Cambodian frontier as Thai forces battled to turn the tide of the multi-pronged Vietnamese in vasion. The fighting was particularly Senior Western diplo mats termed “rubbish” reports the Vietnamese were withdrawing. heavy around the Mak Mun area and the Thais threw U.S.-made M-41 tanks, heavy artillery and helicopters against the Vietnamese units. F-5 jet bombers were seen flying support for the Thai troops. Western intelligence analysts said the Vietnamese invasion force was well dug in about half a mile inside Thailand at several points along the border. The analysts said the Vietnamese were in total control of two sprawling border encampments, that once held 100,000 Cambodian refugees, and several strategic Thai villages. Senior Western diplomats termed “rubbish” reports the Vietnamese were withdrawing. “The Thais are bringing in rein forcements and hitting the Viet namese with just about everything A LIMITED OFFER: $160 per person for June 1-July 9 (Summer Session) Furnished - All Bills Paid- We pick your roommate if you don’t have one. 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The sources said two Vietnamese “fast assault” divisions, the 9th and the 11th, were fanning out from their base at Nimitr, Cambodia, and pushing toward the Thai frontier with a phalanx of Soviet-built T54 tanks. The two divisions were estimated at between 16,000 and 18,000 troops. Military analysts said the two divi sions were surging along the frontier north of the strategic border town of Aranyaprathet, 135 miles east of Bangkok, and could cross into Thai land at any moment. Overall casualties were difficult to estimate. Western diplomats said they would not be surprised if casual ties among the Cambodian refugees, caught in the middle of the fighting, numbered 1,000 dead and wounded. Thai military sources said 30 of their soldiers were dead and 150 “The Thais are... hitting the Vietnamese with just about everything that explodes. ” wounded. Hospital sources said 300 wounded were treated in two days. Battle-front reporters saw seven Vietnamese bodies. Thai sources said two full Viet namese divisions, a total of about 16,000 men backed by Soviet-made T-54 tanks, were pulling closer to the border from their Cambodian bases near Poipet. Western diplomats in radio con tact with the war zone said the Viet namese in Thailand, believed to number about 2,000, were digging in and holding their position about 1 mile inside the country. May gas increase hits two-year low United Press International WASHINGTON — Consumer prices rose 0.9 percent in May the second straight month as gasoline costs made their smallest crease in two years, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. But analysts quickly cautioned that despite recent moderationinlit rising cost of living, the nation’s inflation problem is far from Ai The annual inflation rate during May was 10.9 percent on a seasony ly adjusted basis. That was a big improvement over the annual rate during the first three months of the year. 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