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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
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that explodes,” said one diplomat.
“The Vietnamese are still very much
here.”
Thai military intelligence sources
said massive Vietnamese troop and
tank movements inside Cambodia
indicated a second, more penetrat
ing attack by the Hanoi troops.
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.
Average gasoline prices rose less that 1 cent a gallon in May,
lowest increase in more than two years, the government said lues
The May average price for all types of gasoline in U S. cities
$1,244, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. The increase,
cents above the April figure, marked the smallest percentage
since March 1978.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the price of gas actually deck
slightly, according to the monthly Labor Department report,
officials said that decline was more statistical than real.
And recent price hikes by the Organization of Petroleum _.. r
Countries are likely to boost gasoline and fuel oil prices in conisj j V
months. • ' e| t A ^
Food prices also declined more slowly in May, with food and few
ages combined rising 0.3 percent, compared to 0.5 percent themos 1
before. There were substantial declines in beef, pork and egg pri(»
But agricultural economists expect many food prices to rise in coraa
months.
Housing was a big disappointment in the May figures. The cost'
financing a home rose a full 3 percent. While VA and FHA mi
rates fell, conventional mortgage rates continued to climb.
The Labor Department said that is because recent declines
conventional mortgage rates quoted to customers around the count
have not begun to show up in the figures for the Consumer Price Inda
which is based on actual mortgage rate figures. These lagamontli!
two behind the quoted rates.
May Prices continued to rise faster than wages, and the pure
power of the average worker continued to slide.
Hourly earnings of blue collar workers adjusted for inflation4
clined 0.2 percent from April to May. The number of hours perra
worked by blue collar employees also declined, presumably becausei
recession layoffs. Thus, the spendable earnings of these workersahs
taxes and inflation declined even more sharply, down 0.9 percent a -7
the month.
In the area of energy prices, the Labor Department said natural^
and electricity charges both increased during the month (by4
percent respectively). This resulted in a rise in the cost of houseki
fuels, even though prices of home fuel oil declined.
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