Felwua1•y 9, l970, Monday PLAIN OF REEDS In Vie,nam - the: swamp-like Plain of Reeds sixty miles west of Saigot1 - the scene of a fou.rth straight day of h ea v .v Ji gh ting . lffth a fore e of Sou th Vie tna mes e troot,s led by U.S. Green Berets - attempting to stall an enemy drive on the f,rovin . cial capital of My Pho. This - a river city in the rice rich Mekong Delta; also, headquarters of the South Vietnamese army's seventh livision - which recently replaced American troops in the area. The battle a major test of t,,e administration's "Vietnamization" policy. 7 LAIRD Here al home - Defense Secretary tlel j19 Laird t ca s lie ii ■ PI■•• Io day /1 ea de d for Vt et n a n, . ~ ; u h s s under direct orders from the President to see exactly "l1ow ii looks today;" as compared with his las/ /rip to Viet,1am - about a year ago. Laird's findings - as well as battle ~ ~~ field deuelop,ne,rts ~ the next fe w days i.- ••-••••al to play ~ ~ J an important role in determi,eing how fast we can •onti11,4e ~ to withdraw •• . , troops. A RABAT For U. S. Secretary ?f State William Rogers - at /,\ . , ' · t,f ~A_.A___.A_,.. 1,. Rabat, ~ - a luncheon T • ' ~ ~ King <A ~ ( Y ' l ~ . ~ Ila• B 11 •• of '• u l u u Ii ii I , ~ w; n ding 11 p the off i c ta l s ch e du le - on t]!is t'lte first slop of his curreP1t ten natio,a African good-will tour. Next stop - T u n i s - ~ . , d f ' ~ , w~ ~ _ _ s .A<_, M1 ,.,. 71:#J'i w 1 </ art to dqz ~ WHli ■ , Rogers may also meet with President · Tito of Yugoslavia - •o••tlMW • -AAZ later in the week. The Communist leader l\ now vtstttng ~ -,-r~ Afric°Aon a good will lour • .;. •i• Cl ■: l"liaa •~ probabl• meeting place - . , Jl,Y rU )ttrl:'f&PHli!'elc::,,, somewhere i,a VATICAN F 'h Vt· ~ rom .. e a · tcan.3--IIX"'e - an announcemant --t:.o...- • I II Hg o I an or de r s e n t t o R o man Ca t I, o l i c: pr , t es ts the w or l d over. ___...,., order calling for i a public reaffirmation of 44•'" ~ ...-~,ti.. vows of celibacy and obedience ~ each a,ad every y•ar. The Vat i ca n Ju rt h er s u g g es t in g Ho l y Th " · rs day - w h i ch falls o,. March 26th this year - as a good time t · o carry out the commund. This, in effect, settin . g the st.age for a shoNJc!aw11 battle ; on two of tlie most deJ!_isi v e iS ., 4'CS within the church. IJALLAS Spc. • aking of C('1t/11ry marl. •s - al Dallas - "" asserlio11 lotlay /Ital Ille U.S. m a i l • s<·n·ice is 011ldaled by n I, 11 11 tire d )' e n rs o r m o re . TI, is - " c c o r ti in K I o Po s I Ma s I e r ~ d l ~ Ge,iernl a•ins,cH Bto1111I; u • lto add .W Iha/ ,w- poslnl system~- /'- ltas a 11 a,i,11,al deficit - "of o e-r- a billio,i dollars;" also, a,i emptoyee lur,io er~11pwards of twenty percent a year . ·//; ' P ~ - ~ A s a r c s II It i< BI oi 11 " ; w e n I o ,, - t Ii e Po s l O Jf i c e ~ ''fu11ctions constanll)' on Ille rim of disaster." And "the only t It i" g I It a t k e e p s it fro m s lid in g o v e r /11 e e d g e " - . . said he: Number one - "Ille dedicatio,i" of tlie great majority of it's empl.oyees. And ,wmber two - lots of "l11ck". MANILA Fro 111 1\1 a" i I a - I I, c s Io,-.,· of a p I, i Ii p />;" r> It o 11 .-. c• ho.\ ' - J1' e l i /> c \la , , g a s - s t' " fr " <' c d I o d l' a 1/1 f o ,- m 11 ,- d c • ,, • W Ir i l l' 1r a i Ii II g Io b c e . H' c II It.· ti - ,,. i l l i 11 ~ h is t' yes / o III c ti;<';", .. E X C C p / / I, 0 / /J C C' Ir Q II g (' d ,, i S "1 i ll d / 0 d a .\' - t' II I" 0 11 I (' / 0 I I, (' c I c c I r i c c h a i r . T It c c o ,, <I e III n c d m a " s a y i ,, K h c ,c a ,, I t' d I o I.• c e p ' f l1 is e y C' s - s o h e c o II l d s c c G o d a f e If III i ,, 11 I c s It c ,i c c . ) .., Felipe \ argas - an optimist to Ille c,ic/. EDDY 1 /LL E AN.-\ MO SA This 11,·xl - a slur) • 11 • i//1 a s111·J,risc ,•11di11g. as a ho oh_, , I rap i II n ,. a ca,, I It o II s e It c o 11 11 c d . T It e R "n >: o in g o .ff, n I ,. i g It I - " o 11 ,z d i 11 ~ a tt 1 o II l d b e b II y ,-: l a y ; w /1 o I It e n I u Y n ,. d a r o u II d n n d s II e cl a " d s u c d fa Y n, e r B r i 11 e .\' - tt i ,z " ; "g a ju cl g e me n I of I It i r I y I It o us a II d b · 11 ck s . In I It e en d - I It e fa Y me Y lo s i II g about IHo-lllirds of ltis total acreage. Nott - Ille surprise endi11g. A group of inmates al the Iowa Reformatory - Anamosa, Iowa - lakin . f.[ 1tp a colleclton - raising a lt1111dred bucks. Sendint it lo farmer Briney - lo help him 11•1 back on his feel. ,,l!f,t;:1f::J , 'M t.2>~ j,~®1?):~ ~ .. w ,. enc lit# • ,,.,, cf_.,.._ LTP.1970.02.09i.pdf LTP.1970.02.09ii.pdf