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Time said.
Nixon appears to be convinced the South Vietnamese can hold their own militarily once U.S. troops leave, Time said. In any case, Nixon is determined to be out by 1972, "leaving the South Vietnamese well supplied with U.S. arms and aid but otherwise on their own to succeed or fail or strike a bargain with their enemies," Time said.
Defense secretary Melvin R. Laird said Sunday some infantry troops would have to remain in Vietnam even after the end of phase one of President Nixon's planned troop withdrawal, but only to protect U.S. support forces.
These infantrymen "will not have combat responsibilities," Laird said, but will "protect Americans that are participating in phase two."
Under Nixon's plan, all American combat troops will be removed from Vietnam. Then in the second phase, as South Vietnamese soldiers become proficient in operating complicated instruments of war such as jet planes and radar, all American support troops will be withdrawn.
Laird assured newsmen on the televised news program Issues and Answers that a breakdown in Vietnamization "will not happen."
Gerald Pearson
Gerald L. Pearson, director of extension classes, has received a special research award from the National University Extension Association in Washington, D.C. for his project, "A Self-Study: Extension Classes and Centers at the University of Kansas."
Members of Pershing Rifles, honorary ROTC fraternity, treated about 35 children to a Christmas party Sunday.
PRs give Xmas party
Ballard Center selected the children, mostly of pre-school age, and members of Pershing Rifles and their coed affiliate, E-Co Berets, donated refreshments and presents.
Besides the Pershing Rifleman and the E-Co's, Col. Raymond D. Lancaster, professor of aerospace studies, and an Army ROTC professor of military science were present with their wives.
Arabs must begin
U.S. may renew diplomatic ties
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Almost unnoticed, the Nixon administration has emphasized its readiness to renew diplomatic relations with the seven Arab governments which broke ties with Washington as a result of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.
The authoritative public statement was made by Secretary of State William P. Rogers in the closing lines of a major Mideast policy address which he delivered to a Conference on Adult Education here last Tuesday.
Slipped in during the closing paragraphs, the statement on resuming relations attracted only passing attention.
The administration apparently decided to make public its position on resuming relations with Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Mauretania and Algeria as part of its general effort to counter
Arab charges-that U.S. policy is biased in favor of Israel.
The United States has been extremely sensitive to Arab charges that U.S. personnel are piloting Israeli aircraft and participating in Israeli defense. U.S. spokesmen have repeatedly denied these charges.
U. S. officials indicated that while the United States is ready to resume relations and has told the Arab countries so privately, the Nixon administration will wait to be approached on the subject.
If there is a key to restoring relations between the United States and the Arab governments of the Middle East, it is probably Egypt. If Egypt resumed relations, a number of other Arab governments might follow.
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WASHINGTON (UPI)—Inflation will continue to plague the economy next year although the nation may "flirt with a recession" during the winter and unemployment will rise to the highest point in six years, the National Planning Association predicted Sunday.
Wilfred Lewis Jr., the association's chief economist, called the outlook for the year bleak.
"Inflation is apt to be excessive next year, even with high unemployment," Lewis said in the private, nonpartisan association's monthly report.
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services will increase only about 2 per cent for next year as a whole, the slowest economic growth since 1961.
Lewis predicted that unemployment, which reached a post-Korean War low of 3.3 per cent in the first quarter of this year will soar to 5 per cent in the first quarter of next year, then gradually decline to 4.5 per cent by the year's end. He estimated unemployment would average 4.8 per cent next year compared with a 3.7 per cent average this year.
NPA sees bleak economy
the textbook definition of a recession although Lewis said the words "stagnation" or "pause" might be more descriptive.
Beginning in the spring, the economy will take off again, fueled by the prospects of a tax cut and rising social security benefits.
The brief pause will not be enough to slow inflation much, probably reducing the rate of price increases from more than 5 per cent this year to about 4 per cent.
The actual output of goods and