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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday. Nov. 8, 1960
Red Invasion Stalled By Loyal Vietnamese
By United Press International The first attempt by Communists to invade South Viet Nam since 1954 was beaten back by loyal pro-Western forces, a government communique from Saigon announced today.
Fighting still continues, a spokesman said.
Deputy minister of national defense Nguyen Dinh Thuan told reporters at a news conference at Saigon army headquarters, at which a number of prisoners and captured arms were displayed, that the first attack was made from Laos on Oct. 21 by a force estimated at up to 500 men.
This was followed two days later by a series of probing attacks in the same general area by another 200 Communist troops.
The scene of the attempted invasion was in the region of Katum Province, about 300 miles north of Seiron.
The government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, the communique said, promptly smashed the back of the invasion by hurling its own infantry forces and one battalion of paratroopers into a swift counterattack.
The government said the purpose of the Communist thrust was to establish a base in the mountainous jungle region from which the Reds could operate freely throughout central South Viet Nam.
Thuan read the communique stating that "for the first time since 1554, the enemy has attacked us from
bases in the north with large-sized units of regular troops infiltrating through Laos to reach our territory."
The reference to 1954 was to the time when Viet Nam was divided at the 17th parallel into a free south and a Communist north under the terms of an agreement reached in Geneva.
Asked whether the attack, which took place on Oct. 21, constituted aggression, Thuan said only, "they are regular troops."
He said no appeal to the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was being considered "for the moment."
South Viet Nam, although not a member of SEATO, falls within defensive safeguards of that eight-hole airfield headed up by the United States.
Thuan said fighting still is going on in the region, which includes a portion of South Viet Nam along both sides of the 15th parallel of latitude from the border of Laos to the South China Sea.
The attack was launched early Oct. 21 at a series of border posts in Kontum Province by an estimated 400 to 500 men.
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Robert G. Billings, director of aids and awards, announced today the names of 35 Kansas high school senior girls who are finalists in the KU Watkins scholarship competition.
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The winners will receive scholarships renewable for four years at KU All others will be offered University of Kansas Honor Scholarships.
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GOP Leads in Local Elections
Intermittent rain was falling in extreme eastern and extreme western portions of the state and light snow was forecast for the northwestern corner.
Reports from populous Sedgwick, Wyandotte and Shawnee Counties indicated the voting there was "very heavy."
Long lines formed at almost all polling places in Kansas City, Kans. and Wyandotte County.
In Wichita, a Sedgwick County election spokesman said early voting was ranging up to 20 per cent heavier than normal with as many as 100 in line in some precincts. A vigorous campaign had been conducted in Wichita to get the voters out early.
Most of the interest in the current election has been centered in the presidential, senatorial and gubernational races, but Congressional
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