Jungle hides VC
U.S. offensive begins
SAIGON — (UPI) — Gen. William C. Westmoreland threw the entire U.S. 1st Infantry Division into war zone O today to crush Communist attempts at a major winter offensive. About 25,000 GIs pushed through the jungle sanctuary in what a U.S. spokesman called the largest American action of the war.
Some units of the "Big Red One" already had joined the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, units of the 2nd Infantry Division, the 173rd Airborne Brigade and Vietnamese Ranger units in the massive sweep near the Cambodian border.
BUT THE ENTIRE 14,000-man 1st Infantry Division was ordered into the sweep today which already has accounted for about 900 Communist dead within the past week.
Despite the pounding, U.S. officials estimate that about 6,000 to 7,000 guerrillas of the Viet Cong 9th Division are still in the thick, heavily fortified sector which they have dominated for years. U.S. troops hacked deeper into the jungles today and killed 20 more of the enemy, but resistance was scattered and light.
Gemini finale staged today
CAPE KENNEDY —(UPI)— While "night owl" astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin slept, the countdown started today for an afternoon blastoff on their four-day Gemini 12 finale to the record setting series.
The space machines were primed and everything was reported "go" for the start of the twice-delayed space adventure. Weather at mid-morning appeared perfect.
The full countdown on Gemini's Atlas-Agena target rocket got under way at 7:23 a.m. and was proceeding toward a 1:08 p.m. launch to start the wrapup mission. Lovell and Aldrin were set to follow in pursuit at 2:46 p.m.
Americans honor veterans
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— Solemn Veterans Day ceremonies across the nation today honored the American men and women, living and dead, who served their country under arms.
NANTUCKET, Mass. — (UPI)— A big Air Force radar picket plane with a crew of 19 crashed in the fog-patched Atlantic Ocean early today 125 miles east of this resort island. All aboard were feared dead.
19 men die in fog crash of airplane
The four-engine EC-121 radar Constellation, part of the nation's early warning defense system, plunged into the sea near the site of the crash of a similar plane exactly 16 months ago with the loss of 16 lives.
An oil slick and debris were found by a fishing vessel a few hours after the EC-121 went down in the predawn darkness while on a routine mission from Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.—(UPI)—President Johnson says he expects tougher going but "no great trouble" for his Great Society program, despite Republican resurgence in the next Congress.
LBJ optimistic after Republican triumph
He said he still has a "reasonable working majority." The 90th Congress will have a ratio favoring the Democrats,248 to 187 in the House and 64 to 36 in the Senate.
Republican election gains nearly tripled their control of state legislatures and gave the GOP a majority in one house out of eight.
A UPI survey of state capitals today showed the GOP controlling 17 legislatures compared to the six where their majorities survived the 1964 election debacle.
Germans caucus
BONN — (UPI)— Kurt-Georg Kiesinger, who took over leadership of the powerful Christian Democratic party from Ludwig Erhard, today sought to form a government coalition that would make him chancellor.
But the Social Democrats were caucusing to decide whether to oppose Kiesinger with a candidate of their own, probably West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt.
Kansas draft call is low in January
TOPEKA, Kan. — (UPI)— The Kansas draft call for January will be 389 men, considerably less than the call this month of 556, it was announced yesterday.
The call for December is 193, reflecting the Christmas holiday.
In October, the Kansas call was 348.
4 Daily Kansam Friday, November 11, 1966
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Please don't zlupf Sprite. It makes plenty of noise all by itself.
Sprite, you recall, is the soft drink that's so tart and tingling, we just couldn't keep it quiet.
Flip its lid and it really flips.
Bubbling, fizzing,
gurgling, hissing and carrying on all over the place.
An almost excessively lively drink.
Hence, to zlupf is to err.
What is zlupfing?
Zlupfing is to drinking what smacking one's lips is to eating.
PRITE IS A REGISTERED TRADING MARK
It's the staccato buzz you make when draining the last few deliciously tangy drops of Sprite from the bottle with a straw.
It's completely uncalled for. Frowned upon in polite society. And not appreciated on campus either.
But. If zlupfing Sprite is absolutely essential to your enjoyment; if a good healthy zlupf is your idea of heaven, well...all right.
Zzzzz111upf!
But have a heart. With a drink as noisy as Sprite, a little zlupf goes a long, long way.
SPRITE, SO TART AND
TINSLING, WE JUST COULDN'T
KEEP IT QUIET.
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