Vietnamese no man's land awaits Communist attack
NEW YORK—(UPI)—In South Viet Nam, where the southern monsoon season is ending and the northern one about to begin. U.S. Marines and airborne troops are bracing for a Communist offensive across the demilitarized zone (DMZ).
The DMZ is a six-mile-wide strip originally designated as a demilitarized zone dividing North and South Viet Nam, but rendered meaningless now because Communists have been using it as a staging area for their attacks in the South.
IF THE COMMUNISTS attempt an offensive now, it will be because they hope to take advantage of the monsoon whose rain and fog will blot out valleys and mountains from the air for many hours each day.
But, regardless, it is part of the terrible sameness of this war. Mounting U.S. casualties contribute to the frustrations of the American people whose nation is challenged by one of the world's smallest and one which, against all logic, seems to think it can win.
In Saigon, top American military men believe Communists missed the boat a year and a half ago. They believe if the Communists had negotiated then, when South Viet Nam's mood was one of surrender and defeat, they could have reached terms which, with patience, might have given them the whole country.
BUT EVEN the sameness is not quite the same.
are pouring into South Viet Nam at a rate faster than they can be turned into casualties. But they say in coming months this, too, will change.
These same Americans admit that North Vietnamese forces still
THE CONDITIONS of this war make it difficult to approach with cold logic.
Repeated U.S. appeals for negotiations may have improved understanding of the true U.S. intent among outsider nations. At the same time, they may have made it more difficult to achieve negotiations we seek.
In the war's main current has been the Communist demand for nothing less than U.S. defeat.
Daily Kansan Tuesday, October 11, 1966
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WASHINGTON—(UPI)—President Johnson has agreed to accept an award from Planned Parenthood-World Population, the nation's leading birth control organization.
SUA FALL CONCERT Allen Field House
The fact that the Chief Executive is willing to accept such an award—barely two weeks before a national election—is dramatic evidence of the sharp shift in public attitudes toward birth control since that time 50 years ago when the late Margaret Sanger helped found the Planned Parenthood Federation.
Sat., Nov. 5, 8:00 p.m.
Birth control award given to Johnson
SENIORS '67
Bring your SENIOR I.D. CARD to get your notorious SENIOR SWEATSHIRT at the first —
SENIOR COFFEE Wed., Oct. 12 9:30 a.m.—Kansas Union Ballroom
Announcements will be made concerning:
★ SENIOR DAY, Oct. 15 (OU game)
★ SENIOR PARTY, Nov. 11
★ Class of 1967 Ring, Hope Award, Class Gift and Senior Mug Shots for Jayhawker.
(Seniors excused from 9:30 classes)
Plaza 8. What the underground girls are wearing underneath.
INTRODUCING PLAZA 8 COORDINATED LINGERIE BY PERMA-LIFT.
YIPES STRIPES. BLACK AND WHITE TRICOT BRA; $4.00.
COORDINATED PETTI-SLIP; $5.00.
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