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SAIGON — (UPI) — U.S. Air Force jet bombers and fighter bombers carried out secret bombing missions against the Communists today.
One B57 twin-jet was lost while dropping napalm on Viet Cong troops 390 miles northeast of Saigon in another attack.
South Vietnamese fighter bombers and the B57's hit Communist targets inside South Viet Nam while a force of between 15 and 20 F100 fighter-bombers roared off from Da Nang to hit unannounced targets, believed to be Communist supply lines in Laos.
The pilot and co-pilot of the downed B57 apparently parachuted to safety but were not found. It was the first B57 lost in action against the Communists. Five other B57 pilots on the same raid said there was no ground fire in the area.
Transport planes dropped parachute flares over the crash scene tonight to light up the scene for searchers. Fighter-bombers and U.S. helicopters bristling with rockets and machine guns protected search parties which reached the wreckage.
Although today's was the first B57 lost in combat one crashed when
they were sent to Viet Nam last August during the Tonkin crisis and several were damaged in a Communist mortar attack on Da Nang—where the F100's took off today or their mystery raid.
In Washington today, reports were the United States is likely to send more ground force units to South Viet Nam to join the two Marine battalions just disembarked there, it was learned today.
The F100 Supersabre jets roared off the Da Nang runways in midmorning and returned about noon.
Today's raids from Da Nang were carried out against a backdrop of strife in the port city.
WHEN POLICE refused, the crowd attacked. Police were unable to control the mob and the ranger battalion was called in about midnight.
Shortly afterward the wife of the civilian arrived at the police station backed by a large crowd which demanded his release.
This information coincides with a reported substantial buildup in North Vietnamese regular army battalions now fighting alongside Viet Cong guerrillas in South Vietnam Nam.
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara told Congress that this year's bill for U.S. military aid in South Viet Nam had gone up an additional $50 million. He said President Johnson was transferting that amount to the military program for economic aid funds.
Police said the riots began Wednesday night after officers detained a civilian who had accused an army sergeant of being a Communist agent. A search of the soldier produced no evidence.
The expected new troops assignment was disclosed following these other developments in Washington on the Viet Nam situation:
Vietnamese rangers opened fire with rifles early this morning when a mob attacked police in front of a station house.
The crowd dispersed in the early hours today.
The Pentagon reported that reconnaissance photographs taken after the 160-plane raid on two Communist bases in North Viet Nam nine days ago showed better than 70 per cent success was achieved in destroying or seriously damaging installations.
History, Society Tied to Religion
Father Columban of the history department at St. Benedict's College in Atchison, stated it has been said "religion is the key to history. Today, as we realize the tremendous influence of the conscience on us this has required a new and wider meaning.
Three historians, two of them KU professors, discussed religion in connection with history at a meeting of the History Club at 7:30 last night in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
"FAITH MOVES beyond the world of man and introduces him to a higher realm of reality," he continued, "it introduces an element of spiritual freedom which may have a transforming nature on man's destiny and experiences. An intimate relationship in the study of a culture is seen between the faith and social achievements.
"The French Revolution went from a period of great religion to irreligion to no religion and back to religion again." he commented.
WILLIAM GILBERT, professor of history at KU, said, "I agree as to the impact of religion in society. Both are in the forefront of contemporary thought and both are bound to affect one another if one looks at religion from a historical point of view."
"This points out that history is not an end in itself. The goal of history is not found in history, it is beyond it. Man is both in and beyond history. This proves that men are not completely shaped by it," Gilbert said.
"From the historical point of view religion can be seen as an attempt to give some kind of meaning to human life," he said, "if the religious interpretation is to be of any value, the tremendous multiplicity of events must be considered. It has been stated that the earliest philosophy of history is found in the Old Testament."
"By 1700 the influence of religion on human thought and actions ceased to be a matter of any historical significance. Before this time the role of religion was very considerable." Longhurst said. "In the realm of historical action and throughout the Middle Ages and into the 6th century religion in the realm of action played a tremendous role."
"ST. AUGUSTINE HAD a very detailed knowledge of the purposes of the Almighty and there has been in the last few decades a revival of the Christian view of history. Interpreters have not felt as well informed on the feelings of the Almighty, however," Gilbert said.
"I do not think it is important as a force any longer," he said.
JOHN LONGHURST, professor of history at KU, did not particularly stress the importance of religion in history.
ginning of Christianity is one of the most powerful forces in history. They were obscured and yet had tremendous impact on the world.
"It should be possible to say that a Christian outlook on history should be of somewhat the same value," he said. "It should bring to light factors in the past which otherwise would not be as clear.
"IF THIS IS TRUE then the life and activities of a lot of humble and unknown people are important in a look at the past," he said. "The be-
"THE AGE OF martyrs has pretty well disappeared. People are still very much interested but they no longer act with reference to the divinity," he said.
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Yugoslav Drama Students Visit KU
Six students and one faculty member from Yugoslavia arrived in Lawrence last night. They will be guests of the KU drama department for the next three weeks.
The students will be housed in university dormitories and hosted by six KU students who will leave for an East European tour about April 1.
The Yugoslav students will demonstrate the scenes and preparatory exercises used in their drama school.
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