S. Koreans kill 7 infiltrators
SEOUL (UPI) - South Korean security forces killed seven North Korean infiltrators believed to have murdered a policeman in an attack Sunday on the eastern coastal town of Chumunjin, 30 miles south of the truce line, it was announced yesterday.
U. S. military officers, at the same time, reported all quiet along the 151-mile Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea where a series of firefights took place last week.
The border clashes erupted as U.S. and South Korean forces prepared for large-scale war games. The exercise code-named Focus Retina, involving airborne troops flown in from the United States in a test of military mobility, are being held in the Han River Valley, 90 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone.
Officials of the South Korean counterespionage center said the
To try trees against Jet noise
OSAKA, Japan (UPI) - About 1,000 trees will be planted along a new runway at Osaka international airport in an experiment aimed at reducing noise from jet airliners. If the idea works, more trees will be planted.
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band of North Koreans slipped into Chumunjin before dawn, and fatally shot a policeman in an attack on the police guard post.
After the raid, the invaders fled by sea under fire from South Korean police and militia forces.
On Monday, the authorities said, search parties found a bullet-ridden rubber boat off Chumunjin which was believed to have been used by the Communist infiltrators. A continuing search located the bodies of seven Communists along the shore.
Population study
BERKELEY, Calif. (UPI) With the help of a $672,000 Ford Foundation grant, an expanded training and research program in population will be developed by the nation's first Department of Demography at the University of California's Berkeley campus.
Associate Professor Judith Blake Davis, department
chairman, says the five-year project will help enlarge the world pool of demographic experts.
Philippine Strikes Off
MANILA (QPI) - President Ferdinand E. Marcos says he has reduced the number of labor strikes in the Philippines by 65 per cent in the past three years.
Photo by Jay Cooper
Yes, it is!
Two resourceful KU students dug around under the bushes near the Campanile, and found that the 70 degree weather yesterday hadn't melted all of the winter's snow. The result? A snowball fight, naturally.
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