VC mines claim nine Americans
SAIGON (UPI) — Explosions of powerful booby traps set by the Viet Cong in marshy plains south of Da Nang killed nine U.S. Marines and wounded 31 others, U.S. military spokesmen said yesterday. One marine officer said, "it's as hard as we've ever been hit by mines in Vietnam."
In Saigon, U.S. military spokesmen announced the end of three lengthy sweeps in which more than 7,000 Communist troops were reported killed. The operations, going back almost a year and a half, took an American toll of 1,096 dead and 5,312 wounded.
The air war saw U.S. jet fighter-bombers pound targets across South Vietnam in 547 separate strikes.
The most serious threat was said to be in the Saigon area where an estimated 40,000 Communist troops were reported massed in an 11-province region.
The Communists have
Students' fees remain the same
James K. Hitt, director of systems development, said yesterday student fees this semester will remain at $170.50 for Kansas residents and $400.50 for non-residents.
"Fee rates are controlled by the Kansas Board of Regents which is dependent upon the state legislature," Hitt said. "Therefore we know nothing about what fees will be until the legislature meets."
Hitt explained that the administration's feeling is to keep fees down and obtain extra money from outside sources. This year there was a $1 increase to start new health facilities, said Hitt.
Raymond Nichols, vice-chancellor of finance, said student fees in the present budget pay for 25 per cent of the general educational program.
A report recently released by the governor's office indicated the 25 per cent figure will be raised probably during the 1970-71 school year, Nichols said.
Needy congressmen will receive clothing
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Rep. H. R. Gross, R-Iowa, is interested in hearing from congressmen who can't live on $30,000 a year. He has been asked to pick the "neediest cases" for distribution of contributed clothing.
Gross, who has called the impending $24 million annual increase for congressmen and top level officials "outrageous," received in the mail yesterday the first "bundle for Congress" known to have been delivered on Capitol Hill since 1941 when lawmakers saw their first proposed pension law buried under a deluge of old clothes.
The grocery carton he got from a sympathetic resident of the Florida Gold Coast contained two pairs of shoes, size $ \frac{9}{2} $ ; one pair of sandals; three worn sport shirts, size undetermined; and two pairs of light weight pants that had seen considerable use.
In an accompanying letter, Gross was told by Charles S. Pope, Pomano Beach, Fla., that he and others were shocked to learn of the suffering of congressmen on their $30,000 annual pay.
He told Gross he was sending the bundle to him "for distribution as you see fit to the neediest congressmen with the sympathy of voters in Florida's Gold Coast."
announced plans for a week-long truce starting Feb. 15. They also announced a truce during Tet last year. Allied officials still were considering a proposal for a ceasefire during the three-day holiday period.
Spokesmen said a spy within the Viet Cong movement led government soldiers to the arms cache Tuesday in the cemetery at the western edge of Saigon.
South of the northern coastal city of Da Nang, two U.S. Marine helicopters collided in flight, killing the eight Americans aboard.
Booby traps set up in a marshy plain 16 miles south of Da Nang killed nine Marines and wounded 31 others. Spokesmen said Communist guerrillas used unexploded 105mm and 165mm howitzer shells they had found in swamps near Da Nang, rigging the shells with timer fuses.
The booby traps were set off as the Marines passed by on patrol, UPI correspondent David Lamb said the Marine casualties occurred in six booby trap incidents.
ST. LOUIS (UPI) Mrs. Harriet Woods, councilwoman at suburban University City, reported to her constituents on a lengthy list of construction projects involving housing and business firms, and concluded:
"Now if someone would just open a good pub."
THE HAGUE (UPI) — Cigar production in Holland is going down and cigarette production is going up. Last year 1,066,-000,000 (b) cigars were produced, compared with 1.1 billion in 1966. Cigarette production rose from 14.2 billion to 16.6 billion.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPI)
— Under the great Knute Rockne, Notre Dame football teams compiled a record of 105 victories, 12 losses and five ties for a percentage of .898.
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