European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse V a in it a n 3" Vav i v the stars and stripes ils. At tasers still have Hope for Laos Ati by Peter Cari. Naii Italy auth times in Laos have written off of the Royal laotian. Army even though it virtually. Handed Over the Twible of Northwest labs Qto pro Cottri unlit forces in a panic this month. Jig american military adviser at the scene of the mass evacuation of government troops re my Thouei Al Detla redi Ouray so they chickened out this1 time. But they Are All we have Here and with some changes they be As Tough As the other Side until 18 months ago when lao was fighting " govern intent s pro Western to r c e s controlled most of mountainous Laos an kept anti government rebels bogged Downin inaccessible Jungle enclaves. Since then however at least 10 battalions of communist Viet Minh troops have moved Down from North Viet Nam and 5,000 let mint experts and military technicians have welded the pro communist forces into Well organized ,/the Vientiane government s 60,000-Man army equals arid probably exceeds the pro Corn munis i strength within the coun try. The pro communists however have shown capability in amassing fire Power. At Nam tha earlier in May they had an estimated 2-1 superiority Over the Royal army s thousand government troops withdrew from Nam tha after the pro communists pushed in toward the Northern town from three i faced wit would still be there an american military adviser commented the United states has 300 Mili tary advisers officially in Laos and assists in the direction of Armfield operations. The Vientiane troops have been issued . Arm Standard Range infantry equip ment including howitzers and mor tars. Or japanese troops the same situation the Pathel of is known to have about 50 tanks in the Plaines Desbarres Region in Central Laos com pared to the government s 12, but these appear to be for defensive operations. Why then did Vientiane s Force sin the Northwest which included five crack paratroop and infantry battalions Retreat. The official government reasons that they were outnumbered and because of the Long trek South to the thai Border were too exhausted to establish a defensive military authorities say the main reason is that the Royal army has an overlapping command Structure that prevents reds fflming4 c7 returning Bong to Cong ordered. It built to halt the flow of r refugees from red Chin a the weekly Bow paper Par East american. F camera Crews Ort the communist Side of the Border Filev the return of the captured illegal 1m migrants As they Are herded across tpchlnai"1 he1 Hong Kong police have estimate the As Many As 3,000 or 4,000 Chi Nese have been trying to slip into Hong Kong daily during the past Leek. They Are rounded up-"1 fed and returned to red China. In a special announcement police urged residents to try to enter the restricted area and warned hat those who do will be fined $800 or sent to jail for up to two years. -. " _ Legal residents of Hong Kong must keep away from the closed area Ash help presence there a key would interfere with to ice Miu tary duties 1 the announcement said reports Saidi the new Fence was costing the Crown Colony $350,-000. R v one chinese refugee reported communist officials were stepping up train service to Hong from the Interior where severe famine has been reported. Chan hip Yow 39, a refugee from. Canton who crossed the Border told the English language a newspaper Hong Kong Standard Tiit the. Reds were putting on additional trains from his Home City Chan said he had been employed asja clerk at Chung Shan Universy in Canton. I Joti f Erfe. V of " " i f 84 african refugees ,. .1 l 1 " t. " or j Jusab Ewh Villet the congo1 6 decrees mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt takes Refuge under a Sun umbrella while listen president Kennedy speak in new York to the International ladies garment workers onion on a Cement parking lot of hous ing project sponsored chiefly by the Union. Or. Kennedy began i address i want to Register an official protest with the in Gnu bout the sweatshop conditions under which you re up Lind buying Uncle Sam " earthy opposition or Washington " u i Uncle Sam who owns nearly 00 per cent of Nevada is buying More land in big chunks for defense and Public purposes. And Fin the process government officials Are encountering some old fashioned american tenacity on the part of property holders. When the government informed an Indian in Montana that his land was needed for a flood control project he wasted no words no Federal judge told the Indian that thousands of people might suffer from future floods unless the project went through they move tie a new Mexico man1 barricaded his Home and Laid in a Small a anal to fight condemnation of his property for a missile firing this Case the government yielded und the army s rocket now Roar Over the Man s House. Military requirements account for More than 75 per cent of the ederal government s land buying. Sites for minutemen missiles weapons testing and gunnery ranges account for the bulk of new purchases. But flood control projects water conservation and other civilian projects also require , acquisition of privately held land. Assistant ally. Gen. Ramsey Clark said Federal agencies May acquire 70,000 tracts covering 422,000 acres at an estimated Cost of $380million before mid-1964. That rep resents an area More than half the size of Rhode Island. Clark who Heads the Justice department s lands division said this would exceed tremendously the condemnation activity for any year since the end of world War ii. Missile Sites now being constructed or planned in Montana the Dakotas Eastern Washington Western Missouri and other Plains states account for a Large share of the condemnation activity. Clark recently called a Confer ence of 40 attorneys from those areas where the Federal govern ment is buying the most land the Central Plains states California Montana Texas and Florida to expedite trial of condemnation suits. There Are 120,000 land owners i court now trying to get More Money for their land than the jus Tice department believes is fair compensation. Each suit May involve land Worth from 5100 to ?1 million. . Academic push Laid to soviet s gains Washington up Ameri Ca s Public schools have toughened demands on students in recent years partly because of Russia s space feats a Survey of t,500 elementary and High school principals has National education association Nea said in an 82-Page re port titled the principals look at the Seho ois that there has been Lay reused pressure on teachers and administrators for a More rigorous instructional program. All school principals agreed that scientific achievements of the so Viet Union had been a powerful impetus to he increased demand for More work Nea said. Col Tefft influence the principals said however the most powerful influence was the higher academic standards for admission to College which result from the increasing demand for College critics outside the teaching profession ranked with the soviet Union us the second most influential source of the demand to work Stu dents harder and commented in the report that the concern on the part of elementary school principals about admission to College was somewhat Wei could be that the Gen eral anxiety Over College admission might have an Adverse effect upon Noh College students who May need a different curriculum the organization said. Freedom of movement by filers another problem is the Best men in a situation to family background and " ally Are the main criteria Vandement. American military and text potentially Good c advanced training but find j cult to get permission toes participate in special con americans also com Lalni i present laotian Rattary a most of them trained do accept , military for example us. Of they advised the re against sending crack by tical reinforce Nam the when to comm mists started Hare rations. The american they might be needed lit communist push in More areas. 4 the worst american be re Tilli de when these Batt straggled across the Mekong into Thailand in with their morale broken one american summed up tit. Situation of the Royal army Isoac what to needed is of Lei iders to their men fied staff officers to Tine operations and acceptance military advice and Leif piques. Unless this unit be Brauff trabout More debacles Tike thai & Thouei Sai May come army Hea maj Gen Leath set Nighala let the Mailer i chief of the laotian army. A army Navy air Force col Ridgway p. Smith jr., Usa. I. A twi it col John j. Ca mud Usan .,.,. -. 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