European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse To Day september 12, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 5 Plena Tenaha vet few general for Saigon up intelligence reports sunday from prisoners of War placed a new North vietnamese general in direct command of communist troop sin South Vietnam. The officer was identified As maj. Van thai the strategist who was army chief of staff when the Viet Minn Defeated the French 13 years had been indications earlier this year that thai had entered South Vietnam but the information sunday marked the first time that he had been re ported in Active command of North vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. Guerrilla War expert thai 61, is regarded As inexpert on guerrilla warfare and political insurgency. Thai is a close associate of North vietnamese defense chief to Nguyen Giap the architect of the Viet Minh Victory Over the French at Dieni Enshu in1954. Giap s theories on guerrilla tactics have become a kind of handbook for communist insurgency. Thai one of the founders of North Vietnam s military and political machinery has apparently been appointed com Mander of Hanoi forces in South Vietnam to replace Gen. Nguyen Chi position held by Thanh and now thai is known As the head of the Central office for South Vietnam. This is the communist political and military Arm in the South an controls the activities of both North vietnamese regulars Andviel Cong forces. Thanh according to radio Hanoi died on july 8 of a heart attack. One Saigon report said Thanh wag actually killed when . Air Force b52 jets bombed communist hideout where he made his s apparent appointment As the new commander came Arno Surprise to the . Command. Intelligence report said thai has Long been one of North Vietnam s senior military chiefs. He is rated As a Brilliant strategist who is very popular with his men Andis not Content to Issue commands from a desk. 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The More tar and nicotine Ina cigarette the higher the tax should be he said he would Intro Duce a Bill his week calling for such a ratio As Well As a Bill that would regulate the time cigarettes could be advertised on television and another to strengthen the warning message on unveiled his proposed legislation before the first world conference on smoking at which dedicated enemies of cigarette smoking began work in the Hope of speeding the Day when it willbe abolished As a health menace threatening millions of said his proposed Bill would raise the tax on 1,000cigarettes from $4 to $15 for those with More than 30 milligrams Ottar or 1.6 milligrams of nicotine and increase with the amounts of tar and nicotine. He said studies show 18 brands of american cigarettes would come under the higher tax said his Bill would not change the tax on those with Les than 10 milligrams of tar and .8 milligrams of said he wanted the two packs a Day could Cut 8 years new York a smoking cigarettes takes years off your life As much As eight years forthe two pack a Day Man who is now 25 years old a medical statistician said monday. In fact the two packs a Day or More mean that a. 25-year-old american male has an average life expectancy of 65.3 years. Yet the average life time is 73.6 year for the same Young Man if he never smoked regularly. That was the picture draw by or. E. Cuyler Hammond a vice president of the american cancer society. The figures were drawn from the society Slong Range look at the Circum stances and habits of american life for hints to loads to various causes of death. Hammond made the com ments in a speech prepared for the three Dav world conference on smoking and health which opened society s study covers 447,196 men of All Ages. Up to june 30, 1965, Over 39,000 enrolled in the study had showed that even a few cigarettes smoked regularly Are harmful Hammond said. For the 25-year-old male who smokes up to nine cigarettes a Day the average life expectancy is 69, five years Short of the average for non smokers Ham mond have said that the death rate of heavy cigarette smoke Sis two to three times As High As the death rate for non smokers Hammond continued. " doubt that most people quite comprehend what this Means in terms of their chances of living to a Ripe old age or at least living through the most productive ears of warning on cigarette packets thread warning cigarette smok ing is dangerous to health an May cause death from cancer and other the warn ing Label now reads caution cigarette smoking May be Haz ardous to your he said his other Bill would authorize the Federal communications commission to regulate the times and types of television programs on which cigarette advertising May appear. In welcoming the 475 participants 89 of whom came from 33 foreign countries the Confer ence chairman or. Luther Terry former surgeon general put the cigarette health menace this Way we must admit a bit shame fac edly perhaps that what we have been doing up to now has not been As effective As we could wish. Cigarette sales continue High in All countries despite educational campaigns bans on advertising and other methods. One of the greatest challenges in this area of Public health is to find ways to reach the individual to control his own re actions. Out of our combined Wisdom and knowledge i Hope Steps will be evolved which can be applied with equal Success in every Terry said the time of questioning is Over. The time of action is however the american medical association Ama issued a questioning statement in Chicago that coincided with the conference and probably not by Ama position was that Al though the Best estimate of clinicians Ami scientists in Thefield is that cigarettes Are a health menace they doa i have the scientific data vet to establish who and
