European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 4 the stars and stripes Viet problems topped by need of pacification Friday March 22 by Donald ii. May Washington up a Pentagon officials see it the major task facing Allied troops i Vietnam is to build Security in nearly two thirds of the country where pacification programs were disrupted by the communist tet offensive. Officials note that this Mustbe done while maintaining sufficient forces in the extreme Northern part of South Vietnam to guard against a Long threatened major offensive somewhere in that area. These military require ments illustrate the manpower bind which led Gen. William  to request More troops above the 525,000 level scheduled to be reached at mid year. According to Pentagon figures the pacification program was seriously affected in 13 South vietnamese provinces during the tet offensive in 16 provinces it was moderately affected in15 provinces it was Only slightly  Washington officials have been Able to Supply Little information on what seriously or moderately affected really mean. The communist tet Campaign which began at the end of january and continued into the first part of february was mainly a series of attack against South Vietnam s cities. In Many cases the Viet con bypassed the hamlets to get at the cities. In the process however some 18 of 51 South vietnamese army battalions As signed to provide Security for pacification programs in the hamlets were moved to protect the  vietnamese pacification teams which do the work of trying to raise Hamlet living standards and tie the people closer to the Central government also fled to the cities. As of March 1 Only something Over 300 of 555 such teams wore at their posts. In one of the seriously hit areas around plan Thiet in Binh Thuan province the Vietcong reportedly have moved in to fill the vacuum taking Over Hamlet governments and collecting taxes. How widely this has happened is not known. In a moderately affected area go Cong South of Saigon the Story is told of a District chief who put out a Call for volunteers for military service. Ill Jot 2,000more hum he could handle and he is trying to find places for them in local Security forces. If the United states is to continue  past military strategy in South Vietnam the task ahead will be to move militarily Back into these vacuum areas oust the communists where they have take hold and establish government  e n. Westmoreland has launched such an operation inthe past week sending 50,000 . And South vietnamese troops out to sweep the provinces West and North of Saigon. So far this operation resolved to win has killed about800 reds but has fought no major Battles. It has Long been a major part of Westmoreland s strategy to push enemy forces away from the populated areas Back to the edges of the country or into sanctuaries across Borders and to contain them there. One big question in the minds of Washington officials is what attitudes among the South vietnamese people will be Foundas forces move Back into once cleared areas. Will the accept promises that govern ment authority this time intends to stay rare platform appearance making his first Public address in More than 10 years aviation Pioneer Charles a. Lindbergh addresses the Alaska legislature in Juneau. Lindbergh stressed the need for conservation of natural environment in the northernmost state. A can t control terrorists hussein9s throne shakier by Joseph w. Gri Glondon up Israel s latest punitive attack against Jordan probably has killed any prospects of Middle East peace in the foreseeable future and it could Cost King Hussein of Jor Dan his throne. The attack came As no sur prise because signs of impending major trouble have Bee noted for weeks. Once again the cause of the fighting was repeated terrorist operations against Israel Yarab commando squads operating from Jordan territory. These squads belong to the fanatical Al Fatah organization which i pledged to carry on the struggle against Israel regardless of the cease fire at the end of the six Day War last  commandos according to israeli information Are made up mainly of syrians iraqis and palestinian refugees. There a every few real jordanian arabs be planted pump May save heart by Eldon Barrett Highland Wash. Up a mini engine being developed i laboratories at the Hanford atomic works someday May be implanted in a human body to pump the heart. The engine powered by electrically produced heat would repackaged in a capsule about the size of a Grapefruit Small enough for implantation in the abdominal cavity. It would create con trolled mechanical Power pulses which would be transmitted to an artificial heart assist pump by Means of flexible tubes also implanted in the body. The engine being developed by Douglas aircraft co. Scientists under a $182,000 contract from the National heart Institute is an adaptation of the highly efficient Stirling Thermo dynamic  will have Only one major moving part a lightweight Oscil Lator operating at a selected frequency to produce variable Gas pressure by alternately heating and Cooling a fixed Quantity of Gas. Heat to Power the engine will be derived from a Thermal Reser voir in the engine. An electric heating element embedded in the Reservoir will heat a Lithium compound and the compound will radiate a steady output of heat. Periodically a person carrying the unit will stand against a High frequency Power source for a recharge. The Power source will be placed briefly against the patient s Abdomen and the Energy will pass harmlessly and imperceptibly through the skin to recharge the element. Or. W. H. Martini manager of the program at the Donald  laboratories near Rich and said the engine might offer numerous advantages for medical use Over other types of heat engines. Martini is originator of the novel Stirling Cycle. Or. W. E. Matheson director of the laboratories said the one year program Calls for development of three models of the Power source device. Two engines will be built As experimental Proto types and the third will be designed for implantation experiments. Among them but they operate from jordanian territory strik ing across the Jordan River an pulling Back before the Small israeli screening forces holding the cease fire line can intercept them. Israelis do not put the blame for the commando operations on Hussein. It is known that the King has tried to prevent their being launched from jordanian territory. But his position both in Jor Dan and in the Arab world is shaky. When the King som weeks ago made a Public declaration calling for an end to commando operations from his territory his Appeal was promptly countermanded by disown prime minister Bahia Tal hound. More than 750,000 palestinian refugees form a powerful Dis contented group in the tiny King Dom of less than 2,500,000. They were augmented by More than150,000 refugees who fled from the israeli occupied West Bank area to unoccupied Eastern Jor Dan during and after the june War. The palestinians never have accepted Hussein s policies of trying to seek peace with Israel. Hussein also is under constant heavy pressure from his More militant neighbors Syria Ira and Egypt. 3 per hour is . Rate for suicides Chicago up every 20minutes in the United states someone commits suicide. Inexpert said statistics show that the Peak period of the year i from March 15 to april 15, the time when Many figure out their income tax. In 1965, the last year for which there Are Complete Fig ures there were 21,507 reported suicides in the United states. Indications were that there May have been As Many As three to five times that number wit most going unreported cd or being charged to other causes. Other facts about suicide fro experts and . Public health service figures most suicides occur Early in the morning usually before  and Hani Iii Are the most common  per cent of Hii Eide victims ask for help before they kill  highest suicide rate in the United states in in a in the Western Mountain Region and along the Pacific  suicide rate per  in 1965 was ti9.4 for Dieuve Ilmares 18.4 for divorced females and 11.9 for All married persons. European edition col. James w. Camp0ell, a act. Cou. F. �. Michael jr., a of Mert Proctor Elmer d. Fran Henry 8. Epstein. 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