European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes so Furoy May 4, psychological defeat after tet Gen. Johnson deplores loss of Confidence by Bob Iiorio Washington a Gen. Harold k. Johnson said thurs Day night the american Public suffered a self imposed smash ing catastrophic psychological defeat by misinterpreting the outcome of the communists february offensive in South Vietnam. The army chief of staff said he views american loss of Confidence after the enemy tet offensive As one of two great tragedies that have befallen this nation in recent  the other tragedy he said i remarks prepared for the adj Tants general association waste recent . City rioting. Johnson cited the tet Offen Sive As an example that a Lack of support among the american people for the year is significant and has had a harmful  the four Star general maintained that the South Viet namese government held fast during the tet offensive its army fought Well and the North vietnamese and Viet Cong suffered staggering  what happened Here in the United states we suffered smashing catastrophic psychological defeat a defeat which we imposed on our selves he  retires in july said he has great difficulty explaining to soldiers in Vietnam what has been happening in the United states. While doing my Best to explain i Felt compelled to Tell them honestly of what i consider to be two great tragedies that have befallen this nation in re cent months the general said the first was the loss of Confidence after tet and the second was Domestic violence which Johnson said simply indicates a growing disrespect for Lawand order. When civil authority order the army into the streets to As Sist in upholding the Law behave taken the ultimate step for enforcement of the Law the general said. The army then is joining in the final defense of or Der and prevention of out and out anarchy As for the War itself Johnson said it is about time we beg into sort out the difference be tween who is the aggressor an the aggrieved in South Vietnam. He said too often the enemy i portrayed As the victim. For example last fall Hanoi announced that our bombs had killed 500 North vietnamese civilians in the first six months of 1987," the general  Hundred happens to be about the same number of South vietnamese civilians who were killed by the Viet Cong and North vietnamese forces in fill South during the one Morith Long National election Campaign i am not citing these Onku m ,.in any attempt to justify the 1death of anyone. I do want to draw attention to the fact thai500 South vietnamese killed by design and As a matter of policy tends to be accepted As a nor Mal act of War. In contrast the civilian Cas l Salties that were the unfortunate byproducts of attacks on military targets while certainly regretted Are pointed to by some As the Clear evidence Olour having lost our  not too close mrs. Betty Mintz of the naval Observatory in Washington Peers through a Glass on which is diagrammed the orbits of Earth and the asteroid icarus which will come reason ably close by Universal standards on june 15. There will still be 4 million Miles Between them however. The Gadget above  s right Eye represents the Sun. A photo Viet Delta farce is impressing u. S. By Fred s. Hoffman Washington a the performance of three South vietnamese army divisions under a new commander in the Mekong Delta apparently has convinced top . Military officials they can dispense with an sizable american troop in creases in that key Region. Senior . Officers told an interviewer they do not expect any significant increase in .ground forces in the Delta. But they do foresee More operation by the american infantry Bri Gade already there. These High ranking officers said . Adviser reports out of the Delta speak highly of the performance of the South Viet namese the 9th and 21st Divi Sions. The reports speak of improved aggressiveness combat efficiency and morale it Wassail. One . Officer recent Lyback from an inspection of South vietnamese commands inthe Delta said Saigon s army has three basically Good Divi Sions in the Rice producing area which contains about 40per cent of South Vietnam s population. The sources said that while senior . Advisers really ran operations in the Delta with the tacit approval of the previous South vietnamese corps com Mander the new chief of the Delta is now running them by himself. This Man who took Over March 1 is 35-year-old maj. Gen. Nguyen due thang rated one of South Vietnam s Bright est and most aggressive Mili tary leaders. South vietnamese units have had Success in operations against . Units one Genera said. They Are out in the Field and they have taken a lot of weapons and food from the  top . Military men Evi Dently feel the South Viet namese army can Deal with the enemy in the Delta though North vietnamese Are appearing i that area. Officials theorize the Viet Cong have had to accept North vietnamese cadres because heavy losses among leaders. For More than a year the United states has Battle tested three battalions of South Viet Nam s 9th infantry division the Delta s first Mobile warfare Force. Former Secretary of defens Erobert s. Mcnamara told con Gress three months ago Enow plan to increase the size of this  the remarks of senior .officers recently returned from Vietnam inspection Tours Indi Cate this increase will to Hel to a minimum or possibly omit Ted in Light of the improvement of South vietnamese troops. Virus would be put to work brain s aging process May be halted by Brian Sullivan new York a a swed ish scientist said Here that i might be possible to counteract the aging process in the brain by infecting the brain with a virus carrying fresh genetic mate rial. This could he said change the whole Structure of our Socie . Holgar Hyden director of the Institute of neurobiology atthe University of Goteborg de scribed research along these lines to an International Confer ence on brain  a person reaches old age he said some bodily functions and organs such As circulation May continue to function Well. But the brain in memory and problem solving May fal Ter. As a first step he reported his Laboratory has prepared brain Dan Dan is believed by Many to be the substance that controls heredity and injected it into the ventricles of animal brains. Within an hour or. Hyde said the manufacture of protein in the brain was found to in crease by More than 100 per cent. Protein synthesis is be  Luna talk i London a it May 5 be telepathy conspiracy = s or just Plain Accident but a four political cartoonists e a in different London papers a All suggested the same = place Friday for prelim is nary talks to end the Viet = � Nam War. =5 each drawing showed 5 x president Johnson and Home Chi Minh on or near the 5 s same spot. Is where = = the Moon.  lived to be involved in the process of learning and memory. This does not mean that a elixir of life has been found or. Hyden cautioned. More hard facts Are needed. What is the nature of the prot informed is it functionally Valu Able or a nonsense protein howling does the effect last for hours Days or years however or. Hyden suggested a Way May be found to add orderliness to brain cells of on individual by incorporation of Gene material from  most direct Way to do this he said would be to infect the brain with genes attached to a harmless virus entering the brain from the mucosa of the nose. All viruses have the capacity of penetrating into Host cells and it should thus act As transporting agent. A successful counteracting of entropy increase spread of disorganization in brain cells he said could of course change the whole Structure four  the conference was sponsored by the Manfred Sakel Institute of new York and the foundation for research on the nervous system Boston. Cig Bird Boreham Wood England a a Parrot and its owner fought to Adraw Over the Issue of smoking in the House. Polly does t like sink ing. Polly s owner mrs. 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