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Show " mm qzep qd Qaafiap L 7 SAIGON(AP)-A force of 20 000 Saigon troops, backed by 9 000 Americans, has pushed up to the Laotian border with scant opposition as part of a new alhed drive against enemy forces. WASHINGTON ( AP)-The White House Thursday left open the question of whether South Vietnamese troops may yet make a major strike into Southern Laos. Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said the massing of South Vietnamese and U.S. forces near the Laotian border was just'the first phase of that operation." And he declared "I'm not going to project what future troop movements on the part of the ARVN would be" when asked if the South Vietnamese were about to enter Laos with U.S. air support. sup-port. WASHINGTON(AP)-Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., urged Congress Wednesday to impose a 150,000-man draft ceiling and to reform the Selective Service system to insure that poor people don't fight a rich man's war. . 1,1 W0"ld supZs . said. "But whenT'M are dying in Vietn Perhaps ncwiH a volunteer Army hZ'S and inequitable H4 Kennedy critici2ed j cans who are induced t! : W the attraS miliary pay," he said;01 BEIRUT, LEBAN0N(il !f,eni Anwar S i said Wednesday his cow'f observe a 30-day cease.,; Suez Canal ending March " The president said la, have to effect a partial wig: of its forces from the Simt-during Simt-during this period as a prefe;: step to a complete pife Cairo Radio reported. He fire in the Middle Eisuf scheduled to end at Friday. LONDON(AP)-RolH(l,:i crashed into bankruptcy H J day. The giant of Britain's rap industry, developed from tolas tol-as a maker of cars for rife went into receivership si : government moved to nalie most of the wreckage to safe.: the country's defenses ami to: national commitments. The crash was blamed v. commitment to build 600 up for the Tristar Jet projected the Lockheed Company i i United States. Development;:-: have soared and the Map.: to lose $108 million in the fei Rolls-Royce employs x persons and is the West's t largest maker of airplane eic |
