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Show World briefs mroniele, frebruarv 25, 1971 7 Pflesfnon guerrHos consoMofe, curb eff Informants said the two reached agreement to by Le7ooLPenpr,ebemon against e IS in syiSman Pdestme Liberation Ay - inln T1Cf S haVe been concerned over the mabihty of the guerillas to challenge the growta momentum for a peaceful settlement between e Arab states and Israel, the sources said. SAIGON (AP)-American air strikes have wiped out huge North Vietnamese war stockpiles on the Ho Uu Minh trail, including an estimated 800 tons ot ammunition, more than 120 caches of supplies and weapons and 330 vehicles, the U.S. Command claimed Wednesday. It also reported four fuel pipelines pipe-lines cut. The claim of success was marred by mounting U.S. helicopter losses. Three more were reported destroyed in Laos Tuesday, with all American crewmen killed. This raised to 29 the number of U.S. helicopters officially reported lost on both sides of the border in the 17-day -old drive into Laos. At least 40 Americans have been killed, 15 are missing and 26 have been wounded in the crashes, the U.S. Command said. The command also reported air attacks on three more missile sites in North Vietnam which it said threatened U.S. B52 bombers attacking the Ho Chi Minh trail. Officers in the field on the northern front told correspondents that the two bases had come under heavy rocket and mortor fire. Ground fighting was reported around the bases but no details were available. Both bases were said to be about 10 miles inside Laos, one on the north side and the other to the south of Highway 9, the main route into southern Laos. WASHINGTON (AP)-President Nixon's science adviser said Wednesday refusal to go ahead with the experimental supersonic transport program would be "timidity and lack of courage" on the part of Congress and the country. Dr. Edward E. David Jr. said tnat only by building prototype SSTs can environmental questions ques-tions about the airplane be answered. Depending on these answers, he said, a decision would then be made on whether to build a fleet of SSTs. WASHINGTON (AP)-A third attempt will be made next week to end a Southern-led Senate filibuster against a proposal to make it easier to limit future debates. Reformers failed to gain new support for their rules change Tuesday on the second try to invoke cloture. The vote was 50 to 36, eight short of the necessary two-thirds approval to cut off debate. "There will be at least three votes on cloture, and very likely four," said Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana. WASHINGTON (AP)-A Federal Power Commission Commis-sion examiner has recommended that authority be granted for the construction of two Snake River power dams unless Congress decides otherwise within four years. The Interior Department and some conservation groups oppose the construction license application. |