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HANOI'S MISSION IN PARIS REPEATS OFFER ON TALKS
PARIS,
January 4 - The North Vietnamese diplomatic mission repeated
today Hanoi's offer to talk with Washington about "relevant problems"
provided the Americans "first unconditionally stop bombing and all
other acts of war" against North Vietnam.
A statement issued by the mission here refrained from saying
that the "relevant problems" included the issue of peace, although
the general assumption has been that this would be the case.
(New
York Times,
January 5,
1968)
Contributed by Deborah Stone, Newton
Center, Mass.
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ARMY PREPARES TO FIGHT "HOT SUMMER" OUTBREAKS
WASHINGTON
(AP) - The Army is stockpiling riot control equipment
in strategically located depots across the country, officials said today,
and is ready to airlift it to any city if civil disorders break out next
summer... .
Army and National Guard officials said their planning has been
extensive as well as diverse, ranging from obtaining maps of sub–
way, sewer, water and electrical systems in potential trouble spots to
preparing menus for mobilized National Guardsmen. (The North Caro–
lina guard, for cxample, will have fish with tartar sauce for dinner on
the third day if called out. )
(The New Haven Register,
February 15,
1968)
Contributed by Bertrand Mathieu, West Haven, Conn.
VIEWS ON KEY ISSUES
Archbishop-elect Terence
J.
Cooke voiced these positions yesterday:
On Spellman: "I will attempt to carry on the work of Cardinal
Spellman. But I cannot imagine being all things to all men as he was."
(Daily N ews,
March 9,
1968)
TOUR OF BUDDHA'S TOWN DUE
KATMANDU,
Nepal (AP) - Lumbini, believed to be the birthplace of
Buddha
(563-483
B.C.), is to be developed as an international tourist
attraction with the help of an expert team from the United Nations.
(New York Times,
February
11, 1968 )
Contributed by Bruce Cleary,
Madison, Conn.
ASTRONOMERS HEAR SIGNALS FROM SPACE
The observations at Arecibo so far have been on four frequencies.
They show the initial pulse to be 50 thousandths of a second long, but
in transit the low frequency part is delayed some 10 seconds more than
the high frequency part of the pulse. The relative intensities of these
components varies with each pulse.
Dr. Drake said that the variations did not display any properties.
However, messages bctween advanced civilizations might be difficult
to identify.
(New York Times,
March 10,
1968)
