Word: attack
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...July 1962 until last fall, when Laotian government troops surprised themselves and most observers by pushing the North Vietnamese and their Pathet Lao allies off the strategic Plain of Jars. Last month the Communists struck back, and what worries many U.S. officials is that they might go on to attack hitherto sacrosanct Laotian government positions south and west of the Plain...
...Faced with the Chinese threat in the east, the Soviets are eager to win West German ratification of the present borders of Europe. Moscow seems to fear that in the event of serious trouble with the Chinese, the West might use the old German territorial claims to blackmail or attack the East bloc...
...NATO allies can take up some slack; last week's announcement that 4,500 previously withdrawn British troops would return to West Germany is an example. But, realistically, no one can take the place of the U.S. troops. They must be strong enough to contain a conventional Soviet attack at least for a few days, so that NATO does not face a choice of immediate nuclear war or immediate surrender...
Died. Paul Christman, 51, former college All-America and professional football great who became one of TV's most popular sports commentators; of a heart attack; in Lake Forest, Ill. As the University of Missouri's star tailback from 1938 to 1940, Christman gained a record 4,133 yds.; in 1947 he quarterbacked the then Chicago Cardinals to their last National Football League championship. Beginning in 1958, he brought terse, knowledgeable sports analysis to all three major networks (most recently CBS). His formula for success: "Never insult the intelligence of your viewer. If you have nothing...
Died. Frederick E. Woltman, 64, veteran Scripps-Howard newspaper reporter, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; of a heart attack; in Sarasota, Fla. In 1931, Woltman's reporting on a real estate mortgage-bond racket in New York City won a Pulitzer for the New York World-Telegram, but he is best remembered for his Pulitzer prizewinning series in 1946 uncovering Communist infiltration into unions, during which he exposed Gerhart Eisler as the Kremlin's principal agent...