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...heaviest fighting of the week took place in Neak luong, 32 miles southeast of the capital on the Mekong River. Pushing forward inexorably, the insurgents lowered the tubes of their artillery pieces and sent shell after shell screaming through the city on flat trajectories. Hundreds of civilians were killed or wounded every day, and many bodies were left to decompose in the streets. The attacks destroyed a naval ammunition dump, a fuel depot and a floating naval base. Helicopters to Phnom-Penh were the only means of escape; they were reserved for wounded soldiers and wealthy Cambodians who could afford...
...discovery of a major field about 110 miles northeast of Aberdeen. Eleven other commercial fields stretch in a 600-mile band from the Shetland Islands west of Norway down as far as the south-central coast of England. Drilling is being done by British Petroleum, Exxon, Gulf, Texaco, Shell, Mobil and 35 other companies. They will start to produce small amounts later this year and expect to be bringing in 2 million bbl. a day by 1980. But a hot taxation feud between the companies and the Labor government threatens to stall development...
...howitzer shell, produced by the Groupement Industriel des Armements Terrestres, is described as having "a better ballistic coefficient" than its American-made counterpart...
LASER-GUIDED ARTILLERY: The Army is enthusiastic about the potential of a newly developed 155-mm. shell. Fired from a conventional cannon, the 6-in. shell sprouts tail fins and small forward wings to prevent spinning. It can be aimed up to 500 yds. wide of a target illuminated with a laser beam projected by a forward observer. A "seeker" in the nose of the shell picks up the laser reflection, controls the fins and thus guides the shell to the target. Another application of the laser is giving tank guns more accurate range finders. Once they get a target...
...faint of heart or the weak of wallet. Skates can cost upwards of $100, gloves $65, shin pads $35, protective pants $50, helmet $22, elbow pads $20, shoulder pads $25, a stick $8, and other accessories $25. The parents of a small-scale Bernie Parent have to shell out even more. Goalie leg pads alone cost up to $150. Yet even in the depths of recession, business has never been better. At the Boston Bruins Pro Shop, sales of equipment are up 57% over last winter. At Atlanta's Igloo Ice Skating Rink, parents are eagerly enrolling their kids...