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...might come in contact with it. He is asking the federal district court in Westbury, Long Island, to order the companies to pay a percentage of their future profits-the amount to be determined by the court -into a trust fund for the compensation and care of all Viet Nam G.I.s and their children injured by dioxin. The sum at stake could easily run into the hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions, as Agent Orange Victims International finds more purported sufferers and adds their names to the suit. At least 50,000 G.I.s served in the areas where...
...position is that the veterans cannot prove that their maladies and those of their children were caused by use of Agent Orange in Viet Nam. Bills recently introduced in Congress by Democratic Representative David Bonior of Michigan and Republican Senator John Heinz III of Pennsylvania would grant free treatment for any veteran who could establish that he had served in specified areas of Viet Nam where Agent Orange was sprayed. But Democratic Representative Thomas Downey of New York warned veterans attending the Long Island meeting that the bill will pass only if they apply heavy political pressure. Said Downey...
...Ambassador to South Korea (1961-64), "Silent Sam" failed in his efforts to persuade Seoul's military regime to establish democratic institutions, but succeeded spectacularly in helping to lay the groundwork for the country's industrial boom. As deputy to Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker in South Viet Nam (1968-72), he administered a policy he described as "one of buying as much time as we could" after the U.S. had abandoned its doomed attempt "to win the war with money and people instead of brains...
...London as his base, Rather soon found himself dodging shells on the India-Pakistan border, watching the beginnings of a civil war in Greece, staring at armed and edgy Red Chinese soldiers down the Natu La pass in the Himalayas. He hounded the home office for an assignment in Viet Nam and spent nearly a year there. A different kind of combat duty awaited him back in the U.S. He was punched in the stomach by one of Mayor Daley's security guards on the floor of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago...
...surround driven achievers. Competitors who have been steamrollered by Rather in pursuit of a story frequently remember how polite he was as he beat them out. Journalists who have traveled with him give him high marks for generosity and grace under pressure. TIME Correspondent Dean Brelis, who covered the Viet Nam War for NBC, recalls Rather as a friendly rival: "He consistently shared his ration of information, and if he had food, he'd share that too." Says one colleague: "Rather is the most courteous man I have ever met. I remember one time in Europe we had finished...