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HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Vol. 69 No. 80 THURSDAY, JANUARY 1. 1970
HOUSTON. TEXAS 7 7001
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HOLIDAY
FINAL
10 Cents
Gl War Toll Goes Over 40,000
US in 10th
Year of Combat
; Saigon fUPH - The number ad in action last week South Vi-
af Americans killed ■ Vietnam etnamese casualties were pot at
has passed the 40 000 mark, of 234 dead and 1001 wounded, low
fkial US mllitarv sources said est since early October, with
today as the war entered its 1882 Viet Cong and North Vntr
Hth year namese reported slain.
Yet th* casualty report for The U S loases for the week
last week, the last recording pe- - •» dead and 557 wounded -
hod of 1969. showed that for the compared with the previous
first year in the war. American weeks toll of 66 dead and 713
lasses had declined from one woundjd and were the heaviest
year to the next « deaths since the week ending
The report came as 8,|k* Dec • when 108 GIs died
forces resumed combat opera- Yet 1901 proved to be 35 per-
tions in Vietnam today after a cent less costly in American
$HVY QF A GAME TOLD IN THEIR FACES
(See (if. Page W>
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Agnew's Aim:
Mend Fences
In SE Asia
BY JACK FOISIE
Mamla-An objective of the
By mint* Die reauftj tsi
to the Astro-
I WorffWeday ni|ht—Uitfrtmty *of IJouettn
" 36, Atrtnirn 7. Left, Auburn coich TWph (Shilg)
Jordan it a picture of dejection and frustration.
Right UH mentor Bill Yeoman k deliriously
happt-ae he rides off field on shoulders of his
happy players. No. 64, left, is Butch Brexina
whtfe^J© 10 is Ken Bailey. 'See stories, page
of pictures. Section 4. Pages 1 and 2.)
Sports and Money-The
Gold Rush Is on for 70s
v^mr* U.S. Is Seeking Delay
BY 13 DEGREES
for umpires, boycotts by
players and strike deadlines for serve di
Its all stdee 8nnyer to his team until he
ft buys Mg Bosomos traded or quits
BY
»t?» Ntw fm% Time*.
New York-It s
abundaat. Is
oats for race horsea. Bama rugs la abort as the sports world1 Flood has formidable friends considerably warmer,
lor auailerhacks, a domed sta acquires the affluence of big ta his corner: Arthur J. Gold- The 8 a.m. readings broke
dium for Houston. It's money, business h will continue to ac- berg, the former Supreme Court
and it will make the sports world quire the economic, legal and Justice, and Marvin Miller, the
go round in the seventies a« potiticaJ problems of big bust- onetime economist for the steel
never before. neas, with everything wrapped union who now directs the base-
Ekonomxa-the "dtstnal act is dollar signs from television ball players' labor relations
once**—will bring more teams time to lawyers' foes. New
to more cities In more areas of Curt Flood, an outfielder fa-
on more artificial surfaces wUh become even more femous as ^ ^ ..ntioOMl pastime" is a
the color of currency, a trend the man who attacked the "sys- j^ exmojtion addecreed by
^l*6^ ^-^y. **"„ ^ V**!^ "2? "^'Oliver Wendell Hoboes in 1922
dome. But economics also will spectator sports. As the seven rtt0v w(m ■ nfftlt, 1m!
bring more lawsuits by athletes, ties begin, be is awng for his J^ ~ JJ Na3 ^
Relations Board and their lawyer. Joseph Kelner. says
"The handwriting is on the
2nd Brush With Death
Road to Dayton
Jinxed for Troy
| 24-hour cease-fire for New
Year s
Earlier. Vice-President Spiro
T Agnew arrived in Saigon on
his first trip to Vietnam for
meeting with President Nguyen
Van Thieu and a visit with I S
troops in the field
The casualty report said 94.T8
GIs had died up to last Sunday
in I960, compared with 14.592
killed in 1968
Military spokesmen said L S
battle deaths rose sharply last
w»ek to 86 — 20 more than the
previous week — despite Christ
mas truces of varying lengths
by both sides.
Headquarters said the deaths Asian trip by
pushed the American death tod .-^ T . "
fTSe war. up to Sunday, to i^JJ^" *"
38.978 since Jan 1. 1881 The the Wnn> Hou* conahJera the
sources said battling so far this v«> harmful effect of daarhK
week has pushed H past the mm by Sen J. William Fui-
40.008 mark bright. D-Ark . and Stuart Synv
Anoiher SS7 GIs were wound- lngton ^^ about ^^
relations with Asian allies in
Vietnam.
The concern is over the release
by the Senate foreign Relations
Committee, of which Fulbright
is chairman, and the per^nal
elaborations by the two senators
of information concerning diplomatic efforts to bring friendly
order to desegregate before next Many lege! observers took "ftk>!J? ,n,°, *** v*tnwn *™i*
fall. The states involved are Ala- this as a sign the court would •*■ "* ^J* « *>"* tesU-
Washington- The Justice De- bama. Florida. Georgia. Louisi- grant the appe.il* and order the ™°nv *,ven b> American am
partment has asked the Supreme ana. Mississippi and Texas schools to meet ;be Feb I dead- »»»dors in Southeast Asia uv
Court to give school systems ir. These six states comprise the line - an aetior. that would execuJ,ve ] ^»**cTet > hear
six Deep South states until next area covered by the I' S Court touch off a strir* of suits for "•■ "** wjured the ability of
fall to desegregate their class- of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, immediate desegregation across "*?* representaUves to hold
rooms. *h*hheld on Dec-. 1 that 16 the South e f f e c t. v e wgot^tionsin fhe
If the request is granted, the school districts across the Deep In asking the court to give all "^TJL^T^ they resMk- A
government promised to satu- South could comply with the of the districts in the six slates fl^
