PAGE six THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, OCTOBER:1 1966 PAGE SIX - THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 1966 li 'IF SPOTLIGHT ON VIET NAM: 91 lomba m /1/el Saigon: War- Torn City of Paradoxes SABBATH SERVICE Friday, Oct. 21 at 7:15 P.M. JOHN PLANER will chant the service with the HILLEL CHOIR led by Steve Ovitsky Joan Spitzer-at the organ B'NAI BRITH HILLEL FOUNDATION Hill Street All Are Welcome I 1429 EDITOR'S NOTE: Michael Winters a free-lance correspondent who will be writing feature dispatches for The Daily from Viet Nam. By MICHAEL WINTERS Special To The Daily SAIGON-To a newly-arrived American, Saigon's most striking feature is its most obvious: it is a city at war, something most Americans have either never seen or have forgotten. On the half-hour ride from Tan Son Nhut airport into the city, the evidence of the war is every- where. Concrete pillboxes are scattered about the city, and every installa- tion of any military value has concrete and sandbag walls about it. These positions are manned by troops, with automatic weapons. Barbed-wire salesmen must be delirious with Saigon's market; vast quantities of the wire are used to secure many areas from "trespassers." Paradoxes But amidst the war, this is a city of paradoxes. Children play and adults carry on business as usual despite all the activity. Saigon's two million inhabitants have simply never known any other life. A large French cemetery near Tan Son Nhut is a chilling reminder of the fact, There is an expression that de- scribes the reaction of many Americans to all this: "culture shock." While most have seen slums in the United States, there is noth- ing at home to compare to the squalor and poverty here. The streets are literally full of peo- ple whose whole life lies in beg- ging enough money or food to live antil tomorrow, a tomorrow that simply brings another day of end- less drudgery. Saigon is a city where anything ,an be had for a price: life, love, laughter, luxury. It is said that the middle classes here-such as they are-are getting rich on the war. Certainly those Vietnamese who serve people and their needs are profiting greatly. The spectre of inflation haunts everyone, especially the omni- ;resent poor. Physically, Saigon is a city of' compounds and alleys. Whole blocks have high walls and gates to shield them from the eyes of passers-by. One can only guess at what lies behind them. Often, large numbers of people live inside, though one can't know under what conditions. The same is true of the alleys. Iron gates sit half open, but the twisting walls do not invite inves- tigation by strangers. One of the most surprising as- pects of Saigon life is the siesta. Everything closes down at lunch time and stays closed until 2:30 or 3 p.m. All the shops have iron grills which seal them off quite effectively; the proprietor and a1 ..1111111) family eat inside. Sidewalk ven- It would be interesting to find dors sit outside, around their |ut the desertion rate from Sai- wares. Everything stops for the . duration, even work in govern- gon s police force. ment offices. All in all, this must once have #******* * **www **** * itlitti k iit*xx **xx S O M E T H I N G 4' * NOTHING d eHelp , Y ou Buy or Sell t's F REE f rorl U.A.C. and S.G.C. 4'-* SOpenMan.--Fri. 3-5 P.M. Call UsWriteUs, or Come See Us - 665-3303 Student Of f ices 2nd ,floor, Union 4 Avvv4'wwwwmv i tYYY Y Y~Y YY Y YLYY YY Y Y Only the Americans keep hustl- ing. "Hustling" isn't quite the word for Saigon's traffic. The French must have taught these "drivers" well, for they surely surpass anything to be seen in France itself. There are only a handful of traffic signals in the city, which is itself laid out so that traffic circles are needed to permit access to streets ap- proaching the boulevards from awkward angles. Consequently, most driving con- sists of "jockeying" for position. been a beautiful city. The pub- lic buildings are high ceilinged and equipped with large, slowly- turning fans. The main streets are broad and shaded by trees. Pedi-cabs and the colorful garb of the lovely Vietnamese women contribute to the atmosphere. Yet there is a war on, and the city and its population have been distorted by it and the vast num- ber of refugees it has created. The measured pace of the East collided years ago with the impa- tient desires of the West, and the tone of this city has suffered. A World News Roundup Boycott Controversy Begins, Oakland Rioting Continues By The Associated Press trials had climbed more than six NEW YORK-A sharp stock points by earlyafternoon. market rally was erased in a late selling surge yesterday after the The Dow Jones average closed Dow Jones average of 30 indus- at 783.68, off 1.67. Of 1,407 issues H illel Graduate Student Committee Mixer traded, 624 declined and 508 ad- vanced. MOSCOW-The Soviet Union launched two earth satellites yes- terday in a show for leaders of eight Communist countries linked to the Kremlin in a space research agreement. ! First to blast off from Baikonur, the secret Soviet. space center on the edge of the central Asian steppes, was Cosmos 130. It was announced as part ofra space re- search series, the first of which was orbited March 16. 1962. Several hours later the orbiting of a Molniya satellite was an- nounced. It is the fourth in a se.- ries of satellites that soar to al- most 25,000 miles above the North- ern Hemisphere to relay television and radio signals. BERRYVILLE, Va. ()-Refired U.S Sen. Harry Flood Byrd of Vir- ginia-for a quarter century or more a towering figure in Amer- ican politics-died yesterday at his white-columned country home. Funeral arrangements were in- complete. Death of Virginia's "Mr. Dem- ocrat" came as Byrd Jr. appointed to the Senate a day after his 'fth- er's retirement, was running for election for the remaining four years of the term. STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Poet Nelly Sachs. a German born Jew, and novelist Samuel Joseph Agnon of Israel were jointly awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday. The Swedish Academy of Letters cited Miss Sachs-who fled from Hitler's Reich to find refuge in Sweden-for "her outstanding lyr- ical and dramatic writing." The academy awarded Agnon his share of the prize "for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs of the Jewish people." OAKLAND, Cal. (P)-Two fire bombings yesterday extended Oak- land's racial disorders into a third straight day while an argument' raged over whether a school boy- cott was to blame for them. The district attorney said it was, that the boycott promoters were "professional agitators" and that' they place themselves open toI prosecution. A leader of the boycott called this intimidation. The superintendent of schools; also blamed the boycott, called Wednesday for three days to pro- test the quality of Negro educa- tion. 'No Connection' But City Manager Jerome Keith- ley and Police Chief Robert Pres- ton both said Thursday they saw no connection bewteen the van- dalism and the boycott. School officials said absentee- ism yesterday shot up to 5,000 above normal, double the rate for Wednesday. The fire bombings were a fol- lowup to an arson-suspected fire Wednesday night which caused damage to Fremont High School estimated at more than $30,000. .3 Ffi# F# Ffit F F'Ft F# Sunday, Oct. 23, 8:30 P.M. 1429 Hill Street JULIAN BOND" -co-chairmaeof the National Conference on New Politics -former Communications Director of SNCC -twice elected to (and twice refused) a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives will talk about HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE VIET NAM WAR Admission 35c SUBJECTS WANTED Three Negroes were arrested on a school playground and police said they confiscated enough gas- oline and glass bottles to make more than 100 "Molotov cocktails" -botted gasoline bombs. Educational Protest Dist. Atty. J. Frank Coakley said the leaders behind a movement, set in motion Wednesday, to have students stay out of school in pro- test of the quality of Negro edu- -ation were engaged in a "delibe- rately planned boycott." This, he added, makes them liable to prose- ^ution for "felony conspiracy." 'Intimidation' Blatant intimidation," retorted John George, a Negro attorney who heads the Ad Hoc Committee for Quality Education. George estimated that around 700 students went to special "free- dom schools" Wednesday. There are 20,000 students in Oakland's junior and senior high schools, the targets of the boycott. Under heavy police patrol, the predominantly Negro Castleraont High School resumed classes Thursday in East Oakland after a shutdown Wednesday caused by 250 Negro truants and outsiders running wild there. Five white teachers and three white students were beaten and classrooms were littered. Dr. Stuart S. Phillips, Oakland superintendent of schools, said George's Ad Hoc Committee's boy- cott must take responsibility for the Castlemont High rioting. Phillips, after visiting the school Thursday, reported attendance way down "but we hope parents and students will have faith in the fact there will be security." 4, M I I Sunday, October 23 7:30 P.M. "JAPAN-MODEL FOR PEACEFUL MODERNIZATION" for simple experiment involving sensitization to a chemical. No drugs or shots; drops of the chemical are put on the skin. Chemistry students not eligible. Must be 21 or over, and plan to be in town for at least 6 months. Male subjects only at this time. HIGH PAY: I I DR. B. JAMES GEORGE, Professor of Law- Center for Japanese Studies eg tft t Uat4 at the PRESBYTERIAN CAMPUS CENTER 1432 Washtenaw $1.50 for each weekly visit lasting about 5 minutes. This is especially lucrative if you are in the Medical Cen- ter area. If interested, send a post card with name, address, age, and phone number to: Sensitization Study, Dept. of Dermatology U of M. 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