;, 1959 THE: MICHIGAN - DAILY 1959 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 7 =ii Wair Fighting Continues in P rimitive Laos I. TOM HENSHAW -_ I ..._ detailed moo _ .__ F- I Associated Press Newsfeatures Writer A few weeks ago, one of the Royal Laotian Air Force's' eight airplanes, crammed with badly needed munitions, glided in for a landing at the primitive frontier airport of Muong Het.n But, instead of friendly waves, the startled pilot was greeted by machine-gun fire. Gunning his en- gines he narrowly escaped with the first report: that Muong diet bad fallen to the' Communist1 rebels. It's like that over most of strife- torn northern Laos. Communications and travel f a- cilities are so bad that it's some- times days before news of rebel actions scarcely 25 miles away fil- ters into the government strong- bold of Sam Neua. There is not a mile of railroad in all Laos. The only paved streets are in the capital of Vientiane. In the back country, lines on the map called "roads" are little better than footpaths. Terrain Rugged it -takes an airplane about an hour to cover the nearly 100 miles between Vientiane and the royal capital of Luang Frabang. Over- land, the same trip, often takes almost two °weeks. Laos, cut off from the sea by North and South Vietnam, has al- ways been known as the most backward of the states that made up the old French Indo-China. The reason is, geographical. The northeast area in particu- lar, where the, current fighting has been going on,, is a heavily forest- ed land of mountains and plateaus cut' by deep valleys and precipi- tous gorges. Troop movements, except, those byV smalla agile bands~ of guerillas, are slow. Transporting the cum- bersome" equipment of a. modern army over such terrain verges on the impossible. To make matters worse, the -~~ :-:.: ~$ZLo: = -s UNG Yen ngUO Chw ~lfTL~ _rM Hep M -on.>.. 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Shipments of USED TEXTBOOKS arriving dal I NEW-BOOKS IF YOU PREFER For that- hard-to-find textbook try FOLL TTI MICHIGAN BOOKSTORE monsoon season currently is turn- ing the land into a soggy mass. Thuns far the fighting In Laos has followed the pattern' of the early days of the Red revolt in neighboring ietnam. That: small war ended. with the Geneva agree- ment of 1954, dividing the coun- try north and south. Guerrilla Tactics Small rebel bands roam the countryside, capturing small vil- lages, giving them up when gov- erment troops arrive in force and never forcing a major, pitched battle. Troops of the Royal Laotian A m hayv ing callE 322 South State Street. Bob Graham, Mgr. Hostile to Government A large. segment of the popula- tion of northeastern Laos is more friendly to the rebels than to the government. The Communists once ruled the provinces 'of .Sam Neua and nearby Phongsaly. But, as was the case in Vietnam, the pattern of the war may~begin to change. once the monsoon sea- son ends in late October or early November, and the rebels can put --I _. . w d'wua asiuu, AY i M' C TO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN: N1,ame Soop to Coordinating Group :.. Extension :Service Director- Ev- ,,. erett J. Sonop has been appointed executive committee °chairman of the Michigan 'Coordinating Coun- cil of State College Field Services. Established by the* Michigan Council of State College Presi- dents, the= coordinating council's goal is =the development of pro- grams on both regional and state- tionery,' publicity, publications and ing council, each member institu- other public identification pur-, tion's. identity and unique func- poses of the. group; 3) a joint Ii- tions will be retained and respect- binary and audio-visual facilities. ed under the new program. and 4) the cooperative, inventory,' Individuials, organizations and purchase and use. of equipment agencies. approaching the coordin- and standard supplies. ating council will have the oppor- According to the statement of tunity to select the member insti- the, state college presidents ap- tution from which they wish to , proving plans for the coordinat- request services. i I wide bases. a c o e0c 0c 0~c o=> caV Soop will be joined on the exec-0 utive committee by H. R. Neville, ( ,Michigan State .University, vice- 0 chairman; J: D. Marcus, Central Piirn fl ~,~TAfV11£ririr Michigan University, secretary- 0 TJH " I2'iIAJRiNUJLR Ait1JL H L treasurer; and members-at-large 0 Claud A. Bosworth, NorthernO Michigan College and C..R. An- dsoy. Eatr ihgnUniver- is STUDENT HEADQUATERLfor The coordinating council has a already begun work on a simpli- kKNITTINGl~ fled plan for cross-enrollments I E 5 II~( and transfer of credits in ap- o proved courses among~znember in- Yarns in all wegtcolor's0 stitutions. wigts The state college presidents 0tt~j g1~ave requested the new coordinat- and compositions. 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