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close to their helicopters when they
landed that they had to fight them
off with revolvers.
Brig. Gen. Pham Van Phu, com-
mander of the South Vietnamese
1st Infantry Division, identified the
returning troops as members of
the 4th Battalion of the 2nd Regi-
ment. He claimed they had killed
367 North Vietnamese in the heavy'
fighting.
Phu described the pullout as a
normal troop rotation.
Some of the fiercest fighting of
the operation was reported alongF
fHighway 9 and to the north and
south of the route.
Evidence continued to mount that
the South Vietnamese were closing
out the major portion of the six-
week drive to cut the major seg-
ments of the Ho Chi Minh trail,
despite the announcement by head-
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quarters that 1,000 reinforcements
had been sent into Laos. Official
spokesmen did not specify their
positions, and there was some
speculation they were beefing-up
border defenses.
South Vietnamese sources in
Saigon said troop strength in Laos
had been reduced by more than
5,000 men during the past three
days, from a peak of 21,000 to
slightly less than 16,000.
Gen. Phu told newsmen his
headquarters would remain at
Ham Nghi despite visible signs of
a pullout from the forward com->
mand post. Reports from U.S. liai-
son officers say that all of the top
South Vietnamese commanders
and headquarters units were pack-
ing to leave Ham Nghi and return
to rear headquarters.
Three forward bases came under!
intermittent artillery and rocket'
attack yesterday. They included;
Ham Nghi and Khe Sanh, the big
U.S. operational base for helicop-
ters supporting the South Vietna-
mese drive. Spokesmen said cas-
ualties and damage were light.
Khe Sanh has been under attackl
for a week.
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concentrating t h e i r support.
Other political problems,
growing out of the committee
system of the legislative process,
are cited by some legislators as
harmful.
Republican environmental pro-
posals are held up in com-
mittee, while Democratic repre-
sentatives introduce a virtually
identical bill in the House,
which has a Democratic major-
ity. A bill introducd by a Demo-
crat may be pushed to a floor
vote while a similar Republican
bill remains tied up.
Rep. David Serotkin (R-Mt.
Clemens), who has introduced
a number of environmental
bills, is disturbed with the inac-
tion on his proposals.
"I've got nothing but silence
from the chairman," Serotkin
says of one committee.
But Republicans in Lansing
admit the partisan political bat-
tles would be no different if
they held the majority in t h e
House.
The Senate, evenly divided be-
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tween Democrats and Republi-
cans, was so busy quarreling
about party differences, such as
the assignment of committee
chairmen, a few weeks ago that
partisanship in the committees
themselves is a foregone con-
clusion.
"We would hope that com-
mittees would report bills to
the House floor regardless of
political partisanship," Repub-
lican Press Secretary Dave
Machtel says. "But let's face it,
it doesn't happen that way."
Environmentalists around the
state cite other problems in
passing sound environmental le-
gislation.
"Politicians are concerned
about offending powerful lobby-
ing groups," Walt Pomeroy, th
chairman of the state Student
Environmental Conference com-
ments.
Other environmental groups
who are united in a critical atti-
tude toward state Atty. Gen.
Frank Kelley.
"If he would start moving on
{ some of these environmental
things, he could turn this state
upside down," E. L. Bjerke,
chairman of the Mackinac
Chapter of the Sierra Club, a
national environmental group,
says.
The proposals introduced this
far cover a broad range of en-
vironmental concerns. W a te r
pollution is a major target for
legislation, with over 15 bills
already introduced on the sub-
ject.
Rep. Raymond Smith (R-Ann
Arbor) has introduced one of a
number .of bills designed to re-
duce and eventually eliminate
phosphates from detergents sold
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sphates encourage the in the legislature aim at al-
algae in water ways, leviating the considerable litter
a green slime and an problems caused by the spread
odor. of no-deposit, no-return con-
er of water pollution tainers.
already are on the Rep, James Smith (R-Davi-
it enforcement has son has introduced a bill pro-
hibiting the use of no-deposit,
ate Water Resources no-return glass bottles or con-
n.e atse Resouyrces tainers, and at least a six-cent
on its authority fon deposit on all bottles.
pollution regulation Another bill introduced by Rep.
polutin rgultio JoephSnyer D-St. Clair
st and is still await- Joseph Snyder (D-St. a
Shores; would require retailers
of deposit containers to redeem
her area, Smith has all bottles or brands they sell.
billboards on s t a t Serotkin is pushing legislation
e bill Is designed t that would effectively ban SST
over 85 per cent of flight from the state. One bill
rds on the highways is already introduced and into
hrds yne hicommittee and another relating
proposal is still being drafted.
ias also been very ac- A trio of bills have been intro-
o h ugh lhisl daft is duced to provide environmental
y whoega kisdrafthan education in the public schools.
bly w ea k er than
A bill asking for the inclus-
mentalists have been ion of environmental education
that Kelley's ap- in public schools has already
eoccupation with the passed the House. Other b il1s
issue may hinder the proposing the development of an
f other environmental environmental curriculum a n d
providing for the training of in-
cerned legislator notes structors on environmental is-
may ironically end up sues are still held up in com-
to death on a beauti- mittee.
way." Sen. Gary Byker (R-Hudson-
vironmentalists h a v e ville) has introduced a bill de-
ht stronger support signed to provide funding for
ey on measures in the the pollution fight by increas-
for example, to re- ing the state sales tax one cent.
use of snowmobiles in Byker proposes to raise the
s, where they present- sales tax to five cents on the
wed free reign. dollar through an amendment
ion restricting the to the state constitution.
which snowmobiles The penny increase would
ermitted and develop- fund a "pollution abatement"
eering standards for and waste disposal facilities"
onents of the vehicles that would be available in grants
dy been introduced. to local governments.
er of bills introduced Often faced with powerful op-
_ position from organized m a n u-
facturing interests, environ-
mental legislation is doomed to
dormancy in a committee unless
an equally vocal group of sup-
porters can generate enough mo-
mentum to push the bill through
arterthe floor.
weak, environmental concern
groups can only focus their at-
tention on a few issues at a
of time.'
This, combined with the na-
tural propensity of politicians
not to intentionally step on the
em soes of constituents, is a sore
spot for those who hope to pass
tough legislation to save the en-
vironment.
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Let's hear it for the drunks.
It's not the drink that kills, it's the drunk, the problem drinker, the abusive
drinker, the drunk driver. This year he'll be involved in the killing
of at least 25,000 people. He'll be involved in at least 800,000 highway
crashes. After all the drunk driver has done for us, what can we do for
114,9 Tf £'c 5Q;A-,p hpln i-um flnt first we've got to Lxet him off the road.