mw9 tW9 I Tamaqua Area News Genevieve McCaffrey, Correspondent 113 W. Broad Street 668-3143 Coaldale Area News Mrs. William Urban, correspondent 57 Ridge St. Phone 645-4912 or 645-9681 Mrs. Felker Is Named Jets Awarded Trophy In Knee-Hi Football Edward's Store Manager West Penn PTA Has Two Informative Talks West Penn PTA has two informa-tive addresses at its meeting held in the school hall recently.
Mrs. Dorothy Yeakel, Andreas, a dental hygienist associated with the Lehighton Area School District, gave the parents advice on the treatment of children's teeth and, especially, how to treat a child on his first visit to the dentist. The other speaker was the fire chief of the Andreas Fire Co. He told of fires caused by negligence and demonstrated how to use a fire extinguisher. He warned parents to check their electric fixtures and Christmas lights before putting them in use.
He later demonstrated how to prevent smoke inhalation during a fire. Donald Fritz of the fire company assisted in the exhibition. Jti fomk PMm IP te8MM jar fe'llSl pleasure from participation. He told the approximate crowd of 200 88 players and 50 cheerleaders plus parents and guests that "these intangibles lead to success in the tangible things of life." Trophies were presented to individual members of the Jets team by Terry. Summit Hill Mayor Gregory Demilio presented the league with a $50 contribution, and a floral centerpiece was presented to Kenneth Sabol, son of Patriots head coach George Sabol, who is hospitalized in Gnaden Huet-ten Hospital, Lehighton.
THE GREGORY FAMILY Six teenagers, orphaned last December when their widowed mother died, say they are tired of their fame. A probate judge ruled they could stay together if one of the three older girls was home each night to supervise. Shown here are five of the six Gregorys, left to right: Jill, 19, Jon, 14, in foreground, Jann, 18, Jackie, 17 and Jay, 15. Missing is 19 year-old twin Judy. (AP) Mrs.
Ethel Felker THANKSGIVING SERVICE St. John's Guild of St. John's United Church of Christ, Tamaqua, will hold a Thanksgiving Service Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the social rooms of the church. Mrs.
Charles Gilfert, president, will be in charge. Six Shoplifting Arrests Weekly In Carbon-Schuylkill Region Schuylkill Co. Planners Seek More Highway Data $3.81, and in drugstores the average was 2.7 items worth $5.33. Cigarettes and liquor were stolen in about 10 per cent of the supermarket apprehensions and in about 9 per cent of the drugstore cases. Vitamins were stolen in 2.3 per cent of the supermarkets but in only 1.5 per cent of the drugstore apprehensions.
PERSONALS George Keich, 308 Market will celebrate his 79th birthday anniversary Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. He is a retired fire boss of No. 14 Colliery. His wife is the former Isabelle Tennant, of Tamaqua. They have three children: Archie, Tamaqua; Mrs.
Charles Edwin Dunn, Tamaqua RD; and Robert, Framingham, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller and granddaughter, Penny Miller, of Upper Darby, spent Sunday visiting the Miller home in Tamaqua. Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Smith, Wilkes-Barre, spent 'the weekend visiting the Smith home in Tamaqua. Mr Mrs. William Scheick and sons, Richard and Larry, Col-lingswood, N.J., spent the weekend visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Scheick, Hazel Street, and Mrs. Scheick's mother, Mrs. Harry Wall, Lafayette Street. YULE PARTY DEC. 9 The annual Christmas party of Court St.
Jerome, Catholic Daughters of America, will be held in St. Jerome's auditorium Dec. 9 at 7 p. m. The dinner will be catered.
Grand Regent Catherine Wall and Treasurer Ann Schlosser will be in charge. There will be an exchange of dollar gifts. A musical program has been planned. FREE PARKING Free parking space will be offered in several places in Tamaqua for those doing shopping or visiting. The Chamber of Commerce and Borough Council have arranged that the municipal lot on South Railroad Street and the large space of ground on East Broad Street, the site of the former junior high school building, be made available.
when peeled are an obstacle to price switching in some stores. At one time, the law stated that a person could not be arrested until he or she departed from the store. Now it allows for action as soon as an item is hidden or concealed on a person's body, such as in coats, undershirts, dresses or stuffed in trousers. As for. arresting persons for shoplifting, managers of stores are getting away from it, since they, in some cases, spend a full day in court for a case, which only involves an item priced at 25 to 50 cents.
Managers say they cannot afford spending an entire day in court for that amount of stealing. Hit Drugstores According to a national magazine, "The it was disclosed that more chain drugstore shoplifters are apprehended during the month of December than in any other month. This was disclosed in a recent survey conducted in one area of a large state by a company that specializes in retail security systems. The report shows that 12.4 per cent of tiie annual total of drugstore shoplifting arrests occurred in December. January was the low month with 5.7 per cent.
Based on the number of apprehensions, shoplifters are more active from 3 to 6 p.m. than any other period of the day or night in both drugstores and supermarkets. The report further reveals that supermarkets are highest hit by shoplifting on Thursdays, whereas Saturday is the most productive day for apprehensions in drugstores. Younger Set Approximately 43 per cent of all apprehended in supermarkets were under 18, and 50 per cent of those caught in drugstores were from the same age group. Fewer than 29 per cent of the apprehensions involved persons past thirty.
There was an equal distribution between males and females apprehended. Each offender in supermarkets had an average of 3.1 items worth Charged With Murder Of Brother-In-Law BENEZETTE, Pa. (AP) An Allegheny County man was charged with murder Monday in the weekend stabbing death of his brother-in-law, while the two were on a hunting trip near this Elk County community, state po lice said. John P. Marflak 20, of Clairton, Was arrested Sunday night at a hunting camp after he allegedly killed his hunting companion, Dennis L.
Maskin, 22, of Glassport. State police said they were continuing an investigation into the circ*mstances of the stab bing. Other details were not available. PIANO ON THE MOVE SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) If you've ever worried about moving a piano, consider the travel history of a massive, hand-carved grand that was contributed by Bertha Lindel to Goodwill.
It first was shipped from Boston to Iowa City, Iowa, where Miss Lindel's mother resided. That was in 1887, and over the next half-decade it followed the music-loving Lindels on their gradual move westward. In a whistle-stop prairie town in South Dakota it was an object of fascination to the Indian population, among them Chief Rain-in-the-Face. It eventually was brought to California by Miss Lindel, who gave It to Goodwill because of lack of space. Establish New Phone Center For Forest County Hunters Hal Edwards announces the ap pointment of Mrs.
Ethel Felker of Arlington Tamaqua as the new manager of the Edward's Store, 24 W. Broad Tamaqua. Miss Jane Towle, of West Rowe Tamaqua, will be in charge of the office. The assigning of these people to assume these re sponsibilities will allow Edwards, the owner of the new store, to devote his time to buying. Mrs.
Felker at one time had been buyer for the old Scheid store. She resigned that position to become directress of the Tamaqua Senior Center, and now has resigned that position to assume her new duties. COUPLE HONORED Mrs. Rhoda Rontrauchas of Chicago, 111., who is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Weston, Clay Street, was hostess at a family dinner held at the Elks Club Saturday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rickard, West Rowe Street, who several days ago celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary. The hostess and Mrs. Weston are sisters of Mr.
Rickard. The information will be sought from the Allentown district offices of the state Department of Transportation. Curran said the department has supplied the commission with only bare facts pertaining to the state's six-year plan. He said the department "wanted to know which projects we are giv ing priority to in 1972, but we de cided we first wanted more information." Curran said the commission wants such information as the de partment's report on traffic flow at peak hours. He said the commis sion made its own studies but also wants the department's studies.
George Williams, county zoning enforcement officer, has reiected a request from Ralph Schitrum of lamaqua RD 3 a second time for a variance to establish a junk yard in Walker Township, near Tamaqua. Schitrum's request will now go before a hearing board of ad justment. Williams renorted that 25 build- ing permits were issued in October totaling $515,300 in construction costs. Nine permits were for private homes, cost estimated at three for mobile homes, estimated cost totaling $21,600, and 12 permits for nonresidential structures, patios and additions to homes and busi ness places, including ad addition to a warehouse at an estimated cost of $200,000. Servicemen Send Thanks Mrs.
Frank Allen and members of the Tamaqua Women's Club daily are receiving thank you notes and letters from Tamaaua area servicemen who have received boxes of cookies and candy. A large shipment of cookies recently was packed at the home of Mrs. Allen and was mailed several days ago. Women who assisted in the packing of the tin boxes were Mrs. George Krell, Mrs.
Thomas Daubert, Mrs. A. Andnkitis, Mrs. J. Chickilly, Mrs.
H. Roden Welker and Mrs. J. R. Morgan.
The Lionettes. who assisted at the. recent Bloodmobile visit gave a large amount of cookies left over in that project, to the Women's Club to be packed in the Thanksgiving boxes. This project of re- membering servicemen overseas nas been adopted in many other towns. Classified Ads Bring Results St.
Jerome's Church Collecting Clothing In conjunction with the Catholic Diocese of Allentown clothing drive, St. Jerome's Church, Tamaqua, this week is accepting cloth, ing and bedding. The clothing should be taken to the alumni room in the church hall. Clothing should be clean and placed in boxes. The Rev.
Harry G. Hynes, director of the drive, said that lightweight clothine is needed since a large amount will be sent to the Pakistani refugees, who have fled their homeland to cross the border into India. The donated clothing will be pro. cessed and sent to 50 countries. The past year there were more than one quarter million pounds of clothing donated bv the five rnnn.
ties of the Allentown Diocese. 7 The Standard-Speaker will pay $10 for the best news tip of the week. If you know of something newsworthy phone 455-3636 any time, day or night, seven days a week. V- i mm The Panther Valley Knee-Hit Football Association presented its league championship trophy to the undefeated Jets Friday night during the second annual banquet held at the Summit Hill Rod and Gun Club. Frank Santo, Summit Hill, coach of the Jets, accepted the award for the team from Michael Terry, Lansford, association secretary.
The Jets compiled a record of 7-0 and were unscored upon during the campaign. Walter Ligenza, Tamaqua High School coach, was the guest speaker. In his talk, "Intangibles in Football," he asked the youths if they participated in the program because of parental insistence, pressure from other relatives or friends, or from the love of football. Intangibles listed by Ligenza included togetherness, knowing one another, belongingness, pride and respect, fear of an opponent, and Holiday Ideas To be Aired At Meeting Holiday Ideas will be presented at a meeting on Wednesday, Dec 1 at the Trinity Lutheran Parish Hall in Lehighton. The meeting will be held from 9:45 until 3 p.
m. Demonstrations and exhibits on food for the holidays, decorations, selecting a Christmas tree, safety tips for the holidays and gifts you can sew are some of the things in eluded in the program. Women from the Weatherly area who will be helping are Mrs. Mar garet Hughes, Mrs. Doris Sturte vant, Mrs.
Evelyn Hooven and Mrs, Lois Williams. Nancy of Nancy's Sewing Cen ter, Tamaqua, will demonstrate and discuss gifts you can make for Christmas. County Agent Ray Reitz will pre sent a talk on selecting your Christmas tree and holiday safety tips. Miss Marveline Costenbader of Palmerton R. D.
2, will present some demonstrations on interest ing crafts for Christmas. Mrs. Adam Kokinda of Summit Hill and Mrs. June Westover of Stroudsburg will have ideas for holiday foods. Mrs.
Janice Aicher, Saylorsburg, will present a Christmas reading, People attending are asked to bring a bag lunch. Women in the county will serve holiday type des serts and beverage. Tickets for the days program are 75c. This is an annual program sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service. Mrs.
John Zern of Lehighton will be in charge of the play group for pre-school children which will be held in conjunction with the meet ing. MOVING NOTE Mr. and Mrs. William Flyzik and familv have moved from Sixth Street to take up residence with the former's father, Peter Flyzik on West High Street. RETURNED TO SCHOOL Sharon Knipper resumed studies at Lehigh Community College, Al lentown, after a weekend visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Knipper, First Street. IN AUTO MISHAP The Tamaqua police investigated an auto accident which occurred at approximately 11:25 p. m. Friday on Market Street, near Broad Street, Tamaqua.
The vehicles, according to police, were being driven by Nicholas Par aschak, 18, of 161 E. Phillip Coaldale, and Daniel Babbick, 37, Of 216 Brown Tamaqua. Both cars were slightly damaged and no injuries were reported RETURNED HOME Mrs. Walter Evans, Ridge Street, has returned home after visiting relatives in Allentown for a few days. ANNIVERSARIES Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Frendak, Greenwood Street, 17th, last Saturday. Mrs. Frendak is the former Lucy Starry, Coaldale. The couple has four children, Theodore Thomas, Mary and Susan.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bachert, Allentown, 11th, last Friday. Mrs Bachert is the former Pauline Suda, of Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Suda, High Street, Coaldale. The couple has three children. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Horoschak, Second Street, 18th, last Friday.
Mrs. Horoschak is the former Mary Derzak, Coaldale. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Andel, East Ruddle Stret, 28th, last Saturday.
Mrs. Andel is the former Agnes Vargovich of Lansford. The couple has two children. SURPRISE PARTY Mr. and Mrs.
Max Bubemak, Coaldale, were honored at a surprise anniversary party held recently in the Summit Hill Rod and Gun Club. The dinner party was given by the couple's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bubemak, Sinking Springs. The couple marked their 40th wedding anniversary Nov.
14. Mrs. Bubemak is the former Anna Sheers. They have one grandson, David. Among the 46 guests were the bridesmaids, ushers of the wedding party, plus family and friends.
58 Examined At Coaldale Fifty-eight children, including 17 new patients, were examined at the orthopedic clinic conducted by the Schuylkill County Society for Crippled Children at the Coaldale State General Hospital. Two patients were referred to other hospitals, 15 children will re ceive corrective shoes and 15 others will continue physical therapy. Braces also were checked and adjusted. Physicians in attendance were Dr. Joseph R.
Sgarlat, Kingston, and Dr. Robert F. Moseley, of Du-Pont Institute, Wilmington, Del. Assisting were Mrs. Margaret Lesher, R.N., and Mrs.
Nada Matthews, of the society staff; Mrs. John Kasales and Mrs. Charles Ghares, of Tamaqua, and personnel of the Coaldale Hospital. Attending the clinic were children from all parts of the county. The clinics are held once a month in county hospitals under the sponsorship of the Schuylkill County Society for Crippled Children.
Funds for these clinics are derived from the annual drive held during the month of November. The drive is now in progress. VISITED FRIENDS Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schock, Kutztown, visited Mr.
and Mrs. William Urban, Ridge Street. FIRST COMMUNION FETE Kathleen and George McCartney, children of Mr. and Mrs. George McCartney, Hunter Street, Tamaqua, received their first Holy Communion in St.
Jerome's Church, Tamaqua, Sunday and were honored at a dinner in Stafford's Inn, Hometown. Attending were: James McCartney, Coaldale, the paternal grandfather; Thomas McCartney, Coaldale, an uncle; and Mrs. Eleanor Castrina, Hazle-ton, an aunt. There were 62 members in the class. TOWN VISITORS Catherine Garrity, New York, visited the Bonner family on West Phillip Street.
VISITED RELATIVES Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krize and family returned to Reading after a visit with her father, James McCartney, Second Street, and her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Benek and family, Lansford.
CHOIR REHEARSAL Choir rehearsal will be held in Ss. Cyril and Methodius Church, Coaldale, Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Betty Vincent will be in charge. TO ENTER HOSPITAL Mrs.
Carol Rakos. Nesauehonins. will enter the Allentown General Hospital, where she will undergo surgery. Mrs. Rakos is employed by the Panther Valley School Dis trict as librarian in the junior high school building, Coaldale.
Her hus band. John Rakos. is a teacher in the Lehighton School District. RECUPERATING AT HOME Mrs. Helen Hollywood.
Sixth Street, is recuperating at her home after having undergone surgery in the Sacred Heart Hospital, Allen town. HIT DEER Mr. and Mrs. William Bybel and family, Fourth Street, escaped in jury Saturday evening when their car ran into a herd of deer, crossing the highway on Route 895. The Bybels were returning from a visit with relatives in Reading.
Poe-HomeBorn Kittens Living in Saco, Maine PHILADELPHIA (AP)- Two kittens born at the foot of Edgar Allen Poe's bed have found a home in Saco, Maine. They even have Poe names, Pluto for the black kitten and Catterina, for the yellow kitten. Pluto was the infamous black cat in Poe's gruesome story "The Black Cat," and Catterina was the name of Poe's pet yel low cat. The kittens were adopted by Jim and Pearl Aubrey, son of James T. Aubrey, president of Metro-Goldwyn-Maver and former head of DBS-TV.
Mrs. Katherine H. Prender- gast, superintendent of the Morris Refuge which took the kit tens after they were born, said she had so many requests from people who wanted to adopt the kittens that she put the names in a hat and picked one. The kittens were born in the house where Poe lived while in Philadelphia. Their mother be longs to Anthony Frayne, cur ator of the Poe House.
fi, mil i i jiipijinii ii About an average of five to six persons are arrested weekly throughout the Carbon-Schuylkill area for shoplifting, it was dis closed in a survey. In most cases, the shonlifters who do most of the "lifting" of merchandise from the store counters and display cases, are young males and females. When people were asked in the survey "why do persons take to shoplifting?" the majority of the answers were "Because we have no money," or "Just for the kicks." Others said it was the "urge" not because they needed the particular item, but because they wanted to see if they could get away with stealing merchandise off counters without being caught. Several business establishments in the area, stated mey naa "caueht" older nersons in the act of shoplifting, but for them it was matter of being a "Klepto maniac" one who has the com pulsion for that particular habit. ShoDliftine is done mostly by per sons alone according to the survey report, using the afternoon hours to "pilfer" the goods.
In some cases, stores reported their establishments had more merchandise taken during the summer months when schools were having their annual vacation per iods. In all cases, the survey showed that the businesses or owners, favored having the names of those annrehended for Shoplifting pub- lished in the newspapers, whether they were young or old. When asked "Why pubiisn tne names of the offender?" the reply was "Maybe they'll see their name in the paper for being arrested lor shoplifting, and figure they wouldn't want to see it again put before the public's eye in black and white." Most of the thieves are "ama teurs" who will steal once and not do it again. These are the ones who eive the most trouble, because there are so many of them in the business" today. As for the pro fessional shoplifters, well, they nose iust as ereat a threat, be cause they steal in larger quanti ties and have better methods.
"What type of items are mostly stolen?" was another question put before the merchants, and to this the reply was, "mostly small to medium, ranging in value trom a dollar to five dollars." In only a few cases, did the shoplifter take something that was of an extreme value, such as a small radio, clothing, hardware that could easily be hidden in a hand bag or under a large coat. Alerting the sales personnel to he on the lookout for persons tak ing merchandise has been the most logical means of preventing the shoplifter. But, then it was reported, by doing this, it took the clerk away from his or her intended duties a good bit of the time, thus dissatis-fvine customers who were in the process of purchasing their mer chandise. Security Measures Some of the larger stores throughout the two-county area in which the survey was conducted, soDhisticated means for spotting offenders such as closed- circuit TV mirrors and turnstiles. Putting security personnel on duty has also aided in nabbing shoDlifters.
but then again it taices several to handle the job. Most stores felt that security per sonnel was a waste of money, since shoplifting was being done "right under their noses." In Cleveland. Ohio, a large de partment store, the May Company, has a 50-man security force which includes a "mod squad." It is a small group of people all ages and descriptions, decked out in i the height of contemporary fashion and instructed to mingle with the customers. Last vear. one three-member squad accounted for over 1,000 of the arrests made in the May Com pany store.
Switching Tags Tag switching, another popular, but illegal operation is not done as much in this area, according to the survey. Price tags which are attached to the merchandise with crooked pins, or tags which tear The Schuylkill County Planning and Zoning Commission wants more information on the widening of Route 209 between Tamaqua and Pottsville and two highway bypasses in the county. Lawrence Curran, the commission's executive director, said the commission needs additional information on the Route 209 work and St. John's Lutheran Dedicates Candelabra New brass candelabra floor stands were dedicated Sunday morning at St. John's Lutheran Church of Tamaqua.
The floor stands are in memory of Ephraim and Anna Howell, Tamaqua, and were presented by their children. The Rev. John Brndjar will be the guest speaker at the service next Sunday morning. Rev. Brndjar is the administrator at the Lutheran Home in Hazleton.
plans for Route 61 bypasses of St. Clair and Schuylkill Haven before it establishes priorities. The new Forest County phone centers will be in Tionesta and in Marienville. The Tionesta phones will be at the Knotty Pine Restaurant on Main Street, and in Marienville the phones will be located in the Snyder Construction Company on East Spruce Street. Because of facilities limitations, all calls from the Forest County communications centers this year must be collect or credit card.
Suitable Facilities The Coudersport communications center will be in the Potter County Garage. The Galeton center will be in the Volunteer Ambulance Hall. Each of these centers can handle up to 20 calls simultaneously, and each has become a place where hunters gather, warm up and ex change stories. All four communications centers will operate from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
daily from Sunday, November 28, through Wednesday, December 1. When the centers first went into operation in Potter County, about 1,000 calls were handled in a four-day period. This year, about 4,000 calls are expected. Hunters no longer have to wait in long lines, often in sub-freezing temperatures. As in past years, the telephone company will distribute thousands of practice targets.
Each cautions against shooting utility lines and possibly cutting off services for thousands of persons Hunters are showing more aware ness of this danger, and damage to the facilities of utilities has lessened. Jersey Firm to Handle Pennsylvania's Lottery HARRISBURG (AP) The state Revenue Department announced Monday that Mathe matica a New Jersey based management consulting firm, is expected to handle the "technical aspects" of Pennsylvania's lottery. A letter of intent has been sent to the firm, a spokesman said, adding that the contract will be "in the neighborhood" of $300,000. The major task is to design and implement a computer pro gram for such things as a ticket count and possibly deciding win ners. Lottery headquarters haven't been decided, nor has the question of who will distri bute lottery tickets.
The newly formed state Lottery Commis sion is operating out of the Revenue Department in Harris burg. First lottery tickets are set to go on sale early next year. According to the Revenue De partment, Mathematics Inc. gros sed $5.5 million for the fiscal year ended in June. It was formed in 1959 by some Princton professors Two new special telephone centers will be established this year to serve hunters who will pour into Forest County for the first part of Pennsylvania's antlered deer season.
These centers will be in addition to two centers which have been in operation in Coudersport and Gale-ton for the past six years. The Potter County telephone centers will be operated again in 1971. Anti-Rchnquist Coalition Organized By JACQUELINE CAMPBELL Associated Press Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) U.S. Rep. William S.
Moorhead an nounced Monday formation of a western Pennsylvania coalition to fight the confirmation of William H. Rehnquist to the Supreme Court of the United States. "If I were Nick the Greek, I would not give very big odds that we would succeed, but there is still a very good chance," Moorhead said, ac knowledging the lateness in forming the group. The Senate Judiciary Committee was to vote Tuesday on whether to recommend confirmation of President Nixon's two choices for the court Rehnquist and Lewis F. Powell Jr to the full Senate.
The anti Rehnquist coalition included civil rights and labor organizations such as the NAACP, the local Americans for Democratic Action, the Allegheny County Labor Council, Teamster Local 249 and the executive committee of the YWCA. Moorhead said he believed the coalition was the only one of its kind. It does not oppose Powell's nomination. The group's actions, he said, would involve mostly communicating its opposition, both in writing and in person, to members of the Senate and its judiciary committee. The coalition members claim Rehnquist is not committed to equal human rights or protection of individual rights.
"In opposing voluntary action by the Phoenix School Board to ameliorate de facto segregation, he affirmed his belief in a segregated society," Moorhead explained. "In opposing a public accommodations law, he placed the privilege of store owners to discriminate against individuals because of race above the right of society to provide that anyone serving the public serves all the public." ill! 'V, 1 li'iliii if i i i'ii ii1 11 1 1 'I i Fi i 'J Standing in front of a smoke grenade, a soldier of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division guides a helicopter into a landing zone after a short operation near War Zone northeast of Saigon. Troops in the operation belong to the last remaining U.S. combat unit in the Saigon area and, in this case, conducted an intelligence gathering mission into an abandoned base camp once used by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese.
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