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Tim1e for in state] "I love South Carolina, z we're at the bottom of anyth the House Sol Blatt when he i South Carolina legislature v The survey, which was cc terence on State Legislatui Assembly at 44th in the nal Do we need to wonder w bottom with men like Sol B influential man in this stat Blatt is representative of th worse off than we think. The survey had no politica to get anybody; it's sole legislatures. The survey shou statement further suggests r It Blatt is not willing to be criticism then the corrective to better our legislature will remain near the bottom until up and respond to the need And if our legislators do n( to the people of this state tc blocks to progress. Matter would be a good time to truly legislators. The people will change. A CCI UrAN THE GAME COCK is published tri -wei and weekly during the summer seme holidays and exam periods. Change of c other mail items should be sent to Dra scription rates are $7 per year or $3 per summer sessions. Bulk copies are se received $39,000 from the student activ subscription to the paper. Offices of TH . of the Russell House on the University < 777-4220. Second class postage pai GAMECOCK is published by the Uni expressed herein do not necessarily student body or the staff. Editor-in-Chief .. .. .. .. . Editorial Assistant. .. .. .. Managing Editors. .. .. . Assistant Manaqinq Editor . Business Manager. .. .. ... Sports Editor .. .. .. .. . Asst. Sports Editor.. .. .. . Chief Photographer .. .. .. .. News Editor. .. .. .. .. .. Features Editor.. .. .. .. Advertising Manager .. .. .. Circulation Manager .. .. . Secretarvy........ M ~www wMAW V F ow F a~ V a change legislature ind I resent anybody saying ing." Thus, spoke Spreaker of ias informed of the rating the (as given in a recent survey. inducted by the Citizens Con -es, placed the S.C. General ion. iy our legislature is near the latt, who is probably the most 3, defying valid criticism? If a legislature, then maybe it is I bones to pick. It was not out function was to evaluate Id speak for itself, but Blatt's -easons why we rank so low. open-minded to constructive 7 measures that could be used not be advanced. We will our representatives do wake for change. >t respond, then what? It's up rid ourselves of these road- D --of-fact, next selection time evaluate the prbgress of our 10 lave to realize it's time for a an an, lhe th< wa Pa air sai be Ch the th ad Ch rip hoi the ~kly during the fall and spring semesters sters with the exception of University ddress forms, subscription requests and wer A, USC, Columbia, S.C. 29208. Sub fall and spring semesters and $1 for both per 100. THE GAMECOCK this year ba ity fund, entitling full-time students to a. E GAMECOCK are in Rooms 308 and 310 ail ampus. Phones are 777-8178, 777-4249 and Ac d at Columbia, S.C. Although THE pr /ersity, of South Carolina, the opinions represent those of the University, the 1 th -.--.--... ..Charles Beebe . .. .. .. ..Cheryl Manning . .. .. .. ....Jim Farrell w Alice Potter 11 ............Lucretia Jones to . .. .. .. ...Ute Huckabee " .. .. .. ..Teddy Heffner i . .. .. .. ..Doug Williams th . .. .. .. . .Parker Renaud el ....Charlie Fellenbaum Or -..-.-.-.-.-.-.Jerry Calabrese ra Wi Charlie Fellenbaum ar .. .. .. ..David Lundgren er .... .. .. .. ....Terri Mol it: .. .. ....Anne Hightower . nr NOw, -Er r mE GET r#i you WAAr To S/6N UP C Of/RSE IV AOVM/7"41 OAI OO YOVI FRIANDS Wo,uO /MvPR9oV youR -ofAM it SPAoe 1,*K. of 9R cAO 'he Gutenberg ex From 1 *By HARRY HOPE Columnist ar Diary, ast night Tom and I went to a Fely dinner over at Hal's house. was really heavy! First, Tom d Hal and Chuckles got into a avy rap about these commies in ! poly sci department who don't nt the money to go to Pretty ut's stadium. Well! Tom nost had a cat when Chuckles d that maybe the money would better spent elsewhere. He told uckles he did not need to buy it fleet of fishing boats, and no, it Chuckles couldn't - be the miral. He suggested that uckles go back to the Navy and off some old PT boats. hen, Lizzie and I rapped about v I understand the students and y understand and love me. I Our man hop Mhe Viet a I'he South Vietnamese Army, cked up by massive American power, landed at Berkeley's juatic Park today and quickly essed inland. Sheriff's deputies and Berkeley lice offered little resistance. irget of the drive appeared to be e University of California's roul Hall, a known concentration int for Viet Cong sympathizers. ''he attack was ordered with bite House approval, after three i students reportedly gave blood the International Red Cross rmarked for the Viet Cong. The ntagon said the goal was to erdict the supply route before e Berkeley monsoon season ds. President Nixon described the ceration as an "incursion," ther than an invasion. He said it >uld be "stricktly limited in time d space." He denied it represented an largement of the Vietnam war. sole purpose, he said, was "to otect our fighting men in Viet m and speed up the taske of STRAGHT.. . FO,R A S#ORr 4 BZ cA USIC S-/b /r ~1 WS' _rAX poX penment lrs. Jone just told her that the kids and -I really groove when we're getting it on. I'm just so glad that I am?so liberal and so understanding! Anyway, when I got home, that stupid rooster had done his thing all over the living room rung and I practically used him for a chicken soup. Mrs. Blumenthal told me that the bird wouldn't make a good soup, and she ought to know. By the way, Diary, did I once tell you that Mrs Blumenthal once used thalidomide and give birth to a 12 -pound nose!? Really. Oh God, Tom is at it with those smelly cigars again. I really wish he would smoke cigarettes, or at least a pipe. I guess it would destroy his cherubic image, though. Those cute kids are playing basketball in the- back yard again. pe mization bringing them home." At the same time, he assured Congressional leaders that, in keeping with the Cooper-Church amendment, no U.S. ground forces would be employed in the fighting. On either side. Tlhe success of the operation seemed assured. To date the melding of U.S. air power, artillery and ships with the South Viet namese Army of more than a million men has created an un stoppable juggernaut. After its initial victories in Cambodia and Laos, the joint force quickly rolled over Thailand, thus; putting an end to guerrilla activity there. Mr Nixon described this as a tremendous success" and said it had shortened the war still another six months. Increasing forays by the com munist-led Hluks in the Philippines necessitated an incursion of Manila. Anti-Chiang Kai-shek riots ended on.Taiwan with the fall of the island to the joint force soon alter. Korea was next. As Mr Nixon pointed out, the victory of the South Vietnamese there not only speeded up the withdrawal of s diary I think I'm going to go out and play with them. Oh, God. I just remembered another important social function I've got to attend. Oh. another one of those garden parties, with all those bourgeois social-climbers talking about how bad the kids are. I'll just go blow their minds when I tell them that the kids and I get along well, and that we rap really good. Then I'll cream them when I tell them I've seen the kids drop smack and take glue and drop marijuana and shoot acid. I really don't like that LSB, but it's what turns the kids on. and when they go on a chemistries mix and they can rap with me. Dammit, I will go out and play basketball. Mary f Berkeley American boys from Vietnam, but trom Korea as well. Under this doctrine, Japan, where large contingents of American forces had been stationed for 25 years, surrendered to Marshal Nguyen Ky two months later. B~y now, the war had been shortened by more than three years, much to the gratification of the American public. Tlhe incursion of Berkeley, however, caused some protests. l"ortunately, Defense Secretary Melvin L4aird was able to point out Ihat more than 5O,000 American soldiers, sailors and airmen had b)een brought back across the Pacific to support the South Vietnamese attack. "The withdrawal of these 50,OO men from Vietnam," he said, has put us :1.: per cent ahead of our timetable.'" ICven Mr. Nixon's ctitics had to admit that his Vietnamization Program had worked far better than expected. But now that most of Asia was Vietnamized, they expressed the hope that South Vietnamese Army would go home