Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 27, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday july 27, 1968 Gen. Westmoreland lashes out at critics foreign news exclusive by George Wilson Washington special tons Gen. William c. Westmoreland lashed out tuesday at reports that the United states has abandoned the defence of the Khe Sanh area. The former Viet Nam commander and present army chief of staff said in an interview that the Khe Sanh plateau is still very much defended but by diff Erent tactics. He added that these tac tics make it unlikely that . Troops on that plateau will be forced to Hole up again Khe Sanh style when the bad weather hits the Western Edge of the demilitarized zone around january. The marines Gen. West Moreland said have adopted the army air cavalry division s tactic of relying on helicopter mobility rather than Static firepower. Troops under these air cavalry tactics dig in on Mountain tops so they can sleep on the High ground at night beat by Dehy King in the larger Winnipeg beverage rooms it would seem the style of entertainment is evolving. It is becoming increasingly evident that the go go dancer is being replaced by the More exotic Type exponent of be Danse. The most recent of these Eddy Siats whom i ogled is Julie Long. Even the most blatant body watcher is aware of something extra special when Julie begins her act. She moves slowly and gracefully to a Bolero rhythm and Sheds her shimmering floor length gown with a casual innocence. The remaining filmy lengths of material Coyer a body that curves in just the right place and she shows it off to Best advantage by Means of some inventive choreography. Dur ing the spins and poses which she executes with a witty sensuality this Flimsy stuff drifts leisurely to the floor until she is left in a covering of minimal propriety. She also does a hilarious powder puff routine. As Well As being a Good performer miss Long is a Good Looker with a pleasant personality and her show is enter Taining because she works to her audience rather than for it. I like to have fun with my from his Ward in St. Boniface Hospital trumpet player Lou Pollock had an excellent View of the disastrous fire that destroyed Manitoba s most famous Structure the St. Boniface Basilica. Luigi has been undergoing treatment for an internal ailment but expects to be in his chair in the orchestra pit at Rainbow stage for the forthcoming production of music Man. Ken Babb has recently joined the staff of the society for crippled children and adults of Manitoba As head of the Public relations department. Ken has been involved in entertainment and broadcasting for the last 20 years and has Long been interested in the society s work. He helped arrange the first Sec hockey night 16 years ago. He was chairman of Schmo key night this year when the biggest sum in Schmo key night history was raised for the society s March of dimes. With the Advent of the summer holidays it is inevitable that Many transplanted Winni Eggers Are coming Home for a visit. It was Nice to talk to Peggy Neville again who is spending some time with her parents. Peggy is now making Toronto her Home and is doing More club work than anything else but she guests frequently on various to and radio shows in the Queen City. Gentlemen s hairstylist and master Barber Walter can always be counted on As a source of current news regarding entertainers. Practically every musician i work with patronize Walter s shop on Corydon Avenue. During my visit with him the other Day he informed me that pianist Garry Gross is Home for the holidays. Garry is still working at Julie s in Toronto with Aubrey Tadman. Smiling Harry Smith s club Morocco continues to be one of the most popular cabaret s in the City. Lou Lefave is featured during the dinner hours and alternates during evening with the Al Sprintz group. Lou has a style that is a mixture of Dixieland and Honky Tonk and provides customers with enjoyable piano music. The current attraction at the Morrocco is Chuck Mason who is enjoying another successful return engagement. Chuck is a comedian with spontaneity and a funny line for every situation. He has the rare faculty of gauging his humor to the Type of audience. You can catch his act regularly and never cease to enjoy it. Proprietor. Smith announces that his next feature at traction is a female Impersonator from across the Border. The publicity Pix of her him it Are quite glamorous. The act should be interesting to say the least. Self serve liquor outlet to open the Manitoba liquor control commission s first self service liquor outlet is to open this fall one month behind the in tended target Date said n. E. Rodger commission chairman in a Telephone interview Friday. The self service liquor store will open in november in Assiniboia on the North Side of Portage Avenue Between Vimy Street and school Road. Or. Rodger said problems with zoning bylaws concerning driveway curb its have caused some delay in dealing with metro. But the contractors Are waiting with their shovels he said. They expect to begin work this week or next. The target Date puts Manitoba in a race with Ontario to see will be the third to try self serve liquor stores. British Columbia and Saskatchewan were the first and second respectively to try the experimental method of liquor merchandising. A report in the Globe and mail of Toronto said recently Ontario will open three such outlets in metropolitan Toronto Early next the Assiniboia store will be 50 feet by 110 feet. It will be leased to the liquor control commission by the developers. The contract Ellis for a 25-year lease with an annual rent of anyone can enter the self serve store said4 Rodger including children and minors but an actual Purchase is another matter. Customers will still be required to sign an order form which includes a clause stating that he is Over 21. The store will be on a one experimental basis to evaluate the Public s acceptance of the new system. If results in Vancouver where such stores have been operating six years Are an indication it won t remain an Experiment Long. In a self serve liquor store a customer is free to wander about the aisles picking bottles off the shelves and taking them to the counter just As in a supermarket. A second store. Has been planned although or. Rodger says to Date has been set for its opening. This one will be located in the Grant Park shopping Centre at the. Same site at which a retail liquor store now is located. The shopping Centre has plans for expansion and when this begins the new store will be built or. Rodger said. Night and sweep the terrain in Between by Day. Helicopters drop food and ammunition on these Hilltop bases As Well As perform As an Aerial artillery for com Bat operations. Asked Why he did not adopt these tactics in the first place rather than make the bloody stand at the Khe Sanh combat base Gen. Westmoreland said i did n t have the troops logistics or last january when the. Krachen weather of dense fog descended on Khe Sanh making landings by air Craft perilous Gen. West Moreland said he had these options i could reinforce and hold or withdraw. I chose to reinforce and hold. With Only one per cent of my forces i tied Down two enemy divisions and seriously Defeated them. It was a major the enemy siege of Khe Sanh lasted 77 Days from january through March of this year. Most of the enemy forces had with drawn by april 1 when the army s a cavalry mounted the operation Pegasus offensive on the Khe Sanh plateau. Some military command ers had justified Khe Sanh As a blocking for enemy North to South infiltration. Westmoreland said that he himself considered the Khe Sanh combat base an outpost rather than a blocking . He said Khe Sanh blocked route nine but not the infiltration further West through Laos. One theor y heard., in Washington these Days is that Khe Sanh really. Was abandoned because it had proved to be such a costly infiltration in recent months. Gen., Westmoreland denied this was the reason for blowing up the combat base. I made that decision Back in he said. Four battalions of about marines holed up in Khe Sanh because it had an Airstrip Large enough to handle c -130 transports Gen. Westmoreland said. There had to be a Way to resupply the troops by air he said. Since the siege another c 130-sized strip has been built some 16 Miles East of Khe Sanh along route 9 at a base called stud. This was Gen. William Westmoreland the air cavalry s Advance Headquarters for Pegasus and now is being used by the marines. Asked if stud sur rounding by mountains the North. Vietnamese might choose to scale could not be attacked Khe Sanh style come the bad weather Gen. Westmoreland said this was unlikely. He said rather than have to Hole up at stud supplies will be stockpiled at the Mountain top bases in the Khe Sanh area so troops will not be dependent on Aerial resupply in bad Wea ther. Gen. Westmoreland said the More Likely spot for another siege was a. Static base like con Thien East of Khe Sanh along the demilitarized zone. Asked Why he is keeping troops on the Khe Sanh plateau when the enemy is infiltrating in great hum Beis to the West Gen. Westmoreland said the Allied forces there complicate the enemy s prob he listed these specific missions for the Khe Sanh plateau troops. 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