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The article reports on the increased shortage supply of skilled workers in the U.S. Based on the figures from the U.S. Department of Labor, unions got wage-and-fringe increase amounting to 6.3% annually in major contracts in the first quarter of 1969. It notes that the surfeit of shortages is manifested in the increased fees charged by training schools and employment agencies. It cites on the success of the Project Transition program, which encourages G. I.s to take job training courses.

The article examines the European Defense Community (EDC) plan and criticism regarding its implementation. The campaign for the EDC led by French Premier René Mayer has encountered opposition from proponents in the National Assembly. French Socialists insist that it can only support a European Army by having Great Britain as a member of the EDC, while the Nationalists advocate Germany's plan of rearmament and insist on full control of the French armed forces.

The article focuses on the military defense of Vietnam. It mentions that Hanoi's 600,00-man army is capable of combating in conventional wars as well as guerrilla operations. It notes that the country's formidable arsenal include 800,000 M-16 riffles, 550 tanks, 130,000 tons of ammunition and 1,000 various types of aircrafts. Moreover, Hanoi has acquired 900 medium and light tanks from the Soviet weaponry, while its 300 combat aircraft are of Soviet or Chinese manufacture. Meanwhile, it discusses the five-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) military forces, including Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.

The article informs that papers related to a study by the U.S. Defense Department on the Vietnam war in 1967 have been published. It is stated that the Pentagon papers reflect Washington's shallow perception of the complexity of South Vietnam's problems and the limited ability of the U.S. to deal with them. According to the scholars of the papers, bombing of North Vietnam was ineffective and the U.S. was considering the use of nuclear weapons in the event of Chinese intervention in Vietnam. The papers also reveal the faulty forecasts made by General of the U.S. Army William C. Westmoreland regarding number of troops.

The article focuses on the troubles faced by the "Oversexed Weekly" journal in West Germany. It mentions that the journal mounted an all-out assault on Major General Edwin A. Walker of the U.S. 24th Infantry Division, charged that by pamphlet that he was indoctrinating his troops with the far-right politics of the John Birch Society. As a result, Walker was relieved of his command and he has sued a reporter for slander.

This article reports on a white paper on British-made atomic weapons presented by Defense Minister Lord Alexander to the House of Commons in 1954. Alexander announced that the atomic weapons, including atomic bombs, are being delivered to the armed forces. The white paper also revealed the effort of the Royal Air Force to create its fleet of strategic bombers. The British press also commended the announcements but other observers questioned whether the weapons are necessary.

The article focuses on the criticism on the performance of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower. It states that critics said that President Eisenhower has specific ideas on how to deal with the game of government and politics. President Eisenhower asserts that he can be philosophical on his criticisms when he compares them with what the papers said about former U.S. President George Washington.

The article reports on the impact of the military overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende Gossens to the sugar shipments from Cuba. Accordingly, a Cuban ship left Valparaiso so quickly during the coup that its crew had no time to put ashore four Chilean cranes that were being used to unload sugar for fear of getting bombed. It adds that Chilean lawyers have filed papers in the U.S. District Court for the Canal Zone seeking attachment of the ships for sailing in the canal, which has been granted by judge Guthrie Crowe but authorities have already missed nabbing the two sugar-bearing ships except for the Cuban freighter Imias.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference on the peace agreement in the Middle East held at Camp David in Maryland in 1978 is presented. Topics include the signing of the first document on the final status of the West Gaza, the signing of the second document on the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, and the security measures of Israeli. The conference featured several Presidents including U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.

The article offers information on the cheating scandal at the U.S. Military Academy, also known as West Point, which occurred prior the graduation of the 4,400 cadets in June 1976. It says that the scandal spins around the honor code of the academy which states that "A cadet will not lie, cheat or steal, or tolerate those who do." It reveals that the scandal occurred in a March 1976 take-home electrical engineering test for 823 second classmen, and resulted to the resignation of four cadets accused of cheating with 48 others being found at fault by honor committees. Moreover, it mentions that West Point superintendent Lieutenant General Sidney B. Berry had created an internal review board that will conduct preliminary hearings for cases of alleged violations.

The article reports on the views of Maxwell Taylor, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, on Vietnam war in mass media. Taylor was the U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam during the period of initial troop buildups covered by the Pentagon papers. According to Taylor, the main issue regarding the war and media is how much undigested information can be made public in a complex and dangerous world.

The article highlights the views of General Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. Army's Chief of Staff, on the reduced budget for the Army. Ridgway noted that when a career military officer receives a decision from the proper authority, he accepts and implements such decision. The implication of the military-forces paper, which was signed in December 1953, for the defense budget is also considered. In addition, the article cites the opinion of Commander Ralph E. Williams Jr. on atomic air power.

The article asserts that the U.S. Army has already discovered suspicious communist affiliations in the records of Major Irving Peress long before Senator Joe McCarthy launched his own investigation. Peress, a dentist commissioned by the Army Reserve, invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to fill in personal history and loyalty forms required in the Army. The Army red tape has prevented the military from making an earlier decision to discharge Peress.

The article focuses on the scandal at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Lieutenant General Thomas S. Moorman says that 33 more cadets have resigned after they are accused of cheating and a possible other code violations is under way. The scandal that involved the resignation of 109 cadets in 1965 stems from the theft of exam papers from an office locker by two cadets. About 30 students on average are dismissed or allowed to resign for violation of the Air Force's honor code.

The article focuses on the importance of the Pentagon to the issues related to the military sector of the U.S. The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world which is 50 per cent bigger than the Merchandise Mart of Chicago, Illinois. According to the author, critics predicted that the building will be useless and unoccupied after the World War II but as of 1951, it is probably the most efficiently used building in the vast catalogue of real estate of the U.S. federal government.

The article focuses on the three-day talk initiated by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson with the U.S. military commanders and leaders of South Vietnam government. The move of the president was viewed as an activist and abrupt one that left Premier Nguyen Cao Ky unprepared for the draft position papers. Attendees include U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, South Vietnam's Foreign Minister Tran Van Do and Defense Minister Nguyen Huu Co.

The article comments on the film of Gordon Lonsdale, Soviet agent, titled "Spy," and the book of Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky, Soviet military intelligence (GRU) colonel, titled "The Penkovsky Paper." It mentions that Penkovsky quotes verbatim a lecture on how to spy in the U.S. on his journal while Lonsdale's memoir is not nearly as revealing. It stresses that the work of Lonsdale and Penkovsky were edited to safeguard sources and techniques that might still have value to the enemy.

The article focuses on the intense settlement set for Army, Air Force, and Navy in building out resources to maintain the services on its limitation in the U.S. It states that the Army revealed that 18 antiaircraft artillery battalions will be ruled out. It says that the Navy declared that the schedules on the delivery of the F4D-1 Skyray fighter will be lengthened. It adds that Air Force announced a contract with North America Aviation for a missile just like with the 6-47's Rascal.

The article profiles the members of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), including Earle Gilmore Wheeler, General Harond Keith Johnson, and Admiral David Lamar McDonald. Wheeler was appointed Army Chief of Staff in 1962, where he advocated to ban nuclear testing. Johnson is the youngest Army Chief of Staff since Douglas MacArthur and a survivor of the Bataan Death March. McDonald is an aviator who became the executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS Essex for 14 months.

The article offers information on the issues concerning the political relationship of the Portuguese media industry with its government. It reports that after the military relieve of Marcello Caetano's right-wing government on April 25, 1974, several newspaper have been published with statements from Portugal's rival military factions to openly target and irritate the Portuguese government. It mentions that readers and revenues for the seven-government-controlled newspapers have dropped-off while socialist Jorno Novo called a secret government plan to impose censorship and fines. In addition, Correia Jesuino states that Portugal cannot afford to have many newspapers as Portuguese Premier Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves retaliated from the publications of the socialists.

The article focuses on the press strike in Poland. It mentions that the Solidarity Party occupied the country's main printing houses and forced the shutdown of the government press in order to fulfill its demand of regular radio and television access to present its side of the issues. It further mentions that around 15 member of the Solidarity Party have been arrested by police.

The article profiles Major General Alexander M. Haig Jr., who was nominated for the U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff. It says that Haig is considered a model of calm toughness who organizes Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger's paper work and sometimes represents the adviser at presidential meetings. It states that in his present position, Haig has made eight visits to Viet Nam, where he worked with the First Infantry Division in 1966-1967 and was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross.

The article focuses on the desertion and draft evasion of men in South Viet Nam. It states that the draft evasion is widespread among Vietnamese men, as the draft has been extended to cover all male ages 17 to 43 to be eligible for military service. It mentions that several of the eligible men try everything such as buying false documents for a legitimate deferment to avoid being drafted and going to war. It features Tran Van Hai who has been avoiding the draft in Saigon, Vietnam since 1965.

The article focuses on the decision of the U.S. Congress to award a 45 dollar-monthly combat bonus to all U.S. military personnel not already receiving hazardous-duty pay who spent six or more days a month within range of enemy guns. It states that payments that will be given to personnel are to be retroactive to the commencement of the Korean war. The Department of Defense estimates that the bonus will cost more than enough to buy a supercarrier.

The article announces that Clayton Fritchey has resigned as editor at "New Orleans Item" journal.

The article focuses on the contributions of columnist Heloise Cruse to the newspaper "Honolulu Advertiser" in Honolulu, Hawaii. It explores the development of her column entitled "Readers' Exchange" in which readers can send letters on various topics and be published in the newspaper. It notes that the column created a rapport between the columnist and the readers and played a role in the paper's growth.