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NEWS SUMMARY February 18, 1970 (AP & UPI, 2/17/70) VIETNAM The head of the U.S. pacification program in Vietnam said the South Vietnamese could take over complete responsibility for defending their country within 10 years "if nothing else arose. 11 Sen. Fulbright described the soldiers of U.S. allies in Vietnam as "Hessians. 11 Rep. Bradford Morse concluded his first visit to South Vietnam, observing that the Vietnamization program "is making remarkable progress. 11 THANT Secretary General Thant bitterly criticized the Western -- particular European -- news media for launching "blistering" attacks against him and the UN in connection with the end of the Nigerian civil war. In an unprecedented move, the usually mild-mannered Burmese charged "all of Europe's press from Oslo to Vienna came out with a full blast against me and the UN saying that a European would have done this, or said that. 11 (UPI) SCHOOLS The Senate tentatively voted to enforce laws against school segregation whether it results from conscious design or accidental housing patterns. But Mondale said the 63 to 24 vote was likely to be washed out Wednesday when the Senate votes on a liberal amend- ment. It would kill the proposal to which the wordage approved was attached. Southerners complained that Scott and Mondale were trying to preserve the status quo. not support this