PAGE TWO U.S. Seeks Red Aid _ i To Halt Laos Drive i WASHINGTON (AP) Unitedjjmsak toM newsmen the enemy State officials sought help yester-,aim is to occupy the whole north day from an unusual quarter—the of ti>c country - Krenlin—in trying to squelch the* They already command all, new Communist offensive 55 Nm E< Cntng Laos. (control some land routes into Informed sources said American; South Viet Nam. where Commu tes we)] as British diplomats in! nist. guerrillas are waning on Moscow are under instructions to'President Ngo Dien Diem's U.S.- icontaet the Soviet government, backed government about restoring the cease-fire COIfQtJEST of Houei Sai would 'shattered Sunday by rebel seizure b rowlen arc o{ territory tot the royal L*o (jgnunated by the Pathet Lao to .atrongpoint of Nam-Tlia. ,border regions fronting on both ! UJS. MOPES for puccess in this Burma and pro-Western diplomatic maneuver rtemmed^ba^ an d fnum Russia’s performance over the past year demonstrating what has been .interpreted here as a ‘.genuine desire for an independent and neutral Laos O lticiMi reports resetting Wisb-j Ington said Coramurust-led rebel* i in sizable force are pursuing gov-] eminent troop* retreating in good, •rder from Nam Tha in the di-; recti on ot the border of Thailand,] an increasingly apprehensive U.S.' Ally. State Department Pre*s Offi cer Lincoln White declared that Washington has no confirmation of Red Chinese involvement. The target of the drive—a swift sequel to Sunday’s offensive is the border town of Houei Sai, 100 miles southwest of Nam Tha. HOVEI SA.I is the last major] government post north of Luang 1 Prabang, the royal capital. Acting' Foreign Minister Sisouk Nach- 1 I . .. I New College Diner • feetc- faia i. f" ”1 < * HLLEfONVt * ' j Last times lONITE I Chubby Checkct ( "TWIST AROUND { THE CLOCK" / THURS. ic FRI. / "SWINGIN’ALONG” Credit Staff Meeting Wednesday! May Wh ft Thursday, May I