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VIETNAM, PG 2222
SLIDE: PHOUMA
week-end, but a U.S. spokesman says there is no pattern indicating an up-surge from the current lull. jS. troops report killing 24 enemy soldiers in two separate battles. y, North Vietnam denied a charge that Hanoi has sent 60,000 troops into Laos.LThecharge was made by Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma on Friday.Lanoi called the accusation a "new slander" against