Americans Under Guard In Laos
Laotian troops guard an American housing compound in Vientiane after about 100 youths seize the US AID headquarters and scrawl Americans go home. In Savannakhet, a dozen Americans and six foreigners remain under loose arrest amid Pathet Lao control. The incident follows earlier anti American actions as Laos’ government shift prompts the US to seek a clear stance on its $32.5 million aid program.
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Vientiane
Laos
Kilometer 6
Savannakhet
Pathet Lao
Sanford Stone
U.S. Agency For International Development
Luang Prabang
U.S
Cambodian Officers Seek Political Asylum in United States
Twenty Cambodian naval officers trained in Newport seek asylum after Cambodia fell to insurgents. Immigration officials indicated strong support for granting asylum, noting the officers cannot return home due to diplomatic status.
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Newport
R.I
United States
U.S. Naval Education and Training Center
Navy
Frank Pritchard
Naval War College
Frank P. Castelnovo
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Office
Providence
State Department
Saigon Sees Striking Juxtapositions After Fall of Saigon
AP reports in Saigon, MIG jets fly in formation over victory celebrations while a CIA Air America helicopter bears a North Vietnamese star. MACV HQ ruins, Thieu fled, Ho Chi Minh photo remains, Maxim’s now a police precinct, and nightlife persists with magazines on newsstands.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Air America
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
North Vietnamese Air Force
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Pentagon East
U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam
MACV
U.S. Defense Attache
Nades
Ho Chi Minh
Nguyen van Thieu
Maxim's
Playboy
Oui
Defense Dept lists dead and MIAs from operation off Cambodia
The Defense Department identified killed in action and missing in action personnel from last week’s Cambodia operation. Names include Marine Pfc. Daniel A. Benedett and Pfc. Lynn Blessing, plus Navy Hospitalman Bernard Gause and Ronald J. Manning. several other marines and airmen are listed with hometowns. Private Gary L. Hall and Danny G. Marshall are listed as missing. no home towns given for the missing. Pentagon had also identified two Air Force men and a Marine as killed in action.
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Washington
Defense Department
Cambodia
Marine Corps
Daniel A. Benedett
Robert A. Benedett
26Th St
Auburn
Wash
Lynn Blessing
Anita Blessing
West King St
Lancaster
Walter Boyd
Marion Boyd
Chapel St
Norfolk
Lance
Gregory S. Copenhaver
Mary E. Mills
French Town Road
Perryville
Andres Garcia
Matilde Garcia
East Rose
Carlsbad
James J. Jacques
Denver Cole
James R. Maxwell
Eula L. Maxwell
Center Ridge
Ark
Richard W. Rivenburgh
Milton L. Rivenburgh
Acoma
San Diego
Calif
Antonio R. Sandoval
Juan T. Sandoval
Montezuma
San Antonio
Tex
Irene R. San Miguel
Cumberland
Kelton R. Turner
Esther B. Turner
5Th Ave
Los Angeles
Navy
Bernard Gause
Birmingham
Ala
Ronald J. Manning
Toronto
Ohio
Gary L. Hall
Danny G. Marshall
Pentagon
Air Force
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Mayaguez
Timothy Trebil
Bloominton
Minn
Subic Naval Base
Philippines
Kenneth J. Houghton
San Francisco
U. S. Third Marine Division
Ing
Castelnovo
U.S. State Department
Augusta
Our
PoLae Ieee
Reidsville
N.C
Schuitz Hills
Aiken - Augusta Hwy
Zi Polaroid
Polacolor
Gordon Mwy
ST Ama Te
Rehans
Associated Press
Defense Dept
Lee
CTU
Milwaukee
EL Nalls
KY Ah
RX Kwik Shop
Mutt
Edwaneks
General Electric
Uti
Marvin
Aiken & Clearwater
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