Anxiety of OU Vietnamese student on South Vietnam fall
A Vietnamese student at Ohio University shared deep anxiety over South Vietnam’s future as Communist advances threaten Saigon. He fears personal harm to family in Saigon, questions his own status in the United States, and weighs whether to stay or return as U.S. aid and policy debates influence morale.
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South Vietnam
Ohio University
Saigon
Athens
Vietnam
Delta
Hue
da Nang
Route 4
State Department
United States
United Nations
Thieu narrowly escapes palace attack and Cambodian shelling
In Saigon a bomb and rocket strike on the presidential palace injures a high ranking official and two are killed. President Thieu proclaims resolve to lead, while Lt General Tran Van Minh says an air force officer acted alone. In Cambodia Khmer Rouge shells Kompong Speu killing about 100 as Premier Long Boret contemplates peace talks and army reform.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Air Force
Tran van Minh
Nguyen van Hieu
Bien Hoa
Nguyen Thanh Trung
Minh
Nguyen Cao Ky
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Viet Cong may seek negotiations over Thieu government
US officials say Hanoi and the Viet Cong likely will avoid a direct assault on Saigon in the next two to three weeks and push for Thieu's ouster and a negotiated surrender to preserve the Paris peace framework. They note Communist moves southward while evacuation of Americans continues and consider aid through international bodies.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Vance
Paris
Congress Split On New Vietnam Aid Says Constituents Favor Cuts
Several lawmakers report Easter recess sentiment is that Cambodia and South Vietnam are lost and new military aid would be wasted. Some will wait for President Ford speech, while others temper views. Reagan condemns Congress for failing to support South Vietnam. Senator Moss notes a strong voter message saying no.
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Saigon
State and Defense
Ford
Washington
House
Senate
Cambodia
U.S
Tom Steed
R-Okla
Montgomery
California
Ronald Reagan
Congressional
Congress of the
United States
London
Reagan
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Focus Discussion on Oil Limit Energy Talks
United States officials in Paris express confidence a compromise will be reached to stage a summer world energy conference with 18 to 30 nations and limited discussion of raw materials beyond oil. The talks show U S seeks a narrow energy focused meeting while OPEC and developing nations push for broader material issues.
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Paris
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
United States
Japan
European Economic Community
Algeria
Chalaal
U. S
Thomas Enders
U.S
OPEC
Safety Council Predicts Traffic Fatality Rise
The National Safety Council reports a 6 percent rise in fatalities for January and February 1975 compared with 1974 as driving returns to pre shortage patterns. Spokesman Ron Kuykendall notes mileage is back to normal, with projections near 49 000 deaths if the trend continues, versus 55 800 in 1973.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ron Kuykendall
Council
Kuykendall
Ruppert Pleads Insanity In Family Killings Indictment
James Ruppert pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to an 11 count indictment charging the Easter Sunday killings of 11 family members. He stood in Butler County Common Pleas Court as the clerk read the charges. COLUMBUS, Ohio state officials criticized Lottery Commission record keeping in an examiner's report. The auditor's office called the lapse remiss and noted corrective steps since.
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Ruppert
Hamilton
Ohio
James Ruppert
Butler County Common
Columbus, Ohio
Thomas E. Ferguson
State Lottery Commission
Ferguson
Jacobsen Memory Probed in Connally Cash Claim
Jacobsen testifies he may have made a third $5,000 payment to former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally, though he has no memory of handing the money. Connally's lawyer Edward Bennett Williams pressed the issue to challenge the reliability of Jacobsen's recollections.
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Washington
Jake Jacobsen
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Jacobsen
Edward Bennett Williams
Prison Hostages Freed After 7 Hour Negotiation
Convict leader Dock Walker of Memphis says four Tennessee State Prison counselors were held hostage for more than seven hours by inmates to prevent another hot summer of killings. Walker spent seven hours Monday negotiating with Corrections Commissioner Herman Yeatman before the hostages were freed unharmed.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Dock Walker
Memphis
Herman Yeatman
Weather outlook shows clouds tonight and Wednesday
Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with lows in the mid to upper 30s. Wednesday highs reach the upper 50s to around 60. Details on page 8.
Ohio Trapping Bill Hearings Open in Columbus
Public hearings begin on a bill to ban steel jaw leg hold traps in Ohio. Supporters say the measure ends animal torture while opponents warn it would destroy trapping. Industry officials argue current laws already protect animals and stricter rules are unnecessary.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bob Ebersole
Natural Resources Department
Mike Stinziano
D-30
Stinziano
Ebersole
House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
John E. Johnson
Orrville
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