Evacuation of remaining Americans from Saigon under way
U S helicopters swept over Saigon rooftops and Tan Son Nhut Airport to evacuate 800 to 900 Americans as Communist forces closed in. Marines and civilians fought to reach safety as guards fired at evacuees and embassy workers clung to the wall. Pentagon reports 81 helicopters and over 800 Marines ferried people to carriers in the South China Sea amid a widening U S pullout.
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Saigon
USS
Tan Son Nhut
America
Indochina
U.S
Pentagon
South China Sea
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Nguyen van Huyen
Ment
Ford
Duong van Minh
Thai Foreign Ministry
Utapao
Thailand
Washington
Police move to new Joint Law Enforcement Center
Bemidji Police Department shifts operations to the Joint Law Enforcement Center at 622 Minnesota Ave at 8 a.m. on Thursday. The new combined phone number for the police and Beltrami County sheriff is 751-9111. Public business such as parking tickets and bicycle licenses should go to the new site.
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Bemidji
Planning Commission tabled restaurant motel complex vote
Bemidji planners postponed action on blue Chip Enterprises rezoning a 17.46 acre parcel west of Highway 71 for a restaurant lounge and motel in the industrial park. Neighbors cited late night traffic and safety concerns for schoolchildren while motel owners urged study. A May 12 meeting was set to revisit the variance request alongside related subdivision and HUD grant items.
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Rich Nelson
City Hall
Bemidji Planning Commission
Rex W. Mayotte
Blue Chip Enterprises, Inc
Highway 71
Pioneer
Mayotte
Merle la Coursiere
Washington Ave
Leslie Weekley
South Lake Irving Drive
Main Street
Weekley
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nymore
Security guard ends Israeli consulate siege in Johannesburg
A South African security guard, David Protter, held 21 people hostage at the Israeli consulate for 21 hours, killed two, wounded at least 33, then surrendered. He claimed grievances against Israel and demanded to be flown to Israel to speak with Premier Rabin.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
David Protter
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Protter
Edwin Malpo
Arieh Bustan
Dreaming of a more humane Brainerd State Hospital
Bureaucracy yields to residents needs at Brainerd State Hospital where Harold Gillespie discusses budget divisions and funding constraints. He notes motivation challenges with mentally retarded patients and the difficulty placing many who could leave into foster homes or sheltered workplaces.
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Chris Mattison
Pioneer
Brainerd State Hospital
State Department of Public Welfare
Harold Gillespie
Gillespie
Bemidji
Ford to Decide on Oil Tariff Hike This Week
President Ford faces options from energy and economic advisers and will choose this week on a possible $1 per barrel oil tariff hike. If no action is taken the existing dollar per barrel increase would automatically take effect by Wednesday.
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Washington
Ford
Allon Rejects Arab Demands on 1967 War Boundaries
Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon rejected Arab demands for returning all territory from the 1967 war but did not specify which lands Israel would relinquish. He spoke at a banquet hosted by French Foreign Minister Jean Sauvagnargues and urged honorable concessions for defensible borders.
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Paris
Yigal Allon
Israel
Jean Sauvagnargues
Allen
Nixon Admits Ordering Wiretaps on Leaks Sources
Former president Richard M. Nixon says he ordered wiretaps on Morton H. Halperin and NSC employees to discover leaks of highly classified information. The remarks appear in a seven page statement sent to Halperin's lawyers.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Morton H. Halperin
National Security Council
Halperin
Federal tax cuts may trim Minnesota paychecks this year
Minnesota workers could see slight changes in federal tax withholding due to new federal cuts. For a three dependent earner, about 2.30 dollars more per week may appear. State withholdings won’t change with new tables, though computer payrolls could adjust pennies. The 1975 legislature debates shifting funds to curb property taxes while awaiting final tax reform.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Congress
Arthur Roemer
Roemer
House Tax Committee
Senate Tax Committee
House
Wendell Anderson
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