Efforts grow to simplify adopting Vietnam's orphans
Reports say two religious social service agencies a Protestant group and a Catholic committee have begun programs to arrange intercountry adoptions of South Vietnamese orphans by American couples. Agencies include Hult International Children's Fund in Oregon and the Catholic Committee for Refugees of the U S Catholic Conference. Other licensed groups are TAISSA and Friends of Children of Vietnam. Authorities estimate about 25 000 Vietnamese orphans exist though only some may be available for adoption. South Vietnam has gradually opened to international placements amid reforms.
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Hult International Children's Fund
Eugene
Ore
Catholic Committee For Refugees
United States Catholic Conference
The
American Bishops
Ministry of Social Welfare
Travelers Aid-International Social Service of America
Taissa
South Vietnam
Friends of Children of Vietnam
Boulder
Colo
John ¥. Adams
Itelt
Saigon
Adams
Korea
Betty Dorney
Colorado Housewives
Colorado
Wende Grant
Rosemary Taylor
Willian M. Taylor
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
Mr. Klein
Klein
Vietnam
Amelia
Mixed-blood orphans face cultural challenges in Vietnam
The article notes 15000 to 25000 American fathered orphans in Vietnam with 800 to 1000 in orphanages. A 16-agency panel in Washington plans to place black-fathered orphans in Black homes, aided by AID. It also mentions local civic and sports notes and pending highway work in Vermont.
Ouster contest in North Bennington sparks lawn party plan
The Arlington PTA failed to raise sufficient funds at a season auction to maintain the bend. They will try again with a Memorial Field lawn party and band concert. W Arthur Grant will become news editor at the University of New Hampshire, announced by President John W. McConnell. Historical notes include America Cup history, Mona Lisa theft and recovery, Leningrad advances in WWII, and Pope Paul VI’s Latin American tour.
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Arlington Parent-Teacher Association
Memorial Athletic Field
W. Arthur Grant
The
Banner
University of New Hampshire
University
John W. McConnell
America
England
Paris
Leningrad
Russia
Paul
Bogala
Colombia
Latin America
Riggs challenges female champ says will set game back
Bobby Riggs 55 vows to return to tennis and face Willie Dean King 29 in a high profile match that critics say would dim advances in women’s sport. The claim frames a gendered showdown casting Riggs as an antiquated figure amid era of rising female champions.
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Bobby Riggs
Willie Dean King
Look Poor to Look Rich Jeans Trend Stuns Nation
Russell Baker argues in a satirical column that selling worn jeans at $15 highlights wealth flaunted by the rich. He jokes about college students dressing shabby to project status, critiques excess, and imagines a comical push for nationwide worn-pants production and control.
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Russell Baker
New York Times News Service
New York
Croesus
America
Amnetica
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Washington
Bennington
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Country Club
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Landgrove
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Timny Detore
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Ohio
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