Vietnamese refugee recalls first American days in LA
A UPI dispatch by Nguyen Anh Tuyet describes a Vietnamese refugee family adapting to Los Angeles after evacuations. The narrative covers first unease, learning English, food adjustments, camp to hotel transition, Disneyland tours, shopping, and children’s early English words amid freeways and urban life.
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UPI
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Los Angeles Zoo
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Refugees leave U S camps at rate of 800 a day
Fewer than 30 percent of the 131000 South Vietnamese refugees are with American sponsors and about the same number remain at Pacific bases. At the current rate of about 800 per day the camps could be emptied by October. As of Saturday 35305 were out of the system and 742?6 chose other countries. Refugees at four U.S. centers total 58992 with 36532 at staging centers abroad. Noted tensions include criticism from Senator Kennedy while officials defend rapid resettlement efforts.
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Motorcyclists Fail to Overrun Small New Hampshire Town
In LOUDON New Hampshire police report only 1000 to 2000 visitors for the Canadian American Challenge Races weekend amid foul weather and new roadside camping bans The Bryar race site had expected up to 5000 motorcyclists while crowds in past years reached 20000 Police say weather and camping restrictions limited attendance and minor traffic violations occurred with a few campers refusing to comply Municipal officials note the 10 year AMA sanctioned contract expired last year and the Can Am race was not AMA sanctioned
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State Department
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Loudon
N.H
Hardigan
Bryar Motorsport Park
American Motorcycle Association
Robert Fiske
Reno divorce trends shift away from No Fault boom
Nevada once known as the Divorce Capital of the World faces a decline in Reno divorces while nationwide and global trends favor no fault dissolutions. Lawyers cite changing attitudes, economic pressures, and easier marriage termination as driving factors across New York Boston Illinois and Springfield in contrasting patterns.
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Samuel Schoonmaker
Stamford, Conn
New Hampshire Divorce Rate Tied to Economy Welfare and Laws
Superior Court Judge Charles Douglas Junior links rising NH divorces to a weak economy welfare access and easy divorce rules. In 1974 NH recorded 4,019 divorces, up 36 percent from the prior year, with unemployment and idle time cited as marital stressors. A divorcing woman adds the era’s shifting values and norms to the trend.
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N.H
UPI
Superior Court
Charles Douglas
New Hampshire
Douglas
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