Last American troops pull out of mainland Southeast Asia
In Bangkok the flag of the final active U S forces in mainland Southeast Asia was lowered marking the end of the U S Military Assistance Command in Thailand. Numbers have fallen from 48 000 in 1969 to under 500 with 270 advisers by July 20. The mission shifts to overseeing aid and advising the Thai military while no fighting is expected.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Southeast Asia
U.S
U.S. Military Assistance Command
Air Force
Harry Aderholt
Aderholt
America
Vietnam
Navy
Cmdr
Samuel Miess
Bromley slides open with hoopla for Alpine ride
Gov. Salmon joined Bromley Corp. President Stig Albertsson for the opening ceremony of North America’s first Alpine slide at Bromley Mountain. Guests rode the 4,060-foot dual slides amid Bluegrass, hot dogs, and beer as media and crowd watched the inaugural run.
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Bromley Mountain
Bromley
North America
Thomas P. Salmon
Salma and
Bromley Corp
Stig Albertsson
Ford closes gap to nomination as Reagan narrows lead
United Press International reports Ford within 76 delegates of 1130 after Minnesota victory while Reagan gains 70 by sweeping Idaho Montana and New Mexico. Carter leads Democratic race with at least 1714 delegates. UPI tabulation lists uncommitted and pending delegates and regional splits.
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Ronald Reagan
UPI
Minnesota
Reagan
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Rep
John Anderson
GOP
Jimmy Carter
New York
California
Ford calls for economic drive at multinational summit
President Ford urged a coordinated effort among six major powers Canada West Germany Japan France Britain and Italy to shape the world economy, while delegates reportedly viewed the meeting with limited enthusiasm as Rambouillet ties linger. The summit aims to discuss recovery inflation and financial issues amid doubts over decisive results.
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Dorado
P.R
Ford
Canada
West Germany
Japan
France
Britain
Italy
United States
Chateau de Rambouillet
Rambouillet
Leahy and Stafford unite to oppose FEA decontrol
Vermont's Senators Robert Stafford and Patrick Leahy urge colleagues to block a Federal Energy Administration plan to end price and allocation controls on home heating oil. CRS estimates New England households could face about 130 dollars more yearly, with national costs between 800 million and 1.2 billion annually. They warn about rising prices if decontrol proceeds.
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Washington
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Federal Energy Administration
Robert Stafford
Patrick Leahy
FEA
Stafford
Leahy
Congressional Research Service
New England
CRS
Congress
Canada settles language dispute with pilots and controllers
Ottawa reports a settlement with Canada's pilots and air traffic controllers ending a nine day air travel disruption. Lang says details will be sent to the Commons and a commission will study introducing French in the largely English air traffic control system with Justice D W Shields as third member.
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Ottawa
UPI
Otto Lang
Canada
Air Canada
Lang
House of Commons
D.W. Shields
Federal Court
Quebec
Inside In the world and local notes on events page wide
A roundup across sections mentions hijacking a large Air France plane, maritime traffic snarls in Newport, and a Viking Mars landing delay. Also covered are Willow Park bicentennial picnic box lunch auction, TRB on independence, Paton’s take on violence, Paton’s critique in education value, and two arts events in SVAC and Bennington.
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Air France
Newport
Viking
Willow Park
TRB
Alan Paton
Giddings
SVAC
Green Mountain Arts Collaborative
Bennington
North Bennington
Hoosick Falls
United Nations
U.S
UVM
Generals
Everts- Goolagong
Wimbledon
Nader at Amherst Solar Fair Challenges Energy Policy
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader spoke at the Toward Tomorrow Fair in Amherst Mass. urging citizen participation, conservation, and solar energy development. He contrasted corporate influence with public oversight, criticizing investor owned utilities and nuclear power and noting lower rates for business customers to deter alternatives.
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Nader
Amherst
Rob Woolmington
Ralph Nader
U.S
Mass
Toward Tomorrow
University of Massachusetts
Society For the Investigation of
Boston Women’s Health Collective
Washington
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Garland Bromley
Russ Garland
Peru
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Charles Palmer
Seth Hudson
A. Daniel Mason
Isaac VanEamm
Gary Lampman
Thomas Pownall
United Press International
The
Virgin Islands
Wyoming
Anderson
Carter
Gallup
South
Angola
Luanda
Revolutionary Peoples Court
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
South Africa
Col
Tony Callan
Andrew Mackenzie
John Barker
Canadian Air Strike
Lockheed
Pentagon
Exxon
Department of Interior
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