New Vietnamese Refugees in New York Face Startups and Homesickness
The New York area has welcomed about 2,000 Vietnamese refugees since the Saigon fall. Many are educated and English speaking but struggle to find work, relying on sponsors like Montclair family William and Lorraine Christman. Families adjust to streets, subways, money and language while maintaining hope for employment, housing, and a future life in America.
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PRG demands US recognition to free hostages in Saigon
In Bangkok, PRG leaders urge normal ties with the United States to aid a battered economy and demand Washington pay damages from the war. They hint that roughly 50 Americans remain in Vietnam as leverage while U.S. wording blocks recognition and UN entry. About a dozen Americans are loosely detained as authorities press Washington.
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Education unions press for higher pay across nation
The NEA meeting in Los Angeles signals a growing wave of teacher strikes amid recession driven pay gaps. John Ryer warns of underpaid teachers and job cuts while urging federal funding to 33 percent of public school financing and improved classroom resources.
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Continental Congress Lacked Power to Tax for Funds
In a concise note, it is stated that the Continental Congress lacked the authority to levy taxes to raise money quickly, highlighting the financial constraint facing the fledgling government.
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