Evacuation Order For Americans Not Handed Down
President Ford chaired a National Security Council meeting as officials noted no evacuation order for Americans from Saigon. U S officials said fewer than a dozen attended, with no decision to evacuate 900 remaining citizens. Refugees would be housed at Camp Pendleton Ft. Chaffee and Eglin AFB for up to 90 days, with first evacuees due midweek.
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Ford
National Security Council
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White House
Nessen
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John Hudson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
William E. Colby
Central Intelligency Agency
George Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
State Department
Vietnam
Pentagon
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Marine
Navy
Art Brill
Guam
Marines Reported Killed in Saigon Airbase Assault
Communist forces shelled Tan Son Nhut air base near Saigon early Tuesday destroying a C130 cargo plane. The attack followed a rejected cease-fire offer as ground fighting spread toward Phu Lam and Hoc Mon with Evacuation planes suspended.
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Tan Son Nhut
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South Vietnam
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U.S. 7Th Fleet
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Hoc Mon
Terrorists seize Israeli Consulate in Johannesburg
In Johannesburg South Africa gunmen seized the Israeli consulate, took hostages including two children, triggering a police and army siege. Authorities reported at least two dead and more than 33 wounded as commandos and police surrounded the six story building in the city’s theater district.
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South Africa
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Cape Town
South African Press Association
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Lebanon
Tokyo
Red Army
Sweden
Yejen
Stockholm
Radio Israel
J.D. Unna
Unna
James Kruger
Capetown
John Vorster
Vorster
Government index dips then recovers in March report
The March government index reversed a first solid gain since the recession began but stayed just above January levels after six straight monthly declines totaling 14 percent. An American Physical Society panel said no immediate nuclear reactor accident danger, yet urged more safety research. A one year farm bill could trigger large subsidies to grain farmers in 1976 77 due to falling prices, Ford expected to veto soon. Richmond residents seek ways to curb spiraling electric rates as bills overwhelm households.
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Commerce Department
American Physical Society
Ford
White House
Agriculture Department
Power Co official argues for advertising flexibility
ee-An Power Co. official told the State Corporation Commission on Monday that the company needs flexibility in communicating with the public, citing a lack of public riders in the electric ey Ay program. John W. Vaughan, APCO vice president, testified at the SCC hearing on advertising guidelines.
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State Corporation Commission
John W. Vaughan
Apco
SCC
Wheeling Woman Sues FBI Over Hearst Raid Fallout
Elizabeth Anne Norton of Wheeling says she has been a complete wreck since FBI agents broke down her door during the Patricia Hearst raid. Norton, 21, reports harassment by reporters and obscene phone calls and says she and her roommate have been tailed since the March 15 incident.
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Wheeling
W. Va
FBI
Patricia Hearst
Elizabeth Anne Norton
Downing to Seek Probe of Kennedy assassination
Charlottesville Congressman Thomas N. Downing plans to introduce a resolution Tuesday calling for a congressional investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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Thomas N. Downing
Dva
John F. Kennedy
Havoc Is Contagious
Saigon on April 28 amid chaos as refugees flood offices for U.S. sponsorship to leave Vietnam. Viet Cong seize Newport complex area near Saigon as paratroopers move in and Bien Hoa endures heavy shelling destroying the town once home to about half a million.
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U.S
Newport
Bien Hoa
Matt Franjola
Matt
Ford seeks overhaul as consumer agency faces opposition
President addresses Chamber of Commerce delegates urging reform of federal regulations and resisting a proposed federal consumer advocacy agency. He argues many rules raise costs while offering limited benefits and outlines bills to remove price controls on natural gas and curb fair trade laws, plus broader lending reforms.
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Ford
Consumer Protection Agency
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Ting
Sas
Congrew
Pstpone
Consumer Advocacy
Federalreaucracy
Charles H. Smith Jr
Lawyer Explains Adoption Business
A Miami lawyer testified before a Senate panel that he arranges adoptions for couples unable to have children at fees around four thousand seven hundred dollars. He said the service yields satisfaction for both birth and adoptive parents while noting the existence of a black market for babies.
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Miami
Senate
Robert Burns
Burns
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Joseph H. Reid
Reid
Cleveland
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