First Vietnamese orphan joins Iowa City family at O'Hare
The Gronbecks welcomed Jakob a five year old Vietnamese Cambodian boy as the first of 350 children off the plane at O'Hare. The family described relief and joy despite delays and language barriers as they prepare to help him adjust. Health concerns among arriving orphans noted with diarrhea pneumonia and chicken pox.
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O'Hare
Jakob
Fawa Gity
United States
Gronbecks
Levi Proposes Federal Ban on Sandguns in High Crime Areas
Attorney General Edward Levi urges a nationwide but targeted ban on sandgun sales and ammunition in areas with rising violent crime. The plan would auto-activate at defined crisis levels and lift once violence subsides, aiming to curb illegal weapon use without broad licensing.
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Waselington
Edward Levi
Levi
Trim Size Of Groups Of Orphans
SAIGON AP Operation Baby Lift ends on a large scale. From now on orphans will depart in smaller groups as officials say the quota for the United States has been reached. More than 1,700 orphans left Saigon in five days, with hundreds going to Australia Britain and Canada. Dr Phan Quang Dan pledged the operation’s end and noted the adoption progress continues.
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Saigon
Phan Quang Dan
U.S
Australia
Britain
Canda
Canada
America
All those in favor of saving gasoline raise your foot
A lighthearted note proposes a playful test of approval by lifting a foot to signal support for saving gas. The item reads as a humorous crowd gesture suggesting collective action. No individuals or organizations are named in the readable text.
Hughes Memo Urges Prolonging Vietnam War for Hughes Losses
LAS VEGAS UP I report says Howard Hughes sought to keep the Vietnam war going to recoup losses on his LO helicopter program. Two former aides, Robert Maheu and John Meier, confirm a late 1960s memo urged influencing Washington to extend the war for Hughes’ benefit. Meier says he saw the memo. Maheu recalls pressure and later dismissal from Hughes.
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Las Vegas
UPI
Billinoaire
Howard Wphes
Vietnam
Las Veras
Hughes
Maheu
The
Sun
Meier
Vancouver
B.C
Mahen
Washington
United Press International
Communists Attack Near Saigon Amidst Offensive
In the first major capital-area strike since the current offensive began, Communist gunners fired 60 shells into Saigon suburbs from under eight miles away. A day earlier Saigon troops retook Nhi Trang as evacuation of missions continued with US ships nearby.
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Saigon
UPS
Shii
Nhi ‘Trang
U.S
South Viettnam
Saigon Command
le Tring Hien
Nha He
Nha Trani
Nha Trang
Vision of Peace Amid Setbacks From Ford Speech
President Ford told the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas that he sees growth and interdependence worldwide despite domestic and foreign setbacks. He rejected a grim future, urged budget discipline to keep deficits near 60 billion, critiqued tax law changes, and defended CIA/national intelligence while stressing middle class tax burdens.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Ford
National Association of Broadcasters
Las Vegas
Central Intelligence Agency
Indiraetion
CIA
Congress
Con-Grees
Auger Named Acting Director To Review Iowa Prisons
CALVIN AUGER, the new acting director of adult corrections in Iowa, will be asked to evaluate the prison system before further changes in the Department of Social Services. Gov. Robert Ray announced Auger was named Saturday to replace Nolan Ellandson, who moved to acting director of prison industries. Auger, 45, has been warden at the Anamosa Restoration for a year and a half and says he favors rehabilitation without coddling inmates. Ray says the appointment is open-ended and notes Auger has a strong rehab mindset but does not seek a permanent post. The moves begin a potential corrections shakeup following recent inmate charges.
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Calvin Auger
Iowa
State Department of Social Services
Robert Ray
Auger
Nolan H Ellandson
Ray
Ellandson
Prison Industries
Anamosa
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