New U S Asia policy centers on economic ties
Ford administration moves to craft a realistic Asia policy focusing on Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Indonesia with Thailand treated separately. Kissinger says talks with regional powers aim to strengthen ties based on mutual economic and political concerns rather than military aid. Evacuation of Saigon ended a turbulent chapter with 61,000 people moved, including 6,000 Americans.
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Henry Kissinger
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Philippines
Indonesia
Thailand
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Southeast Asia
Ford
Singapore
Australia
New Zealand
Surrender and Fall of Saigon Ends Vietnam War Era
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops occupy Saigon after President Minh announces unconditional surrender. Crowds cheer as the city is renamed Ho Chi Minh City, U.S. embassy is looted, and curfew is imposed. International reactions praise end of the conflict while evacuation efforts conclude.
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Tokyo
Ho Chi Minh City
Hong Kong
Duong van Minh
Tornadoes Kill Six In Louisiana Texas
Killer tornadoes ripped through Texas and Louisiana Tuesday leaving six dead, nine tornadoes recorded. An 18 month old girl was ripped from her mother’s arms. victims included a motorcyclist in Shreveport and three people near Fraser’s Yancey farm. Eight injured, sixteen homes demolished, damage about 300000 dollars.
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Louisiana
National Weather Service
Oklahoma
Missouri
Illinois
Shreveport
Vernon Parish
Harold Fraser
Yancey
Fraser’s
Fraser
Ernest
Blanche Weimers
Wife Quits Cooking After Odor Crunches Home
A witty niece reports a clever wife found a way to remove cooking smells by quitting cooking altogether. The joke turns on practical irony and domestic mishap.
Iowa Marine's Mother Proud of Son Loss in Vietnam
Marshalltown Mrs. Henry Judge mourns Marine Cpl Darwin Judge 19 and Charles McMahon Jr 22 killed in a communist shelling at Tan Son Nhut airport during Saigon evacuation. Judge and her husband await word on his body as Gov. Ray comments on Vietnam war lessons and policy shifts. Loren Judge Air Force S/Sgt is their other son.
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Marshalltown
Vietnam
Darwin Judge
Air Force
Loren Judge
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Cpls
Charles McMahon, Jr
Woburn
Mass
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Pentagon
Judge
Marine Corps
San Diego
Embassy Guard School
Arlington
Westdale Mall Cedar Rapids slated to open autumn 1978
Cedar Rapids officials told residents the Westdale Mall project remains alive with a 1978 autumn opening planned. Ernest Hahn said the two level center will launch with Montgomery Ward and a second major store, followed by JCPenney in spring 1979, plus more shops as demand grows.
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Ernest Hahn
Ernest W. Hahn, Inc
Westdale Mall
Montgomery Ward
Hahn
Jcpenney
Penney’s
Hahn Developments
New York
Ford Proud of Saving Refugees
President Ford said he ordered the Saigon evacuation to save thousands of South Vietnamese and Americans from death. Press Secretary Ron Nessen estimated about 7,000 evacuees, including roughly 6,000 Vietnamese and 1,000 Americans, were evacuated from Saigon Tuesday.
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Saigon
Washington
Henry Kissinger
Thieu
Taipei
UPI
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South Vietnam
Vietnam
Nessen
House International Relations
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Albert
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Steel Companies Prosper GM Links to 29 Year Low
U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel report sharply higher first quarter profits as the recession bites into automaker GM. GM earnings fall 51 percent to 58 million dollars, lowest since 1964 strike. U S Steel posts 182.1 million dollars profit, Bethlehem 80.3 million.
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