Visitor Finds Haiphong a Gray City
A visiting North Vietnamese observer spent nearly a month in Haiphong noting gray buildings with little new construction since 1954 and few vehicles on the streets. He described a silent port with limited commerce, dense clothing stores, and signs of North Vietnamese presence in the South. The visitor recounted street scenes, traffic quirks, and local attitudes toward leadership and control.
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Saigon
UPI
North Vietnam
Malphong
North Vietnec
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Waiphong
Vietnam
Occidental
IRA Pressure Brings More Of Prisoners
In Belfast more than 80 Roman Catholic guerrilla suspects are moved to an isolation block at Mara prison amid IRA intimidation. A young Catholic hanged himself at Maze prison, said to reflect similar coercion. Political figures urge action for release while inmates reportedly run the provisional wing’s own discipline.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Mara
I'osday
IRA
Maze
Long Kesh
Gerry Fitt
Social Democratic and Labor Party
William Whitelaw
London
Provisional Wing
Paddy Devlin
Social Democrate
Labor
Devlin
Ona
Tega
Buy American motto flips as Europeans seek U S firms
London AP reports foreign investors eye U S assets as dollar devaluations boost European buying power. Takeovers rise as Barclays faces U S regulatory hurdles and Zapata links with British firms. Firms reassess to build U S plants, with Michelin and Volkswagen expanding in state incentives.
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London
U.S
Barclay’s Bank of
Britain
New York State
Banking Authority
Long Islands Trust Co
Liquigas
Italy
Ronson Corp
Ronson
General Motors
0.S
Michelin
Thre
Son of Patton Gets Promotion
Brig. Gen. George Patton Lil was promoted to two-star general Monday the army said. He ranked third highest on the list of 30 one-star generals picked for promotion. Patton, 49, is the youngest of Gen. George S Patton. He is assistant commandant of the Army Armor school at Fort Knox Kentucky.
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Washington
UPI
George Patton
Army
Patton
George
Infantry
Army Armor School
Fort ‘Knox
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Minuetlig
Iorth
Werdo
Thien
Ngo Chib Blur
Toronto
Retta Stephenson
The
Canarian Medical Assa
George Clark
Hin
Loyds Bank of London
Iirst Western Bank and Trust of California
World Airways
Brown and Williamson
American Tobacco
Gindel Brothers Tno
Zapata Corp
Peninsula and Oriental Navigation
American Zapata Corp
Akron
Ohio
Mitchelin
South Carolina
America
Volkswagen
Sony
California
Armstrong Budget Sportswear
Armstrong’s
Swim Suit Sale
Armstrong Budget Fashions
Stylas
Sizas
Armstrong Toy Shop
Armstrong Budget Menswear
Son of Patton
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