Carrier Midway Returns From Saigon Cargo to Guam
The carrier Midway left Guam with 145 warplanes and helicopters flown out of South Vietnam by the Saigon air force. About 100 planes and 45 helicopters were loaded from U Tapao Thailand before the fall of Saigon, as refugees flood Guam to reach roughly 52,000 there. The aircraft, loaded via sling and deck operations, include Freedom Fighters and Dragonflies, with early damage noted to one F G.
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San Diego man sets seven day electronic table tennis record
Roger Guy English 24 of La Jolla Calif completed his seventh day of pong at noon Saturday in a mobile KFMB studio at a shopping center. He played spectators and zoo aril eater staff as sponsors plan to enter the feat in Guinness.
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Roger Guy English
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la Jolla
Calif
KFMB
San Diego Zoo
Ater
London
Omaha Guardsmen redeploy after tornado cleanup
Nebraska National Guard shifts 2880 troops from Omaha as 275 fresh guardsmen join to patrol northwest and southwest tornado zones. Debris sites, barricades removed, and police backstop, with precautions against looting. Mayor Zorinsky praises efforts amid heavy volunteer turnout and ongoing debris clearance in the 2,000 block area.
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Omaha
UPI
Nebraska National Guard
National Guard
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Mercy Road
72Nd St
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Edward Zorinsky
Zorinsky
Eugene Brailey
Brailey
Cain
City Public Works
Terry Pesek
Warships exchange visits mark Cold War thaw in 1975
Soviet destroyers Bovkiy and Zhyuchiy visited Boston harbor with a 21 gun salute as U S Navy destroyers Leahy and Tattnall called at Leningrad. American and Soviet officials and bands greeted each side amid celebrations marking Allied victory anniversary.
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Zhyuchiy
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Tattnall
Boston
Commonwealth Pier
Anatoly Dobrynin
Kalinin
Dobrynin
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
LIS
Kronstadt
U.S
Europe
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Marine
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Justin E. Langille II
Ivan M. Kolehin
Common Market signs far reaching Israel trade pact
The European Common Market and Israel signed a broad trade agreement, granting duty free Israeli industrial imports and most farm goods into the market by July 1, 1977, with Israel to remove duties on market products by Jan. 1, 1980. Arab states warned of political consequences and Algerian officials urged postponement of North Africa talks, while talks with Algeria Morocco and Tunisia continue.
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Morocco
Tunisia
Cairo
Middle East
Europe
Nebraska plans 10-day quarter horse meet in Broken Bow
Lincoln UPTo The Nebraska Quarter Horse Racing Association seeks permission from the State Racing Commission to host a 10 day quarter horse meet at the Custer County Fairgrounds in Broken Bow. The commission will consider the request at a special meeting in Omaha May 20. The meet would run eight to 10 races daily with parimutuel wagering supervised by American Totalisator Co. Harry Farnham, commission chairman, says Nebraska is a big quarter horse state and supports both quarter and thoroughbred racing. Farnham notes past quarter horse races in Burwell and former meets in Alliance and Mitchell with wagering.
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State Racing Commission
Custer County Fairgrounds
Broken Bow
Omaha
American Totalisator Co
Nebraska
Harry Farbnham
The
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Burwell
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Mitchell
Billy Graham Opens Eight Day Crusade At Memorial Stadium
In Jackson Mississippi Evangelist Billy Graham opened an eight day crusade before an estimated 37000 at Mississippi Memorial Stadium delivering a sermon on the creative curative and crucified Christ Gerahasi in his first Mississippi crusade since 1952 urged a re examination of personal faith About 950 stood to express faith as Graham invited public response.
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UPL
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Mississippi Memorial Stadium
Gerahasi
Mississippi
Jesus Christ
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Record Loans Reported by Omaha FLB Bank
The Federal Land Bank of Omaha says it has $1.5 billion in loans outstanding, a peak for four state borrowers. President Arthur Buffington notes difficult operating decisions amid uncertain security values and income estimates, with $185 million lent on land in the first four months of 1975, up from $104 million a year earlier. The cooperative lender serves about 55,000 member borrowers in Town Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming and aims to lower rates when possible.
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Omaha
UPI
Federal Land Bank of
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Buffington
Land Bank
Town
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Saalfeld Receives Platte County Extension Scholarship
Kelly D. Saalfeld is named recipient of a $100 Platte County Home Extension Council scholarship. A Lakeview High senior, he is son of Richard and (Mrs.) Saalfeld of Columbus and will study agriculture at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. Debra Haskins is named as alternate from Calumbus High School.
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Kelly D. Saalfeld
Lakeview High School
Namnd
Platte County — Home Extension Club Council
Kelly
Richard Saalfeld
Columbus
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Debra Haskins
Don Haskins
Calumbus High School
Argentina Begins Nuclear Power At Atucha Plant
Argentina marks its first nuclear power output from the Atucha plant, located about 120 miles north of Buenos Aires on the Parana River. The facility started producing electricity in March 195? for Buenos Aires and nearby cities, using a caniu in front Argentind deposits.
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Nuclear Power
Buenos Aires
UPI
Argentina
Atucha
Parana
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