World Airways jet ferries 29 orphans to LA amid Saigon crisis
A World Airways 747 carrying 29 Vietnamese and Cambodian war orphans lands at Los Angeles International Airport as the weekend’s Operation Babylift flight. Thirty one ill orphans are rushed to eight local hospitals, with six in serious condition. In Cambodia, Ford orders air drops and urges Congress to approve emergency aid as Phnom Penh braces for Khmer Rouge advances.
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Teenage Alcoholic Revelations From Alameda County Stories
Three teens, Sharon 17 Janice 18 and Mike 16 in Southern Alameda County, describe starting to drink in grade school, escalating to alcoholism by high school. They reveal family drinking, casual access to alcohol, and the help they seek as they urge peers to get support. The piece notes an estimated half a million teenage alcoholics in the nation, many untreated.
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