Sitieng Tribesmen Flee VC Control in Vietnam Jungle
Several hundred Sitieng tribesmen trekked from Lam Dong Province to government lines near Long Binh, fleeing Viet Cong rule after promises of land and rice went unmet. Refugees say about 2,000 from five villages disrupted by hunger and fear march along Highway 1 toward Saigon, some barred by police from entering the capital. The group describes VC harassment and demands for payment to pass, with families carrying minimal belongings and children smoking banana leaf cigars.
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Trang Bom
South Vietnam
Lam Dong
Saigon
Ca Ram
V.C
Cong
Iple
Tran van Thanh
Viet Cong
Long Binh
Orphans From Saigon Arrive in U S Flight Welfare Allies
Thirty handicapped children were evacuated from Saigon with help from Rev Robert Crawford and Edward Daly of World Airways. Lambert, 63, agreed to shelter the orphans at his Mount Angel farm. Crawford, who guided the group, said he would train the children for life in the United States.
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Phans
Saigon
Lambert
Robert Crawford
Father Crawford
United States
Oakland
Calif
Crawford
Edward Daly
World Airways
Mount Angel
Waterbeds used to prevent crib death in premature infants
San Diego AP reports premature babies will be placed on waterbeds at University Hospital to recreate a womb like, weightless environment. Dr. Louis Gluck, chief of neonatology, says the method may aid nervous system development and respiration to curb sudden infant death syndrome, which claims thousands of U S babies yearly. A slow oscillator, heartbeat recording, and transducer simulate maternal rhythms under the waterbed.
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San Diego’s University Hospital
Guadalupe Gonzales
Louis Cluck
San Diego
Calif
United States
Louis Gluck
University Hospital
Gluck
Prices Dip as Rates Talk Sways Consumers and Markets
Prices continued to slip as signs of higher interest rates threaten consumer borrowing and business investment. The March deficit reached a monthly record of 7.85 billion dollars, signaling heavy debt financing ahead. Analysts warned government borrowing could push rates up and divert funds from stocks. In Detroit, domestic car sales in mid-April fell 18 percent from a year earlier, with GM down 8 percent and American Motors down 7 percent from already soft levels amid gasoline shortage fears.
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General Motors
American Motors
North Carolina Judge Denies Quash of Joan Little Indictment
Superior Court Judge Henry McKinnon refused to quash the first degree murder indictment against Joan Little. He ruled the grand jury did not show systematic racial or gender exclusion, though he noted procedural flaws in jury selection and promised to include improvement suggestions in his ruling. Little, the county jail inmate, faced the indictment after the Aug. 27 killing of Clarence Alligood while awaiting appeal on a breaking and entering charge.
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Washington, N.C
Superior Court
Henry McKinnon
Joan Little
Miss Little
Grand Jury
Clarence Alligood
McKinnon
Jefferson Says He Ordered Assassination of Official
In Sacramento AP report Clifford Jefferson a founder of the SLA testifies in court claiming he ordered the murder of Oakland School Supt Marcus Foster. He pins the act on Willie Wolfe and says Russell Little and Joseph Remiro are innocent. He names another unidentified conspirator. Hearst connection noted.
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Jefferson
Sacramento
Calif
Clifford Jefferson
Symbionese Liberation Army
Oakland
Marcus Foster
Jeff
SLA
Willie Wolfe
Russell Little
Joseph Remiro
Little
Remiro
Superior
Berkeley
Wolfe
Miss Hearst
Randolph Hearst
Middle East summit ties Egypt Syria in Riyadh talks
Gromyko urged settlement that allows independent survival for all states including Israel as Sadat and Assad pledged to include Syria in any new moves. Sadat briefed Iran’s Shah after Riyadh with Kissinger diplomacy, while Israel weighs limits on U.S. arms and the impact on domestic life.
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Ismail Fahmy
Soviet Union
Middle East
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Syria
Hafez Assad
Riyadh
Mideast
Khaled
Sadat
Henry A. Kissinger
Tehran
Iran
Geneva
Tel Aviv
Shimon Peres
U.S
Car sales worry April outlook for the industry
April car sales encountered a setback with a 2 percent drop from March, despite typical spring gains. Analysts noted overall improvement since last November’s low but remain puzzled by Chrysler's weak performance and uncertain month ahead for the auto sector.
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