Saigon Faces Renewed Shelling and Refugee Strain
The Saigon area endures renewed shelling from North Vietnamese forces during a two hour attack on Nha Be and surrounding regions. Six vietnameses wounded and two fuel pipelines damaged as fighting spreas near Binh Phuoc. Refugees suffer from starvation aboard evac ships with hundreds needing aid. The government resumes efforts to reclaim territory including Nha Trang as part of a broader counteroffensive.
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Nha Be
Saigon
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
le Trung Hien
Hien
Binh Phuoc
Guadalcanal
Guam
Tripoli
Inchon
Vung Tau
Binh Tuy
Phu Quoc Island
Gulf of Thailand
Nha Trang
Giant playpen for orphans in converted Army garage
In San Francisco a vast nursery of side-by-side mattresses housed hundreds of Vietnamese orphans awaiting adoption. Volunteers and Army personnel tended to children flown to the United States, with stories of young Robert Frost, Ian, and caretakers revealing daily care and hopeful futures for 319 homeless kids.
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San Francisco
BABYLIFT WASHED OUT LEAVES MANY ADOPTS EMPTY HANDED
In Chicago and San Francisco, dozens of Vietnamese orphans flown to the United States faced medical needs or delays. Doctors reported dehydration and pneumonia among the ill, while some children could join adoptive families within days. Several families waited or traveled to retrieve children, others learned their child had already boarded another flight.
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Mark Oscherwitz
Mt. Zion Hospital
San Francisco
Chicago
Midwest
Eliot Glassheim
North Dakota
Pat
Vo van Dung
New York City
Larry Olgrogge
Waterloo
Iowa
Amy
Olgrogge
Seattle
Keith Kuroyama
Los Angeles
Kuroyama
Saigon
George Carnie
Carnie
Friends of All Children
Boulder
Colo
San Francisco Presidio
Wayne Eisenhart
Rebels rain rockets on Cambodia airport
Rebels shelled Phnom Penh as they pressed a siege from all sides, attacking Pochentong Airport to cut the city’s supply link. Government losses mounted after Neak Luong fell, with about 5,000 troops and Gen. Lim Sisaat captured. US airlift persisted, evacuating personnel as clashes continued around the capital.
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Phnom Penh Upi
Neak Luong
Mekong River
Lim Sisaat
Pochentong
Phnom Penh
U.S
Kennedy Faces Protest as He Campaigns in Quincy
Senator Kennedy spoke on racism and school integration at Weston and Quincy venues. A mob of about 300 demonstrators confronted him at a Knights of Columbus breakfast, grabbing at his hair and clothing before police and aides cleared a path to safety. Earlier incidents included egg and tomato protests in Boston.
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Weston Junior High School
Kennedy
Knights of Columbus
Quincy
Atlantic Junior High School
K of C
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Boston
Government Center
Schlesinger warns Vietnam may fall without more U S aid
Defense Secretary James Schlesinger said South Vietnam could collapse without additional U S assistance and would need years of support even if Communist gains were halted. He noted much territory taken recently came from Saigon retreat rather than enemy fire and argued the U S would avoid pressuring Saigon to surrender. He also disputed calls for large allied bombings and cautioned against declaring Phnom Penh lost.
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Washington
James Schlesinger
South Vietnam
United States
Saigon
U.S
Phnom Penh
Khmer Rouge
Cambodia
Schlesinger
Congress
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Army
Frederick C. Weyand
Ford
George Ball
Peer Tseeropaganda
Ball
Henry A. Kissinger
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Johnson
Albuquerque
N.M
Henry Jackson
Kissinger
Washington Democrat
Thieu
Stevenson
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6Th Army
Robert Frost
Robert
Zurinskas
Judith Bell
Ian
Ninty
Stanley Muci
la Habra
Calif
Muci
L.A
Kennedy Airport
Thomas Twyford
New
London
Daily Mail
Heathrow Airport
Don Anderson
Travis
Robert Charlebois
Catholic Relief Services
Anne Darlene
Cincinnati
Anne
America
California Highway Patrol
Stalcup
Combined News Services
Dolores Stricklin
Long Beach Boulevard
Long Beach
California
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