Hundreds of Vietnam orphans due in Los Angeles today
Officials expect up to 500 Vietnamese orphans aboard a World Airways 747 to land at Los Angeles International at 12:30 p.m. with four more flights of orphans and evacuees to come. Health staff will assess needs, hospitals are on standby, and Long Beach staging will house those not needing care.
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U S Airlift Expands as Saigon Sees Evacuation Push
Eight C141 Starlifter transports landed at Tan Son Nhut carrying military equipment and nearly 300 orphans toward the United States. Civilians were urged to secure immigration papers for flights to Travis Air Force Base while the Ford aid package drew mixed responses from Hanoi.
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Kennedy urges end to Vietnam fighting avoid more American deaths
Senator Edward Kennedy told a Berkeley Charter Day audience that the United States should pursue diplomacy to end the Vietnam conflict and warned against evacuations under American military cover. He urged a rapid end to fighting and warned against new military involvement, proposing humanitarian aid through the United Nations and Red Cross.
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Machinists End Strike Vote At Douglas Today
Thousands of Southern California machinists vote at Los Angeles Sports Arena on ending a nine week strike against McDonnell Douglas. Leaders say the outcome to be close with a mediators package offering a 3 percent yearly raise for three years and retroactive cost of living benefits. pensions set at nine to ten dollars per month per year worked.
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Khmer Rouge advances threaten Phnom Penh amid Cambodia crisis
UPI dispatch quotes Robert Kaylor signaling potential embassy evacuation as Khmer Rouge tighten grip on Phnom Penh. Ford’s World Message criticized for withholding further aid while Cambodians fear collapse of government amid heavy fighting and airfield shelling.
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Secret Soviet bid to Israel on peace reported
Israeli Haaretz reported two Soviet emissaries met Prime Minister Rabin and Foreign Minister Allon last week to discuss a Geneva peace conference. They offered to guarantee Israel’s security if it returned to pre 1967 borders and to resume diplomatic relations after a Geneva accord.
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Insecticide Spill Toxins Sicken 95 near LA Freeways
A spill from a truck carrying 12,000 five-gallon cans of lannate methomyl caused a chemical reaction when water from fire hoses created toxic fumes. Ninety five people including 40 firefighters and Highway Patrol officers were hospitalized but expected to fully recover. The 9:30 p.m. crash occurred at Hollywood and Golden State freeways where both trucks burned. drivers were uninjured.
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