Refugees and Troops Flee to Nha Trang Amid Disorder
Refugees and South Vietnamese soldiers retreat toward coastal Nha Trang as gunfire flares in streets. The U S consulate warns travel only by day on main roads. Hundreds seek safety after Ban Me Thuot fell, with anger toward the government and lingering anti American sentiment observed among refugees and dissidents.
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Nha Trang
South Vietnam
U.S
Ban Me Thuot
Thieu
Khanh Duong
Reds Push Attack on Hue in Easter Offensive Plea
Refugees flee toward Tuy Hoa as Communist forces push toward Hue. South Vietnamese troops blow a river bridge to slow tanks while artillery hits Hue’s airport and bases. Officials report vast territorial losses and a government emergency plan to relocate up to one million people along the coast.
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Nguyen Tu
Cheo Redo
Tuy Hoa
My Chanh
Hue
Phu Bai
Hoa My
Quang Tri
Pleiku
Kontum
Dariac
Phu Bon
Phuoc Long
Saigon
Binh Long
Thua Thien
Highlands
Lam Dong
Quang Duc
Tuyen Duc
Dalat
Quang Ngai
Tay Ninh
Mekong
Kien Giang
Nguyen van Thieu
Nha Trang
Danang
Hai van Pass
da Nang
Af Thuan An
Sau Vietnam
Belgium
Washington
State Department
Robert L. Funseth
Paris
Peace Pact Void Exposes Strain In South Vietnam War
U S officials monitor shifting South Vietnamese defense as Paris peace accords fray. North Vietnam’s 320 000 troops in the south threaten key Saigon delta areas while Thieu shifts forces to defend population centers. Congress faced with unused aid funding amid renewed offensives and political blame.
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U.S
Forth Vietnam
Paris
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
State Department
Robert Funseth
Funseth
Saigon
Delta
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
Secretary of Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Congress
Mathias
Frisbees fight VD campaign targets spring breakers
Tallahassee officials launch a two week Prevent VD campaign using imprinted frisbees and aerial ads to reach about 200 000 college students arriving for spring break. Dr Clifford Cole notes the risk of rapid VD spread in festive settings and plans focused in Daytona Beach with an extensive anti VD program.
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Tallahassee
Florida
Clifford Cole
Daytona Beach
Mail surveillance spanned 20 years across agencies
A top postal official and a former CIA agent testified that from 1953 to 1973 CIA and FBI operatives opened and photographed letters to and from the Soviet Union China and Cuba in a mail surveillance program centered in New York City and San Francisco.
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Washington
Iupda
CIA
William J. Cotter
Postal Service
House
Post Office
New York City
San Francisco
Cotter
Soviet Union
China
Cuba
Civil Liberties
Mel Crain
San Diego State University
FBI
New Orleans
Crain
Operational Intelligence Research Branch
Robert W
Senate bill outlines tax cuts and rebates to aid oil and gas sectors
The proposal includes a $10 billion rebate of 1974 individual income taxes, up to $240 per family, May disbursements, and a 4 percent across the board cut on the first $4,000 of taxable income. It also offers a $1.7 billion earned income credit, a $100 Social Security payment, a $200 per person credit option, a home purchase tax credit, and $7.5 billion in business credits plus repeal of truck and bus excise taxes. The plan faces numerous amendments before a final Senate vote.
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Senate
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