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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1975
Page
8
In Da Nang where refugees flood the city the rich buy priority flight space while many pay bribes for shelter and passage. Vehicles guards and barbed wire fences slow the exodus as aid flights suspend for crowd control. American led evacues face marked disparities with some securing seats through connections while others stay behind.
UPI reports that the emergency airlift to Phnom Penh was ordered to resume despite heavy shelling of Pochentong Airport and the government’s limited gains on the ground. Rebels push toward the capital as loyalist forces struggle to clear the Mekong perimeter and defend the airport.
GAO report says the Defense Department inflated the Cambodia aid amount by about 4.6 million, reducing available additional aid to 16.9 million. Army records showed 6 million in rockets and munitions had shifted to air components, and inconsistent accounting was cited. Congress recessed without acting on Ford's request for 222 million in extra arms aid.
Communist troops three miles from Da Nang fire rocket and mortar rounds as refugees mob transport and airlift halts. Up to one million refugees overwhelm Da Nang, while 10 000 sail on Pioneer and 8 000 aboard USS Miller amid chaotic harbor evacuations.
A Justice Department official rejected The Washington Post account that FBI Director Kelley tried to halt a Brooklyn probe into a Mafia linked bribery case involving FBI agent Joseph Stabile. Kelley said administrative actions should not affect the criminal investigation. Stabile remains with the FBI in Boston. Caputo, named by The Post, faces separate perjury charges and a Brooklyn trial set for April 14.
President Ford faces objections to a tax rebate while weighing Congress actions. A Treasury official says Ford can argue the difference between what he sent and what he received. During a nine day California trip in Palm Springs he will attend church, stay at Fred Wilson's home for 100 dollars a day, play golf and meet friends and business associates.
Franciscan Father Godfrey leads a group on Good Friday along the Via Dolorosa toward the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. American pilgrims share the narrow alleys with Arab city stalls while hawkers offer souvenirs and olive wood crucifixes amid a noted recession.
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