Pinch worst in 20 years for Southland cities
Southland municipalities face the tightest budgets in two decades for 1975 76 with deficits in Long Beach and Lakewood while Cerritos Artesia and Norwalk monitor their final budgets. City officials warn options include tax hikes or service cuts as inflation drives up costs across gasoline fertilizers steel and electricity. Revenue sharing and other federal aid face renewal in 1976 and failure would worsen city finances.
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Long Beach
Lakewood
Bellflower
Cerritos
Artesia
Norwalk
Independent Press-Telegram
Phelps
Tidelands
John R. Mansell
Local Weather Forecast and Page Reference
Fair conditions continue today with highs around 70 and nights in the mid 40s. A complete weather page appears on B-4, while classified listings carry numbers HE 5-116 and HE 2-5959 across 112 pages.
Da Nang Falls to Reds as Saigon Reports City Captured
Saigon officials confirmed Da Nang, South Vietnam’s second largest city, fallen to Communist led forces. The loss reportedly cost nearly 100 000 soldiers trapped in the area, marking the biggest defeat in 20 years. President Ford ordered U S Navy boats to assist evacuations, while evacuation plans proceed for other coastal cities. Lt Gen Ngo Quang Truong fled the city with his staff aboard a navy vessel.
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Saigon
da Nang
South Vietnam
Ford
Washington
U.S. Navy
Pentagon
Ngo Quang Truong
South China Sea
Truong
Last flight from Da Nang as refugees flood airport
Chaos at Da Nang airport as 400 troops claw and trample to board the World Airways Boeing 727 cargo plane in the final airlift. North Vietnamese rockets strike the airport while refugees wait powerless, with Da Nang and its airlift collapsing under the Islamic advance.
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da Nang
Saigon
Jan Wollen
World Airways
South Vietnam
Ed Daly
Peace and Liberty Themes Dominate Easter Page
The page highlights Easter with peace and liberty themes and includes Passover messages. It notes Avalon’s saltwater flushing may become reclaimed water for a golf course and directs readers to related items on pages A11 and A20.
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Avalon
Ford signs tax cuts and draws spending line
President Ford reluctantly signs a $24.8 billion tax cut, warns he draws the line on federal spending. He cites inflation risk and a looming $60 billion deficit, displays a chart, and heads to Palm Springs for Easter work vacation.
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Ford
Washington
UPI
Oval Office
Palm Springs
California
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
White House
Egypt to reopen Suez Canal on June 5
President Anwar Sadat announced at the Peoples Assembly that Egypt would reopen the Suez Canal to international navigation on June 5 and extend the U N peacekeeping mandate in Sinai for three more months. He said Israel would be barred from using the canal under the 1888 Constantinople Convention.
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Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
U.N
Sinai Desert
Sadat
Henry A. Kissinger
Peoples’ Assembly
Ahmed Kamal Abul Agd
Israel
Egypt
Jerusalem
United States
Kissinger
Bank Robber Targeted Farmers & Merchants Branch
A white male about 25, six feet tall or so, wearing a dark blue ski mask, vaulted the counter at the Farmers and Merchants bank branch on Long Beach Boulevard at 3 p m February 18 and escaped with about $30 000. Secret Witness offers a $500 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction call 436 2526 or write to P O Box 67 Long Beach California 90801.
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Farmers & Merchants Bank
Long Beach Blvd
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Ft. MacArthur
Council
Abby
President Ford
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