Orphaned Vietnamese Children Safely Arrive in America
Fifty five Vietnamese orphans landed at Oakland and were taken to the San Francisco Presidio after a 25 hour Pacific flight. They received baths, medical checks, toys, and a banana rice snack as Red Cross staff, Army officials, and volunteers helped settle them.
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San Francisco Presidio
Golden Gate Bridge
Ronald Renouf
Presidio
Renouf
Oakland International Airport
San Francisco Bay
Glenda Ganny
Red Cross
Wholesale Prices Dip In March
Wholesale prices fell six tenths of a percent in March marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline. Agricultural prices dropped sharply while industrial goods rose slightly signaling easing inflation amid ongoing declines in farm products processed foods and feed.
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Washington
Labor Department
Rock Island Railway Survives Amid Bankruptcy Woes
Rock Island’s Lawton office shows rising business despite financial troubles as George Reid notes gains over last year. Trustee William Gibbons says reorganization aims to keep the line competitive while ICC and lawmakers debate options including a potential $100 million loan.
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Rock Island
Lawton
George Reid
Reid
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Rock
Gibbons
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Dewey Bartlett
Weather swings to better side in Lawton area
A brief respite in local weather looms with fair skies and warming temperatures forecast through the weekend. Tonight's low should reach mid 30s with southerly winds, light frost possible Friday morning, Friday highs near mid 60s with clear skies, then Saturday and Sunday partly cloudy and dry with little temperature change. Wednesday reached a high of 4 with extreme conditions referenced.
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Lawton
U S Eyes Plan For Evacuation Of Vietnamese Refugees
Government officials study refugee evacuation options as Saigon teeters, with 55 Vietnamese orphans already here and up to 2000 more expected soon. A State Department task force weighs cease fire to allow safe evacuation of up to one million South Vietnamese. Pentagon contingency airlifts possible if State Department requests. Sen Kennedy urges cease fire and for Ford to appoint an envoy to negotiate relief.
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Washington
United States
Saigon
State Department
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Vietnam
Ford
Unseasonable March Freezes Hit Oklahoma Peach Crop
Lawton garden and farm specialists warn that record low readings in the 20s on March 13 23 29 and the several evenings have devastated about 95 percent of southwest Oklahoma's 1975 peach crop. Unseasonable late freezes thwart gardeners attempts to gain an edge on the growing season.
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Oklahoma
Lawton Garden
Peach crop damage as warm spell boosts blooms
Garden shop owner Hugh Payne says fruit trees will be hit hard by recent frost with only zero to five percent of peaches likely to survive while apples may escape impact as they had not yet bloomed. Damage to permanent plants and early landscaping is limited. Recovery by pruning is noted.
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Hugh Payne
Payne
Violence and Curfew Tighten as Saigon Faces Massing Forces
Saigon authorities issued shoot to kill orders to curb protests as up to 50,000 Communist-led troops mass 40 to 50 miles from the capital. The 10 p.m. curfew was extended to 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Archbishop Nguyen Van Binh called for President Thieu’s resignation amid battlefield losses and growing opposition. Police dispersed a small protest. no shots were fired. Military commanders warned against mass assemblies and weapons. General Weyand prepared to brief President Ford in the U S. on his fact finding mission. Khmer Rouge attack near Phnom Penh intensified the Cambodian crisis.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Binh
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Tay Ninh
Long Khanh
City launches refund effort for old water deposits
City Hall begins refund drive for water service deposits dating 1930 to 1960 on accounts no longer active. About 740 claimants or heirs may receive roughly ten dollars each, mainly from demolished buildings downtown or outside the city limits. Legal claims sought. funds, if unclaimed, will go to the state.
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Edna Pursley
Oklahoma House OKs Wright impeachment probe delay
The Oklahoma House voted 59 to 36 to authorize a formal impeachment probe of Labor Commissioner Wilbur Wright but delayed until after August 1. Debate included a controversial remark about a woman and shifting delay timelines between amendments offered by Rep. Harold Morgan and Rep. John Monks.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House
Wilbur Wright
House
Harold Morgan
D-Prague
Wright
John Monks
Duskogee
Monks
Yong
John Miskelly
Monk
Ford vows to honor commitments despite Asia setbacks
President Ford told a San Diego conference that United States allies should not fear U.S. commitments amid Vietnam and Southeast Asia turmoil. He urged sustained nerve and unity, pledged humanitarian help for Vietnamese refugees, and called for Congress to back defense spending to keep the nation strong.
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Southeast Asia
Ford
Vietnam
United States
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South Vietnam
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