U S Speeds Evacuation From Saigon Amid Tense Talks
President Ford told Republican leaders the Saigon evacuation is being sped and about 1500 Americans will remain by nightfall down from roughly 5000 a week ago. Sen. Case said the aim is the minimum to support the U S mission, while discussions touched on broader evacuations and a possible North Vietnamese agreement. The House Armed Services committee tabled Ford's $722 million South Vietnam aid proposal in a move seen as delay rather than defeat.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Ford
Saigon
Clifford Case
R-N.j
GOP
Henry A. Kissinger
Case
U.S
North Vietnam
House
John Rhodes
Arizona
Ho Chi Minh
House Armed Services Committee
South Vietnam
Congress
GV. Montgomery
D-Miss
Beer Law Change Allows 3.2 Beer in Public for Men 18 Plus
The city council approved an ordinance letting men 18 and older possess 3.2 beer in public while they must still be 21 to buy it. The measure, proposed by Councilwoman Norma Roberts, faces opposition from Councilmen Harry Anderson and Keith Haynes. The discussion also covers a stalled Morford Hillis plat and a Sheridan Road repair request, with county cooperation sought for street work.
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Paul Hart
Norma Roberts
Robert Prince
Prince
U.S. Supreme Court
Utah
Oklahoma
Cameron
Harry Anderson
Keith Haynes
31St
Denver Avenue
Carl Bishop
Bishop School
Sheridan Road
Lee Boulevard
Comanche County Commissioners
Food Prices Decline and Inflation Slowdown in March
The March consumer price index rose three tenths of a percent, the smallest gain in nearly two years, driven by a drop in food costs led by beef eggs and sugar. Nonfood items and services rose more slowly, while real earnings fell for the eighth time in nine months. Retail prices were 10.3 percent higher than a year earlier.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford
Ford Administration
Immigration Service Sets Vietnam Refugee Quota
The Immigration and Naturalization Service will admit up to 129000 Indochina refugees to the United States, including 50000 South Vietnamese deemed high risk. evacuees are moved by U S Air Force planes from Saigon to the Philippines as the evacuation goes round the clock amid heavy fighting around Xuan Loc and routes to Saigon.
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Associated Press
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Xuan Loc
Saigon
Mekong Delta
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Indochina
United States
Clark Air Base
Philippines
U.S. Air Force
Rain Outlook for Southwest: Possible Showers Tonight and Wednesday
The National Weather Service forecasts a 40 percent chance of rain tonight and 30 percent on Wednesday. Warmer air continues through Wednesday with southerly winds 8 to 18 mph. Tonight lows near the upper 50s and Wednesday highs in the mid 70s. Monday logged a high of 74 and a low of 64.
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National Weather Service
Equal Assessment Might Reduce Tax Payment For Some
Senate President Gene Howard says some property owners in Oklahoma could see tax relief if ad valorem assessments are equalized following the State Supreme Court ruling that the State Equalization Board must balance assessments. Howard and Gov. Boren discussed plans to raise taxes in some counties and lower them in others to correct over or under assessment.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Gene Howard
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
High Court
State Equalization Board
Howard
David Boren
House
Bill Willis
Tulsa
Boren
State Board of Equalization
Lawton Police 1974 Patrol Fleet Reaches 1.12 Million Miles
The Lawton Police Department reported 1,116,707 miles driven by 60 patrol cars in 1974, consuming 137,567.1 gallons of gas and 1,562 quarts of oil. Fleet includes 18 Fords and 38 Plymouths. maintenance figures detail engine work, tires, and tune-ups as city shops handle most repairs.
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Lawton
F. G. Williams
C. W. Green
Soviets and Egypt Urge Talks on Middle East Tensions
The Soviet Union and Egypt called for an early resumption of Geneva peace talks and warned that the Middle East remains explosive due to Israel and its backers. In Tel Aviv, Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon said Kissinger raised no obstacles to shipping arms to Israel.
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Egypt
Geneva
Middle East
Israel
Tel Aviv
Yigal Allon
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Beirut
Lebanon
North Yemen
Ahmed Mohammed Shami
Shami
Ismail Fahmy
Moscow
Cairo
Kissinger
Allen
Washington
Honduran general ousted after banana tax bribery probe
Honduran military forces removed Gen. Oswaldo Lopez Arellano amid reports he refused a probe into a banana tax bribery case tied to United Brands paying officials for lower export taxes. The move follows a Wall Street Journal claim of $1.25 million paid to Honduran officials.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Oswaldo Lopez Arellano
United Brands Co
Wall Street Journal
Lopez Arellano
Cameron University to raise meal prices this fall
Cameron University food services director J R Allison announced higher costs force a menu price rise effective in September. breakfast will be 1 50, lunch 1 75, dinner 2 50, with a 323 semester board for students. FAA personnel and local residents also affected as catering grows.
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J. R. Allison
Cameron University
Ners
Allison
Cameron
FAA
Cameron’s
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