Reports of atrocities in South Vietnam from captured areas
UPI reports US officials receiving unverified accounts of mass executions and killings in South Vietnam. Monks and a Da Nang policeman describe Viet Cong atrocities, while embassy cables note evacuation limits with 3,500 to 4,000 Americans remaining in Vietnam and ongoing one way departures from Saigon.
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Washington
UPI
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Clark Afb
Philippines
U.S. Air Force
Clark
Ford
Vietnam
Recession Nears End Says Economist Kellner
Economist Irwin Kellner from Manufacturers Hanover Trust argues the worst recession since the Great Depression is ending, with GNP dipping 10.4 percent in Q1 due to inventory liquidation and rising sales. He predicts positive growth in spring 1975, though unemployment may peak near 9.5 percent before easing. The Federal Reserve notes money supply up 5.5 percent and the Dow hits 819.46.
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Irwin Kellner
Kellner
Manufacturers Hanover Trust
New York
Federal Reserve
New York Stock Exchange
Cancer agents found in city water survey
The EPA says a survey of 79 cities found the suspected cancer causing chemical chloroform in all samples, with vinyl chloride detected in Miami and traces in Philadelphia. Officials caution against altering chlorination, aiming to address sources rather than treatment.
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Washington
UPI
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Russell R. Train
Train
Miami
Philadelphia
Huron
S.C
Tucson
Ariz
Environmental Defense Fund
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Community events calendar highlights Lompoc area
A series of upcoming events in Lompoc and nearby towns include a Dime a Dip fundraiser April 18 at Council Hall Chestnut Street, bake sales and book sale April 19 at Veterans Memorial Building, a 9 p.m to 1 a.m scholarship dance April 19, and an April 23 Open House with PTA spaghetti dinner at La Mesa School. Also listed are a public Exxon forum April 30, a May 3 barbershop concert, a June raft trip with MSRA, an April 30 slide show in Vandenberg Village, and a May 17 flea market at Lompoc High School.
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Knights of Columbus
Council Hall
Chestnut & C Street
Horizon Club
Camp Fire Girls
Veterans Memorial
Friends of the Library
G.I. Forum
Veterans Memorial Building
Los Pravidos
la Mesa
PTA
Democratic Club
Exxon
Lompoc High School
The
Missile Space Recreation Association
MSRA
Kings River
Recreation Oriented Association
Vandenberg Afb
Security Pacific Bank
Vandenberg Village
Chamber of Commerce
College Avenue
Vandis Temple
Chris Cass
Lompoc
Chamber
Flare-up After Truce Shatters in Beirut Fighting
In Beirut edgy Palestinian guerrillas and Lebanese Phalange militiamen raised alerts as fighting flared, killing at least 10 and injuring several. The cease-fire held in most areas, but a clothing store blast near Hamra Street and another in Sidon marked the most serious violations since the truce began.
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Beirut
UPI
Hamra St
Sidon
Nation's independence 200 years marked in Concord and Boston
UPI reports on Patriots Day events as President Ford marks the Bicentennial at Old North Church in Boston and Concord and Lexington prepare wreaths for Minutemen dead. Up to 250000 visitors expected, with heavy police presence as foul weather threatens turnout.
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Concord
Mass
UPI
Boston
Old North Church
Paul Revere
William Dawes
Lexington
Minutemen
Lexington Green
John Pitcairn
John Parker
Ford
America
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United Press International
Mississippi
Rancho Maria
Fiaria
Orcutt
Rancho Maria Golf Club
Casmalia Rd
Santa Maria
California
Rick’s
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartettes
Singing In America, Inc
Civic Auditorium
South L St
Gents-in-Acord
San Luis Obispo Chorus
Godden’s Piano and Organ Center
Lebanon
United States
Ric Rea
Wilma Thomas
Mineva Blades
City Hall
Old North Shore
Concord’s
North Bridge
Peter Ramsbotham
National Weather Service
Jason Korell
Lompoc Valley
E. North Ave
Starbuck
North
H’ Street
Advertising Counc
Iei
Beattie Motors
H’ ST
Northside Shopping
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