Peace coalition talks bogged down amid Viet bickering
In Saigon President Huong wrestles with forming a coalition including the Viet Cong as Duong Minh and Tran Van Lam factions clash over leadership. Meanwhile Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces mass near Saigon, with about 150,000 rebels within striking distance and thousands fleeing to Guam en route to the United States.
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UPI
Tran van Huong
Duong van
Big’ Minh
Senate
Tran van Lam
Guam
United States
Huong
Minh
Viet Cong
Thieu
Ngo Dinh Diem
Lam
Nguyen van Thieu
Foreign Affairs Ministry
South Vietnam
Xuan Loc
Ham Tan
Ford declares Vietnam war finished for America in New Orleans
President Ford told reporters aboard Air Force One that America's involvement in Vietnam is over and that he may reassess his request for 722 million dollars in military aid to South Vietnam. He noted the situation remains fluid and stressed a reassessment if circumstances change. He spoke amid a Tulane University audience and a heated congressional debate over humanitarian aid.
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New Orleans
UPI
Ford
America
Washington
Congress
South Vietnam
Air Force One
Tulane University
Indochina
Air Force
Refugee adopted as child refuses U S citizenship
Son Rockstrohs, 21, one of the first Vietnamese children adopted in the United States, says he will never become Americanized and wishes to return to Vietnam. He cites a preference for the simple life and peace over prosperity, stating he cannot accept Americans and they cannot accept him. Born Son Minh Nguyen, he was 11 when he and his sister were brought to the United States.
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Pacific
California
Vietnam
Son Minh Nguyen
Congress
United States
Son
San Fernando Valley
Canoga Park
McDonald s contest uses two prize drawings for CALTECH entries
California Institute of Technology students flooded McDonald s hamburger contest with computer generated entry forms totaling over a million. McDonald s halts single drawing, instituting separate draws for winners and alternates to preserve contest fairness.
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Oak Brook, Ill
McDonald's
California Institute of Technology
Los Angeles
Hamburger Chain
McDonald’s
Fresno Bee editors jailed for defense of source secrecy
Fresno city editor James Bort and three colleagues at the McClatchy paper received indefinite jail terms from Superior Court Judge Denver Peckinpah for refusing to disclose sources of a sealed grand jury transcript. The transcript concerns an investigation tied to a bribery indictment of Fresno City Councilman Marc Stefano, who was acquitted at trial.
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Fresno
UPI
The
Fresno Bee
McClatchy
Superior Court
Denver Peckinpah
Fresno City
Marc Stefano
James Bort
George Gruner
William Patterson
Gunmen seize hostage at Stockholm embassy attack
Five gunmen storm the West German embassy in Stockholm and take Ambassador Dietrich Stoecker hostage after wounding the military attache. They demand a Lufthansa Boeing 707, $20,000, prisoner releases, and threaten to blow the building with more than 30 pounds of TNT. Police cordon the site as the siege unfolds.
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Stockholm
UPI
Dietrich Stoecker
Lufthansa
West Berlin
Germany
Embassy Row
Andreas Baron von Mirbach
Gas hike sought by California utility despite El Paso supply costs
The Southern California Gas Co requests a 40.7 million dollar rate increase, potentially raising the average residential bill about 53 cents monthly, citing higher gas costs from El Paso Natural Gas Co which supplies around 70 percent of its 3.3 million customers. The move comes as El Paso seeks a federal rate rise.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California Public Utilities Commission
Southern California Gas Co
el Paso Natural Gas Co
el Paso
Federal Power Commission
The Zodiac killer theories expand across states
Western state authorities reexamine about 40 killings linked to the Zodiac myth. Sheriff Striepeke notes an ancient witchcraft symbol and a suspected Z trail from California to Utah Washington and Colorado. Detectives caution skepticism from San Francisco police while Salt Lake City and Seattle officials weigh possible links.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
UPI
San Francisco
California
Sonoma County
Don Striepeke
Zodiac
Utah
Washington
Colorado
Striepeke
Erwin Calstedt
United States
Carlstedt
Seattle
Salt Lake City
Vail
Colo
Grand Junction
Aspen
Santa Fe
N.M
California lawmakers seek 10 percent pay raise in Senate
The Senate Rules Committee approved SB610 to boost state legislators' annual salaries from 21 120 to 23 232 next December, with four voting in favor and one not voting. The move follows a prior 10 percent hike and aims to align pay with living costs and other state workers.
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UPS
Senate Rules Committee
California
New York
Rules Committee
Finance Committee
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Senate
James R. Mills
San Diego
Robert Stevens
Los Angeles
Mills
Sens
Stevens
Joseph Kenrick
Long Beach
Nicholas C. Petris
Oakland
Claire Berryhill
R-Ceres
Weekend Grand Canyon trip from Santa Barbara to Flagstaff
Faith recounts a weekend Amtrak and Nava-Hopi tour from Santa Barbara to Flagstaff. The itinerary includes Bright Angel Lodge lunch, Grand Canyon South Rim views, Oak Creek Canyon and Montezuma’s Castle, with shopping at Tlaquepaque and NAU campus drive. The trip featured flexible return options and a relaxing escape.
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Grand Canyon
Santa Barbara
Amtrak
Little American Hotel
Nava-Hopi Tours, Inc
Flagstaff
Little America
San Francisco Peaks
Coconino National Forest
Bright Angel Lodge
Canyon
Northern Arizona University
Oak Creek Canyon
Oak Creek
Seonda
Tlaquepaque
Guadalajara
Mexico
Montezuma’s
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