Refugee Airlift Halts as Rockets Strafe Saigon Evacuation
US operated airlift of Vietnamese refugees from Saigon halted by Communist rockets leaving over two thirds of planned evacuees stranded. About 40,000 of 130,000 were safe on Guam Wake Island and the Philippines while 74 Vietnamese aircraft landed at U Tapao and 1,700 refugees arrived aboard them.
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United Press International
Saigon
Guam
Wake Island
Philippines
United States
Bangkok
U Tapao
South Vietnam
Clark Air Force Base
Philippine
Air Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
Air Force
U.S
Congress set for final action on South Vietnam aid
The House prepares to vote on a 327 million dollar package for evacuation and humanitarian aid to South Vietnam as Americans exit Saigon under Marine protection. The Senate approved the measure 46 to 17, with Ford authorized to use troops if needed.
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Washington
UPI
Saigon
House
South Vietnam
Senate
Ford
America
United States
Mike Mansfield
U.S
House Appropriations Committee
Malpractice bill clears final Senate hurdle
A California bill AB818 to avert a malpractice insurance crisis passes Finance Committee 13-0 and moves to the floor. The measure would let the state create county writing associations if many doctors lose coverage, amid threats against Argonaut Insurance Co.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Alister McAlister
D-San Jose
Finance Committee
Argonaut Insurance Co
California
Helms denies CIA killings and curses reporters
Former CIA director Richard Helms testified to the Rockefeller Commission for about four hours denying CIA foreign assassinations while acknowledging Cuba and Vietnam were part of the commission’s scope. He cursed CBS reporter Daniel Schorr and claimed no foreign leader was assassinated by the CIA, while noting discussions on broad topics. Helms also commented on Johnson, Kennedy, and domestic spying questions amid his Iran posting. Jordan King Hussein piloted a Boeing 707 into Andrews Air Force Base after a smoking engine incident.
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UPI
CIA
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Cuba
Vietnam
Nelson Rockefeller
Helms
CBS
Daniel Schorr
Ford
Killer Schorr
Schorr
State Department
Defense Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Johnson
Iran
William E. Colby
Jordan
Hussein
Andrews Air Force Base
Boy with rare eye disease uses Army night-vision scope
In Granite City Illinois 11 year old John Young who is going blind from retinitis pigmentosa uses a military night-vision scope to view stars on clear nights. The device, given by the Army, will help him see until next April.
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Granite City
Ill
UPI
John Young
John
First Viet refugees arrive for Camp Pendleton relief effort
About 260 Vietnamese refugees reached Norton Air Force Base near San Bernardino from Vietnam and were bused to Camp Pendleton where a tent city is being set up for up to 20,000 arrivals. Diverted planes went to El Toro and Newport Beach area sites as health officials restrict movement to avoid disease outside the camps.
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Orange County
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San Diego County
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