Senate split over Indochina refugee aid and welcome
Two Democrats introduced a nonbinding resolution urging a Good Samaritan welcome for Indochina refugees. A third senator proposed 90 day limits on aid and $127 million for that period. House panels move to fund resettlement while debates over 507 million seek a funding path.
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Washington
Abourez
House Judiciary
Ford
South Vietnam
Cambodia
House Judiciary Committee
House Appropriations
V. Abourezk
Abourezk
Senate
Allen-Cranston
Statue of Liberty
Emma Lazarus
Cambodian leader Lon Nol resigns after $1 million bribe
Lon Nol of Cambodia, weakened by a 1971 stroke, resigns two weeks before the Khmer Rouge capture Phnom Penh. His successor says a $1 million payment was made to secure his departure, after which Nol fled with his family to Hawaii under U.S. Secret Service protection, as Saukham Khoy laments the country’s collapse.
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Calif
UPI
Lon Nol
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Nol
Saukham Khoy
Phnom Penh
Hawaii
U.S
Secret Service
Long Botta
Vanruoen
Wholesale Prices Rise Signals Optimism For Economy
The Labor Department reports April wholesale prices up 1.5 percent reversing a four month decline led by higher farm prices 6.7 percent. Economists from Bank of America First National City and Bankers Trust warn of inflation risk even as near-term recession signs improve and a mid-year recovery appears possible. Federal and city officials note tentative upturn with forecasts of modest growth later this year.
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United Press International
Labor Department
U.S
Bank of America
First National City of
New York
Bankers Trust Co
Donald E. Woolley
Bankers Trust
Supervisor Slater moves to kill Lompoc municipal court
Goleta Valley supervisor James M. Slater proposes reconsidering the May 13 decision to establish a Lompoc Municipal Court and instead pursue options that avoid any rise in court costs. He argues the project could cost residents about 1 million over five years and presents two cost-saving alternatives including redrawing judicial district lines or consolidating north county under a larger municipal court.
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Dick Praul
Board of Supervisors
Lompoc
James M. Slater
Goleta Valley
Slater
Third District
Judicial District
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Santa Maria
North County
Santa Barbara-Goleta
Raymond D. Johnson
Justice Court
Ford assures S Korea of support amid regional diplomacy
Ford reassured South Korean officials of lasting American military backing in a Oval Office meeting with Chong Il-kwon and Hahm Pyong-choon. They cited 38 000 U.S. troops in Korea and pledged to keep them stationed for the foreseeable future as Seoul notes past arms aid and ongoing modernization.
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UPI
Ford
U.S
South Korea
Chong Il-kwon
Oval
Chong
North Korea
Hahm
Asia
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore
White House
Australia
New Zealand
Peking
Moscow
Viet Cong Accepts Surrender of 27 Ship Vietnamese Naval Squadron
A 27 ship South Vietnamese naval squadron surrendered to the Viet Cong off the coast with an admiral and officers, amid promised amnesty. Tra, Viet Cong defense minister, said repentant Vietnamese will be forgiven and security remains largely on the honor system.
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Saigon
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UPI
U.S
Tran van Tra
Viet Cong
Allan Dawson
Dawson
Vietnam
Paul Vogle
Vogle
Independence Palace
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Tra
London
Pham Thi Minh
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
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Thailand
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R-N.y
Congress
Lompoc Furniture Mart
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John Bradley
South H St
Treasury
William Simon
American Society of Business Writers
Federal Reserve Banks
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Fed
Balles
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E. Oak
Hal Hallett
la Purisima Mission
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Zark
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Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Zarb
Gerald Ford
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Lompoc Municipal Court
S. Korea
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