House advances 405 million for South Vietnam refugees
The House cleared the way to authorize 405 million dollars for South Vietnamese refugee resettlement as reform hurdles and dwindling funds slow efforts. Senate leaders urge careful study. administration warns funds and food are running out. Resettlement pace has fallen from 3,000 daily to about 100 due to red tape and security checks.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ford
Senate
Mike Mansfield
William Proxmire
Dwis
Appropriations Subcommittee On Immigration and Migration
Guam
Pentagon
Mansfield
Administration
L. Dean Brown
Interagency Refugee Task Force
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Simulated Apollo Soyuz linkup tests begin in Houston
Flight controllers run a computer driven joint US Soviet aboard mission sim. The simulated launch and orbital dock are designed to mirror real 1975 goals, with Soyuz crew Leonov and Kubasov and US astronauts Stafford Slayton and Brand practicing liftoff and docking amid troubleshooting.
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Houston
UPS
Soyuz
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
Thomas P. Stafford
Donald K
Deke’’ Slayton
Vance D. Brand
Johnson Space Center
NASA
U.S
Alexei Yeliseyev
Apollo
Earth
Drama at World Series of Poker opens in Las Vegas
The World Series of Poker in Las Vegas began with 21 players at three tables in the Horseshoe Casino. Each put up 10000 dollars. the pot totals 210000 dollars. After six hours Jesse Alto led with 23875 dollars as Texans dominated the top positions.
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Las Vegas
UPI
Smith
Southwest
Jesse Alto
Alto
Mexico
Israel
Houston
Roger Reid
Middle West
Defense ready for SLA soldier in Marcus Foster slaying case
Sacramento UPI report says attorney Edward Merrill is prepared to open defense for Joseph Remiro and call witnesses in the 1973 slaying of Oakland schools chief Marcus Foster and the related shooting of Deputy Superintendent Robert Blackburn. Judge hears motion as SLA fugitives including Patricia Hearst referenced.
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Sacramento
UPI
Joseph Remiro
Symbionese Liberation Army
Oakland
Edward Merrill
Remiro
Russell Little
Marcus Foster
Robert W. Blackburn
Doctors' strike spreads across California report
The two week doctors strike over malpractice costs expands as Los Angeles County Medical Association plans a meeting and Sonoma Monterey counties join Northern California strikers. In San Francisco nurses rally at the Capitol seeking a special legislative session, while critics call the campaign a multimillion dollar effort and urge reform and more staffing.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Sonoma
Monterey
State Capitol
Sacramento
Edmund G. Brown
Robert E. Cartright
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Cartwright
Tybo underground nuclear test yields megaton-class blast
The United States conducted its most powerful underground nuclear test in two years at Yucca Flat Nevada code named Tybo. The 200 kiloton to one megaton yield rattled Las Vegas 110 miles away with a ground shock felt across multiple communities.
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Pahute Mesa
Nev
Las Vegas
Ground Zero
Exchange Club
Beatty
Douglas Kostolnik
Energy Research and Development Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
Tybo
High Mesa
Project Almendro
United States
Russia
U S athletes arrive for field meets in China
UPI reports 65 American track and field athletes arrived in Hong Kong to begin goodwill meets with China. They rested after a 17 hour flight from San Francisco via Alaska and Japan and planned workouts near their Kowloon hotel. President Ford had ordered Marines toward Cambodia over the Mayaguez seizure.
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U.S
China
Hong Kong
UPI
Ford
Cambodian
Southeast Asia
Peoples Republic of China
San Francisco
Alaska
Japan
Cambodia
Mayaguez
Kowloon
America
Food prices rise as pork supplies hit decade low
United Press International notes per capita pork is at a ten year low with no near term production rise. Retail prices vary across 27 cities with highs near 1.79 and lows around 0.99 per pound. alternatives such as ground chuck offer savings. Eggs and poultry prices are also listed with regional highs and lows. New York and Los Angeles show notable price spreads.
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UPI
Concord
N.H
Cheyenne
Wyo
Boston
Birmingham
Ala
Little Rock
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
New York City
Phoenix
Washington
D.C
San Francisco
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
New York
Jacksonville
Fla
Hartford
Honolulu
New Zealand
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