Viet Cong Surround Saigon and Government Reshuffle
Western intelligence says Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces close to Saigon, as South Viet Nam’s cabinet resigns to form a new government. Huong, elected president, proposes a cease fire preconditioned talks rejected by Hanoi allies. mass evacuation of Americans continues with few civilians left.
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SMGOX
South Kese
Western
Souvers
Viet Cong
North Vietnam
Thien
Posiion
Saigon
Sai
Saigan
U.S. Marine
Tan
Omy
Paris
View
Tran van Huong
U.S
South Vietnam
Britain
Netherlands
Iba Lee
Good Bad Of Sign Rules Aired
The debate on city sign regulations drew twenty one speakers over a four hour hearing. Proponents defend aesthetic control while critics warn it may stifle private business as the council weighs passage and notices potential urban design gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirk West
Vaughn Hendri
Ben Stribling
Stribling
Juanita Sebnich
Planany and Commission
U S Marines Role Denied by Pentagon Saigon Dispatch
Reports from Saigon via Asahi and Yomiuri claimed a landing at Vung Tau to evacuate Americans and Vietnamese, but Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Vivant Sidle called the report absolutely untrue. The U S embassy in Saigon also denied the story with no landings imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Saigon
Vung Tau
Pentagon
Washington
Vivant Sidle
U.S
Wang ‘Tau
Sai
Witchcraft Obsession Hinted Behind Zodiac Murders
Santa Rosa investigators theorize the Zodiac killer is obsessed with witchcraft and may have murdered up to 40 women across four western states to harness spirits for an afterlife. They cite a symbol linked to English witchcraft and connect similar Northern California and Seattle cases to support the case.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Don’ Striepke
Western
San Francisco Bay Area
Airlift Moves To Guam Base Amid Vietnam Evacuations
The mass airlift from Saigon continues with 219 refugees sent to Guam aboard a military-chartered transport. Intelligence warns of SAM missiles nearing Tan Son Nhut as health officials fear malaria and dysentery could reach the U.S. mainland. IN Washington INS teams will process refugees at Anderson AFB Guam with health and security checks. About 7,000 evacuated from Saigon include Americans and Vietnamese families. 1,000 or fewer Americans remain in Saigon handling embassy duties.
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Guam
Sfonde
Boratto
ISON
Lew Weeks
Pentagon
Vietnam
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
San Francisco
U.S
Francis Curry
Department of ‘Health
Washington
Immigration and Naturalization Services
Anderson Apb
Clark Afb
Philippines
Rep
Thomas Morgan
D-Pa
House International Relations
President Ford outlines agenda for America's third century
President Ford urged citizens to regain pride and pursue full employment, hunger and disease eradication, and global prosperity as he urged turning from the Vietnam era toward an “entirely new agenda” for the nation’s third century. He called for unity, healing, and leadership, stressing that the past conflicts should not define America's future.
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Ford
America
Vietnam
Tulane University
Themelves
White House
Indochina
Ameams
Oregon Town Accepts 148 War Orphans
Mount Angel Oregon residents mobilized to receive 148 Vietnamese orphans and refugees including 76 orphans age 3 to 18. Retired Army Col Harry Lambert organized care for 30 handicapped children. volunteers filled the town hall and beer hall as buses brought the group from Portland.
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Mount Angel
Ore
Cat
Harry Lambert
World Airways
Portland
Wallace Sees 1976 as Year of the Average Citizen
Alabama Gov. George Wallace said 1976 could be his year to win the presidency and plans a June candidacy announcement. He spoke in Nashville appealing to the Tennessee legislature to keep the presidential primary, noting he won it by a landslide in 1972 and pledged to defend the interests of the average middle class worker.
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Nashville
Tenn
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Tennessee
Jvill
Dumpground Woes Nag Commissioner
Lubbock County Idalow dump suffers rot, fires and waste overload. Commissioner Les Derrick cites eight Texas Air Control Board citations and three Health Department warnings in two years. He sought 10,000 federal revenue sharing funds to upgrade but was denied. Operation may close as other precincts trim dumpgrounds to meet 1965 standards.
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Peggy Smith
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Idalow
Les Derrick
Texas Air Control Board
Texas Health Department
Derrick
Commissioners Court
Ee Ha
Max Arrants
Slaton
Alton Brazel
Lub
Weather map hints at landfill clash and mild week ahead
Weather notes from Wellforth and vicinity describe sunny warm days with mild nights through Friday. A landfill operation run by Lamb faces cost and space pressures as residents oppose new dump sites and a bridge fund is discussed to upgrade the current dump at a yearly cost around $5,500.
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Lamb
Derrick
Bully A
Spring Winds Signal New Growth in Town
The text notes young sparrows testing wings and trees nearing full budding as signs of spring Amid forceful winds residents express prayerful wishes for favorable weather and blessings.
Solons Okayed Indochina Humanitarian Aid Bill
The House backed President Ford's plan to use U S forces to evacuate South Vietnamese and Americans. The package includes 250 million dollars for Indochina humanitarian aid and an evacuation contingency fund as Senate action preceded this approval. Rhodes and Morgan argued the authority is essential to evacuate South Vietnamese including dependents.
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Washington
House
Ford
U.S
South Vietnam
Senate
Indochina
House International Relations Committee
Rhodes
Morgan
Solons
House debates defense amendment amid Vietnam war fears
The House debated a Ford administration amendment to authorize sending U.S. forces to South Vietnam if needed. The measure would have denied inflationary risks and exposed American lives to hostile fire. Key opponents included Rep. John Rhodes and Rep. Thomas Morrison who resisted the proposal.
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Ford
U.S
South Vietnam
Raeda Ba
Charley W. Whalen
Tmily News
Charles W. Whalen Jr
R-Ohio
House
Oroscope
3A Quest
News
Whalen
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Rep
Thomas E. Morison
Dpa
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Det
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Carlstedt
England
Stris Dy Simone
California
Ti Hee
Ute Yishopings
Uam
United States
Iver” Oaks
Houston
Texas Sun
Oregon
Bock
Solons Okay
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