Congress Votes Authority For Troops In Viet Evacuation
Congress approved authority for President Ford to use U.S. troops to evacuate Americans and endangered Vietnamese from South Vietnam as part of aid bills totaling 327 million in the House and 250 million in the Senate. Debate centered on scope and risk, with supporters citing moral obligation and opponents warning of unlimited power. In Saigon, about 1500 evacuees queued at the U.S. Embassy seeking help, unsure of future plans as official details remained scarce.
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Washington
U.S
Congress
Ford
South Vietnam
House
Senate
Air Force
Tulane University
New Orleans
United States
America
Floyd K. Haskell
D-Colo
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
Sen. Hu
Bert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Donald M. Fraser
Dminn
Cambodia
Indochina
Congressional
Harris
Harris Organization
Saigon
American Red Cross
Hanoi Leaders Maneuver as Saigon Talks Stall
President Tran Van Huong offered to make Gen. Duong Van Minh premier but kept the presidency, as Minh sought broad support. Minh met Huong and rejected a full power presidency, while Saigon faced political deadlock. U S aid bills cleared Congress to aid evacuation from Saigon amid ongoing airlift and clashes in the Mekong Delta. Cambodian Khmer Rouge marked three days of victory celebrations after Phnom Penh’s surrender.
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Saigon
Tran van Huong
Duong van Minh
Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Ba Can
Nguyen van Thieu
Huong
Thieu
Paris
White House
Pentagon
U.S
Vung Tau
South Vietnamese
Trang Bang
Bien Hoa
Mekong
Khmer Rouge
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Evacuees Flock To Guam In Vietnam Airlift
Unprecedented jet shuttle moves thousands of Vietnamese fleeing Saigon to Guam Andersen Air Force Base. By morning 3457 evacuees arrived with officials expecting up to 5000 a day toward 50000 on Guam, as Clark Air Base in the Philippines ceases to be a stopover.
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Huong
Minh
Washington
U.S. House of Representatives
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Senate
United States
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Andersen Air Base
Guam
Clark
U.S. Air Force
Agana
Pacific
Andersen Air Force Base
Tin City
U.S. State Department
Vietnam
Phillipines
Pacific Islands
Luzon
Ferdinand Marcos
Indochina
Pentagon
State Department
Heroin Ring Leader Convicted in U.S. Drug Case
Nine people including Eugene C. Kirk known as Papa were convicted in federal court for conspiring to sell heroin in a continuing criminal enterprise. Kirk was found guilty on 18 narcotics violations with his son Gregory Kirk also convicted. Others faced conspiracy and telephone distribution charges. one defendant was acquitted. Wiretaps were key evidence in the 19 day trial. Kirk faces life and fines up to 585000. Gregory could face 30 years and 50000.
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ST. Louis
U.S. District Court
Eugene C. “Papa” Kirk
Larry Wyms
Kirk
Young Sniper Kills One Man Before Capture
CHICAGO AP A 17 year old South Side youth Larry Cole went berserk firing an M1 carbine from an apartment building wounding a man and seriously injuring another before he was subdued by officers Frank Gatz and Thomas M Code. They disarmed him after breaking in and he kept firing into the street. They found Alvin Lewis 2 Chicago dead in a first floor hallway from a chest and mouth wound.
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Chicago
South Side
Larry Cole
Frank Gatz
Thomas M. Code
Cole
Gatz
Cade
Alvin Lewis
Soviet Gromyko pledges strict Israel guarantees in exchange for land return
At a Moscow dinner for Syrian foreign minister Gromyko offered Israel the strictest guarantees to ensure peaceful existence for all Middle East states, contingent on Israel withdrawing from territories occupied in 1967. Netanyahu references US relations. Peres warns arms shipments have limits while Schlesinger seeks reassurance. Sadat moves toward Tehran after Saudi talks with Assad as Faisal assassinations’ probe nears closure. Nayef says case nearly complete with a sharia court trial for the suspect.
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Associated Press
Andrei A. Gromyko
Israel
Moscow
Abdel Halim Khaddam
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Middle East
Yitzhak Rabin
Jerusalem
Russia
United States
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Sinai Desert
Egypt
Kissinger
Shimon Peres
Tel Aviv University
U.S
James R. Schlesinger
Washington
Simcha Dinitz
Anwar Sadat
Tehran
Saudi Arabia
Hafez Assad
Syria
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Sadat
Nayef Abh Abdel Aziz
Faisal
Faisal Ibn
Musaed
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