Anxious Hours For Ford In Viet End
President Ford faced a tense 24 hours over Saigon evacuations as helicopters carried out the final airlift. Kissinger and Scowcroft helped steer the decision amid shelling, with Ford ordering an all-out helicopter evacuation by nightfall. The operation culminated with the last helicopters in the air at 5 20 p.m. East Coast time.
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Evacuation Success Eases Vietnam War Debate
The article notes the rapid U.S. evacuation from Vietnam and Cambodia may quiet blame games about who lost Vietnam. Ford and aides say they won t make the issue a political crisis, while lawmakers pressed for faster withdrawals and arms aid debates.
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India Admits Vietnam Independence Support Abroad
The fall of Saigon drew praise from Communist and Western voices. India announced recognition of the South Vietnamese government and maintained relations with Thieu’s regime to the end. Sweden established diplomatic ties, while European markets showed only modest reaction as gold held near $167.50.
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Inmate stabbed to death at Missouri State Penitentiary
Udell Morris of St. Louis, 24, was found stabbed six times in a prison recreation yard and died at the hospital. He served 35 years for rape and 15 for armed robbery, inmate since Jan 31, 1974. No suspect or weapon found. investigation underway. This marks the second prison stabbing this year following a guard’s murder in January.
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Baby Michael Brett Released After Abdominal Surgery
Out of hospital Michael Lee Brett five percent weeks old son of Mr and Mrs Bradford A Brett of 1015 B Monroe was released Monday from the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia following abdominal surgery on April 26. He is recovering satisfactorily.
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Gunsmoke and Mannix End as CBS Cancels Shows
CBS cancels Gunsmoke after 20 years and Mannix after eight seasons. NBC and ABC also reshuffle lineups as Westminster College honors Dr. C Donnell Turner of Mexico with the Alumni Achievement Award during weekend activities in Fulton. Turner, now in Nagoya Japan, will attend discussions and receive the award Saturday. He studied at Westminster in 1928 and earned a PhD from Missouri in 1936, with a career spanning Nagoya University and several U.S. and international posts.
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Cancer Crusade canvassing under way in Audrain County
The Audrain County Cancer Crusade launches a business and industry drive and residential canvass led by Dr. Robert Peak and William Hilton. About 250 businesses will be contacted toward a $3000 goal, following last year’s record $2657. District and neighborhood chairs are named, with more than 600 volunteers distributing leaflets and cancer awareness materials.
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Daydreams Good Says Professor Daydreams Good Says Professor
Yale psychologist Dr. Jerome Singer says daydreams are a normal healthy outlet that reduces tension and restlessness. He notes regular daydreamers are less disruptive and less likely to seek drugs or alcohol, and that spontaneous fantasies guide much of behavior.
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Second Try Fails On Paris School Levy
Voters in the Paris R-2 School District rejected the proposed 50 cent tax levy, 803 to 328, after a larger turnout. The measure would have raised taxes to $4 per $100 assessed, funding teacher and incidental accounts amid a projected $50,000 deficit. A May 12 board meeting will decide potential program cuts as a result.
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Looters Strip US Embassy Of Kitchen Sink
AP reports the 1968 six story U S Embassy in Saigon withstood a Viet Cong attack, five Americans died defending it. In 1968 the building was stripped of everything including a shredded documents machine and the bronze memorial plaque. Marines abandoned the building as Vietnamese forces entered. tear gas was deployed from the elevator shaft.
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