Fall of Saigon Ends Vietnam War in Historic Haste
AP Special Correspondent Peter Arnett chronicles the rapid Viet Cong seizure of Saigon on April 30 1975 as U S forces withdraw. The Saigon army collapses after long fighting and the last U S Marines depart the embassy amid chaos.
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Saigon
Peter Arnett
South Vietnam
Route 1
Independence Palace
Tu Do Street
Ban Me Thuot
Central Highlands
Tu Do
Special Airborne
Caravelle
U.S
Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
Duong van
Ly Tong Ba
Ngo Dinh Diem
Cu Chi
Ticonderoga Retaken In Delayed Enactment
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen lead reenactment at Ft. Ticonderoga as 6000 spectators watch the predawn bicentennial raid recall Americas first Revolutionary victory. Officials expect 20000 visitors for subsequent performances amid bright weather and media turnout.
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Ticonderoga
N.Y
Benedict Arnold
Ethan Allen
Lake Champlain
Ft. Ticonderoga
Allen
Arnold
Green Mountain Boys
America
Concord
Lexington
Vermont
Ford campaign eyed as GOP official dies in Centralia
Washington AP reports GOP Executive Director Eddie Mahe says a Ford campaign committee will handle polls and fundraising for the White House effort. In Centralia, Robert L. Taylor, 59, a former Montgomery Ward fence contractor, was found dead at his home after a discharge from Columbia Veterans Hospital. Funeral services are pending at Fenton Funeral Chapel.
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GOP
Robert Taylor
Ford
Central
Washington
Eddie Mahe
Republican National Committee
White House
National Committee
Centralia
Robert L. Taylor
Veteran's Hospital
Columbia
Fenton Funeral Chapel
Montgomery Ward
Penalties Levied on Four State Petroleum Firms
Twenty-one gasoline distributors across Missouri Nebraska Iowa and Kansas agreed to civil penalties totaling 73500 for pricing and allocation violations as reported by the Federal Energy Administration. The largest fine was 20000 by Joseph F Reidy and Sons Inc of Clayton Missouri. Other assessed firms include Collier-Evans Oil Co and Shell dealers of Mexico at 1500 each.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Joseph F. Reidy and Sons, Inc
Clayton
Collier-Evans Oil Co
Shell Dealers of
Mexico
Chain Collisions Injure Five in Fog on U S 61
In Pike County Missouri two chain reaction crashes in heavy fog on U S 61 left at least five hurt. Three autos a school bus a tractor-trailer and a pickup were involved in the first crash one half mile north of Eolia. Two men were in critical condition and transferred to Hannibal and Quincy hospitals. Two women and a school bus passenger girl were treated.
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Eolia
U.S. 61
Pike County
Pike County Memorial Hospital
Louisiana
Hannibal
Quincy
Wheat Harvest May Be Record
Washington expects a 1975 winter wheat harvest near 1.62 billion bushels, with spring wheat adding about 525 million. If realized, total U.S. wheat output could surpass 2.1 billion bushels, a record, as reserves remain at a 27 year low by summer.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
USDA
Weather and hospital notices from Missouri reading
Official 7:00 a.m. readings show 74 high and 51 low for last 24 hours with 67 at 7 a.m. and a May to date precipitation of 1.43 inches. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy conditions through Sunday with possible thundershowers in the west and north. highs 75 to 80, lows in 50s, extended outlook through Wednesday with chances of showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Hospitals report admissions at Audrain Medical Center including Mrs. John W. Cox and others, plus a Mexico birth at 7:45 a.m. Friday and multiple dismissals across several towns.
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Missouri
Audrain Medical Center
John W. Cox
Josephine M. Brauer
Jill E. Matthiesen
Revenda M. Mueller
Etta M. Roberts
Frances M. Kelly
Mary M. Koran
Armin J. Matthiesen
Sue A. Boyer
Mexico
Dale A. Borchelt
Ralph Gillette
Charles W. Sims
Montgomery City
Josaphes Gude
Wellsvile
C. H. Leverett
Middletown
Thomas J. Kemp
Kansas City
Harley Harmon
Benton City
Ella Prior
New Florence
Cynthia Ramey
Harry R. Nichols
Centralia
James T. Curry
Ralph Burkemper
John Williams
John Jones Sr
John A. Jones Sr
Mary Lou Stringer
Virgil Williams Jr
Chauncy Johnson
Thomas Rogers
Harry Barlow
E. L. T. Griffitth
Howard Herndon
C. K. Witthur
Miron Stock
Walter Burkett
Steven Hendricks
Ethel Worsham
Carrie Mallory
Paris
Ira Simmons
Sisne
Deaths and Public Safety Briefs From The Daily Record
The Daily Record lists deaths and police reports from Wellsville and surrounding areas. Items include Robert L. Taylor’s death at 59, a car collision at Kent Road and Beacon Street with moderate damage, and thefts involving packages from a car hood and gasoline from Midland Truck Lines. Highway Patrol notes injuries after a southbound crash on Highway 19, plus magistrate court motions and speeding fines. Market data cover grains and stock quotes from MFA and other firms.
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James P. Hill
Woodlawn
Kent Road
Beacon Street
James C. Wilson
ICG Railroad
Barbara Rudd
Elmwood Trailer Park
John Donaldson
W. Boulevard
Raymond Bybee
Highway Patrol
Ralph Gillette
Charles Sims
Montgomery City
Thomas J. Kemp
Kansas City
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Highway 19
Wellsville
Gilette
Wallace Defends War Remark As Misconstrued
Alabama Governor George Wallace says his World War II comment about allying with Japan was a foil to show folly in U S policy and to display anti Communist views. He stresses he fought the Japanese in World War II and that his heart was in the conflict. He expects to announce a Democratic presidential bid soon.
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Washington
Alabama
George C. Wallace
United States
Japan
Wallace
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