Refugee Welcome Sparks Mixed Reactions Across States
The U S government plans 90 days of housing for Vietnamese refugees at Camp Pendleton Ft Chaffee and Eglin Air Force Base prompting cool to hostile local responses. California Governor Edmund Brown Jr and Rep Burt Talcott criticized the plan with strong quotes about unemployment and culture.
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Calif
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Niceville
Fla
Eglin
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Burt L. Talcott
R-Calif
Camp Roberts
San Luis Obispo
Washington
Ford Orders Evacuation From Saigon
President Ford ordered a rapid withdrawal from Saigon as helicopters and Marines evacuated the remaining Americans from the besieged city marking the final phase of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Washington
USS
Vietnam
Ford
Saigon
Evacuation of Saigon ramps up as airlift continues
U S helicopters evacuated thousands from Saigon as 800 to 900 Americans remained. South Vietnamese airmen fled the city while 30 fighter-bombers and transports landed in Utapao Thailand. By noon EDT about 200 Americans were left to be rescued.
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Saigon
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Utapao Air Base
Thailand
Air Force
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Pentagon
Tan Son Nhut
U.S. Navy
South China Sea
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
White House
Ford
Joseph Laitin
Graham Martin
Laitin
Sandburrs At TAMU Shown Under Electron Microscope
A photo from Texas A&M University captured with an electron microscope shows barbed sandburrs greatly enlarged to illustrate why they hurt when pulled from skin. The image accompanies an AP report.
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Texas A&m University
Ford Faces Decision On Oil Hike In Week
Ford weighs options after a dollar-a-barrel oil rise automatic trigger and meets with energy officials led by Frank Zarb. White House says a decision will come later in the week as Congress considers gasoline tax changes to curb use.
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Ford
Frank G. Zarb
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Chrysler offers $200 rebates to lift lagging market share
Chrysler Corp starts a $200 rebate program on Dodge Dart Plymouth Valiant Duster and other models as its U S market share slips to about 15 percent. GM and Ford show no immediate plans to match the discount.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
U.S
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
Ford
Thomas Murphy
E.M. Estes
Dodge
House approves five cent lunch subsidy to hold prices
The House passed a five cent subsidy plan by 213 to 176 to help schools maintain lunch prices next fall for middle class and wealthier pupils. Without it costs would rise and participation drop. Current average lunch is 45 cents with some cities at 80 cents. The Senate has not acted.
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Washington
Big City
Education and Labor
Carl Perkins
Patsy Mink
D-Hawaii
Senate
Middletown Weather Forecast Shows Showers Possible
Partly cloudy skies and overnight lows in the 50s are forecast for Middletown tonight with a chance of showers. Highs reach the mid-70s on Wednesday. Yesterday’s high was 62 and the overnight low 43. The extended outlook calls for showers Thursday and Friday and fair skies Saturday.
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Middletown
New president named at OU
Dr Charles J Ping named Ohio University president designate effective Sept 1 succeeding interim president Harry B Crewson. Ping 44 has been Central Michigan University provost since 1969 and study leave since January for Harvard Business School program.
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Ohio
Charles J. Ping
Central Michigan University
Ohio University
Ping
Harry B. Crewson
Claude R. Sowle
Mount Pleasant
Harvard Business School
Central Michigan
Tusculum College
Tennessee
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