Da Nang Airlift Underway as Communists Expand Front
As Saigon’s grip weakens, a major U S airlift of refugees from Da Nang starts. Khmer Rouge fire devastates Binh Dinh and Cam Ranh fronts while Hue falls to Viet Cong. World Airways flies 190 Vietnamese refugees to Nha Trang in first Da Nang airlift flight.
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Phnom Penh
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Qui Nhon
Nha Trang
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Tuy Hoa
Cam Ranh
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Hue
Ford Tax Rebate Bill Could Put Checks in 45 Days
IRS says taxpayers would begin receiving rebate checks within 45 days of the law’s signing. No special filing needed. Early filers likely to receive first rebates. payment order not yet set. Some taxpayers owing refunds could get a single check for both refund and rebate.
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Internal Revenue Service
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IRS
Congress Approves $24.8 Billion Antirecession Tax Cut
Congress approved a $24.8 billion tax cut package to spur the economy with $8.1 billion in rebates totaling 10 percent of 1974 taxes up to a $200 maximum. If the President signs on April 1 the first of 60 million rebate checks could go out by May 15 and all rebates by June 30. The bill remains subject to further action.
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Rhodes predicts Ford will veto tax cut package
Rep. John J Rhodes after talks with President Ford predicts a veto of the 24.8 billion tax cut package. Rhodes says Ford is reconsidering the entire idea of a tax cut as Congress passed one of the largest tax cuts in history.
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White House
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Fire destroys Excelsior Hotel in Alpine Italian town
In Santa Maria Maggiore Italy a blaze gutted the Excelsior Hotel killing 16 people and wounding about 40 mostly French skiers on Easter holiday. Fourteen bodies were recovered from rubble and two died on the way to hospitals as firefighters searched for more victims.
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Santa Maria Maggiore
Italy
Excelsior
Opposition group asks Thieu to relinquish powers
A committee named the Action Committee for National Salvation was formed by opposition politicians led by former Premier Nguyen Cao Ky to request President Nguyen Van Thieu to resign. Rev Tran Huu Thanh announced the move after two days of meetings.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Action Committee For National Salvation
Tran Huu Thanh
Thieu
Father Thanh
Hazards at PGandE substation trigger mass outages and Berkeley blast
A series of plastic devices exploded at a PGandE substation destroying three transformer banks and cutting power to 35 000 homes in San Jose. Two hours later a hazardous device exploded in a Berkeley FBI building harming no one but causing substantial floor damage. A group calling itself the Red Guerrilla Family claimed responsibility. Authorities said no injuries were reported and whether the incidents are linked remains unclear.
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Pacific Gas & Electric Co
FBI
Berkeley
Red Guerrilla Family
Tornado Strikes Lefors Texas Amid Broad Weather Warnings
A spring storm swept from the Rockies into the Plains spawning tornadoes and severe weather across 15 states. In Lefors Texas a tornado struck before dawn, killing at least one and wounding about 45 in an oil town of around 800 residents as warnings extended from Nebraska to the Gulf Coast and from Canada to the Gulf.
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Nebraska
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Lefors
Mississippi Valley
Canada
Weather Update for Middletown and Midwest Storm
Rain expected in Middletown tonight and Friday with lows in the mid 30s and highs in the 50s. Extended outlook shows rain Saturday through Monday. Five inches of snow fell from Colorado to North Dakota as a major storm targets the Upper Midwest with thunderstorms and freezing rain splashing from Nebraska to Wisconsin and Illinois.
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