US to pull troops from Thailand amid Vietnam exit
The United States will cut Thai troop strength by 28 percent from 27 000 to 19 500 in the next two months as it begins a major withdrawal from Southeast Asia. Thai Foreign Minister Chatichai Choonhavan says talks are needed on planes and political prisoner releases follow.
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Southeast Asia
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Cambodia
South Vietnam
Chatichai Choonhavan
Saigon
Chatichai
North Vietnam
Saigon Radio
Bangkok
Indochina
Vietnam
Philadelphia
William Pegg
Ontario Street Methodist Church
Buffalo
N.Y
Nation's mood after Vietnam ends in disillusionment and reflection
AP News quotes Americans across cities reacting to the Vietnam War’s end. They describe senseless tragedy, loss of 55,000 lives, and varied feelings from relief and hope to despair, with personal grief from families who lost sons and leaders who cite democratic concerns.
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Constance Gordon
Chicago
Richard Scott
Telephone Company
Omaha
Associated Press
Howard Donald
Tamaqua
Joe Finn
Wheeling
W.va
Finn
Richmond
Nathan J. Ford
First refugees begin moving into new U S homes
The first Vietnamese refugee family processed through Ft Chaffee Arkansas left for a Florida home in Sorrento with a relative. Two women who worked for the U S Embassy in Saigon moved to Oklahoma City with sponsorship offers. By tonight 84 more refugees are to be released, many with relatives sponsors and jobs.
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Sorrento
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Saigon
Oklahoma City
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Offi
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Maj
Anne Anderson
Northwest
Arkansas
Anderson
Guam
Eglin Air Force Base
America the Beautiful
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Maritime Sealift Command
Pioneer Commander
Pioneer Contender
Photographer Michel Laurent Killed Covering Vietnam Battle
Pulitzer prize winner Michel Laurent, 29, died on April 28 while reporting near Saigon. His body was found buried outside Saigon after covering one of South Vietnam’s last battles. he previously won AP’s prize for India Pakistan war coverage in 1971.
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Michel Laurent
South Vietnam
Laurent
Associated Press
Saigon
Hamster link to 1973 flu outbreak in New York
In 1973 a flu like disease spread from hamsters to people in upstate New York and other states. Forty thousand cases may have occurred nationwide as 57 New Yorkers and 55 others were diagnosed and the Florida distributor was the source.
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Chicago
New York
Rochester
United States
Three Stooges Leader Moe Howard Dies of Lung Cancer
Moe Howard, last survivor of the Three Stooges, died Sunday night from lung cancer at age 78. The slapstick star helped form the act with Ted Healy and appeared in films from Soup to Nuts 1930 onward before TV fame. Funeral services are pending.
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Los Angeles
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Three Stooges
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Ted Healy
Healy
Shemp
Larry Fine
His
Stooges
MGM
Clark Gable
Joan Crawford
Jerry
Curly
The
Columbia
Joe Besser
Joe de Rita
Middletown Weather Forecast Tracks Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for the Middletown area tonight and Tuesday with lows in the mid 40s and highs in the mid 70s. Yesterday's high was 68 and overnight low 40. The outlook shows a chance of showers Wednesday through Friday with highs in the upper 60s and lows in the mid 40s.
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Middletown
Parachutist from Cincinnati Dies in Ohio Fall
Jerry Messer, 25, an instructor at a Greene County parachute center, was killed when his main parachute tangled with a line and his reserve chute twisted, causing a fatal failure to open. The incident occurred Sunday in Xenia Ohio, according to Greene County authorities.
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Cincinnati
Greene County
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