Refugees in Camp Pendleton weigh farming vs urban futures
Mai Tren Quang, a former Vietnamese labor official, says many refugees have marketable skills and may enter payrolls, while Nguyen Cao Ky envisions farming as a path for some. Ky considers a communal refugee farm, possibly in Texas or Arkansas, amid a mixed outlook on job prospects for the 19 000 refugees in tents.
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Camp Pendleton
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Little
Saigon
Mai Tren Quang
Nguyen Cao Ky
ABC
Quang
America
Texas
Arkansas
U.S
Labor Development Agency
da Nang
Michigan Forest Fires Destroy 13,000 Acres
Forest fires swept through parts of lower Michigan over the weekend destroying nearly 13,000 acres of timber and brushland. Authorities said the blazes were the worst to strike the state in 28 years.
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Associated Press
Lower
Michigan
St. Helen
Roscommon County
Ann Landers Page Teems With Puzzles and Notices
Inside page features the Ann Landers column and a 17 xword puzzle. Sections include Vital Statistics and Women’s News with local Middletown area items. Readers see brief notices and columns on life events and community updates.
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Ann Landers
Middletown
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Tohoviordee
Wogris
Rviaw
Americans in Laos Evacuation Not Planned Amid Crisis
The State Department says no evacuation is planned for about 1000 Americans in Laos as Pathet Lao gains control. In Vientiane Premier Souvanna Phouma warned the end of fighting but called for peace, while rightist ministers resign and Laos faces a three faction government.
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Associated Press
State Department
United States
Laos
Pathet Lao
Washington
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Savang Vathana
Cambodia
South
Vietnam
Sisouk Na Champassak
Ngon Sananikone
National Union
U.S
Six House members urge defense cutbacks and budget alternative
Six members of the House Armed Services Committee propose reducing U S troop levels abroad and trimming new weapons spending. They release an alternative 29.3 billion dollar weapons budget 6.4 billion below Ford request calling to scrap the B1 bomber end Trident submarine production and withdraw 70 000 troops with Korea Thailand and Europe as targets while leaving final decisions to the secretary of state.
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U.S
House
Armed Services Committee
Ford
Korea
Thailand
Europe
Eye stabbed amid Washington monument crowd attack
Agriculture Department aide Steven Laine says he was stabbed in the right eye during Human Kindness Day near the Washington Monument as about 125 000 people attended a rock music event. Park police reported around 100 robberies or assaults that day.
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Agriculture Department
Washington Monument
Steven Laine
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Earl L. Butz
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Laine
Explosion Levels Two Story Apartment in Cleveland
An early morning blast leveled a two story apartment in Cleveland, shattering windows for blocks and leaving several families homeless. Police say owner Danny Green was inside but escaped unharmed. A second explosive device was found in a backyard and a third suspected bomb may have been hurled from the building but did not detonate.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Danny Green
Refugees pour into Guam as camps swell to 50000
South Vietnamese refugees flood Guam amid limits on U.S. departures. Nearly 100 arrive aboard a carrier crowded with pilots and helicopters. Camps on Guam reach capacity while four ships carrying 16,000 approach. The Midway, loaded with 101 aircraft, aids the influx.
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Agana
Guam
South Vietnam
United States
Pacific Island
Steve Morrison
Midway
Supreme Court lets stand Boston school busing ruling
The Supreme Court refused to review a lower court decision finding Boston officials denied black students equal education, upholding Garrity’s 1969 ruling that the district operated a segregated system and prompted court ordered busing amid repeated violence and protests across city schools.
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Supreme Court
Boston
U.S. Circuit Court
U.S
W. Arthur Garrity
Boston School Committee
Garrity
South Boston
South Boston High
Kevin H. White
Middletown Area Weather Forecast Turns Cooler
Partial clearing and cooler temperatures with a chance of showers are in the forecast for Middletown tonight. Sunday’s high reached 80 in Middle Town with an overnight low of 55 and 0.3 inch of rain. Tonight’s low should be mid 40s with a 30 percent chance of rain, and Tuesday expects fair skies with a high in the mid 60s and a 20 percent rain chance.
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