Vietnam's American connection blooms with irony and loss
The piece argues South Vietnam suffers global unfriendliness due to its ties to America and its freer society. It recalls a Hue couple Minh and family, detailing an intimate roadside encounter that highlights dignity amid war. The author laments international indifference as Vietnam edges toward defeat, noting the decent suffer most.
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Minh
Phu Bai
Vietnam
Johnny Horizon program promotes cleaner America at private parks
Interior officials expand the Johnny Horizon campaign to privately run parks for the 1976 bicentennial, licensing private companies to use the symbol and collect royalties. Natural Park Systems promotes Johnny Horizon Natural Parks, stressing that a portion of park spending funds the federal environment effort.
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Interior
Smokey the Bear
America
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Johnny Horizon
Bob Schmidt
Natural Park Systems of
New York
Banker changes shape as small business braces for funds
Cardiner Greene, founder of Browning Laboratories, argues bankers have shifted from risk takers to semi civil servants, hindering small business. He suggests practical advice for securing loans and stresses small business as the economic backbone, employing about 100 million people, while noting the long maturation of Beluga sturgeon and caviar yields.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Cardiner
Greene
Browning Laboratories
Laconia, N.H
Rolls-Royce
Citizen Bank
McGraw-Hill
This Day in History for April 15, 1975
Events include Lincoln's death in 1865 and milestones such as 1638 New Haven settlement, 1850 San Francisco incorporation, Lincoln's 1861 militia call, Roosevelt burial in Hyde Park, Castro's 1959 U.S. visit, Speck verdict in 1967, and Niger coup in 1960s. Birthday note for A Philip Randolph. thought from Cicero.
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Associated Press
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Ford
John Wilkes Booth
New Haven
Conn
San Francisco
Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Fidel Castro
United States
Chicago
Richard Speck
Arab finance pressure targets Jewish bankers in Britain
The report notes Britain facing a push from Arab investors to exclude Jewish bankers from financing deals. Gerald Thompson, chair of a major British bank, says his firm will not resist and predicts continued blacklisting as long as Arab interests require. The tone questions Western complicity and notes strong anti-Jewish sentiment.
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Gerald Thompson
Britain
Shadowy Hanoi Cadres In South Vietnam Foreshadow Push
Ray Cromley reports on Maj. Gen. Edward Lansdale’s warning that Hanoi Viet Cong cadres hide in Saigon’s wards with organizations including armed guerrilla units medical teams political action and propaganda. He cites captured documents showing scholarships to South Vietnamese youth to join military schools and notes the rebuilding of shadow teams in major cities.
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Washington
Nea
Edward Lansdale
Saigon
Lansdale
Hanoi
Hue
Mass media mastery lifts Southern Baptists to new heights
David Poling profiles how Southern Baptists use TV and a roof-top message center to project care and conviction across 1.3 million members and 500,000 affiliates. In Alexandria, Louisiana, a $75,000 electronic pulpit beams scripture and inspiration to a wide audience day and night, reinforcing a public faith beyond church walls.
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Southern Baptists
Albuquerque
N.M
First Baptist Church
Morris Chapman
Jimmy Allen
San Antonio
Allen
First Baptist
Louisana
Alexandria
Southern Baptist Churches
Robert L. Lee
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