World Spotlight: Air Routes Open to Vietnam War Aftermath
Across Asia and beyond, commercial planes resume Hong Kong to Bangkok flights via Vietnam and Laos after the war, with Pan American, China Airlines, and Korean Air Lines still detoured due to lack of diplomatic ties with Vietnam. Other items report a Windsor woman’s restitution payment, Pakistan bar associations opposing foreign clemency appeals for Bhutto, Suharto’s oath for a third term, UN troop movements in Lebanon, Louis Nizer’s stance on Skokie Nazis, Haig warning on Soviet power, St. Lawrence Seaway toll hikes, A. Reginald Eaves’ radio switch, welfare fraud checks in Cleveland, and Gail Rubin’s estate.
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Hong Kong
Bangkok
Vietnam
Laos
Pan American World Airways
Nationalist
China
China Air Lines
South
Korea
Korean Air Lines
Indochinese
Begin Winds Down Washington Visit After Stalled Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Begin wraps a somber three day trip with the Carter administration unsure how to move stalled Mideast peace talks forward. Officials cite no plan for Atherton to return and note persistent gaps over Jewish settlements. Begin plans to fly to New York and then Tel Aviv after a National Press Club address.
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Washington
Menachem Begin
Carter
Mideast
Begin
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
Alfred L. Atherton Jr
U.S
Middle East
United States
Car
Cyrus R. Vance
Egypt
Zbigniew Brzezinski
White House
Lebanon
U.N
National Press Club
New York
Tel Aviv
Tower defends Korean social ties amid ethics inquiry
Texas Senator John Tower admitted he would choose friends more carefully after a Senate Ethics Committee session on Park tied influence-peddling allegations. He said he attended at most six Park events from 1965 to 1975, turned down invitations seven times, and denied any wrongdoing or knowingly accepting foreign contributions. He noted his actions were to preserve the committee’s credibility and did not affect his Korea policy votes. He also referenced Park’s invitations from Korean officials and trips planned with U.S. embassy and military involvement.
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Miller Bonner
Associated Press
Washington
John Tower
Tansung Park
Texas Republican
Senate Ethics Committee
Park
Tower
CIA
Texas
Great Britain
U.S
Korea
Senate Armed Forces Committee
United States
Kim Dong Jo
Moro Two extremists arrested in Italy
In Milan police arrested two extremists tied to the Aldo Moro kidnapping case. Giuseppe Zambon, 39, tried to swallow a letter bearing German names. Franco Berardi, 28, was seized in a Milan apartment after returning from Paris. The Red Brigades claimed responsibility for Moro’s abduction.
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Milan
Italy
Aldo Moro
Red Brigades
Moro
Guieseppe Zambon
Franco Berardi
Paris
Berardi
Bologna
Court asked to halt action on referendum
A district court was asked to block removal of a loan interest referendum from the May 6 ballot. The outcome will determine if a March 27 hearing on the straw poll proceeds. Carrin Patman accused loan companies of trying to muzzle Texas voters by denying their chance to weigh in on higher interest rates for loans under $5,000.
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Austin
Texas
Democratic Committee
Carrin Patman
Wallenda’s death ends acrobatic era at San Juan circus
Karl Wallenda plunged 120 feet from a 300 foot wire during a Pan American Circus promotional stunt in San Juan. Thousands mourned as the show went on with the Great Wallendas continuing the act amid grief. Funeral services were tentatively set for Sarasota, Florida.
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Lew Wheaton
Associated Press
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Karl Wallenda
Wallenda
Gary Williams
Presbyterian Hospital
Big Top
The
Great Wallendas
Wallendas
Rietta
Sarasota
Fla
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Ontario
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Detroit
Bar Associations Act
Karachi
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Suharto
People’s Consultative Assembly
Sukarno
Assembly
Beirut
Yasser Arafat
State Radio
Litani
Golan Heights
Chicago
Louis Nizer
Skokie
Nizer
Chicago Sun-Times
Soviet Union
Alexander Haig Jr
NATO
Foreign Policy Association
Massena
N.Y
St. Lawrence Seaway
Seaway
Atlanta
Public Safety
A. Reginald Eaves
Maynard Jackson
Eaves
Wrng Radio
Harry Davey
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Gail K. Rubin
Manhattan
Ter
Senator Tower
ECIA
Mule Man
al Wilson
Maude
Jenny
Wilson
Turin
People’s Court
Earl Wallenda
Condado Holiday Inn
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