Foreign Refugees Evicted From Cambodia Head for Bangkok
More than 60 foreigners including New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg fled to the Thai border from Phnom Penh as Khmer Rouge controls worsened. About 250 others were expected to follow over the next days, while Paris and U.N. officials coordinated aid and evacuation plans.
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Thailand
UPL
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Red Cross
Phnom Penh
Gambodian
Paris
France
Bangkok
Sundy
United Nations
Anesthetists Clash Over Births During San Francisco Strike
In San Francisco area hospitals during a three day anesthetists strike about 10 hospitals were affected and six faced continued walkouts. Strikers refuse to classify normal childbirths as emergencies under their life or death standard prompting debate among medical authorities and hospital leaders.
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San Francisco
API
St. Mary's Hospital
Mary Joanne
Frank Hill
Children's Hospital
Hill
Arab Rockets Miss Israeli Parliament
Guerrillas fired two Soviet made rockets toward the Knesset and government buildings in Jerusalem but missed targets. Police reported light damage and no casualties. In Beirut, the Palestinian leadership claimed direct hits and heavy losses. A mobilization followed as Israeli forces joined the response near Hebrew University and the Israel Museum.
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United Press International
Knesset
Jerusalem
Beirut
Blessing of the Fleet Thursday in Destin
The Destin Chamber of Commerce announced the 10th annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremonies on Thursday. Services begin at 4 p.m. at St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, with a procession at 5:15 to the docks. The blessing of the boats runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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Destin
Destin Chamber of Commerce
St. Andrews-by-the Sea
Chamber
Second Nuclear Carrier Joins America's Fleet
President Ford aboard the USS Nimitz at Norfolk commissioned the world’s largest warship, the 95,000 ton second nuclear powered carrier. He framed the ship as a guarantor of peace and pledged to strengthen alliances while noting the evacuation role of carriers in Vietnam.
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Nohyolk
Aps
Ford
America
Perio Ford
Adny
Chester Nimitz
Nimitz
Pacific
Vietnam
United States
U.S
Norfolk
Washington
Navy
Monterey
Schlesinger
Kent State five years on memorial observance at Kent State
Antiwar speakers clashed with noise from games as Kent State began a two day memorial for four students killed by Ohio National Guardsmen on May 4 1970 during a protest against U S invasion of Cambodia. The event featured rallies workshops and a candlelit vigil culminating in a new memorial marker ceremony and an interdenominational service led by Elizabeth McAlister and Senator Eugene J McCarthy.
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Kent, Ohio
UPI
Kent State University
Ohio National Guardsmen
Allison Krause
Pittsburgh
Jeffrey Miller
Plainview
N.Y
William Schroeder
Lorain
Sandra Seheuer
Youngstown
U.S
Cambedia
United States
Indochina
NLA
Gary Staiger
National Council For Universal
Iga Roodenko
War Resisters League
Daniel Berrigan
Holmes Brown
Elizabeth McAlister
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Kent State
Pet Turtle Ban Urged by Humane Society
The Humane Society urged the FDA to ban interstate sales of disease carrying pet turtles ahead of a new hatchings period in June. The group cited salmonella risk to children and noted the government once estimated turtles caused about 200,000 cases annually in the United States.
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Washington
UPI
The
Humane Society
Alexander M. Schmidt
Food and Drug Administration
Schmldt
Inmane Society
Schmidt
United States
Welfare Fraud Probes Fault HEW Investigation Capacity
Congressional investigators denounce what they call fantastic neglect in HEW efforts amid a $118.4 billion welfare budget. Hearings reveal HEW has only 13 criminal investigators for Medicare and Social Security and 10 for all other programs. Backlog nears four years with about 100 cases per investigator awaiting action.
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Washington
UPY
House
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Subcommittee On Intergovernmental Relations
Subcommittee On Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources
HEW
Medicare
KEW
Food and Drug Administration
IEW
Liny
Robert F. Drinan
D-Mass
Congress
Elliott H. Levitas
D-Ga
Sam Ervin
W-N.c
Fountain
Ervin
Florida House Appropriations Chair Praises Budget Compromise
Ed Fortune reports a high degree of compromise as the Florida House Appropriations Committee approves Gov. Reubin Askew's 4.47 billion dollar budget. The panel fast tracked the measure to the floor, crediting subcommittee chairs and staff for a smooth process amid revenue constraints and calls to fund education and state services while avoiding job cuts.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPL
House Appropriations
Ed Fortune
D-Pace
Reubin Askew
Fortune
House
Florida Panhandle
Appropriations Education
Subcommittee
William Andrews
Gainesville
Board of Regents
Marshal Harris
Harris
Marshall
Heperlineas
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Israel Museum
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Adm
Nimiz
Defense
James Schlesinger
Crestview
Pensacola
Escambia County Sheriff's Department
Sammy Lee Hayes
Crestview High School
Entrance Road
John Ottina
L. H. Fountain
DB. N.C
Thim
Nathan D. Dick
Fortune Lands
Appropriations Committee
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