Thieu Hands Over Power as Huong Takes Reins in Saigon
Former President Nguyen Van Thieu meets successor Tran Van Huong to begin power handover while his wife arranges porcelain crates at Independence Palace. Anti-Thieu groups draft a new cabinet and troops retreat from Xuan Loc amid heavy road fighting near Saigon. In Washington, Ford veto debate heats up as farm bill faces opposition with a 160 vote target in the House and at least 146 votes needed to sustain a veto.
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Saigon
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Tran van Huong
Independence Palace
Thieu
Xuan Loc
Washington
House
Ford
Congress
European visitors report calm in Da Nang after fall
Paris dispatches describe life normalizing in Da Nang three weeks after Viet Cong takeover. Claude Gaignaire reports no bloodbath and Alex Casella notes open restaurants and services despite a dusk to dawn curfew as refugees plan for life under new authorities.
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da Nang
South Vietnam
Claude Gaignaire
Alex Casella
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
Texas clash over board power moves to six-week battle
Texas higher education leaders confronted Senate and House committees over a bill expanding the College Coordinating Board authority. UT System Regents and others argued for coordination while Ot UT Austin leaders defended current growth and off campus programs. The dispute centers on enrollment limits, new programs, and campus construction oversight.
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Nugent
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Provence
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Abner McCall
Lamar University
John Gray
McCall
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el Paso
University of Houston
Gray
Dolph Briscoe
Allan Shivers
UT Systems Board of Regents
University of Texas
Shivers
UT Austin
Ut-Austin
Gray's School
Orange
Port Arthur
Calhoun High observes Pan American Week with assembly
Calhoun High School marked Pan American Day and Pan American Week with a schoolwide assembly. Flags were presented by Spanish club members, Dora Perez danced the Jarabe Tapatio, and Karen Kay Thomas from the University of Houston spoke on the inter American system. The program closed with the choir and Spanish class singing O Noble Pan America led by Betty Sue Litzler.
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Matt Harriss
Cynthia Alamia
Calhoun High School
Brenda Hinojosa
Alfred Balboa
Alonzo Calzada
Kathy Menchaca
Mary Carroll
Dora Perez
Mexico
Karen Kay Thomas
University of Houston
Karen
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Puebla
Pan American Student Forum
University of the Americas
State of Texas
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Texas to sue New Mexico over water rights dispute
The Supreme Court allows Texas to sue New Mexico over Pecos River water rights. Texas alleges New Mexico deprived it of water from 1950 to 1972 in violation of the 1948 Pecos River Compact. New Mexico counters the issue is under Pecos River Commission review and questions the timing of the suit.
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Texas
New Mexico
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Pecos River
Rio Grande
Witnesses take stand in Easley murder trial
In Victoria Texas AP reports the prosecution called more witnesses as Charles Dennis Easley 23 waived his right to a jury trial in the death of Donna Marie Golish. The trial continued with testimony scheduled for today as prosecutors pursue a conviction.
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Victoria, Tex
Charles Dennis Easley
Donna Marie Golish
Easley
Fire kills groom and 35 horses at Detroit Race Course
A barn fire at Detroit Race Course in Livonia Michigan killed a groom and at least 35 thoroughbred horses. Fire officials estimated 34 horses burnt beyond recovery and one severely burned horse had to be shot. About 40 animals were saved as the blaze confined to Barn W. The track houses 1300 horses. cause suspected as heater in tack room.
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Livonia, Mich
Detroit Race Course
Dale Thirtyacre
Tent city forms for Americans and Vietnamese evacuees
At Clark Air Base thousands of Americans and Vietnamese dependents crowd a tent colony as the U S airlift from South Vietnam expands to round the clock operations. About 40 Air Force planes and 130 cargo aircraft are to land every 30 to 45 minutes, totaling 6,500 evacuees from April 4. Officials in Saigon put Americans left at under 2,000 with no clear count of dependents awaiting evacuation. Tents housing 20 people each expand to 5,000 as gymnasiums and barracks fill. Evacuees sleep on mattresses. Chaplain Col Paul Wragg decries the situation as logjam persists. Four chartered planes with 1,200 seats depart Clark on Wednesday.
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The
Philippines
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Ci41
Col
Paul Wragg
Tampa
Fla
Col. Wragg
Clark
United States
Newsmen to remain in jail on contempt
Fresno Calif AP three newspapermen were sentenced to jail for contempt until they reveal how they obtained a sealed grand jury transcription Their attorney says they will never answer those questions Superior Court Judge Denver Peckinpah stayed the sentence until May 23 to allow an appeal challenging the contempt citations and the shield law protecting confidential sources The trio were cited 62 times for refusing to answer questions about the source of articles describing the sealed transcript
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Calif
Superior Court
Denver Peckinpah
Fresh Bee
George Gruner
Joe Rosato
William Patterson
Bee
James Bort
Fresno, Calif
Fresno Bee
Peckinpah
Early 1975 crop forecast pace accelerated by USDA
The Agriculture Department will estimate 1975 corn production in July, a month earlier than prior schedules. Acreage planted and harvest expectations will be announced June 30, instead of the usual July 10, with readings from July 1. Officials say the faster schedule aims to give farmers and market experts earlier information for decision making.
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Agriculture Department
USDA
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