Refugee Ship Rescue Documents Mass Suffering Aboard
UPI report from Saigon describes 18000 refugees aboard the cargo ship Trans Colorado during a rescue. Mothers in despair tried to give up starving babies while crew fed them with limited provisions and produced over 1 million gallons of water. Davis, a 22 year Army veteran, spoke of immense suffering as refugees reached Cam Ranh Bay Da Nang and Vung Tau and vowed to help.
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Escape Flight From Viet Cong Occupation Reach Port City
Phan Hong Cuong, 40, a Lam Don province village militia member, fled with his wife and six children after the Viet Cong occupied their village. They traveled 240 miles by bicycle and motorcycle, then by boat, and reached a navy base near Vung Tau. With few supplies, they hope for resettlement in Saigon, while uncertainty looms over possible relocation to Phu Quoc. The family, separated by miles and danger, illustrates the mass exodus as North Vietnamese forces advance.
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Orphan evacuation continues amid Vietnam war fallout
About 14,000 children lost parents or facing poverty, with 900 evacuated so far mainly to the United States, Canada, and Australia. South Vietnamese criticism grows while U S Ford administration pledges to take at least 2,000 orphans. Evacuees face delays, transport risks, and frontline political pressures as flights resume.
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Australia
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Giant playpen for Viet orphans at Presidio arrivals
Survivors of a Friday C5 Galaxy crash were among 100 infants brought to the Presidio to await adoption in the U S and Europe. Nurses checked each child while adults waited and some infants were ill. President Ford and the First Lady greeted the plane in San Francisco amid heavy rain as 18 children with chicken pox remained shielded by immunotherapy.
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Europe
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Ford
California
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San Francisco
Pan American Airways
American
White House
Two cosmonauts return safely after Soyuz 12 failure
Tass reports Cosmonauts Vasily Lazarev and Oleg Makarev are well after their Soyuz 12 spacecraft failed to reach orbit. The booster malfunction occurred on the third stage during a mission to Salyut 4, the first manned booster failure in spaceflight history. The ship landed near Gorno-Altaisk with rescue teams delivering the pair.
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Oleg Makarev
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Winter Snow Closes I-5 In California
Snow and high winds shut Interstate 5 between Lake Hughes and Wheeler Ridge Sunday night. The highway reopened in convoys led by Highway Patrol. Snow totals included seven inches at Lake Arrowhead and four at Idyllwild with power outages in Port MacArthur after rain seeped into equipment.
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Idyllwild
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Big Bear Lake
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Reds Press Attack Near Saigon Amid Exodus of Foreigners
Amid a worsening crisis near Saigon, foreigners continued to flee aboard commercial flights while three U.S. banks pulled out American staff leaving locals with limited foreign exchange options. A major mortar and rocket attack near Nha Be wounded four soldiers and a civilian as Saigon officials evacuated. Britain evacuated most of its embassy staff and dependents to Hong Kong, with diplomatic staff to be reduced further this week.
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Hong Kong
Cambodia Reds Breach Phnom Penh Defenses
Rebels punch gaps in Cambodian army lines and move within four miles of Phnom Penh's airport. Prime Minister Long Boret vows to negotiate from Thailand, while caretaker officials refuse surrender and seek unity. Beret warns the war continues if rebels refuse talks.
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Thailand
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Sale Gon
Phu Quoc
Chan Tin
Tan Son Nhut
Clark Air Base
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Rom Saigon
Viet Orphans
Carole Sheridan
Jay
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