Bribery and Compassion Mark Escape From Saigon
The last American to leave Saigon, A. Roy Brown of Ontario, recalls the final days in 1975. He married Nguyen Thi Kim Chi, faced bribery and red tape for his wife’s papers, and fled with five others to Camp Pendleton. Brown contests blame on the United States, noting Vietnamese leadership failures and widespread panic among residents.
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Bill Goodyear
Daily News
A. Roy Brown
Vietnam
Melvin T. Wells
Red Bluff
Brown
Saigon
U.S. Navy
Nguyen Thi Kim Chi
Vinnel Corp
Navy
South Vietnam
U.S
ARVN
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Camp Pendleton
Rescue of Mayaguez Crew Ends With Marine Casualties
U S helicopters evacuated a Marine force from Koh Tang after dark to rescue the Mayaguez and its 45 crew from Cambodian captors. At least one Marine dead and many wounded in a 14 hour firefight with Cambodian and Communist forces as helicopters, damaged earlier, completed the night's risky extraction to the carrier Coral Sea.
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Washington
UPS
Koh Tang Island
Mayaguez
Pentagon
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Ford
United States
U.S
Iran
Indochina
Pen
Coral Sea
Congress
Joseph Laitin
Laitin
Holt
Wilson
Victory celebration marks South Vietnam's fall and city renamed
In Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese leaders opened a three day victory celebration with a joint television appearance. Tho and Thang praised regional solidarity and urged peace and unification while condemning past U.S. intervention.
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Saigon
VPI
South Vietnam
Thang
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Tho
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Uncle Ho
Pasteur Street
Weather forecast for valley area with mild temperatures
Mostly fair conditions continue through tomorrow with high clouds today. Cooler in the north and warmer in the valley tomorrow with highs mid sixties today and seventies to low eighties tomorrow. Southerly winds 5 to 15 mph diminishing late today. Saturday outlook fair. River levels Bend Bridge 22.8 Lake Red Bluff 16.0 Tehama Bridge 205.8 Woodson Bridge 170.8. Sunset 8 18 p.m. Sunrise 5 33 a.m. PDT.
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Bend Bridge
Lake Red Bluff
Tehama Bridge
Woodson Bridge
House Sets Aid Ceiling for Vietnamese Refugee Program
The House quickly set a 507 million ceiling for refugee resettlement aid and then approved 405 million in appropriations for the program. The measures were sent to the Senate for swift action with broad votes. An open ended authorization was rejected in favor of a fixed limit, and an amendment barred using funds for North Vietnam or the Viet Cong.
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HOUSE
Washington
UPI
White House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Antions Committee
North Vietnam
Seventeen Prisoners Escape Chicago Prison During Surprise Check
Seventeen inmates escaped from a Chicago prison by tunneling through a wall into the laundry area and slipping through a small hole after guards left to quell another disturbance. Police recaptured six by early morning, while helicopters, dogs, and armed officers hunted the others, including four murder defendants. The escape occurred in a facility housing about 3,000 inmates.
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Chicago
UPI
County Completes Jefferson Street Impact Report
The environmental impact report on vacating a block of Jefferson Street is finished with 40 copies sent to Red Bluff. A June 3 public hearing on closing the Oak to Pine Street section is set by the city council, and the planning commission will review the report on June 18. The board aims to free space for county offices and ensure off street parking, with church trustees signaling no objections.
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Jefferson Street
Red Bluff
Larry Coleman
Board of Supervisors
Oak
Pine Streets
Coleman
City Planning Commission
Raymond L. Birge
First Baptist Church
Jefferson and
Pine
Jefferson
Birge
Barbara Crow
Larry Lalaguna
Ron Keonig
Mayor Urges State to Back Doctors Insurance Plan
San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto calls for a two year state takeover of malpractice insurance at rates not exceeding 25 percent of current payments. He seeks a special legislative session as doctors threaten a two week old boycott that has emptied hospitals and sparked layoffs. Brown and leaders discuss a six to nine month premium freeze while a long term fix is studied.
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San Francisco
UPI
Joseph Alioto
Alioto
Edmund Brown Jr
Brown
Sacramento
Assembly
Leo McCarthy
Fatal Bus Wreck Attributed to Speed Near Ashland Oregon
California investigators say excessive speed caused a Mt. Shasta school bus to overturn after rear ending a car on a steep downgrade along Interstate 5 near Ashland. Driver Nora Coville, 40, and two female students on a field trip were killed.
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