Rebels seize edge of Phnom Penh as city braces for fall
Rebels pushed into western and northwestern Phnom Penh burning refugee huts and driving civilians toward the capital. Cambodian troops, Mekong riverfront defenses, and airport fighting marked a chaotic retreat as refugees streamed into Phnom Penh amid calls for international help and U S aid to South Vietnam.
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South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Xuan Loc
Washington
Senate
House
Committee
Associated Press
Cambodia
Huot Tat
United Nations
Khmer Rouge
Mekong River
Long Boret
Washington debate over Ford aid and evacuation authority
In Washington, officials expected rejection of Ford's aid request but swift approval for authority to deploy American troops to evacuate U S citizens from Saigon if needed. Lawmakers urged initiating evacuation before troops are used. South Vietnamese spokesmen reported sporadic fighting around Xuan Loc and air strikes that killed about 120 North Vietnamese with heavy government casualties.
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Washington
Ford
U.S
Saigon
United States
Xuan Loc
Vietnamese airlifted children amid questions of status
Reports from translators reveal some Vietnamese children flown to the United States were not orphans but relatives or offspring of Saigon officials. At Ft Benning 171 children arrived amid adoptions and identification disputes, with Betty Tisdale clashing with Pearl S Buck Foundation officials over 18 privately arranged adoptions.
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San Francisco
Saigon
Jane Barton
American Friends Service Committee
Maoi McConnell
le Thi Bach Nuyen
Friends For All
Los Angeles
Ft. Benning
Betty Tisdale
Columbus
Pearl S. Buck Foundation
Perkasie
Frank Davis
Foundation
Reflecting Mirror Used by Roswell Store Employees
A corner mirror in a Roswell store helps workers monitor a larger area for shoplifters. The device allows staff to keep a wider view of the sales floor through a single reflection.
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Roswell
Chaves
Former Amarillo rookie charged with murder in teen slaying
Justice of the Peace Boy Byrd charged Jim P. Vanderbilt with murder in the killing of 16 year old girl in Amarillo. Vanderbilt was fired during his six month police probation around March 26, triggering the case.
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Amarillo, Tex
Amarillo
Justice of the Peace
Byrd
Jim P. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Roswell Board Sets Special Budget Sessions
The Roswell board of education will meet in special sessions at 7 30 p m today and Tuesday in the school administration board room on West Chisum Street to hear final budget matters. They may hire a new superintendent from three finalists and modify the administrative travel per diem to 24 for in state travel while in state travel stays 36 for out of state. They also plan salary schedules for certificated and noncertificated staff and adoption of the 1975 76 budget, pending Public School Finance committee approval.
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Roswell
Roger L. Luginbill
Public School Finance Committee
Shoplifting Seen As Roswell’s Most Perplexing Crime
Roswell merchants face a rising shoplifting problem with losses totaling 10393 dollars in 1974, up from 460 in 1973. Police report 886 petty larceny offenses and 243 related arrests, most handled in Municipal Court with escalating penalties.
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Roswell
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