Rescue Based On Faulty Information In Mayaguez Crisis
The Mayaguez rescue ended successfully but relied on faulty intelligence about crew whereabouts. Captain Miller reported the 39 crew were moved to Kompong Som mainland hours after Koh Tang capture, challenging planners who assumed the ship and island must be secured to free the crew.
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Warren L. Nelson Washington
UPI
Mayaguez
U.S
Koh Tang
Pentagon
Charles Miller
Kompong Som
Washington
Koh—Tang
Phnom Penh
Palestiniaan
Interior Panel Clears Dam Bill for American Falls Idaho
Washington D C Senate Interior Committee approved legislation co authored by Idaho Senators Church and McClure to enable construction of a new dam at American Falls Idaho. The lawmakers praised the swift action and urged House and full Senate passage citing regional economic stakes and prior two year delays.
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Washington, D.C
Senate Interior Committee
Idaho
U.S
Frank Church
James A. McClure
American Falls
Church
McClure
Interior Committee
House
Senate
France and China Agree To Regular Foreign Policy Talks
China will hold periodic policy consultations with France as Teng Hsiao-ping visits Paris. Chiao Kuan-hua will meet French leaders in Paris and New York, with invites for Giscard d Estaing and Sauvagnon to visit China and France respectively.
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Edward Girard
Paris
UPI
China
France
Peking
Teng Hsiao-ping
West
Chiao Kuan
Hua
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Teng
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Jean Sauvagn
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
de Gaulle
Richard Nixon
Moscow
U.N
Chiao Kuan-Hua
Lyon
Berlier
Nimes
Baux-de-Provence
Thai Cabinet Reviews Alliance After U.S. Marines Move
Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj called a special cabinet session in Bangkok to review Thailand's alliance with the United States after Washington withdrew 800 Marines from U Tapao following the Mayaguez incident. Protests dogged the issue as Bangkok weighed a diplomatic response and possible policy shifts.
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Bangkok
UPI
Kukrit Pramoj
Thailand
United States
Cambodia
U.S
Mayaguez
Koh Tang
U Tapao
South Vietnam
Kukrit
Washington
Thai
Ford
Cattlemen Fight Hell's Canyon Act Hearing Demand
Idaho Cattlemen's Association opposes designating Hell's Canyon a National Recreation Area until Idaho holds a hearing. President Rolland Patrick Roberson warns the Forest Service could harm livestock and Snake River waters critical to Southern Idaho's economy. He urges thorough Idaho hearings before any congressional commitment.
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Idaho
Social Security Benefit Hike Becomes Official
An 8 percent monthly benefit increase for 35 million Social Security and SSI recipients was made official for June benefits payable in July. The move, required by law, offsets price rises. Congress rejected a 5 percent alternative and approved the budget conferees' agreement affecting federal pay ceilings.
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Washington
UPI
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Ford Administration
Congress
House
Senate
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