Bulganin Dies at 79 After Prolonged Illness
Nikolai Bulganin, once premier beside Nikita Khrushchev in the Soviet Union’s tandem rule, died after a long illness. He aged in obscurity on a 390 dollar month pension at a dacha near Moscow, with Khrushchev rising to power after their 1955 partnership.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Salt Bulganin
Tris
Bulganin
VI. Lenin
Leon Tr
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Communist Party
Geneva
India
Burma
Afghanistan
France
England
Vyacheslav Molotov
Lazar Kaganovich
Anastas Mikoyan
Malenkov
Bulgarin
Molotov
Politburo
Caucasus
U.S. rushes rice airlift to Phnom Penh as siege intensifies
UPI reports hundreds of truckloads to Saigon airport for a 30 day airlift to Phnom Penh amid rocket attacks on Ponchentong airport. Officials say 20,000 tons stockpiled, refugees and famine fears grow as Lon Nol regime faces collapse without aid. bombing and ground clashes continue near Neak Luong.
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Saigon
UPI
United States
Phnom Penh
Ponchentong
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Cambodia on brink of collapse amid US aid request
UPI reports Cambodia faces ammunition and food shortages with a likely government collapse within weeks without US emergency aid. Phillip Habib warned no government could survive beyond a month or two. Congress weighs Ford’s $222 million request as a 30 day airlift to Cambodia begins.
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Arey Khiat
Phnom Penh
U.S
Washington
State Department
Lon Nol
United States
Phillip Habib
Senate
Ford
Cambodia
Habib
Vietnam
UPI
Marshal Lon Nol
Congress
Special Air Force
South Vietnam
Paul McCloskey
Calif
Dewey Bartlett
John Murphy
Agency For International Development
Korea
Philippine airliner hijacked in Manila by two men
Two hijackers seized a DC3 on a Cebu City to Zamboanga flight. They released the armed marshal and 11 passengers at Cebu before resuming to Manila with 13 passengers and three crew. One demanded a narcotics agent job and his wife’s bank post. President Marcos interrupted a speech to respond.
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Cebu City
Zamboanga
Manila
Emilio Abarca Jr
Portugal Military Demands Permanent Voice in Free Election
Lisbon UPI reports Portugal’s leftist Armed Forces Movement threatens to delay the first free election in 50 years unless allowed to wield veto power over legislation and appoint key ministers. They propose a military dominated council alongside the civilian government.
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Lisbon
UPI
Portugal
Armed Forces
Armed Forces Movement
Thea
Popular Democratic Party
Socialist Party
Communist Party
Francisco da Costa Gomes
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