Kissinger Sees South Vietnam Could Thwart Communists
Secretary of State Kissinger said South Vietnam may stabilize the war effort and that President Ford will outline Thursday what the U.S. can do. He noted no anticipated bombing and that Ford ordered options from CIA, armed forces, and State for a foreign policy speech to Congress. Ford will decide Saigon's chances and what aid is needed after Weyand’s briefing, while vacationing in Palm Springs.
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Record numbers of war orphans leave Vietnam
Airliners carried hundreds of Vietnamese orphans to the United States Britain Canada and Australia as Operation Babylift surged amid crash casualties. Pan Am jets evacuated thousands of children while other flights moved refugees and medical staff toward hopeful adoptions and foster care.
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U S destroys nuclear reactor in South Vietnam covert strike
A U.S. team secretly flown to Dalat destroyed South Vietnam's only nuclear reactor to prevent Hanoi from obtaining bomb materials. They removed the fuel and shipped it to the United States as communists closed in, Pentagon sources said.
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Chiang Kai-shek dies at 87 in Taipei hospital
Nationalist Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek, aged 87, died of a heart attack at Taipei Central Hospital after years of illness. He resigns official duties to son Chiang Ching-kuo with Vice President Yen to assume the presidency. no funeral plans announced.
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Snowstorm Gales Strain Mid Atlantic Coasts
A winter storm tapering off left gale warnings along mid and north Atlantic coasts. In New York Bath residents cared for more than 500 stranded travelers after 11 hours of highway closure. Buffalo logged its heaviest April snow since 1894 as a Liberian tanker split in heavy seas, one crewman died during rescue.
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Rebels Pound Phnom Penh Airport Amid Escalating Attacks
UPI reports rebels pounded Phnom Penh airport with rockets and threatened southeast of the capital as embassies closed. Only about 175 Americans remained in the city. Government pilots claimed destroying part of a rebel Sampan flotilla on the Mekong. An American airlift to Pochentong Airport faced rocket fire with at least 22 hits. Seven wounded.
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Exodus from Saigon under way as U.S. evacuations expand
UPI reports renewed radio contact with pockets of South Vietnamese defenders and possible efforts to retake coast cities. Civilians flee Saigon as Americans and war orphans continue evacuation via ships and flights to Clark Air Base and Vung Tau, amid a rising death toll from the Babylift crash.
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