Laos cabinet resignations open way for Pathet Lao power
Premier Souvanna Phouma’s coalition reports four right wing ministers resign including Defense Minister Sisouk Na Champassak and Finance Minister Ngon Samanikone. Replacements not named, but likely neutralists or nominal rightists. Army leaders also shuffled as part of the political shakeup amid fears of a communist takeover in Laos.
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Pathet Lao
Sisouk Na Champassak
Ngon Samanikone
Tiene Thone Chantharasy
Houmphanh Sansayngasith
Detroit faces clashes over police layoffs ruling
Detroit braced for more clashes after a federal court upheld layoffs of senior officers. The protest saw hundreds of officers outside the Federal Building with violence including a black officer attacked by white colleagues. Internal Affairs opens an investigation as Mayor Young condemns the mob behavior.
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Detroit
UPI
Federal
Coleman A. Young
Young
Fighting by holdouts continues after Saigon capture
UPI reports scattered clashes persist in South Vietnam more than a week after Saigon fell. Combatants include the 25th Division near Saigon and militiamen southeast of the capital in the Rung Sat zone, with resistance dwindling in most areas. Hoa Hao Buddhists recently ended five days of fighting after a political accord with Viet Cong leaders.
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United Press International
South Vietnam
Saigon
UPI
Alan Dawson
Dawson
25Th Division
Phu
Hoa Dong
Cu Chi
Sat
Cambodia accuses U S of spreading dishonest propaganda
Cambodian information minister Hu Nim denounces U S and allies for misleading world opinion. Reports cite U S backed assertions of Cambodian deaths and Khmer Rouge trials while Phnom Penh residents face forced relocations amid ongoing upheaval.
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Bangkok
UPI
Cambodia
United States
Phnom Penh
Radio
Hu Nim
Ford
Washington
Cambodian Ministry of Information
National Union
House to OK Refugee Funds Amid Senate Scrutiny
The House expected to approve up to 405 million dollars for 115 000 Indochinese refugees this week while the Senate considers revisions including diverting funds to return tickets to Saigon. Senator Mansfield urges long term funding and flexibility for resettlement and possible returns.
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Washington
Mansfield
Montana
South Vietnam
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Ford
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James Abourezk
D-S.c
Congress
Saigon
IRS orders agents to reveal informants amid probe
Newsday reports a March 17 directive from IRS Commissioner Donald C. Alexander requiring special agents to disclose confidential informants. The move could endanger informants and hinder investigations, provoking possible legal action by the Federal Crime Investigators Association and sparking political concern.
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Garden City, N.Y
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Long Island
Newsday
Donald C. Alexander
Federal Crime Investigators Association
Alexander
Greenspan sees economy set for recovery later this year
At the Business Council meeting in Hot Springs Virginia Alan Greenspan chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers told 119 executives that the economy is on track for a recovery from recession later this year though inflation must remain fought. He warned against rapid money expansion and flagged risks from fiscal policy if inflation resurges.
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Hot Springs
UPI
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Business Council
Greenspan
Lewis A. Engman
Federal Trade Commission
Ford Administration
Engman
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