Refugees to Be housed at Three Bases Against Warm Reception
The United States will temporarily house about 38,000 Vietnamese refugees at Camp Pendleton Ft. Chaffee and Eglin Air Force Base for 90 days or more. Reactions are cool in California Arkansas and Florida with officials and residents voicing concerns over unemployment costs and language barriers. A Seattle council vote rejected a welcoming resolution while a Harris poll shows majority support for mercy flights but notable opposition.
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Pentagon
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Niceville
Fla
Eglin
Indochina
Philippines
Wake Island
Guam
Samuel Goldberg
State Department
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Burt L Talcott
R-Calif
Camp Roberts
Streamlined U.S. refugee processing quickens evacuations
Immigration officials in Agana Guam cut red tape to speed nearly 6,000 Vietnamese refugees toward the United States. Wake Island hosts more than 2,000 refugees to ease Guam congestion as airlifts continue. Refugees study English, watch American films, and await flights to Camp Pendleton, Fort Chaffee, and Eglin AFB while authorities monitor health and sanitation.
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Agana
Guam
United States
Edward F. O'Connor
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Wake Island
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Fglin Afb
Fila
O'Connor
Air Force
Durward FE. Powell
Immigration Service
McGovern urges early end to Vietnam war in wake of martines death
Senator George McGovern said the United States should have withdrawn from Vietnam earlier, reacting to the death of two American Marines in Saigon. He argued withdrawal would not weaken U S credibility and urged focusing on nutrition health and education rather than weapons.
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UPI
United States
Vietnam
George McGovern
D-N.d
Saigon
McGovern
U.S
Free World
Missionaries choose to stay in Saigon amid exodus
A small group of American missionaries including Max Ediser and James Klassen vow to stay in Saigon as thousands flee. They warn of danger but believe they can help afterward. Claudia Erich and Keith Brinton of the American Friends Service Committee also remain, while U.S. evacuation plans shift to helicopter removal within 24 hours.
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Saigon
Max Ediser
Turpin
Okla
Mennonite Central Committee
South Vietnam
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Duong van Minh
Amercans
Washington
Ediser
Klassen
Marin
Claudia Erich
Keith Brinton
American Friends Service Committee
Claudia
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Edisor
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Kansas
Luke Marin
Pennsylvania
Brinton
Arthur
Kate Brinton
Luchow
da Nang
Nha Trang
Columbia
Eaton
Don Eyring
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