03 Apr 1975
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1975
Page
1
The Labor Department reports a 0.6 decline in wholesale prices in March marking the fourth straight monthly drop. Farm products and processed foods slid 2.5 percent while industrial goods rose 0.2 percent, signaling easing inflation though retail prices may respond more slowly.
Washington debates plans to evacuate up to one million South Vietnamese if Saigon falls. State Department task force studies cease fire routes while Pentagon mulls airlift options. 55 orphans flown to Oakland precede potential 2,000 more, funded by USAID.
Up to 50 000 Communist led troops mass 40 to 50 miles from Saigon. Shoot to kill orders extend curfew to 9 PM 6 AM. Archbishop Nguyen Van Binh calls for Thieu resignation amid battlefield losses. Police halt protests. fear of panic and renewed calls for change. General Weyand briefed Thieu and plans U S report to President Ford.
Woodstock Republican William A. Truban announced his candidacy for re election to the 27th Senatorial District. He said the May 31 convention at Lord Fairfax Community College will decide his path as no other Republicans or Democrats have yet filed.
More than 200 residents packed Handley High School to debate expanding Winchester Hospital District into the south side of Clifford Street for parking. Hospital administrator Carl Napps outlined a need for 484 spaces, saying current 159 would fall short under the new ordinance and that the Clifford property was purchased to meet future requirements.
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