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Helicopters
dodge shells
SAIGON (UPI) — U.S.
helicopters dodged Viet Cong
mortars today to evacuate
Americans from Saigon, ending
two decades of involvement
that failed to stop the Commu
nist conquest of South Vietnam.
A score of Marine helicop
ters, guarded by Navy jet
fighters, flew the Americans
from Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut Au-
Base to 7th fleet aircraft
carriers in the South China Sea.
The United States vowed to
use force if “essential to
protect the lives of those
involved” in the final American
evacuation from South Viet
nam.
Angry South Vietnamese sol
diers, resentful of the evacua
tion, fired on buses carrying
Americans to the air base.
South Vietnamese civilians des
perate to flee the country
crowded some Americans out of
the vehicles.
People
By United Press International
Safe landing
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Jordan’s King Hussein piloted g
a Boeing 707 to a safe landing at Washington’s Andrews |
Air Force Base Monday although the jet developed a
smoking engine moments after touchdown.
Fire engines sped to the plane but no fire broke out. A
base spokesman said hydraulic fluid leaked to an engine ||
from a ruptured hydraulic line and caused the smoke
condition.
The 39-year-old monarch, an avid pilot with flight time
in almost every kind of aircraft, debarked and was met by
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for a private visit to
Washington that will include talks with President Ford
and Vice President Rockefeller.
Job offered
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (UPI) - Lawrence O’Brien,
Democratic National Committee chairman during
President Kennedy’s administration, has been offered the
job of commissioner of the National Basketball g
Assocation.
O’Brien, who also served as postmaster general and is g
known primarily for his interest in politics not sports, said
in a telephone interview Monday with the Springfield
Union: “I’ve been a lifelong fan and I’ve always been
intrigued by the sport. To be commissioner of basketball
is therefore, intriguing, no doubt about it.”
O’Brien said he had not made a final decision to accept g
the offer but would be meeting with the NBA board of
governors to discuss contract terms.
Power overestimated
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (UPI) — Listening to the White
House tapes convinced ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor g
Leon Jaworski that former President Richard Nixon
over estimated his power.
Jaworski, speaking Monday before law students at the
University of Florida, said, “It was obvious to me that
after listening to the tape he (Nixon) thought he was more
powerful than he actually was.
“He saw his big election win as a mandate and did not
appear to feel that he could lose executive privilege and be
forced to give up the tapes,” said Jaworski, who now
practices law in Houston.
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WASHINGTON—President Ford talks with Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisers, right, and Frank Zarb, administer of the Federal Energy
Administration, prior to the start of a meeting the Chief Executive held with Ms top energy
and economic advisers. The meeting ended when the President called the National Security
Council into an evening meeting shortly after unofficial reports were received that two U A
Marine* hod been killed in a Cnmtnnnist artillery attack on Saigon airport. (UPI)
The disorganized withdrawal
came as President Duong Van
“Big” Minh ordered U.S.
military and diplomatic person
nel out of the country —
apparently in an attempt to
open peace talks with the
Communists.
A flotilla of more than 50 U.S.
Navy warships, including five
aircraft carriers and six dozen
helicopters, flew out most of
about 950 Americans left in the
country. Some Americans,
mostly reporters, chose to stay.
Communist gunners just out
side Tan Son Nhut fired mortar
rounds into the air base as
waves of CHS3 Jolly Green
Giant transport helicopters flew
in to pick up the departing
Americans.
Two huge CH46 Sea Knight
helicopters carrying Marines
landed at the U.S. Embassy in
Saigon, apparently to aid in the
evacuation of American di-
Ford meets advisors
plomats.
In Washington, a Pentagon
spokesman said the first
helicopters took off from Saigon
at 3:30 a.m. EDT and he
expected the entire evacuation
would take three to four hours.
A joint Pentagon and State
Department statement said
President Ford ordered the
evacuation because of the
crushing Communist advance
on the South Vientmese capital.
“The military situation
around Saigon, particularly at
the airport, has deteriorated to
such an extent that this
measure has become necessary
to insure their safety,” the
statement said.
It said the evacuees were
taken temporarily to Navy
aircraft carriers off the South
Vietnamese coast before being
sent on to the United States.
“Force will not be used
unless essential to protect the
lives of those involved,” the
statement said.
Covey’s bond
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ATLANTA (UPI) - A
preliminary hearing has been
Busbee
vetoes
bingo
ATLANTA (UPI) - Attorney
General Arthur K. Bolton says
the people and not the state
legislature must decide whether
to allow bingo in Georgia.
Acting on Bolton’s opinion,
Gov. George Busbee Monday
vetoed as unconstitutional a bill
amending the state criminal
code to specifically exempt
bingo.
Bolton opined that bingo had
been interpreted as falling
within the definition of lottery
and the constitutionality of the
bill, “thus hinges upon whether
the General Assembly has the
authority to narrowly define the
term ... in view of the
constitutional provision that
prohibits lotteries.
“In my opinion, the constitu
tional provision cannot be
narrowed in scope by mere
legislation; to the extent of any
conflict that may arise, the
constitution is superior to any
act passed by the General
Assembly.”
Bolton said liberalizing the
constitution had to be done by
popular vote and not by the
legislature.
He said on the basis of court
cases over the prohibition
against lotteries in the 1945
state constitution, he concluded,
“The people prohibited
schemes for the distribution of
prizes by lot or chance.”
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CYPRESS GARDENS, Fla.—Russian actress Victoria
Fedorova and her father retired Adm. Jackson Tate of
Orange Park, Fla. toured the Cypress Gardens tourist
attraction here yesterday. Accompanying them on tour ol
scheduled for Friday for
Francis Page Covey, 44, of
Richmond, Va., charged with
aerial piracy in connection with
the hijacking last week of a
United Airlines jet.
U.S. Magistrate Allen Chan
cey Monday set bond for Covey
at SIOO,OOO and agreed to have
him moved to the Atlanta
federal penitentiary, for exami
nation by a psychiatrist and
treatment of a heart condition.
Chancey turned down a
request from Covey’s court
appointed attorney, Bruce Kir
wan, to reduce the bond to
$25,000, despite the lawyer’s
appeals that Covey has an
apparent history of alcoholism
and has been treated at mental
hospitals twice.
Covey, an independent con
tractor, faces a minimum
prison term of 20 years if
convicted of the hijacking.
He allegedly boarded the
United flight along with 67
other passengers and crew
members at Raleigh, N.C.,
Friday night. The plane was
bound for Newark, N.J., but
Covey allegedly told a crew
member he had nitrogylcerin in
his flight bag, said he wanted
“to see Castro” and ordered
the pilot to fly to Cuba.
The pilot turned the plane
around over Washington and
flew to Atlanta for a “refue
ling” stop.
Supermarket spokesman
predicts stable prices
ATLANTA (UPI) — A
spokesman for the nation’s
supermarkets has predicted
price stability or a decline in
the cost of food the rest of this
year, and says consumer
buying habits have had a good
deal to do with the situation.
Clarence G. Adamy, presi
dent of the National Association
of Food Chains, said at press
conference Monday that the .3
per cent drop in food prices on
the consumer price index in
February, and the .9 per cent
drop in March, were the kind of
declines that could be expected.
“This is the type of decrease
we can expect for the rest of
the year,” he said. “Supply has
changed so dramatically that
prices may drop down.
“The consumer has had a lot
to do it. Housewives who said
‘no way’ to higher sugar prices
brought them way down.
He can see stars
GRANITE CITY, 111. (UPI) — On clear nights, 11-year
old John Young spends as many hours as he can looking at
the stars through a special scope.
The Army outfitted him with the night-vision scope
because John, suffering from a rare genetic ailment, is
slowly going blind.
“I thought it would be nice to see what a star looks like,”
John said.
The disease, retinis pigmentosa, is causing the gradual
deterioration of the retinas of his eyes.
John will have use of the scope -originally developed to
help soldiers keep after-dark watch on the battlefield —
until next April.
Visit Cypress Gardens
DAILY NEWS
South Viet planes
swamp air base
BANGKOK (UPI) - A flood
of South Vietnamese military
planes with refugees fleeing
their country swamped the
American 852 bomber base at
U Tapao today and one plane
crashed while trying to land on
a highway enroute, killing all
four persons aboard.
In the Philippines, an official
South Vietnamese DC6 plane
flew into Clark Air Force base
in defiance of the Philippine
government, carrying 123 Viet
namese military and civilians
from Saigon.
The aircraft, with Air Viet
nam markings but believed to
be used by very important
persons and manned by a
Vietnamese Air Force crew,
landed without clearance after
ignoring radio messages from
Philippine authorities ordering
it into the Philippine Air Base
at Nichols Field just outside
Manila.
American sources said that
by shortly before sunset, a total
of 74 South Vietnamese aircraft
of all types had landed at U
Tapao and that roughly 1700
Barring an act of God, prices
will go down or stabilize.”
Adamy said that the reces
sion has brought a trend
towards buying high protein
and basic foods. “The
housewife stops buying cake
mixes and bakes from
scratch,” he said.
Adamy called recent reports
that the aged poor were eating
pet food, “complete fabrica
tion”. He said that shoplifting
has not increased significantly
although store security has
been beefed up.
Adamy said that an increase
in beef prices is expected
because of a low market
supply. “But this will only be
temporary,” he said. “An
oversupply of cattle on the
range will mean lower prices in
the long run.”
Bad weather could mean a
lower crop yield and higher
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daughter are touring various attractions in Florida.
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refugees had arrived on board
them.
They joined about 1,300
Cambodian refugees already on
the base awaiting movement
out of the country.
Reports from U Tapao
indicated the planes included
single seat F 5 jet fighters
supplied to South Vietnam by
the United States as well as big
four-engine Cl3O transports and
twin engine C 47 transports. A
Cl3O can carry well over 100
persons jammed into its cargo
hold.
Police in Chantaburi, 125
miles southeast of Bangkok,
reported that a twin-engine
South Vietnamese aircraft
crashed while trying to make a
landing on a highway and
exploded, killing its four
occupants. U Tapao is located
about 80 miles south of
Bangkok on the Gulf of
Thailand.
The Chantaburi police said
that a helicopter with nine
South Vietnamese, including
some women, landed in the
prices.
“This, you can’t predict,”
Adamy said. “We base our
prediction on the expectation
for good weather.
“We’re going to concentrate
on inducing production and
increasing productivity. Con
sumers and producers will
benefit from this.”
Ray says
he wasn’t
in Memphis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) -
Convicted assassin James Earl
Ray told the Nashville Banner
Monday he was driving to New
Orleans when a sniper’s bullet
struck down Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. in 1968.
Ray said he was driving
south through Mississippi when
he first heard word that the
civil rights leader had been
shot while standing on a
Memphis motel balcony.
Ray, now serving a life
sentence in the state penitenti
ary here, told the newspaper he
pleaded guilty to the slaying to
end relations with Texas
attorney Percy Foreman.
Ray was quoted as saying he
also thought he could present
sufficient new evidence “within
about a year” to win a new
trial.
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courtyard of a Buddhist pago
da. The men were disarmed by
authorities and placed under
detention, the police said.
The Thai government has
said it would not accept
refugees from South Vietnam
under any circumstances and
officials involved with the
arrivals described them as “in
transit.”
At Clark, Philippine Consul
Chito Carino told newsmen
passengers aboard the Viet
namese plane included uni
formed Vietnamese military
personnel, women and children.
He said they will be allowed
to stay for 72 hours while
authorities decide what to do
with the aircraft. Before
landing, he said four Philippine
Air Force fighter jets intercept
ed the plane to get it to touch
down at Nichols but the aircraft
continued on to Clark, 50 miles
north of Manila.
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By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
DEAR DR. LAMB -1 have a
hiatal hernia, and my diet ex
cludes most liquids, sych as
juices, carbonated sodas,
coffee and tea.
I am also very constipated,
which I think may be caused by
the lack of liquids in my body. I
do drink two to three glasses of
milk a day, and I use sour'
cream, cream cheese, and
other dairy products which may
also tend to bind me.
Everytime I move my bowels
I feel a strain on my heart. I
don’t want to take laxatives too
often. I’m 60 years old. Can you
recommend a mild laxative and
how often I can take it? Also,
what other beverages- can I
take?
DEAR READER — There is
nothing wrong with increasing
your water intake. A hiatal her
nia, hernia of a portion of the
stomach through an enlarged
hole in the diaphragm, doesn’t
mean you can’t eat a fairly nor
mal diet. What you need to do is
eat smaller meals and have
maybe five meals a day. That
way you don’t overload your
stomach.
The limitation of the fluids
you mentioned is an effort to
protect you from excess acid
digestive juice formation or the
addition of acid as in fruit
juices. You could drink more
milk if you liked. A weak
lemonade might not bother you.
I hope you are getting enough
fresh fruits and vegetables, or
if not that you take vitamin C
regularly.
Your diet restrictions no
doubt have caused you to
eliminate bulk or roughage.
You don’t need to. A bowl of
cereal at breakfast would be
helpful. Using real whole wheat
bread, not just brown colored
Quints
week
old
CINCINNATI (UPI) - The
Levy quintuplets are a week old
today and even though this
officially is “Levy Week” in
suburban Fairfield, Ohio, doc
tors say it probably will be at
least two more weeks before
the quints can go home.
Pamela Levy, 28, whose first
children last Tuesday turned
out to be quints, “continues to
improve,” doctors said Mon
day, and all five babies
“remain in good condition.”
Mrs. Levy, who has been
making a slow recovery from
the Caesarean section birth,
was reported to be “eating, up
and around in her room and
visiting with her children.”
All five infants —three girls
and two boys —were eating
weU and three showed slight
weight increases from Sunday.
“It probably will be at least
two weeks from today before
any of the babies will be ready
to go home,” doctors at
General Hospital disclosed.
Physicians want the babies,
born one month prematurely, to
pick up more weight before
being released.
Four infants remained in
incubators Monday but doctors
said one was “approaching the
stage” of removal.
In Fairfield, Mayor William
Harbin has declared this week
“Levy Week” and local deve
loper Joseph Schwarz says a
subdivision street will be
named “Levy Drive.”
Inmate’s
death
probed
REIDSVILLE, GA. (UPI) —
A spokesman for the Georgia
State Prison said Monday there
were “several suspects” in the
stabbing death of an inmate in
the prison’s maximum security
unit.
Inmate John Virgil Cash, 48,
of Doraville, Ga., died Sunday
night of multiple stab wounds
from two “homemade knives,”
Warden Joe Hopper said.
Cash was serving a life
sentence for a robbery commit
ted in 1965.
Prison guards discovered the
body in the victim’s cell during
a 6 p.m. cell count.
Prisoners were locked up for
questioning by state investiga
tors in the cell block where the
murder took place.
Cash’s family claimed the
body for home burial.
Dr. Lamb
Problem with
hiatal hernia
bread or white bread, would be
useful.
If you eat enough rdughage
daily and increase your fluid in
take to normal, you may do a lot
for your bowel problems.
I don’t know what you mean
by feeling the strain on your
heart, but it is true that difficult
bowel movements can affect
the heart. They may set off
powerful irregularities of the
heart in some people. I have
seen more than one case of in
dividuals with a recent heart at
tack who have died during the
strain of a bowel movement.
Also, straining is not a good
thing for your hiatal hernia. In
creased intra-abdominal
pressure will force the stomach
through the enlarged hole, or
will squeeze out the acid
material in the stomach into
the lower esophagus. You want
to avoid both. So, I agree that
good bowel habits are impor
tant in patients with hiatal her
nia.
I’m not much in favor of lax
atives. The chemical laxatives
are often irritants to the
digestive tract, and if used very
often can be a cause of chronic
bowel problems. I would prefer
that you solve your problem by
increasing the bulk in your diet,
and following a bowel training
regime. For more information,
write to me in care of this
newspaper at P.O. Box 1551,
Radio City Station, New York,
N.Y. 10019, and ask for my
report on constipation. Send a
stamped, self-addressed
envelope and 50 cents to cover
costs.
You should talk to your doc
tor about these pointe. It will
help your hiatal hernia
problems, as well as your bowel
problems if you develop a good
home program.