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Tuesday. April 8, 1975
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Operation Baby Lift ends
SAIGON—The big evacuation of Vietnamese orphans from Saigon officially ended Monday as the last of more than 1,700 children flew to new homes aboard under Operation Baby Lift. A South Vietnamese official said that from now on, the orphans will leave on a reduced scale.
"The large operation has ended," Dr. Phan Quang Dan, deputy premier for social welfare, said as he watched the last 260 orphans from Operation Baby Lift depart in two U.S. Air Force planes. "From now on, the orphans will leave in smaller groups."
The planes headed first to Clark Air Base in the Philippines and then on to Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco.
At Clark, relief workers told an Associated Press correspondent that many Vietnamese orphans fathered by American GIs were being rushed out of Vietnam because of fears that they would be slaughtered by Communist-led troops.
Financing changes rejected
TOPEKA—The Kansas Senate voted Monday not to accept House amendments to the proposed new school financing formula, so a final version of the measure will have to come in conference committee.
The decision not to accept the House version came after legislative leaders learned Kansas and all but two other states would lose federal impact aid for local school districts under new regulations by the U.S. Office of Education.
That loss amounts to about $8 million annually for Kansas under the school financing formula presently incurs its way through legislative action.
Police chief investigated
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Board of Police Commissioners agreed Monday to an inquiry into allegations against Police Chief Jim McNamara.
Mcnamar, 39, left the New York City police force 18 months ago to succeed Clarence M. Kelley who was appointed director of the FBI, as
The exact format of the investigation was not worked out.
Mayor Charles B. Wheeler Jr. and the four other board members meet Monday in response to a complaint that Wheeler's call last week for an investigation into the death of his daughter.
Winiarski said that McNamara was exercising one-man rule, that the chief had ordered the purchase of a new $2.4 million computer against the advice of his staff and that McNamara's lack of credibility had caused morale problems among his commanders.
Stars will miss awards
LOS ANGELES... More stars than ever before—that's the boast of the 47th annual awards show of the Motion Picture Academy, to be held tonight at the Los Angeles Music Center. But, as usual, some of the important ones will be missing.
Last weekend it appeared that Art Carney of "Harry and Tomo" would be the only contender for best actor present for the ceremonies. Albert Finney of "Murder on the Orient Express." Dutin Hoffman of "Lemony" was cinematographer of "The Godfather, Part II" sent word that they wouldn't make it.
Jack Nicholson of "Chinatown" finally sent word Monday that he would attend the ceremonies.
Among the best-accent nominees, Ellen Burstyn, a leading contender for her role in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," won't be present. She is appearing in a New York play, "Same Time, Next Year," and welcomed the excuse not to attend.
"It's a punishing experience," she has said.
Year-old Vitamin C may be hazardous
The researcher, J. J. Wilk, a biochemist at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., gave his report to the 169th national meeting of the society.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Vitamin C tablets kept in the kitchen or bathroom for a year degrade into harmful substances, a fact that is important the American Chemical Society Monday.
"Vitamin C is stable in the pure state, when kept away from moisture and oxygen, but when ever so once a used honey has been opened it is used frequently, degradation sets in."
In a year's time, when exposed to air and moisture, he said, the potency of Vitamin C is cut in half and it breaks down into several compounds that some suspected of forming kidney stones.
"There is no question that massive doses of commercial Vitamin C tablets could be harmful."
"Most people keep a big bottle of Vitamin
C tablets in the bathroom or the kitchen for a year or more. There the levels of humidity and temperature are high and the degradation of the vitamin is rapid."
Wilk said he analyzed commercial Vitamin C tablets with a potency of 100 milligrams. He said that actual Vitamin C, ascorbic acid, made up only a fourth of the tablets, which weighed 400 milligrams. The remaining 300 milligrams was filler, a combination of sugar lactose, hede dextrin, talc and magnesium stearate, he said.
In the process of degrading, Wilk said, Vitamin C breaks down into two sugar compounds. He warned diabetics not to take excess amounts of these by-products and the sugar in the filler.
The ascorbic acid finally degrades into a toxic substance called oxalic acid, something that is bought to cause urinary infections. The acid also forms the formation of kidney stones, Wilk said.
SAIGON (AP)—A camouflaged jet warplane of the South Vietnamese air force bombed the downtown palace of President Nguyen Van Thieu Tuesday, shattering windows in the palace, a modern four-story building.
Witnesses said the U.S.-made F5 swooped in at a 2,000-foot level over the palace and dropped at least two, and possibly four, 500-pound bombs.
Thieu is under intense political pressure to design because of the collapsing battlefield.
Nguyen Quoc Cuong, the chief government spokesman, reported that Thieu and his family were not injured. Palace sources said two persons were killed and three were wounded, but it was not known whether they were in the palace or surrounding gardens.
Tan Son Nuit airport was sealed off and guarded erected steel barriers, allowing only passengers in.
Western sources said two F5 jets took off from Bien Hoa Air Base 15 miles northeast of Saigon for an air strike on Viet Cong forces, while one banded one peeled off and attacked the palace.
Saigon radio announced a 24-hour curfew for Saigon and its three million inhabitants, and there were massive traffic jams as the people headed for home. Schools closed, stores locked their doors with their shutters drawn and loudspeaker vans circulated through the city's traffic, advising residents that they must stay inside until the curfew was lifted.
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Warplane bombs Thieu's palace
Associated Press newsmen Carl Robinson and Arnold Zeitlin reported that the presidential guard took up positions in bunkers and army reinforcements confronting a major winter morning attack. The streets were quickly deserted by persons en route to work.
Soon after the bombing, small arms fire was heard in the vicinity of the concrete and palace plate but it ended quickly. Police cordoned off the area called a military size of several city blocks, and 10mm aircraft guns were wheeled into position beside the walls.
Ambulances and fire trucks were seen leaving the area.
Opposition politicians have been demanding that Thieu step down. They blame him for failing to halt the month-long Communist-led offensive that has captured three-quarters of South Vietnam from the United States and has demoralized the Viet Cong also have demanded Thieu's resignation, saying they will not negotiate peace with his regime.
"I can see windows blown out on the top three floors of one wing of the palace," a witness said. Others reported that one bomb hit a sandbagged tent used by members of Thieu's white-uniformed palace guards, but there was no report of casualties.
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in streets, alleys and passageways in the heart of the city pedestrians scrambled for cover. A half-hour later, traffic resumed and people emerged from cover.
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sources said some commercial planes were still leaving the field but they did not know whether any inbound craft would be permitted to land.
By noon the streets were nearly deserted, and thousands of soldiers, paratroopers and rangers were in position around the palace and on the rooftops of nearby buildings.
There was no immediate indication whether the bombing was the act of one angry pilot or part of a larger plot to oust Thieu.
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At one intersection near the palace motorists shandoned their cars, leaving the city a darkened jungle.
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Also sent into conference committee was the bill to establish a new appellate court in Kansas between the district courts and the state Supreme Court.
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No action was taken Monday on one of the biggest measures left for legislative action, the bill revising the 1973 school finance law. The Senate is scheduled to appoint a conference committee Tuesday to iron out a final version for presentation to both bodies.
TOPEKA (AP) — The Kansas Senate passed 26 to 10 Monday a bill creating a state Landlord-Tenant Act, but rejected a companion bill that would have set minimum state housing standards for rental property.
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appeared to have its best chance yet of passing after sailing with comparative ease out of the Senate—passing with five votes to spare.
It also passed the Senate in 1974, then foundered in the House. However, this time it is a house bill, and if the House agrees to Senate changes, it will go to Gov. Bennett.
He credited students from state college communities with providing the impetus for getting the bill passed, saying they had no power to get the senators to change their minds.
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"they feel they're discriminating against landlords. I thought it was a good balance between the landlords and the tenants." Hess said of the rental housing standards bill, which lost, 17 to 21. He noted that Bennett had supported it.
The companion bill, setting statewide minimum housing standards on rental property, failed because too many seniors were not housed. It has been a local province—housing standards.
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