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WASHINGTON, March 31 —President Ford's conditional clemency program for military deserters and draft evaders during the Vietnam war ended today after a controversial six months.
Communist troops moving into S Vietnamese Govt enclaves along central coast thwart Amer sea evacuation efforts in Danang; radio contact is lost with Qui Nhon; present status is unknown; Chon Thanh, 50 miles north of Saigon, sustains heavy attacks by N Vietnamese troops and tanks; S Vietnamese Govt repts 12 N Vietnamese tanks were destroyed in attack; Govt troops in Cam Ranh Bay, which is surging with panicky refugees, are firing on Amer helicopters and chartered aircraft seeking to land; N Vietnamese advance is meeting only sporadic resistance; intelligence source estimates about 50% of S Vietnamese army is running, deserting or is in hands of N Vietnamese and that Govt is in state of upheaval; Amer and S Vietnamese officials reptdly are evacuating Nha Trang, 275 miles south of Danang; some Amer Embassy staff members and families are leaving Saigon; Amer officials deny that evacuation has begun; US C-5A Galaxy transport arrives, Ton Son Nhut air base, with 1st load of Amer emergency airlift of mil and med supplies; Amer officials estimate 30,000 to 50,000 refugees managed to escape Danang by sea and that 2,000 to 4,000 had fled by air before N Vietnamese moved in; illus; map (L)
D Middleton analysis of likelihood that N Vietnamese troops will launch major offensive against Saigon in near future; Defense Sec Schlesinger predicts major thrusts toward city will be made in within next few mos; previous intelligence repts indicated offensive would not be launched before '76; problems created by low morale among S Vietnamese troops assessed (M)
Scene in Nha Trang, as thousands of refugees mingle with population amid repts that N Vietnamese forces are rapidly moving toward city, described (M)
NYS Atty Gen's office refuses to let Harry B Helmsley carry forward conversion of Parkchester apt complex in Bronx into condominium; action does not affect apts already converted; ruling is significant because other owners of large residential properties have been watching Helmsley's efforts to see if same conversion technique could be applied to their properties (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 26, 1975, covering April 1, 1975.
Led Zeppelin
Olivia Newton-John
Bob Dylan
Minnie Riperton
The Doobie Brothers
1975John Butler, American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer[†]
John Charles Wiltshire-Butler, professionally known as John Butler, is an American-Australian singer, songwriter, and music producer. He is best known for his time as the eponymous frontman of the John Butler Trio, a roots and jam band that formed in Perth Fremantle, Western Australia in 1998.
1975Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player[†]
Magdalena Georgieva Maleeva is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. Her best WTA singles ranking was world No. 4. She played on the WTA Tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to October 2005 and has won ten career singles titles.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]