1st contingent of S Vietnamese refugees, 190, arrives at Travis Air Force Base, Calif; many are 'on their own'; virtually no records are available at base on where they are going or why they were given seats on 3 flights; immigration aide Gordon Davidson says they have to rept to immigration when they reach their destination; all came from Clark Air Force Base in Philippines via Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu; USAF aide Lt Col T W Sturgess comments; San Francisco immigration office comments on methods used to increase quotas; illus of S Vietnamese boy shouting for joy at Travis base (M)

FIRST OF REFUGEES ARRIVE ON COAST

Honduran mil ousts C/S Gen Oswaldo Lopez Arellano, who has been accused of accepting large bribes from United Brands Co for favorable tax treatment in shipment of bananas; Arellano illus (L)

Honduran Army Ousts Leader Named in Bribery Case in U.S.

Justice Dept announces Apr 22 plans to waive immigration restrictions so that up to 130,000 refugees from Indochina can be admitted to US; plans, developed at request of Sec Kissinger, are approved unanimously by Sen Judiciary Com (M)

U.S. Plans Waiver to Admit Up to 130,000 Indochinese

US Sen approves, 54-36, controversial nomination of former Conn Gov Thomas J Meskill as US Ct of Appeals judge for 2d Circuit, which serves NY, Conn and Vt; Meskill comments on vote; opposition to his nomination by Amer Bar Assn noted; illus (M)

Senate Approves Meskill for Bench After Long Battle

Saigon mil sources rept provincial capital of Xuan Loc, 38 mi northeast, has been evacuated, that Long Binh base, 14 mi northeast, is being hit by Vietnamese arty, that route 22, in northwest, is being kept open; say 248 Communist soldiers have been killed along rd, that 6 Govt soldiers have been killed and 39 wounded; other mil action data; map (M)

All Xuan Loc Troops Reported Pulled Out

The one man in South America whom drug enforcement officials say they would most like to see behind bars is Armando H. Nicolai, a 46&#8208;year&#8208;old Argentine who has been under indictment on narcotics conspiracy charges in New York since 1971.

Argentine Filled Key Role In Latins' Drugs Network

12 corps in oil and gas business agree to settle FTC lawsuits charging them with violating law prohibiting same dir from serving on bds of 2 competing cos; 7 dirs affected; cos are required to establish procedures to detect existence of illegal interlocks before dirs are apptd; cos and dirs listed (M)

12 Oil Corporations Consent to Ending Interlocking Boards

Italy's inflation rate slowed in Mar as reflected in consumer price rise of only 0.1%; inflation rate over last 12 mos was 20.3%, compared with 25% increase for '74 (S)

CONSUMER PRICES SHOW LOWEST RISE SINCE '73 FREEZE

N Vietnam and Vietcong, in commentaries and statements in Hanoi and Paris, respond Apr 22 to resignation of Nguyen Van Thieu as S Vietnam's Pres by insisting that 'only way out' for Ford Adm is to stop all involvement in S Vietnam, including mil aid; US officials in Washington are not surprised; see chances slim that Hanoi will agree to cease-fire and negotiations; Min Jean Sauvagnargues, in Paris, calls in N Vietnamese and Vietcong reprs, including Vietcong repr Pham Van Ba, urging cease-fire; Pres Ford confs with Cong leaders, several of whom get impression Adm regards Saigon as all but lost; in separate development, N Vietnam makes public names of 3 Amer pilots killed during Vietnam war in '65 and listed by US as missing in action; data had been sent earlier to Sen Edward M Kennedy; pilots are Comdr Jesse Taylor Jr, Maj Crosley James Fittan and Maj Ronald D Perri (M)

VIETNAMESE REDS APPEAR TO REBUFF TRUCE AND TALKS

After nearly two years of record profits, the nation's largest oil companies&#8212;Exxon, Texaco, Mobil and Gulf &#8212;reported declines yesterday and saw little likelihood of a stronger performance later in the year. Page 59.

Oil Profits Decline

332 firemen included in Mayor Beame's scheduled July 1 layoff; UFA pres Richard J Vizzini comments (S)

CITY PLANS TO CUT 3,975 OFF PAYROLL FOR 75–76 BUDGET

Fed Reserve proposes regulation that would bar retailers, banks and others who grant credit from terminating credit solely because of change in marital status of individual; regulation would implement Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which goes into effect Oct 28 '75; new law is designed to put end to widespread discriminatory practice of refusing credit to married, divorced or separated woman; will be enforced by Fed Reserve, FTC and 11 other Fed agencies; proposed regulations detailed (M)

FEDERALRULES AIM AT BIAS IN CREDIT

Sapporo, in North Japan, Boasts Ambiance All Its Own

Soviet Jewish physicist Dr Aleksandr V Voronel, who emigrated in Dec, says USSR benefits more than West from scientific exchange programs and that such programs offer means of dissuading Soviet authorities from harassing dissident scientists, news conf, NYC; says only Western scientists with close ties to USSR can save Soviet scientists from increased isolation, harassment and possible imprisonment; Voronel, prof at Tel Aviv Univ, is visitng US for series of speaking engagements under auspices of Com of Concerned Scientists and Natl Conf on Soviet Jewry (S)

An Emigre Bids Scientists of West Press Moscow

Ital Parliament passes new family code giving wives full equality in law with their husbands; code establishes legal parity, joint ownership of possessions acquired during marriage and easier legal separation (S)

New Law in Italy Gives Equal Rights to Wives

Portugal's mil Govt accuses natl and internatl capitalism of trying to halt Portuguese revolution and return country to past, preliminary rept on unsuccessful Mar 11 mil uprising; warns of new coup in preparation and calls for firm steps toward socialism and mobilization of masses behind armed forces; rept contains suggestions and insinuations that moderate pol parties were responsible for attempted Mar 11 coup; rept seen as probably helping campaign of armed forces to persuade voters to cast blank ballots; moderate groups from center left to center right are expected to gain majority of constituent Assembly (S)

Capitalists Assailed

Portuguese Maj Jose Sanches Osorio, former member of coordinating com that planned and carried out Apr 25 mil coup last yr, says he is in pol exile, Paris; is sec gen of Christian Dem party, which was banned from participation in elections; asserts that Portugal's 'revolution was betrayed' and that now 'dictatorship is becoming institutionalized'; explains several reasons why he left Portugal; charges that there are more pol prisoners in Portugal today than under Salazar dictatorship; estimates number at 2,000; also says that Premier Vasco dos Santos Goncalves is secret member of Communist party and is organizing take-over by Communists; comments on role of Pres Francisco da Costa Gomes in Govt; discusses reasons why he feels '74 mil coup was successful; predicts that People's Dem party, which has been denounced as 'reactionary and antiprogressive,' will also be banned by Portuguese Govt; predicts same fate for Socialists and leader Mario Soares; comments on future plans (M)

Figure in Lisbon Revolt Goes Into Political Exile

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USSR and Egypt on Apr 22 issue cautiously worded communique at end of talks between Soviet leaders and Egyptian Foreign Min Ismail Fahmy; communique indicates that USSR is still pressing Arab countries to agree on major issues and strategy before resumption of Geneva peace conf; says 'careful preparations' are needed before return to Geneva 'at an earliest date'; says 'partial measures' toward Middle East settlement should be taken only within framework of Geneva conf; stresses that PLO reprs must take part in conf but avoids saying how Palestinians will be seated; Syrian Foreign Min Abdel Halim Khaddam will begin talks with Soviet officials in Moscow on Apr 23 (M)

Soviet and Egypt Cautious About Geneva

Greek Govt denounces Apr 21 demonstrations against Amer Embassy, Athens, as damaging to Greek interests and unfair to US; incidents revd; US Amb Jack B Kubisch, in visit with Foreign Min Dimitrios Bitsios, reptdly expressed anger at demonstrators' burning of US flag (S)

Greece Denounces Demonstrations Against U.S.

Comr E A Mason, of US Nuclear Regulatory Comm, in formal statement to a Eur nuclear conf, Paris, Apr 22, says there has been no Amer decision to delay or suspend shipments of enriched uranium to W Eurs as charged by EEC countries; says misunderstanding arose because of shift in adm procedures following comm's takeover of regulatory functions of disbanded AEC; in int, says uranium issue has been exaggerated in Eur because of current pol debate over whether to build costly enrichment plant to free Eurs from dependency on US; says he has been in touch with EEC energy aide Henri Simonet (M)

URANIUM POLICY CLARIFIED BY U.S.

The Proceedings In the U.N. Today

Reaction in Rio de Janeiro mixed following postponement of Sec Kissinger's scheduled visit to Brazil because of worsening situation in SE Asia (S)

Rio Reaction Mixed On Postponement Of Kissinger's Visit

former Argentine Pres Hector J Campora, in decree by party leadership, as result of his fall from grace and power during last 2 yrs, is expelled from ranks of Peronist movement Apr 22; Campora reptdly has lived in Mex in self-imposed exile and recently opened dental office, resuming profession abandoned for pol more than 30 yrs ago; por (M)

PERONISTS EXPEL AN EX‐PRESIDENT

HR, 248-166, passes legis increasing price supports and income guarantees for farmers; measure faces almost certain veto by Pres Ford; legis, passed by Sen voice vote, will increase 'target prices' and price supports for cotton, wheat and livestock feed grains and price support loans for milk products (M)

Farm Price Bill Is Passed; Ford Expected to Veto It

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April 23, 1975

Headlines from April 23, 1975

FIRST OF REFUGEES ARRIVE ON COAST

Honduran Army Ousts Leader Named in Bribery Case in U.S.

U.S. Plans Waiver to Admit Up to 130,000 Indochinese

Senate Approves Meskill for Bench After Long Battle

All Xuan Loc Troops Reported Pulled Out

Billboard 200

Physical Graffiti

Chicago VIII

Have You Never Been Mellow

That's The Way Of The World (Soundtrack)

An Evening With John Denver

Notable Births

Historical Context for April 23, 1975