April 30, 1975

Amer and Thai officials in Bangkok rept 2,000 S Vietnamese pilots and people, in 74 S Vietnamese planes, flee to Thailand and land without warning at U Taphao air base in south; say they request asylum; planes reptdly are Amer-supplied F-5 jet fighters, C-47 transports and C-130 cargo planes; Thai spokesman says Amer authorities at air base have been asked to turn over craft to Thai Govt, which will return them to new Govt in S Vietnam; says pilots and passengers 'must leave Thailand'; Amer Embassy officials in Bangkok decline comment; development embarrasses Thailand, which wants to disengage itself from US and have better relations with Communist neighbors (M)

scores of S Vietnamese helicopters filled with mil men and civilians flee Saigon on Apr 29 and head out to sea to search for US 7th fleet carriers; 7 arrive unexpectedly at fleet command and communications ship Blue Ridge, carrying Amers and Vietnamese; in stampede to land, one helicopter comes down on blades of another, but landings are made without injury; craft, after passengers are discharged, are jettisoned in sea to make room for more (M)

French Govt repts Communist Govt in Cambodia has ordered expulsion of 610 refugees in French Embassy in Phnom Penh under 'worst possible conditions'; refugees to be sent by truck to town of Poipet on Thai border; Min Jean Sauvagnargues, after conf with Pres Valery Giscard d'Estaing, expresses concern for those in poor health; says France still insists that plane it has been holding in Vientiane for evacuation of ill be allowed to land in Phnom Penh; French Foreign Min spokesman says so far there has been no response to protests sent to Prince Norodom Sihanouk in Peking through UN; reprs of new Govt in Paris issue statement saying all privileges and diplomatic immunities accorded under accreditation to previous regime are invalid; Ok Sakun, head of reprs, says this does not mean break in relations with France but that there will have to be negotiations for new amb; says diplomats and journalists who were part of 'old team' cannot be accepted (M)

Moreland Act Comm chmn Morris B Abram submits to Gov Carey and legis leaders package of bills to curtail will require home abuses; proposals authorize nursing home residents to file class-action suits for deprivation of their rights and entitle them to receive minimum of 25% of daily reimbursement rate paid by govt regulations for each day of a violation; give NYS additional powers to suspend or temporarily limit operating certificates of nursing homes or hosp facilities where there are practices or conditions that pose immediate threats to health and safety of residents; impose stricter requirements for character and competence of nursing home operators; prohibit legislators or legis employes from representing clients before regulatory agencies and expand definition of regulatory agency to include NYS Depts of Health, Mental Hygiene and Bd of Soc Welfare; empower state to sue nursing home operators for treble damages for falsely overstating their costs or for fraud in seeking Medicaid reimursement and to establish their civil liability; require stricter financial disclosure by nursing homes and mandate that financial statements be attested by certified public accountant; require that homes provide copies of financial statement and inspection repts to prospective residents; statute will be changed to provide unannounced inspections; willrequire operators and owners to make annual disclosure of identity of all persons with financial or business interests in home; give specific authority to Health Comr to impose system of penalties for violations of Public Health Law; require State Hosp and Rev Council to adopt regulations for collection of penalties from Medicaid reimbursement rate paid to home (M)

NYS PSC orders Con Ed to raise rates for those customers who account for heaviest summer power demands and to cut rates for customers whose usage does not create excess power demand; decision affects less than 500,000 of utility's 2.9-million customers and will mean rate revision of under $20-million; introduces into energy ratemaking philosophy that customers who are responsible for excess costs should be required to bear more of them; increases Co-op City's elec bill and lowers costs of NYC street lighting, Housing Auth, Transit Auth and Port Auth (World Trade Center); impact of decision on each class of customer detailed; Mayor Beame and Atty Gen Lefkowitz hail decision; Con Ed is also directed to design equipment and make studies aimed at introducing time-of-day pricing (M)