December 21, 1975

FORT CHAFFEE, Ark., Dec. 20—On this weatherbeaten military base today, 68 Vietnamese men, women and children, the last group of 140,000 refugees who fled Indochina to seek new lives in an Occidental world, boarded buses and headed for cities from New York to Los Angeles.

Defying much of the country's judicial leadership, Federal trial judges here have decisively voted down a proposal to require minimum qualifications for lawyers seeking to practice In Federal trial courts.

DENVER, Dec. 20—The Indians of the West are once again fighting the Government. But this time, their battle is being waged nonviolently—in the nation's courts, legislatures and classrooms.

ALBANY, Dec. 20 — The Legislature approved a $600 million package of increased business taxes by the narrowest of margins early today, and Governor Carey immediately signed the measures into law.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 —President Ford said today that he had won a “100 percent” victory in principle in his battle with Congress over tax legislation, and he predicted that he would be elected next year on his record.