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...eyes of Thai authorities. Mills took the whole bunch under his wing and told the immigration authorities that he would sponsor the group. He persuaded Swissair to fly the 58 to Hong Kong; the airline was technically violating the law, since the Vietnamese had no proper landing clearance or onward transportation. Never fearing, Mills cheerfully paid out $8,100 of his own for the group's passage. As Mills told TIME Correspondent David Aikman: "I would have bought tickets to Guam, but I didn't have enough money. I thought we would be sent on to Guam...
Before noon five Communist tanks, a dozen armored personnel carriers and truckloads of green-uniformed troops who wore helmets inscribed TIEN VI SAIGON?Onward to Saigon?swept down Unity Boulevard to the presidential palace. The gates had been left ajar, but one tank, followed by several others, smashed through the fence nonetheless, then fired triumphal salvos. One detachment of troops drove off in a Jeep with Minh to an undisclosed location; later he was brought back to repeat his surrender announcement before being whisked away again...
Spartacus League representatives led a picket line while protesters chanted, "NLF won't stop now; onward to Saigon right now," and "All Indochina must go Communist." About 50 Greek Cypriots marched up and down the street carrying signs reading. "Turks-NATO Out of Cyprus...
...except for an occasional slip, usually followed by an editorial inquiry. Then six months ago Entertainment Editor Ray Loynds of the Hearst Los Angeles Herald-Examiner began the vindication of Welles on his own initiative by finally reviewing Citizen Kane on the movie page. Now his Hearstian rehabilitation moved onward and upward into the front news section. By decision of its top management, the Herald-Examiner recently ran on page two an unannounced two-column Loynds report headlined HOLLYWOOD TRIBUTE TO ORSON WELLES. Wrote Loynds: "Welles' greatest film contribution is Citizen Kane (1941), which stunned the film world with...
Insurance companies have complained that jury verdicts and damage settlements for injuries are getting out of hand. They may now be getting out of sight; each week seems to bring another stunner. Three recent cases indicate that the trend is still onward and upward; they also provide some new theories on who should be paid as well...