A young child is held by a woman.

The Freedom Bird Flies Again

The first refugees out of Saigon — 54 Vietnamese orphans — arrived at Yokota AB early Thursday after a dash to freedom from an increasingly nervous South Vietnamese capital. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, April 4, 1975. It is republished unedited in its original form.

What’s harder than a 3-point turn? Renewing a driver’s license while overseas

What’s harder than a 3-point turn? Renewing a driver’s license while overseas

Pacific exchanges hit or miss for popular toys

A lot of children on U.S. bases across the Pacific could wake up Christmas morning to some of the hottest selling toys in America.

McGovern blasts Muskie over statement on black running mate

Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., said Saturday he was "startled and surprised" by statements by Sen. Edmund Muskie that he would not have a black man for a running mate in next year's presidential election.

Inflation is called a world problem

World Bank President Robert S. McNamara said here Saturday that the world's current economic crisis would not adversely affect either the interest rates at which the bank would borrow or lend money, or the availability of funds to the bank.

When it comes to balancing bottles, he's the best

Bob Adams was looking for something different ... something that really was his "own thing."

Miki knocked down by attacker at Sato rites

A 34-year-old ultra-rightist dashed from a crowd of newsmen and mourners waiting for the start of a national funeral for former Prime Minister Eisaku Sato Monday and struck Prime Minister Takeo Miki three times in the face, knocking him to the ground.