Japan
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.
Young backs hard line against S. Africa
Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young said he believes that Congress will override President Reagan's veto of tough anti-apartheid sanctions on South Africa and force him to change his walk-soft policy toward Pretoria.
Pope: Atoms and anguish
Pope John Paul II is to leave Thursday evening for Anchorage, Alaska, after having encountered American military personnel at all but one of the four countries or territories he visited on his Far East tour.
Papal visit warms Zama chaplain
It was perhaps the highlight of Army Chaplain's John A. Raymaker's career as a cleric — seeing Pope John Paul II celebrate his first Mass in Japan.
Abernathy: Don't wait for another Martin Luther King
Too many American blacks have grown "apathetic" about their civil rights and are waiting in vain for another giant of a leader like the slain Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the clergyman who succeeded King as leader of the non-violent black movement said Sunday.
Dr. Benjamin Hooks: Reaganomics could lead to violence
The executive director of one of the most conservative civil rights organizations — Benjamin Hooks of the NAACP — says President Reagan's domestic policies have been such a disaster that it wouldn't surprise him if they touched off rebellion in the streets of the United States.
Ford, Tanaka stress economy
President Ford, ending for all official purposes a historic state visit to Japan, flew to Osaka Thursday after he and Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka pledged strong efforts toward heading off international economic crisis by establishing an "open and harmonious" system of global cooperation.