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Translators say SAV1W SMI IS BACK WITH MMILY some of orphans' children of elite SAN FRANCISCO (API Some Vietnamese children airlifted IF1" I i A to this country were not orphans but' the children of wealthy families or Saigon officials who wanted them flown to safety, several translators have reported. "There are unquestionably children In the airlift who are true orphans, but I talked to a number of children who said they are not orphans," Jane Barton, translator for the American Friends Service Committee, said over the weekend. She said she spoke last week to four children who claimed they were related to a Vietnamese colonel. Three said They were his 1 I "1 children and one his niece, she said. Muol McConnell, a Vietnamese nurse's aide who volunteered as a translator, said she talked to one airlifted 5-year-old girl.

Le Thl Bach Nuyen, who turned out to be the daughter of the director of riends for AH Children's Saigon orphanage. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles confusion by county health officials and persons aboard a plane bringing in another group of Vietnamese children resulted in accusations on both sides that the departure of the sick children from the plane was unnecessarily Page 20, Monday, Apr. 14, 1975 Lam tells of promise by Kissinger SAIGON, South Vietnam (AP) South Vietnam's foreign minister at the time of the 1973 Paris peace agreement saya President Nguyen Van Thieu's government agreed to sign the agreement only after Henry A. Kissinger promised that any North Vietnamese attack would be met with an American attack. Former Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam said President Nixon also promised in a letter to Thieu to "react immediately and vigorously" to any largescale North Vietnamese offensive.

But he added that no secret agreement was signed between the two governments. The Ford administration has admitted a commitment was made to South Vietnam but denied any secret agreement. It says any commitment to military action was canceled by the congressional ban on such action later in 1973. Lam, who is now president of the South Vietnamese Senate, said in an interview that Washington never clarified what Nixon meant by his pledge to "react immediately and vigorously," to a North Vietnamese attack. But he said Kissinger, then Nixon's national security adviser and the negotiator of the Paris agreement, promised military action.

Lam said Thieu sent him to Paris in January 1973 to get the answer to two questions "I wanted to be sure North Vietnam would not attack us again. Kissinger replied the U.S. would not let this happen delayed. At Ft. Benning, where 171 Vietnamese children arrived over the weekend, some of the people who arranged for their trip UPITelephoto Talks to reporters Betty Tisdale, holding a South Vietnamese baby in her arms, talks to reporters after arriving late Saturday in Ft.

Benning, Ga. Mrs. Tinsdale organized the evacuation of 171 children from a Saigon orphanage. She clashed with officials of the Perl S. Buck Foundation of Perkasie, Pa.

over the handling of 18 of the 171 children. are angry and disappointed. Betty Tisdale, the Columbus housewife who organized the evacuation of children from a Saigon orphanage, clashed with officials of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation of Perkasie, over the handling of 18 of the 271 children. She said their adoptions had been privately arranged before hand but Frank Davis, an official of the foundation, said before any child could be adopted he or she would have to be positively identified and the prospective parents approved by state adoption officials.

Around the globe NOW thru APRIL 19th YOU GET A FULL 10 DAYS for HALF PRICE EXAMPLE Reports his death JOHANNESBURG. South Africa (AP) Ivan Taylor, 58. the world's first twin heart patient has died, the Johannesburg Sunday Express reports. Taylor had a second heart implanted by Dr. Christian Barnard in Cape Town last November.

It was the first time such an operation had been attempted. The heart of a 10-year-old girl was implanted next to his own. The paper said he was cremated last Wednesday without any publicity. his home in Pasadena, early today and said he wanted "to talk the matter over seriously with Mr. Karpov." Campomanes said the 32-year-old American chess wizard was responding to a report that Karpov was challenging him to a match under rules to be decided between them personally.

Suffer loss at polls TOKYO (AP) Prime Minister Takeo Miki's ruling conservative party suffered a net loss of one governor's seat and again failed to oust Ryokichi Minobe as governor of Tokyo, but Sunday's local elections were considered a setback for the leftists. Despite inflation and recession, the leftists were unable to gain ground on Miki's Liberal Democratic party in elections seen as a guide to the popularity of his five-month-old government. The opposition forces kept their hold on the governorships of the two largest cities Tokyo and Osaka and won one other race, but the Liberal Democrats, other conservatives and neutral figures won the other 14 governors' seats at stake. In prefectural (state) assembly elections, the Liberal Democrats dropped from 1,535 to 1,290 seats, but leftist parties also lost ground. The Socialists plunged from 442 to 355, Communists from 103 to 64 and Democratic-Socialists from 97 to 81.

The biggest gainers were independents, who took 373 seats compared to 131 they held before the election. And 302 of those independents were counted as allies of the Liberal Democrats. The Buddhist-backed Komei (Clean Government party boosted its total from 90 to 121. Holds its own KIEL. West Germany (AP) Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's ruling coalition held its own in a state election after a year-long record of decline.

The coalition of Social Democrats and Free Democrats won 47.2 per cent of the vote Sunday in Schleswig-Holstein. up 1.4 per cent over the last election four years ago. But the gainers were the Free Democrats. 13 WORDAD REGULAR $7.35 foriodoys SPECIAL fro no PRICE $0.00 for 10 day and, if so, the Americans would attack. He also assured us top level diplomacy would be used to deal with Russia and China to limit military supplies of an offensive nature to North Vietnam." Lam said the second question concerned the use of infiltration trails and sanctuaries in Laos and Cambodia for attacks on South Vietnam.

"Kissinger quoted Le Due Tho as saying 15 days after the agreement that North Vietnam would stop using Laos and Cambodia for infiltration and bases for attacks on the South," Lam said. "So, I reported the meeting to President Thieu and was given the blue light to go ahead and sign the agreement. We had all the assurances from the United States." Asks about match MANILA, Philippines (AP) Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer says he wants to talk with his successor, Anatoly Karpov of the Soviet Union, about a match between them, a Philippine chess official reported today. Florencio Campomanes, deputy president of FIDE, the International Chess Federation, told newsmen Fischer telephoned him from HERE'S ALL YOU DO 1 MAKE A LIST of all the items around the house that you no longer need or use. 2.

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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -Street battles between Palestinian guerrillas and Lebanese Christian rightists in Beirut tapered off to sporadic clashes today after 38 persons were reported killed and 60 wounded by machine-gun and bazooka fire. Elsewhere in the Middle East, the Egyptian cabinet resigned and President Anwar Sadat prepared to form a new government to tackle domestic problems that have parked two riots this year. Banks and shops in the heart of Beirut were shuttered, and few persons ventured out on the usually crowded downtown streets. Scattered clashes were reported continuing on the te mm 7m UPI Telephotos PRIVATE PARTY ADS ONLY Military controls African republic Chad, a poverty-stricken republic in north central Africa, left, was taken over by its army leaders, according to reports. A dusk-to-dawn curfew was ordered on the country after President Ngarta Tombalbaye, right, was killed in a brief but bloody attack on his palace in N'Djamena, sources said.

Chad army seizes power; president reported killed CALL TODAY 926-2211 or 259-1694 Democrat-tTeralii outskirts of the city, near several Palestine refugee camps. Clouds of smoke rose over several areas. The government said it had ordered security forces to "storm into the fighting areas and arrest those responsible." But the Interior Ministry reported only eight arrests by midday. General strikes closed Lebanon's two other major cities. Tripoli on the north coast and Sidon south of Beirut, as their inhabitants expressed support for the Palestinian guerrillas.

Armed men and burning tires blocked roads. According to casualty reports from government sources and the warring factions. 28 guerrillas, two militiamen of the right-wing Phalange party and eight Lebanese civilians had been killed since noon Sunday. Three Phalangists and 27 Palestinians were reported wounded. The fighting in Beirut began Sunday during the inauguration of a new Maronite Christian church which was attended by Pierre Gemayel, the leader of the right-wing Phalangist party, and many members of his party militia.

They claimed they were fired on by Palestinian guerrillas. N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP The leaders of Chad's army have seized power after overthrowing President Ngarta Tombalbaye Official sources said the president, who had survived seven previous coup attempts, was killed in a brief but bloody attack on his palace The sources said a number of persons were killed or wounded Sunday when troops and national police attacked the presidential palace with mortars and artillery shortly after dawn Some firing was also reported from a military camp in the center of the city, which was named Ft Lamy when Chad was a French colony Chad is a poverty-stricken republic in north central Africa The palace guard resisted for about four hours, the sources reported After the firing subsided, jubilant troops drove through the streets shouting "We've won! Tombalbaye is dead!" Gen Noel Odingar, acting commander of the armed forces, ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the country and appealed for calm He said: "Our forces have taken their responsibility before God and the nation The new military rulers ordered leaders of Chad's only political party, the Movement for Cultural and Social Revolution, to meet at the city's race course along with members of the Supreme Court and legislators present in the capital and promised they would be safe Several thousand French troops are stationed in Chad, but there was no word of any action by them About 3,000 French civilians living in N'Djamena were reported safe The coup makes Chad the 19th African country under military rule Tombalbaye. 56, was a former schoolteacher and union leader who entered politics in 1946. served as president of the National Assembly, premier and defense minister under the French, and became president in 1960 when the drought-stricken country of desert and jungle got its independence from France He was elected in 1962 and reelected without opposition for another seven-year term in 1969. He ruthlessly suppressed political opponents but was never able to gain complete control of a country torn by religious and tribal frictions and economic inequalities i "Let Us Voice Your Message".