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1 Page 14 JOHNSON CITY PRESS-CHROMCLE Thursday Evening April 24-1975 Huong and Minli dispute over Vietnam presidency Wednesday after only 11 days in office to pave the way for a new political setup Foes of former President Nguyen Van Thieu were urging his 71-year-old successor to step out also so that Minh could form a new lineup that the Communists might agree to negotiate with Political sources said Huong and Minh met for more than two hours and the 71-year-old president offered Minh the premiership "with full powers" But they said Huong insisted on keeping the presidency he succeeded to on Monday night when Thieu resigned Minh a 59-year-old 200-pounder was a do-nothing figurehead chief of state for three months after Diem's overthrow and murder Fellow officers ousted him in the first of a series of coups and he spent nearly four years in exile After his return he maneuvered himself into the position of nominal leader of the loose grouping of neutralist anti-Com- munist factions known as the but never pressed his opposition to Thieu vigorously enough to impel the president to retaliatory action Should Minh take over his first action is expected to be a proposal for a cease-fire and negotiations to form the coalition government with the Communists envisioned by the 1973 Paris peace agreement However the Viet Cong which rejected such a proposal by Huong on Wednesday has given no indication if it would deal with Minh The White House the Pentagon and the US Embassy in Saigon all denied a report in two Japanese newspapers that a US Marine battalion had landed at Vung Tau on the coast 40 miles southeast of Saigon to protect the evacuation Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj of Thailand announced in Bangkok that he had ordered the Thai ambassador to South Vietnam and his entire staff to leave Saigon as soon as possible feel that the situation in Vietnam is getting Kukrit said The South Vietnamese military command's morning communique reported shelling attacks on Trang Bang 30 miles northwest of Saigon and the Bien Hoa air base 15 miles north of the' capital: an ambush of a civilian bu convoy northwest of Saigon and two infantry clashes in the Mekong Delta The command said eight civilians 40 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops and two government troops were killed in these actions and 14 persons were wounded The Khmer Rouge radio in Phnom Penh announced the start of three days of ceremonies celebrating the Communist victory in Cambodia and proclaimed April 17 the day surrendered Cambodian independence day rnnom rer 2 Unicoi County road projects slated by state NASHVILLE Two Unicoi ing iust west of State Route The Droie Phnom Penh NASHVILLE Two uticoi ing just west of State Route The project (ADVERTISEMENT) is part of the improvement of four sections of Secondary Route 2440 be- tween Erwin and Unicoi calling for constructiorv of four bridges Estimated cost is $409000 81- The project is part of the Erwin bypass project planned by the state Length of the 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Meanwhile the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong were apparerttly marking time on the battlefields awaiting the outcome of the political maneuvering in Saigon The South Vietnamese military Command reported only scattered small-scale action although Western intelligence sources said Communist-led forces had been in position to overrun the crowded city since Monday Minh a retired general who led the 1963 coup that overthrew President Ngo Dinh Diem sought the support of political religious and military leaders in a series of meetings at his home He refused to comment to newsmen on the impasse except to is short" Premier Nguyen Ba Can and his cabinet resigned late Barbeque need a big grocery list BANNER ELK NC Local volunteer fire departments are hosting a mammoth country barbeque here May 3 and their shopping list would stagger the average consumer For example the volunteers will be serving up one-half ton of pork from 10 whole hogs cooked over one-half ton of charcoal The event at Lees-McRae College is part of the Spring Festival Homecoming locally involving major resorts and businesses who are members of BEARA the Banner Elk Area Resort Association The three-day festival fea-' tures golf and tennis tournaments bike races hiking swimming and the barbeque Firemen from the Banner Ok Foscoe and Beech Mountain departments are co-sponsoring the meal which will involve local clogging groups and mountain music entertainment The fare includes processing ahout 100 pounds of tomatoes 300 pounds of potato salad 400 pounds of baked beans and 250 pounds of slaw Firemen will also dole out 140 loafs of bread and over 125 gallons of lemonade and iced tea The jong weekend is open to all with information and registration material available from BEARA at the Avery County Chamber of Commerce Deerfield Bldg Banner Elk NC 28604 The word comes from the Latin word sol which means The sun and all traveling bodies around it make the solar system i -4 trv 'Sxva-v i 1 I i JN MS I a hit 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