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...RESIGNATION. Huong, under pressure from U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin and Saigon leaders to resign, capitulated at about 4:30 Sunday afternoon, saying that he would transfer the presidency to the "personality" chosen by South Viet Nam's legislature???and "the sooner the better." Hours later, the National Assembly voted 134 to 2 to give the job to Big Minh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: The End of a Thirty Years' War | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

...really have in common." Reagan may also have been somewhat sobered by the fact that his moderate running mate for Lieutenant Governor, Robert Finch, Nixon's 1960 campaign manager, ran nearly 100,000 votes ahead of him and that the Democrats won control of both houses of the state legislature???though by reduced majorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elections: A Party for All | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

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