SAMTEC forms from AFSC Western Range and Wings
Air Force officials announce the April 1 1970 creation of the Space and Missile Test Center SAMTEC at Vandenberg AFB combining the Western Range the 6595th Aerospace Test Wing and the 6555th Aerospace Test Wing Patrick AFB Florida SAMSO will command SAMTEC oversee Western Test Range operations launch activities at Vandenberg and Patrick and coordinate development tests for ICBMs space boosters and reentry hardware.
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Air Force Systems Command
AFSC
Air Force Western Range
6595Th Aerospace Test Wing
Vandenberg Afb
6555Th Aerospace Test Wing
Patrick Afb
Fla
Space and Missile Test Center
Samtec
Space and Missile Systems Organization
SAMSO
Los Angeles
Ballistic Systems Division
Norton Afb
Space Systems Division
Los Angeles Afs
Samuel C. Phillips
California
Indian Ocean
Clifford J. Kronauer
Vandenberg
Gen. Kronauer
Wafb
James Ferguson
Patrick Air Force Bases
Department of Defense
Nationwide Teamsters Begin Scattered Truckers Strike
Thousands of Teamster drivers walked out from Atlanta to San Francisco as talks expired without a new pay deal. Labor Secretary Shultz urged plans to keep essential services and union and management pledged cooperation. Major cities like St Louis Cincinnati and Denver saw shutdowns, while New York Chicago and others faced mixed results.
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Teamsters
Atlanta
San Francisco
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Denver
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Memphis
New York
Chicago
New York City
New Jersey
Washington
National Union
Trucking Employers Inc
Air controllers ignore back to work call
Washington reports air traffic controllers again refused to return to work, extending a week of delays and cancellations. Officials say few are returning while PATCO members reject the plea, citing unresolved demands and safety concerns.
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Washington
UPI
James Beggs
Beggs
F. Lee Bailey
Kenneth Lyons
National Association of Government
Robert Sturgill
PATCO
Sturgill
Arms mailing worries customs commissioner
Customs Commissioner Myles J. Ambrose told the House Appropriations Committee that U S service members in Vietnam are mailing weapons and drugs home. Sandbagged examination areas were set up in San Francisco Seattle and Honolulu post offices to curb explosions and injuries. The bureau seeks 443000 to hire 56 more mail inspectors.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Customs
Myles J. Ambrose
House Appropriations Committee
San Francisco
Seattle
Honolulu
Hijacking drama grips airliner from Tokyo to Pyongyang
A Boeing 727 carrying 115 aboard was hijacked by radical Japanese students after departing Tokyo bound for Fukuoka. Officials in South Korea and the United States warned of threats as hostages reportedly faced hunger while negotiations continued with North Korea offering safe passage and humane treatment.
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Seoul
API
North Korea
Kimpo
Tomisaburo Hashimoto
Tokyo
U.S
Hashimoto
Toshikazu Maeda
Fukuoka
Pyongyang
Japan
Seoal
Glimpses: Wary Citizens on April Fools Day
A and W Root Beer owner Daron Kazakian served Pepsi Cola to Lions Club committee last night amid wary public mood on April Fool's Day.
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A and W
Daron Kazakian
Lions Club Committee
Weather outlook and tide details for the period
Fair weather continues through Thursday with highs in the 60s to mid 70s and lows in the 30s to 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Thursday tides show a high of 5.3 feet at 6:50 am and 4.7 feet at 8:02 pm, low tides of 1.7 feet at 12:56 am and minus 0.8 feet at 1:38 pm.
Union Ice Plant to Open in Lompoc May First
The Union Ice Company plans a vegetable packing plant in Lompoc on Southern Pacific property near a rail siding. Ralph Parker says rising local vegetable farming and real estate pressure justify the site and the company will wash vacuum dry pack and ice down produce for rail and truck shipment. Local officials credit strong city county and chamber cooperation in bringing the project.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Ventura County
Parker
Santa Clara
Salinas
Moroccan Royal Airlines Caravelle Crash Kills Sixty One
The Royal Moroccan Airlines Caravelle crash near Berrechid 25 miles south of Casablanca killed 61 people and left 21 survivors, including one stewardess. The flight from Agadir to Paris carried 76 passengers and six crew, with 25 pulled alive and four dying later in hospital.
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Casablanca
Morocco
UPI
Royal Moroccan Airlines
Berrechid
Agadir
Paris
Cook to Back Nixon on Carswell Nomination Vote
Senator Marlow W. Cook of Kentucky said he will vote with the Nixon administration against sending Judge G. Harrold Carswell’s Supreme Court nomination back to the Judiciary Committee. He said he remains open to voting on the nomination itself next week if the recommit motion fails. White House spokesman Warren voiced confidence in Carswell’s confirmation.
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UPI
Marlow W. Cook
Nixon
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cook
Senate
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Judge Carswell
Warren
In laws of Senator Bayh killed in Enid home
Delbert M Kern and his wife Patricia Kern were found shot to death in their Enid Oklahoma home. Police said the deaths were a murder suicide. Kern age 60 died from a bullet wound to the temple Patricia Kern 35 was found shot in the head. Baby Indiana's junior senator Birch Bayh is married to Marvela Hern of Enid.
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Enid
Okla
UPI
Indiana Sen
Birch Bayh
Delbert M Kern
Kern
Patricia
Baby
Indiana
Marvella Hern
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