Sheriff Interference Pictured In Isla Vista Riot Probe
Testimony in the Joel B Honey appeal hearing shows Los Angeles Sheriff officials pressuring Santa Barbara to remove Honey from Isla Vista command after the June 1970 riots. Inspector John Graham admits directing pepper gas use and transfers, saying the so called special enforcement bureau acted with force against law breakers.
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John Graham
Honey
Isla Vista
Graham
James T Lindsey
Santa Barbara
Sherif
James Webster
Fritz Patterson
Honeys
Shuttle site decision seen before May twelfth
Space shuttle site debates hinge on NASA SEB findings due by April 10 with a site chosen before May 12. NASA chief James Fletcher pressures staff to meet deadlines as contractors prepare proposals while Apollo 16 launches April 16 and a polar orbit oriented ERTS satellite nears July deployment.
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Steve LaRue
Space Agency
California
Space Shuttle
James Cook
NASA
White House
James Fletcher
SEB
Cook
Earth Resources Technology
Vandenberg
Earth
Cape Kennedy
McGovern captures Wisconsin victory as major contender
In Milwaukee Wisconsin Senator George McGovern won the states primary and surged ahead as a leading Democratic contender while Senator Muskie's campaign faced a serious setback. President Nixon dominated the Republican primary as Powell dies in Miami hospital after long illness.
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Wis
UPI
George Sr. McGovern
Wisconsin
Edmund SS. Muskie
McGovern
Alabama
George C. Wallace McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Wallace Muskie
New York
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Nixon
Nixon Eyes Vietnam War Situation Amid White House Meetings
President Nixon and top advisers held a third meeting in three days to assess the Vietnam war as a North Vietnamese offensive continues. Deputy press secretary Gerald Warren said there was no change in the administration's assessment and no comment on renewed secret peace talks.
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UPI
Nixon
White House
Gerald L Warren
Special Action
Henry A. Kissinger
Warren
United States
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Capitol
Senate
Hugh Scott
Scott
Lompoc Council approves fire zone change to spur downtown growth
Lompoc City Council voted 4 1 to shift area from Fire Zone 1 to Zone 2, arguing reduced construction costs will aid downtown development. Opponent Sol Letkowitz warned about higher future insurance rates and near reclassification. Other measures included planned development districts parks rules and a tri county mutual aid pact.
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Lompoc
Sol Letkowitz
Donald Johnson
Zone 1
Johnson
Lefkowitz
Insurance Services
Letkowitz
EC Stevens
George Cotsenmeyer
Tri-Counties
Nixon stopover in Ireland shocks Britain amid Moscow trip talk
London reports say President Nixon may stop in Ireland on route to or from his Moscow summit. British officials, while silent officially, fear the move could be an election ploy to influence Irish voters and counter Kennedy’s stance on Ireland.
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UPL
Britain
Ireland
Nixon
Moscow
Washington
United States
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
MIGs First North Vietnamese Air Appearance Over South Vietnam
North Vietnamese MIG19s swept over Dong Ha and An Loc as government forces brace a wider offensive. Thieu appealed for U.S. air power while a second phase of the assaultlooms with tanks reported crossing into Laos and Cambodia. B52 reinforcements were reported en route to assist South Vietnam.
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UPI
Quang Tri Province
South Vietnam
An Loc
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
North Vietnam
Dong Ha
Binh Long Province
Quang Tri
An Loe
Tay Ninh
U.S. Thre
Washington
Southeast Asia
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