Apollo 13 Backup Astronaut Practices for Last Minute Flight
John L. Swigert trains with James Lovell and Fred Haise in a bid to replace Thomas Mattingly on Apollo 13 to avoid a May 9 delay. Weather concerns and medical tests loom as NASA weighs the switch amid a 2:13 p.m. EST launch.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
John L. Swigert
Thomas K. Mattingly
U. S. Space Agency
Swigert
Mattingly
James A. Lovell
Fred W. Haise
Lovell
Haise
Space Agency
Charles Duke
Duke
Record probe asks reaction to 1970 census at Safeway
The Record conducts a weekly issue probe about the 1970 census reaction. The question was posed at the rear of the Safeway market in Vandenberg Village with other locations to be used in future surveys.
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Safeway
Vandenberg Village
Federal pay raise moves closer to final approval
The House Post Office Committee backed a 6 percent retroactive pay raise for federal civilian and military employees, narrowing gaps with the Senate version. The Senate approved 84 to 1 and the House 24 to 1, with minor differences to resolve before final action. President Nixon is set to sign a separate railroad relief bill into law today to avert a potential shutdown. The rail contract runs retroactively from 1969 to year end, with talks to restart next fall.
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Washington
Senate
House Committee
House
White House
Nixon
Congress
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Wildcat
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louisville
Railway Management
Property tax deadline in Santa Barbara County Friday
Santa Barbara County residents must pay their share of the 1969 70 property tax bill totaling 59.4 million by 5 p.m. Friday at the County Administration Building. Mail-in payments must be postmarked by April 10 to avoid a six percent delinquency penalty. Delinquent filings should use a post office window rather than a corner box.
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Santa Barbara
J. Newton Blanchard
Tax collections pace similar to last year says official
Blanchard notes year to date returns are about 65 percent of a $59.4 million levy, slightly behind last year’s 68 percent of $58 million. A big Wednesday influx from major property owners pushed the total near $39 million, close to the prior year’s level.
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Blanchard
Teamsters widen wildcat strikes to new areas
United Press International reports wildcat walkouts by Teamster truck drivers spread to new areas while other drivers return to work at several national transportation centers. Detroit Local 299 near prisoned president Hoffa held a 3500 turnout for strike votes, with impacts expected on about 6000 drivers and freight company staff. The Detroit action could halt auto manufacturing in the city amid nationwide layoffs already counting 14600 auto workers and 6000 body plant workers, with 10000 idle in the Chicago area.
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Teamster
Detroit
James Hoffa
Chicago
Voters urged to register by midnight for June 2 primary
Deputy county clerk Ann Sweet warned that eligible residents must register by midnight tonight. Registration hours are 2 to 9 p.m. at 1404 W Nectarine Ave and 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the voter registration vehicle in front of Thrifty Drug Lompoc Shopping Center on North H Street, or in the County Building office until 5 p.m. today.
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Ann Sweet
Nectarine Ave
Thrifty Drug
Lompoc
North H Street
Flower Festival Display Planned in Biltmore Window
Glimpses Art Association and Senior Citizens prepare to install a Flower Festival display in a Biltmore window Los Angeles. Vandenberg Junior High School students mobilize against pollution with a petition bound for Reagan and Nixon. A bowling pin appears in a new alley on North D Street. A stray black car heads home for lunch with Mrs Irene Huseman from City Hall. A United Parcel driver stops on H Street to retrieve a ball knocked over by children at El Camino School.
Nixon plans third strict constructionist for Supreme Court
President Nixon intends to name a third strict constructionist to the Senate for confirmation after the Carswell rejection. Senate leaders weigh strategy with Dole urging vacancy to mobilize voters and Scott seeking broad public input for a nominee likely to win bipartisan support.
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Nixon
Washington
UPI
Senate
Supreme Court
John N. Mitchell
G. Harrold Carswell
Capitol Hill
Robert J. Dole
Kan
Scott
Carswell
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Abe Fortas
Philadelphia
Bernard Segal
American Bar Association
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Gale W. McGee
D-Wye
Joseph D. Tydings
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Charles Mec. Mathias
Maryland
Marlow W. Cook
Kentucky
Dak Seang siege test as U.S. helicopter shot down
North Vietnamese forces shot down a U.S. medical evacuation helicopter at the Dak Seang camp as fighting eased for the first time in 10 days. The siege persists with casualties among U.S. defenders and a high toll for both sides amid a major Viet Cong push.
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Saigon
UPS
Dak Seang
U.S
United Fund meeting in Lompoc to discuss joint director
United Fund directors and members meet tonight in the Lompoc Public Library multipurpose room to review proposals for sharing the cost of a full time executive director with Santa Maria and possibly with Santa Barbara. The plan bases costs on time spent in each city and aims to pool fundraising and fund dispensing for a countywide organization.
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Lompoc United Fund
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
P.m
William Organ
Santa Maria United Fund
Lompoc’s
Cheadle Defends Veto on Rubin Lecture at UC Santa Barbara
Chancellor Vernon B. Cheadle defended his veto of inviting Chicago Seven member Jerry Rubin to speak citing Isla Vista riot risks and university welfare. He warned of possible censure and argued academic freedom must avoid indoctrination, stressing classroom neutrality amid campus unrest.
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Vernon B. Cheadle
University of California, Santa Barbara
Chicago Seven
Jerry Rubin
Lompoc-Vandenberg
American Association of University Women
Isla Vista
Bill James
James
Cheadle
Weekend Weather Outlook With Variable Clouds
The forecast calls for fair weather through Friday with morning low clouds. Daytime highs in the 60s and tonight’s lows around 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph in the afternoons. Tides Friday include a high of 2.8 feet at 2:20 p.m and lows of 0.1 feet at 7:20 a.m and 2.5 feet at 5:32 p.m.
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Apollo 13
Spaceport
Earth
Moon
Swigert, Lovell
Aquarius
Odyssey
Lunar
Charles A. Berry
Richard Axline
Polaris Ave
Peter Bentz
Yucca Ave
Lois Eakes
Mars Ave
Carolyn Baldwin
Aldebaran Ave
United Press International
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Ronald L. Ziegler
N. Viets
Green Beret
United Fund
Bayer and
Astin
Dr. Cheadle
United States
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