Ford to Seek Fresh Vietnam Aid in State of the World Address
President Ford plans to renew requests for military aid to South Vietnam and humanitarian aid in case of a Communist Saigon takeover. He will also seek additional funds beyond the $300 million for South Vietnam and $220 million for Cambodia, with Weyand estimating over $700 million needed to re equip the ARVN.
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Washington
Oval Office
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
United States
U.S
Southeast Asia
Frederick C. Weyand
South Vietnam
White House
Ron Nelsen
Congress
Cambodia
South
Vietnam
San Diego
Frederick Weyand
Saigon
Nessen
Richard M. Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
Thomas P. O’neill
Reds Press Offensive as Xuan Loc Battle Intensifies Near Saigon
Communist tanks and infantry backed by heavy artillery struck Xuan Loc province capital and pressed toward Saigon. Civilians reported damage to the main church and thousands fled along the highway. The clash marks a major test for South Vietnam as fighting rages on Highway 15 toward Vung Tau.
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Saigon
UPI
Xuan Loc
Highway 15
Vung Tau
Satellite plumbs oceans probes gravity fields
Delta rocket at Vandenberg launches GEOS 3 to map earth shape and gravity. The $12.5 million Johns Hopkins GEOS-3 satellite uses radar altimeter to measure ocean waves and topography, aiding orbit accuracy and sea level studies.
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Terri Cotten
Delta
Vandenberg Air Force Base
NASA
GEOS
Vandenberg
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
McDonnell Douglas
GEOS-3
Walt Dundon
Western Launch Operations Division
Earth
Applied Physics Lab
Johns Hopkins University
Applications Technology
Judge rules NOX device law unconstitutional in selective enforcement
A Los Angeles municipal court judge ruled the NOX emission device requirement unconstitutional for selective purpose and capricious enforcement in a case against Helen Ferr of Montebello. The decision targets a law tied to 1966-70 autos and a five county South Coast region, with broader repeal debates ongoing in the California Legislature.
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Los Angeles
UPI
State Assembly
Mario P. Gonzales
Gonzales
Helen Ferr
Montebello
Highway Patrol
State Senate
Assembly
South Coast
State Air Resources Board
Brown unveils major farm labor measure in California
Gov. Brown sponsors a sweeping Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 creating a state board to oversee farm union activity, requiring secret ballot elections, voiding preexisting grower union contracts, and limiting secondary boycotts to certified unions and certain contracts. The bill aims to curb strikes for recognition and would shield only state certified elections as the basis for valid collective bargaining.
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Sacramento
UPS
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Teamsters Union
United Farm Workers
California
Brown
Howard Berman
Beverly Hills
John F. Dunlap
Napal
Cesar Chavez
Sheriff to Visit Substation Amid Preparations
Sheriff John W. Carpenter plans a visit today at the newly prepared substation. Developer Warren Culberson was seen downtown wearing Mexican revolutionary attire and a cowboy hat.
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John W. Carpenter
Warren Culberson
Lompoc Record Celebrates Centennial Edition Milestone
The Lompoc Record marks 100 years of continuous publication with a Centennial Edition. The issue reproduces the April 10 1875 front page, archives photos, a history of ownership from W W Broughton to the Adam family, and a letter by Broughton to the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Lompoc
Record
The
W.W. Broughton
Adam
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Lompoc Valley
No cuts in shuttle funding bid passes Senate panel
Cranston aides say the Senate Budget Committee rejected a major plan to trim shuttle funding and that full shuttle funding is now likely from the Appropriations Committee. NASA seeks 1.2 billion dollars for shuttle R D and Vandenberg AFB is set to become the nation’s second shuttle space port in the early 1980s.
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Alan Cranston
Senate Budget Committee
Cranston
Senate Appropriations Committee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Patchy Clouds With Afternoon Sunshine Through Friday
Weather forecast shows patchy low clouds at night and morning, with sunny afternoons through Friday. Highs reach the low to mid 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph trigger a small craft advisory along the coast. Tides indicate highs of 4.2 and 5.3 feet on Friday.
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Mission Valley Review
Viet Aams
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