Agreement averts rail strike after 28 hour talks
A tentative contract between the railroad industry and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen ended a nationwide strike threat. 13000 signalmen were set to walk off at 6 01 a m local time. The deal retroactive to July 1 awaits ratification and would raise pay for skilled signalmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
C. J. Chamberlain
United Transport Workers
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Sri
Emergency Board
U S counterattacks at Communist base camp near Saigon
American forces renewed the assault on a Communist base camp 45 miles northwest of Saigon. Five divisions of U S troops attacked amid heavy bombardment, with 15 soldiers killed and 16 wounded. Guerrilla losses numbered 11 dead as B 52 bombers targeted bunkers and foxholes. The clash followed days of the nationwide offensive and with DMZ artillery redeployments noted by U S and South Vietnamese officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPS
U.S
Phu Khuong
Cambodia
Tay Ninh
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
Lompoc Closing Stock Quotes and Iraq Coca Cola Trade Note
Lompoc Record lists closing stock quotations through Rohrbaugh and Co with markets such as IBM General Electric Ford and Texaco plus a closing volume of 8 990 000. In Beirut diplomatic sources say former Iraqi Premier Taher Yahya faces trial for permitting Coca Cola to be bottled in Baghdad amid Arab backlisting due to Coca Cola plants in Israel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Biles, Jr
Rohrbaugh and Co
Constellation Road
Lompoc
Alcon
Alcoa
American Air
American Motors
At&t
Anaconda
Bendix
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Dupont
Eastman Kodak
Ford Motor
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
IBM
Imperial Corp
International Paper
It&t
Johns- Manville
Beirut
UPI
Taher Yahya
Iraq
Baghdad
Israel
Obituary for Durward Claire Fitschen
Durward Claire Fitschen 57 died Friday in Lompoc California. Rosary is at 8 p m tonight at McPeek Family Chapel Mass at 10 a m tomorrow at La Purisima Catholic Church Father Andrew McGrath officiating He was born September 3 1911 in Washburn Illinois and was a self employed sign painter He moved to Lompoc from Detroit in 1959 He lived at 905 West Date Street He belonged to La Purisima St Vincent DePaul Society American Legion and Italian Catholic Federation Survived by widow Enis three daughters Benita Denise Fitschen of Lompoc and Panda Jennings of Santa Barbara a brother Kenneth Fitschen of Lompoc a niece Jeanine Fitschen of San Francisco and two grandsons Interment at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPeek Family
la Purisima Catholic
Durward Claire Fitschen
Andrew McGrath
la Purisima Church
Fitschen
Washburn
Ill
Lompoc
Detroit
Mich
W. Date
Multiple Vehicle Accidents Reported Across County
CHP reported Friday minor injuries for Betty Ann Fallon and Patricia Brady after a swerve on Highway 1 near San Julian Ranch. Another collision near Sirius Avenue injured no one. Dixon and O'Brien reported major and moderate vehicle damage respectively. Forty hikers joined a Mesa La Purisima Mission stroll led by Gene Forbes with a next hike planned. Texas A&M exes in Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara County invited to a 6:30 p.m. April 21 dinner at Vandenberg AFB Officers Club. Sacramento case notes oil industry liability debate as Assembly considers stricter damages rules. Jess Unruh criticizes drilling practices harming beaches and wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Ann Fallon
Rucker Rd
Patricia Elissa Brady
California Highway Patrol
San Julian Ranch
Lompoc
Mesa
la Purisima Mission
Gene Forbes
la Purisima Advisory Committee
Forbes
Pine Grove
Mission
Lookout Point
Texas A&m
Santa Barbara
San Luis Obispo
Vandenberg Afb
Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Jess M. Unruh
California
Unruh
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Union Oil Co
Santa Barbara Channel
Accident Involves Two Local Teens Names Casualty Report
Commodore Dennis Dixon aged 18 of 3860 Uranus Ave and Timothy David O'Brien aged 18 of 3990 Sirius are listed in an accident report. Details on injuries or charges were not provided in the readable text. Authorities are investigating the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Dixon
Uranus Ave
Timothy David O’brien
Sirius
Bayon Rangers Edge Exhall Youth After Five Hour Tie
In Coventry England the Bayon Rangers finally beat Exhall Youth 2 to 1 after an exhausting five hours and five minutes of play, the lengthy tie marking a defining moment for both sides in local youth soccer culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coventry
England
UPI
Bayon Rangers
Exhall
Rangers
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California Central Coast Area Council
Vandenberg
Dana Denison
Itt-Fec
Robert C. Chasen
Itt-Federal Electric Corp
Denison
Harry von Zell
Red Base
Lompoc, Calif
Lockheed
McDonnell-Douglas
Minnesota
Penrm Central
Phillips Petroleum
Marine
Oxy
Parke Davis
Pepsi Cola
RCA
Rexall
Screw & Bolt
Sears Roebuck
Cal Edison
Southern Pacific
Sperry Rand
Stand Oil of
Calif
Texaco
Textron
Times-Mirror
TransAmerica
TRW
Union Oil
United Aircraft
Uniroyal
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Durward
C. Fitschen
Baldwin
Baldwin Music
W. Laurel
Broadway
Santa Maria
Charles Richard
Donna
Mission Hills
William Humphrey Boulware
Vandengerg Air Force Base
Wye
CHP
Richard
Boulware
Loyal ’]Co
America
Brooks
Spe
Tfree
Atio CO
Watt
NEVA
Boyer
Courag
Neva Boyer
Richard Luce
Secy
J U. S
Lompoc Savings and Loan
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance
Corporation
Lompoc Valley
Home Owned Association
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