Unruh to Fight Reagan School Tax Plan in California
Sacramento says Gov. Ronald Reagan’s proposed $645 million tax shift face a legislative fight from Jess Unruh. The Democrat objects to a statewide property tax for schools and vows major amendments to reduce the oil depletion allowance and oppose the school tax plan.
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San Fafael
Leo T. McCarthy
San Francisco
Charges against two VAFB officers spark inquiry
CMSgt Milton White accuses Col Earle Sweetland and Col Philip Cardin of conspiracy to maltreat, dereliction of duty, and withholding evidence over his Malcolm X Association chapter at Vandenberg AFB. Investigations to be led by outside officers with a final report to Maj Gen Garland.
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Milton White
Malcolm X Association
Earle E. Sweetland
4392Nd Aerospace Support Group
Philip G. Cardin
Malcolm X
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William C. Garland
1St Strategic Aerospace Division
Sgt. White
Lompoc
Texas
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Apollo 13 Nears Earth Halfway Home on Safe Course
UPI reports Apollo 13 crew Lovell Haise and Swigert hold on to Aquarius as Odyssey reenters. Ground control notes strong reserves, optimism grows for a Friday Pacific splashdown despite potential tank damage and weather considerations.
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Donald K. Slayton
Slayton
Rubin defies ban at UCSB appearance amid Isla Vista arson
Yippie leader Jerry Rubin said he would ignore a ban on speaking at the University of California Santa Barbara, while law enforcement prepared for disruption. A nearby Phi Sigma Kappa house suffered a Molotov attack with two bombs, none injuring residents, as other arson spikes rose in Isla Vista.
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Los Angeles
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UC Berkeley
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Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Avalanche buries children's sanatorium in French Alps
An avalanche damaged a tuberculosis sanatorium in Passy Haute Savoie. Health Minister Boulin reported 19 bodies recovered including 15 children and four adults, with 55 missing and a feared total death toll of 74. Rescue crews sought survivors as roads remained blocked and authorities warned hopes dwindled.
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France
UPI
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Paris
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Haute Savoie Department
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Guido Perrain
Perrain
SALT talks open in Vienna with Nixon call for fair arms deal
The SALT negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union began in Vienna at Belvedere Castle with Nixon urging an early equitable verification able accord. The Soviets pledged goodwill and called for reasonable accommodation as the talks proceed in secrecy in embassies. Gerard C. Smith read Nixon’s message at the opening, after Waldheim welcomed the U.S. envoy.
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U.S
Kurt Waldheim
City and Lompoc agree on joint water policy plan
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District and City of Lompoc officials met in a four hour session in Lompoc to align on state water delivery. Attended were all five district directors and city representatives including Sol Lefkowitz and George Cotsenmeyer. Chair Andrew Petersen and Virgil Phelps led the district lineup as Thomas Stetson and Emil Scholars described policy concepts. Recommendations will be sent to Robert Edmonston for County Water Agency review.
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Sol Lefkowitz
George Cotsenmeyer
Scott
Charlotte Benton
Water District
Andrew Petersen
Virgil Phelps
Gary Dunlap
R. B. McClellan
William Laranjo
Thomas Stetson
Stetson
Emil Scholars
Robert Edmonston
County Water Agency
Home of striker bombed
The home of James Leavitt, a Detroit dissident leader, was bombed on Wednesday night amid United Press International reports of ongoing wildcat strikes by 75,000 Teamsters nationwide. No one was injured. Leavitt’s wife and two children escaped harm.
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Cleveland
Ohio
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Los Angeles
St. Louis
Washington
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Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
Weather and tides and local events brief
Cloudy with possible showers through Friday and high temperatures in the upper 50s to upper 60s. Low tonight in the 40s and winds around 15 mph. Friday high tides at 7 20 am and 8 08 pm, 4 3 and 4 6 feet, low tides at 1 38 am and 1 44 pm. Chess club celebrates its first anniversary Friday while Record employees monitor a rear home fire at 112 Walnut Avenue to determine if it was a controlled burn. it was not.
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Lompoc Pioneer Clara Westrope Dies at 92
Clara Agnes Westrope a Lompoc native died yesterday at age 92 Funeral will be Saturday at 2 pm at McPeek Family Mortuary Chapel Rev Kenneth R Boyd officiating Burial in Evergreen Cemetery Lompoc She was born November 9 1877 and survived by son Neal Westrope daughter Agnes Hamilton twin Emma Coker and several grandchildren in Lompoc Taft Sacramento and Santa Maria
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Kenneth R. Boyd
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