River Floods Sweep Upper Midwest As Miss River Rises
The Mouse River near Minot rises toward 20 feet forcing 12,000 from homes and risking $35 million in damage. Meanwhile the Mississippi crest tests dikes in Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa. many communities reinforce defenses and evacuations continue across the region.
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Mouse River
Mississippi
United Press International
Minot
N.D
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Red River
Canada
North Dakota
South
Dakota
South Dakota
Illinois
Army Corps of Engineers
Lake City
Minn
Wabasha
Alma
Wis
Winona
la Crosse
St. Paul
Minnesota City
Stillwater State Prison
St. Croix Beach
St. Croix
Jack Young
B 52 Bombers Launch Heavy Raid Against Red Bivouacs
U S B 52 bombers conducted their heaviest raids in two weeks on Communist bivouacs along routes to Saigon and Da Nang. Maj Gen Ormond R Simpson said the enemy fights a headline war, while Allied forces reported about 148 enemy deaths in eight engagements and light casualties for the night.
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Red Bivouacs
Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
Ormond R. Simpson
1St Marine Division
U.S
Quang Ngai
da Nang
Simpson
Dau Tieng
UPI
Nat Gibson
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Johns Manville reports higher first quarter sales and earnings
Johns Manville Corporation announces for Q1 1969 sales of 122.662 million and earnings of 7.293 million, or 43 cents per share, up from 1968 figures after a stock split and restatements. President D B Burnett cites firmer prices and strong construction industry demand as the main drivers.
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Johns- Manville Corporation
D.B. Burnett
Crown Tuft Carpet, Inc
Burnett
Lompoc Cameramen Return From Vietnam Mission
Two civilian cameramen from the 1369th Photographic Squadron returned from South Vietnam where they helped film Wings of Freedom, a documentary on the RVN Air Force. James A. Marr and John Hartzell, part of an eight man crew, spent 75 days in the combat zone, filming air base activities and flying with Vietnamese crews. The crew faced rocket and mortar fire and captured over 27,000 feet of 16mm color film. The film will have English and Vietnamese versions, is being edited in California, and anticipation is distribution in about two months.
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1369Th Photographic Squadron
Republic of
South Vietnam
Wings of Freedom
RVN Air Force
James A. Marr
West Willow
Lompoc
John Hartzell
N. Orchid
United
Storms sweep large nation with tornado watches and hail
Storms spanned from the Midwest to the Southeast with showers and thunderstorms, some producing hail up to marbles in Chicago and heavy rain in Michigan and Alabama. Tornado watches were active in Mississippi and Alabama as funnel clouds were sighted in West-Central Alabama.
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United Press International
Midwest
Mississippi
Alabama
Jackson
Mount Clemens
Michigan
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Atlanta
Paducah
Chicago
Kansas
Indiana
Illinois
Tennessee
Arkansas
Pacific Coast
Cape Blanco
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Montana
California
Minnesota
Texas
Laramie
Wyo
Key West Naval Air Station
Florida
Lompoc Voters Preview Spring Community Events Bank
Community calendar lists rummage sales car washes bake sales and dances supporting queen candidates Monica Moran Kendra Meindersee Kay Wishard and others. Local clubs including Elks Lions and AAUW promote fundraisers shows concerts theatre and a parade of events across Lompoc Vandenberg and Santa Maria areas through April and May.
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Elks Lodge No
Monica Moran
Paamco Food Service
Kendra Meindersee
Richfield
Vandenberg Village
Lompoc Lions Club
Kay Wishard
Thrifty’s
Woolworth’s
Lompoc
Queen of Angels Church
Village Country Club
Norma Staffel
Lompoc Community Women’s Club
Los Angeles
Busch Gardens
Farmer’s Market
Lompoc - Vandenberg
American Assoc. of University Women
New Library
E. North Ave
Campbell Grant
Clara Louise Grant
Jane Werner Watson
Julia Cunningham
National Library Week
Cabrillo Booster Club
Steam
Tommy Roe
Cabrillo High School
N. H St
Sousa Music and Television
Santa Maria
AAUW
White Oaks Theatre Touring Repertory Company
Cabrillo Little Theater
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Lodge
W. Laurel
Harvey Marshall
Women of the Moose
Mooseheart
Lompoc Valley
Tax relief deadline may be extended on Reagan request
Gov. Ronald Reagan urged the legislature to extend the property tax relief deadline after applications lagged. Assemblyman Milias introduced a bill to push the filing cutoff to May 30. The measure targets the $70 1968 rebate with future $750 exemptions, excluding veterans.
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Reagan
Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
George Milias
Rgilroy
Los Angeles
Philip Watson
Milias
Gunmen kill armored car guard in Dallas robbery
A gang shot 43 year old Jack Greenwood five times in the chest and handcuffed him to his seat during a vault hijack in southwest Dallas. Guard James Wood was wounded as the robbers fled with an estimated sixty thousand dollars. Wood described the crime that began near a drugstore as the men forced him to drive and threatened Greenwood. Police called the killing senseless and brutal.
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Dallas
API
Jack Greenwood
James Wood
Wood
Greenwood
Minor injuries in two car collision at Lompoc intersection
Sadie Seymour, 60, administrative assistant at Lompoc Library, suffered minor injuries in a collision with 21 year old Ronnie Richard White at Maple Avenue and K Street at 6 p.m. Seymour was treated and released from Lompoc Hospital with multiple bruises. White was not injured.
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Sadie Seymour
Lompoc
Ronnie Richard White
Ocean Ave
Maple Avenue
K Street
Seymour
L St
Lompoc Hospital
White
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Arthur Timmer
Vandenberg Junior High
Crestview
Westwings
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el Camino
Fillmore
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la Canada
Vandenberg
Los Berros
Hapgood
Clarence Ruth
la Honda
la Mesa
Lompoc High School
Vietnam
Morr and Hartzell
Lookout Mountain
Afl
1369Th PS
Morr
Custom Homes
Howerton
General
Santa Ynez
Frances Bispo
Miss Bispo
American Dairy Association
John Silva
Maytag and
Servic
Gibson Refrigerators
Caloric
Lompoc Center
Senate
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Jim Ainsworth
John Alexander
Wesley A Huffman
E. C. Stevens
Bill Cockshott
Betty Laurent
Vaughn Proctor
Wilma Jack
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
California Press Association
Hampton State Bank
Milburn Smith
Sheila Careyette
North T Street
Holser and Bailey
W.B. Taylor
St. Andrews Way
Reno’s
R. McIroy
Continental Drive
Feland
East Cypress
Sal Returns
The
Matador Barber Shop
Laza Barber Shop
Allstate
Hugh Dalfrey
Allstate Insurance CO
Palm Springs
Valley Drive-In
Wang
North
Walt Disney
Technicolor
Panavision
Buena Vista Distribut Co. Inc
Walt Draney
Charlie
Lonesome Technicolor
Sun
Rod' Steiger
Frank Sinatra
Detective
Diablo
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