Fire bomb plot fails as two Isla Vista youths held
Norman L. Harney and Johnson B. Walker, both 20, of Isla Vista, were jailed on arson suspicion after a fire bomb found behind a local business. The pair are also questioned in the UCSB campus caretaker death from a year ago. Police and city officials faced a tense Isla Vista night with clashes over policing and local business security.
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Isla Vista
Norman L. Harney
Johnson B. Walker
Saboda Tarde Rd
UCSB
Nixon announces plan to bring home 150000 soldiers from Vietnam
President Nixon says the next 12 months will see 150000 U.S. troops withdrawn from Vietnam, cutting total troop strength to about 284000 by May 1971. He asserts pacification is succeeding and warns of strong measures if Communist activity increases. Reaction from lawmakers is mixed but generally favorable.
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UPI
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White House
State tax revision plan clears hurdle in California
Reagan's $600 million tax package advances from the Revenue and Taxation Committee to Ways and Means with payroll withholding and sales tax changes. The plan, opposed by many teachers and critics, would not include a statewide property tax transfer. It aims to deter Proposition 8 by June and would raise taxes for local school and welfare costs.
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UPI
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Reagan
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William T. Bagley
San Rafael
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Revenue and Taxation Committee
Five-man Panel to Probe Charges Against Justice Douglas
The House Judiciary Committee forms a five member panel to investigate impeachment charges against Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas. Democrats hold three seats and Republicans two with Emanuel Celler leading the panel and 60 day deadline to report findings. Douglas may be invited to testify.
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UPI
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Supreme Court
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William M. McCulloch
Ohio
GOP
Byron G, Rogers
D-Cole
Jack B. Brooks
D-Tex
Edward Hutchinson
R-Mich
No end in sight to teamster strikes
United Press International reports Teamsters in the Northeast press for higher benefits with a potential 90,000 truck drivers striking. Walkouts idle about 75,000 drivers from Ohio to California as federal mediators fail to resume talks in Chicago.
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Ohio
California
Chicago
New Jersey
Joseph Azzolino
Newark
New York
New England
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Lompoc District to Start Drug Education in Fourth Grade
The Lompoc Unified School District will introduce drug abuse education for fourth graders next September as part of health studies. Louise Everett will head the program, with coordination from law enforcement and support from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
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Lompoc Unified
Lompoc Unified School
Glendon F. Wegner
Louise Everett
Everett
Art Timmer
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Vallejo Official Named Lompoc Assistant City Administrator
Dustin W. Griffith, 28, currently Vallejo’s administrative assistant and personnel director, is named to replace Lou Garcia as Lompoc city administrator's assistant. Griffith will start next Monday at a $930 monthly salary. he previously worked as Vallejo analyst, San Mateo County admin intern in Eugene, Oregon, and earned a Penn government admin masters.
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Gene Wahlers
Vallejo
Lou Garcia
Wahlers
Dustin W. Griffith
Garcia
Pittsburg
Calif
Griffith
San Mateo County
Eugene
Ore
University of Oregon
Fels Institute of
University of Pennsylvania
Apollo 13 crew to speak on near death spaceflight
Apollo 13 astronauts James Lovell John Swigert and Fred Haise set for a national TV briefing at 7 30 p m EST to recount the eight day eight day emergency return after an oxygen tank explosion wrecked the mission and delayed Apollo 14. The briefing follows a debriefing with project officials and a board of inquiry led by Edgar Cartwright as NASA vows no further moon landings until causes and fixes are identified.
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County Board of Supervisors
Eric Hutchins
UC Santa Barbara
Isla Vista
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Space Agency
Space
Edgar M. Cartwright
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