Jury orders Sirhan to pay with his life for Kennedy killing
Sirhan B. Sirhan was ordered to pay with his life for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The judge said the death penalty fits the crime but said appeals may spare him from the gas chamber indefinitely.
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Sirhan
Kennedy
Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Superior Court
Herbert V. Walker
San Quentin
Vacaville
Calif
Walker
California State Supreme Court
Grant B. Cooper
U.S. Supreme Court
Bruce Elliott
Alice Nishikawa
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
United States
Dep. Dist. Atty
John Howard
Costliest day for copters in South Vietnam
The United States lost six helicopters in crashes during a day of heavy combat in South Vietnam, killing 19 soldiers and wounding 23. An inflight collision northwest of Saigon killed eight Americans and eight South Vietnamese, the worst crash since April. A helicopter gunship also misidentified allied troops, killing one U.S. Green Beret and five South Vietnamese.
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Saigon
UPS
United States
Central Highlands
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Green Berets
Flood damage estimate rises across upper Midwest
UPI reports total flood damage in the upper Midwest reaches 109 million dollars with Iowa at 18 million from spring floods. North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin have disaster declarations as President Nixon considers federal aid and disaster designations.
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United Press International
Upper Midwest
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Iowa
Robert D. Ray
Nixon
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
MOL launch slips to mid 1972 delaying first orbital flight
The Manned Orbiting Laboratory program schedule at Vandenberg AFB slides six months to mid 1972 as $31 million more is cut from the next fiscal year. The plan calls for two unmanned Titan 3M Gemini B tests followed by four 30 day manned flights, with funding and construction adjustments noted by Air Force officials.
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Vandenberg Afb
Aviation Week
Space Technology Magazine
Air Force
Robert Seamans Jr
Senate Armed Services Committee
Seamans
Senate
John P. McConnell
Agency delays decision on Lompoc Dam for 30 days
County Water Agency directors postponed a decision on the Lompoc Narrows Dam project for 30 days to study the final regional feasibility report from the U S Bureau of Reclamation. Bureau official Phil G Macias outlined a revised economic evaluation increasing the cost and altering the water rate and land use.
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County Water Agency
Lompoc Narrows Dam
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Lompoc
Francis Beattie
Phil G. Macias
Macias
Santos Road
Robert G. Pafford
Bureau of Reclamation
Secretary of the Interior
Robert C. Lilley
Daniel G. Grant
Lilley
William Cooper
Bureau
Robert Edmonston
Edmonston
Sacramento
County water study foresees growing shortages and price issues
Fallie County supervisors met with Water Consultant Robert Edmonston to map looming problems from State Project water. They cite 57 000 acre feet annual allotment as insufficient within five years, discuss subsidies, north south area needs, and possible Sisquoc River dam. A new planning session is set for May 6.
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Robert M. Edmonston
County Water Agency
Cachuma Project
Edmonston
Curtis Tunnell
Santa Maria Basin
South Coast
Goleta Valley
Lake Cachuma
Bureau of Reclamation
F. G. Macias
Lompoc
Santa Maria-Sisquoc
Santa Barbara County
Sisquoc
Francis H. Beattie
Tunnell
North County
North
Trustees reject plan to end city dispute over power line
Trustees of Lompoc Unified School District voted 4 to 0 to reject a $2,875 plan to cover undergrounding costs for a power line at Miguelito School, insisting the city pay. The dispute stalls construction on Olive Avenue, while district funds face potential cuts under Nixon’s proposed 874 reductions.
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Lompoc Unified
Lompoc
Miguelito
Olive Avenue
V Street
John Beattie
George Vance
Miguelito School
Beattie
Archie Nagle
Nagle
Alice Milligan
Glen Wegner
Milligan
Nixon
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