Stevens elected mayor of Lompoc by unanimous ballot
E C Stevens longtime public affairs director at Allan Hancock College was unanimously elected mayor of Lompoc for 1973 74 by the city council. He was the sole nominee and will serve the final year of his first four year council term.
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Ray McCuen
E.C. Stevens
Allan Hancock College
Lompoc
Stevens
Art Scott
Scott
George Cotsenmoyer
Sol Lefkowitz
Cotsenmeyer
Lefkowitz
Council
Lon Nol Forms High Council to End War in Cambodia
Phnom Penh reports Lon Nol announces a new ruling High Political Council with three old friends to unify Cambodia and seek peace. U.S. fighter-bombers strike Communist units near Phnom Penh as Norodom Sihanouk and the Communists refuse talks. The National Assembly will be suspended six months and its duties assumed by the council.
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Lon Nol
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Mekong River
Indochina
Norodom Sihanouk
National Assembly
High Political Council
Lon Non
Kissinger Tho to Meet in Paris on Vietnam Cease Fire
White House says Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho will return to Paris to discuss cease fire violations and ways to strengthen the Paris accord. William Sullivan and Nguyen Co Thach will meet in Paris Friday to lay groundwork for talks.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Paris
William Sullivan
North Vietnam
Nguyen Co Thach
State Department
United States
Ronald L. Ziegler
Sullivan and Thach
Lompoc Officials Oust FCI From Regional Sewer Plan
Lompoc City Council approves amending regional wastewater project to exclude the Federal Correctional Institution after the Bureau of Prisons withdraws citing own disposal system. State board orders FCI to stop Santa Ynez River sewage by 1975. Project cost about 9.345 million with grants seen covering roughly 8.349 million.
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Lompoc
Brown and Caldwell
Federal Correctional Institution
Federal Bureau of Prisons
FCI
State Water Resources Control Board
Bureau of Prisons
State Board
Santa Ynez River
Gene Wahlers
U.S. Department of Justice
Vandenberg Village Development Company
Lompoc Utilities Company
Mission Hills
Wahlers
Open house draws crowds to Glimpses Schools
Glimpses Schools host open house events to boost visits and showcase programs. George Cotsenmeyer inadvertently wears a Bank of America nameplate upside down for a morning. no one notices, prompting lighthearted attention.
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George Cotsenmeyer
Bank of America
Saigon Proposes Elections for Viet Cong Involvement
Saigon outlined Aug 26 general elections with Viet Cong participation and a demobilization plan matching North Vietnamese troop withdrawal. The Viet Cong rejected the proposal as an artificial maneuver in Paris as Tran Van Lam spoke in Saigon. In related news, 1,387 civilian prisoners to be exchanged and fighting after the truce killed 12 and wounded 49 in the last 24 hours.
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Saigon
UPI
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
South
Paris
Tran van Lam
Saigon Command
FiveYearOld Dies In Housewarming Pistol Accident
A housewarming at 1309 W College Ave ended in tragedy when five year old Johnnie Graham was accidentally shot in the upper left chest by a loaded .45 revolver found on a hat rack. His six year old brother Bengie reportedly used a chair to reach the weapon as witnesses say the children played near play guns. The boy died at Lompoc District Hospital after the ambulance arrived.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Florida
Ronald L. Ziegler
Watergate
New York Times
Times
Fred Brennan
W. College Ave
Johnnie Graham
George R. Graham
E. Oak Ave
Bengie
Nancy Zerbe
Star Nachman
Lompoc District Hospital
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Frank M. Costa
Drum Canyon Road
BPO Elks
Lompoc High School
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Tho
U. S
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Washington Post
Haiphong Harbor
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Erlichman
John J. Wilson
Police
Explorer Scouts
Richard Osmundson
Lompoc Kiwanis Club
Jim Smith
Ryan Park
Osmundson
City Beautification Commission
Kiwanis Club
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