Anacapa appeals even to seasick voyagers
Terri Cotten recounts a Ventura County tour to Anacapa Island, a Channel Islands National Monument site 14 miles off Ventura. The piece notes its Chumash heritage, pelican nesting, diverse marine life, tidal pools, and exploration by boat, with weather and sea life details plus a Yale cameo at the end.
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Terri Cotten
Anacapa
Ventura
Channel Island National Monument
Roosevelt
Ventura Chamber of Commerce Visitors and Convention Bureau
Island Packers Cruises
Island Packers
Bill Connally
Jacques Cousteau
Monument
Channel Island Monument
Bill Ehorn
Mack Shaver
John Prince
Connally
United States
Ehorn
Monument Rangers
Anacapa Island
Tri-County
Bombing of Tan Son Nhut by Captured Jet Wing Shocks Saigon
UPI reports Saigon faced a first Vietnam War raid as five captured A37 Dragonflies bombed Tan Son Nhut from Phan Rang. The attack followed South Vietnam’s withdrawal from Da Nang and northern airfields, with gunfire around the U.S. Embassy and panic spreading through the capital. Rebels claimed the operation and called for war machine dismantling and US respect for Vietnamese rights.
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Tan Son Nhut
Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
da Nang
Duong van
Minh
Phan Rang
South China Sea
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary
Paris
U.S
South Vietnamese Air Force
VNAF
Court rules on Lompoc's Bypass
A three judge federal panel ruled the state must file a full environmental impact report before any Highway 1 Bypass construction near Lompoc. The decision bars immediate progress and threatens several years of delay with potential appeals and a possible move to the state Supreme Court.
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Lompoc
State Division of Highways
Highway 1
Minh becomes South Vietnam president vows cease fire talks
Gen Duong Van Minh, 59, takes office and calls for a mutual understanding government. He pledges cease fire and Paris accord based negotiations while Saigon endures heavy fighting near the presidential palace. Huong transfers powers in a thunderstorm as Minh names aides and pledges press freedom and prisoner releases.
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Saigon
UPI
Duong van
Minh
South Vietnam
Tran van Huong
Gun shop burglarized in Lompoc youth held on burglary charges
A 19-year-old Lompoc man, David Castillo Gonzales, was jailed on burglary charges after Donelleys Gun Shop was robbed and about $1,000 worth of firearms recovered. Bail set at $5,000 for burglary and $5,000 for an escape charge. A prior break-in at the same shop occurred three days earlier with $565 in gunsstolen. Police spotted Gonzales in a car during a disturbance call and recovered firearms on the vehicle seat. Sheriff investigators probe a weekend burglary wave in Vandenberg Village targeting residences and valuables. A 15-year-old student was also detained for stealing stereo components from Cabrillo High School. items recovered from a Fort Ord private first class.
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Lompoc
Donelley
E. Ocean Ave
David Castillo Gonzales
South U St
Gonzales
Sheriff's
Dennis Higgens
Cabrillo High School
Fort Ord
Private property near La Purisima site eyed for preservation
Archaeologist Julia G. Costello warns Neal Elms 538 South F St Lompoc holds a highly sensitive La Purisima de Maria Santisima site with potential temporary structures near the mission cloister. The Lompoc Planning Commission meets at 7 30 this evening to review recommendations on acquiring or excavating the property for preservation and possible National Register listing.
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Neal Elms
Mission Vieja de la Purisima
Lompoc
Julia G. Costello
Santa Barbara
Costello
Mission Cloister
Elm
la Purisima de Maria Santisima
Commission
al Autry
Mission Vieja
State Department of Parks and Recreation
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Channel Islands
Islands
Shaver
Prince
Cherry Connally
Arch Rock
Marina
Bill Hurlbut
New Haven
Connecticut
By Vaughn Proctor
Rodney K. Potter
John R. Allport
James A. Cobey
Los Angeles
Pier
John Gherini
Bruce Sharpe
San Luis Obispo
Ralph Lejonhad
Division of Highway
Lejon
Leton
State Supreme Court
Big’ Minh
Southern Pacific Railroad
la Purisima
FCI
Federal Correctional Institution
William Frederick Souder
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George Camrill
Presidential Palace
USS
Huong
Nguyen van Thieu
Vu van Mau
Diem
An Quang
Vandenberg Village
Ralph Martin Felling
Mars Ave
Lois Teague
Uranus
Sam Zaveson
Neptune Ave
Francis H. Murray
Mercury Ave
National Register (of Historical Places
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