J M Donates 30 Acres for Lompoc Beattie Park
Johns Manville donates 30 acres south of Olive Ave between Second and Fifth Streets in Lompoc for a Beattie regional park. The land, valued at 232000 dollars, will join a 45 acre park plan with water storage and flood control.
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Lompoc
Johns-Manville Corporation
Beattie Regional Park
Olive Ave
Clarence Carlson
J-M
Gene Wahlers
Johns Manville
Beattie
Cyprus Firing Persists as UN Secures Cease-fire Talks
Turkish and Greek Cypriot forces exchange fire mediumly while the United Nations wins access and plans to patrol buffer zones. UN officials meet with Cyprus leaders Clerides and Denktash to advance a cease-fire framework and resumption of UN movement in the area.
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United Press International
Cyprus
Turkey
United Nations
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Kyrenia
Lapithos
Karavas
M. Prem Chand
Luis Wechmann Munoz
Glafkos Clerides
Rauf Denktash
Largest border seizure nets nearly ten tons of marijuana
Police report the biggest marijuana seizure in Tijuana history with nearly 10 tons found on a chicken ranch awaiting shipment to the United States. Nine Mexicans were arrested including a truck driver who used exempted transit documents for a 1,000 mile run from Culiacan. Two small trucks stood ready to move the weed across the border into California and a warrant is out for the ranch owner.
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Tijuana
Mexico
UPI
United States
Baja California
Culiacan
Sinaloa
California
Dean Sentenced For Watergate Conspiracy In Cover-Up
John W. Dean III, Nixon aide, is sentenced to one to four years for conspiracy in the Watergate cover-up. Judge Sirica rejects delays, allows Dean bond, delayed start until Sept. 3 for family illness. Dean vows to continue cooperating as a major witness in the forthcoming trial.
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Washington
UPI
John W. Dean III
Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
Dean
Leon Jaworski
Sirica
California
Sirca
Democratic National
Watergate
Senate
Watergate Committee
Thomas N. Shaffer
White House
Jaworski
Shaffer
U.S. unemployment edges up to 5.3 percent in July
The Labor Department reports July unemployment at 5.3 percent, up from 5.2 in June, with 4.9 million unemployed. Teen unemployment rose while female employment increased. some critics warn rates could rise further. In California, a Mojave quake swarm continues, with 40+ quakes over three days and magnitudes up to 4.7.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Pasadena
Calif
Mojave Desert
Caltech
Seismological Observatory
Reinecke vows to stay until sentenced in perjury case
Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke publicly states he will resign after his federal perjury sentence is imposed, staying in office until then. Governor Reagan searches for a temporary replacement while Attorney General Younger warns of trauma from his continued tenure. Sentencing is set for Aug. 30, with a constitutional rule barring perjurers from office.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Ed Reinecke
Reinecke
Capitol
California
Evelle J. Younger
Ronald Reagan
Clyde Walthall
Reagan
Younger
Poll finds half the House not decided on impeachment
United Press International polls 435 House members and finds 164 leaning toward impeachment, 42 opposed, 190 undecided, 39 unwilling to comment. The survey shows erosion of Nixon support, with strongest opposition in liberal Northeast and Far West and significant undecided sentiment in the South and Midwest.
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Washington
UPI
House
Nixon
United Press International
South
Midwest
Northeast
Far West
White House
William Scherle
New York
New England
Thomas P
Tip’’ O'Neill
John Ashbrook
Rohio
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
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Judiciary Committee
Peter W. Rodino Jr
D-N.j
Delbert Latta
Ohio
Paul Findley
Ill
House Rules Committee
Mojave
House Judiciary Committee
John Zwach
R-Minn
Goodloe E. Byron
Dmd
Samuel L. Devine
Edward I. Koch
Dn.y
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Robert Sikes
Florida
Dante Fascell
D-Fla
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