Courtroom escape ends in deaths at Marin Civic Center
A judge, three kidnappers, and an accomplice were killed during a gunfight after a staged courtroom escape at the Marin County Civic Center. Two hostages were wounded and two jurors escaped unharmed as investigators piece together the chaotic sequence.
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San Rafael
UPI
San Quentin
Harold J. Haley
Marin County
Frank Lloyd Wright
Ronald Retana
Gary Thomas
Ruchell Magee
Doris Wittmer
Mill Valley
Joyce Rodoni
Point Reyes
Haley
Magee
Jim Lane
Senate OKs power agency bill for CA cities
The Senate approved a bill by Sen. Fred Marler Jr. allowing 11 California cities including Lompoc to issue revenue bonds to finance a jointly operated electrical generating plant. The measure passed 21 to 4 and moves to the Assembly.
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California
Lompoc
Fred Marler Jr
Redding
Senate
Assembly
John A. Nejedly
Walnut Creek
State Public Utilities Commission
Alameda
Biggs
Gridley
Healdsburg
Lodi
Palo Alto
Roseville
Santa Clara
Ukiah
Northern California Power Agency
Plaza parking variance continuance sought by city officials
City planning staff will ask the Planning Commission for a one month delay on a variance from off street parking at Lompoc Plaza Shopping Center. The delay follows a July 27 continuance to permit a revised plot plan as the owners seek to add a national merchandiser with over 800 stores.
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Planning Commission
Lompoc Plaza
Roberta Nottbohm
Berkeley Dr
Ethel Pearl Theaman
E. Olive Ave
Cambodians Recapture Skoun As Battle With Communists Rages
Cambodian forces retook the crossroads town of Skoun 35 miles northeast of Phnom Penh after heavy Allied bombing and napalm strikes. Eight days of fighting continued with Communist forces. officials report 40 percent destruction of Shoun as ground clashes followed an air assault.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Skoun
Shoun
Guns Fall Silent Along Suez As Cease Fire Starts
United Nations Secretary General Thant hails the 90 day cease fire as a step toward Middle East peace. Israel reports Arab guerrillas sabotage a Gaza rail section near Khan Yunis and rockets fired from Jordan near Sodom. No Israeli retaliation reported.
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United Press International
Suez Canal
United Nations
Thant
Middle East
Israel
Gaza Strip
Jordan
Khan Yunis
Sodom
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Egypt
Gunnar V. Jarring
U.N
Golda Meir
Lompoc Schools Near Ready After Heavy Maintenance
Lompoc schools near opening in September with extensive summer work overseen by Mel Wilde assistant superintendent for business services. Projects include deep cleaning inside and out, resealing floors, replacing lights and extinguishers, pool cleaning and refilling, restroom renovations, furniture setup, landscaping and turf care, and system checks on buses and doors.
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Mel Wilde
Lompoc
Cabrillo
New Miguelito School
Olive Avenue
Maple School
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N. Fifth St
Santa Barbara
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Black Sea
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Sochi
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Izvestia
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Miguelito
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Raul Sendic
Tupamaros
Sendic
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Matt Wilson
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Gene Huseman
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