Battleship New Jersey Decommissioned Amid Budget Cuts
The battleship New Jersey, a World War II and Korean War veteran famed for firing on Vietnam targets, will be decommissioned as part of a 3 billion Pentagon cut. The ship costs 26 thousand dollars daily to operate with 79 officers and 1,556 sailors, despite a 22.2 million retrofit. The decision ends a controversial return to duty and may lead to mothballing or scrapping.
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Donald H. May Washington
UPI
New Jersey
Vietnam
Defense Department
Philippines
Carolines
Leyte
Luzon
Iwo Jima
Pacific
William F. Halsey
North Vietnam
Long Beach
Calif
J. Edward Snyder
Navy
Robert C. Peniston
Wichita
Kan
Snyder
United States Expels Cuban Diplomat From U.N.
The State Department expelled third secretary Lazaro Espinosa Bonet of the Cuban mission to the United Nations for activities outside normal duties. He was accused of trying to recruit a Cuban refugee to spy on President Nixon. an assassination plot was not confirmed. Also barred were First Secretary Alberto Boza Hidalgo Gato and warned Second Secretary Jorge E Reyes Vaga. The FBI monitored ongoing abuses by the Cuban UN mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Daniloff
Washington
UPI
United Nations
United States
Nixon
State Department
Lazaro Eddy Espinosa Bonet
New York
Secret Service
Espinosa
Alberto Boza Hidalgo Gato
Cuba
Jorge E. Reyes Vaga
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S
Local Newspaper Staff Directory Update
Paragraph lists editorial and business staff roles including editor Harry Crompe and Gaylen Jackson as business manager with others named for circulation and advertising. The notice specifies a subscription rate of $2.00 per month by mail and daily delivery except Sundays and Christmas Day.
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Retary
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Lompoc Chamber Elects Woman to Board of Directors
The Lompoc Chamber of Commerce names Mrs. Cletus Lunny the first woman to join its Board of Directors and appoints her head of the Women’s Division. New and elected members include Francis Underwood and Gerry Schuknecht with an installation banquet set for Sept. 25 at the Elks Club. The board also addresses the need for more convalescent hospital facilities per the California Health Department.
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Lompoc Chamber of Commerce
Cletus Lunny
Lunny
Chamber
Francis Underwood
Col
Phillip Cardin
George L Cotsenmeyer
Harry J. Crompe
Bill Leary, Jr
Robert E. Lewis
Gerry G. Schuknecht
John D. Martin
Francis Beattie Jr
Terrill F. Cox
Harley Craig
William Culberson
Robert Cranig
John Lizarraga
Ken Skeate
Fred H. Smith
Alvin Walker
The
Elks Club
Underwood
Lompoc
California Health Department
Billboard and TV ads declare his love for Barbara Rubin
Jerry Schall, known for public declarations, again proclaims his affection for Barbara Rubin, a 23-year-old schoolteacher, via a billboard and a 10 second TV commercial. The lovers, who are engaged, watched the ad together as hearts and Barbara’s photo appeared.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Jerry Schall
Dan Cupid
Barbara Rubin
Price
Jerry
Barbara
Schall
Electronics links base and schools at Cabrillo program
A long running electronics program connects Vandenberg Air Force Base expertise with Cabrillo High School students. Dick Diddel, an ITT technician, began teaching part time in 1966 and now focuses on Cabrillo, after helping start the effort with equipment donations and federal funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rock
Cabrillo High School
Bruce Wesley
Terry Gampper
Vaughn Proctor
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Mel Wilde
Dick Diddel
Diddel
ITT
Cabrillo
Lompoc High School
Seven weathermen celebrate ten years at Vandenberg
Seven Department of Commerce Weather Bureau staff at Vandenberg AFB mark a decade of meteorological service at the California missile launch center. The group totals over 175 government years across 30 stations in 13 states and helped open the upper atmospheric observatory at Point Arguello in 1959.
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Department of the Commerce
Environmental Science Service Administration
Weather Bureau
Vandenberg Afb
California Missile Launch Center
Pacific Missile Range
U S. Naval Missile Facility
Point Arguello
Air Force Systems Com
Land
South Vandenberg
Air Force
Norman J. Asbridge
Weather Organization
Vandenberg
Edwin O Bowman
Paul S Moore
Wilbur J Lewis
William D Grafton
James W. Bennich
Clayton K Call
Arrests After Violence Near St Francis Hotel Protest
A brief skirmish between police and antiwar militants outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco led to eight arrests. Mounted officers cleared a 50 person line on Post Street as demonstrators damaged cars and clashed briefly, while most of the 4,000 strong crowd watched. The event occurred during a state dinner for South Korea’s Park Chung-Hee hosted by President Nixon.
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Donald B. Thackrey
San Francisco
UPI
St. Francis Hotel
Post Street
Union Square
Nixon
South Korea
Park Chung-Hee
Student Mobilization Committee
Park
Police Department
al Nelder
Vor
Joseph Alioto
Lompoc Community Events Packed With Rummage Sales
Local groups schedule rummage and food sales on August 23 at Grange Hall and O Neill s Market, plus a car wash at two Shell stations. Grange picnic August 24 at Nojoqui Park features a chicken barbecue and prizes. Additional events include a defensive driving class August 28, chess club meetings, and September 12 13 Moose garage and bake sale.
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Lompoc Rebekah Lodge
Grange Hall
Lompoc High School
O’neill’s Market
E. Ocean Avenue
Lompoc
Johnnnie’s
Shell Station
1000 North H Street
Brace’s Shell
The
Grange
Nojoqui Park
Moose
Moose Lodge
Beverly Kennedy
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White House
Jim Ainsworth
John Alexander
Wesley A. Huffman
Chamber Board
Billboard
Lowrog Theatre
Sree
Dick van ‘Dyke
Sally Ann‘Howes
Lionel Jeffnes
T United Artists
United Artists
Panda Bears
SAT. JR. Matinee
Gregory Peck
Anne Heywood
Ponertelesy
Anna
Harry Morris Insurance
E. College Avenue
Safe & Casualty
Hina C. Surety Co
Los Angeles
US Steel
Trans World Airlines
Flare Corporation
Vertna
Italy
Missionary Institute of the Pius Mothers of
Kirtling
England
Max Williams
Williams
Valley of the Dolls
Keith
Wright
Inn
Lompoc Shopping Center
Companions of the Forests of American
Honda Circle 708
South I Street
American Association of Retired Persons
Ken Hultgren
Lompoc Valley
East North Avenue
Barbara Garza
Ed’s
Hancock Station
West Ocean
Senior Citizens Coordinating Council
Union Oil
Lady Bug
Volkswagen
Clark and Larsson, Inc
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