Neighborhood Youth Corps launches success story in Lompoc
The Neighborhood Youth Corps program in Lompoc aided 86 youths 14 years and older through summer work at public and government sites. Participants gained job skills and emotional stability, with several moving on to full-time work or education. Libraries and local agencies praise the program and consider extending it beyond summer.
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Nyc
Thompson
Lompoc
Dean Anderson
Lom High School
Parks and Recreation Department
City
Anderson
Major Southern California brush fires threaten Sespe refuge
Two fires in Los Padres and San Jacinto Mountains burn thousands of acres in harsh terrain. Sespe Wildlife Refuge near the endangered California condor faces potential escape as crews fight back with air tankers and ground troops. A third fire on Morongo Reservation is contained.
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Fillmore
UPI
Los Padres National Forest
California
Sespe Wildlife Refuge
North America
Vista
San Jacinto Mountains
Banning
Morongo
San Jacinto
Us. Forest Service
Santa Ana
FBI agent shoots bank robber at Kennedy Airport
An FBI agent shot and killed one of two bank robbers who held seven hostages during a 15 hour drama at Kennedy Airport. The other gunman, a homosexual, surrendered after demanding a reunion with his former lover. Hostages were released unharmed. Police identified the dead man as Salvatore Nathaili. his age and address were not released.
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New York
UPI
FBI
Kennedy Airport
Salvatore Nathaili
Air Force corpsmen fly infant to Harbor General for life care
A Goleta Valley infant born two months early with respiratory illness was rushed by air to Harbor General Hospital in Torrance for specialized treatment. Vandenberg Air Force Base medics Maj. Anthony W. Ragerda Captain Philip R. Miller Sergeant Edward Joy joined Capt. Melvin Carlson and Sergeant Leo Melmick on the emergency helicopter mission.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Torrance
Goleta
Brad Combs
Goleta Valley Community Hospital
Harbor General Hospital
Air Force
Anthony W. Ragerda
Philip R. Miller
Edward Joy
Melvin Carlson
Leo Melmick
Three Injured In Highway 101 Crash. Driver Arrested
A crash on Highway 101 near Gaviota Tunnel left three injured and led to the arrest of 22 year old Mark Cecil Webber of Lompoc on drunk driving charges. Passengers Emil Radach 28 and Gre Radach 17 of Washington state plus James Key Jacobs were treated at Santa Ynez Valley Community Hospital. Webber was not injured.
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Highway 101
Emil Radach
Gre Radach
Washington
James Key
Jacobs
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Mark Cecil Webber
Lompoc
Webber
Gaviota Tunnel
Rene Canney
Gaviota Village
CHP
Santa Ynez Valley Community Hospital
Protesters Rally at Nixon Convention in Miami Beach
Demonstrators gathered in force in Miami Beach to confront President Nixon as he prepared to speak at the Republican National Convention. Police feared large-scale civil disobedience with thousands of National Guardsmen and federal troops on standby while arrests rose after clashes and property damage in the area.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Nixon
George S. McGovern
Spiro T. Agnew
Miami Stadium
Sammy Davis Jr
New Mexico
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Agnew
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Rocky Pomerance
Florida
Pomerance
Convention Hall
Flamingo Park
Fontainebleau
Pat Nixon
Collins Avenue
Saxony Hotel
Pan American Bank
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Neighborhood Youth Corps
Vaughn Proctor
Ann Hernandez
Paul Thompson
Bob Acosta
Andy Andrisek
Acosta
Andrisek
Library
Anna Hernandez
The
Forest Service
Topa Topa Ridge
Richard M. Nixon
Supreme Court
Bank
Kennedy
John F. Malone
Norma Stillman
VAF
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