Polanski Suspects Tate Was Asleep During Killings
Life magazine quotes director Roman Polanski recalling his wife Sharon Tate likely slept through the early moments of the Aug 8 killings at their Hollywood home. He describes finding bloodstains, the bed arrangement, and believes Tate awoke briefly before they dragged her into the living room.
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New York
UPI
Roman Polanski
Sharon Tate
Life Magazine
Life
Thomas Thompson
Polanski
Hollywood
London
Sharon
Thompson
Thomp
Miss Tate
Jay Sebring
Voityck Frokowsky
Abigail Folger
Polanskis
Steven Parent
Frokowsky
Miss Folger
Sergeant Devor Honored for Procurement Achievements
Sergeant Roy L. Devor, procurement specialist at Headquarters 4392d Aerospace Support Group VAFB, received the Strategic Air Command Annual Procurement Achievement Award from Major General William C. Garland. He was cited for applying Project Deep Look to uncover new sources, cutting unit prices and delivery times. He and his wife Irene live in Lompoc with children Lee and Ann. An Iranian oil worker asked to divorce Jacqueline Onassis in a Kayhan letter reported from Tehran.
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Roy L. Devor
4392D Aerospace Support Group
VAFB
Strategic Air Command
William C. Garland
1St
Strategic Aerospace Division
Devor
Irene
Lee
Ann
Sixth St
Lompoc
Lompoc Record Names Staff and Publication Details
The Lompoc Record, a daily newspaper published by Lompoc Record Publications, lists its leadership including President Mrs. Kenneth L. Adam and Publisher J. Donald Adam, with Editor Gaylen Jackson and other staff roles. The paper is a designated legal newspaper under Superior Court Decree No. 47065 and operates under Act of Congress. Subscription is $2.00 per month, with home delivery by mail.
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Lomrur Record
Lompoc
California
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Mod of Minuteman Trainers Adds New Communications Capability
Modification of four Minuteman Missile Procedure Trainers enables simulation of a new Survivable Low Frequency Communications System. COL Grover C. Graves and Boeing representatives turnover the upgrade, allowing training on operation maintenance and fault insertion for the system at the 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron.
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Grover C. Graves
Boeing Company
Dana Simons
C, E. Chesnut
Boeing
C, Bartol
Strategic Air Command
SAC
4315Th
Sanctuary at Honolulu Churches Extends 20 Days
Twenty three U.S. servicemen opposed to the Vietnam War extended their sanctuary in two Honolulu churches to 20 days as military authorities watched. The Rev. Robert Warner led the effort at Church of the Crossroads, with Unitarian Church of Honolulu joining after three GIs were moved there. Police warned of possible eviction for zoning and health violations while dissidents urged noncooperation with military injustice.
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Bruce A. Cook
Honolulu
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Robert Warner
Warner
Church of the Crossroads
United Church of Christ
Unitarian Church of Honolulu
University of Hawaii
Louis,d. Parry
San Jose
Calif
Michael Hoar
Lowell
Mass
U.S.S
Pearl Harbor
Daniel P. Overstreet
Roger Edens
Wichita
Kan
Schofield Barracks
Mitsuo Aoki
Autumn offensives sharpen Viet fight near Saigon Citadel
U S troops killed 76 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in two battles near The Citadel 30 miles northwest of Saigon as rocket grenades and artillery roared at close range. In the Mekong Delta the 18th regiment of the 1st North Vietnamese Division moved into Chau Doc Province as U S forces report a rising autumn campaign threat. A North Vietnamese captain was captured after attempting to hide in a pond and a Col Hai Tram commander was killed amid a deadly North Vietnamese attack on Berchtesgaden base in the A Shau Valley.
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Bert W. Okuley
Saigon
UPI
U.S
North Vietnam
France
Mekong Delta
Delta
Roderick Wetherill
Delta Military Assistance Command
Wetherill
Chau Doc
South Vietnam
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Hai Tram
Cambodia
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Berchtesgaden
A Shau
101St Division
Hamburger Hill
da Nang
Flood Cleanup Contract Awarded for Ventura Water District
The Los Angeles District of the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract worth 178 688 dollars to Tidmarsh Engineering Company at Vandenberg Air Force Base for restoring distribution pipelines in the Ventura River Municipal Water District after heavy January February rains. The award was announced by Colonel Norman E. Pehrson district engineer.
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Los Angeles
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tidmarsh Engineering Company
Vandenberg Afb
Norman E. Pehrson
Ventura River Municipal
Ventura County
Santa Barbara County 1969 assessment up to 22.6 percent
The California State Board of Equalization reports Santa Barbara County 1969 average assessment at 22.6 percent of market value, up .8 from 1968, as most counties move toward the 25 percent 1971 goal. Nine assessors remain under the target. Trinity County facesaction to reach 23 percent.
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Santa Barbara
Richard Nevins
Southern California
State Board of Equalization
Nevins
Stanislaus
Fresno
Napa
Merin
Imperial
Siskiyou
Trinity
Sacramento
Trinity County
Moon rocks push back age of lunar surface
Apollo 11 samples suggest moon rocks are billions of years old possibly 4.5 billion, dating to solar system formation. Houston scientists say rocks near the surface indicate slow lunar surface changes and a potential storehouse of clues about Earth's origins and the solar system.
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Edward K. Delong
UPI
Space Winter Space Center
Houston
Earth
Solar System
Wilmot N. Hess
Houston Space Center
Edwin E
Aldrin
Moon
S. Oliver Schaeffer
John Funkhouser
State University of New York
Joseph Zahringer
Max Planck Institute
Heidelberg
Germany
Donald Bogard
Space Center
Nixon surveys Camille devastation with Agnew and Romney
President Nixon receives a firsthand report from Vice President Agnew on Hurricane Camille damage along the Gulf Coast. Agnew and Housing Secretary Romney flew to assess the impact as Bob Hope aids flood victims via telethon.
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UPI
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
George Romney
Gulf Coast
Bob Hope
Jackson
Miss
Romney
Lt Meier attends AF speakers bureau
Lieutenant Dan T. Meier of the Test Data Division visited Wright-Patterson AFB for the 7th Annual Junior Officer Speakers Bureau as the Air Force Western Test Range representative. He toured Systems Command facilities and will later address ROTC cadets about Air Force Systems Command and his Vandenberg duties. In London Princess Margaret turns 39 releasing a Kensington Palace photo with Lord Snowdon and children Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones.
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Dan T. Meier
Directorate of
Wright-Patterson Afb
Air Force
London
UPI
Margaret
Elizabeth
Kensington Palace
Lord Snowdon
Viscount Linley
Sarah Armstrong-Jones
Veterans reminded of home loan eligibility rules
The Veterans Administration reminds veterans they are eligible for G I home loans for up to 20 years after discharge or until March 3 1976, whichever is later. VA official Mort Webster explains how to compute eligibility, noting Vietnam era service and a 72 percent interest cap increase in 1969 to boost loan access.
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Veterans Administration
Mort Webster
Southern California
Webster
G.I
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Ray McCuen
Bill Cockshott
Betty Laurent
Vaughn Proctor
Wilma Jack
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
Calfornia Press Association
Minuteman
Colonel Graves
Boeing Co
C. R Chesnut
A.C. Bartel
Cong
SB County
No. H St
Camille
Merriman Smith
Meier
Altna
Harry Morris Insurance
E. College Avenue
Is Life & Casualty
Almna Casualty & Surety Co
By Bob Barnes
P.m. Sat
Sun
Dick’Van ‘Dyke
Sally Ann‘Howes
Lionel Jeffies
SUPER
Panavision Technicolor
Gizp
United Artists
Velue
United Artist
Panda Bears
SAT. JR. Matinee
Varee
Hiney
Gregory Peck
Anne Heywood
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Penevision
Ty Ones
the Chairman
Valley of the Dolls
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