Local copter pilot hops from Anchorage to Lompoc
Cy Asta a Lompoc science teacher and former Air Force pilot, flew a 31 foot Bell chopper from Anchorage to Lompoc after Aero Helicopter Co switched to a jet model. He stopped in White Horse, Northway Alaska, and Everett Washington, refueling in wilderness and noting navigation by map and speed. He hopes to return north next summer for geologists and tundra fire crews, while local taxes in Lompoc show mixed changes.
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Steve LA Rue
Cy Asta
Anchorage
Rockies
Yukon
San Francisco Hilton
Air Force
Asta
Aero Helicopter Co
Bell
van Nuys
Alaska
Washington
Russian River
San Francisco
Lompoc
Saigon Halted Push Amid Heavy Fighting Near City
Vietnamese sources say 10,000 troops stopped a Communist push on Saigon while fighting intensified near the capital. In Quang Tri and Que Son heavy clashes continued as U.S. planes pounded positions and a 10,000 man mobile task force kept a major threat from reaching Saigon.
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Saigon
UPI
Que Son
Quang Tri
Barney Seibert
South Vietnam
U.S
Quang Tri City
NVA
Bassett
Gwen Ditheres Off Pacific Coast Threats From Tropical Storm
Tropical storm Gwen stalled offshore near the California coast while forecasters warned of possible flash floods and heavy rains in Los Angeles and mountain areas. Coasts faced 15 to 20 foot waves, 1 inch rain on the coast and 2 to 3 inches inland as crews kept watch from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Lifeguards evacuated equipment and rescuers aided swimmers as the Coast Guard remained on alert.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Gwen
California
Pacific
Weather Bureau
The
Coast Guard
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Point Dume
Nixon aides questioned over break in and funds
Two close Nixon associates faced separate inquiries into alleged mishandling of campaign funds and the Watergate break in. Charles Colson gave a sworn deposition in a $1 million Democratic suit linked to the June 17 DNC break in, while Maurice Stans agreed to informal questioning by the House committee probing up to $350,000 in campaign funds.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Democratic Party
Charles W. Colson
Democratic National Committee
Maurice H. Stans
Commerce
House Banking and Currency Committee
General Accounting Office
GAO
Williams
Muateny
E. Howard Hunt
White House
Colson
Army extensive surveillance dossiers on civilians exposed
A Senate subcommittee reported the Army kept massive dossiers on Americans and organizations dating back to before World War II. It cited 25 million index cards on individuals and 760000 on groups and incidents including a dog bite case and a schoolboy seeking term paper material. The panel urged destruction of records and halted data gathering, noting resistance and possible hidden files.
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Washington
UPI
Army
Senate
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Subcommittee
Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Defense Central Index of Investigations
Baltimore
Adlai E. Stevenson
D-Ill
Abner Mikva
Navy
Air Force
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Car Cannon
Salt Lake City
Yukon River
White Horse
Canadian Fields
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Southeast Asia
Everett
Carol
Martha Negus Center
WAFB
Allan Hancock Community College
Lompoc Unified School
Lompoc Valley
Santa Ynez River
Seibert
Ho Chi Minh
Ed Bassett
da Nang
Basset
Quezon
Ocean
Newport Pier
Newport Beach
Watergate
Edward Bennett Williams
Democrats
Charles R. Richey
New York
George McGovern
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
McGovern
Johnson
Lbj Ranch
NBC
Soviet Union
Germany
Thieu
Sen
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
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