Open letter urges drug addicts toward recovery in Lompoc
A heartfelt plea from Gordie and a partner to Lompoc readers discusses seeking help for addicts, praising a local doctor and Chief Smith, and urging community support, parental understanding, and a city clinic to aid withdrawal and rehabilitation. The letter emphasizes responsibility, nonharassment, and the goal of a cleaner, safer community.
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Israel May Rejoin Stalled Peace Talks Within Two Weeks
Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem expect Israel to resume indirect talks with Jordan and Egypt under UN mediation within two weeks. The cabinet meeting next Sunday could decide the resumption, despite statements by Defense Minister Dayan that conditions were not ripe.
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William P. Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
Jordan
Egypt
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Dayan
Abba Eban
London
Moscow
Communist Party
Lompoc Council Sets Hearings on Home Occupation Permits
The Lompoc City Council plans two public hearings regarding home occupation permits in regular session tomorrow night at City Hall. Changes to the zoning rules redefine home occupation terms and permit criteria while a home occupation committee is replaced by a new renewal section.
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Planning Commissions
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Home Occupation Committee
Police surround monastery over Basque court-martial protest
About 300 writers artists and intellectuals gathered at Montserrat Monastery near Barcelona to protest the Burgos court martial of 16 Basque nationalists. Police sealed the site denying entry or exit while lines to the monastery were intermittently out of order.
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Madrid
UPI
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Connally Nominated as Treasury Secretary by Nixon
President Nixon picks Democrat John B. Connally a former Texas governor and Kennedy ally to head the Treasury. Connally will replace David M. Kennedy who becomes ambassador at large on international finance while Nixon awaits the new Congress. Connally praised by Speaker McCormack.
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John W. McCormack
Navy
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
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Witness promises to produce Hughes departure witness in Nevada
In Las Vegas Nevada Robert Maheu says a witness has been found to support his claim that Howard Hughes was spirited away from his penthouse at the Ipesert Inn Hotel on Thanksgiving four years after his arrival Maheu fights to save his position as Hughes Las Vegas lieutenant and alleges security guards at Hughes Tool Co aided the disappearance.
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UPI
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Ipesert Inn
Robert Maheu
Hughes
Maheu
Hughes Tool Co
Houston
Foreign Relations Panel Approves Cambodia Aid With Troop Ban
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a 255 million dollar aid package for Cambodia on condition that no American ground troops or advisers be sent. The plan is part of a 1 billion dollar supplement, with an amendment to bar use of funds for troop deployment. The committee, chaired by J William Fulbright, backed Nixon's stance to help Cambodia defend itself while avoiding a direct U.S. commitment.
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UPI
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Cambodia
Congress
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Church
U.S
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United States
South Vietnam
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Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Britain Ends Week-Long Power Crisis With Overtime Ban Lift
Britain's power workers withdraw overtime ban and rulebook work after a week of blackouts and shortages. Union negotiator Frank Chapple says pay-raise talks with the government await a court inquiry ruling. Normal service expected by weekend, with some 125,000 workers returning to duty tonight.
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UPI
Britain
Frank Chapple
Chapple
Robert Carr
Counterfeit $20 bills found in local stores
Police report twelve counterfeit twenty dollar bills surfaced in businesses since last Thursday. Bank tellers detected most notes in deposits. one bill was stopped at Williams Bros Market. Incidents occurred at Lions Inn, Uncle Toms Toys, Linette's Shoes, Fayes Hobby Shop, Candy Shop, Ostlund's Pet Paradise, Smith Dixon Toyota, and Williams Bros Market with cases also in Santa Maria and Santa Barbara. U S Treasury agents are investigating.
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Santa Maria
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Nixon presses final push for welfare reform plan
President Nixon declares the welfare reform plan the most important social legislation for children as he faces a Senate vote this week. The House approved a Family Assistance plan offering $1,600 yearly income for a family of four plus $800 in food stamps, while the Senate Finance Committee favored a two-year pilot and tests of alternatives. Proponents seek a one-year trial, but the package mixes Social Security, health and trade measures.
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UPI
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SST funding battle nears House approval
A scaled down $210 million SST development funding plan faces Senate filibuster resistance as conferees agreed on the amount within a $2.5 billion transportation bill. House action appears likely, with Sen. William Proence opposing but signaling passage of the overall appropriation including SST funds.
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UPI
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