Argentina bomb blast kills 9 at defense officials meet
The Argentine government said a shrapnel bomb killed nine people and seriously wounded nineteen at a defense officials meeting in Buenos Aires. Officials described the act as cowardly and alleged leftist guerrillas planned the attack. An army colonel and an air force major were among the injured.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
UPI
Navy
Defense Ministry
Montoneros
Army
Consultant to resolve draft EIR in Santa Ynez project
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District directors met with consultant Thomas M. Stetson to address Department of Fish and Game objections to a draft environmental impact report for a City of Lompoc water spreading project on the Santa Ynez River. Stetson offered a paragraph by paragraph review to resolve issues before final submission to the State Water Resources Board.
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Vaughn Proctor
Santa Ynez River
Santa Ynez
Fish and Game
State Water Resources Board
Joe Mixsell
City Water Commission
Alan Davidson
al Thompson
City Water Department
William Laranjo
Vandenberg Village
John Flaherty
Vandenberg
Spain backs King Carlos as reforms move to free elections
Spaniards approved constitutional changes ending Franco era and paving the way for Spain’s first free elections in 41 years. In a referendum, 94.2 percent supported the reforms, a win for Premier Adolfo Suarez and a setback for Francoist loyalists and the left opposition.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Juan Carlos
Adolfo Suarez
Francisco Franco
British unions lash out at Labour inflation plan
London reports union leaders criticize the Labour government budget package as damaging to the social contract and question whether political nerve remains. Len Murray of the Trades Union Congress says the measures undermine credibility and warn against pay and tax concessions. Alan Sapper of the Television and Film Technicians union joins the critique.
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London
UPI
Len Murray
Trades Union Congress
Denis Healey
Healey
Alan Sapper
Television and Film Technicians Union
Lompoc ham operator aids in sailboat rescue
Norman Silsbee of Lompoc and Chuck Odlin of Granite Falls helped locate the stranded 65 foot sailboat Good Friend near Midway Island after a May Day distress call. They alerted Bert Vickers in Honolulu, leading to a Navy helicopter rescue that saved four crew members as the vessel drifted off Guam to San Diego.
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Lompoc
UPI
Granite Falls
Wash
Midway Island
Norman Silsbee
Nectarine
Washington
Chuck Odlin
California-Washington
Silsbee
Bert Vickers
Honolulu
Navy
Carter names Young UN ambassador and two top advisers
President elect Jimmy Carter named Andrew Young as ambassador to the United Nations and selected Zbigniew Brzezinski as national security adviser and Charles Schultze to chair the Council of Economic Advisers. All nominations require Senate confirmation.
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Young
Congressman Young
Carter
Schultze
Brzezinski
Africa
Gilmore’s death by own action attempt shocks Utah prison
Gary Gilmore, 36, was found unconscious in his Utah State Prison cell and rushed to University of Utah Hospital after a judge postponed his execution to Jan 17. Deputy Warden Owen Hatch said Gilmore attempted death by own action and is in critical condition.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Utah
University of Utah
Owen Hatch
Gilmore
Nicole Barrett
Fourth District
J. Robert Bullock
Hatch
University Hospital
Bullock
Nicole
Ron Stanger
Twaive
U.S. Supreme Court
Rest Stop Arrests Placed Before Court In Santa Barbara Region
Proceedings continue in cases stemming from 14 arrests at the Gaviota Rest Stop for lewd acts in public. Pleas include guilty pleas by Ted Delisle and Bernard Venter, details of fines and probation, and multiple cases awaiting disposition or continued hearings. State Senator Omer Rains visits. Rotarians hold their annual party.
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Gaviota Rest Stop
Ted Delisle
Bernard Venter
San Francisco
Gary Allen Kemp
N. Vine St
Santa Maria
Kemp
Solvang Justice Court
Richard C. Frantzen
Buellton
Gerald P. Jones
Los Angeles
Ralph E. Thibault
Santa Ana
Wayne D. Fancher
Laurel Ave
Oivene
Raymond Richard Reed
Calle Portes
Mission Hills
Richard Ideman
San Anselmo
Robert Parker
San Diego
William Wood
John Mathison
Santa Barbara Harbor
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Tony Montalvo
Jeffrey D. Day
Richard K. Doce
Gail Steiger
Jack Helman
Barbara Berg
Karl Braun
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Henry R. Phillips
Sage Ave
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