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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1969
Page
2
Special arrangement with Santa brings letters from Lompoc youngsters published in the Record. The pages also report memorial services for Wilbur Hatch and a Census Bureau population update for the United States.
The Lompoc Adult School will offer 63 evening courses starting January 5 at Lompoc Senior High School. Courses cover art to business, vocational subjects, home arts, language, high school math, civic topics, physical fitness, driving, aviation, electronics, metalworking, photography, and more with a $6 registration fee. Van Denberg AFB classes listed separately.
A Navy F8 Crusader jet crashed into a hangar at Miramar Naval Air Station San Diego Killing 11 sailors and wounding 14. Pilot Lt Cyrus M Riddell ejected after losing oil pressure and landed near Interstate 395. The hangar suffered extensive damage with fires and multiple explosions.
Israeli police and army units monitor Bethlehem during Christmas 1969 with roadblocks, mine detectors, and CCTV. Access is by permit, with concrete posts and rooftops manned as patrols watch crowds and a televised Christmas Eve Mass in Manger Square.
A federal judge mandates the release of almost four million pounds of surplus food commodities to hungry farm workers welfare recipients and unemployed industrial workers in Stanislaus County Northern California.
Charles Manson clashed verbally with Superior Court Judge William Keene and urged the right to defend himself against seven murder counts linked to the Tate and LaBianca killings. A court-appointed attorney will advise on self representation. Manson to return for further proceedings. Linda Kasabian, linked to the case, received a continuance to Jan. 6 to enter a plea as new counsel takes over.
Eight B52 bombers raided infiltration routes north and west of Saigon as the Viet Cong pledged a Christmas truce at 1 a.m. Saigon time. Allied forces planned continued defensive patrols, while Viet Cong shelling and helicopter losses were reported across several provinces.
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