Milanowski Home Wins Lompoc Christmas Sweepstakes
The Milanowski residence at 317 Princeton Place in Lompoc won the Lompoc Valley Christmas Home Sweepstakes with nativity and light displays. Judges named first-place winners across multiple sections including Milanowski, Wilson, Hernandez, Dunlap, and Eppley, with several honorable mentions. First-place winners may collect trophies at the Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce office.
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Edmund Milanowski
Princeton Place
Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Don Wilson
W St
Michael Hernandez
E. Lemon
John McNabb
E. North Ave
H.E. Belluz
North A
Floyd Dunlap
South R St
William White
W. Locust
Dodson
West Locust Lompoc
Robert Morgan
Princeton
Charles Leroy
Somerset
Vandenberg Village and Country Club
Lawrence L. Eppley
St. Andrews Way
Edward Littlejohn
Oakmont
Frank Nicholson
St. Andrews Court
Mission Hills
Clyde Wallace
Calle Neto
del Norte Mobile Homes
Clarence Harris
del Norte
Federal Correction Institution
Carren Coe
Elm Lane
Walter Cowdry
Pine Lane
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Msgt. Hicks
Mulberry Drive
Ssgt
E.P. Sasse
Juniper
Msgt
T. Ambroszewski, Jr
Ocean View
Chamber of Commerce
East Cypress Ave
Quiet Vietnam truce holds amid raids and Laos fighting
The 21st cease fire in Vietnam quieted most guns but U.S. airstrikes hit a radar site near Hanoi. In Laos, government troops aided by U.S. and Laotian air power retook Saravane as more than 50 North Vietnamese troops were killed and two tanks destroyed. Cambodian shelling persisted near Taing Kauk and Prakhma, while an air strike against a North Vietnamese missile site was reported with uncertain results.
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Saigon
UPI
Vientiane
U.S
Saravane
Bolovens
Laos
Sam Thong
Long Cheng
Lost Plain of Jars
Cambodia
Taing Kauk
Phnom Penh
Prakhma
Traffic Toll Expected as Christmas Travel Rises
United Press International reports safety officials expect 9.5 billion vehicle miles during the Christmas weekend with 520 to 620 deaths and 25 000 to 29 000 injuries. Early counts show California four deaths and Missouri three, with Texas Michigan Virginia Arkansas Kansas and Pennsylvania each at one fatality.
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United Press International
California
Missouri
Texas
Michigan
Virginia
Arkansas
Kansas
Pennsylvania
National Safety Council
Gandhi warns Western border foes not to interfere
Indira Gandhi told Western border residents by Ambala that India must stay vigilant against big powers and not drop defenses after war. Reports note U.S. Seventh Fleet carrier Enterprise remains in the Indian Ocean as Pakistan sets up a commission to probe its losses, with Justice Hamoodur Rahman to head the inquiry.
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United Press International
Indira Gandhi
India
Pakistan
Hamoodur Rahman
Rahman
Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
Radio Pakistan
Lahore
Yahya
Bob Hope seeks visa to entertain prisoners in North Vietnam
Bob Hope said he hopes to take his Christmas show to Hanoi to entertain prisoners and discuss a prisoner exchange. He met a North Vietnamese diplomat in Vientiane, Laos, and noted the odds of securing a visa were very long. He mentioned possible funding ideas and did not disclose details to avoid jeopardizing the visa.
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Camp Eagle
Vietnam
UPI
Bob Hope
North Vietnam
Vientiane
Laos
Hanoi
Hope
Children of America
Wet Christmas Brings Snow and Rain to Southern California
A winter storm brings heavy snow to upper mountain areas, with accumulations up to 10 inches in spots and rain and mud elsewhere. Lompoc experiences wet streets and flooded intersections as rainfall totals rise to 2.57 inches for the season, with no major damage reported. Snow levels reach 6,000 feet, dropping to 4,000 by Saturday morning as cool, gusty winds persist.
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United Press International
California
Lompoc
Hoffa shall not seek return to Teamsters after clemency
Former Teamsters president James R. Hoffa, freed by President Nixon’s clemency after four years in Lewisburg prison, said he has no plans to rejoin the union and praised Hoffa’s leadership as “one of the happiest moments of my life.” The order prohibits involvement in labor leadership before March 6, 1980. Hoffa arrived at his daughter’s home in St. Louis with family and attorney Morris Shenker.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Nixon
Hoffa
Federal
Lewisburg
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
James Jr
Robert Crancer
St. Louis
Morris Shenker
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Vern Reynolds
Kenneth Allen
Howard Holley
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Vandenberg
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