Cranston urges bipartisan task force for California space shuttle base
U.S. Senator Alan Cranston calls on state and national leaders to form a bipartisan task force to secure the space shuttle launch and recovery base in California. He cites jobs and billions at stake and notes Vandenberg and Edwards AFB as leading site possibilities amid NASA site studies.
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U.S
Alan Cranston
California
Washington
Southland
Cranston
Reagan
Ed Reinecke
John Tunney
William S. Millard
San Francisco
Chet Hollifield
Los Angeles
NASA
Congress
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Edwards Afb
Florida
Texas
Utah
New Mexico
Art Scott
Lompoc Valley
Boy Receives Lifesaving Awards in Lompoc Church
Milton Dean Orm 12, son of Mr and Mrs James Orm of Lompoc, received two lifesaving awards in a Lompoc LDS chapel ceremony. He saved a boy his own age during a Lopez Lake outing in July 1969 by swimming 30 feet and diving nine feet to pull him free. No victim name given.
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Milton Dean Orm
James Orm
Lime Avenue
Lompoc
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Orm
William Praus
Russell Park
Boy Scout
Daniel Wear
LDS Church
Praus
Park
Cr Church
Lopez Lake
Teens Injured When Car Dives Into Ditch North Of Vandenberg
Three Vandenberg Air Force Base teens sustained minor injuries after their vehicle left Lompoc-Casmalia Road north of Vandenberg Road and plunged into a ditch. Driver Tracy Evans, 16, was treated for minor injuries and released. Lisa Chalet, 16, and Randy Degatterelly, 16, were listed in good or possible concussion condition at the base hospital. The crash occurred Saturday at 8 15 p.m. on a curved section of road.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lompoc-Casmalia
Vandenberg Road
Lisa Chalet
Maple Ave
Randy Degatterelly
Cottonwood Ave
Tracy Evans
Willow Ave
California Highway Patrol
Evans
Phnom Penh
UPI
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Rokar Kong
Defense Ministry
Vientiane
Kuong Soui
Plain of Jars
High Command
Chambak
Mekong
Am Rong
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Holiday traffic toll below early estimates in 78 hour period
United Press International reports 500 traffic deaths during the 78 hour Christmas holiday, with total fatalities from all causes at 584. California led traffic deaths with 49, followed by Texas 41 Missouri 28 and New York State 25. Weather outlook calls for partly cloudy sky, rain possible Tuesday, highs in the 50s and light southerly winds.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
California
Texas
Missouri
New York State
The
Safety Council
Nixon Works on 1972 Budget During Christmas Break
President Nixon spent Christmas weekend at Camp David working on the fiscal 1972 budget to be sent to the new Congress while urging action on priority bills. He signed 20 laws including a $382 million expansion of contraceptive research and family planning reform within Health, Education and Welfare.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Camp David
Congress
Maryland Mountains
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Abalone Hunters and Snow Trip Lead Weekend in Lompoc
Low tides draw abalone hunters and clam diggers as residents head to the snow over the weekend. Jim Northrup and family are mentioned in Mission Hills amid scattered reports of local leisure and travel.
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Jim Northrup
Mission Hills
Spanish court sentences six Basques to death in landmark case
In Burgos a Spanish court martial convicted 16 Basque nationalists of murder and terrorism. Six received the death penalty, one woman was acquitted, others got long prison terms up to 72 years. The Vatican sought leniency. Franco may commute sentences in a bid to curb Basque unrest.
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Burgos
Spain
UPI
Eugen Beihl
Beihl
Francisco
Franco
Vatican
San Sebastian
Militon Manzanas
Congress Faces Final Push on Key Issues
Washington calls for action as the 91st Congress nears its end with debates over the supersonic transport and work requirements for food stamp recipients. A legislative logjam persists in the Senate while the House plans to meet Tuesday.
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Washington
UPI
91St Congress
Senate
House
Nixon
Congress
Israel Rejoins Peace Talks Under Jarring Mediation
Israel decides to rejoin Middle East peace negotiations under Gunnar V. Jarring as Egyptian officials meet in Cairo to plan strategy. The cabinet says conditions justify resuming talks with no guaranteed success. Both sides pledge to maintain the current cease-fire during negotiations.
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Israel
United Press International
Middle East
Cairo
Jerusalem
Gunnar V.) Jarring
United Nations
Riad
Moscow
Egypt
Three LaPorte murder suspects held after raid near Montreal
Montreal police report the Rose brothers Jacques and Paul and Francis Simard were arrested early today in a St. Luc farmhouse raid. They were taken to Quebec police headquarters under heavy guard as part of the probe into Labor Minister Pierre LaPorte's kidnapping and death.
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Montreal
UPI
Quebec
Pierre LaPorte
Jacques
Paul Rose
Francis Simard
St. Luc
LaPorte
St. Lambert
James Cross
St. Hubert
Bernard Lortie
Queen Mary Road
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