City under 1971 focus plans water growth and housing
Lompoc Mayor Art Scott outlines 1971 as pivotal for water supply decisions and population growth. He cites the Narrows Dam desalinization or state water as options and warns of housing shortages and rising prices with possible economic strain. He also notes plans for downtown studies HUD approval and youth services plus park and highway beautification efforts.
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Lompoc
Art Scott
Scott
Lompoc Narrows
Vandenberg Afb
Vafe
SAMSO
Federal Bureau of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Lompoc High School
Federal Correction Institution
Vandenberg Village
Mission Hills
Charlotte Benton
George Cotsenmeyer
Sol Lefkowitz
E. C. Stevens
My Lai suspect freed from murder charges in hippie roundup
Police in Atlanta dropped murder charges against 16 of 17 hippies arrested in the shooting death of motorcyclist Barney Leigh McSherry known as Tree. Army Spec. Robert W. T. Souvas of San Jose was cleared of murder but remains charged with narcotics violations and occupying a dive. 18 year old John Wesley Roberts still faces murder counts.
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Atlanta
UPI
My Lai
Army
Robert W. T.souvas
San Jose
Calif
Barney Leigh McSherry
Tree
T’souvas
McSherry
John Wesley Roberts
Congress fights to end session amid stalemate and vetoed welfare moves
The 91st Congress edges toward adjournment by reaffirming a Cambodia troop ban, but SST and Social Security talks stall. A $66.6 billion defense bill clears, while food stamp reform, foreign aid, and Penn Central loan loom. Nixon presses welfare plan for 92nd Congress. In Moscow, clemency appeals are heard for Jews in the Leningrad hijack case as overseas reaction grows.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Cambodia
Penn Central Railroad
Congress
Nixon
Senate
Moscow
Leningrad
Bruce appeals to Reds as Paris talks stall in Vietnam
U.S. Ambassador David K E Bruce urged Communists to end the Vietnam war soon, but no progress emerged at the Paris talks. The Communists demanded a provisional South Vietnamese coalition cabinet and full U.S. troop withdrawal by mid 1971, which the U.S. and South Vietnam rejected. Cloudy with showers. highs in the 50s to 60s and nights in the 40s. Tides noted at 9:50 a.m., 11:50 p.m., 3:26 a.m., and 5:14 p.m.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
David K.E. Bruce
Vietnam
Nixon
South Vietnam
United States
Franco commutes six Basque death sentences in Spain
Generalissimo Francisco Franco commuted the death sentences of six Basque Nationalists convicted of murder and banditry to the next highest term, 72 years, announced by the Ministry of Information. The Vatican and European governments pressured for mercy as Franco prepared to address the nation.
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Burgos
Spain
UPI
Francisco Franco
Ministry of Information
Franco
Vatican
Council of the Realm
Citra
U S jets hit Ho Chi Minh Trail supply convoy in Laos
U S jet fighters struck a North Vietnamese supply convoy on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos causing over 2000 secondary explosions. The raid, part of a three month campaign, aimed to cut fuel and ammunition flows as U S forces prepare for withdrawal and a New Year cease fire.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
White House
Cambodia
Nixon declares himself in good health after Bethesda checkup
President Nixon completed a nearly two hour medical examination at Bethesda Naval Hospital and said he is in good health. He described the routine checkup as standard and expected a full report to be released later.
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George Murphy
Carlucci
Reagan
Cranston
Murphy
Senate Labor
Nixon
Washington
UPI
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bethesda
White House
Car ramming water main barricade on North Street
Charlie Kendall reports 30 degree temperatures this week as city crews clean up Christmas wrappings. A vehicle rammed the water main barricade on North Street near Pine Avenue, while municipal workers clear debris in the neighborhood.
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Temporal Water Main
North Street
Pine Avenue
Charlie Kendall
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Frank C. Carlucci III
Office of Economic Opportunity
Vista
California
Ronald Reagan
Foreign Service
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
CRLA
Alan Cranston
House
Southeast Asia
Palle Andersen
Land of Folk
Mark Dymshits
Eduard Kuznetsov
Supreme Court of the
Russian Federation
Andrei D. Sakharov
Ryan Memorial Park
Public
Ken Dawson
Dawson
Bruce
U.S. Defense
Melvin Laird
North Vietnam
Forward Air Controller
FAC
U.S. Air Force
U. S
Red Cross
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