Russians alleged airlift of antiaircraft weapons to Egypt
The Beirut paper Le Jour claims a large scale Soviet airlift of antiaircraft weapons to Egypt to bolster defense against Israeli air attacks. Israeli sources say the missiles guns and radar must be operated by Russians to change the balance. Egypt reports fresh Soviet aid promises and says commandos crossed the Suez Canal, destroying part of an Israeli armored column and returning unharmed. The report follows Nixon Kosygin exchanges with Britain and France weighing arms limits and cease fire efforts.
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Beirut
le Jour
Egypt
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Voice of the Arabs
Nixon
Middle East
Israel
Alexei N. Kosygin
U.S
Izvestia
London
39 Die In Argentine Plane Crash Near Corrientes
Rescue teams found the Aerolineas Argentinas turbo prop wreckage in a remote forest 21 miles east of Corrientes. All 39 aboard died after radio contact was lost 14 minutes after takeoff from Corrientes destined for Rosario in a thunderstorm. The Avco De Havilland carried 35 passengers and four crew from Asuncion with stops planned in Formosa Corrientes and Rosario before Buenos Aires. Governor Adolfo Narvaja ordered ambulances to the crash site as two helicopters joined the search in rain and darkness. Aerolineas Argentinas dispatched officials and technicians from Buenos Aires to the scene.
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Argentina
UPI
Aerolineas Argentinas
Here
Camba Punta
Rosario
Empedrado
Asuncion
Paraguay
Formosa
Buenos Aires
Adolfo Narvaja
Buenos Arres
Charles Berry Lowry obituary funeral set in Lom poc
Funeral services for Charles Berry Lowry 85 will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Mc Peek Family Chapel. Interment follows at Evergreen Cemetery. Lowry died Tuesday at Villa Maria Convalescent Home Santa Maria. He was born in Fresno June 23 1885 and lived in Lom poc 62 years. Survivors include daughter Jocelyn Swan two grandsons Charles M Swan John R Swan and six great grandchildren. Donations to charity requested.
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Mc Peek Family
Charles Berry Lowry
Villa Maria
Santa Maria
Kenneth Boyd
Lompoc First Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Lowry
Fresno
N. F St
Lompoc
Jocelyn Swan
Charles M. Swan
John R. Swan
Fair Oaks
Lompoc Flower Festival deadline nears for parade entries
Jaycees parade chairman Loren DeMoss warns Monday is the cut off for flower requests for the June 27 parade. Eight groups have already ordered flowers including Cub Scout packs 103 and 54, Lompoc Lions Club, Church of Christ Youth Group, Mission Hills Council, Lompoc Moose Lodge, Lompoc Wide Trackers Car Club, and Lom poc Mexican Social Organization.
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Lompoc
Jaycees
Loren DeMoss
DeMoss
Lompoc Valley
Cub Scout Pack
Trackers Car Club
Water quality board to meet in Lompoc
The California Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Coast Region holds a hearing in Lompoc on February 13 to discuss adopting a water quality control plan for the Santa Ynez River Basin and underlying ground waters. The session begins at 1 30 p.m. in City Council Chambers with Chairman Eugene E. Brendlin presiding.
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San Luis Obispo
California Regional Water Quality Control Board
Central Coast Region
Lompoc
Santa Ynez River
Santa Ynez Basin
West Wal
Lompo Valley Democratic Club Elects New Officers
Paul Comer, principal of Los Padres Elementary, is elected president of Lom poc Valley Democratic Club. Other officers are Warren Mantooth vice president Mrs. Robert Hedlund secretary and Mrs. Marvin BlankenShip treasurer. Kenneth Palmer of Santa Barbara supplied the principal address on California issues.
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Demo Club
Paul Comer
Los Padres Elementary
Lompoc Valley
Democratic Club
del Norte Estate
Warren Mantooth
Robert Hedlund
Marvin Blankenship
Comer
Wes Marshall
Kenneth Palmer
Santa Barbara
California
Zodiac killer rings Dunbar on air in San Francisco
A man claiming to be the Zodiac killer phoned KGO TV show host Jim Dunbar in a live on air call. Police say the Zodiac is linked to five Northern California slayings, with taunting letters claiming more violence.
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San Francisco
UPI
Jim Dunbar
Dunbar
Kgo-Tv
Melvin Belli
Zodiac
Belli
California
Lompoc Safety Honored By National Group
The City of Lompoc received a safety award for 1969 from the American Public Power Association at its Engineering and Operations Workshop. The electric system earned honorable mention for 25 000 to 100 000 man hours of exposure. APPA president-elect John Kelly presented the certificate.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Lompoc
American Public Power Association
APPA
John Kelly
Gainesville
Fla
Nixon Visits Midwest for Historic Mayors Governors Talks
President Nixon brought his flying White House to Indianapolis to meet nine mayors and then to Chicago for conferences with Midwest governors on crime prevention and pollution. He said Washington must know the nation better and thanked Hoosier supporters after Air Force One landed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Midwest
Nixon
Washington
Indiana
America
Secret Service
Spiro
Richard Lugar
Edgar Whitcomb
Air Force I
U S Helicopters Kill Eight South Vietnamese in Accident
In the Central Highlands near Qui Nhon, two U S Army helicopter gunships killed eight South Vietnamese and wounded 31 others after crewmen believed they were under attack. The dead included seven civilians and a government militiaman. 26 civilians and five regional force troops were wounded. The incident, near six miles north of Qui Nhon, is under investigation.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Qui Nhon
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Constellation Road
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Charles Lowry
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