Santa Barbara Supervisors Back National Cemetery at Vandenberg
Santa Barbara County supervisors plan action to back a proposal for a national cemetery at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The move follows county and city interest and notes available DoD veteran and retiree numbers and space limits at existing California cemeteries.
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Santa Barbara
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Curtis Tunnell
Santa Maria
California
Fort Rosecrans
San Diego
San Bruno
Presidio
Department of Defense
Mud Pack Delays Off California Oil Rig as Slick Reaches Coast
Four barges carry mud to a gushing offshore oil well to seal the leak while northwest winds push the 800 square mile slick toward Los Angeles County. Senator Muskie to inspect. President Nixon weighing disaster declaration and federal aid as tourism and fishing fear heavy losses.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Los Angeles
Washington
Walter J. Hickel
California
Ventura
Edmund S. Muskie
D-Maine
Surprising testimony links Shaw case to JFK plot car ride
In New Orleans UPI reports surprise testimony ties Clay Shaw to a group alleged to conspire in JFK’s murder. Key witnesses place Oswald with Shaw Ferrie and a third man in a Clinton Jackson area car in late August 1963.
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New Orleans
UPI
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Shaw
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Perry Raymond Russo
Russo
Garrison
Corrie C. Collins
Baton Rouge
State Hospital
Jackson
Clinton
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Ferrie
Oswald
Collins
Edwin Lee McGeehee
Jackson Harper
East Louisiana State Hospital
McGeehee
Reeves Morgan
Dymond
Leon
Morgan
John Manchester
International Trade Mart
Henry E. Palmer
Navy
Palmer
Cabrillo High Drum Majors Practice To March
Glimpses of prospective Cabrillo High School drum majors around campus dance around to Stars and Stripes Forever as students crouch under desks during a nearby lightning strike. Residents in Lompoc and the central coast monitor grass growth and forecast for fair skies tonight and increasing clouds Saturday with highs in the 55 to 60 range and lows near 40.
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Cabrillo High School
Cabrillo
Lompoc
Southern California storm leaves widespread damage
A violent wind and rain storm swept across southern California causing shattered windows, flooded homes, mudslides and roofless houses. The system hit for the second time in two weeks, leaving a wide swath of destruction across the region.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Fam
Glendora
Civic Center
Ken Levitt
U.S. Weather Bureau
Aleutian Islands
Oceanside
Laguna Beach
Highland Park
Mt. San Jacinto
Palm Springs
Nixon proposes broad tax reforms to Congress this year
The Nixon Administration issued a preliminary plan outlining far reaching tax changes to aid individuals and fund urban and social programs while closing loopholes used by high earners. Kennedy warned specifics would follow, with long term ideas on tax sharing and credits for governments and estates. News conference also noted weather and storm impacts across California with mudslides and record rainfall.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Trains Collide Head-On Near Violet Town Australia
A Melbourne to Sydney luxury express crashed head on with a freight train near Violet Town 105 miles northeast of Melbourne. Rescue teams found 10 dead and 16 missing as about 100 were injured. Prime Minister Gorton offered federal aid to the rescue effort.
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Melbourne
Australia
UPI
Sydney
Olin McAlister
Violet Town
McAllister
Peter Fennessy
Crack Express
Fennessy
John Gorton
Straw used to soak oil on Santa Barbara beaches runs into trouble
Union Oil plan to cover Santa Barbara beaches with hundreds of tons of shredded straw faces disposal challenges and questions about effectiveness. Officials warn of health and odor risks as oil soaked debris must be moved to Ventura County dumps. Beach areas are closed to the public due to pollution. collectors and responders are excluded.
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Muskie
Senate Public Works Committee
Nixon
Santa Barbara Harbor
Union Oil Company
Santa Barbara City
Oil Company
Los Positas
Joseph T. Nardo
Ventura County
Santa Barbara
Michael Pahos
Pahos
Nardo
Surf Bridge Blown To Reduce New Flood Threat
The remnants of the collapsed Surf bridge linking North and South Vandenberg were removed with explosive charges to clear debris behind the structure as rising Santa Ynez River waters posed a fresh flood risk. Two 50 foot bridge sections were removed by the 51st Munitions Maintenance Squadron under Maj. Ted A. Morris.
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Vandenberg
Surf
Santa Ynez
51St Munitions Maintenance 5 Sq
Ted A. Morris
Federal Correctional Institution
Richard M. Doyle
13Th Street
Lompoc Valley
Cachuma Dam
Gibraltar Dam
Cachuma
State Department of Dam Safety
Gibraltar
Cachuam
Francis H. Beattie
Beattie
John Beattie
County Farm Bureau
The
Farm Bureau
Mideast Tensions Ease Slightly Amid Talks
Reported easing of threats to execute Jews over espionage charges and Nixon’s move to enter preliminary Big Four talks calmed some Arab mistrust as the Middle East crisis showed slight improvement.
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Tel Aviv
Cairo
Tag
Nixon
Mideast
County nets windfall from impounded oil taxes
County General Fund gains 209537 plus potential 110927 pending after impounding of 694864 in oil taxes amid court ruling against oil industry protest over assessors method. Schools benefit most, including Allan Hancock Junior College 21307, Santa Ynez High 65075, Carpenteria Unified 106946 as districts receive funds.
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County General Fund
County General
State Supreme Court
Albert T. Eaves
Allan Hancock Junior College
Santa Ynez High
Carpenteria Unified
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Get National Cemetery
North County
Harley Craig
C. K. Hannason
Union Oil
Santa Barbara Channel
Union
Vandenberg Village
Dan Duffy
Southland
Dick Praui
Walter Logan
United Press International
Middle East
Proiess
Jack Uhl
Rome
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