Carswell cleared by Senate Judiciary panel for Supreme Court seat
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Judge G Harrold Carswell for the Supreme Court 21 to 4 sending the nomination to the floor. The panel also set a date to consider a constitutional amendment replacing the electoral college. Opponents cited civil rights records and past white supremacist remarks but Carswell denied racial motivation.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
G. Harrold Carswell
Nixon
Clement F. Haynsworth
Carswell
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Joseph D. Tydings
D. Md
Eastland
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Quentin N. Burdick
D-N.d
Robert C. Byrd
DW. Va
Roman L. Huruska
R-Neb
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Hush Scott
R- Pa
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
Robert P. Griffith
R- Mich
Marlowe E. Cook
R-Ky
U. S
Administration hints wage price actions
McCracken signaled that the Administration may use its authority to induce labor and management to restrain wages and prices. He cited slowed inflation but warned of instruments to encourage the needed response, signaling a shift from a hands off stance. The forecast inflation by late 1970 was 3 to 3.5 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Paul W. McCracken
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
McCracken
House-Senate Joint Economic Committee
Last-minute rush predicted for Lompoc council seats
City candidates scramble with only days to file for three April 14 municipal council seats. By noon Thursday, Floyd Dunlap and E. C. Stevens have filed. incumbents Brooks Speight and Robert MacClure plus George Cotsenmeyer Henry Ramirez and Sol Lefkowitz are among others who took out papers. Richard Jacoby may seek reelection. voting and registration deadlines noted. FCI residents new to city elections.
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Lompoc
Floyd Dunlap
Civil Service
E. C. Stevens
Allan Hancock College
Brooks Speight
Robert MacClure
George Cotsenmeyer
Bank of America
Henry Ramirez
Sol Lefkowitz
City Planning Commission
Richard Jacoby
Wilma Thomas
Prisoner killings policy eyed in Vietnam court martial
Attorney Henry B. Rothblatt told a military court in Long Binh that U S troops in Vietnam operated under a policy of killing prisoners. He defended Army Lt James B Duffy charged with premeditated murder for the September 3 death of a Vietnamese man captured by his platoon 40 miles southwest of Saigon.
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Long Binh
Vietnam
UPI
Henry B. Rothblatt
New York City
Army
James B. Duffy
Claremont
Calif
Saigon
Feasts, Fights, and Blackouts Mark Middle East Tension
Millions of Moslems began the Feast of Al Adha with calls to continue the contest against Israel as Egyptian and Syrian leaders urged sacrifice for the cause. Israeli air raids along the Suez Canal followed a two day pause as Cairo and Damascus radios relayed Nasser and El Atassi appeals. Cairo’s blackout orders and blue headlight decree were issued to aid defense, while Al Ahram reported cuts in government spending to bolster the military amid escalating conflict.
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United Press International
Israel
al Adha
Suez Canal
Cairo
Damascus
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Noureddin el- Atassi
Syria
Nasser
Hussein
Beirut
al Ahda
Abraham
Interior Ministry
al Ahram
Is Lompoc sick It isn t so says local editor
A Vandenberg Air Force Base officer tells Lompoc residents the base remains secure and future presence is assured. Despite nostalgic boom years, retail data shows growth in 1969 quarter sales across apparel, general merchandise, drugs, groceries, liquor, autos, with slight dips in eating establishments and service stations. Tomorrow: look at real estate activity.
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Harry J. Crompe
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lompoc
Vandenberg
State Board of Equalization
Chicago Seven jury enters third day of deliberations
The Chicago Seven jury continues deliberations as lawyers seek release of defendants from jail for contempt. Kunstler and Weinglass risked appeals and possible bond challenges while prosecutors cite repeated contempt during the five and a half month trial.
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Tony Fuller
Chicago
UPI
Chicago Seven
Cook County
William M. Kunstler
Leonard I. Weinglass
U.S
Julius J. Hoffman
Kunstler
Weinglass
Hoffman
Federal
William J. Campbell
Federal Building
Campbell
U.S. Court of Appeals
Tragic Pedestrian Death in Santa Maria From Car Collision
A five year old girl Anne Margaret Worhacz died yesterday after being struck crossing a street near her Santa Maria home. Marian Hospital Santa Maria declared her dead on arrival. Driver Terry Lee Orvis 25 of Santa Maria was released after questioning. In Lompoc Valley a motorcycle crash injured Patrick Howe 17 of Lompoc and passenger William Rumpff 17 of Van denberg Village. Howe treated at Lompoc Hospital Rumpff at Vandenberg AFB Hospital. The off ramp of Lompoc Casmalia Road near Burton Mesa Road was the accident site per the CHP.
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Anne Margaret Worhacz
Santa Maria
California Highway Patrol
Anne
Marian Hospital
Terry Lee Orvis
Lompoc Valley
Patrick Howe
Lompoc
William Rumpff
Mercury Ave
Vandenberg Village
Howe
Lompoc Hospital
Rumpff
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lompoc-Casmalia
Burton Mesa Road
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John Paine
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