Four men held after break in California cattle rustling ring
Sheriff's officials report a bust of a cattle rustling ring with the arrest of three Lompoc area men and another from Santa Maria. All face five counts of grand theft bovine and Russell Keith Rankin is jailed for slaughter of cattle or sheep. Three men were arrested in the Lompoc Valley area and another in Santa Maria. The four are charged with slaughtering cattle on the Pete Valla Ranch near Mission Hills and nearby Cojo Ranch and a Santa Maria area property.
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Lompoc
Santa Maria
Russell Keith Rankin
Pete Valla Ranch
Mission Hills
Cojo Ranch
Freedom Lift Expands as 20 POWs Reach Travis Air Base
Twenty more Vietnam prisoners flew from Clark Air Base in the Philippines to Travis Air Base near San Francisco as part of the week’s mass repatriation. North Vietnam had agreed to release the men following Henry Kissinger’s Hanoi visit, with 143 Americans freed Monday and all but one civilian processed at Clark. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Everett Alvarez, longest-held POW, praised the homeward move as others prepared to depart for the United States.
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David E. Baker
Baker
Huntington
N.Y
John F. Gong
Ralph Saunders
Navy
Cmdr
Everett Alvarez
Alvarez
Shaky Vietnam truce holds amid new shooting
In Saigon the Vietnam cease-fire process continues despite new truce violations and the downing of an American CH47 helicopter near An Loc. Cambodian forces recaptured ground from Khmer Rouge as cross border tension rises. tolls include thousands of cease-fire breaches and hundreds of deaths and injuries.
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International Commission For Control and Wy Ee
ICCS
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An Loc
Growth views aired by Dr Duncan in county planning clash
Dr Milton Duncan of Lompoc argues density is essential to city life and growth should continue in the north county. He contends people move to dense areas for housing and social activities and supports Insignis development in Santa Ynez Valley while cautioning against broader rezoning in Lompoc.
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Milton Duncan
Lompoc
Frank Frost
Montecito- Carpinteria
James Slater
Santa Ynez-Goleta
Planning Commission
Duncan
Frost
Los Angeles
North County
Santa Ynez Valley
Army court upholds Calley’s 20 year term
An Army court affirmed the conviction and two year sentence of 1st Lt. William J. Calley Jr. for his role in the My Lai massacre. The three judge panel found he committed an atrocity in war and maintained he had the power of choice despite mitigating factors. Calley, then 29, was convicted March 31, 1971, of killing not less than 22 Vietnamese civilians.
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Washington
UPI
William J. Calley Jr
My Lai
J. Houston Gordon
Calley
Court of Military Review
Higher Court of Military Appeals
Lt. Calley
Reinecke aide quits over alleged manipulation by associate
Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke’s top aide Morris Currey resigned claiming he was used by Jerome A. Pierce, a Hollywood consultant who allegedly leveraged their friendship to gain police favors in Irwindale. Pierce faces felony fraud charges in Los Angeles County.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ed Reinecke
Los Angeles Times
Jerome A. Pierce
Hollywood
Currey
Irwindale
Pierce Friday
Los Angeles County
Farr to testify on shielding reporters sources before House panel
William T. Farr, LA Times reporter jailed 46 days for refusing to reveal a source, will testify March 7 before a House Judiciary subcommittee studying bills to protect newsmen’s confidential information. Farr’s case is cited as a dramatic example of pressures on reporters in protecting the public’s right to know.
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House Board On Freedom of Information
Washington
UPI
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Los Angeles Times
House
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D-Calif
Waldie
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Sharon Tate
Supreme Court
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U.S. Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit
Congress
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee On
Bill Farr
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