California names VolK as space shuttle task force chairman
Robert H. Volk 38, president of Unionamerica Inc. Los Angeles, named chairman of a California Space Shuttle Task Force formed by Senator Cranston and Lt. Gov. Reinecke. The group will press NASA and Washington for California base headquarters and shuttle project, with Volk outlining a political action and information program. Cook named executive director funded by Volk.
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California
U.S
Alan Cranston
Ed Reinecke
Robert H. Volk
Unionamerica, Inc
Los Angeles
NASA
Reinecke
Reagan
Volk
Sen. Cranston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nixon
Washington
Nixon Administration
Art Scott
Scott
Santa Maria
Lompoc
Robert Lagomarsino
Don MacGillivray
James Cook
Knxt-Tv
Cook
Rand Corporation
Stanford University
Adams, Duque, Crutcher and Hazeltine
State Corporation
Union Bank
Reds accuse U.S. plans in Indochina conflict
Paris reports say Communist officials charged Washington with planning new North Vietnamese military actions that could threaten China while the United States rejected the charges and urged negotiations on withdrawal of foreign troops from Indochina. In California a Thor Agena booster exploded after launch at Vandenberg AFB, with no injuries.
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Paris
UPI
United States
China
Indochina
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Nixon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Cambodia
Laos
London
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Pham van Lam
Thuy
Madame Nguyen Thi Binh
White House
America
Vandenberg Afb
Calif
Military Aerospace Center
Air Force
Air Force Industry
North Vietnam
Red China
K.C. Thaler
Peking
Calley ruled by lack of specific intent in My Lai case
Psychiatrist testifies Lt. William L. Calley Jr. had no specific intent to kill, though he ordered slaughter of civilians at My Lai. Defense argues Calley unable to form intent yet intended the villagers to die, while prosecutors press for premeditation as the killings occurred during a sweep.
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FT. Benning
Miami
Crane
Calley
My Lai
Aubrey M. Daniel III
Paul Meadle
Meadle
McGovern Attacks Nixon Air War Policy World War III Fears
Sen. George McGovern accuses President Nixon of flirting with World War III in Asia over the air war in Southeast Asia. He warns of tens of thousands of American deaths if Nixon pursues a campaign pledge to end the war.
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Washington
UPI
George McGovern
D-S.d
Nixon
Asia
McGovern
Southeast Asia
North
U.S
Hanoi
Saigon
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Cedar waxwings strip pyracantha bushes in Lompoc
Mrs Connie Phillips reports thousands of cedar waxwings feasting on pyracantha in her North Sixth Street neighborhood. Lompoc Lions Club plans annual student speaker contest tonight. Weather: partly cloudy today and tonight, fair Friday with highs in the 50s to 60s and lows in the 30s to 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tides: high 4.6 feet at 4 02 am, 3 feet at 8 26 pm. low 0.4 foot at 12 38 pm.
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Connie Phillips
North Sixth Street
Lompoc
Saigon forces map Sepone area as Laos war escalates
Long range South Vietnamese recon units reach Sepone in Laos and map defenses while seven more U S aircraft are shot down. More American helicopter crews missing and casualties rise as fighting widens toward Phnom Penh and near the Mekong delta region.
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Saigon
UPS
Sepone
Laos
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong River
Quang Tri
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
Santa Barbara votes cut 300 teacher jobs as boosts fail
Santa Barbara voters rejected a tax rate increase for the school districts, prompting the board to lay off 300 teachers and administrators effective May 15. Other Southern California bond issues failed or passed by narrow margins, including Feather River water project and Mammoth Lakes hospital district bonds.
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Santa Barbara
UPI
Board of Education
California
Antelope Valley-Eastern Water Agency
Mono Hospital
Feather River
Antelope Valley
Eastern Water Agency
Mammoth Lakes
Planners approve Lompoc Circulation element proposal
The County Planning Commission approved a circulation element for Lompoc Valley with no fixed design at the Lompoc Wye. A proposed eastward road line near the La Purisima Mission was removed. future studies will shape any link between Burton Mesa Blvd and Lompoc-Casmalia Rd. The commission also denied jurisdiction on a state highway routing issue raised by United Mine Workers Local 14406.
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The
County Planning Commission
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc Wye
la Purisima Mission
Lompoc
Mission Area
Burton Mesa Blvd
Lompoc- Casmalia Rd
M.W. Duncan
Harley Craig
Citizens Advisory Committee
Planning Commission
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
Anton G. Serras
Gretco, Inc
Valley Tractor Co
Gretco
Grefco
Leland Steward
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Mike Mansfield
Vietnam
Arguello Naval Missile Facility
Bill Leary
Chamber of Commerce
John Martin
Phillips
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Plan Defense
Kenneth J. Braddick
S. Barbara
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