Red advances threaten Plain of Jars fight in Laos
Reports from Vientiane say North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces, about 16,000 strong, close on the government air field at Xieng Khouang as Laotian troops prepare a delaying action. U S fighter-bombers reportedly hit insurgent columns and ambushes as civilians were evacuated from the plain.
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Vientiane
UPI
Pathet Lao
Plain of Jars
Souvanna Phowma
Xieng Khouang
U. S
Otto Ledford Named Chief of Federal Electric WEC Division
Otto C Ledford, a 29 year Air Force veteran and Titan missile specialist known as Mr Titan, is appointed director of the WTR Division at FEC by ITT president Robert C Pittman Ledford holds a BS in math chemistry and aeronautics and an MBA from the University of Chicago He is married to Marie Silliman of Camden Arkansas and has four children
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Frances Conn
Allan Hancock College
Walter E. Conrad
Miss Conn
Claremont Graduate School
Pismo Beach
New York
Barnard College
Teachers College
Columbia University
Santa Maria High School
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
University of Edinburgh
Britain
Claremont
Robert C. Pittman
ITT
Federal Electric Corporation
Otto C. Ledford
FEC
WTR
Ledford
Air Force
University of Chicago
Titan
USAF
Cape Kennedy
Gemini
NASA
Atlas
Thor
Air Force Association
J. S. Bleymaier
Usaf, Space and Missile Systems Organization
SAMSO
Los Angeles
Calif
Marie Silliman
Camden
Arkansas
Otto, Jr
David
Stephan
Richard
Smothers Show Attacked by Police Chief in Letter Protest
Los Angeles police Chief Edward M. Davis condemns The Smothers Brothers TV special calling it putrid entertainment and pro dope. He cites a scene with police uniforms and notes a Woodstock reference implying marijuana use. White House also dumps high peaked hats for officers citing discomfort and ridicule.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Edward M. Davis
Smothers Brothers
Davis
Julian Goodman
National Broadcasting Company
the Smothers Brothers
Columbia Broadcasting System
Washington
White House
Lompoc Record Publication Details and Rates
Entered as second class mail in Lompoc California under Act of Congress the Lompoc Record publishes daily except Sundays and Christmas Day. It lists staff executives owners associations and rate of 2.25 per month for home delivery or mail in advance.
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Lompoc
California
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Coastline Commission Bill Aims to Protect California Shores
Assemblymen Sieroty and Dunlap introduced a bill to form the California Coastline Conservation and Development Commission with interim permit powers to block developments harming the coast from mile inland to three miles offshore. The plan creates a state body and four district boards representing regional coast areas with local control and public participation.
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Alan Sieroty
Beverly Hills
John Dunlap
Napa-Solano
California
Sieroty and
Dunlap
Planning and Conservation League
Assembly
Sieroty
Commission
Regents to decide tuition decision today
Regents of the University of California were set to approve a tuition plan urged by Governor Reagan, raising fees for 106,000 students to 480 next fall and 660 in 1971, with non resident costs up to 1860 and graduate adds. Critics warned of legal challenges citing equal protection concerns while debates over funding and a new Third College at UC San Diego occurred.
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Robert Strand
SAN Francisco
UPI
University of California Today
Ronald Reagan
Frederick G. Dutton
Dutton
Reagan
Charles J. Hitch
Hitch
UC San Diego
Revelle
John Muir
Rincon Pier Fire Engulfs Ventura Oil Pier
A massive oil fed blaze engulfed 800 feet of Rincon pier linking offshore wells to shore. Twenty two wells burned as flames rose 500 feet, with more than 100 firefighters fighting for nearly three hours. One fireman injured, one oil worker trapped and rescued, winds and leaking oil hampering efforts.
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Ventura
UPI
Pacific
U.S. 101
Mobile Oil Co
Coast Guard
Rincon Point
Santa Barbara
California
Wyeth First Man Artist Exhibit Graces White House
Artist Andrew Wyeth held the White House's first solo art show with 21 canvases unveiled in the East Room. President Nixon and First Lady Pat praised the event as historic and Wyeth spoke of being overwhelmed by the reception from the nation’s art community and guests.
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Helen Thomas Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Pat Nixon
Andrew J. Wyeth
Wyeth
Pennsylvania
Inflation Pressures Persist Amid Slowing Economy
Washington officials warn cost of living rises despite government moves to curb inflation. January prices up 0.4 percent, annual inflation near 7.2 percent, with transport, eggs, poultry, milk and home ownership driving gains. Kennedy expects gradual relief by year end, while Proxmire fears stagflation and advocates renewed public works.
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Mike Feinsilber
Washington
UPI
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Labor Department
Kennedy
William Proxmire
Dwis
Nixon urges Senate to ratify genocide outlaw treaty
President Nixon asked the Senate to ratify the 1949 genocide treaty while a 1925 chemical and biological warfare pact remains unsettled. Congressional sources say the White House delays until nonlethal gases in Vietnam are addressed. Opposition argues the treaty grants federal power already held by states.
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John Hall Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congressional
White House
Vietnam
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Brookhaven, Mississippi
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