Calley testimony details My Lai shootings at close range
Lt. William L. Calley Jr described firing six to eight shots from five feet away into civilians crouched in a ditch during the My Lai operation. He testified that Capt. Ernest Medina ordered killings on prior and current days, and that he aimed to move his men across the ditch under cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Calley
Aubrey M. Daniel III
Ernest L. Medina
Daniel
Medina
Kennedy
Maj
Charles C. McIntosh
Denora
Beattie Files For Reelection To Lompoc Unified Board
Incumbent trustee John Beattie announced his bid for reelection to the Lompoc Unified School Board after learning president Jack Helman would not run. He plans to file by the 5 p.m. deadline. Florence Burch and John B Wolff also filed or took papers, bringing early candidates to eight with three seats open. The Parks and Recreation Commission meeting for March 10 was cancelled due to commissioners attending an out of town conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beattie
Lompoc Unified
Jack Helman
Beattie
Parks and Recreation Commission
Agencies asked to revise water need timetables over desalting plant
Three South Coast agencies Santa Barbara Goleta and Montecito Water District must reevaluate initial supplementary water needs to align with a proposed Pacific Gas & Electric desalting plant at San Luis Obispo. Letters also go to Lompoc Santa Ynez River District Carpinteria Summerland and Santa Barbara Del Mar for potential future supplies and pilots.
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Diablo Canyon
City of
South Coast
Lompoc
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District
Pacific Gas & Electric
San Luis Obispo County
Feather River
Carpinteria County
State Department of Water Resources
Santa Barbara
Seven year old dies in Highway 101 crash
A Santa Maria boy, John Willard, seven, was killed when his car spun off Highway 101 north of Buellton and burst into flames after a collision with a second vehicle. His mother, Sylvia Willard, 32, and Frank Montez, 70, were listed in fair condition along with the other driver, John Linton, 48, of Garden Grove. Police investigate the fiery two car wreck and a separate early morning collision on Santa Maria Way injuring five St Joseph High School students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Maria
Highway 101
John Willard
Santa Ynez Valley Hospital
Sylvia Willard
Frank Montez
Willard
John Linton
Garden Grove
CHP
Buellton
Linton
St. Joseph High School
Santa Maria Way
Orcutt
Marian Hospital
Daily Record Community Events and Schedule Highlights
Scout Pack 68 in Mission Hills hosts Blue and Gold Dinner at Los Berros Elementary cafetorium Friday at 5 30. Entertainment by Men In Accord. potluck. awards and public invite. Church of God in Christ offers benefit barbecue sale Friday Saturday 11 am to 5 pm. call REG-3226 for orders. pickup at 403 North J Street. donations 2 dollars. Sheriff John Carpenter guests KNEZ Radio Looking at Lompoc. interview by Dave Lee. County Housing Authority executive Dick Meier to appear Friday. Cablevision Channel 4 carries program. Lompoc recreation dept opens swimming class registrations Friday 8 am to 5 pm at 105 South C Street. schedules include tiny tots and women morning slots, plus various beginner to advanced classes. lifesaving tentative on Tuesdays and Thursdays 8 pm. info RE6-1261 ext 251.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout Pack
Mission Hills
Los Berros
Church of God In Christ
North J Street
John Carpenter
KNEZ
Lompoc
Dave Lee
County Housing Authority
Recreation Building
South C Street
Lompoc Narrows Dam Proposed Above City Sparks Alarm
Community opponents warn the Lompoc Narrows Dam would sit 17 miles upstream and threaten residents with earthquakes and flooding. They cite Santa Ynez fault lines studied by UCSB, compare to Van Norman, and demand halting federal funding and the feasibility study.
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Lompoc Narrows
Lompoc
Pacific Ocean
Sylvester
UCSB
Santa Ynez River
Santa Rosa Creek
Santa Rosa Park
Bureau of Reclamation
van Norman
San Fernando Valley
Mr. Beattie
Beattie
Scott
Obituary notices for John J. Dillon and Eulogio Estrada in Santa Maria
Rosary for John J. Dillon 53 will be recited at Newhart Family Garden Chapel Santa Maria at 8 p.m. Mass at St. Louis De Montfort follows with graveside honors. Dillon retired Lt. Col. after 20 years in the Air Force. Estrada 76 died at Marian Hospital. services pending at McPeek Family Mortuary with details forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newhart Family Garden
Santa Maria
John J
Matt) Dillon
Vandenberg Afb
St. Louis de Montfort Catholic Church
Buffalo
N.Y
Dillon
Comanche
ITT
Federal Electric Corp
U.S. Air Force
Lucille H
Mary Suzanne
Harold Dillon
Syracuse
Thomas Dillon
Marcellus
William Dillon
Bakersfield
McPeek Family
Eulogio Estrada
Marian Hospital
Estrada
S. J St
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Col. Reid W. Kennedy
Michael Jones
Evert Jones
Florence Burch
E. College Ave
Archie Nagle
County Superintendent of Schools
Glenn Christmas
Virgil Casey
Bruce Holloway
Karl Braun
Lawrence A. Schriver
Col
Fredrick J. Bremerman
David M. Lemos
Caucus
Boston
Caucus Club
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Daily Record
Dick Meier
Cablevision Channel 4
McDonnell Douglas
Rohrbaugh
Penn-Central
Ve Co
Constellation Road
Phillips Pet
RCA
Rapid Amer
American Air
Screw & Bolt
Sears Roebuck
Bethlehem
Cal Edison
Southern Pacific
Eae
Sperry Rand
Calif
Chrysler
N.J
Dupont
Union Oil
General Telephone
United Aircraft
U.S. Steel
Imperial Corp
Westinghouse
International Paper
Woolworth
ITGT
Ind
Jonas-Manville
Lear Siegler
Lompoc Narrows Dam
Sonja Fenwick
Treas
Dorothy Robinson
Chm
John Dillon
Irene Carlton
Elizabeth Cornelius
Los Angeles
Mary Kathleen
Mass
Newhart
S. Broadway
Kamax
Bank of America
Nt&sa
FDIC
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