Vietnamese uncover Chinese made mortars in Central Highlands
UPI reports South Vietnamese troops found four Chinese made 160mm mortars hidden in hillside tunnels in the Central Highlands near Fire Base Five and Kontum City. The discovery, first of their kind in South Vietnam, came as intelligence warned of a possible new Communist offensive.
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UPI
Central Highlands
U.S
South Vietnam
Kontum City
Mekong Delta
Paris
Nixon
Vietnam
Peking
Versailles
Soldiers gain police powers in Northern Ireland
In Belfast 15000 British troops were rearmed with police powers they believed they already held amid a quiet day and a false alarm shootout. London rushed a bill through Parliament overruling a Belfast high court ruling on army dispersal and searches. In Dublin police questioned Cathal Goulding and seven Sinn Fein members about the Aldershot army base bombing.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
London
Northern Ireland High Court
House of Commons
House of Lords
Dublin
Cathal Goulding
IRA
Sinn Fein
Aldershot
Mars canyon deeper and wider than Arizona's Grand Canyon
Mariner 9 photos show a Martian canyon 75 miles wide and 9,500 feet deep in Tithonius Lacus, larger than earlier canyon complexes. Phobos appears oblong like a potato, confirmed by its shadow on Mars' surface. Scientists cite subsidence and wind erosion as likely canyon drivers.
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Pasadena
UPI
Mariner 9
Mars
Arizona
Grand Canyon
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Red Planet
Tithonius Lacus
JPL
Phobos
Lompoc Record Details Publication and Leadership
The Lompoc Record published by Lompoc Record Publications lists officers and editors under Superior Court Decree No 47065. It names Mrs Kenneth L Adams as President, Harry J Crompe as Editor and VP, Lawrence C Grossman as VP, J Donald Adams as Board Member, Gaylen Jackson as Business Manager and Secretary Treasurer, Tim Conner as Mechanical Superintendent, and others including Ray McCuen, Betty Laurent, and Trudy Schoenfeldt in executive and editorial roles.
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Lompoc
California
Act. of Congress
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adams
Harry J. Crompe
Lawrence C. Grossman
J. Donald Adam
Gaylen Jackson
Tim Conner
Pete Lunny
Wesley A. Huffman
Ray McCuen
Betty Laurent
Scott Ossler
Trudy Schoenfeldt
Steve LaRue
Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
Reagan says welfare under control in California reform
Governor Ronald Reagan announces a 182,600 drop in California welfare caseload from March to January, calling it proof welfare reform has brought welfare under control while criticizing Washington bureaucrats for blaming unemployment.
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Sacramento
UPS
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Edwin Gray
John Veneman
Veneman
Nixon
Congress
California Taxpayers Association
Bill to let counties raise vehicle property tax rate
Senate leader James R. Mills introduced a bill allowing California counties to lift the motor vehicle property tax from 2 to 2.85 percent or the statewide average. If all counties adopt the higher rate, local governments could gain about 176 million dollars. The measure preserves current state collection but may reserve a portion for state transportation policy funding.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
James R. Mills
San Diego
Ronald Reagan
Walter Stier
Bakersfield
Mills
Reagan
Stiern
Alameda County
California Democrats claim success in opening delegate slate
Democrats in California report broadening presidential delegate selection to include minorities, women, young voters, and average Democrats through grass roots caucuses in each of 43 districts. Delegations were largely caucus recommended, with 84 to 100 percent endorsement by caucuses, and female and minority participation rising across multiple slates.
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Sacramento
UPI
Charles T. Manatt
van Nuys
California
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Humphrey
Hijackers release jet crew after Lufthansa 747 hijack
United Press International reports Arab commandos freed the 14 crew members of a Lufthansa 747 amid an explosives removal. It remains unclear if hijackers remain aboard or escaped. Joseph Kennedy III and 172 passengers reached Europe. Kennedy recalls being pistol whipped briefly during the flight. Lufthansa officials in Aden, Yemen, prepared to recover the plane.
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Lufthansa Airlines
Lufthansa
Joseph P. Kennedy III
Europe
Kennedy
United States
Frankfurt
Germany
Robert F. Kennedy
Aden
Yemen
Welfare-led drop in California welfare rolls cited as proof
Sacramento reports Welfare announces the largest ten month decline in California welfare rolls in 30 years and claims the move shows welfare is under control. Lawmakers adjourn the 1971 special session on March 1 as bills move floor.
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California
Fenton
Montebello
Prison pass debate sparks high level talks in California
Sacramento reports a meeting of wardens, superintendents, and parole officers to decide the fate of the 72 hour pass program suspended this week. Earl Muff noted the order restricting passes across California institutions. Opponents say furloughs enable crimes including the killing of a police officer and violent attack on a prison employee's wife.
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Sacramento
UPS
Earl Muff
California Institution For Men At
Chino
Los Angeles
Ed Davis
China
Alabama Guard officers charged with soliciting campaign funds
Maj. Gen. G. Reid Doster former commander of the Alabama Air National Guard and three officers were charged by a federal grand jury with soliciting political funds from soldiers. Warrants likely. bond set at 1,000 dollars each. Cols James E. Hardwick Henry Fillingim Jr Lt Col Alfred Gurley also indicted for Hatch Act violations.
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Montgomery, Ala
UPI
G. Reid Doster
Alabama Air National
James E. Hardwick
Henry Fillingim Jr
Alfred B. Gurley
Nevada City slayings: judge denies new trial for Clarence Otis Smith
Superior Court Judge Harold Wolters denied a motion for a new trial for Clarence Otis Smith, convicted of murdering two campers at the Dog Bar campground last summer. Mary K. Anderson testified she saw Smith with Everett Richardson near the scene hours before the killings. Smith's attorney argued more than one person was involved, but the judge offered no comment on Anderson's testimony.
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Nevada City
Calif
UPI
Clarence Otis Smith
Harold Wolters
Smith
Mary K. Anderson
Everett Richardson
Dog Bar
Richard Schneider
Wolters
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