Five named finalists for Lompoc DSA award
Five Lompoc Valley residents Francis Beattie Jr Karl Braun Robert Kranig John Larsson and Al Walker were named finalists for the 1968 Distinguished Service Award to be presented at Bosses Night Banquet Monday at Loops Restaurant Beattie is Beattie Motors Ford president of the Lompoc Valley Chamber and holds multiple local posts Braun heads Braun Pharmacy and leads the United Fund Kranig Red Star Industrial Service sits on planning and chamber boards Larsson owns Clark and Larsson Volkswagen and co chaired the Children's Christmas Parade Walker is an insurance agent and chairs the Parks and Recreation Commission Each finalist was active in local business civic and youth groups with the event featuring California Jaycees president Rob Reifschneider as keynote speaker
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Lompoc Valley
Francis Beattie, Jr
Karl Braun
Robert Kranig
John Larsson
al Walker
Lompoc
Beattie Motors Ford
Kranig
Freed GIs Report Good Shape After Release
Three American soldiers freed by the Viet Cong on New Year’s Day are in good physical condition and will depart for home Friday, military officials said. The men, Spec. Thomas Jones, Pfc Donald Smith, and Spec. 4 James Brigham, were released in a jungle clearing 50 miles northwest of Saigon and are recovering at Long Binh Hospital. A Vietnamese broadcast urged GIs to stand up against the war.
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Saigon
UPI
Vietnam
Spec
Thomas Jones
Lynville
Ind
Pfc
Donald Smith
Akron
James Brigham
Ocala
Fla
Long Bing Hospital
Vietnam combat losses in 1968 near seven-year total
UPI reports U.S. combat losses in 1968 nearly match the combined killed and wounded total of the first seven years of Vietnam War. American headquarters released official figures, excluding the latest data, indicating significant casualties for the year.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Peace talks deadlock persists as Vance meets Saigon envoy
In Paris American and South Vietnamese negotiators pressed to break a two month deadlock on Viet Nam talks. Cyrus Vance and Pham Dang Lam resumed discussions after Christmas holidays while reports said new compromises on procedural issues may be studied. Observers note the Viet Cong seating dispute and a push to align a common position before talks with Hanoi. The week saw U S and South Vietnamese casualties, Viet Cong shelling, and ongoing battlefield up to date with prisoner releases and arms finds.
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Paris
UPI
Vietnam
Cyrus R. Vance
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Lam
Hanoi
Washington
United States
Johnson
Col
Han van Lau
North Vietnam
Vance
South Vietnam
U.S
Soviet Union seeks big power Middle East peace push
Soviet Ambassador conveyed to Britain a proposal for a three stage Middle East peace plan with withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied territory starting at the Suez Canal. The plan envisages a final settlement guaranteed by the Big Four and aims to deescalate tensions while U.N. mediation led by Gunnar Jarring continues.
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K.C. Thaler
London
UPI
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
France
Middle East
Mikhail Smirnov-sky
Kremlin
Michael Stewart
Smirnovsky
Foreign Office
Suez Canal
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Traffic death toll below estimates for New Year holiday
United Press International reports the New Year holiday traffic deaths are tracking below the National Safety Council’s low forecast. The council predicted 200 to 260 fatalities for the 30 hour period ending midnight Wednesday, while an early count shows at least 156 deaths by 5 am EST, far from a new single day record of 193 set in 1963.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Man breaks arm in car crash at Central Avenue
Clarence Young age 48 of 139 Aldebaran Ave Vandenberg Village was listed in good condition at Lompoc Hospital after a crash on Central Avenue His car skidded into a ditch west of Artesia Avenue at about 315 pm causing a fractured right arm and facial lacerations Moderate vehicle damage was reported by the California Highway Patrol
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Clarence Young
Aldebaran Ave
Vandenberg Village
Lompoc Hospital
Central Avenue
Young
Artesia Avenue
California Highway Patrol
Thai fuel theft losses cited by Navy inspector
Navy inspector John M. McGee says larger losses remain to be investigated as GAO confirms over 5 million gallons stolen in Thailand in 1967. He alleges punitive Navy retaliation while officials deny abuse as lawmakers probe further and note unidentified additional thefts may exist.
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Washington
UPI
Navy
U.S
Thailand
John M. McGee
Southeast Asia
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
McGee
Bankok
Sea
William Proxmire
D-Wise
Jordan accuses Israeli jets of attacks in river valley
Jordan charged that Israeli jet fighters hit Arab positions in two sections of the Jordan River Valley with rockets and napalm after an earlier machine gun and tank barrage. Lebanon reported a threat to its borders as an Israeli spokesman in Jerusalem said Egyptian forces opened light fire.
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William F. Wright
United Press Internatioal
Jordan
Jordan River Valley
Lebanon
Jerusalem
Suez Canal
Middle East
Haim Bar-Lev
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Amman
Mirage
Milan
Today
Paul VI
Mideast
London
Mikhail Smirnovsky
Britain
France
United States
Michael Stewart
Abdul Lah Yafi
Mediterranean
Fatah
Dead Sea
Hebron
Johnson shows Mideast concern
President Johnson expresses “great concern” over new Middle East hostilities from the Texas White House, backing UN mediator Gunnar Jarring’s peace mission and urging broader support for UN plans while noting stalled Vietnam talks and ongoing nuclear nonproliferation treaty ratification.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Middle East
Texas White House
George Christian
White House
United Nations
Gunnar Jarring
Christian
United States
State Department
Lbj Ranch
Washington
Vietnam
Paris
Senate
Building permit drop in Lompoc totals 1968
City records show 1968 construction volume in Lompoc at 1,324,267 dollars, down 79,858 from 1967. The fiscal July–Dec period fell to 325,517 from 562,991, while December 1968 rose sharply to 73,912, with last month listings including one new house and several residential alterations. Weather notes forecast mild temps, east winds, and tides listed for Jan 3.
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Lompoc
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