Beattie Sees 1969 Gains Outweighing Local Hardships
Beattie expresses optimism about 1969 district progress despite flood damage oil leakage and rising welfare costs. He notes road and public works improvements led by Highway 246 projects Ken Adam Park and Lompoc area roads and plans for new parks air quality and transportation studies.
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Francis H. Beattie
Santa Barbara Channel
Beattie
Lompoc Valley
Drum Canyon
Santa Rita Flat
Lompoe
Cebada Canyon
FCI
Santa Ynez River
Floradale Ave
Central Avenue
Skutt Canyon
Lompoc
Agnew vows U S pledged to stand by commitments
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew told Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei that the United States is pledged to stand firm on commitments to its allies. He warned Washington’s moves toward Red China would not harm relations with Nationalist China and reaffirmed defense commitments under the 1955 Sino-American treaty.
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Shullen Shaw
Taipei
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Chiang Kai-shek
Washington
Peking
China
Agnew
Vietnam
Chiang
Red China
Warsaw
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Taiwan
C. K. Yen
Republic of China
East Asia
Soviets Return to Peking for Border Talks
Soviet negotiators travel to Peking to resume Sino Soviet border talks amid hostile exchanges from both capitals. China brandishes a New Year report denouncing the Kremlin as a revisionist renegade clique headed for bankruptcy with crises at home and abroad.
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Edward J. Shields
Moscow
UPI
Peking
China
Kremlin
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Detroit New Year raids crack wide gambling ring
Federal officials said New Year raids in Michigan and Las Vegas cracked a highly lucrative gambling operation. Eleven people were searched in Detroit including former St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Dizzy Dean who said no connection. U S attorney James Brickley vowed a vigorous investigation into Dean and other sports figures as agents seized over 600000 dollars in cash and cashier’s checks along with gambling paraphernalia.
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Detroit
UPI
Michigan
Las Vegas
Jerome
Dizzy’’ Dean
St. Louis Cardinal
James H. Brickley
U. S
Eastern District of Michigan
Dean
Brickley
California lawmakers weigh tax reform as top 1970 issue
UPI survey shows 65 percent of legislators call tax reform the most important issue while environmental concerns rise. Republicans favor controls, Democrats split on taxation. Gov Reagan solid with GOP and a third of Democrats. 49% foresee failure due to partisan gridlock. New York City fare plan looms. MTA to fund a $120 million transit settlement amid wage talks.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Ronald Reagan
Assembly
Senate
New York
New York City
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MTA
Black Hills buried under four foot snow storm
The Black Hills of South Dakota were blanketed by four feet of snow with more falling at about one inch per hour. The South Dakota Highway Patrol reported all Lead Deadwood area roads blocked and no travel possible. Snow extended from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and into the Ohio Valley and Appalachians with additional reports across New Mexico and Texas. Temperatures plunged below zero in ten states, with subfreezing readings to the Florida Panhandle. A California rescue of seven children followed a capsized boat near El Porto Beach Park as rescuers searched for Albert Sexton and five others. The blizzard eased but heavy snow persisted while ice glaze formed across western states and the Northeast.
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United Press International
Black Hills
South Dakota
South Dakota Highway Patrol
Lead-Deadwood
Rockies
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
New Mexico
Texas
Gulf Coast
of the Pacific
el Porto Beach Park
California
Albert Sexton
Highway Patrol
Holiday traffic toll rises during New Year period
The National Safety Council predicted 450 to 550 traffic deaths in the holiday window. UPI tallies 204 killed by 11 a.m. EST, with California leading at 14 fatalities. A New Year boating accident near Manhattan Beach left an 18 year old girl dead and a father and five others missing.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
California
Georgia
Texas
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Alabama
Tennessee
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Guerrillas attack Allied bivouac near Saigon and border
Guerrilla soldiers attacked an Allied bivouac near Saigon and fought U S troops northwest of the city. Thirty two Viet Cong were killed with light allied losses. B52 bombing resumed along the Cambodian border. A terrorist blast in Saigon wounded four women. Weather: sunny to fair with highs in the 60s and lows in the 20s to 30s.
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Saigon
APS
U.S
Bob Taylor locked out of Mission Hills gas station
Bob Taylor found himself locked out of his own gas station in Mission Hills after running out of gas on New Year’s Eve. Gaylen Jackson missed a golf game yesterday as his son drove off with the car and clubs to the Rose Bowl game.
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Bob Taylor
Mission Hills
Gaylen Jackson
Son
Ceremony Deactivates Titan II Squadron After 12 Years of Service
Crews of the 395th Strategic Missile Squadron inactivated their Titan II unit at a Wednesday ceremony led by Colonel John J. Linck. Colonel Raymond D. Sampson presented the Air Force Outstanding Unit award for period 1 July 1967 to 30 June 1969.
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1St
Strategic Aerospace Division
395Th Strategic Missile Squadron
John J. Linck
Raymond D. Sampson
1St Strad
Air Force
395Th
Linck
Strategic Air Command
Israel Warns Lebanon of Guerrilla Activity Amid Strikes
Israel warned Lebanon against guerrilla operations and outlined eight planned air strikes on a public road near the Al Hasbayya area. Israeli planes also bombed Egyptian positions by the Suez Canal while Jordan reported clashes in the southern Jordan Valley.
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United Press International
Israel
Lebanon
al- Al-Agkoub
Suez Canal
Beirut
Hasbaya
Jordan
Jordan Valley
Tel Aviv
France
Paris
Egypt
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