Anti Reds Drive in Angola War Gains Ground
United Press International reports pro Western forces led by the Angola National Union and FNLA claim to have killed at least 90 Cuban troops, with 50 slain in one battle near Quibala. Since mid October the offensive has pushed MPLA defenses back as Cuban advisers reportedly stay behind.
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United Press International
Marxist Independence Movement
Angola
UPI
Angola National Union
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
Quibala
Luanda
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
FNLA
Silva Porto
United States
Senate
NASA sets 18 satellite launches in 1976 from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg
NASA announced 18 major satellite launches for 1976 with two from Vandenberg and the rest from Cape Canaveral. The schedule includes the Communications Technology Satellite, Helios, two NATO comms satellites, two Marisat craft, Indonesia’s Palapa, GOES B, and the Laser Geodynamic Satellite Lageos, among others. Cape Canaveral has hosted 1,977 launches since 1950 with Apollo-era counts cited.
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NASA
Vandenberg
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Cape Canaveral
Army
Navy
Cape
Air Force
Cape Jan. 13
United States
Canada
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Marisat
Palapa
Indonesia
Freedom Train arrives in Santa Barbara for Bicentennial tour
Thousands of Tri County residents queued to see the American Freedom Train at the Milpas Street crossing from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Admission costs 2 for adults and 1 for children. The exhibit features Julia Ward Howe’s manuscript, Abe Lincoln’s stove pipe hat, Joe DiMaggio and Hank Aaron bats, Judy Garland’s dress, Willard’s Spirit of 76, and 500 artifacts across 10 display cars and two exterior showcases.
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Tri-County
Santa Barbara
Milpas Street Railway
City of
America
Julia Ward Howe
Abe Lincoln
Tvo
Joe DiMaggio
Hank Aaron
Judy Garland
Willard
United States Denies Recruiting Angolan Mercenaries
White House and State Department officials denied reports that the U S government or private actors were recruiting or training American mercenaries for Angola or using foreign mercenaries. They acknowledged modest U S government funding to African nations and declined to comment further on private recruitment claims.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Angola
Ford
CIA
White House
Ron Nessen
U.S
State Department
Nessen
Monitor
Fort Benning
Cuba
Ford vetoes bill to keep Treasury secretary off NSC
President Ford vetoed a measure to make the secretary of the treasury a member of the National Security Council, calling it unnecessary and a restraint on presidential choice. He also signed 14 bills, including mortgage lending protections, defense guard funding, expanded protective service duties, lifting the Canada meat ban, and a $634 million grant to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Washington
Ford
Treasury
NSC
Council
Executive Protective Service
White House
Canada
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
New Year's Holiday Traffic Toll Tops Five Per Hour
During the early New Year's weekend traffic deaths rose near five per hour, with 412 deaths over the Christmas period. The National Safety Council expected 350 to 400 fatalities. midmorning reports showed 187 traffic deaths so far. Fires and other accidents added to the toll as Florida, Michigan, Texas and California reported notable counts.
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United Press International
Yale
The
National Safety Council
Florida
Michigan
Texas
California
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Thor
Delta
Atlas
Tri- County
Bicentennial Committee
the Record
Jim Hochstatter
Lompoc
Freedom
Contiguous States
Milpas Street
Southern Pacific
Christian Science Monitor
Pryors
Astas
Surf Beach
David Balaams
Lompoc Valley
Connie
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