State unemployment drops again to 8.1 million employed
Unemployment report shows California totals at 8.1 million employed last month, up 34,000 from November. Year ago 7.97 million. Gains across industries except transportation utilities and communications. Area rates: Los Angeles 6.4 percent, San Francisco 5.4, Anaheim 6.4, San Diego 5.9, San Jose 5.5, Fresno 7.2, others: Sacramento 5.3, Oxnard Ventura 6.4, Santa Barbara 5.2.
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Hansen
Los Angeles
Long Beach
San Francisco
Oakland
Anaheim
Santa Ana Garden Grove
San Diego
San Jose
San Bernardino-Riverside-Ontario
Sacramento
Fresno
Oxnard-Ventura
Santa Barbara
Communists press peace terms at Paris talks
At the Paris Vietnam peace talks the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese delegations reiterate that American prisoners will be freed only after the United States withdraws all troops and ends support for the Saigon regime. They say prisoner families may contact captives via Viet Cong missions in Moscow Peking and Hanoi.
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Paris
UPI
Vietnam
United States
Saigon
U.S
Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
Ly van Sau
Viet Cong
Viet Cong Red Cross
South
Robert Legget
D-Calif
Irregularities probe at FCI Lompoc leads to three suspensions
Three FCI Lompoc employees were relieved of duties after an investigation into irregular privileges for inmates at the camp. Roy Goddard, Anthony Santiago, and Dempsey Morgan were named in reports, with two given notices to respond before final action and a third under consideration.
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Federal Correctional Institution
Lompoc
FCI
Norman A. Carlson
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Washington, D.C
Carlson
Roy Goddard
Anthony Santiago
Dempsey Morgan
Bureau of Prison Regulations
Frank Kenton
Kenton
Alessio
Friedman
John
Angelo Alessio
San Diego
Caliente
Tijuana
Maurice Friedman
Los Angeles
Bureau of Prisons
Washington
Lions Inn
U.S. District Court
Michael Renault
Bureau of Prison
South Vietnam deploys 2000 troops into Cambodia action
UPI reports a 2,000 man South Vietnamese force moved into northeastern Cambodia to thwart a suspected Communist offensive during the Tet period. American casualties included 18 wounded overnight near Fire Base Fiddler's Green with no fatalities, as B52s struck suspected targets inside Cambodia and surveillance efforts followed severed lines for staging areas.
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Saigon
UPI
Cambodia
Fiddler's Green
da Nang
U.S
Vietnam
52Nd Aviation Brigade
Pleiku
Congress may scuttle space shuttle after SST clash
Congress, still voting on major programs, could block the space shuttle despite Nixon approving a multi billion dollar project. Mondale blasted the decision as waste while budget cutters push to curb space spending and the panel debates the six year plan for a reusable four man crew orbiter.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
Space Agency
Walter Mondale
Dminn
Wrecking yard push on street storage draws code scrutiny
Roy Velasquez of 333 N Second St faces questions over using the street in front of his auto dismantling yard for parking junk autos. The Planning Commission required fences, parking, shrubs, and storage inside the yard, with potential permit revocation if not met.
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Roy
N. Second St
Roy Velasquez
Velasquez
Planning Commission
Bill Cruse
Cruse
Commission
Apollo 16 Moon Mission Pushed to April
Apollo 16 launch moved from March 17 to April 16 due to problems with a spacecraft undocking device batteries and a spacesuit. Mission directors say the delay allows engineers to fix hardware and validate power systems while the crew remains John W Young Thomas K Mattingly and Charles M Duke.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Space Agency
Apollo
Rocco A. Petrone
Washington
John W. Young
Thomas K. Mattingly
Charles M. Duke
Young
Duke
Moon
Mattingly
Petrone
Lunar
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U.S. State Department
Harry J. Crompe
Motor Hotel
Renault
Lion's Inn
South Vietnam
Mondale
Ryan Park
Uge
Santa Rosa Road
Velasques
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