Alioto Withdraws From California Governor Race
San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto says he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor to avoid harming his libel lawsuit against Look magazine and continuing a landmark antitrust case. He cites his mayoral duties and ongoing legal actions as incompatible with a statewide campaign.
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San Francisco
UPI
Joseph L Alioto
Governoship
California
Look Magazine
Alioto
Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington State
Jesse Unruh
Ronald Reagan
Unruh
San Francisco State College
S. I. Hayakawa
U. S
Weather and health notices sweep across the region
Snow flurries and freezing rain disrupt the West and East coasts with 2 to 4 inches possible in several areas. Frost damage prompts a seven day Florida citrus embargo. Lompoc hosts a January inoculation clinic for Arabs vaccination and dog licenses for 1970 are issued at reduced clinic fees and at the Health Department offices.
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United Press International
Washington
New England
Florida Citrus Commission
Arabies
Lompoc
Veterans Memorial Building
Esther Byberg
Health Department
County Health Department
Mid Coast Veterinary Medical Association
Lompoc delays two agricultural preserves near city limits
County supervisors delay final approval on two preserves west of Lompoc due to a required 30 day notice to the city. Lewis and Beattie are among applicants. Beattie abstained. Notices were sent December 31, with action postponed to February 2. The board also approved preserves for Clyde Gauld and Frances S Knowles and a Contaglia Brothers parcel in Los Alamos. The Yitas Ranch preserve spans about 2700 acres, completing the San Julian Ranch area.
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City of
Lompoc
John E. Lewis
Francis H. Beattie
Lewis
Beattie
Board of Supervisors
Howard Menzel
Clyde Gauld
Santa Ynez Valley
Frances S. Knowles
Yitas Ranch
San Julian Rd
Gauld
San Julian Ranch
Contaglia Brothers
Los Alamos
Nigerians Celebrate Victory Amid Anti-Catholic Unrest in Lagos
In Lagos crowds celebrated a Nigerian surrender of Biafra but police used tear gas to disperse anti-Catholic demonstrators marching toward the Roman Catholic Secretariat. Gowon accepted Biafra's surrender in a midnight broadcast and urged peace emissaries, while Britain agreed to aid with 12 million for relief and transport.
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Lagos
Nigeria
UPI
Secretariat
Kakubu Gowon
Biafra
Gowon
Britain
Washington
White House
David Newsom
U.S
International Red Cross
Geneva
Paul
Nixon
Harold Wilson
Presdent Georges Pompidou
France
Ask
Ing
Sino Soviet Conflict Threatens US Global Interests
London based Royal Institute for International Affairs warns that a successful Soviet attack on Communist China would push the world toward broader communization, devastate US and non Communist interests, and intensify US-Soviet confrontation and the arms race. The study by T C Rhee of the University of Dayton emphasizes a gigantic shift in power with worldwide repercussions.
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London
UPI
Royal Institute For International Affairs
China
United States
Institute
the World Today
Peking
Sian
U.S.S.R
T. C. Rhee
University of Dayton
Ohio
Soviet Union
New city public works director begins service in Lompoc
F K Ken Dawson started as Lompoc public works director city engineer, moving from Sacramento where he led engineering and managed Koebig and Koebig Inc. He will oversee engineering traffic building regulations streets and sanitation and aims to focus on administrative duties. His family plans to relocate, leasing a home at 304 Princeton Place.
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F. K
Ken) Dawson
New Lompoc
Lompoc
Ocean
Dawson
Sacramento
Koebig and Koebig, Inc
Princeton Place
California
Protests greet Agnew in Australia amid security
Vice President Spiro Agnew arrives in Canberra on his 11 nation Asia tour. Protesters hurl tomatoes at his unoccupied limousine while he lays a wreath at the war memorial. Police remove five demonstrators as heavy security surrounds the 43 hour stay. Agnew urges Pacific nations to lead in aiding less developed neighbors.
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Canberra
Australia
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Bali
Indonesia
Judy
John C. Gorton
Bettina
Auckland
New Zealand
Intercontinental
Fairbairn Air Force Base
War Memorial
Vietnam Moratorium Committee
Pacific
United States
Minier files complaint amid contempt threat over oil spill
Santa Barbara County District Attorney David Milner filed a 343 count criminal complaint against Union Oil Mobil Texaco and Gulf Oil alleging pollution of state waters in the Santa Barbara Channel beginning February 1969. He acted to beat the one year statute of limitations despite a federal injunction currently under appeal. Milner predicted oil firms would seek contempt sanctions but said he could not delay prosecution any longer.
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Santa Barbara
David Minier
Santa Barbara Channel
Union
Mobil
Texaco
Gulf Oil
Federal District Court
Albert Stephens, Jr
Milner
Stephens
Civil defense plan unites Lompoe community
Editor notes this is the second in a series on reorganizing Lompoe's Civil Defense. The plan, ten years old, is being updated by City Administrator Gene Wahlers and Fire Chief John Baker to unite residents in disaster response across welfare, health, law, engineering, fire and supply services with cooperation from schools, Red Cross, private groups and federal agencies.
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Ray McCuen
Lompoe
California
Gene Wahlers
John Baker
Lompoc
Wahlers
Baker
Park Department
Museum Associates
Veterans Memorial
Red Cross
Farm Bureau
Engineer
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Yale
Lompoc Plaza
Albert Bongo
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