Lebanese Air Force Jets Bomb Palestinian Positions in Damour
Lebanese air force planes struck Palestinian positions around the Christian resort town of Damour south of Beirut as fighting raged across Lebanon. The military said two Hawker Hunter jets aided an army convoy ambushed by Palestinian and Druze gunmen, with the clash cutting Beirut communications and forcing airport closures amid escalating civil war violence.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Talazata
Damour
Mediterranean
Rabies Clinics Set for Dogs and Cats in Lompoc and Solvang
County health officials report nine rabies cases in 1975 with pets showing zero. Two clinics, Saturday in Lompoc for dogs and cats, and a Solvang session Jan 24, offer immunizations and licenses. Fees: 2.50 per shot, dog licenses 6 full, 3 senior, 3 altered, 1.50 altered senior. seniors must prove age 65+. Dogs need leashes. cats in carriers.
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Santa Barbara
Lawrence Hart
Hart
Lompoc
Department of Animal Control
Mid-Coast Veterinary Medical Assn
Veterans Memorial Building
Locust
Pioneer Park
Pine
Solvang
Veterans Memorial
Mission Dr
De Anza trek details firmed by Bicentennial committee
The Lompoc Valley segment of the De Anza reenactment gains riders with about 30 joining at Jalama School for a stop at La Purisima Mission on February 28. A Moose Lodge dinner welcomes the group, and a water committee discusses conjunctive use projects with an estimated consultant cost up to half a million dollars. Weather and tides are also listed for the weekend.
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Lompoc Valley
de Anza
Johanna Hardin
Paul Thompson
Jalama School
la Purisima Mission
The
Moose Lodge
County Water Agency
Leon Lunt
Charles Lawrance
Stanley C. Hatch
Santa Barbara
Lunt
Solvang
Cachuma Reservoir
Ford restricts public release of two intelligence reports
A White House official says President Ford bans publication of two House intelligence committee reports on CIA funding in Italy and Angola. Rep. Leo J. Ryan claims three more secret CIA operations exist and questions national security arguments. Senate hearings on intelligence reform set for next week. Local political forums for Lompoc City Council candidates announced with dates and venues.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Ford
House Intelligence Committee
CIA
Italy
Angola
Leo J. Ryan
D-Calif
Ryan
House Select Committee On Intelligence
John Carlson
Intelligence Committee
Otis Pike
D-N.y
United States
Pike Committee
Carlson
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Senate Government Operations Committee
U.S
Congressional
Ford cites Cuban troops in Angola as concern
White House says President Ford will use all available means to halt fighting by Cuban forces in Angola without foreign interference. Deputy Press Secretary John Carlson notes U S diplomacy through channels seeks resolution, amid claims 7500 Cuban troops support leftist Angolans and talks with the Soviet Union continue.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Angola
White House
John Carlson
United States
Carlson
Court awaits suspects in drug arrests
Arraignment procedures are being arranged for three Lompoc narcotics suspects and three others in a separate case, including two federal inmates. In Lompoc, Donna Bergeron, Michael Bell, and Douglas Roberts face multiple marijuana and dangerous drug charges after police seized over 12 pounds of marijuana and paraphernalia. The federal inmates William Hubbard and Donald Thorpe, held under a federal release program, face narcotics charges in Goleta, with arraignments for Engle, Hubbard, and Thorpe scheduled next week in Santa Barbara.
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Lompoc
Federal Correctional Institution
Donna Marie Bergeron
Michael Steven Bell
Riverside
Douglas Roberts
North M St
Roberts
William Norman Hubbard
Donald Alpert Thorpe
Goleta
University of California
Jerry Bradford Engle
Santa Barbara Municipal Court
Kissinger loses chairmanship of key White House committees
President Ford shifted Kissinger from the 40 Committee overseeing U S intelligence operations after removing his NSC directorship. Brent Scowcroft, Kissinger's deputy, now leads the 40 Committee with Kissinger retaining two NSC related committees, while Donald Rumsfeld is eyed for the Defense Planning Review Committee.
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Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
White House
John Carlson
Kissinger
Washington Special Action Group
CIA
Carlson
Ford
NSC
Scowcroft
Defense Planning Review Committee
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Freshmen congressmen warned on Ford budget’s economic risks
Rep. John J. McFall warned newly elected House members that Ford’s planned 1977 budget could derail economic recovery and keep unemployment high. He predicted Congress would extend the 1975 tax cut for six more months and urged scrutiny of spending cuts versus economic stimulus. He noted the freshmen’s push to pass legislation and seek re election.
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King
Congress
Washington
UPI
John J. McFall
D-Calif
House
Ford
McFall
Joint Economic Committee
California Senate approves EQA changes seek easier developments
The California Senate passed a bill to modify the Environmental Quality Act with a 24 to 9 vote. Senator Berryhill says the measure simplifies impact reporting and speeds approvals without harming the environment, while conservationists warn it weakens protections and Gov Brown’s Resources Agency notes potential approvals without studies.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
California
Brown
Clare Berryhill
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Resources Agency
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YMCA
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Lompoc Public Library
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Kenneth Boyd
First Presbyterian Church
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Soviet Union
California State University At
Northridge
Bob Morris
Colonial Williamsburg
Virginia Assembly
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Brent L. Scowcroft
National Security Council
Assembly Resources Committee
Berryhill
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