Peace Talks Open as US Proposes Demilitarized Zone
The United States urged reestablishment of a Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam as a practical first step toward peace. Henry Cabot Lodge outlined a format with international verification and prisoner exchanges while Viet Cong and North Vietnamese delegates pressed for Saigon’s overthrow and withdrawal of U.S. forces.
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Storm devastation mounts in Southland as floods persist
Los Angeles reports eight days of rain with more than 60 firemen snaking sandbags around Valencia homes as floodwaters threaten neighborhoods. Nine homes evacuated while a Brentwood mudslide kills a man and injures six firefighters. Officials say 24 homes destroyed and 176 damaged across the area with total losses topping $5 million and at least 47 dead. Rescue crews evacuate residents in Ojai Valley as rivers overrun banks and water supplies fail.
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Ojai
Ventura County
Meiners Oaks
Oakview
Matildja
Foster Park
Storm crippled region as SP derailment blocks highway traffic
A major storm battered Santa Barbara County with 10 inches of rain broad flooding and rock slides. A 43-car Southern Pacific freight derailment near El Capitan Beach caused explosions and fires halting Highway 101 while authorities warned evacuations along DeWolfe and Artesia Avenues and kept Highway 1 and 246 open. Officials expect ongoing floods threatening Lompoc s sewer plant and river crests overnight with Lake Cachuma spilling and dams at risk.
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Santa Ynez
Cantlay
Czechs cancel funeral rites for Jan Palach
Prague reports say Czechoslovakia halted most funeral ceremonies for Jan Palach to curb potential demonstrations after his self immolation protesting the Soviet invasion. Palach will be buried at Olšany with a government planned attendance, while Vyšehrad burial was canceled and eulogies were dropped. The interior ministry warned of provocations and deployed hundreds of troops and police.
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UPI
Czechoslovakia
Jan Palach
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Olsany
Vysehrad
Cox Checks Roof as High Winds Rattle Avenue Flow er Shop
E. W. Cox surveys the rooftop of his Avenue Flow er Shop early in strong winds. River watchers stay alert as the weather shifts.
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E. W. Cox
Avenue
Planners hear progress on agriculture preserve program
City and county officials will present a progress report on the agriculture preserve program at a regular Lompoc Planning Commission meeting. Attending are Herbert Diverbiss Santa Barbara County assistant planning director William Cook chief appraiser and Walter Cummings agricultural commissioner. The commission will also hear a report from the agricultural preserve committee. Public hearings are set for Landmark Missionary Baptist Church at 708 N Third St to vary approved plans, Edward A Huber to operate a building contractor office at 1101 E Cypress Ave, and George A Mate to run radio TV and small appliance service at 1016 W Cherry Ave all in single family zones.
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Cypress Ave
George A. Mate
Cherry Ave
Nixon schedules council meeting
President Nixon held his second meeting with the National Security Council at the White House. The agenda was top secret but Vietnam peace talks in Paris were expected to dominate discussions as the United States pushed for reestablishment of South Vietnam.
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