U.S. intensifies air strikes on North Vietnamese targets
U.S. command reports stronger air attacks on North Vietnamese missile and radar sites. Tanks are reported within three miles of Kontum as Tet approaches. Provisional Revolutionary Government urges South Vietnamese to demand U.S. withdrawal and Thieu’s ouster. Officials cite reinforced defenses along the Ho Chi Minh Trail and preparations for a major offensive in the Central Highlands near the 삼-country border.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Highlands
Kontum
Indochina
Nixon
Peking
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi
Haiphong
Central Highlands
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Washington
UPI
Vietnam
White House
Paris
Ronald L. Ziegler
Oval
Ziegler
United States
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Red China
Senate Democrats
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Edwards AFB Might Miss Shuttle Site But Could Host Testing
Kern County official David Head said Edwards Air Force Base will likely not be chosen for the space shuttle program site with Cape Kennedy favored instead. He noted Edwards could become the shuttle testing center with about 2,000 local jobs and Southern California might serve as the assembly location bringing 6,000 jobs.
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Bakersfield
UPI
David Head
Kern County
Edwards Air Force Base
Head
NASA
Washington D.C
Cape Kennedy
Edwards Afb
Kern
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Southern
California
City Council Offers Compromise Over 1960s Subdivision Curb and Gutter
Emergency session ends with agreement to revise grading standards and provide admin aid in exchange for correcting curb and gutter on a 100 home subdivision begun in 1962. City may face liability for condition of curb and gutter installed before 1965 as 36 homes remain unfinished without streets.
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Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Mixed reaction to Collier school finance plan in Sacramento
State lawmakers and education chief Wilson Riles reacted to Sen Randolph Collier’s plan to raise 4.7 billion for schools by tax shifts from property to gross receipts and consumer levies. The measure would overhaul funding, raise state control of districts, and face uncertain voter approval.
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Sacramento
UPS
Randolph Collier
Wilson Riles
Albert S. Rodda
State
Senate Education Committee
Riles
Collier
Senate Finance Committee
Randy Collier
Crusty
Yreka
California
Supreme Court
Mayor Scott delay extends to Friday on reelection decision
Mayor Arthur Scott postponed announcing whether he will seek a second term on the City Council until Friday. The April 11 election also includes the seat of councilwoman Charlotte Benton, who has filed for the race. Nomination papers are due by noon February 3, with five other potential candidates having picked owl papers but not yet confirming entry.
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Arthur Scott
Scott
Charlotte Benton
Benton
Mrs. Benton
Owl
William W. Johnson
North V St
Donald E. Schuyler
South E St
Gaspare Oneto
W. North Ave
Steven Cox
North N St
Anne S. Dewberry
Air Force drug abuse lecture series opens at Cabrillo High
The first of the second annual Lompoc Valley Drug Abuse lecture series starts tonight at 7 in Cabrillo High School Little Theater. Capt. Frank Chastulik and Capt. Skip Wilcox discuss Vandenberg programs and Lackland AFB treatment, with Robert Thompson outlining Lompoc school programs. The event is free and open to the public with further sessions planned Feb 1 8 and 15.
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United States Air Force
Cabrillo High School
Air Force
Vandenberg
Richard Harris
Lompoc Valley
Frank Chastulik
VAFB
Skip Wilcox
Lackland Afb
Tex
Robert Thompson
Lompoc
Cabrillo
Albert Eglash
Allan Hancock College
Stan Otremba
David Chamberlain
L. E. Heiges Jr
Barry Coughlin
Reagan asks Mulligan to resign amid California business ties
Governor Reagan, who appointed Mulligan to a $26,250 post in 1969, says he has not spoken with the chairman and Mulligan has not resigned. Reagan cannot fire him due to the four year term ending Jan 15, 1973. The State Department of Finance has dispatched 30 auditors to probe industrial safety enforcement.
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California
Mulligan
Reagan
State Department of Finance
Division of Industrial Safety
Critics Clash Over Move of Dependent Children Program
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, urged by Judge Charles S Stevens, postponed a decision on shifting the dependent children program from the probation to the welfare department. Foster parents and others, citing 118 petitions and letters, argued the change would harm children and waste money, while supporters warned of needed staff and efficiency.
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Probation Department
Welfare Department
Board of Supervisors
Charles S. Stevens
Stevens
Curtis Tunnell
Santa Barbara
Santa Maria
Raymond D. Johnson
George Rominges
Lompoc
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James Longtin
George Cotsenmeyer
H Street
Pine Avenue
William J. Porter
the Record
Vandenberg AF
Foster Homes Assn
Jan Johnson
Association
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