Welfare rolls rise again in California after dip
California welfare recipients total 2,117,732, about 10 of the population, up 665 from December. State Director Robert Carleson credits welfare reforms for the long decline though seasonal unemployment also fell to 6.1. Largest group is Aid to Families with Dependent Children at 1,542,247 with 1,082,920 children.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Ronald Reagan
Carleson
Reagan
Prominent rancher arrested in Santa Barbara County
Monterey rancher and Flag Is Up Farms manager Marvin Roberts was jailed in Santa Barbara County on $50 000 bail on felony grand theft charges stemming from a $40 000 alleged theft. He faces arraignment tomorrow and is linked to a planned sale of Gladwin and 34 yearlings to a syndicate. Investigation continues into other sales by Roberts.
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Dick Praul
Marvin Roberts
Flag Is Up
Santa Ynez Valley
Santa Barbara County
Roberts
Hastings Harcourt
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
New Zealand
Harcourt
Gladwin
Southern California
Dist. Atty
David Milner
Mulligan resigns from California water board amid bribery allegations
Kerry Mulligan, chair of California's Water Resources Control Board, submitted his resignation to Gov. Reagan effective February 26 after being accused of offering a $20,000 bribe to a Honolulu official. He defended his actions at a Sacramento news conference, stating he acted with integrity and had not been a contracted consultant.
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Sacramento
UPI
Kerry Mulligan
Honolulu
Ronald Reagan
Mulligan
State Water Resources Control Board
Reagan
California
Kissinger Reveals Secret Vietnam Peace Offer
Henry Kissinger disclosed that the United States offered a withdrawal date of August 1, 1972 in exchange for a cease fire and POW releases. He described talks in Paris on August 16 and said North Vietnam demanded the overthrow of South Vietnam's government, a demand the U.S. rejected.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Vietnam
Kissinger
East
White House
Paris
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
24 Attend Drug Lecture At Cabrillo High
A second series of drug abuse talks opened at Cabrillo High School Little Theatre. Robert Thompson of Lompoc Unified and Capt. Frank Chastulik of Vandenberg AFB discussed basic factors in drug abuse. Only 24 attended, down from 600-700 last year.
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Cabrillo High School
Little Theatre
Robert Thompson
Lompoc Unified
Frank Chastulik
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Thompson
Lompoc
Chastulik
Richard Harris
Second woman joins bid for City Council seats
Ann S. Dewberry, of 221 A North N Street, filed nominating papers for one of two City Council seats in the April 11 election. Incumbent Charlotte had already filed. Four other potential candidates have taken papers but not filed. Nominating deadline is Feb 3 at noon. Local interest in the council contest rises as candidates gauge support.
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Cpt
Harris
FCI
David Chamberlain
Bud Trimble
Lompoc
Ann S. Dewberry
North N St
Charlotte
Arthur Scott
Donald E. Schuyler
South E St
William W. Johnson
North V St
Gaspare Oneto
W. North Ave
Steven Cox
D North N St
Communists reject Nixon peace offer at Paris talks
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong rejected President Nixon s latest Vietnam peace plan. Hanoi accused Nixon of breaking promises to keep talks with Kissinger secret and criticized U S insistence on Vietnamization and support for South Vietnam s Thieu regime. The Viet Cong echoed a harsher line than Hanoi s official response.
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Paris
Nixon
Hanoi
William J. Porter
Kissinger
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Lompoc Jaycees Seek California Outstanding Young Farmer Nominee
The Valley search aims to name a local OYF candidate for California honor with statewide convention in Lompoc on February 5. Nominees must be 21 to 35 and active in farming. state winners receive a plaque a $500 Bank of America prize and a paid trip to the national competition in Sioux Falls South Dakota.
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Bob Gaston
Lompoc
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Veterans Memorial
California
Bank of America
Sioux Falls
General Motors Truck Division
Flinkingshelt
South Vietnamese Air Force Destroys Four Communist Tanks
UPI reports in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam the air force destroyed four Communist tanks in the war's first such strike by SAIGON. American planes supported by helicopter gunships blasted a large Communist base camp, including a hospital and training center, after ground fire forced discovery by U.S. helicopters 180 miles north of Saigon.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
U.S
Laos
Jeffrey Taylor
Highlands
Taylor
Killer storms lash northern U S with deadly winds
Severe weather in the Great Lakes region and western Washington caused deaths in New York City Chicago Buffalo and Long Island. High winds toppled trees damaged buildings and knocked out power as snow and cold deepened across Minnesota and the Northwest presenting travel hazards and school closures.
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Washington State
New York City
New York
Chicago
Buffalo
N.Y
Bronx
Electric Company
Wall
Manhattan
Suffolk County
Long Island
Minnesota
Estes Park
Colo
Washington
Rockies
Northwest
Montana
California
Antelope Valley
Mojave Desert
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Conn
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Olympia
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