Official explains Cachuma dam not for flood control
A Bureau of Reclamation official said Cachuma Dam is designed for water conservation, not flood control. He described the 100 year storm in the Santa Ynez Valley that flooded Lompoc and surrounding areas, noting limited options for manual releases and the impact on local facilities and bridges.
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Cachuma Dam
Lompoc Valley
Bureau of Reclamation
Santa Ynez
Lompoc
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Correctional Institution
Macias
Gibraltar
Juneal
Cachuma
Bureau
South County
Loans Made Available for Santa Ynez Flood Damage
Residents whose homes were hit by the Santa Ynez floods will qualify for long term low interest loans from the government after the county was declared a disaster area. Offices are being set up in the county building in Santa Barbara to handle applications. A possible Lompoc branch is not yet decided. Mayor MacClure urged the governor to declare Lompoc a disaster area but a city declaration may wait until inspectors visit.
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Santa Ynez
Santa Barbara
Lompoc
Robert D. MacClure
Sofar
U S negotiators stay optimistic at Paris Vietnam talks
UPI report says American negotiators led by Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge remain hopeful despite the DMZ proposal being preliminarily rejected. They plan to press the DMZ issue at the next session while analysts say Viet Cong and North Vietnamese positions remain fluid amid battlefield upsurges and a five day delay to reconvene.
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George Libera
Paris
UPI
Vietnam
Dmz
U.S
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
Lodge
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Nguyen Than le
Xuan Thuy
National Liberation Front
NLF
Carpenter to Head State Republicans
Dennis Carpenter, a former FBI agent known for condemning campus and street violence, led California Republicans with a former Marine as his deputy after the party held its most competitive election in four years.
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Carpenter
DE van L. Shumway
Sacramento
UPI
Dennis Carpenter
FBI
California
Republican Party
Nixon eyes progress in Paris peace talks and UN stance
President Nixon voiced optimism that Paris talks could advance steps toward ending the Vietnam war, including demilitarized zone order and mutual troop withdrawals. He said the U.S. would not push a laundry list of proposals and that Red China’s UN seat remains opposed. He favors the nuclear nonproliferation treaty but will decide on ratification after NSC and GOP and Democratic leaders meetings.
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UPI
Nixon
Paris
Vietnam Demilitarized Zone
United States
U.S
Vietnam
Red China
United Nations
Peking
U.N
Warsaw
Soviet Union
National Security Council
Storm remembering the 1938 Lompoc flood replay
Residents of Lompoc Valley recall the 1938 Santa Ynez River flood as this weekend’s surge brings heavy rain and flooding. Lower valley damage included washed out roads, 50 feet of Leege Avenue eroded, and impassable streets while boats and detours kept traffic moving via Robinson Bridge and Mission Canyon.
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Lompoc Valley
Santa Ynez
Lower
Arguello Coast Guard Station
Lower Valley
Lompoc
Robinson Bridge
Mission Canyon
Leege Avenue
Central Avenue
Urban League chief shot in Seattle
Edwin T. Pratt, executive director of the Seattle Urban League since 1961, was shot to death in a porch ambush at his home. The King County Coroner’s office said the 38 year old Black leader was killed by a single bullet entering his mouth and lodging in the back of his head, apparently from a small caliber rifle.
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Robert McDaniel
Seattle
Wash
UPI
Edwin T. Pratt
The
Urban League
King County
Israel warns of reprisal for Baghdad spy hangings
Israel signals possible retaliatory attack against Iraq after nine Jews were among 14 men hanged on espionage charges in Baghdad. Iraq places armed forces on full alert as Nixon warns of a future Middle East confrontation between nuclear powers.
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Beirut
UPI
Iraq
Israel
Baghdad Radio
Baghdad
Liberation Square
Basra
Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr
Cairo
Middle East
Bakr
United Press International
Nixon
Washington
Jerusalem
Levi Eshkol
Communist Chinese diplomat seeks asylum in The Hague
The Dutch government granted asylum to Liao Ho Shu 46 the Communist Chinese Charge d Affaires in The Hague. He appeared at the central police station before dawn and said he never wanted to return home.
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Hague
UPI
China
Liao Ho Shu
Lompoc Record Publishes Daily Except Sundays
The Lompoc Record is a daily newspaper published by Lompoc Record Publications, California. It lists staff including Publisher J. Donald Adam, Editor Harry Crompe, Sports Editor Betty Laurent, and others with a $2.00 monthly subscription.
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Lompoc Record
Lompoc
California
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Jim Ainsworth
John Alexander
Wesley A. Huffman
E. C. Stevens
Bill Cockshott
Betty Laurent
Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
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Marguerite Beaton
Ottawa
Canada
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College Avenue
Upfe & Casualty
Mima Casualty & Surety Co
Artesia Avenue
Floradale Avenue
Gibraltar Dam
Babylon
Eshkol
California Newspaper Publishers Association
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
California Press Association
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Sun
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Rhonda Fleming
Johnson & Johnson Drug Shore
East Ocean Avenue
RDS
ENTIR
E Stock
Will
Braun
Johnson & Johnson
Stan Johnson
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