Plan to Build Early Warning System Pushed in Flood Valley
Government aid including heavy equipment and manpower will begin clearing flood ravaged lands in the Valley by next week. County Supervisor Beattie said 6,000 acres were flooded with 4,000 needing debris removal as volunteers, Lompoc officials, and FFA members mobilize for a large cleanup and warning-system push.
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Francis H. Beattie
Beattie
Lompoc Farm Bureau
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Air Force
Cliff Taylor
Lompoc
Lompoc Jaycees
Tom Kitley
Lompoc High School
Kitley
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Reagan
Nixon
Charles Teague
Ralph Parkison
Ensley E. Wood
Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva
Santa Barbara
Daniel G. Grant
Board of Supervisors
Grant
Gene Wahlers
Col
James Minow
Wahlers
Lake Cachuma Dam
City Public Works
William Barrett
County Flood Control
Army Corps of Engineer
Santa Ynez
Lompoc Narrows
Iion
Wood
Jim Schooler
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Don Hansen
The
Soil Conservation
Lake Cachuma
Ernest Bondietti
Artesia Avenue
John Beattie
Henry Dettamanti
Farm Bureau
George Hutson
D Street
Marines to Build Bailey Bridges at Vandenberg
Advanced elements of the Fifth Marine Division arrive at Vandenberg Air Force Base from Camp Pendleton to erect a Bailey type one way bridge on Floradale Avenue replacing a washed out Federal Correctional Institution structure. A second two way Bailey bridge at the 13th Street extension is planned for Feb 25 with an advanced party of ten Marines and a 50 man convoy proceeding via Los Angeles. Demolition of Surf bridge sections begins Monday under U S Corps of Engineers supervision with completion expected by mid February.
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Fifth Marine Division
13Th Engineer Battalion
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Camp Pendleton
Marine Engineers
Fifth Marine Bridge Company
Federal Correctional Institutional Bridge
Floradale Avenue
Marine Bridge Company
13Th Street
Vandenberg
Los Angeles
Surf Bridge
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Nixon Visits Rubble District in Washington to Pledge Action
President Nixon toured the Negro ghetto district of Washington and viewed rubble from last April’s riots. He promised Congress 1,000 to 2,000 police and 10 to 15 judges, with bail reform and tougher corrections, while housing secretary Romney and Mayor Washington outlined rebuilding for two blocks in Northwest Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Risher
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Housing and Urban Development
George Romney
Walter E. Washington
7Th Street
Romney
Oil slick threatens Rincon Beach as spill spreads
A 17 by 8 mile oil slick reached Rincon Beach with 21,000 gallons daily from a Union Oil offshore drill near Carpinteria. Coast Guard aircraft report heavy concentrations four by twelve miles SW from the platform. Local groups urge halting Santa Barbara Channel oil operations and dispersant use is disputed by wildlife advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rincon Beach
Coast Guard
Rincon Oil Island
Union Oil Company
Carpinteria
Ventura County Humane Society
State Fish and Wildlife Service
Sierra Club
George Clyde
Walter Hickel
Santa Barbara Channel
Scenic Shoreline Preservation Conference of
Santa Barbara
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Secret contacts may break peace talk barriers
Paris reports Allied diplomats say North Vietnam and the Viet Cong are near agreeing to secret talks to end the stalemate in Vietnam peace negotiations. American delegates led by Henry Cabot Lodge expect backstage bargaining after plenary sessions fail to produce progress. US officials deny private meetings between Allied and Communist officials as French media claimed.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Henry Cabotlodge
Israel pledges to ease plight of Jews in Iraq
Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol vows to spare no effort to ease the plight of Jews in Iraq and other Arab lands. Baghdad reports executions of 14 spies, nine Jews, triggering international protests. Pope Paul VI seeks clemency for Bethlehem residents, while Israel calls for UN supervised evacuation of Jews from Iraq.
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Israel
Iraq
United Press International
Levi Eshkol
Jerusalem
Baghdad
Baghdad Radio
Abdullah Salloum Al-Samarar
Paul T. Bail
Houston
Texas
Beirut
Paul VI
Jordan
Bethlehem
Eshkol
U.N
Cairo
Middle East
U.S. CIA
United States
Britain
De Gaulle Faces Antigovernment Demonstration in Brittany
President Charles de Gaulle began a three day Brittany tour in Rennes with heavy police presence as thousands gathered outside the town hall. Demonstrators split into pro and anti government camps and scuffles erupted requiring riot police intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennes
France
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Brittany
de Gaulle
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New Boulevard
Wye
Rincon
D.C. Ghetto
Ivan Nash III
Refugio Road
Santa Ynez Valley
Paul Loughridge
Ray Bickmore
Harvey McDonald
Henry Carroll
Earl ‘Buster
BY Harry J, Crompe
Commerce
David Munoz
Ben Dreskin
Dres
Ryozo Devinna
Misao
Mars de Gaulle
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