Nixon impeachment move blocked at NAACP convention
In Indianapolis the NAACP rejected a resolution to push Congress toward impeachment proceedings against President Nixon due to Watergate. The proposal failed to meet committee deadlines, with Roy Wilkins confirming it was disqualified for tardiness. The convention proceeded without floor consideration.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Congress
Nixon
Wycliff Jangdharrie
NAACP
Philadelphia
Roy Wilkins
Director at State Vocational Rehabilitation Office
A directive notes the State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation at the state capitol knows where to locate handicapped workers. It emphasizes the agency's role in guiding employers to qualified individuals and facilitating inclusive hiring.
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State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
State Capitol
Chou En-lai Condemns Bombing of Cambodia During Talks With U.S. Delegation
Premier Chou En-lai denounced the ongoing U.S. bombing of Cambodia and said he would not visit Washington while Nationalist Chinese diplomats remain in the city. He held a two hour meeting with eight visiting U.S. congressmen and their aides, then attended a banquet for exiled Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk who returned to Peking. Sihanouk urged arms for his forces while Magnusen urged patience on a bombing halt set for August 15. Chou warned of possible Taiwan pressure and criticized the Chiang Kai-shek clique holding an ambassador in Washington.
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Peking
CPI
Chou En-lai
Cambodia
Washington
U.S
Sihanouk
Sen
Warren G. Magnusen
D-Wash
Chou
Magnusen
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Taiwan
Gas explosion kills five. two more die in Arizona blast
Two more workers Myron Mast and Joe Chambers died in Phoenix hospitals raising the toll to five. Three volunteer firemen perished. many injured as a propane railroad tanker exploded into a fireball along Route 66 near Williams Energy Co. The blast leveled nearby businesses and melted a service station clock at 2 09 p m as investigators begin probing the cause.
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Kingman, Ariz
UPI
Myron Mast
Doxel Gas Co
Joe Chambers
Phoenix
Las Vegas
Nev
Arizona
Southwest
Williams Energy Co
Mohave General Hospital
Nevada
Country Kitchen
Double G Tire Co
Ray Kir
Bob Ross
Ross
Lompoc Commission to review sign law revisions
Lompoc Planning Commission will review sign maintenance revisions and six non conforming signs exceeding 300 square feet including Perry Auto Parts 328 sq ft Roy Hodges Automotive 359 sq ft Linde s Furniture 394 sq ft Paulin s Floor Covering 372 sq ft Linden s Furniture 953 sq ft and Jimmy Long Toyota 713 sq ft Also on the agenda progress on Jessie Ramming School West Pine Avenue election of officers and committee appointments SACRAMENTO UPI Gov Reagan signed SB619 allowing the LaJennelle shipwreck off Port Hueneme to be removed or converted into a 14 million fishing and recreation jetty with state lands and Ventura County involved and a 14 million budget allocation for 1973 74.
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Lompoc
W. Ocean Ave
Linden’s
North H St
Jimmy Long
Toyota
E. Ocean Ave
Jessie Ramming
West Pine Avenue
Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
LaJennelle
Port Hueneme
Ventura County
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Rojal
State Lands Commission
California Reports Record June Employment At 8.69 Million
California employment reached a June total of 8,697,700, a new record, with unemployment at 5.2 percent. State officials credit broad industry gains and inflationary pressures remain within normal ranges as releases show steady payroll increases and higher year over year figures.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
State Department of Human Resources Development
Department
Dwight Geduldig
Human Resources Disrector
Rere
Geduldig
Fires In Lompoc Valley Cause Several Calls And A Dental Mishap
Fire crews battled two river bottom blazes east of Lompoc suspected to be spontaneous and fuelled by refuse from flower seed fields. They also checked two fires near 309 North N Street with no damage. A barley field fire near Buellton burned about four acres. A dental office motor smoke incident caused no damage. Gasoline leak from a truck at the Record site was flushed away with no fire.
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Lompoc
Duane Norman
Santa Ynez
Santa Ynez River
North N Street
Buellton
North N St
Santa Rosa Road
John P. Sanders
South C St
Victor Artinez
Reapportionment hearings wrap up as masters hear lawmakers
Three retired judges finish a week of open reapportionment hearings in San Francisco. They will submit recommendations to the California Supreme Court by August 31 on redrawing Assembly Senate and congressional districts after Gov. Reagan vetoed the legislature's bill. Republican Assemblyman William Bagley condemned partisan districting, citing splits of La Mesa and multiple cities in several districts.
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San Francisco
UPI
California Supreme Court
High Court
Assembly
Senate
Ronald Reagan
William T. Bagley
San Rafael
Bagley
la Mesa
Fiscal year construction declines in Lompoc totals
Lompoc officials report the fiscal year ending June 30 construction value at 2.431 million, down from 2.637 million a year earlier, with June activity at 90,432, and calendar year totals also lower at 1.288 million versus 2.184 million.
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Lompoc
Lompo City Council Special Street Session Noted
Lompo Council schedules a special street session Monday at City Hall to finish agenda items from last week. Walter Heidmous Jr. was omitted from Air Force Academy honors list and is later noted on dean, commandant, and superintendent lists.
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Lompoc
City Hall
Walter Najim Heidmous Jr
Air Force Academy
Heidmous
W. N. Heidmous
Polaris Ave
Vandenberg Village
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Helsinki
Finland
Organization of Peace
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Geneva
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CLC
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Association
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock, Tex
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Reagan
Berkeley, Calif
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Pacific
Benjamin Tamplin
State Health Department
Sanitation and Radiation Laboratory
The
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Berkeley
Los Angeles
Christ Cam
Volkswagens
Clark & Larsson
Volkswagen
East Ocean Ave
Lompoc Valley
Daily Record
Charles M. Teague
West Cypress Street
Santa Ania
Teague
Michael Wootton
Santa Maria
YMCA
North I
Hawaii
Kaia Hamel
Cindy Roselli
RE 6
Vandenberg Afb
Pacific West Constructors
le Rich Contractors
Vandenberg
Arthur L. Moore Jr
Lompoe
Santa Barbara County Fair
Santa Barbara
McPeek
North H Street
Order of the Solden
Starbuck
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