Justifiable Homicide Ruled in People’s Park Death
A Alameda County coroner jury finds James B. Rector’s death a justifiable homicide by an unknown deputy during the People’s Park riot in Berkeley. The verdict followed days of clashes between students Hippies and police on a fenced lot. Rector’s family plans a $100,000 civil suit.
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Ira Rifkin
Oakland
Calif
UPI
James B. Rector
Alameda County
Rector
People’s Park
Berkeley
Ted Jarvis
Delores Clifford
San Jose
Leonard N. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Witness testifies to fatal Los Angeles sniper shooting
Alton Butler told a coroner's inquest that police jumped from their car with guns drawn and began shooting at Donald Lee Oughton after a patrol car approached with lights and siren. Butler said no warning was given and officers chased witnesses away after the fatal volley. Oughton, not armed, was reaching for his wallet, mistaken for a sniper in the area.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Alton Butler
Donald Lee Oughton
Oughton
Butler
Lompoc Record Publication Details and Staff Lineup
The Lompoc Record is published daily except Sundays and Christmas Day under Superior Court Decree No. 47065. It lists President Mrs Kenneth L Adam and Publisher J Donald Adam with staff including Editor Harry J Crompe and Sports Editor Bill Cockshott, among others, and carries a $2.00 monthly home delivery rate.
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Lompoc Record
Lompoc
California
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
GIs Returnees Targeted as 9th Division Hq Bombed
Communist artillery hit the U S 9th Infantry Division headquarters at Dong Tam near Saigon as troops prepared to ship home. A rocket killed two soldiers and wounded 21 others and a civilian, part of a larger wave of 27 attacks across South Vietnam. The 9th Division unit leaving for home Sunday is part of Nixon’s plan to withdraw 25 000 troops by August 20.
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Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPS
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
United States
Tay Ninh
U.S
4Th Battalion
47Th Infantry
Nixon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Okinawa
Hue
Imperial
Ment
Tuy Hoa City
9Th Division
Bien Hoa
McChord Afb
Tacoma
Wash
National Liberation Front
NLF
Weather turns hot and stormy across regions
The Midwest cleared briefly then faced heavy rain and flooding in Iowa and Illinois. Iowa City area reported hip deep river overflow and hundreds homeless. Mesquakie Reservation forced evacuations. California saw a Friday thunderstorm with power outages at Los Angeles International Airport. Southern regions endured heat with temperatures over 100 in Memphis, Needles, Blythe.
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United Press International
Midwest
California
Los Angeles
Chelsea
Iowa
Dixie
Illinois
Leonard Klenk
Marshalltown
Tama
Chester
Ill
International
Las Vegas
Nev
Needles
Blythe
Southeast
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Sexton Summit
Ore
Calif
Connecticut Mutual Life rep answers Lompoc Valley questions
Bob Gaston, a Connecticut Mutual Life representative in the Lompoc Valley, introduces himself and invites local residents to ask questions about saving for the future estate planning life insurance and financial responsibilities.
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Bob Gaston
Connecticut Mutual Life
Lompoc Valley
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