Mitchell ties Haldeman Ehrlichman to hiding Watergate truth
John N. Mitchell testified to the Senate Watergate Committee that H. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman joined in an active effort to keep the truth about Watergate and related crimes from President Nixon. He said discussions with the two in 1972 touched on how to keep lid on disclosures, while they denied knowledge of the affair until spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
John N. Mitchell
H. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Senate
Watergate Committee
White House
Nixon
Samuel Cash
Mitchell
Democratic
Watergate
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Cash
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Controversy grows over Santa Barbara County general plan hearing
The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission held a marathon five hour session in Lompoc drawing about 150 people as it reviews the general plan. Debate centered on zoning for a 75 acre parcel on Rucker Road and a 2,500 acre area around Vandenberg Village with environmentalists opposing changes. Additional talks covered industrial zoning and a proposed 1,000 acre ranch development north of Lompoc Casmalia Road and east of Mission Hills. The next hearing is set for July 18 in Lompoc.
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Vaughn Proctor
Santa Barbara
Young
Citizens Committee
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Vandenberg Village
Tom Parks
Lompoc-Casmalia Road
Mission Hills
PCPA Opens Ninth Season With The Music Man At Hancock
Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts kicks off its ninth season at Allan Hancock College with The Music Man a high spirited musical. Dame Judith Anderson attends as special guest along with donors and officials. The summer repertory runs through September 2 featuring Arsenic and Old Lace Caucasian Chalk Circle and more for a total of 61 shows across 54 days.
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Lompoc
Edmund Burke
Allan Hancock College Board of Trustees
Larry Delinger
AHC
PCPA
Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts
Allan Hancock College
Performing Arts
Judith Anderson
Lady MacBeth
Walter E. Conrad
Winthrop
Argentine pilot hailed as hero after Varig crash near Paris
A Varig Boeing 707 bound from Brazil crash landed near Orly, saving many by steering clear of homes. The fire killed 122, mostly from smoke and flames, with 12 survivors all crew members. Pilot Gilberto Araujo Da Silva is praised as calm and nerveless for the fatal landing.
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Saulx - Les-Chartreux
France
UPI
Paris
Gilberto Araujo da Silva
Orly
Brazil
Aman
Supervisors may seek bids for new Lompoc airport operator
The Board of Supervisors may soon ask for proposals to name a new fixed base operator at Lompoc County Airport after the county took over operations from Lompoc Flying Service which defaulted on its agreement. Proposals will be judged on financials qualifications and applicant history amid IRS seizure concerns and ongoing audits with possible litigation.
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Board of Supervisors
Lompoc County
Lompoc
County Public Works Department
IRS
Hearing set to explain why no freeway EIS in Lompoc case
Santa Maria Superior Court ordered the California Division of Highways to hold a public hearing July 30 to justify why no full environmental impact study was done for the $9 million Lompoc Freeway bypass. Plaintiffs PSUS and Home Owners Security Alliance argue CEQA retroactivity applies.
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Santa Maria
Smith
Lompoc
Preserve
Ralph Lejonhud
Fire destroys military personnel records in St. Louis blaze
A fire at the U S Military Personnel Records Center in Overland near St. Louis burned for hours destroying hundreds of thousands of records dating back to World War I and II. FBI agents assisted as fire crews fought the blaze on the top floor of the six story building housing 56 million personnel files.
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ST. Louis
UPI
FBI
Washington
U. S
Overland
Deane H. Looney
Looney
U. S. Army Reserve Component Personnel and Administration Center
Five die in Santa Barbara Channel crash identified
Authorities named five victims of a Channel crash including three New York men and a New York City detective. Pilot H Ray Jones, 47, of Port Washington attempted an instrument approach in heavy fog before the crash. Passengers included John W Crocell, detective. Manuel Rodriguez, a NYC stationery store manager. Beecher W Adams and James Tenser from Goleta.
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Santa Barbara, Calif
UPI
New York
New York City
H. Ray Jones
Port Washington
N.Y
Santa Barbara
Brooklyn
Manuel Rodriguez
Beecher W. Adams
James Tenser
Goleta
Calif
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John Mitchell
Hancock
George E. Howard
Charlotte Benton
AHC Board of
Jim L. Collins
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Robert Serva
Deborah May
Jerry Phelps
Little
Air France
Atlanta
Europe
Lompoc Flying Service
Internal Revenue Service
Steve LA Rue
Howard Whiteley
General Services Administration
Kansas City
Whiteley
John W. Crocell
E. Lemon Avenue
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