Oil waste line spills on Surf beach at Orcutt
A 24 inch Union Oil waste line exposed on Surf beach discharges hot sulphuric water into a man made ditch toward the ocean. District manager Kenneth Stratke says floods clogged the end. crews with roto routers and high pressure water have failed to unstop it. The water, treated and containing no soluble pollutants, is near the State Water Pollution Control Board limits while fumes drift toward Ocean Park.
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Union Oil Company
Surf Beach
Kenneth Stratke
Orcutt
NASA
Stratke
State Water Pollution Control Board
Mike O’malley
Ocean Park
Lagoon
Los Angeles
Harry J. Crompe
Oil Company
Dan Duffy
County advances plans for long term water and flood control
County officials review a timetable for U S Bureau of Reclamation studies to guide a future water program for the county and flood control along the Santa Ynez River from Cachuma to the sea. Alternatives include levees, storage at Hot Springs and Salsipuedes, a longer Cachuma dam, pipelines, and desalination considerations.
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Santa Ynez River
Cachuma Reservoir
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Lompoc
Washington
Hot Springs
Lake Cachuma
Salsipuedes
Cis H. Beattie
Macias
Santa Barbara Channel Area
Southern California Edison Co
Pt. Conception
Space Center to delay first station launch to 1972
SPACE CENTER Houston reports the space agency will push back its first space station launch to 1972 using a prefabricated station and a reduced Saturn 5 booster, with a three man crew on a subsequent Saturn 1 flight.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
Space Agency
Apollo 11 astronauts nearing Earth after historic Moon mission
Apollo 11 crafts near Earth on return from the Moon as the crew Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins rest aboard the Hornet recovery ship in the South Pacific. Officials forecast calm seas and light winds for splashdown while cities plan celebrations and quarantine procedures.
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Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Earth
Nixon
Honolulu
Houston
United States
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Armstrong
Wapokoneta
Ohio
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Apollo
Australia
Supervisors Adopt 54.3 Million Budget With Tax Rise Hopes
The Board of Supervisors approved the 54.3 million expenditure portion of the 1969-70 county budget and signaled a potential five to nine cent increase over the 2.32 tax rate. Administrative Officer Raymond D. Johnson expects August revenue reevaluation to ease the tax situation and aims to set a new rate by August 25. Added revenues from several departments including the petroleum engineer’s office and Lake Cachuma camping fees are anticipated, along with other fee boosts to cover costs.
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Board of Supervisor
Raymond D. Johnson
A.T. Eaves Jr
Johnson
Petrolum Engineer
George H. Adams
Lake Cachuma
County Park Commission
House Ways and Means advances sweeping tax reform
The committee moved toward broad tax reform aimed at oil companies to support Nixon's income tax surcharge extension. It approved measures cutting the oil depletion allowance to boost revenue and tentatively backed reforms potentially adding about 2 billion dollars yearly, while Senate delays linger.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Edward M. Kennedy
Ways and Means
Foes propose revised anti ABM amendment
UPI reports senators Hart and Cooper unveiled a rewritten anti ABM amendment to the 20 billion defense bill. The measure says funds may be used only for research and development and may not finance deployment or site acquisition of an ABM system.
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John Hall Washington
UPI
Nixon
Sens
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Kennedy license suspended pending hearing after fatal crash
UPI reports Senator Edward M Kennedy was found to be at serious fault in a fatal accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne on Chappaquiddick Island. The Massachusetts Registry suspended his license pending a statutory hearing, with possible revocation for at least six months if fault is confirmed.
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Philip Balboni
Edgetown
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
UPI
Edward M Kennedy
Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
Boston
Massachusetts Democrat
Oak Bluffs
Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Massachusetts
Nixon in California on leg of round the world journey
President Nixon arrived in California on the 11 day round the world trip carrying the moon astronauts message of peace. Air Force jet landed at San Francisco International Airport at 12 20 am PDT and will depart across the Pacific later today. He will visit Johnston Island and the USS Hornet to talk with the returning moon astronauts.
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San Francisco
UPI
Nixon
California
America
Nixon Party
Air Force
San Francisco International
Pacific
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Armstrong
Aldrin
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Johnston Island
Yellow dresses and color bursts at Lompoc Record back shop
In a coincidence at the Lompoc Record back shop on Tuesday, every girl wore yellow. Three later appeared in red white and blue while Bill Hobbs barbecued steak in a station wagon traveling 40 mph and E C Stevens spilled coffee over his desk after spotting a fly in his cup. A Chamber of Commerce booth at County Fair drew excellent reception.
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Lompoc
Bill Hobbs
E.C. Stevens
Chamber of Commerce
County Fair
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Lompoc Valley
F. G
Phil) Macias
Santa Barbara
Bureau of Reclamation
Curtis Tunnell
County Water Agency
Cachuma Project
Board of Supervisors
Fran
Robert Edmonston
Tel Aviv
United Press International
Prince
Barry James Madrid
Juan Carlos of
Borbon
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Zarzuela Palace
Madrid
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Organization of American States
OAS
el Salvador
Honduras
el Capitan State Beach
Jalama Beach Park
House Committee
Kennedys
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