Nixon to Asians: peace must come from yourselves
Nixon begins Asia tour in Manila warning that peace cannot come from the United States and urging regional nations to take the lead. He and Philippine President Marcos stress Southeast Asia’s greater defense role while agreeing American bases remain with limited security terms. The visit triggers anti American protests and security incidents including reported assassination plot concerns.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Manila
Nixon
Asia
United States
Gernando. Marcos
Philippines
Southeast Asia
Guam
Clark Field
Subic Bay
Sangley Point
U.S
Huk
Air Force One
Local Weather for Lompoc and Coastal Area
Night and morning fog with overcast conditions, partially clearing afternoons through the weekend. Low last night 56, high 69 with westerly winds and little change through Sunday. Tides: highs 4.0 ft at 10 32 a.m. and 7.2 ft at 9 20 p.m., lows minus 1.3 ft at 3 56 a.m. and 2.3 ft at 2 56 p.m. Monday highs 4.3 ft at 11 08 a.m. and 7.3 ft at 10 08 p.m. Lows minus 1.6 ft at 4 38 a.m. and 2.0 ft at 3 50 p.m.
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Lompoc
Fair auction sets weight sale records at Santa Barbara fair
A marathon auction lasting nine hours ended at 9 p.m. with two records at the Santa Barbara County Fair. Total sales reached $92,013, the highest ever for the 4H and FFA auction of market lambs swine and beef. A record 342 sheep sold at $1.13 per pound, with Terrill Day of Cabrillo High School selling the last sheep for $3.50 per pound as bidding peaked. Swine sold at 61 cents per pound and 112 head of beef averaged 49 cents per pound.
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Santa Barbara
Terrill
Cabrillo High School
Kennedy Backed by Citizens as Nation Divided
Photographs from Space Center Houston show Apollo 11 processing with astronaut Armstrong notes. Terry Slezak exposed to lunar dust while handling film. quarantine and decontamination underway for astronauts and samples. Nationwide, Massachusetts residents largely want Kennedy to keep his Senate seat amid mixed reactions from other states.
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Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin
Slezak
LRL
Craig Fisher
John McLeaish
Moon
Aldrin
Space Agency
Hawaii welcomes moon men on return to U S soil
Aboard the USS Hornet the Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin prepared for a royal welcome in Hawaii. An outdoor Pearl Harbor ceremony was planned with 50 000 spectators while the astronauts appeared in their quarantine van and offered prayers for Apollo 1.
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Air Force
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E
Buzz
Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Bruce A. Cook
USS
Hornet
UPI
U.S
Aldrin
Cape Kennedy
Armstrong
Moon
Pearl Harbor
Hickam Air Force Base
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White
Roger B. Chaffee
Downtown Lompoc Beautification Efforts Discussed
City Beautification Committee chair Scotty Sinclair announced at the Record that the panel will discuss aiding merchants in downtown improvements at the August 6 meeting. Ideas included agapanthus planters on Ocean Avenue and H Streets, a People’s Park, and a proposed downtown mall later sidelined by urban renewal.
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Lompoc
Ocean Avenue
H Streets
Jack Anderson
Division of Highways
Anderson
Anderson Personnally
Ocean and
H St
H Street
Ocean
Cypress
Kennedy faces decision on resignation over Kopechne crash
Senator Edward M. Kennedy admitted leaving the scene in the fatal Mary Jo Kopechne accident calling the situation indefensible. He asked Massachusetts to advise and pray as he weighs whether his career should end and whether to resign from the Senate.
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Boston
Record American
Globe and Herald Traveler
Kennedy
Springfield Union
Western Union
Senate
Washington
Earl Napier
Senate Western Union
Napier
Massachusetts
Hyannis Port
Richard C. Drayne
Thomas Taylor
Taylor
New York City
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ABC
New York Times
Woc-Tv
Davenport
Iowa
Wbbm Radio
Chicago
CBS
NBC
WMAQ
Minneapolis
Rick Sorrenson
Hyannisport
Mass
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
United States Senate
Planners to Review Plans for Station and Donut House
Lompoc Planning Commission will study an Mobil Oil service station on Ocean Avenue and H Street, a Winchell Donut House on H Street and Laurel Avenue, plus hearings on Jessie Ramming's private school facilities at 301 W Pine and Joseph Barnacastle's garage at 308 S Sixth. Also a zoning study on accessory building size and parking in residential zones.
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Lompoc
Mom Day
Mobil Oil
Oil Company
Ocean Avenue
H Street
Security Pacific National Bank
Laurel Avenue
Jessie Ramming
W. Pine Ave
Joseph S. Barnacastle
S. Sixth St
Santa Maria Couple Die in Car Crash
A Santa Maria couple, Kenneth Dale Dunham 39 and Shirley Ann Dunham 37, died when their car rear ended a heavy truck trailer rig on Highway 101 twenty miles north of Lompoc. Billy Wagner 39 the truck driver was uninjured. The accident occurred about 3 30 a m between Santa Maria Way and Clark Avenue. Sgt Michael Allan Ritts 24 of Vandernberg Air Force Base suffered multiple injuries after losing control of his small foreign car on Highway 246 near a construction area a mile east of Campbell Road. He was taken to the base hospital and his condition could not be determined.
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Santa Maria
Kenneth Dale Dunham
Shirley Ann Dunham
Highway 101
Lompoc
Billy Wagner
California Highway Patrol
Santa Maria Way
Clark Avenue
Michael Allan Ritts
Vandenberg Air Force Base
CHP
Campbell Road
Ritts
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