Baccalaureate services honor Cabrillo and Lompoc graduates
Hundreds of parents and friends attended baccalaureate at Lompoc and Cabrillo High Schools in the Valley. Reverends Timberlake Turner Daniel Phillips and local choirs and bands led prayers, hymns, and musical pieces including Bach and Mendelssohn. Informal teas followed the services.
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Lompoc
Cabrillo High Schools
W. B. Timberlake
Lompoc High School
Wallace A. Turner
Cabrillo High School
C. W. Daniel
Gordon Phillips
H. W. Drain
Kenneth Boyd
Direc
Tion
Duane Baker
Larry Delinger
Jane Pilkington
Menndelssohn
Pfautsch
Die Mistersinger
Peru quake kills hundreds in Chimote and Huaraz
A powerful 7.75 magnitude quake devastates Chimote and Huaraz in Peru. Rescue teams rush to the port city Chimote as authorities report widespread destruction, thousands dead or injured, and relief centers set up to aid survivors.
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Lima
UPI
Chimbote
Peru
Andes Mountains
Amazon Jungle
Huaraz
la Prensa
el Comercio
St. Francis Com
Pittsburgh
Edith Mary Selik
Grand Rapids
Mich
Juan Velasco Alvarado
Health Ministry
National Disaster Council
Tunney and Brown Clash Over War Issue in California Primary
UPI reports in Los Angeles that Representatives John Tunney and George Brown clash over the main issue in the Democratic Senate race. Brown calls the election a referendum on the war while Tunney argues it hinges on Murphy and electability this November. Both run statewide blitzes as Murphy hopes to fend off Norton Simon in the GOP primary.
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Los Angeles
UPI
John Tunney
George Brown
Senate
George Murphy
Brown
Tunney
Murephy
Murphy
Norton Simon
Ronald Reagan
Simon
Mur
Reagan Defends Murphy Technicolor Contract in Race
Brown phy's 20 000 consulting contract with Technicolor becomes a campaign issue. Reagan faulted Norton Simon for party conduct while defending Murphy's terms including an airline credit card and half the rent on a Washington apartment. Unruh and Yorty held brief post noon news conferences as their gubernatorial race moved forward.
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Phy
Technicolor
Norton Simon
Reagan
Murphy
Washington
California Gubernatorial Ballot Clash in Proposition 8 Debate
Yorty accuses Unruh of indecision on Proposition 8 while the measure gains support from the mayor and faces Reagan’s opposition. Secretary Sullivan projects 65 to 70 percent turnout as voters prepare to cast ballots from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Key races include governor, U S Senate, lieutenant governor, attorney general, Secretary of State, controller, treasurer, all 38 U S House seats, 80 Assembly seats, and half the 40 state senate seats. Rafferty seeks a third term as state superintendent with Riles and Nava as challengers. Polls show Tunney leading Brown, Hahn at 14 percent, and about 20 percent undecided. a second court order grants Brown an injunction in Beverly Hills.
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Yorty
Unruh
Reagan
Jess Unruh
H. P
Pat) Sullivan
California
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Assembly
Senate
Max Rafferty
Wilson Riles
Julian Nava
Los Angeles
Tunney
Brown
Kenneth Hahn
Jerry Pacht
Beverly Hills
Sheriff race tops Lompoc Valley election day activity
Voters in Lompoc Valley prepare for California primary polls open 7 am to 8 pm with county HQ in Santa Barbara. Democrats Hart, Keith, and Soo Hoo seek nomination to face Teague. Lagomarsino unchallenged Republican. Her ron and Palmer unopposed in their primaries. sheriff coroner race draws wide interest with eight candidates including McCune Otremba Sanchez Thornton Carpenter Looney Lopez.
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Lompoc Valley
California
Santa Barbara
Charles M. Teague
Gary K. Hart
Harold Keith
William D. Soo Hoo
Oxnard
Teague
Washington
Robert Lagomarisno
Russell G. Herron
Kenneth Palmer
W. Don MacGillivray
J. Tim Terry
Jimmy Webster
Merlin L. McCune
Stan Otremba
Santa Maria
David Sanchez
Thomas H. Thornton
FBI
John W. Carpenter
Carpinteria
Harry F. Looney
Frank Lopez
California Highway Patrol
Dalat bombardment by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese
Communist forces shelled three Allied installations at Dalat and struck a nearby hamlet during a weekend attack. Rockets hit a U.S. artillery camp, a South Vietnamese militia center, and Lien Khuong air field while guerrillas moved into Tay Ho hamlet and briefly occupied a college, seminary, and church downtown. Casualties were light with 47 guerrilla and 16 South Vietnamese dead reported.
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Saigon
UPI
Dalat
U.S
Lien Khuong
Central Highlands
Tay Ho
Hue
TV crews vanish near Phnom Penh as war rages
NBC and CBS crews totaling eight men are missing after abandoned cars were found 33 miles south of Phnom Penh on Highway 3. Cambodian soldiers faced Communist fire while attempting to recover the cars and disappeared. The teams include American, Japanese, French and other nationals with multiple correspondents stationed in Tokyo Hong Kong Rome and Phnom Penh. The tally of missing reporters reaches twenty with several earlier captures and releases.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
NBC
CBS
Hong Kong
Welles Hangen
Yoshihiko Waku
Roger Colne
Waku
Colne
Cambodia
2Nd
Para
Cambodian checkpoint incident delays NBC CBS crew
Cambodian Army reports NBC and CBS crews faced warnings at kilometer 50 on Highway 3 Sunday morning. Syvertsen and Miller drove a canvas jeep while others rode in a blue Mercedes. After warnings, the NBC team allegedly passed the checkpoint in a green Opel, later found abandoned miles ahead on the road.
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CBS
Kilometer 50
Highway 3
Syvertsen
Miller
NBC
Voter Turnout Seen At 60 Percent In June Primary
The county clerk estimates about 60 percent of 104 600 registered voters will cast ballots in the June 2 primary, well below 1968 turnout. Only 1 800 absentee ballots have been requested, though 4 000 were ordered. Electronic vote counters are set in Santa Barbara Lompoc and Santa Maria areas with 1 064 election workers at 265 polling places.
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J. E. Lewis
Howard Menzel
Lewis
Santa Barbara
South County
Lompoc
Santa Maria
North County
Bus Strike Shuts AC Transit in Oakland Bay Area Tieups
A strike by 1,100 AC Transit drivers and 330 mechanics and clerical workers halted services at midnight. The walkout snarled Bay Bridge approaches with 10 mile backups on the MacArthur Freeway, delaying 200,000 daily riders including 21,500 commuters to San Francisco and 27,000 school children. The congestion lingered and drive times stretched from 30 minutes to 90 minutes.
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Oakland
UPI
AC Transit District
Bay Bridge
East Bay
AC Transit
San Francisco
Macarthur
Oaleland
San Leandro
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