Reinforcements Rush To Lift Fire Base 5 Siege
UPI reports 1,200 South Vietnamese troops flown in by U S helicopters to support a relief column at Fire Base 5 in the Central Highlands. B52 strikes and heavy fighting near the DMZ accompany the relief effort as North Vietnamese forces reportedly surround the base with 3,800 attackers.
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Saigon
UPI
U. S
Central Highlands
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Laos
40Th
ARVN
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
House Defeats Cuts in NASA Space Shuttle Funding
The House approved a $3.4 billion NASA authorization and sent the budget to the Senate. Efforts to trim $300 million for the Apollo 16 and 17 flights next year were defeated, and a $125 million cut to start shuttle development was also rejected amid broad support.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
House of Representatives
House
NASA
Senate
Missing Hunziker Cessna 180 Still Not Located
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) William Hunziker and his wife Margaret remain missing after a Calexico to Santa Barbara flight in a Cessna 180. Civil Air Patrol and Air Force aircraft scoured Southern California with no trace found. Weather briefings described overcast nights and mornings with fair days ahead and coastal to inland temperature ranges.
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William Hunziker
Calexico
Santa Barbara
California
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force
Hunziker
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Margaret
Senate votes to continue draft amid Vietnam War debate
The Senate refused to end conscription with a 67 to 23 vote on Hatfield's amendment, keeping the draft through July 1 and facing a possible two year extension. Kennedy Eagleton and others warned an end would not end the war and could create a poor, isolated volunteer army while Hatfield urged replacing conscription with voluntary service. Stennis warned that ending the draft too soon could threaten national security.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Hawks
Doves
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ore
Hatfield
Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Eagleton
Vietnam
Rudy Vallee to MC Lompoc Flower Festival Coronation Ball
Star of radio and film Rudy Vallee will host the 19th annual Lompoc Flower Festival Queen's Coronation Ball on June 12. The event features the Glen Henry Band and Sue Raney, with the Queen announced after the talent beauty and poise contest. Judges include Pasadena Tournament of Roses committee members.
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Lompoc
Rudy Vallee
Santa Barbara
Sue Raney
Larsson
Richard E. Dorn
Herbert V. Nootbaar
Frederic D. Johnson, Jr
Howard Bushnell, Jr
Alex H. Gaal
Judy Snipes
Kathleen Arnett
North Vietnamese POWs Try to Return Home from Da Nang
Thirteen disabled North Vietnamese soldiers including Tran Van Ky attempted repatriation today near Da Nang after Hanoi refused to accept their release. The Upshur failed to rendezvous with Hanoi, and the prisoners chose to remain in South Vietnam, despite offers to return to the north.
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DA Nang
South Vietnam
UPI
Tran van Ky
North Vietnam
Upshur
Hanoi
United States
North
Vietnam
Stephen Edwards
U.S
Tong Bien
Bien Hoa
Saigon
Lompoc Water Budget Cuts Target Rate Hikes
Lompoc Water Commission tightens the 1971-72 budget by reconsidering an outside rate study and removing about 6000 for legal and engineering work on water rights. Chairman Virgil Phelps urges avoiding rate increases while Ed Rodgers pushes faster progress on the Lompoc Project and Bureau of Reclamation letter. The district vows support to speed the project with other water purveyors urged to commit yield shares.
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Lompoc
Commission
Virgil Phelps
Santa Ynez River
Ken Dawson
Ed Rodgers
Bureau of Reclamation
Rodgers
Bureau
Rodger
Phelps and
Dawson
NATO Seeks Deputy Talks on Europe Troop Cuts
U S and NATO ministers in Lisbon announce readiness to open east west troop cuts talks with the Soviets as soon as practicable. They plan a Brussels meeting of deputy foreign ministers to map strategy and set a date and agenda for talks, with Undersecretary John Irwin to participate.
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John Irwin
NATO
U.S
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
Mediterranean
Rome
Europe
Manlio Brosio
Italy
Netherlands
Joseph Luns
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