Junior Alpha Club Prepares for Flower Festival Ball
Finishing touches to decorations mark the Flower Festival queen coronation ball planned for Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Building. The theme Heroes of the West in Flowers features an authentic Indian room a gilded bird cage and local ranch brands. Ball co chairs are Mrs. Ted Hofmeister and Mrs. Frank Figueroa with room decor led by Mrs. Tom Engelhardt Mrs. Elmer Franz Mrs. Bob Ring Mrs. Dan Bodary and Mrs. Karen Griswald Tickets available at banks beauty shops or at the door. entertainment by the Jim Carey group.
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Alpha Club
Veterans Memorial Building
Ted Hofmeister
Frank Figueroa
Tom Engelhardt
Elmer Franz
Bob Ring
Dan Bodary
Karen Griswald
George Lee
Bob Shumey
Flipenton
Jim Carey Group
Lompoc approves first step for large mobile home park project
after lengthy public hearings council votes 3 to 2 to approve the environmental impact report and prezoning for a 78 acre development north of Central Avenue and west of A Street. mayor and one councilman oppose with debate continuing on report updating tied to sewer plant impacts.
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Mooe
Lompoc
George Cotsenmeyer
Emil Scolari
Art Scott
Central Avenue
E. C. Stevens
Sol Leftkowitz
Scott
Skylab astronauts rehearse tricky spacewalk in lab
In Houston, Skylab repairmen rehearse a planned Thursday spacewalk to fix a failing solar generator. Commanders Kerwin and Conrad test a 25 foot handrail with tools while Schweickart guides from the control room and builds confidence for the real outside maneuver.
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Houston
UPI
Skylab
Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Russell L. Schweickart
Scheweickart
Schweickart
Mission Control
Conrad
Space
Jane Conrad
Sloan rejects perjury in Watergate pressure case
Former Nixon campaign treasurer Hugh W. Sloan Jr. testified he faced pressure to perjure himself or take the Fifth during Watergate probe. He said Magruder urged possible perjury on Liddy’s money and that Sloan warned White House aides and Stans about the effort while noting a climate favoring compliance with the campaign.
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White House
Watergate
Commerce
Maurice N. Stans
Nixon
Frederick LaRue
John N. Mitchell
Sloan
Jeb Stuart Magruder
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Magruder
Robert C. Mardian
LaRue
Laird named by Nixon as top adviser
President Nixon named Melvin R. Laird as chief domestic adviser and announced Gen. Alexander Haig will retire from the Army to join as a presidential assistant. Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler will take on higher duties, with Ehrlichman and Haldeman having resigned in the Watergate upheaval. Forecasters show low fog coastal areas, highs in the 60s inland 70s, with varying tides noted for Friday.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Alexander M. Haig
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Laird
John D. Ehrlichman
H.R
Bob” Haldeman
Haig
Army
Haldeman
Wisconsin
Ehrlichman
Congress
Santa Barbara County budget hearings begin on 77.4 million plan
Public hearings before the Board of Supervisors focus on Administrative Officer Raymond D. Johnsons 77.4 million budget proposal for Santa Barbara County. Discussion centers on using 7 million in revenue sharing to lower the general tax rate and on capital outlays, social programs, and anticipated federal funding shifts.
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Dick Praul
Raymond D. Johnson
Santa Barbara
Board of Supervisors
Johnson
Paul Floyd
Kissinger Tho resume talks on Vietnam cease fire progress
In Paris Kissinger and Le Duc Tho begin a new round aiming to convert the cease fire into lasting peace. Both express guarded optimism about overcoming violations and advancing toward a final settlement. The talks convene at an American villa near Gif sur Yvette after 30 hours of earlier negotiations.
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Paris
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Kissinger
Tho
Gif Sur Yvette
William H. Sullivan
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Sullivan
Nguyen Co Thach
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J. M
Max) Wilson
Charles
Pete’ Conrad, Joseph P
Japan
South Vietnam
Canada
Foreign Ministry
Pham Dang Sum
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
Poland
Indochina
Hungary
Teatooay
Nature
Frank J. Frost
North County
Ziegler
Larry Stewart
Lompoc High
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