Actor Robert Taylor Near Death from Terminal Cancer
Robert Taylor the 1940s and 50s screen star is near death from terminal cancer at St John’s Hospital in Santa Monica California. A hospital spokesman said his condition was rapidly deteriorating and death is imminent likely within days or a week. It was noted he had lung cancer and previously had part of a lung removed with his wife Arsela Thiess at his side.
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Santa Monica
Gait
UPI
Robert Taylor
St. John’s Hospital
Friday Taylor
Taylor
Arsela Thiess
St. John’s
Irene Dunne
Camille
Greta Garbo
Oxford
Los Angeles
Barbara Stanwyck
McGovern warns 1970 election could weaken Senate liberals
Senator George S. McGovern launches a fundraising drive for 14 liberal Democratic senators up for reelection, warning opponents will be heavily financed and that an eight-seat shift could give Republicans control. He cites 25 Democrats up for reelection and outlines an allocation panel to distribute funds based on need and urgency.
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Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
D-S
Senate
McGovern
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Edward M. Kennedy
Mass
Quentin N. Burdick
Ohio
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Maurine Neuberger
Dore
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Bayard Rustin
George E. Agree
Committee For Democratic Process
Lebanon Oregon Hosts 60th Strawberry Festival Cake
UPI reports Lebanon Oregon near Portland celebrates its 60th annual strawberry festival with plans for the world's largest strawberry shortcake. 14 000 guests expected to attend a parade ending at Huston’s parking lot where a special saw blade knife will cut the first piece.
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Donald C. Jepson
Lebanon
Ore
UPI
Claude Durlam
Portland
Huston
City of Lompoc invites bids for sprinkler system supplies
The city Purchasing Department invites sealed bids for sprinkler system supplies for Ryon Park. Bid No. 235 due by 2 00 P.M. June 16 1969. Forms available from City Hall Purchasing Agent David L Weil. 1T June 7 1969.
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Lompoc
Walnut Avenue
California
Ryon Park
Forest Lawn unveils fully undraped David statue in California
A new 22 foot 10 ton Michelangelo David statue at Forest Lawn Memorial Park will be undraped, replacing the old fig leaf replica installed in 1937. A poll of ministers, housewives, educators, civic leaders and officials found unanimous opposition to adding any covering. The Rev Reynolds Ven Oma Kirk comments that nudity is in the eye of the beholder. Meanwhile in Angola commuters glimpse Marques Rabalo in pajamas boarding the Luanda train as he changes before work after a late start.
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Cypress
Calif
UPI
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
David
Memorial Park
Michelangelo
Forest Lawn
Frederick Llewellyn
Reynolds S. Ven Oma Kirk
Los Alamitos - Rossmore Ministerial Association
Stocks Sink Again as Credit Tightens Wall Street
Stocks tumbled for the third week as credit squeeze hit the market. Morgan Guaranty raised broker loan rates to 82 percent, with Marine Midland Grace following. The Dow fell 12.79 to 924.77, the S P 500 dropped 1.34 to 102.12, and market volume totaled over 56 million shares. Reading & Bates led gainers, rising 11 percent on heavy volume after announcing oil firm acquisitions.
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Wall Street
Howard Luenberg
UPI
New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Marine Midland Grace
Chase Manhattan Bank
First National City Bank
Irving Trust Co
Irving Trust Co, and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
Morgan Guaranty
Standard & Poor
Reading & Bates
Java
Lompoc Students Win National Scholastic Photo Awards
Three Lompoc High School students earned national honors in the 1969 Scholastic Photography Awards. Chester Hodge won first place and $100, Robert Hummer received four $10 honors, and Chuck Layton won $25 for third. A record field competed for $6,635 in cash prizes.
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Lompoc
Chester Hodge
Robert Hummer
Chuck Layton
Lompoc High School
Scholastic Magazines, Inc
Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak
Jacob Deschin
New York Times
James L. Enyeart
University of Kansas Museum of Art
Lloyd S. Jones
Youngstown Ohio Vindicator
Robert L. Kerns
Syracuse University
Stewart J. Comfort
Sierra Club Sues Over Disney Mineral King Resort Plan
The Sierra Club sues in federal court to halt the $35 million Disney ski resort project in Mineral King Sequoia National Forest. The suit alleges Agriculture and Interior secretaries violated law in approving the 300 acre development.
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San Francisco
UPI
Sierra Club
Walt Disney
Mineral King
High Sierra
Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior
Sequoia National Forest
RFK Death Anniversary Observed at Arlington Mass
Thousands attend candlelight memorial Mass at Arlington National Cemetery one year after Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. Attendees include Ethel Kennedy and 10 of 11 children, with Vice President Agnew and notable figures present. The event marks the rededication of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium nearby.
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ED Dooley Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Ethel
Cardinal Terence Cooke
New York
Bob Dylan
Len
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Jean
Steven Smith
Patricia Lawford
Ethel Kennedy
District of Columbia Stadium
Robert Francis Kennedy Memorial Stadium
John F. Kennedy
Jacqueline Onassis
Spiro T. Agnew
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Atty
Nicholas Deb
Katzenbach
Art Buchwald
John Glenn
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy Brothers
Army
John
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Local life insurance rep answers questions in Lompoc
Bob Gaston representing Connecticut Mutual Life invites residents to ask about saving for the future and building an adequate estate. He aims to help with money and life insurance planning in the Lompoc Valley.
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Bob Gaston
Connecticut Mutual Life
Lompoc Valley
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Luanda
Marques Rabalo
Mitchell
Justice Department
Vietnam
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Midway Island
U.S
William P. Rogers
Disney Ski Resort
California State Grange
Sored
Medi
Cal
Peter Marinoff
Market Street
RFK
Bob J. Gaston
H’ St
Blue Chip’ Company
H’ Street
Lompoc, Calif
North 'H’ Street
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