Community events and fundraisers in Lompoc area
The Thrift Shop opens Saturday 10 am to 4 pm at 512 North H Street. A penny hike follows Sunday 1 to 5 pm by Youth California Association for the Retarded. Village Hills Little League hosts its sixth annual chicken barbecue Sunday with a softball game against umpires and board. dinner $1.75 adults $1.25 children $7 family. Girl Club of Lompoc Valley schedules June day camps and mountain camps with registrations June 12 14 3 to 5 30 pm and June 17 noon to 4. Lompoc Filipino American Club to sponsor public bingo every other Saturday 7 to 10 pm from July 1 at Chemical Union Hall. proceeds to building fund. Flower Festival Queen's Coronation Ball Saturday 8 pm at Veterans Memorial Building. tickets $2 adults $1 students.
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Village Hills
Little League
Sirius Ave
Cabrillo High School
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc-Filipino American Club Inc
Chemical Union Hall
South I Street
Veterans Memorial Building
Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer 10 Nears Jupiter Mission Milestone
Pioneer 10 speeding toward Jupiter reaches quarter way on a 250 million mile trek. NASA Ames scientists briefed reporters noting aims to study cosmic debris hazards for future manned flights and to satisfy curiosity about the unknown.
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Mountain View, Calif
NASA
Ames Research Center
Jupiter
No fault auto insurance plans approved by Senate committee
Two rival no fault automobile insurance bills sponsored by Democrats pass the Judiciary Committee in Sacramento. Moscone's plan allows court action for medical damages above 500 dollars, while Long's sets a 5000 dollar medical expense cap and limits suits for pain and suffering. Both expire in five years and could affect premium reductions.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Assembly
Jack R. Fenton
Montebello
Moscone’s
Long
Fenton
Judiciary Committee
Moscone
California Assembly OKs sweeping industrial safety overhaul
In Sacramento a bill to overhaul the Division of Industrial Safety advances to the Senate on a 53 to 4 vote. It would allow felony charges for safety violations and boost inspections in hazardous industries, opposed by industry and supported by labor. In Sunnyvale Lockheed engineers vote on a union drive affecting about 4,800 staff amid aerospace layoffs.
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UPS
California
Division of
Assembly
Jack R. Fenton
Dontebello
Senate
Sunnyvale
Calif
UPI
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National Labor Relations Board
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Afl-Cio
Senate panel expands Medicare with drug coverage for chronic illness
The Senate Finance Committee approved a plan to add drugs for chronic illnesses to Medicare. Elderly beneficiaries would pay $1 per prescription starting July 1, 1973 if Congress passes the measure.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
California Senate reviews lenient marijuana possession penalties
Sacramento reports the Senate Judiciary Committee moved a bill by Sen. Arlen Gregorio out to the full Senate on an 8 to 4 vote. The measure would reduce penalties for first time possession to a fine of 50 to 300 dollars instead of jail time up to one year.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Arlen Gregorio
Amtrak Cuts Refurbished Train Plans on Six Routes
Amtrak has scaled back plans to deploy refurbished trains on six long distance routes this summer due to equipment failures and weak shop output. Of 1,290 cars bought from railroads, about 40 percent are out of service for repairs, with roughly half of those deemed bad order. The routes to be upgraded include the Broadway Limited Merchants Limited Meteor City of San Francisco and Coast Daylight Starlight.
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Washington
UPI
Amtrak
San Francisco
Soviet peace push reaches China amid summit drift
East European sources say Moscow extended its peace offensive to China with tentative signals from Beijing. The move follows talks near Nixon summit deals and aims to ease strained Sino Soviet ties, while Tolstikov returns to Beijing with new peace instructions and Vietnam policy coordination.
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Belgrade
UPI
Soviet Union
China
Peking
Moscow
Kremlin
Nixon
Vasili Tolstikov
Vietnam
Porpoise guards return home from Vietnam duties
UPI reports Navy porpoises sent to Vietnam for Markettime guard duty are back at San Diego for training termination. The program remains top secret with no public performance assessment. Porpoises guarded Cam Ranh Bay against frogmen while Qui Nhon suffered other attacks.
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San Francisco
UPI
Navy
Vietnam
Naval Underwater Research and Development Center
San Diego
Cam Ranh Bay
Cam Ranh
Qui Nhon
FDA under fire over import food checks and plant sanitation
A House subcommittee accuses the FDA of risking consumer health by admitting most imported foods without proper checks and cites widespread sanitation gaps in U.S. food plants. The report calls for a 34 percent budget boost as Commissioner Edwards defends ongoing reforms. Meanwhile Mariner 9 resumes Mars mapping after a two month pause.
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Washington
UPI
House
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
United States
U.S
Charles C. Edwards
Edwards
General Accounting Office
Subcommittee
Baltimore
Assembly passes unemployment insurance for farmworkers
The Assembly narrowly approves a bill to grant about 235000 farmworkers unemployment insurance. The measure, sent to the Senate on a 42 to 24 vote, marks a first for seasonal workers. Assemblyman Jack R. Fenton urges recognizing farmworkers as first class citizens.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Senate
Jack R. Fenton
Dontebello
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Betty Laurent
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