Evolution of American Flag Ceremonies Highlight Lompoc Events
Lompoc Elks Lodge presented the Evolution of the American Flag with ceremonies at the Veterans Memorial Building. Rev. Kenneth Boyd spoke as flags traced the nation's symbol history. Flag Day events occur today at 11 a.m. at the new city library with flag presentations by Native Daughters of the Golden West and United Republicans of California.
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Lompoc
Native Daughters of the Golden West
United Republicans of California
Edward Hogan
la Purisima Parlor
Native Daughters
Richard Milum
Lompoc Valley
Cub Pack 68
Boy Scout Troop 103
South Viet Rejects Viet Cong Proposal at Paris Talks
South Vietnam dismissed the Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government as an exile group with no fixed abode. Communist diplomats in Paris said the group gained negotiating strength from recognition by about 15 nations including Cambodia. Saigon warned deadlock would persist until Viet Cong and Thieu government meet face to face.
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George Libera
Paris
UPI
Saigon
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Viet Nam
Fathers crowned King for a Day in Lompoc letters
Lompoc Record features youngsters from the Lompoc Valley explaining why their fathers deserve the title King for a Day. About 50 word essays were submitted but space limited printing to pages 6 and 7. Many letters lacked addresses or ages and were not printed.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Foam spill alarms local resident at cabinet door
A local housewife woke to a foam spill seeping from a cabinet due to a faulty pressurized can. Clammers report oil in the water at Pismo Beach. Dads debate morning routines. Forecast calls for cloudy mornings and sunny afternoons through Sunday with highs 65 to 75, light NW winds. Sunday tides include a 3.4 foot high at 12:26 p.m. and low tides at 5:38 a.m. and 2:26 p.m.
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Pismo Beach
Sky banners advertise jobs at McDonnell Douglas plant
Over Huntington Beach two light aircraft flew banners promoting job interviews at a local hotel while 17 firms advertised work. McDonnell-Douglas will lay off 3,700 workers after the Pentagon canceled the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory program for which the firm was prime contractor.
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Huntington Beach
Calif
UPI
McDonnell-Douglas
McDonnell - Douglas
Pentagon
Air Force
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Gardner warns against federal state intervention to save universities
Stanford inauguration remarks by John W. Gardner caution that federal and state intervention is a potentially dangerous means to save universities. He urges universities to act independently, warns of eroding authority, and calls for measured reform without destructive conflict as Kenneth S. Pitzer becomes Stanford's president.
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Calif
UPI
Urban Coalition
Kenneth S. Pitzer
John W. Gardner
Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare
Johnson
Pitzer
Gard
Nixon seeks broader freedom to eavesdrop and wiretap
The Nixon administration argues for expanded presidential power to order electronic surveillance in domestic cases, citing the need to preserve the Constitution. A Chicago court memorandum reveals eavesdropping on five demonstrators linked to the 1967 Democratic National Convention protests, with a request for a protective order on the evidence.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
U.S. District Court
Chicago
Thomas E. Hayden
Students For A Democratic Society
David T. Dellinger
Reynard C. Davis
National Mobilization
Vietnam
Jerry C. Rubin
Youth International Yippie Party
Black Panther
Bobby G. Seale
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Supreme Court
Congress
Senator accuses Pentagon of muzzling Minuteman cost cut talks
Air Force efficiency expert A E Fitzgerald claims five officers blocked cost cuts on the Minuteman missile guidance system before joining a contractor. Rep Moorhead and Sen Proxmire condemned the Pentagon, while Fitzgerald was barred from testifying until a later date.
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Management Systems
Thomas H. Nielsen
Air Force
Fitzgerald
Moorhead
O’neill
Minuteman
Pike and four others asked to resign from Center for the Study
Former Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike and four other prominent Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions staff members were asked to resign as the institution reevaluates its organization and programs. Frank Kelly, the center’s vice president, said the changes were not criticisms of the individuals. Also leaving are W. H. Ferry, Hallock Hoffman, John R. Seeley, and Dr. William Gorman.
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Pike
Center
W. H. Ferry
Hallock Hoffman
John R. Seeley
William Gorman
South Korea finds bodies after gunfight with North Koreans
South Korea reports recovery of 10 bodies from 15 crewmen of a 75 foot North Korean patrol boat after a night gun battle off the southern coast. Seven bodies were found at sea near Huksan Island and three on the island. the North Korean force had attempted to infiltrate with a spy already captured. The UN Command notified Pyongyang via Panmunjom that the spy boat was caught in the act and urged investigation to prevent repeats.
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Seoul
UPS
South Korea
Huksan
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
Republic of
Racial Feud Behind Four Deaths at San Quentin
A Black vs White extremist feud among San Quentin inmates has caused four deaths in three months. The jail remains under maximum security through the weekend after a latest fatal stabbing. Associate James Park links the violence to outside community racial tensions crossing into the prison.
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San Quentin
Calif
UPI
James Park
California
Park
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