Pacific commander rejects idea America is on the skids
Admiral Noel Gaylor commander in chief of the Pacific visiting Vandenberg Air Force Base says U.S. military strength in the Pacific totals about 286000 across Navy Air Force Army Marines and urges unity and sustained deterrence He cites shortages in air power and the need for forward basing and stresses the all volunteer force as morale booster despite front end costs
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Robert C. Vincent
Noel A. M. Gaylor
the Pacific
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Gayler
Officers Club
Admiral Gaylor
Santa Maria Club
Santa Maria
Pacific
U.S
Korea
Gaylor
United States
Army
Japan
Philippines
America
Stuart H. Sherman Jr
1St
Strategic Aerospace Division
Noel A.M. Gaylor
The
Vandenberg
Anthony Duckworth
Richard Sander
Assassins of U S ambassador held in Beirut
PLO says it arrested killers of U S Ambassador Francis Meloy Jr and his aides as Western embassies organize evacuation convoys from war torn Beirut. Washington weighs possible U S military action while bodies are returned from Damascus due to Beirut airport closure.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Palestine Liberation Organization
U.S
Francis Meloy Jr
Meloy
Robert Waring
Zuheir Moghrabi
Defense Department
Washington
Henry Kissinger
United States
Ron Nessen
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
CIA
George Bush
National Security
Nessen
PLO
Suez
Damascus
Syria
House International Relations Committee
Kissinger
Kanon
Congress
Joint
Arab League
Arab Communist Organization
Bank of America
World Service
British Broadcasting Corp
Ambulance subsidies restored by Santa Barbara County Board
The Board of Supervisors voted to restore 78000 in ambulance subsidies for the coming fiscal year to keep emergency vehicles running after contracts with three firms expire June 1. Special Services Director Gambetta aims to seal a contract with Joe Futa to serve Santa Ynez Valley starting July 1 with a 2500 monthly subsidy.
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Dick Praul
Board of Supervisors
Frank Gambetta
Joe Futa
Santa Ynez Valley
Futa
Santa Ynez Valley Community Hospital
Betty Jamieson
Reagan Ford Attend Joint Dinner in Des Moines
President Ford and Ronald Reagan will share a room at a Des Moines Republican dinner on Friday to secure support for the Iowa convention that will name 36 national delegates. Ford leads Reagan 1,009 to ? delegates in the race for the nomination with 1,130 needed.
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United Press International
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Des Moines
Iowa
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Henry Jackson
Carter
Driver in $30,000 hijack and kidnap linked to Lompoc raid
James Henry Jr., 25, of Los Angeles, an escapee, was arrested on an RTD bus in Los Angeles after a gunpoint hijacking and kidnapping of Glasser Bros. worker Calvin Fry in Lompoc. Police recovered about $30,000 in cigarettes and candy. Henry was jailed without bail in Lompoc awaiting arraignment. Further arrests are expected.
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Lompoc
Los Angeles
James Henry Jr
Riverside County
Henry
James Westgate
Westgate
Calvin Fry
Carpinteria
Glasser Bros., Distributing Co
North H St
Hamburger Haven
Mobil
Glasser Bros
Fry
Los Angeles County Sheriff's
RTD
Planning commission downzones acres near Buellton Santa Ynez
Santa Barbara County Planning Commission downzoned hundreds of acres in the Buellton Santa Ynez area while dropping another quadrant from rezoning. The July 14 resume date and Santa Barbara administration building venue were noted as staff facilities were cited as better for deliberation. Opponents cited recreation and academy ambitions and argued 100 acre zoning would curb development.
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Santa Barbara
Crgs
Headon
Alisal Ranch
Atty
Arthur Henzell
Bettencourt
Santa Ynez
Riots in Soweto ignite second day of fury across town
In Soweto ccording to police thousands of black protesters clashed with authorities burning public buildings looting shops and triggering a rising death toll. At least 28 dead and 250 injured including 69 shot with bullets 130 arrests reported as police used tear gas armored cars and helicopters to quell the unrest.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Soweto
Gatsha Buthelezi
John Vorster
Ohdren
Buthelezi
Air Force
Baragwanath Hospital
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John Padfield
Helen Chaves
Lori Mendez
Miss Chaves
Anita Thacker
Karen George
Miss Mendez
Terri Grossini
Julie Grossi
Veterans Memorial Building
Vets
la Purisima Catholic
Miguelito Park
Reagan, Ford
By Vaughn Proctor
Sandy Skinner
Girls’ Club
CAC
Gary Hart
Elisa Righter Hart
Sutter Memorial Hospital
Sacramento
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