Senate panel backs government loan for Lockheed
The Senate Banking Committee closed hearings with Chairman John Sparkman predicting approval of a government loan guarantee to prevent Lockheed's bankruptcy. Senator Packwood echoed the view as the panel considered a measure that could grant general authority to rescue Lockheed and other troubled firms via government guaranteed loans.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Banking Committee
Lockheed
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Robert W. Packwood
R-Ore
Four Hurt in Two Traffic Accidents Near Lompoc
Four people were injured in two separate crashes near Lompoc. On Highway 246 a tandem bicycle ridden by brothers Tommy Borchard, 9, and Jimmy Borchard, 10, veered into a car driven by Mary Jean Hayes, 17, injuring all three and sending the youths to Lompoc Hospital with a deep leg cut and a possible fracture for Tommy and a broken left leg for Jimmy. In a second crash at Drake Hotel, Rodney Paul Rynkiewicz, 18, and Kirt Mathew Moore, 18, sustained multiple cuts and bruises after losing control of their motorcycle and skidding over 100 feet.
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Tommy
Jimmy Borchard
Lompoc
Mary Jean Hayes
Jimmy
Rodney Paul Rynkiewicz
Kirt Mathew Moore
Drake Hotel
N. B St
California Highway Patrol
Lompoc to review 1.98 million city budget with tax hike
Lompoc officials prepare a 1,976,590 general fund budget calling for a 15 cent tax increase, an electric rate rise of 7 to 8 percent, and solid waste charges up from 1.50 to 3.30 monthly. City Administrator Gene Wahlers cites rising costs and a shrinking tax base as pressures while trimming four positions to save about 100,000 dollars.
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Harry J. Crompe
Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Council
Wahlers
Federal Census Bureau
General Fund
Apollo Astronaut John Young to Attend Lompoc Flower Festival
Captain John W. Young, Apollo 10 command module pilot and upcoming Apollo 16 commander, will be an honored guest at the 1971 Lompoc Flower Festival. The San Francisco native and Georgia Tech alumnus will join festival events and ride in the floral float parade Saturday at 10 reported by local officials.
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Gemini
John W. Young
Lompoc
Young
Navy
Art Scott
NASA
Virgil I. Grissom
Michael Collins
Georgia Institute of Technology
Nixon urges doctors to fight drug abuse nationwide
President Nixon asked physicians to organize a nationwide program against drug abuse similar to care efforts in Vietnam. He urged every state and county medical society to join in the all out battle, warning against a culture of overprescription. He also defended his health reform plans while criticizing Kennedy's nationalized insurance proposal.
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Atlantic City
UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Victory claimed for anti draft
Anti draft forces claimed victory as they block an extension of the Selective Service Law beyond June. Sens Mike Gravel and Alan Cranston said at a news conference they will stop renewal at midnight June 30. Senate votes Wednesday on cloture needing two thirds approval.
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Washington
UPI
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Alan Cranston
Calif
Senate
Appellate courts hear Pentagon report cases
The Pentagon report cases move through two appellate courts as The Washington Post and The New York Times seek to publish a 7,000 page 1967 report on Indochina. District judges ruled for the press but the appeals courts paused publication awaiting rulings ahead of a possible Supreme Court review.
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United Press
Supreme Court
Washington Post
New York Times
Pentagon
Indochina
Post
U.S. Court of Appeals
Washington
Times
New York
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Gesell
Appeals
the Times
Murray Gurfe
Appeals Court
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Laird orders declassification of war origins documents
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird directed the Pentagon to speed up declassification of papers on the Vietnam war origins. He cited a 1967 McNamara study and said publication timing remains uncertain. He noted Justice Department actions and denied leaking accusations amid ongoing court battles.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Laird
Senate Appropriations
New York Times
Washington Post
Boston Globe
Justice Department
The
Times and Post
Supreme Court
Robert S. McNamara
Pierre Salinger
White House
Defense Department
Flower Festival TV Preview Makes Half Hour Show
Television's Channel 6 plans a full half hour preliminary Flower Festival program tomorrow at five p.m. Street flags are already up in support of the festival.
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Channel 6
Weather outlook with variable skies and mid-range heat
Overcast conditions persist with some sun in the afternoons through Wednesday. Today's highs reach 60s near the coast and 70s to low 80s inland. Wednesday's highs in the 60s to low 70s. Tonight's lows near the 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 25 mph in the afternoons. Wednesday tides include high 3.8 feet at 12:14 p.m. and lows of minus 1.4 feet at 5:38 a.m. and 2.3 feet at 4:38 p.m.
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