Candidates seek share of California delegates in court bid
Four defeated presidential candidates asked a federal court to alter California’s winner take all primary by allocating delegates proportionally. If successful, McGovern would lose 151 delegates while Humphrey could gain about 106. A judge weighed a three judge panel to hear the merits.
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Sacramento
UPI
George McGovern
California
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Henry Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
Alabama
George Wallace
U.S. District Court
Phillip C. Wilkins
William Jennings
Burlingame
Humphrey Campaign
Jennings
Howard Jewell
Humphrey
Wallace
Jewell
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Evelle Younger
Jackson
Chisholm
U.S. Supreme Court
Lompoc Summer Playhouse debuts Plaza Suite to 300 crowd
About 300 people including local leaders attended the Lompoc Summer Playhouse premiere of Plaza Suite at the new Lompoc Civic Auditorium. Producers Dick Stampolis and Marty Taras lead seven months of prep and hope for an annual summer theater if this season succeeds.
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Lompoc
Stampolis
Neil Simon
Plaza Suite
Brooke Masterson
Marty Drake
Brooke
Mary
California
Taras and
Harriet Adam
Sol Lefkowitz
E. C Stevens
Samtec
Jessup Lowe
Marty
LSP
Lebanon Crisis Looms as Israeli Attacks Escalate
United Press International reports Lebanese leaders, after Israeli air and ground incursions, meet to consider actions such as asking the UN Security Council to address the Middle East crisis. Lebanon protested to the UN as Israeli forces claim captures of Syrian officers and Lebanese personnel amid village strikes.
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United Press International
Suleiman Franjieh
Lebanon
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
United Nations
Tel Aviv
Lod
Vietnamese forces mount heavy assault near Hue and Quang Tri
North Vietnamese troops cross the My Chanh River in regimental strength and attack South Vietnamese paratroops in a major push the heaviest since Quang Tri fell. UPI reports 100 NVA killed by midafternoon while S Vietnamese claim 16 enemy tanks destroyed. US jets and B52s support Marine and river defenses around Hue, Quang Tri, and An Loc in prolonged combat across multiple fronts.
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Saigon
VPS
My Chanh
Quang Tri Province
Hue
UPI
Chad Huntley
Huntley
Quang Tri
U.S
Flower Festival opens with fireworks parade and dignitaries
The 20th annual Flower Festival kicks off tomorrow night in Ryan Park Ocean Avenue and O Street with a torch ceremony by Persephone to Festival Queen Renee Libonae at 9 p.m. A Youth Cavalry Band concert, Civil War uniforms, and greetings from Lompoc officials headline festivities. The two day event features a Saturday parade, a Helen Reddy concert at Lompoc High School, and a majorette championship, with food booths and carnival under way noon tomorrow.
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Ryan Park
Ocean Avenue
O Street
Persephone
Renee Libonae
Lompoc
George Cotsenmeyer
Francis H. Beattie
Terry Dorsey
H Street
West Ocean Avenue
Capitol Recording
Helen Reddy
Lompoc High School
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Summer Playhouse
Richard DeLong
Los Angeles
Law Enforcement
Vandenberg Village
Chris Jones
Washington
House
Nixon
Senate
White House
Adham Alouani
Mediterranean Sea
N. Vietnamese
An Loc
Khe Sanh
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