Lompoc Flower Festival Opens With Parade and Events
Lompoc marks its 19th Flower Festival with a three day lineup including a floral float parade on Saturday featuring 11 floats with over a million blooms. Other attractions include rock concerts carnival rides flower shows a western states art show quick draw contest and an all comers chess tournament. The Grand Prize winner Sunday awards a two week Pacific air and sea voyage valued at 4000.
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Pacific
Pentagon Vietnam Report Secrets Split Across Papers
United Press International reports that Los Angeles Times Knight Newspapers and others published parts of a secret Pentagon Vietnam policy study. Boston court orders delay for Boston Globe while grand jury probes Times leak. Sun Times cites Kennedy Johnson trips and May 1961 Saigon visit.
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Times
Dean Rusk
United States
Rusk
National Security Council
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Two Die In Gas Blast In California Water Project
A gas explosion in a five mile tunnel of the Metropolitan Water District near Sylmar killed two workers and left up to 15 others unaccounted. A rescued miner was brought to a hospital after surviving about ten hours underground. rescue efforts faced zero visibility from smoke and extreme heat.
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Los Angeles
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Lompoc Teen Maps Route From Mexico To Belize For Banana Interest
Artie Skeeters 18 a Lompoc High grad travels by BMW from Mexico through Guaymas Mazatlan and Mexico City toward British Honduras exploring real estate prospects. He plans to contact Belize City brokers about a possible banana plantation while using hotels when possible.
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Belize City
MacGillivray urges Reagan to lead shuttle site push
Assemblyman W. Don MacGillivray of Santa Barbara writes Gov. Reagan urging strong state leadership to back locating the Space Shuttle Launch and Recovery site at California bases. He cites employment needs, regional impact on Vandenberg, and California’s case against NASA Florida.
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California
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Central Coast
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Nixon
Pacific Northwest
Medina defense seeks dismissal in My Lai case
Medina’s attorney F Lee Bailey argues before Judge Kenneth Howard that the murder charges lack evidence and claim influence by command forces. Bailey says no one claims Medina killed civilians and demands dismissal of the 100 unnamed victims and the two explicitly cited killings. The court will review the motions after the government’s summation as 16 other motions await ruling. Witnesses included Maj Gen Bernard Rogers and Col William Wilson discussing influence and threats against Sgt Charles LaCroix.
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Inspector General's Office
Washington
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Ft. Carson
Allan Hancock College trustees approve across the board raises
The Allan Hancock College board approved six percent salary hikes for instructors and classified staff and a 25 cent per hour increase for night school instruction to be paid by June 30. They rejected fringe dental benefits but approved longevity pay of ten dollars monthly after ten years and increments at 15 20 25 30 years. The district keeps the 50 cent tax rate and a publication budget on raises will be reviewed next month.
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