Flower Festival ends with glowing tribute
The 18th annual Flower Festival closed with high praise from Lompoc Valley officials. Despite wind and dust, dinners and corn sales hit records, the parade ran smoothly led by Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke and Flower Festival Queen Judy Snipes, while police reported a quiet weekend aside from minor thefts worth about 120 dollars.
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Lompoc Valley
Ed Reinecke
Judy Snipes
Chess Club
Lompoc
Inas
County sees slower rise in net assessed valuation
The 1970-71 county net assessed valuation on the secured tax roll rises to 554,159,125 under County Assessor Harry Holmquist. A recoverable tally and homeowner exemptions add about 12 million, yielding a 15.3 million total that tightens the rate of increase and reduces potential tax revenue pressure. Notices have been mailed, with inspection available after July 1. Appeals may be filed from July 2 to August 26 ahead of fall hearings.
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Harry Holmquist
Holmquist
Nixon Manescu meet on Europe troop cuts amid Warsaw Pact overtures
President Nixon and Romanian Foreign Minister Corneliu Manescu discuss possible troop reductions in Europe. The talks follow Warsaw Pact openness to reduce Soviet and American forces, with roger and Manescu visiting Washington after meetings in San Francisco.
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Nixon
SAN Clemente
UPI
Corneliu Manescu
Europe
Ronald L. Zeigler
NATO
Manescu
San Francisco
William P. Rogers
United Nations
Romania
Soviet Union
U.S
Corneliu Bogdan
Washington
China
Rogers
Manila
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
United States
Cambodia
Marshall Green
Saigon
South Vietnam
Deadline met as U.S. withdraws from Cambodia ahead of deadline
UPI reports the United States completed troop withdrawal from Cambodia a day before Nixon's June 30 deadline. Eight C130s and three C119s delivered arms to Phnom Penh while 1,700 troops crossed back into South Vietnam. Lon Nol urged continued air support as a new South Vietnamese offensive began toward Stung Treng. Nasser arrived in Moscow for talks amid Middle East tensions.
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Saigon
UPN
United States
U.S
Cambodia
Nixon
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Fish Hook
Lon Nol
Mekong River
Stung Treng
Phom Penh
Pleiku
Mekong
Skoun
Kongpong Thom
California Legislature Receives 6.59 Billion Budget Plan
A two house conference committee presented the legislature with a 6.59 billion dollar budget for the 1970-71 fiscal year. It includes 102 million for schools and restores a 2.25 percent salary cut for UC and state college professors while keeping a 5 percent cost of living raise for other state employees denied.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Frank Lanterman
R-La Canada
Senate
University of California and
State College
New N Ireland casualties and more British troops sent
Protests in Belfast spurt as snipers wound two British soldiers and Prime Minister Heath orders 3,000 reinforcements to Ulster. Rioting leaves several dead and dozens injured, with heavy rains aiding a fragile calm as security tightens around officials and patrols increase in Belfast and Londonderry.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Edward Heath
Bernadette Devlin
Heath
Reginald Maudling
Londonderry
Falls Road
Ulster
Mrs Nixon surveys Peru quake disaster after arrival
Mrs Richard M Nixon arrived in Lima to assess the earthquake devastation described as the worst in the Western Hemisphere. She was greeted by Consuelo Velasco and promised the affection of the United States for those affected. She planned a Mass then a flight over the Andes to view the hardest hit areas.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Hemisphere
Consuelo Velasco
Juan Velasco Alvarado
United States
Nixon
Air Force
Andes
Coastal forecast with strong winds and tides
Fair conditions through Tuesday with highs mid 60s to 70s inland. Tonight's low in the 50s and northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Small craft warnings for 20 to 35 mph gusts this afternoon. Tuesday tides show highs of 3.4 ft at 10:02 am and 6.2 ft at 8:32 pm with lows near minus 0.6 ft at 3:20 am and 2:08 pm 25 feet.
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Bucharest
Administration
Indochina
MecGovern- Hatfield
Vietnam
Elks Lodge
Burpee Seeds
Nasser
Moscow
United Press International
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Abba Eban
Cairo
Suez Canal
Jordan
U.S. Middle East
Eban
Luxembourg
Spain
U.N
Gunnar Jarring
United Arab Republic
Lanterman
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