District attorney denounces News-Press in real estate probe
Santa Barbara District Attorney David Milner defended his office against News-Press accusations of neglecting a real estate fraud case. He cited a 1,562 page file built over 1,000 investigative hours and shared with the state AG and Real Estate Commissioner. Milner condemned the Probe and Isla Vista reporting as biased. He said the News-Press ignored responsibility and sensationalized the matter.
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David Milner
Santa Barbara
Isla Vista
State Attorney General
Milner
News-Press
District Attorney's
Oakdale Manor, Inc
Paul Zamora
Milier
State Corporations Commission
State Franchise Tax Board
United States Attorney
Internal Revenue Service
Death penalty ruled unconstitutional by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment, sparing about 600 inmates on death rows. Justices split over the scope, with some suggesting limits and others maintaining possible future definitions. Several separate opinions were filed, and many death sentences were vacated as the term closed.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Nixon
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Harry A Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
High Court
Troops Advance Toward Quang Tri City in Vietnam Campaign
A 20,000 strong South Vietnamese task force with US air and naval bombardment moved toward Quang Tri City, aided by 1,000 reinforcements. Spearheads reportedly advanced up to seven miles in a three pronged push as casualties mount on both sides.
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Saigon
UPS
Quang Tri City
Quang Tri
Nguyen van Thieu
Bui Thi Lan
South Vietnam Marine Division
Black Panther
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Ora
China
Mission hosts nation's girl scouts
Shelly and Carol worked in the quiet shade of La Purisima Mission pressing leaf and shell designs into clay tablets. Shelly from New Jersey and Carol from Massachusetts had never been to California. Phyllis from Hawaii and Karen from Illinois joined in stamping grapes as City workers jackhammered asphalt at D Street and Cypress Avenue.
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Steve LA Rue
Shelly
Carol
la Purisima Mission
New Jersey
Massachusetts
California
Phyllis
Hawaii
Karen
Illinois
Weather and scouting report mix with coastal and inland temps
Forecast shows low clouds and fog near the coast with mostly sunny skies inland. Warmer inland, cooler near the coast, highs near 70s at beaches to 80s inland. Tonight 55 to 65, Friday tides high at 5.5 feet and 4.1 feet, low tides near minus 0.4 and 24 feet. Meanwhile 120 Senior Girl Scouts from 34 states toured Lompoc Mission yesterday as part of a 12 day Central Coast encampment titled Missions Full of Magic with activities in crafts and California heritage.
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Brenda
South Carolina
Francoise McAdams
Lompoc
Tres Canados
Central Coast Missions
High Points
Ann Wilson
Vandenberg Village
Camp Cachuma
California
Shelly
Carol
Mission Santa Barbara
East Beach
Santa Yne Mission
Solvang
Santa Clara Valley
Disneyland
Phyllis Carreira
Hawaii
Karen Johnson
Iinois
HU States
Water board to hold special session on river water rights
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District directors meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. at 3622 Sagunto St. to discuss the Livestream agreement Gibraltar Juncal study and potential outside legal counsel. The session addresses water rights for Gibraltar Juncal Cachuma Narrows and downstream Santa Ynez resources amid regional disputes.
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Santa Ynez River
Hatch
District Board
Lompoc
Regional Water Quality Control Board
State Water Resources Board
Gibraltar
Juncal
Cachuma
Syrwcd
Santa Ynez
Senate expected to approve 20 percent Social Security rise
The Senate was expected to approve a 20 percent Social Security increase to 28 million recipients before the November election. Higher taxes to fund it would take effect after the election. House quick action was anticipated to attach the rise to a debt-ceiling bill needed by Friday to avoid a government bond freeze, a measure President Nixon opposes.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Nixon
Wyandotte man arrested in American Airlines hijack case
FBI says Martin Joseph McNally twenty eight of Wyandotte was arrested on a street in Wyandotte after the June 22 hijack of an American Airlines jet from St Louis to Tulsa. He allegedly received 502000 dollars and two parachutes and fled toward Peru where the money was later found.
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Detroit
American Airlines
St Louis
Tulsa
Okla
Lambert
Peru
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Bulletin
Democratic Credentials Committee
George S. McGovern
Leonard S. Rodberg
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Boston
Federal District Court
Daniel Brewster
D-Md
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan, Jr
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
Marshall
Douglas
Patti McKay
Kathy Dundon
Children’s Theatre
Girl Scouts
D Street
Cypress Avenue
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