Shaw Found Innocent on First Ballot
United States news report from New Orleans states Clay L. Shaw was acquitted on the Kennedy assassination conspiracy charge by a unanimous 12 juror panel on the first ballot. Shaw had faced accusations by District Attorney Jim Garrison, with the verdict read at 2 02 a.m. EST.
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New Orleans
UPI
Clay L. Shaw
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Larry D. Morgan
Shaw
New Orleans International Trade Mart
Edward F. Wegmann
Garrison
Dist
Edward A. Haggerty Jr
Criminal District Court
Suzanne Day
Baton Rouge
Clem Bertrand
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Kennedy
Eisenhower’s Pneumonia Puts Burden on Heart
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, aged 78, developed hypostatic pneumonia at Walter Reed. Doctors report his cardiac condition remains stable as antibiotics and position changes are used. Mamie Eisenhower remains nearby as the ailing former leader receives care.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower
Clear Fair Weekend With Mild Temperatures
The forecast calls for clear to fair conditions through Sunday with slightly warmer days. Highs 60 to 65 inches, lows 35 to 45, and variable winds 5 to 15 mph. Tidal outlook shows Sunday highs 5.7 ft at 8:44 am and 4.3 ft at 9:50 pm with low tides 1.6 ft at 2:38 am and minus 0.7 ft at 3:32 pm. Monday highs around 5.6 ft at 9:14 am and 4.5 ft at 10:08 pm with lows 1.3 ft at 3:08 am and minus 0.5 ft at 3:56 pm.
Nixon Works to Heal French U S Relations at Versailles
Nixon and De Gaulle met at the Trianon Palace in Versailles to address a rift over Vietnam and Berlin amid demonstrations by French students and the Communist Party. Rogers and Debre held separate talks on the Middle East as both leaders pursued a Europe less influenced by the United States.
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Paris
UPI
Nixon
de Gaulle
United States
France
Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Trianon
Versailles
Marie Antoinette
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Michel Debre
Mideast
Europe
New offshore oil leak endangers Santa Barbara beaches
A new oil slick off Santa Barbara threatens miles of beaches as crews fight the leak from a Union Oil platform. An aerial survey tracked a three mile by one thousand foot slick while onshore winds push oil toward shore and officials in Washington promise tougher offshore drilling rules. Park officials warn clean up could take months or years.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Union Oil Co
Pacific
Union
California
Washington D.C
Walter J. Hickel
Hickel
U.S. Senate
Michael Pahos
Israel strikes Jordan again in 45 minute raid
Israeli warplanes conducted a 45 minute bombing and rocket attack six miles south of the Sea of Galilee in northern Jordan Valley. No Jordanian casualties reported though crops were destroyed. Tass claimed a jet was shot down. Israel did not confirm. The action follows a Friday raid in the same area. In Cairo, Al Ahram said de Gaulle urged Nixon to back a Soviet peace plan.
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United Press International
Jordan
Amman
Sea of Galilee
Jordan Valley
Tass
Debris Floods Lake Cachuma Prompt Park Closure
County Park officials report hundreds of tons of debris daily in the upper Lake Cachuma after heavy rains. Park Director George H. Adams orders the Cachuma County Recreational Area closed for the weekend to campers and boaters, while fishermen may still use the shore as debris removal and burning operations continue.
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Lake Cachuma
George H. Adams
Cachuma County
Lompoc ranchers press for flood aid from Agriculture chief
Lompoc Soil Conservation District votes a strong resolution to Secretary Clifford M. Hardin seeking immediate aid for flood damaged 6000 acres from Lake Cachuma to Surf. District urges higher ACP grants, broader low interest loans, and extended restoration timelines to avert near bankruptcy and revive production, with copies sent to lawmakers and agencies.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
Rock Bottom
Hardin
Agriculture Conservation Program
ACP
Charles M. Teague
Alan Cranston
Fourth District
Francis H. Beattie
Washington
Beattie
National County Supervisors Association
Lompoc Valley
Council to hire design firm for new fire station
City Council plan to hire Kruger-Benson-Zieger of Santa Barbara to design a fire station on city-owned property at Street and Laurel Avenue with a projected cost of 300000 to 350000. Bond approval by voters will finance construction. June ballot proposed. The council also considers International Engineering Co. from San Francisco as consultants for the Lompoc Reservoir Project at 25 dollars per hour plus expenses.
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Kruger - Benson - Zieger
Santa Barbara
Laurel Avenue
Kruger-Benson-Zieger
Brooks Speight
International Engineering Co
San Francisco
Lompoc
Fire damages Atha home on North Poppy
Fire of undetermined origin gutted one bedroom and caused heavy smoke damage at 520 North Poppy Avenue Lompoc. Two children Christy 9 and Loretta Loveau 12 fled with two granddaughters of Mrs Atha as two Chihuahua dogs and six pet birds died in the blaze. One dog was revived by firemen but died later at a veterinary hospital.
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Anita Atha
Poppy Ave
Lompoc
Atha
Christy
Loretta Loveau
N. H St
Loretta
Boys Club Sleepover Highlights Town Activities
Seven boys spent the night at the Boys Club and wandered about town today. Lompoc Jaycees travel to Atascadero to back DeWayne Holmdahl in the Standing Young Farmers competition for state office.
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Lompoc Jaycees
Atascadero
DeWayne Holmdahl
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U.S
Cachuma Dam
Santa Ynez
Cachuma
State Division of Beaches and Parks
Refugio and Gaviota Beach
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County Agricultural Stablization Committee
ASC
Harding
Farm Home Administration
Max Wilson
North Poppy
Piixies
By Wohl
Clyde
Frice
Sek Wong Barr
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