POW releases proceed amid Hanoi Summit Deadlock
North Vietnam planned to release 136 American POWs Sunday morning in Hanoi with additional landside flights. A Homecoming spokesman said three C141 transports would pick up 106 Americans, plus two West Germans, two Thais, and two Filipinos, as Viet Cong releases also proceed.
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Hanoi
Bui Tin
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Viet Cong
Gia Lam
Clark Air Base
North Vietnam
Cachuma Crisis Eases After Sunny Weather Drops Water Flow
The Cachuma Dam area sees crisis fade as sunny skies and reduced eastern water flow lower lake risk. Bureau official Andy Johnson notes surface at two feet below spill stage yesterday, rising minimally today. Hourly monitoring shifts to daily as plans for downstream water release in a storm fade from the record of 1969 floods.
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Cachuma Dam
Andy Johnson
Cachuma
Santa Ynez
Lompoc
LEDA Focuses on Local Industry Attractors In Lompoc
The Lompoc Economic Development Association reports its mid year plan continues a manufacturing oriented push. It targets electronics components, electrical equipment, furniture, clothing, leather work, medical goods, tools, and crafts. The aim is to create basic local jobs and maximize the local multiplier effect on wages and spending.
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Tom Parks
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
LEDA
Southwick to be among released this weekend
Earle Sweetland said his son in law Navy Commander Charles Everett Southwick is among 106 POWs slated for release in Hanoi and may fly to Oak Knoll Hospital in Oakland after arriving from Clark Air Force Base. The release would reunite Mrs Karen Southwick with her husband after more than six years as a prisoner of war.
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Earle Sweetland
Karen Southwick
Navy
Charles Everett Southwick
Hanoi
Karen
Sweetland
Oakland
Lompoc
Sausalito
Travis Air Force Base
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Travis
Oak Knoll
Lompoc Valley
Southwick
North Vietnam
Oak Knoll Hospital
Glimpses of Bob Chilson Convert Redwood to Firewood
Bob Chilson turns a giant fallen redwood into usable firewood and crafted table tops. The scene captures his work amid towering trunk sections and sawdust, illustrating practical use of fallen timber.
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Bob Chilson
Weather Update Washington Coast Through Saturday
Mostly fair conditions continue with patchy low clouds at night and morning. Temperatures hold in the 60s highs and 40s for lows with northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Tides peak at 5.6 feet and 4.6 feet on Saturday with other tides noted. Living in Seattle.
New twist in McNamara salary hike case reaches Santa Barbara
Petitions circulate in the lower East Side calling for a $6,000 annual raise for Mental Health Services chief Dr. Norbert McNamara, challenging the $4,000 increase approved by county supervisors. The board plans a reconsideration session as unions and the 1972 county grand jury scrutinize the move.
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Norbert McNamara
Lower East Side
Santa Barbara
McNamara
County Tax Action Assn
Afl-Cio Social Services Union
Mental Health Department
County Grand Jury
Community Health Task Force
Milpas St
Board of Supervisors
Dollar Devalued Again by European Banks
The dollar slipped nine percent in free market trading as European banks push the currency down. Paris opened and closed within an hour after the Bank of France bought 350 million dollars to defend the fixed rate. Speculators drove gold and copper higher as nine European central banks refused further dollar purchases. West German Chancellor Brandt urged Heath to join a common float of European currencies against the dollar. Heath resisted.
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Bonn
UPI
Paris
United States
Europe
Vietnam peace plan signed in Paris by world powers
UPI reports that the United States China and the Soviet Union led 12 nations to sign a nine point plan for lasting peace in Vietnam. The six page agreement was signed at 3 25 p m with each minister using his own pen and five copies issued. Canada and South Vietnam reserved. The ceremony occurred at the International Conference Center once a Nazi Gestapo headquarters.
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Paris
UPI
United States
China
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Canada
South Vietnam
International Conference Center
U.S
William P. Rogers
Flower Festival Faces Sponsorship Shortfall in Lompoc
The 1973 Lompoc Valley Flower Festival stalls as only six groups have signed to sponsor a queen candidate. James Hernandez, general chairman, laments weak community support from Elks Lodge 2274 Explorer Posts 600 and 700 Filipino American Club Kiwanis Rotary and warns the contest is key to fundraising. The committee will reassess in 10 days and seek more sponsors across Mission Hills Vandenberg Village and the base.
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Hernandez State
Elks Lodge
Explorer Post
Kiwanis
Rotary
Hernandez
Vandenberg Village
Mission Hills
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lompoc
Air Force unveils T43A trainer to shave costs
The Air Force introduces a modified Boeing 737 based T43A flying classroom to train navigators faster and cheaper, replacing World War II era gear. The program aims to save up to 27 million dollars annually. The first of 19 planes rolls out in Seattle with training at Mather AFB planned to begin in early 1974.
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Seattle
UPS
Air Force
Boeing Company
Mather Air Force Base
Sacramento
Calif
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Tran van Tra
Saigon
Joint Military Commission
Washington
Economic Development Association
Harry J. Crompe
County Employees Assn
Zack L. Stringer
Stringer
Joseph T. Nardo
James Hernandez
American G.I. Forum
American Legion
Arcturus Club
Cabrillo High School Booster Club
City Employer Association
Democratic
Demolay
Eagles Lodge 1700
Grange
Jaycees
Knights of Pythias
Lions Club
Lompoc High School
Moose Lodge
Native Daughters of the Golden West
Optimist Club
Rotary Club
Toastmasters Club
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