Benny the Brush Promotes Art Through Gunshot Artwork
John Lerch promotes a provocative art stunt by Benny the Brush in Lompoc. Donald Jenkins fired up to a dozen holes in each painting from twelve feet, including two abstracts and two gun-footing cowboys, while Benny discusses art as a service to society amid the era of technological change.
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John Lerch
N. W St
Benny the
Benny
Frontier Law
Donald Jenkins
N. Larkspur
Jenkins
Lompoc
Sportsman’s Club
St. John’s
Philadelphia
Kendall Art School
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hollywood Art Center
Walt Disney Studios
Martin Co
Baltimore
Cape Kennedy
West Coast
Lockheed Corp
Vandenberg Afb
Sawtelle Veterans Hospital
Johnny
Manolete
Sitting Bull
George Bernard Shaw
Beethoven
Bach
Lerch
Lompoc Safety Council Hears Wye Improvement Plans
Lou Rubinstein reports that district traffic engineer H R Ginsberg announced planned channelization traffic signals and highway lighting to eliminate hazards at the Lompoc Wye. The council expects aid and progress on safety measures.
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Lompoc Wye
Lou Rubinstein
Lompoc
Wye
Rubinstein
Ginsberg
Lompoc Safety Council
Mexico beast may be from dinosaur age
Marine biologists study a 35 ton sea creature washed ashore in TECOLUTA Mexico to determine if it hails from the dinosaur era. The 30 by 18 foot armored, serpentlike carcass with a 10 foot porous bone tusk drew hundreds of tourists as officials assess its identity and potential impacts.
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Tecoluta
Mexico
UPI
Gulf Coast
Sergio Garcia
Tampico
Rockets Hit Saigon in Major Offensive Assault
Guerrillas ignored a Nixon warning and launched a two minute rocket barrage into Saigon killing 22 and wounding 50. The attack began at 6 a.m. with rockets fired from southeastern rice paddies as part of a nationwide Communist offensive affecting cities and bases across the nation.
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Saigon
UPS
Nixon
Government releases low interest funds to flooded ranches
The Farm Home Administration under the FHA will provide 3 percent loans totaling 25 million dollars to ranchers in flood damaged areas. Repayment may extend up to 25 years and aims to restore flood ravaged lands and provide operating capital. Mentioned by Representative Charles M. Teague from Washington.
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Federal Bureau of the Budget
Washington
Charles M. Teague
Teague
Farm Home Administration
FHA
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Santa Ynez
California
Santa Barbara County
Peace talks threaten: South Vietnam may pull out
The Paris peace talks shrink as a new Viet Nam shelling campaign prompts Saigon to seek adjournment. UPI notes stock markets slide on rising gold prices and fears of a world monetary crisis as tensions flare in Saigon and Hanoi.
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South Vietnam
New York
UPI
Vietnam
Europe
Saigon
Paris
Motors
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nixon
Pham Dang Lam
Lodge
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Lam
Schweickart Reinstates Spacewalk During Apollo 9 Test
Apollo 9 astronaut Russell Schweickart returns to his landing craft after nausea sidelined an earlier spacewalk. James McDivitt reports Schweickart feeling better and proceeds with an abbreviated spacewalk from the spider lunar module during the 10 day orbital test run to qualify for a May moon mission. David Scott remains aboard the command ship as tests continue and a second telecast is planned.
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AL Rossiter JR
UPI Space
Wanter Space Center
Houston
UPI
Russell L. Schweickart
James McDivitt
Schweickart
McDivitt
Eumdrop
David R. Scott
Earth
Spider
America
Coroner's report shows 1968 deaths in Santa Barbara County
Coroners office records 1968 list 490 deaths investigated with 153 violent cases and 320 male victims. Motor vehicle fatalities were 51 with 39 male, 12 female. 11 homicides 8 male and 3 female. Monthly peaks show September and December for men and October for women.
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Vaughn Proctor
Santa Barbara
Lompoc
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Santa Maria
Solvang
Goleta
Gold hits record price as French labor strike looms
Gold climbs to $47.92 per ounce in Paris amid labor concerns and franc devaluation. The record marks a third straight rise as unions CGT CFDT and FO plan a nationwide stoppage next Tuesday, stirring economic nerves. Railway workers also strike amid the crisis.
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Paris
UPI
General Confederation of Workers
CGT
French Confederation of Democratic Workers
CFDT
Workers Force
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Safety Council
PiXies
By Wohl
Chuck Jack
Rocky Rhodes
Air Force
Vandenberg
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