Violent Week Ends With Arson Fails In Lompoc
A week of vandalism in Lompoc ended with three arson attempts on a city pickup and two used cars at Sangera Buick that failed. Fire officials found partially burned gas-wick devices in the city vehicle and cars. Police reported an assault on Assistant Police Chief James D. Smith, who survived a beating as his car was forced to the curb. No injuries reported, no suspects yet, as officers pursue investigations of multiple property damage incidents and threats across the area.
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Lompoc
Bill Cruse
Sangera Buick
N. H St
James D. Smith
Smith
Ocean Avenue
Rumpus
S. H St
Wallace H. Edson
Venus Ave
Vandenberg Village
Robert William Kelley
Mission Hills
George Hickel
Rucker Road
Nixon explores new foreign aid plan with multibillion fund
President Nixon plans a reform of foreign aid based on a task force report proposing a $2 billion U S Development Bank a $1 billion International Development Institute and a three year rise in U S annual aid to finance institutions. The plan calls for dismantling A I D and moving duties to new State Department supervised bodies.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
U.S. Development Bank
Congress
U.S. International Development Institute
United States
Florida
White House
Task Force
Rudolph A. Peterson
Bank of America
Agency For International Development
State Department
Russians Reported Killed Amid Arab-Israeli Clashes
A Beirut report notes five Russian advisers with Egyptian troops were killed in Israeli air strikes during a weekend of fighting on three fronts. Memorials were held in Cairo for Gen. Abdel Moneim Riad who died a year ago. Israel warned Lebanon to stop guerrilla strikes as Arab actions escalate.
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Beirut
Cairo
Abdel Moneim Riad
Egypt
Israel
Middle East
Lebanon
France
Soviet Union
Allan Hancock College Special 50th Anniversary Edition
The Barker student newspaper at Allan Hancock College distributes a 16 page edition with the Lompoc Record marking the start of a weeklong 50th anniversary celebration. Events include tours demonstrations art exhibits theater performances and a Thursday program with the Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce. More than 1,200 students attend the college.
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Allan Hancock College
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce
Lompoc
Burglars Strike Churches and Club in Local Area
Police report two burglaries on Sunday at the Boys Club on West Ocean Avenue and First Methodist Church on North F Street with details not immediately available. Earlier Saturday burglars stole five dollars in loose change from St Marys Episcopal Church.
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St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
W. Ocean Ave
First Methodist Church
N. F St
North Vietnamese Pull Back From bases amid supply woes
Intelligence sources report North Vietnamese forces withdrawing from two U.S. support bases at Long Cheng and Sam Thong due to supply problems from American bombing. Guerrillas who seized the Plain of Jars three weeks ago moved southward within striking distance and were expected to strike.
Heavy artillery barrage on U S 1st Air Cavalry near Laos border
Communist forces fired 150 to 175 rounds in the heaviest attack in four months but the strike failed due to poor marksmanship. U S Marine command in northern Vietnam provinces shifts to army control as 7,000 Leathernecks begin returning home. Lao Tien forces pull back citing rice and munitions shortages worsened by U S bombing along Highway 7 and supply routes from the Plain of Jars. Sam Thong and Long Cheng remain sensitive, with U S officials restricting access. Pathet Lao claims 12,000 Thai troops in Laos including 5,000 near the Plain of Jars and says it will forward a five point peace plan calling for American withdrawal and end to bombing.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
U.S
U.S. Marine Corps
South Vietnam
Army
Highway 7
Hanoi
Plain of Jars
Long Cheng
Sam Thong
Vang Pao
Pathet Lao
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Five held on dope charges in Lompoc weekend arrests
Deputies arrested five Lom poc men on narcotics charges including marijuana and dangerous drugs. One suspect, George Bolinger, attempted suicide at Lompoc jail and required artificial respiration before transfer to County General Hospital. Bail amounts and additional charges listed. incidents occurred near Highway 246 and in the Cojo Ranch area.
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Lompoc
County General Hospital
George Elwood Bolinger
Bolinger
Frank Stephen Garza, Jr
W. College Ave
Garza
Highway 246
Guy Richard Parker
N. B St
Robert Lee Copeland
S. First Pl
North H Street
John Phillip Huelman
Los Gatos
Cojo Ranch
Lompoc Plans Day Center Debate and Permit Hearing
Lompoc and Santa Maria mental health groups meet in Santa Maria at 7 30 p m to decide which city gets a day center. The Lompoc Planning Commission considers a conditional use permit for a building at 611 W Cypress owned by Edward Negus to house the center. Mrs Florence Robinett says the house could open by April 1 and details a day center as a home like place to aid those needing help until they regain normal function. Calls to join include RE 6 4866 or RE 6 5691.
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Lompoc
Mental Health Association
Santa Maria
Edward Negus
W. Cypress
Florence Robinett
Lompoc Association
Robinette
County Mental Health Services
Diplomatic Kidnappers Mention Others Targeting U.S. Officials
Sean Michael Holly, labor attaché at the U.S. embassy in Guatemala City, was freed at 5 a.m. Sunday after exchanges freed two jailed guerrillas, Jose Manuel Aguirre Monzon and Vidalina Monzon Soto. The captors warned of more hostages unless four jailed comrades were released by 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Three captives, including Aguirre and Monzon, sought asylum in Costa Rica and were escorted to Mexico with safe passes. Holly described the masked abductors and said he would not identify them.
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Guatemala
UPI
Sean Michael Holly
Holly
U.S
Jose Manuel Aguirre Monzon
Vidalina Monzon Soto
Mexico
Aguirre
Miss Monzon
Lioneel Cid
White House admits Americans killed in Laos action
The White House confirms 27 Americans including a U S Army captain were killed in Laos since June 1962 during North Vietnamese ground actions. Official tally covers eight years of U S involvement in the Laotian conflict and questions portions of President Nixon's Laos limits report.
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White House
Laos
Washington
UPI
U.S. Army
America
Joseph K. Bush Jr
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Village Inn
Mildred Field
North Y Street
Corrine Christianson
College Ave
Margaret Vickers
North S Street
Clifford Friesen
John Jarron
Fresno
Reds
van Pao
Lompoc Junior High School
Joy Huffman
Eugene V. Risher
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