Unruh and Brown Win CDC Endorsements at Fresno Convention
Assemblyman Jess Unruh and Rep. George Brown secured California Democratic Council endorsements for governor and U.S. Senate at the CDC convention. Brown defeated Rep. John V. Tunney 644 to 52 for the senator spot, signaling major campaign backing.
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Jess Unruh
California Democratic Council
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George Brown
Monterey Park
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John V. Tunney
Tunney
Senate
Gene Tunney
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Expedition to seek bodies of downed airmen
An American Indonesian expedition will depart Makassar in early April to recover remains of 10 American airmen from a World War II B24 crash on Mount Gunung Tanimari. The wreckage site was found December by Indonesian woodcutters near Rattan jungle with dogtags and artifacts. The mission aims to climb the 11,000 foot peak to retrieve remains.
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UPI
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Sulawesi
John S. Sandiland
Mount
Gunung Tanimario
Indonesia
Review of county petroleum ordinance aims at permit review
County officials and conservation groups debate amending the county petroleum ordinance to allow a review of drilling permits issued by the county petroleum engineer. Sierra Club led critics press to end the sole power of the engineer to issue permits. County Counsel and Deputy counsel study alternatives as the supervisors consider relief from current rules.
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George P. Kading
Dana Smith
David K. Bickmore
Union Oil Co
Tiger Oil Co
Santa Cruz Island
National Marine Park
New Guadalupe Rancho Dunes Park
Beilenson seeks full repeal of abortion restrictions in California
California state senator Anthony Beilenson proposes removing all abortion limits, asserting women should not be forced to bear unwanted children. He notes his 1967 liberal law and calls for bills to curb population growth by allowing abortions only when not performed by a licensed physician or surgeon.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Anthony C. Beilenson
Beverly Hills
Beilenson
Indians and Jane Fonda Arrested at Fort Lawton Siege
Eighty four Indians and actress Jane Fonda were arrested after attempting to seize Fort Lawton Army Reserve post as a native cultural center. About 160 Indians and Miss Fonda swarmed the gates before police escorted all 85 arrestees from military property. Grace Thorpe was among those detained.
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UPI
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Ft. Lawton
John Vigil
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Jim Thorpe
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Lompoc Chamber to honor Allan Hancock College anniversary
The Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce will host a March 12 lunch meeting marking Allan Hancock College’s fifty years of community service in education. The four part program includes an address by College President Walter E Conrad, a Stage scene from Rags to Riches, a campus slide tour, and student Chuck Boyd’s view of today’s AHC student. The session will be videotaped by Lompoc Valley Cable Television for Channel 2 replay at 7 30 p m.
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AHC
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Chuck Boyd
Lompoc Record Adopts Second Class Mail Status
The Lompoc Record, published daily except Sundays and Christmas Day, is a California legal newspaper under Superior Court Decree No. 47065. It lists staff including J Donald Adam as Publisher, Gaylen Jackson as Vice President, and Bill Cockshott as News Editor. Subscription is $2.25 per month by mail in advance.
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California
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Santa Barbara County tax rate up 26 cents this fiscal year
The State Board of Equalization reports Santa Barbara County’s average property tax rate per $100 of assessed value at 9.59 dollars, up 0.26. Statewide average rises to 9.92 with a 53 cent increase. per person burden climbs to 246 dollars. County totals show school districts levying 37.46 million, cities 3.77 million, the county 15.09 million, and special districts 6.07 million. Homeowner exemptions and business inventory cuts reduce taxable value statewide to 52.1 billion.
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State Board of Equalization
Richard Nevins
Southern
California
Santa Barbara
Johnson in excellent spirits at Brooke General Hospital
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson shows improvement and is in excellent spirits at Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio. Doctors report stable vital signs and an unchanged electrocardiogram as he remains under treatment for arterial hardening and chest pain.
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Tex
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Brooke General Hospital
Johnson
Robert L. North
Glen K. Arney
Eleven arrested in Makarios assassination attempt in Cyprus
Cyprus officials report 11 suspects arrested overnight in the attempted assassination of Archbishop Makarios. Police also questioned three earlier detainees, including two linked to the National Democratic Union, as witnesses viewed lineups. The attack used a high school roof gun position and a smoke grenade as the helicopter carrying Makarios was hit but he escaped unhurt. pilot Zacharias Papadogiannis was critically wounded.
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Cyprus
API
Makarios
Greece
Makheras
Makarias
Zacharias Papadogiannis
George Alexandrou Palladoros
Grandmother Captures World Gold Panning Title
Mrs. Marie Bertles, a longtime prospecting grandmother from Rosamond, won the world gold panning championship with a secret swirling technique. She outswirled 24 contenders, including her husband, in 18.5 seconds and earned an Open competition berth after winning the ladies division with a new method her husband suggested.
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Rosamond Upi
Marie Bertles
Bertles
Annual counselors conference set at Allan Hancock College Wes
More than 60 counselors and principals from area high schools gather at Allan Hancock College on Wednesday March 11 for the Annual Counselors Conference part of Allan Hancock College Appreciation Week marking its gold anniversary. Activities include a two hour workshop at 4 30 p m and a stage production of Billy Budd at the Performing Arts Theatre.
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Allan Hancock College
Leon Vawter
AHC
Vawter
Militant Women Rally Splits Into Berkeley SF Clash
In San Francisco on International Women's Liberation Day rival female groups clashed amid a rally, with one faction attempting to oust the other and tables overturned. Berkeley hosted about 300 participants with speeches urging legal abortion, birth control access, childcare, anti discrimination, and revising history to include women.
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San Francisco
UPI
Berkeley
Carmen Carrie
Young Socialist Alliance
Welfare Rights Organization
Espanola Jackson
Peggy White
Women’s Liberation Front
The
University of California
Man held in multiple Los Angeles killings
Los Angeles police hold 51 year old Mark Ray Edwards in connection with the May 1969 death of 13 year old Donald Todd and investigate six suspected murders in the area. Edwards, from Sylmar, arrived with a teenage boy and offered details on other cases while denying a formal signed statement.
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Los Angeles
Donald Todd
Edwards
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