Nixon vows to halt extortion threats on airlines
Secretary Volpe says the government will use full resources to stop extortion threats after Nixon safety orders. He notes terrorism has declined since 1969 and hints at possible legislation banning ransom payments. FBI arrests John Foster in Michigan over a $25,000 bomb extortion call to TWA.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Volpe
TWA
F. C. Wiser
Trans World Airlines
Wholesale prices rise in February driven by food costs
The Labor Department reports a 0.7 percent seasonally adjusted gain in the wholesale price index for February, with food and farm product prices surging. Unadjusted figures show a 0.9 percent rise, led by higher meat costs and metals prices, while industrial prices hold steady.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Viet forces push into eastern Cambodia in new offensive
A 10,000 man South Vietnamese task force moved into eastern Cambodia and government troops reported killing 111 guerrillas by noon. U.S. air strikes continued against targets in North Vietnam and Laos as B52 missions expanded to the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Two Americans wounded near Saigon as 35 guerrillas fell near Neak Long and 53 in Central Highlands. 8 government troops dead, 21 wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Central Highlands
South
Vietnam
Neak Long
Lompoc and Santa Maria Consider Lobbyist for Space Shuttle Push
City leaders Art Scott and George Hobbs plan funding a Washington lobbyist to back Vandenberg Air Force Base as shuttle launch site. James A. Cook, ex California Space Shuttle Task Force head, would likely advocate, with $500 estimated from each city and pledges from the chamber and economic group. NASA hearings approach as Senate and House panels prepare testimony week of March 16.
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U.S. Senate
House
Lompoc
Art Scott
George Hobbs
Santa Maria
California Coordinating Committee
Vandenberg Air Force Base
James A. Cook
California
Scott
Cook
Jim Cook
Washington D.C
Washington
Vandenberg
NASA
Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
James Fletcher
Filing deadline today shapes June Fourth District primary
Three candidates filed by 5 p.m. for the Fourth District supervisorial race led by incumbent Francis H. Beattie with Willie M. Harris and Fred H. Bock joining. Goleta attorney Michael M. Morison opened a bid for the Third District seat, with several other contenders named. A Superior Court ruling refines eligibility of Santa Barbara Goleta Marshal Patrick J. O'Brien, affecting ballot inclusion while ongoing appeals loom.
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Francis H. Beattie
Lompoc
Air Force
Willie M. Harris
Vandenberg Village
Fred H. Bock
Goleta Valley
Jim Worthen
UCSB
Richard Duprey
Lyn McClurg
Jennie Perry
Santa Barbara News-Press
James Slater
O'Brien
O’brien
J. E. Lewis
James Lindsey
Robert Lopez
Santa Barbara
Michael Devaney
James A. Wedmore
Wildcat Strike Delays Lompoc SP Rail Movement
A UTU wildcat strike halted Southern Pacific Railroad service in Lompoc delaying Johns Manville diatomacious earth shipments. The 9 am absence of a local crew left engineers idle. a three man crew was due by 4 pm. Pickets appeared at SP sites in San Francisco Sacramento and Bakersfield.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Johns-Manville Products Corp
Lompoc
Proctor
United Transportation Union
UTU
Pete Noe
Johns-Manville
San Francisco
Sacramento
Bakersfield
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Mitchell
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U.S
Dong Ho
Port
Demilitarized Zone
Brit Hume
Senate
ITT
Dita D. Beard
John N. Mitchell
International Telephone and Telegraph
Hume
Jack Anderson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kennedy
Johnson
Lompoc Lions Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
Santa Barbara Goleta
Patrick J. O'Brien
County Employees Assn
Floyd Dodson
Wildcat
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