Air Force may launch Titan IIID amid Jalama Beach closure
Rumor says the Air Force will launch the Titan IIID from Vandenberg AFB with a beach closure at Jalama Beach from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. Wednesday March 17 to avoid crowds and protect property. Officials from SAMTEC say the county plan evacuates visitors to minimize disruption.
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Air Force
Jalama Beach
Headquarters, Space and Missile Test Center
Samtec
Vandenberg Afb
Jalama Road
City Administrator Seeks Electric and Refuse Rate Hikes
City Administrator Gene Wahlers will ask the City Council on Tuesday to approve an eight percent increase in electric rates and a $1.80 monthly rise for solid waste collection. Current refuse charges would rise from $1.50 to $3.30 monthly, or $3.00 if funds are not directed to the general fund. The plan aims to boost revenue for operations and general city services while keeping rates low in the region.
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Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Council
Laila Moore
C Street
Chestnut Avenue
James Longtin
Lompoc
Right wing plan to oust Ulster's premier in Unionist push
Belfast report cites rightwing Unionist members led by William Craig planning to oust Premier James Chichester-Clark at the party council meeting on March 29. Craig and Ian Paisley named as possible leaders. The piece notes sectarian tensions, IRA threats, and protests in Shankhill and Falls Road with dockworkers marching on Unionist HQ demanding internment of IRA leaders.
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Belfast
UPI
Unionist Party
James Chichester-Clark
Home Affairs
William Craig
Craig
Unionist Party Council
Chichester-Clark
Ian Paisley
Shankhill Road
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Shankhill
Falls Road
Bill Hull
Explorer satellite launched to study space around Earth
An $8 million Explorer satellite lifted by a Delta rocket dubbed the super six aimed for an Earth orbit halfway to the moon. The automated physics lab will study space radiation magnetic and electric fields while observers along Cape Kennedy noted the launch under hazy skies.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Earth
Laos operation advances with air mobility tactic shift
Saigon reports a new Laotian phase using air mobility to avoid direct combat with stronger North Vietnamese units. Officials say the campaign could end by month’s end with about 3,000 Communists killed since February 8. US helicopters evacuate troops from Sepone as Saigon confirms strategic withdrawals.
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Pham Cao Dong
Arvn 1St Infantry Division
Sepone
Saigon
Lawmaker Accord Aims 10 Percent Social Security Hike
A House Senate conference would trim extras from the Social Security bill and press for a uniform 10 percent benefits rise by mid next week. Mills and Long privately arranged the talks to push a compromise while dissenting Senate provisions on minimum payments are dropped. Cooler weekend with scattered clouds and winds as tides rise, plus a rainfall total of 7.54 inches in Lompoc Valley.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Mills
Lompoc Valley
High absenteeism reported at Lompoc schools
Flu-related illness swept Lompoc schools with absentee rates from eight to 22 percent of enrollment. Lompoc Junior High led with 22 percent out, while Miguelito and La Mesa posted 10 and 8 percent respectively. Several campuses cited fever and sniffles but officials viewed the situation as not serious.
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Lompoc
Miguelito
la Canada
Clarence Ruth
Fillmore
Northern California storm batters region with more on the way
The winter storm pounded Northern California with heavy rain and high winds. Rain and cooler air are forecast as a new system moves in from the North Pacific, though not as strong as Friday’s storm. It caused sewers to overflow in San Francisco, a Market Street sewer collapse, blackouts, fallen trees, and a large landslide, with widespread power outages and property damage from Marin to San Francisco.
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United Press International
California
North Pacific
Sierra Nevada
San Francisco
Market Street
Woodacre
Marin County
Ukiah
San Rafael
Pittsburg
Mt. Tamalpais
San Francisco International Airport
Alameda- Contra Costa
Mideast crisis at crossroads as fighting looms
Al Ahram warns that without Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab lands the Middle East crisis will surge to widescale fighting. The paper notes Israel’s stance and cites planned UN talks between Abba Eban and Gunnar V. Jarring in New York next week.
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United Press International
Middle East
Israel
Cairo
al Ahram
Yitzhak Rabin
Washington
United States
New York
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Low bidder for school bus storage barn named
Zemny Construction Co. of Santa Maria is the apparent low bidder at 32840 dollars for the district bus storage barn on Central Administration grounds North A Street. Trustees will consider awarding the contract Monday.
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Zemny Construction Co., Inc
Santa Maria
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Ulster
Dorothy Withrow
Laos
Mission Hills
Esther Wick
Roy Wahlberg
Sandy Savinsky
Brenda Chittum
Lillian Andrade
Carol Mongan
Lombard Street
Telegraph Hill
Montgomery Street
Mideast
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