U.S. and China Ambassadors Hold New Paris Meeting
U.S. and Chinese ambassadors Watson and Huang met at the Paris embassy on Avenue George V, marking the first normal diplomatic contact since 1970. A Chinese interpreter accompanied the delegation as talks resume after Warsaw meetings ending in 1970 amid Cambodia events.
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Watson
Nixon
Peking
Huang
Paris
Avenue George V
U.S
Warsaw
Cambodia
Tragic 16 year old dies in Sweeney Road canyon plunge
A 16 year old Lompoc youth Joseph Campos died after the car carrying five friends swerved off Sweeney Road and fell 200 feet into a canyon. Four others were injured two hours later at Lompoc Hospital Goleta Valley Community Hospital.
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Joseph Campos
Lompoc
Los Angeles
W. Ocean Ave
Campos
Sweeney
Lompoc Hospital
Hughes
Gonzales
Goleta Valley Community Hospital
The
California Highway Patrol
Sweeney Road
Black convention ends with resolution against busing
The National Black Political Convention in Gary adopts a militant 12 page agenda condemning school busing as obsolete and harmful. Delegates demand black representation and local police control while avoiding endorsements for any presidential candidate amid a bomb scare and walkouts.
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Gary, Ind
UPI
West Side High School
Michigan
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
The
NAACP
School board weighs teacher demands for 1972 73
The Lompoc School District faces a 1.8 million dollar package from the Lompoc Education Association for 1972 73. Items include teacher salaries substitute pay increases class size reduction math specialists fringe benefits and bilingual teachers with a potential seven to eight percent salary rise noted.
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Lompoc Education Association
Dick Shiers
LEA
Alice Milligan
County Seeks Three Supervisors in Six Districts
Twelve county supervisorial candidates in three districts will appear on the June primary ballot after a Friday filing deadline. In the Third District Goleta Valley races include Jim Worthen Michael Morisol Lyn McClurg Jenny Perry James Slater and Richard Duprey. Fourth District contenders include Francis Beattie Willie Harris and Fred Bock. First District lines feature Gerald Firestone George Bliss Jr and Frank Frost with others.
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J. E. Lewis
Daniel G. Grant
Goleta Valley
Santa Ynez Valley
Francis H. Beattie
Lompoc
George H. Clyde
Montecito
Jim Worthen
Michael Morisol
Lyn McClurg
Jenny Perry
James Slater
UC Santa Barbara
Richard Duprey
Air Force
Willie M. Harris
Vandenberg Village
Fred H Bock
Santa Barbara
Gerald Firestone
George Bliss Jr
Frank Frost
European satellites launch in Thor-Delta orbit
The United States space program launched the largest European-built satellite using a NASA Thor-Delta rocket from the Western Test Range. The satellite weighs 1,380 pounds and hosts seven experiments from six European universities and research groups. It orbits Earth every 96 minutes at about 340 miles altitude and is monitored by the European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt.
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United States
European Space Research Organization
Air Force
Earth
European Space Operations Center
Darmstadt
West Germany
Grand jury probes FCI Lompoc irregularities in LA session
Federal grand jury convened in Los Angeles to investigate alleged irregularities at FCI Lompoc. Warden Frank Kenton testified. former inmate John Alessio awaits testimony in LA County jail after transfer to McNeil Island. Roy Goddard arbitration completed. decision pending. Anthony Santiago hearing set later this month. Guard John Morgan suspended 30 days without pay.
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Federal
Los Angeles
Federal Correctional Institution
Lompoc
John Alessio
The
FCI
Los
Roy Goddard
Goddard
John Morgan
Lompoc shopping centers oppose city sign ordinance
Keith Wright of Lompoc Shopping Center and executives from Lompoc Plaza join the Chamber of Commerce in opposing a proposed sign ordinance. They say it would affect about 85 percent of current signs and push the Planning Commission to reconsider during noon and 7:30 p.m. sessions at City Hall. The forecast notes morning low clouds and fog with gradual clearing and cooler highs in the mid 60s to upper 70s.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Shopping Center
Lompoc Plaza
Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber
Keith Wright
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ITT
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Denver
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R-Ky
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
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