Soviet reports new border clashes with China on Damansky Island
Tass said Chinese troops attacked Damansky island on the Ussuri River for a second day with artillery and mortar fire. Soviet and Chinese statements gave no exact casualty figures but described five hours of fighting with Soviet guards killed or wounded. Moscow warned of grave consequences and pledged a crushing reply.
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Peking
Warsaw Pact summit opens amid Sino-Soviet tension
Warsaw leaders led by a seven man Soviet delegation arrived in Budapest for a one day summit on March 2 border clashes with China and the Czechoslovak invasion. Attending are state heads foreign ministers and military chiefs from the seven pact nations.
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Communists Mount Heavy Offense in Three-Week Drive
Sixty five shellings rocked towns and Allied camps marking the end of the third week. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked Marines near the DMZ and American positions guarding Saigon outskirts. Ten Marines died and 40 wounded in a camp clash two miles south of the DMZ. Seventeen Viet Cong were reported killed elsewhere. At the hamlet level, nine rural communities were struck with 15 civilians hurt and six kidnapped. US figures count 350,000 South Vietnamese peasants losing government security in two weeks.
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Dam model display travels wide in yearlong tour
A scale 5 by 12 foot relief model of the Lompoc area dam and reservoir marks its one year anniversary tomorrow. Shown since unveiling at the Knights of Columbus Hall it has toured to Sacramento the state capital, Santa Barbara venues, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Disneyland Anaheim and the Pentagon. The model highlights a proposed water conservation and flood control facility by the Bureau of Reclamation for the Santa Ynez River southeast of Lompoc. A feasibility study is under final review to decide if the project will proceed.
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Braun Recommended for Lompoc Library Board Seat
The Lompoc Library Board recommends Karl Braun to fill the unexpired term of Luella Keyes after her resignation. Braun, a pharmacist and former Friends of the Public Library president, agreed to serve pending city council approval. The council meets Tuesday night.
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Luella Keyes
Braun
Friends of the Public Library
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Robert D. MacClure
Lompoc School Trustees face crisis budget decisions
Lompoc Unified School Board will review 1969 70 budget plans including a 1.25 permissive override tax and 60 276 in program cuts to cover a 762 000 deficit. Proposals divide first 1 million net income between teachers and classified staff with 80 83 percent to teachers and 19 17 percent to classified personnel.
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California School Boards Association
Lompoc
Campus disruptions ease at three universities amid ethnic studies push
Settlement talks appear near at Berkeley San Francisco State and North Carolina A&T as Third World Liberation Front ends a seven week strike. A college of ethnic studies is sought and negotiations continue while police stay on campus.
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San Francisco State
North Carolina
A&t
Third World Liberation Front
Academic Senate
Ethnic Studies
College of Ethnic Studies
Roger W. Heyns
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