ABM objectives outlined by DOD in Nixon plan
The Pentagon describes three aims for Nixon's modified ABM proposal Protect land based retaliatory forces against a Soviet attack defend populated areas against future Chinese threats within 10 years and guard against accidental or irrational attacks. It warns a nuclear war would be catastrophic and emphasizes deterrence via assured retaliation.
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Darrell Garwood
Washington
UPS
Pentagon
Nixon
Soviet Union
China
Defense Department
America
David Packard
Washington, D.C
Great Falls
Mont
Grand Forks
N.C
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sedalia
Upper
Northwest
California
Texas
Great Lakes
Michigan
Ohio
New England
Florida
Georgia
MSR
Packard
Johnson Administration
California school population to decline for first time since WWII
The State Department of Finance forecasts California’s school population will fall between 1974 and 1975 for the first drop since World War II. The annual report estimates total state population at 20,296,000 by January 1, with 4,574,500 students in the 1973 school year, remaining flat through 1975 before a possible rise.
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Sacramento
UPI
State Department of Finance
Department
Sirhan Kennedy Trial Enters Tenth Week With No End In Sight
The Sirhan B. Sirhan murder trial marking ten weeks since Jan 7 proceeded with recesses for attorneys to attend a bar meeting. Testimony from psychologist Dr. Martin M. Schorr and police interrogation tapes dominated the week, as prosecutors sought to show Sirhan was fully aware when he shot Senator Robert F. Kennedy in the Ambassador Hotel pantry on June 5, 1968.
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Joseph A. ST
Martin M. Schorr
Sirhan
Superior Court
New York
Ambassador Hotel
Kennedy
California Democrats chart spring election strategy
California Democratic Party Chairman Roger Boas outlined a plan for a three election sprint in spring 1969. Voters in Contra Costa County vote March 25 to replace the late State Senator George Miller Jr. April 1 sees a congressional seat open, and April 22 covers the Assembly seat held by Jack Veneman. A 40 39 Assembly edge and a 20 19 Senate edge shape a possible tie and pressure for cross party support. The UPI report also notes guerrilla attacks at Turnamo naval base in Caracas leaving one Venezuelan soldier dead and two wounded, attributed to Castroite fighters.
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DE van L. Shumway
San Francisco
UPI
California
Democratic Party
Roger Boas
Executive Committee
State Senate
State Assembly
U.S. Congress
Boas
Party
Heirarchy
Contra Costa County
George Miller Jr
Ed Reinecke
Assembly
Jack Veneman
U.S
Education and Welfare
Senate
Veneman
Hugh M. Burns
Assembly report urges private sector prison work programs
A 68 page Assembly staff report argues inmates should hold paying jobs in private industry rather than in prison only. It says training for higher paying jobs after release and earnings could fund room and board and support families, with volunteers to avoid constitutional issues.
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Tracy Wood
Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
W. Craig Biddle
R - Riverside
Select Committee On the Administration of Justice
Biddle
San Quentin
Folsom
Route 1 Scenic Highway Bill Moves in Senate
A bill by Senator Lagomarsino designates 18 miles of Route 1 in Santa Barbara County as part of the state scenic highway system from Las Cruces on Highway 101 to Route 246 in Lompoc. It also directs study of Route 1 segment to the San Luis Obispo county line for possible inclusion.
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Senate Transportation Committee
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Ventura
Santa Barbara
Las Cruces
Lompoc
Don MacGillivray
Advisory Committee On Master Plan For
San Luis Obispo
Storms with snow hit southern states
Storms with heavy snow and rain continued across the southern tier while the rest of the nation enjoyed sun. A western storm issued snow warnings for the Southern Rockies and parts of Texas and Oklahoma with a snowburst at Fort Huachuca Arizona.
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United Press International
Rocky Mountains
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Fort Huachuca
Arizona
Oklahoma City
Gage
Okla
Lubbock
Tex
Washington
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Hong Kong Border Shooting Reported Near Len Ma Han
Communist border guards fired on a group fleeing Red China into Hong Kong near Len Ma Han. Two men died and two were wounded as shots were heard along the 22 mile frontier. officials say no one crossed into the colony. Details uncertain due to darkness.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Red China
New Territories
Len Ma Han
China
Ta Ku Ling
Bucher
Shum Chun
Kwangtung
Shataukok
China-Hong Kong
Local Youth Spotlight: Mike Cunningham
Mike Cunningham a 13 year old eighth grader at Van denberg Junior High lives at 130 Tamarack VAFB with Mr and Mrs Donald E Cunningham He enjoys hunting fishing hiking and gymnastics and is a member of the VAFB Junior High Gymnastics Club.
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Colin Croas
Paul Croas
West Locust
Colin
la Canada Elementary
National Rifleman's Association
Boy Scouts of America
Raeborn Croft Jr
Raeborn Croft Sr
W. College
Rae
Clarence Ruth
Mike Cunningham
Donald E. Cunningham
Tamarack
Vafb
Mike
Vandenberg Junior High
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Calvary Baptist Church
Vandenberg Village
Louisiana
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Lufkin
Flagstaff
Ariz
Phoenix
Cordoba
Mexico
Eduardo Perez Amador
Lompoc Theatre
Boston
Boston Strangler
Loweos Theatre
Medh
Sun
Oston Trangler
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Tony Curtis
Henry Fonda
George Kennedy
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Portman Nette Newman
Bryan Forbes
Coronado
Calif
Lloyd M. Bucher
Pueblo
Bureau of Navy
North Korea
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
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J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Jim Ainsworth
John Alexander
Wesley A. Huffman
E. C. Stevens
Bill Cockshott
Betty Laurent
Vaughn Proctor
Wilma Jack
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
California Press Association
Lompoc Record Newspaper
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