Senate Debate Sets Vietnam Policy Discussion
Sen McGovern assails Nixon on Vietnam policy while Senate leaders Mansfield and Kennedy urge patience and give the administration time to test its peace plan. McGovern calls for reversal of attrition policy and an end to the war.
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Senate
Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Edward M. Kennedy
McGovern
Vietnam
Mansfield
Kennedy
Massachusetts
City weighs $500000 fire station bond plan
City Council will decide tomorrow evening whether to call a special bond election on June 3 to fund a new fire station on Maple Avenue and Streets. The $500000 bond covers contingencies. initial cost estimate had ranged $300000 to $350000. An architectural firm from Santa Barbara is set to design and supervise construction if approved.
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Maple Avenue
Brooks Speight
Speight
Santa Barbara
Gene Wahlers
Council
City plans changes to business license ordinance
A report by Councilwoman Charlotte Benton outlines proposed changes to the city business license law. The plan would tax all fixed base businesses on a single gross receipts schedule with minimums of 30 and caps of 200, plus a flat rate for nonfixed-base firms. The 1968 licenses totalled 1 190 with 50 280 in revenue, and 2 to 10 percent increases are expected. The report notes possible Chamber of Commerce support for an annual surtax for industrial promotion and calls for public hearings and a study session.
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Charlotte Benton
Chamber of Commerce
Weekend Auto Crashes injure Two Women in Lompoc Valley
Two weekend traffic crashes in Lompoc Valley left two women with minor injuries. June Helen Randolph, 23, was rear hit on West Ocean Avenue by Howard Lovejoy, 46, who faces speeding and felony drunk driving charges after posting bail. Catalina Molina Bryant, 37, of Vandenberg Village, was rear struck on Lompoc Casmalia Road by an unidentified vehicle. she declined further medical care.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Helen Randolph
N. E St
Howard Lovejoy
S. T St
Lovejoy
Lompoc-Casmalia Road
Constellation Road
Vandenberg Village
California Highway Patrol
Catalina Molina Bryant
Saturn Ave
Lompoc Enjoys Green Spirit at Local Center
Crowds of Lompoc residents wear green while carnival youths enjoy rides at the shopping center. Kites hang from power lines as Charlie Gwinn serves corn beef and cabbage to diners at LPI yesterday. City Hall attendees wear green hats this morning.
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City Hall
Bill Leary
Charlie Gwinn
LPI
Fair Weather Through Tuesday With Mild Temperatures
The forecast calls for fair weather through Tuesday with overcast nights and mornings. Daytime highs range from the high 50s to mid 60s, and night lows stay in the 40s with light winds. Tides show high tides of 5.3 and 5.4 feet and low tides around 0.2 feet on the listed times.
Venezuelan DC9 crash kills 152 Americans among dead
Eyewitnesses describe a Viasa DC9 lifting off in flames then slashing through Ziruma suburb killing at least 152 people and injuring 125 as flames spread through La Coruba La Trinidad and surrounding neighborhoods near Grano de Oro airport. The doomed jet carried 85 aboard including 47 Americans.
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Jesus Anez Nava
Grano de Oro
Grano de Oros
la Coruba
la Trinidad
Israel Jets Hit Jordan Border Areas Again
Israeli jets attacked three Jordanian border areas with rockets napalm and machinegun fire the second strike in two days, military spokesmen in Amman said. In Jerusalem Mrs Golda Meir 70 was sworn in as Israel's fourth premier pledging victory if war returns and rejecting peace imposed by the Big Four.
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United Press International
Amman
Beirut
Iraq
Syria
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Israel
Middle East
Viet Nam raids drag on with high Red casualties
UPI reports American and allied troops killed at least 326 Communist troops in weekend battles as the offensive enters its fourth week. Thai troops repelled a Viet Cong assault near Saigon with 109 killed. 131 Viet Cong died in the Mekong Delta in the Speedy Express operation. US Marines fought near the DMZ amid rocket fire.
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Saigon
UPI
Mekong Delta
Mekong
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
Apollo 9 spider views yield top space photos
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 9 astronauts James McDivitt David Scott and Russell Schweickart captured dramatic space images from the spider view during their 10 day Earth orbit mission. The photographed spider carries the moon landing craft poised for future lunar flight over a wide swath of the southern United States.
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James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Earth Orbit
Warsaw Pact Leaders Meet in Brief Budapest Summit
Leaders of seven Soviet bloc nations held a two hour plenary session in Budapest after a six hour delay over Romania’s stance toward China. Brezhnev and Kadar led talks with Romania and Czechoslovakia estranged, and a communique was signed to be released at midnight.
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Aline Mosby
Budapest
UPI
Romania
China
Communist Party
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Janos Kadar
Brezhnev
Czechoslovakia
Four Hurt in Wye Intersection Two Car Collision
A late morning two car crash at the Wye intersection injured four people, with details and injury severity under investigation at noon. Mrs Joyce Stasnak 35 and her son Billy 3 of 4279 Polaris Ave Vandenberg Village plus an unidentified neighbor boy and Hermreck of Solvang were treated at Lompoc Hospital. The crash occurred in the flood prone Wye intersection, used heavily since Feb 1 after flood damage.
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Wye
Lompoc Hospital
Joyce Stasnak
Billy
Polaris Ave
Vandenberg Village
Hermreck
Solvang
Linen theft at Loops Motel and tax refund stolen in Lompoc
Police investigate two thefts including 416 dollars in linens from Loops Motel 1417 N H St and 163 dollars in income tax refund money from David Cowley’s home 225 F N WN St in Lompoc. Losses occurred Thursday Friday and were found during inventory. Detectives continued the inquiry.
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Loops
Lompoc
N. H St
David Cowley
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