Submarine loan to Taiwan Trotsky amid arms debate
A censored transcript shows House Armed Services Committee chair L Mendel Rivers pushing approval of a loan to Taiwan Formosa for three surplus attack submarines. The Nixon administration did not request the subs, and the Senate fate remains uncertain amid broader China aid and Phantom jet controversy. Rep Lucien Nedzi notes the subs won’t likely shift regional power balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State and Defense Departments
Rivers
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
China
Lucien N. Nedzi
D-Mich
Armed Services Committee
Americans Evacuate Sam Thong as Communists Advance in Laos
U.S. officials evacuate most Americans from Sam Thong refugee base amid advancing North Vietnamese forces. Two posts seized six and eight miles away. government forces possibly retake one post. About 20 Americans remain. notable evacuee Edgar Buell, former Indiana farmer, among four left behind with officials and aid staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane
Laos
UPI
U.S
Sam Thong
Plain of Jars
Long Cheng
Vang Pao
van Pao
Edgar ‘‘Pop’’ Buell
Indiana
North
U.S. Agency For International Development
USADI
Nixon lifts freeze on construction projects
President Nixon announced the end of the federal construction freeze, releasing 1.2 billion in funds. He urged Congress to back a 250 million subsidy for savings and loan housing loans and to double subsidized housing production to 450 thousand units this year. He cited labor shortages and inflation as reasons for boosting vocational training and apprenticeship programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Savings and Loan Associations
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Labor Department
Isla Vista Faces 80 Cent Tax Hike for 1970 71
Isla Vista residents may see an unprecedented 80 cent increase in the 1970 71 tax levy to fund extra sheriff patrols near UC Santa Barbara after February riots. The plan targets County Service Area No 31 and could add to the current 7 cent levy, with a county committee studying funding options and UC officials consulted for possible aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isla Vista
Dick Praul
Goleta Valley
Santa Barbara County
Board of Supervisors
University of California, Santa Barbara
Raymond D. Johnson
Isla
James W. Webster
Daniel G. Grant
Webster and Johnson
UC Santa Barbara
Richard Temple
North County
Santa Maria Valley
Curtis Tunnell
Santa Maria
UCSB
University of California
Johnson
Sacramento
Grant
Joe J. Callahan
Santa Barbara
UC Board of Regents
Yorty Announces Candidacy for Democratic Governor Nomination
Los Angeles mayor Sam Yorty declared his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination challenging Assembly Minority Leader Jess Unruh in the June primary. He attacked Gov. Reagan for urban unrest and tax policy shifts, urging priority on education and urban issues including housing welfare health and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Sam Yorty
Yorty
Assembly
Jess Unruh
Unruh
Reagan
California
Resignation of City Building Official Art Welke
Art Welke resigns as city building official effective March 31 to join Motel 6 Co. April 1 as inspector and construction expert based in Santa Barbara. He will still live in Lompoc after 11 years of service overseeing building inspection and regulation as the city grew to about 26 000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Welke
Reagan campaign under taunts and unrest in valley visit
Gov. Ronald Reagan toured the Sacramento Valley amid protests and taunts by youths. A scuffle outside a Chico studio and a crowd disturbance at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds accompanied a campaign stop to raise funds. Police contained a mob of about 200. one youth was arrested and a KVOR camera was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chico
Reagan
Silver Dollar Fairgrounds
Nicholas Ellis Blake
Chico State
KVOR
Sacramento
Hampton Brady
Water plan discussed for Lompoc Reservoir piping routes
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District directors reviewed alternate piping routes for state water into Lompoc Reservoir. Engineer Thomas Stetson outlined options and cost analyses ahead of a County Water Agency decision on committing to 57 700 acre feet annually. Virgil Phelps proposed diverting to Lompoc Reservoir for south coast use, while Robert Edmonston favored Cachuma Lake storage and Tecolote Tunnel piping. Further studies will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ynez
Phelps
Lompoc
South Coast
Edmonston
Stetson
County Water Agency
Also Mentioned on This Page
GOP
Gerald Ford
White House
Ford
Pat Donahoe
Lompoc Record Staff
Richard Batchelor
Richard
Doris Weddle
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!