Shamrock Festivities Mark St Patrick's Day In Ireland
Festive crowds in Dublin and towns observe St Patrick's Day with songs, dance, Gaelic games, parades, and open pubs. Visitors and expatriates join 3 million residents as markets hawk sprigs priced up to 15 cents amid inflation and holiday closures. A giant city parade features Waterford glass, Donegal tweed, handicrafts, and Irish whisky with U.S. marchers.
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Dublin
UPI
Emerald Isle
United States
Egypt welcomes Rogers call for Israel to return to 1967 borders
Cairo sources welcomed Secretary Rogers push for Israel to retreat to pre war lines while opposing any Sinai demilitarization in a peace settlement. Meir in Knesset rejected returning to those borders and ruled out withdrawal from Sharm el Sheikh Golan Heights East Jerusalem and Jordan River.
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United Press International
William P. Rogers
Israel
Sinai
Golda Meir
Knesset
Jerusalem
Egypt
Sharm el-Sheikh
Syria
Golan Heights
Jordan
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Cairo
Rogers
Thomas Dewey Dies at 69 in Miami Beach
Former New York governor and three time GOP aspirant Thomas E. Dewey died of a heart attack in Miami Beach. He was to attend a White House dinner and a St Patrick's Day event before death. Nixon observed a moment of silence at the dinner. Dewey would have turned 70 on March 24.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
White House
St. Patrick’s Day
Nixon
Seaview
Miami Heart Institute
Richard Elias
Lompoc Council Delays Under Public Hearing on Utility Rate Hikes
Lompoc City Council debated a proposed refuse collection rate increase from 1.50 to 3.30 dollars and an electric rate rise from 8.12 to 9.02. They continued the item for further study, delaying the June 1 start and planning a public hearing. Councilmembers sought reduced refuse rates and public input before voting.
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Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
George Cotsenmeyer
Charlotte Benton
Courtesy Days Begin in Lompoc
The Lompoc business community kicks off Courtesy Days tomorrow through Saturday. Stores will award gift certificates and favors to courteous customers while clerks and service personnel compete for twenty Certificates of Merit. Winners and their workplaces will be announced early next week.
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Lompoc
Dick Meier
Lompoc Valley
Meier
Lompoc Council Sets May 4 Hearing on Auto Wrecking Yards
By a 3-2 vote City Council approves a May 4 public hearing to label auto wrecking yards in a C-M zone as a public nuisance if they fail to move or improve their properties. Lefkowitz led the push, Benton and Stevens supported. Scott and Cotsenmeyer opposed.
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Sol Lefkowitz
Lompoc
Lefkowitz
Art Scott
George Cotsenmeyer
Scott
William Perry
Perry
County Planning Commission
No SS increase for welfare group
The Social Security bill authorizes a 10 percent raise for 26 million Americans and awaits Nixon’s signature. A provision could cut welfare payments for about 1.9 million poor people, offsetting gains with possible $1 loss for every $1 of new benefits.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
Welfare aid surge in Lompoc boosts AFDC caseloads
A feature on rising AFDC demands in Lompoc Santa Ynez Valley notes 793 AFDC cases in February versus 699 in other programs. It highlights the role of the Lompoc Health and Welfare Coordinating Council and Loan Closet, plus the statewide forecast of AFDC growth to 2.4 billion dollars for 1971-72 and 1.56 million recipients in California.
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Lompoc
Welfare Department
FCI
Lompoc Health and Welfare Coordinating Council
Gene Hewitt
AFDC
Santa Ynez Valley
Arthur Nelson
Medi-Cal
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Truman
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R. W. Kennedy
Florida
Council
E.C. Stevens
Roy Velasquez
Roy
Velasquez
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Ed Sperber
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