Laird says troop withdrawal impossible per military chiefs
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. commanders in Vietnam believe no troop reductions are possible until North Vietnamese forces are fully withdrawn. He cited a gloomy war outlook, noted two more years to control the fighting, and urged more aid to South Vietnamese forces.
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Washington
UPI
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Laird
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S. Vietnam
Robert Cushman
Antiguerrilla
United States
Defense Department
North Vietnam
South
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Cushman
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard Stilwell
I Corps
Stilwell
Lompoc Council Votes to Put Bond Issue on Ballot
The Lompoc City Council unanimously approved an election on June 3 to seek a $500,000 general obligation bond for a new Headquarters Fire Station on Maple Avenue and I Streets. The plan includes related costs and a 25 year repayment plan, with a public hearing set for April 1.
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Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Maple Avenue
I Streets
So. G St
Wahlers
Council
Brooks Speight
Civic Center Committee
Speight
Communist death toll soars in new battles
UPI dispatches report heavy fighting near Saigon and Da Nang as U S tank columns advance 45 miles northwest of Saigon killing 330 Communist fighters with light Allied losses. North Vietnamese shelling and rocket attacks continue amid a broader offensive across Hue Da Nang and Saigon.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
U.S
da Nang
Nat Gibson
11Th
Hue
United States
North Vietnam
Reagan urges stronger laws to cut federal aid to rioting students
California Governor Ronald Reagan told a House subcommittee that laws cutting federal financial aid to students involved in campus violence should be strengthened. He criticized college administrators for slow action and quick concessions, warning that a culture without traditions and laws risks descending into a jungle.
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Gene Bernhardt
Washington
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Congress
Reagan
House
Alex C. Sheriffs
Nixon
Weather Outlook With Tides For March 20
Fair today and tonight with cloudy Thursday. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the 40s. Winds 5 to 15 mph. Tides: high 4.2 ft at 11:20 am, 5.3 ft at 11:14 pm. Low 0.0 ft at 5:14 am, 1.0 ft at 4:56 pm.
City Seeks Public Auditorium From Old Junior High
City and school officials for more than three years strive to transfer control of the South L Street auditorium from the school district to city jurisdiction. County counsel delays action citing cloudy provisions. City Attorney Longtin says the issues are not major.
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South L Street
James Longtin
Gene Wahlers
Glimpses of Local Fans Split by School Rivalries
Fans who supported last year’s Babe Ruth team in Klamath Falls now tease each other from opposite sides of the fence as parents of Lompoc and Cabrillo High School varsity players. The Chamber of Commerce expects pleasant weather to return.
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Klamath Falls
Lompoc and
Cabrillo High School
Chamber of Commerce
British invade Anguilla to force Commonwealth return
British paratroops Royal Marines and detectives seized Anguilla in a swift operation to reinstall Anthony Lee as governor. Reports say the 6,000 residents offered little resistance as airstrip was secured. Anguilla declared independence from St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla in 1967 and opposed Lee’s return.
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Anguilla
UPI
Royal Marines
Scotland Yard
Caribbean
Coral
Anthony Lee
Wallace Rey
Ronald Webster
St. Kitts
United States
Virgin Islands
Harry S. Truman
St. Thomas
Lee
Two Lompoc Women Hurt in Separate Accidents
Two Lompoc women were injured in separate traffic incidents yesterday. Maryann Williams, 40, was struck on West Ocean Avenue near T Street and suffered a fractured thumb plus cuts and abrasions. Mary C Canady, 21, escaped injury when her car, driven by her husband Franze Canady, went out of control on Highway 1 south of Highway 135, with Canady treated and released after hospital care.
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Lompoc
West Ocean Avenue
Highway 1
Maryann Williams
N.Y St
Douglas Grant Welsh
Somerset Pl
Ocean Avenue
T Street
Lompoc Hospital
Mary C Canady
Bne St
Franze
Highway 135
Canady
Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
California Highway Patrol
Otepka Named to SACB by Nixon on Senate Flight
President Nixon selected Otto F. Otepka, previously suspended from a State Department security post, for a $36 000 vacancy on the Subversive Activities Control Board. Otepka, once chief of the division of evaluations, was penalized by Dean Rusk for sharing information with a Senate committee without authorization. The appointment awaits Senate confirmation.
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Washington
UPI
Otto F. Otepka
State Department
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Nixon
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Dick Praul
County Planning Department
Santa Ynez County
Santa Ynez
Santa Ynez Valley
la Purisima
University Park
South E Street
Record
Wilma Jack
Sam Clawson
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
Clawson
Santa Ynez Airport
Santa Barbara Municipal
Goleta
City Planning Commission
Clint Sherrod
Paul Price
County Planning Commission
County Airport Committee
Pixies
Wohl
SFC
Bill Steele
Las Puentas
Calif
11Th Cavalry
Steele
U.S. 25Th Division
U.S. 9Th Infantry
Otepka
Nixons Order
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