Medals Awarded to Vandenberg AFB Personnel
Four military personnel at Vandenberg AFB receive decorations for meritorious service and valor. Maj Leonard R Scotty earns the First Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Force Commendation Medal for electronic warfare operations in Southeast Asia. Lt Col James W Tate and S Sgt Lawrence A Strama receive Bronze Stars for Vietnam service including handling battle casualties and port squad leadership. Lt Col Norman L Gibson receives the Air Force Commendation Medal for wing readiness at Torrejon Spain. Sgt Richard P Ell earns Bronze Star Air Medal and Joint Services Commendation Medal for combat motion picture work in Vietnam.
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Maj
Leonard R. Scotty
Southeast Asia
James W. Tate
4392Nd Transportation Sq
Lawrence A. Strama
392Nd Aerospace Medical Group
Col
Tate
15Th Aerial Port Sq
Republic of Vietnam
Strama
Norman L. Gibson
Directorate Data Automation
Air Force Commendation Medal
401St Tactical Fighter Wing
Torrejon Air Base
Spain
Richard P. Ell
1369Th
Vandenberg
E.D. Boggie
Ell
Vietnam
Department of Defense
Sirhan Trial Braces for Sentencing Debate as Lawyers Clash
In Los Angeles the Sirhan B. Sirhan trial moves toward sentencing with two top lawyers clashing over whether the Kennedy killer should face the gas chamber. The jury hears the final psychiatric testimony as expert witnesses are scrutinized.
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Jack V. Fox
Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan Targeted in Damage Suit and Kennedy Trial Details
A woman wounded in the Kennedy assassination filed a 351500 dollar damage suit against Sirhan B Sirhan and others alleging careless reckless conduct and willful disregard The case follows another injury suit by Irwin Stroll and relates to Sirhan currently on trial for murder The report also covers related legislative talk in Sacramento about auto insurance penalties for stolen or vandalized vehicles and testimony from psychiatrists about Sirhan’s mental state during the trial
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Los Angeles
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Elizabeth Young Evans
Kennedy
Sirhan
Evans
Ambassador Hotel
Irwin Stroll
Stroll
Sacramento
David A. Roberti
Roberti
Goldwater attacks antimilitary critics over ABM plan
U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater warns of a rapid growth in anti defense sentiment attacking the Nixon administration's Vietnam policy. He criticizes McNamara's Pentagon centralization and accuses the radical left of portraying ABM as a Pentagon money grab.
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Edward K. Delong
Houston
UPI
U.S
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Goldwater
Air Force Reserve
American Fighter Pilots Association
GOP
Vietnam
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Pentagon
New deputy chief for defense group appointed
Colonel Devere M. Wright was assigned Deputy Commander for Materiel of the 10th Aerospace Defense Group at Van Denberg Air Force Base replacing Colonel John R. Banard who transferred to Alaska. Wright, a Little Rock native, previously led the Bien Hoa Vietnam based Direct Air Support Center and served as 10th ADG safety chief from Sept 1963 to May 1965.
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Devere M. Wright
10Th Aerospace Defense Group
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Little Rock
Arkansas
John R. Banard
Alaska
Wright
111 Corps Direct Air Support
Bien Hoa
Vietnam
10Th Adg
California GOP Assembly clashes with Nixon over appointees
Dr. Tirso Del Junco CRA president criticizes Nixon picks Henry Kissinger James Farmer and John Veneman while noting areas of agreement on China and national security The Modesto GOP margin narrows to 40 39 in the Assembly with a pending April special election for a vacant seat The convention also addresses sex education guidelines and party ideology differences
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DE van L. Shumway
San Diego
UPI
California Republican Assembly
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Tirso del Junco
CRA
Nixon
del Junco
United States
Henry Kissinger
James Farmer
House
Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Kissinger
Harvard
California
Clair W. Burgener
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Gas bill to rise about 33 cents
The California Public Utilities Commission approved a rate increase for Southern Counties Gas Co. and its affiliate Southern California Gas Co. The average residential bill will rise about 33 cents to offset higher gas costs from El Paso Natural Gas Co. and others, while overall bills remain 13 percent lower than in 1961.
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California Public Utilities Commission
Bruce A. McCandless
Southern Counties Gas Co
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Southern Counties
Southern California Gas Co
Pacific Lighting Corp
Los Angeles
Withholding Tax Plan Seen As Cure For California's Finances
Assemblyman William T. Bagley argues payroll withholding can raise up to 500 million dollars in one time revenue to fund state construction as California faces unsold bonds and a threatened water project halt. He warns the fiscal abyss could deepen without withholding. Governor Reagan opposes the plan.
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Bakersfield
UPI
California
William T. Bagley
San Anselmo
Kern County Taxpayers Association
Bagley
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
Ronald Reagan
Hong Kong Border Shootout Leaves One Wounded
A defector escapes from Communist China into Hong Kong after a border fusillade near Ta Ku Ling. He suffers a mouth wound and is in critical condition. A second escapee was killed, another man possibly shot or captured, while a 26-year-old farmer crossed east of Bor Chuk Commune in good health.
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Charles R.smith
Hong Kong
UPI
China
Ta Ku Ling
Red China
Bor Chuk
Hong Kong-China
Sham Chun
New Territories
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
British may bar UN team from Anguilla
British to pull 140 paratroopers from Anguilla next week and similar number after. U.N. Decolonization Committee plans a fact finding mission but Britain says Anguilla is not a colony and outside its competence. The island remains tense as residents press for Lee's removal and Webster seeks support.
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Margaret Hyman
Valley
Anguilla
U.N
U.S
Britain
Island
Anthony Lee
Honolulu Senate bill paves way for two nonpoisonous reptiles
A Hawaii State Senate bill would allow the Honolulu Zoo to import two nonpoisonous male reptiles to the state where no snakes currently live. The proposal aims to expand exhibits while preserving safety.
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Honolulu
UPI
State Senate
Hawaii
Lompoc Record Publication Details and Rate Card
Lompoc Record published daily except Sundays and Christmas Day under Superior Court Decree No. 47065. The staff lists editors, managers, and departments headed by Mrs. Kenneth L. Adam and J. Donald Adam with rates at 2.00 dollars per month for home delivery or mail.
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Lompoc Record
Lompoc
California
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
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