Head-on crash on Highway 1 kills Mission Hills man
A two-car head-on collision on Highway 1 north of Burton Mesa Boulevard left Donald Augustine McKenna 46 dead and Garry Wayne King 36 with serious injuries while his 11-year-old son John suffered fractures. The rescue involved sheriff's deputies, CHP, two county fire stations, and hospital staff, with victims treated and transported to Lompoc Hospital.
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Vaughn Proctor
Mission
Lompoc
Lompoc Family
McKenna
California Highway Patrol
King
Don McCormick
Burton-Mesa Boulevard
Rucker Road
McCormick
Highway 1
Harris Grade
Vandenberg
Buellton
Carter pushes universal voter registration and direct election plan
President Carter proposes removing most voter registration limits and funding elections with tax money. He backs on election day registration to boost turnout and supports replacing the electoral college with direct presidential election, while Congress weighs public funding for campaigns and easing limits on federal workers’ participation.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
Walter Mondale
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Electoral College
Campa
Mondale
White House
Remains of two more MIAs to be released
The White House missing Americans in Vietnam commission returned from Hanoi and Vientiane with promises to return remains of two more U S personnel. Leonard Woodcock said Hanoi confirms Tucker Gouglemann died in Saigon during the 1975 collapse and will yield his remains with another serviceman.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Vietnam
Hanoi
Vientienne
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Honolulu
Tucker Gouglemann
CIA
Saigon
South Vietnam
Woodcock
Commission
Gouglemann
Hickam Air Force Base
United States
Carter
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
America
Southeast Asia
Googlemann
Carter and Fukuda end talks on trade and security
President Carter and Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda concluded a round of talks covering international trade energy and nuclear proliferation. Fukuda stayed at Blair House then traveled to the White House amid rain. Carter voiced support for a permanent Japan seat on the UN Security Council and discussed South Korea troop withdrawal with full allied consultations.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Takeo Fukuda
Japan
Fukuda
Blair House
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
United Nations Security Council
U.S
South Korea
Hospital to consider fee revision at district meeting
Lompoc District Hospital board will review possible rate increases for ancillary services including x ray, lab, physical and respiratory therapy, and emergency care. Admin Bill Diebner notes losses at the hospital and Convalescent Care Center, with prior increases in nursery, surgery, ICU and delivery charges and CCC bed rates. The regular meeting starts Thursday at 7 30 p m.
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Lompoc District Hospital
Hospital Board of Directors
Bill Diebner
Diebner
CCC
Iran earthquake and aftershocks kill at least 60 in southern region
A strong quake measuring 6.8 to 7 struck a sparsely populated area of Iran near a vacation island where Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi stays. State radio reported 60 dead with casualties expected to rise as reports come in from southern Iran amid 50 aftershocks.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Weather outlook with cooler turn and tides noted
Fair through tonight with fog. Wednesday brings more clouds and cooler air. Highs in the mid to upper 60s and nightly lows near 48 to 55. Tides show high 3.5 feet at 12 07 p.m. and 4.6 feet at 11 49 p.m. Low tides near 0.5 feet at 6 06 a.m. and 1.5 feet at 5 35 p.m.
County delays racquetball sublease amid water dispute
Lompoc supervisors postponed final approval of a city racquetball facility sublease with BKB Associates to align with County Park water issues at Ken Adam Park. A one week continuance was granted to seek city de annexation or water line options, risking project delays.
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Lompoc
Board of Supervisors
BKB Associates
BKB
College Avenue
Public Works
Charles Wagner
Wagner
Ken Adam Park
The
Park Water Company
Robert Hedlund
Water Line Park Water Company
County Park Commission
George Kading
Alan Davidson
Davidson
Ken Adam
Carter minimizes Brezhnev attack in White House briefing
President Carter downplayed Leonid Brezhnev's attack on his human rights stance while noting hopeful signs in Moscow. Senator Cranston cited Carter saying critics worry every time Brezhnev sneezes and that some nations seek progress through negotiation, as Vance prepares for Moscow talks on arms control. Brezhnev called U S interference in socialist affairs unacceptable and warned that normalizing ties requires mutual respect.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
White House
Moscow
United States
Cranston
Soviet Union
Vance
Russia
Scientists challenge saccharin ban during Congress hearing
Washington sources report scientists told Congress that the FDA overreacted to saccharin. They cited decades of safe human use and argued cancer risk at typical intakes is remote while obesity and nonnutrient sugar substitutes pose greater concerns. Dr. Kurt Isselbacher and Dr. Robert Squire urged a nuanced view.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
Kurt Isselbacher
Harvard Medical
Robert Squire
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Isselbacher
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