Sheriff denies appointment amid salary debate at county
Sheriff John Carpenter denied an undersheriff has been appointed despite board approval of a top salary of 1785 dollars. He said action was only a salary request and aims to fill the post by week’s end. Names of contenders remain undisclosed as candidates from Kern and Los Angeles sheriffs departments compete.
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John Carpenter
Board of Supervisors
Carpenter
John Graham
Los Angeles
Senate votes today on SST funding decision
President Nixon meets with Republican leaders to push Senate approval for continuing SST funding. debate centers on 134 million needed for two prototypes with Agnew possible deciding vote. Mansfield cites railroad upgrades as better use. Kennedy calls SST a flying toy for the jet set.
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Senate
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Pennsylvania
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Dakotas
Montana
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
U.S
Scott
United States
Russia
Britain
France
California CCCSS forms steering group for shuttle push
The California Coordinating Committee for the Space Shuttle CCCSS voted to form a steering committee and authorized Lompoc Mayor Art Scott and George Smith to testify before the Senate Rules Committee in Sacramento. The group aims to promote Vandenberg as a launch site and Edwards AFB as recovery site, with Kern County potential joiners.
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California Coordinating Committee For
CCCSS
Lompoc
Art Scott
George Smith
Senate Rules Committee
Sacramento
Scott
George Hobbs
Santa Maria
California
Vandenberg Afb
Vandenberg
Smith
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Lagomarsino
Lagomarsino
W. Don MacGillivray
MacGillivray
State Assembly
Kern County
Edwards Afb
Edwards
House approves 18 year old voting amendment
The House gave final congressional approval to a constitutional amendment to let 18-year-olds vote in all elections possibly by 1972. If three fourths of the states ratify, it becomes the 26th Amendment overriding state minimums of 21. Existing law already ensures 18 year olds can vote in next year’s federal elections.
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Washington
UPI
House
Congress
Supreme Court
Vietnamese Push Ends Laos Invasion As North Attacks Increase
UPI reports Saigon nears completion of the Laos incursion while North Vietnamese forces intensify attacks on a 10,000-strong American support force in South Vietnam and a battered South Vietnamese armored column. A communist commando group struck Khe Sanh, destroying helicopters, killing three Americans and wounding 36, with eight more Americans killed in broader raids.
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Saigon
UPI
Laos
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
U.S
Route 9
Khe
Supervisors Approve 15 Deputies for Goleta Jail
Sheriff John W. Carpenter won approval for 15 additional deputies to staff the new Goleta Valley detention facility after a mass jail break plot was uncovered days earlier. Twelve male and three female deputies were authorized to raise total positions to 51 at a projected $200,000 cost next fiscal year.
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John W. Carpenter
Goleta Valley
Board of Supervisors
Raymond D. Johnson
Johnson
Catterlin
Nixon lauds South Vietnamese in Laos operation milestone
President Nixon praised South Vietnamese forces for disrupting enemy supply lines and holding their own under tough conditions in Laos. He said the operation may allow accelerated withdrawals from Vietnam and that long term results remain uncertain, with no decision yet on 1972 candidacy or a running mate.
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Laos
Nixon
White House
California
Smith
Military junta seizes Argentina after bloodless coup
Argentina's military rulers oust President Roberto M. Levingston in a bloodless coup and restore Brig. Gen. Ezequiel Martinez as head of the joint chiefs. Levingston resigns after attempting to fire Lt. Gen. Alejandro Lanusse, as the junta takes power to guide the revolution.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Argentina
Roberto M. Levingston
Ezequiel Martinez
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Levingston
Alejandro Lanusse
Army
Juan Carlos Ongania
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