Expanded flood control study referred to Bureau
Dick Praul reports that the question of adding an upstream flood control study to the Lompoc Project investigation is being referred to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for consideration.
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Dick Praul
Lompoc
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
County Water Agency
Robert M. Edmonston
Edmonston
Board of Supervisors
Curtis Tunnell
Water Agency
Robert J. Pafford, Jr
Sacramento
Santa Ynez
Francis H. Beattie
Santa Ynez River
Andrew Peterson
William S. Barrett
City of
Bureau of Reclamation
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Barrett
Lake Cachuma
Pafford
Lompoc Reservoir
Norman H. Caldwell
James S. Stubbhner
Susan Trescher
Corps of Engineers
Soviet fleet mystery deepens in Atlantic voyage
British defense officials say the Soviet fleet now in the North Atlantic may reveal its destination by Thursday. NATO and London observers suggest the ships head toward the Far East, with a possible Adriatic or Mediterranean route. The flotilla includes three cruisers, three destroyers, eight submarines, tankers and support vessels.
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London
UPI
North Atlantic
Far East
Mediterranean
Moscow
Vladivostok
Sea of Japan
Damansky
Ussuri
Soviet Union
NATO
Orkney Islands
Scotland
Murmansk
Arctic Ocean
Africa
South China Sea
Black Sea
Oldest woman resident dies in Lompoc district hospital
Minnie McDonald 101 died yesterday at 3 30 p m in Lompoc District Hospital long term care unit. Born 1868 on Washington's Birthday in Indiana, she and Donald McDonald moved from Nebraska to Los Olivos then Lom poc. Survived by daughter Zena and three sons, six grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and 15 great great grandchildren. McPeek Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Lompoc
Lompoc District Hospital
Minnie McDonald
Solvang Lutheran Home
Zena
George Nelson Ball
Napa, Calif
John
la Jolla
Harvey
Solvang
Glimpses of hot weather and odd city scenes
Short sleeves and heat bring busy streets as Dan Duffy wades knee deep in mud to capture a photo. A young man in judo attire tries a cold dash down E College Avenue. Charles Sewall reports an 18 inch four pound catfish caught at Ocean Park yesterday.
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Dan Duffy
E. College Avenue
Charles Sewall
Ocean Park
Nixon seeks extension of 10 percent tax surcharge
President Nixon asked Congress to extend the 10 percent personal income tax surcharge at least until mid 1970 and keep the $9.5 billion annual revenue from the levy, delaying reductions in telephone and auto excise taxes. He argued inflation is economic aggression and urged a strong budget surplus and monetary restraint to cool inflation.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Southeast Asia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jaycees Back Dam Effort With City Petition Drive
The Lompoc Jaycees voted to support the Lompoch Narrows Dam project and to coordinate with the Fact Committee. They will circulate a citywide petition and distribute literature to educate residents on the dam’s importance.
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Lompoc Jaycees
Lompoc Narrows Dam
Jim Gooding
Jaycees
Citizens’ Committee
Fact Committee
Robert C. Lilley
Gooding
Lilley
Narrows Dam
Weather Outlook Clears Through Thursday With Mild Seas
Clear to fair conditions through Thursday with highs in the upper 70s and overnight lows around 40s. Light winds prevail. Tides run high at 4.2 feet by 5 20 a.m. and 3.6 feet at 8 02 p.m. A 0 1 foot low tide arrives at 12 56 p.m.
Eisenhower’s condition described as critical again
Physicians described Dwight D. Eisenhower as still in a critical state with congestive heart failure. He remained conscious and able to converse, but doctors warned of uncertain survival and declined to declare imminent death.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Communists Drive Heavy Assault on U S Infantry Division
In the Mekong Delta, Communist forces attacked a U S 9th Infantry Division ammunition dump while a mortar and ground assault hit a 1st Cavalry Division post near Saigon. The 32 day offensive has cost Communists upwards of 15 000 to 20 000 dead with at least 275 killed in recent days.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Mekong
1St Air Cavalry Division
9Th Infantry Division
Delta
U.S
Vietnam
Dong Tam
U.S. 9Th Division
Nimbus to Launch Weather Elk Tracking Satellite
NASA will launch a $10 million Nimbus IB weather satellite with back up components from here on April 10 to study Earth cloud cover and track an elk in Yellowstone National Park using a body implanted transponder. The mission aims to improve animal migration tracking and human navigation techniques while the craft carries seven experiments and high resolution cameras.
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NASA
Yellowstone National Park
Nimbus
Earth
Accident at Lompoc Wye injures two drivers
A Mission Hills woman Peggy A. Kinman age 32 and a New York motorist Margret Kress age 26 escaped injury in a collision at the Lompoc Wye intersection. Both northbound on Highway 1 at 3:30 p.m. Kinman’s car sustained minor damage and Kress’s moderate damage after an improper left turn.
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Mission Hills
New York
Lompoc
California Highway Patrol
Peggy A. Kinman
Lato
Margret Kress
Highway 1
Wye
Lompoc - Casmalia Road
CHP
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United Press International
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Jerusalem
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By Richard Lerner
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San Miguel Island
Here
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Atomic Energy Commission
Pixies
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