School testing shows mixed results across grades
Dr. Irwin Wapner reports state testing in reading language spelling and math shows strong results in lower grades but weaker in sixth grade. Second and third graders exceed state averages with 69.4 and 82.9 percent correct respectively while local and national figures trail slightly in some areas.
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Vaughn Proctor
Johnny
Irwin Wapner
Lompoc Unified School District
Wapner
John Beattie
Beattie
California
Stanford
Bombardment Threat Deepens Phnom Penh Airlift Crisis
Rebels bombard Phnom Penh airfield with 10 millimeter artillery risking up to halt of U S airlift. American planners warn airdrops could resume supplies but at far reduced levels. Rockets strike near the U S Embassy and Prime Minister Long Boret’s residence as Mekong river areas face renewed insurgent pressure.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Phnomenh
East Bank
Pochentong
Long Boret
Mekong River
Neak Luong
Ford signals softer stance as tax cut deals trim amendments
President Ford appears unlikely to veto Congress tax cut after negotiators drop costly Senate amendments. Aides say deleted provisions and swift action move the measure closer to his wishes as talks aim to reconcile House 19.9 billion and Senate 33.1 billion proposals with rebates of 100 to 200 dollars and oil tax questions still pending.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
House
Senate
Hue Falls to N Vietnam as Da Nang Evacuation Looms
North Vietnamese forces captured Hue after an armored advance and gunfire near Da Nang intensified. Civilians fled toward Da Nang as U S and allied evacuees prepared to ship up to 1 million refugees from the area. Indonesia scaled back its peacekeeping contingent amid the worsening crisis.
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Hue Falls
da Nang
South Vietnam
UPI
Hue
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Cam Ranh Bay
Holy Week Rites Planned Across Lompoc Valley Churches
Lompoc Valley churches announce Maundy Thursday services at St Marys Episcopal Bethany Lutheran Peace and First Christian First United Presbyterian. Good Friday services include community prayers sermons and Tenebrae with Holy Communion and breakfast events. An Easter Eve vigil and candlelight communion are also scheduled.
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Peace Lutheran Church
David Miller
Kenneth R. Boyd
First United Presbyterian
John O. Eby
First Baptist
Don Schutt
Valley Chapel
Lompoc Valley
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Bethany Lutheran Church
Maundy
Charles Rauschek
Jesus
Christ
First Christian Church
Lompoc
Peace Lutheran
Gale winds devastate Southern California injuries and damage
High winds up to 55 mph blasted through Southern California snapping a 70 foot derrick and killing a Long Beach oil field worker. Coast Guard rescued six catamaran passengers near Santa Barbara as a 77 foot rocket toppled in Torrance. Oxnard restaurant windows shattered. no injuries. Community efforts in Lompoc push to recruit a physician.
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California
Robert L. Radcliffe
Long Beach
Santa Barbara
Coast Guard
Air Force Space and Missile Systems Organization
Torrance
Air Force
Oxnard
King Faisal buried as Khalid ascends Saudi throne
Riyadh attends grand funeral for King Faisal with world leaders present. Khalid accepts al legions in a somber ceremony marking a new reign after Faisal's assassination.Observers warn changes may affect Middle East peace efforts and the oil market.
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Riyadh
UPI
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Abdel Aziz bin Saud
Khalid
Allah
U.S
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Hussein
Jordan
Hafez Assad
Syria
Israel
Fahd
America
Prince Faisal’s assassin days traced in university years
Friends recall King Faisal’s killer, Prince Faisal Bin Musaed, as friendly at San Francisco State in 1966 67 and polite yet scholastically troubled at UC Berkeley and Colorado. He left Berkeley amid academic woes and later faced drug related charges dismissed in Colorado before leaving UC without a degree.
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San Francisco
UPI
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
San Francisco State
University of California
Berkeley
Faisal bin Musaed bin Abdel Aziz
University of Colorado
Allis Bens
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