Beirut Battles Rage Across Civil War Tipping City Toward Destruction
In Beirut heavy fighting between Moslem leftists and right wing Christians intensifies as mortars and shelling devastate the capital and nearby areas. Prime Minister Karami warns of rapid collapse while Kamal Jumblatt demands President Franjieh resignation. Civil war toll nears 15 000 dead and 32 000 wounded with no cease fire in sight.
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Beirut, Lebanon
UPI
Beirut
Suleiman Franjieh
Mt. Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Kamal Jumblatt
Damascus
SOS Plans Strategy Meeting Over Lompoc School Closures
Save Our Schools announces a 12 member steering committee will meet tonight to map options in the dispute with Lompoc Unified School District trustees. A general membership meeting is set for next week to discuss recall or continued protest as petitions with over 4200 signatures were not enough to sway the board. The board ordered La Mesa and Miguelito schools closed in the fall due to declining enrollment and has stood by that decision.
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Save Our Schools
Lompoc Unified
Tom Page
SOS
Page
la Mesa
Miguelito
Lompoc Man Found Dead In Submerged Auto
The body of Wallace Francis Lardner, 66, of 416 South Q Street, was recovered from a car partly submerged in El Jaro Creek 92 miles south of Lompoc. Medical reports cite massive internal injuries from a Highway 1 crash and embankment plunge. The vehicle, seen by Richard Alton Yates of Lomita after radiator trouble prompted a stop, was likely in the water about 24 hours prior.
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el Jaro Creek
Lompoc
Wallace Lardner
Wallace Francis Lardner
South Q St
Highway 1
Lardner
Ethel Virginia
Dennis Higgins
Richard Alton Yates
Lomita
Yates
Kenneth JD Mathers
Hawthorne
Higgins
Humphrey keeps door open for active campaigning
United Press International reports Hubert H Humphrey said if no Democratic contender has a clear lead by early summer it would be wise for him to seek the nomination at the convention. He noted a possible campaign among undecided delegates between the final primaries and the New York City convention.
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United Press International
Hubert H Humphrey
Humphrey
Jimmy Carter
Wisconsin
New York City
NCPA reports mixed news from Lompoc meeting
The Northern California Power Agency board in Lompoc announced good news on a next week joint powers agreement for a geothermal energy project and bad news on rising fuel cost adjustments due to reduced hydro power from low snowpack. Commissioners noted higher oil use and costs, while discussing a federal price regulation bill, a 1976 77 budget, and environmental impact reforms.
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Northern California Power Agency Commission
Lompoc
NCPA
California
Commission
Don Edwards
San Jose
John McFall
Manteca
Federal Power Commission
Crucial date set for Lompoc school bargaining next Thursday
California's first collective bargaining law for school employees moves forward as Lompoc Unified awaits authorization forms due next Thursday. The dispute centers on exclusive bargaining rights between Lompoc Education Association and Lompoc Federation of Teachers, with EERB rulings pending and potential elections to follow.
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California
Lompoc Unified
New
Educational Employe Review Board
EERB
Clarence Bloom
Darrell Adams
Lompoc Education Association
LEA
Lompoc
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
LFT
Norman Larson
Sacramento
ERB
FERB
California Teachers Association
National Education Association
Cta-Nea
California Federation of Teachers and
American Federation of Teachers
Cft-Aft
Afl-Cio
California School Employes Association
CSEA
Ford says talks opened with Hanoi on Americans missing in action
President Ford acknowledged informal discussions with the Vietnamese government about missing in action Americans. The House committee chair said the U.S. asked Hanoi to open exploratory talks to improve relations and address accounting for about 800 MIAs.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ford
San Francisco International
Hanoi
Congress
White House
Washington
House
United States
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Rep
G. Montgomery
D-Miss
House Select Committee On
State Department
Montgomery
U.S
Paris
Vo van Sung
Pham van Dong
Weather Outlook and Tidal Forecast Through Monday
Weather stays fair through Saturday with little temperature change. Highs in the 60s to low 70s and nights in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Smallcraft advisory for northwest winds 12 to 25 mph. Saturday tides show highs near 4.8 feet at 8:04 am and 4.6 feet at 8:41 pm with lows around 1.0 to ? feet early and late. Sunday tides feature highs near 4.7 and 4.8 feet and lows near 0.7 and 0.2 feet. Monday tides show highs near 4.6 and 4.9 feet with lows near 0.4 and 0.0 feet.
Kissinger outlines Cuba contingency plan as precaution
Secretary Kissinger told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee there is no crisis. The administration reviews Cuba contingency planning as a general precaution to deter Cuban and Soviet intervention in Africa. He stressed no immediate military action is planned and any decisions would involve Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Cuba
Kissinger
Angola
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Africa
Congress Kissinger
Charles Percy
Dallas
FBI arrests Santa Maria suspect in killings and robbery
Federal agents arrested Jerald Dee Sartain 39 of Santa Maria Calif in St Louis for parole violation connected to three killings robbery extortion and kidnapping in California He escaped a Los Angeles center in 1975 and faced a magistrate after the arrest He was linked to the deaths of Herbert Chance Virginia Chance and Delores Watson found shot at their Venice home and nearby car hours later
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ST Louis
UPI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
California
Jerald Dee Sartain
Santa Maria
Calif
Harvey Jerome Parker
FBI
Sartain
Los Angeles
Herbert Chance
Chance
Virginia
Delores Watson
Venice
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