Charges Dropped in Vandenberg Malcolm X Chapter Case
The 1st STRATAD commander Maj. Gen. William C. Garland dismissed charges against Sgt. White and two officers finding allegations of conspiracy, obstruction, and miscible conduct unfounded after a three week inquiry conducted by a senior judge advocate from another command. White, once TDY slated and hospitalized for observation, was released and expected to report back to Vandenberg. Col. Sweetland remains base commander while Col. Cardin is on terminal leave prior to retirement.
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Strategic Aerospace Division
Allcharge
Sgt. White
White
Vanderberg Hospital
Lackland
Reagan closes campuses in four day shutdown
Governor Reagan orders all state and many private colleges to close for four days to prevent violence. He appeals to students to return to class with a new beginning while pledging firm enforcement against rioters.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
University of California
Kent State University
Ohio National
Jess Unruh
Charles Hitch
Glenn Dumke
State College
Kent
Hancock College Stays Open Amid Governor's Closure Suggestion
Allan Hancock College will remain open today and tomorrow with all classes and events as scheduled. A spokesman for Chancellor Sidney W. Brossman noted only colleges near campuses would likely close, while rules from the state level offered an option to close or stay open.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
University and State College System
Sidney W. Brossman
Community College System
State College
Allan Hancock College
Walter E. Conrad
Conrad
Hancock
Reagan
California
Brossman
Kent State Guard says shooting was self defense
The National Guard maintains the Kent State University shootings were in self defense. Sen. Young disputes the guard account, saying the first shot may have been accidental after a student threw a tear gas canister. The guard declined most questions, with some members expressing regret.
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Kent, Ohio
UPI
National Guard
Kent State University
Senate Armed Services Committee
Robert Canterbury
Kent State Campus
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Young
John McElroy
James A. Rhodes
California Legislature Cancelled Friday Session
Senate leader Jack Schrade ordered the legislature closed on Friday May 8 1970 amid antiwar and peace demonstrations at the State Capitol. Employees were not required to report to work and the cancellation was described as the first of its kind.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
State Capitol
Senate
Jack Schrade
Schrade
Lompoc Welcomes New Mayor Art Scott at Anaheim Stadium
Political candidates campaign fervently as crowds grow. Lompoc youth from the Latter-day Saints church return home from a Santa Marius roadshow after a successful tour. Art Scott is welcomed as the new mayor of Lompoc at Am gels Stadium in Anaheim.
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Lompoc
Latter-day Saints Church
Santa Marius
Art Scott
Amgels Stadium
Anaheim
Weather outlook with coastal clouds and mild inland warmth
Fair weather continues through Friday with night and morning low clouds along the coast. Highs today range from the low 60s near the coast to the low 70s inland, and highs Friday rise from the mid 60s to mid 70s with lows in the 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph in the afternoons, Friday tides include a high of 3.1 feet at 1 56 p.m. and low tides of minus 0.7 feet at 7 02 a.m. and 2.5 feet at 5 44 p.m.
U.S. Troops Airlifted Deep Into Cambodia
UPI reports thousands of American and Allied forces flown into northeastern Cambodia and the heart of a North Vietnamese bunker complex. A helicopter crash killed nine Americans, raising weekly U.S. fatalities to 75 in Vietnam and 44 in Cambodia, with 123 killed and 997 wounded last week. Units include the 4th Infantry Division the 101st Airborne and the 22nd Infantry Division.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Cambodia
Vietnam
Hue
South Vietnam
UPI
Robert E. Sullivan
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
101St Airborne Division
22Nd Infantry Division
Internal probe underway after Copeland case dismissal
An internal affairs inquiry is active in the Lompoc Sheriff’s Department after Robert Copeland, 18, had all charges dropped following an arrest for heroin possession when he was 17. Undersheriff King ordered the investigation. Lt. Hersman’s in-depth report was filed May 1 as Capt. Patterson said the probe continues, possibly ending in 1–2 weeks.
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Sheriff's Department
Lompoc
Robert Copeland
Vernon Copeland
Robert Bullock
Robert Holden
Young Copeland
Copeland
Richard King
David Hersman
Santa Maria
Hersman
Fritz Patterson
Sheriff's Department Administration
Patterson
Bob
Santa Barbara Atty
Dennis Mernbach
Los Angeles
Doves Grow in Number in House Cambodia War Debate
In a five hour Wednesday session the House debated U S involvement in Cambodia Laos and Thailand. Six votes on war funding were held with 148 supporters for the anti war stance as the 20.2 billion bill for next year passed 326 to 29. The Findley amendment to bar funds for U S combat troops unless the President reports necessity was killed 221 to 32.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Nixon
House
Senate
Paul Findley
South Vietnam
Daves
Gulf of Tonkin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Hawks
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Armed Services Committee
Southern California colleges cancel classes amid protests
In Los Angeles area campuses, classes were cancelled as students and faculty rallied and marched to protest U S involvement in Cambodia and the Kent State killings. Reagan ordered state campuses closed, but many students ignored the decree joining a campus program at USC and other colleges.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Southern California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Cambodia
Kent State
University of Southern California
Norman Topping
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