Lompoc project vote split as board backs state water plan
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District directors declined to recommend the Lompoc Project, voting 2-1 to urge county support for the state Feather River plan and to study upstream flood control. Some members cited the need for water storage and the district will reconvene May 20 to finalize comments before the May 27 Santa Barbara County Water Agency meeting.
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Lompoc
State Board of Equalization
Richard Nevins
Southern
California
Santa Barbara
Nevins
Vaughn Proctor
Santa Ynez River
Charles Sudden
Division 3
Santa Ynez
Phil Macias
Petersen
Phil
Phelps
Pentagon plans to ship nerve gas by rail nationwide
UPI reports the Pentagon aims to move 27 000 tons of nerve gas from Denver and Edgewood arsenals to Earle New Jersey by train for disposal at sea. About 20 trains of 45 to 60 cars each would traverse routes including Indianapolis and Elizabeth. Local officials fear leaks in populated areas and call the plan too grisly to consider.
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UPI
Pentagon
Richard McCarthy
Dn.y
McCarthy
Earle
N.J
Transportation Department
Kansas City
St. Louis
Wendell Coats
Army Chief of Information
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Denver
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Coats
Indianapolis Ind
Elizabeth
Michael A. McGuire
Elizabeth City
New Jersey
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Viet Cong offers new plan to end war and hold elections
The Viet Cong proposed a peace plan calling for an end to fighting and a provisional coalition to stage free elections in South Vietnam. North Vietnamese envoy Xuan Thuy endorses it, urging a realistic approach as U.S. and Saigon delegates study the proposal amid ongoing peace talks in Paris.
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Vietnam
United States
North
South Vietnam
Vietnams
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Saigon
Hanoi
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
Paris
Ho Chi Minh
Private talks explore limited U.S. troop pullout
Washington and Saigon private discussions address a possible limited withdrawal as part of Nixon's Vietnam strategy. Officials note Saigon remains informed while some lawmakers push for unilateral pullout. Thanh's remarks on withdrawal supervision sparked questions.
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Washington
UPI
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Saigon
Washington- Saigon
Sens
J. William Fulbright
Eugene J. McCarthy
White House
State Department
Tran Chanh Thanh
Joint Commission
Thanh
North Vietnam
Glimpses of busy sales and community events reported
Retail stores show strong sales as Father’s Day preparations pick up while Paula Daly endures her fifth defeat in five days. Council members face a heavy meeting calendar next week. Local teens prepare for a drug education clinic this week. Stubble grows as festival spirit rises and Bill Wood distributes cigars today.
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Paula Daly
Bill Wood
Truman Turns 85 and Aims for 100
Former President Harry S. Truman is 85 and says he plans to live to 100. In Independence Missouri he told relatives and close friends today that he remains healthy and determined to reach a century.
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Truman
James Wieck
Independence, Mo
UPI
Harry S. Truman
Shepard gets new chance for space flight return
NASA says Alan B. Shepard, who endured an ear problem ending his solo space flights in 1963, has regained flight status after a corrective implant. He may receive a moon landing assignment next year, eight years after his Freedom 7 mission.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
Alan B. Shepard
United States
Space
Shepard
Space Agency
Freedom
Cape Kennedy
Dig-In at Ocean Park Lompoc Promises Beachside Art Music
Lompoc hosts a Sunday Dig-In at Ocean Park Beach expecting a turnout for a collaborative sand sculpture project by artist Mike Monahan and his wife Dottie. Participants gather at noon as tides fall and later join in onshore music as the sea covers the finished effort. All are welcome to bring tools and instruments.
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Lompoc
Ocean Park
Mike Monahan
Dottie
Mike
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Independence
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New York Times
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New York
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