Reds hit 159 allied bases as prelude to offensive
Pentagon research chief Dr John S Foster Jr warned a Soviet nuclear attack could wipe out about 90 percent of U S strategic missiles by 1975. He said fewer than 100 Minutemen would survive and supported ABM plans to shield missile silos amid rising Soviet SS9 deployment.
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Washington
UPI
United States
U.S
Pentagon
John S. Foster Jr
Nixon
Foster
Defense Research and Engineering
Soviet Union
Nixon Abrams meet for Vietnam view on peace
President Nixon met Gen. Creighton Abrams in Washington to hear his views on the war. Abrams flew back to Vietnam later and will give the president his assessment of enemy activity and training of the ARVN as Nixon plans a national address on prospects for peace.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
Greighton W. Abrams
Ronald Ziegler
Abrams
Saigon
Bent
White House
Viet
Ziegler
Monahans Dig-in A Beach Sculpting Celebration Ends
Monahan and his wife Dottie organized Lompoc’s first annual Dig-in on Ocean Park Beach drawing 300 to 500 people. A giant sand Mother sculpture over 100 yards long drew 2,000 hours of work before the tide demolished the piece. the event aims to return next year as a community tribute to mothers.
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Ocean Park Beach
E.C. Stevens
Jim Rudolph
Lompoc
Mike Monahan
Dottie
Ocean Park
Monahan
Australia
Dottie Monahan
Seven Injured in Weekend Traffic Spreads Across Six Accidents
Six separate weekend crashes left seven people hurt with one man in serious condition. Joe Mihalovic, 24, of Lompoc, suffered a broken hip and fractures but was listed in good condition. Accidents occurred on Lompoc Casmalia Road, Armor Ranch Road, and Highway 246 near Campbell Road, involving drivers Hoyle Sylvester Wright Jr., Patrick Rush, Thomas Locke, Venancia Grider, John Holmes, Bertha Cox, and others.
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Joe Mihalovic
S.t St
Lompoc
Mihalovic
Casmalia Road
Constellation Road
Hoyle Sylvester Wright, Jr
S. St
Wright
Patrick B. Rush
CMR 2
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Armour Ranch Road
Highway 154
Rush
John Carter Holmes
E. Lemon Ave
Bertha Cox
NM St
Highway 246
Ocean Park Road
Rogers heads to Viet Nam fact finding trip
Secretary of State William P. Rogers departed Washington for a four day fact finding mission to South Vietnam and an expanded tour of other South Asian nations. He flew from Andrews Air Force Base at 9 25 a m with his wife. He gave no formal departure statement beyond looking forward to the trip.
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Washington
UPI
William P. Rogers
South Vietnam
Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
China and Soviet discuss Ussuri River navigation
China accepted a Soviet proposal to discuss navigation on the Ussuri River border where clashes caused heavy casualties. The Joint Sino Soviet River Commission would meet in Khabarovsk next Monday, with China preferring June for proper preparations. Resuming border talks proposed but not guaranteed.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
Ussuri
Sino Soviet River Commission
Khabarovsk
Peking
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Agreo
Donald H. May
Abram
Fortas
Justice Department
Mitchell
Fannin
Chamber of Commerce
Cambodia
Presidential
Long Tau Canal
South China Sea
Hue
Mekong
Demilitarized Zone
By Wohl
Monahans
Vate
Campbell Road
Locke
Douglas Wayne Leavy
E. Jak St
Holmes
Edith Mae Maxfield
N. L St
Cox
Maxfield
CHP
Rogers
Soviets
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