Balance of high court tilts with Blackmun appointment
The Senate confirmed Judge Harry A. Blackmun as the ninth Supreme Court justice, signaling a potential conservative shift similar to Burger’s 1962 appointment. The report notes Nixon’s aim for a strict constructionist court and outlines expected alignments among justices, with Blackmun joining a 6-3 conservative bloc.
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UPI
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Harry A. Blackmun
Supreme Court
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Nixon
Warren E. Burger
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Blackmun
Congress
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John F. Kennedy
Goldberg
Earl Warren
John M. Harlan
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Hugo L. Black
Harlan
Thousands pay respects to UAW chief Reuther
Walter P. Reuther and his wife May lie in state in Detroit as thousands of workers and friends plan to attend services. Closed caskets will be available today and Thursday at the Veterans Memorial Building with a Friday funeral and a 3 000 invited guests. Some locals urged time off to honor Reuther while top officials said no power struggle exists and unity remains the focus.
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UPI
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
May
New
Veterans Memorial Building
Usaw
Walter
Flint
UAW
General Motors Corp
William Terrana
Lawrence Brown
Detroit Area
Costs and labs dominate CCCJ meeting in Goleta
At a Goleta session of the California Council on Criminal Justice Region VIII South meeting, officials debated rising crime lab costs and the push for a Central Coast Criminal Justice Center. Key figures included Robert H. Lawson and Ernest G. Reimer, with Sheriff Larry Mansfield and District Attorney David Milner among vice chairs.
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Robert Grogan
Santa Maria
David Milner
Santa Barbara County
Larry Mansfield
San Luis Obispo
Don Lobitz
Milner
Lobitz
Reimer
Central Coast
CCCJ
Los Angeles
Ray Mills
Hancock College
Santa Barbara
City museum to feature Spanne home
A scale model of the Fabing-McKay-Spanne home will be displayed at Lompoc Valley Museum on South H Street for a month starting Saturday. The exhibit enjoys free admission and Saturday Sunday hours 1 to 4 pm with group viewings by appointment via RE 6 3888.
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Lompoc Valley Museum
South H Street
Lompoc
Henry Wadworsth Fabing
Point Sal
McKay
Spanne
Lompoc Valley
Nine-inch Downpour Triggers Floods in Hong Kong
A storm drenched Hong Kong with nearly nine inches of rain in under 12 hours causing floods and landslides that toppled houses. A 14 year old girl drowned after being swept into a stream. Over 200 people were evacuated from low areas of the crown colony.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Peace Returns to Augusta After Riots Spurred by Mayor
Rioting in Augusta, Georgia left six dead and 60 injured as National Guardsmen patrolled a largely Negro district under a curfew. Black leaders credited Mayor Millard Beckum for restoring calm through dialogue, while NAACP President Daniel Cross urged action on jail policy and minority hiring after the death of 16 year old Charles Otaman in Richmond County Jail.
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Augusta
UPI
Millard Beckum
Daniel Cross
NAACP
Beckum
Charles Otaman
Richmond County
Oatman
Tom Olds
Cross
Hearing scheduled on new Highway 1 realignment
State officials plan a June 4 public hearing in Lompoc on the seven mile Highway 1 realignment over Harris Grade north of the city. The project would remove most curves and shorten the Santa Maria route by about one mile.
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CCCJ
Sylvania Corp
Santa Barbara
A. W. Trembly
State Division of Highways
Lompoc
Harris Grade
Santa Maria
Famed Polish General Anders Dies at 77 in London
General Wladyslaw Anders, 77, founder of the Polish Second Corps and key leader in the Monte Cassino assault, died in a London hospital after a heart attack and possible brain hemorrhage. He collapsed at home Monday and died Tuesday.
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London
UPI
Wladyslaw Anders
Monte Cassino
Italy
London Hospital
Central Middlesex Hospital
Lompoc Record Publisher and staff list
Local newspaper notice lists Lompoc Record Publications as publisher with officers including Mrs. Kenneth L. Adam president J. Donald Adam publisher secretary treasurer Harry J. Crompe editor and vice president Gaylen Jackson business manager and vice president Tim Conner mechanical superintendent and more. It notes association memberships and a subscription rate of $2.25 per month for home delivery or mail. Daily publication schedule excludes Sundays and Christmas Day.
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Lompoc
California
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Ways to Quit Smoking Tactics Highlighted in Book
A Boston based UPI report notes extreme and practical methods from The Smokewatchers' How to Quit Book by Smoke Watchers Inc New York. Bentley Blum says some quit through drastic tricks while others simply reduce cigarette use and make butts harder to reach.
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Boston
UPI
Smoke Watchers
Smoke Watchers, Inc
New York
Bentley Blum
Blum
Taxpayer doubt over 20 million annual increase claim
The document notes a proposed 20 million dollar rise described as annual for 1969 1970 but later clarified by a Bureau official as a three year period. The abrupt departure and return left taxpayers unsure whom to believe about the figures and their duration.
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Bureau of Reclamation
Macias
Santa Barbara County
Lompoc
United States
Lompoc Dam
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