Communists call Nixon peace plan absurd at talks
At the Vietnam peace talks in Paris the Communist side dismissed as absurd parts of President Nixon eight point plan while North Vietnamese and Viet Cong negotiators offered a milder stance on their demands. They rejected the mutual withdrawal as the path to peace but pressed the U S to withdraw all forces without conditions and opposed foreign interference in South Vietnam.
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George Libera Paris
UPI
Vietnam
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Lodge
Xuan Thuy
Viet Cong
Tran Buu Kiem
Kiem
South Vietnam
National Liberation Front
United States
Regents Meet with Confrontation Threat at California Session
Governor Ronald Reagan and the University of California Board of Regents faced a tense gathering at UCLA as militants from the Coalition planned to confront Reagan over student fee hikes ROTC policy and academic personnel decisions. The scene reflected fears of violence at the Berkeley campus and the meeting site.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ronald Reagan
University of California Board of Regents
Berkeley
Ucla
Coalition
Reagan
ROTC
Egypt warns UN of Suez cease fire crisis brink
United Press International reports Egypt warned the United Nations that reinforced Israeli artillery positions along the Suez Canal end threaten to explode the cease fire. In Saigon Thieu and Rogers say training and drawdown of U.S. units proceed satisfactorily after a two hour meeting. Biscailuz dies at 86 in Santa Monica after guiding LA County Sheriff’s Office to become the nation’s largest. Labor blocks Nixon farm bargaining plan per AFL CIO chief Meany. Harriman urges Nixon to pull 50 000 troops and shift to defense in Vietnam. Dr Philip Blaiberg rushed to Groote Schuur Hospital as longest surviving heart transplant patient.
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United Press International
Egypt
United Nations
Suez Canal
Port Said
Santa Monica
UPI
Eugene W. Biscailuz
Los Angeles
Biscailuz
Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Blaiberg
Guard patrols Berkeley streets after riot violence escalates
National Guardsmen patrolled near the University of California as 500 police used riot guns to disperse about 2,000 demonstrators in an hours long clash over People’s Park. Injuries included 128, with 32 hit by bird shot. 47 arrested as Governor Reagan mobilized guards and imposed a curfew.
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Donalde
Thrackrey
Berkeley
Calif
UPI
University of California
Ronald Reagan
Sproul Hall Plaza
Soviets land Venus 5 capsule after 160 million mile voyage
The Venus 5 unmanned Soviet spacecraft landed on Venus releasing a capsule that parachuted to the surface. Tass described the touch down as gentle and said Venus 5 continued sending information uninterrupted. Venus 6 was expected to land soon, highlighting Soviet lead in Venus exploration over the US Apollo program. Demonstrations in Berkeley caused injuries and property damage with tear gas and riot gun use. 44 treated, nine hospitalized.
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Moscow
UPI
Venus
Earth
Tass
United States
U.S
Moon
U.S. Space Agency
Overworked city sewer plant poses difficult questions
Lompoc officials weigh options to expand a 1.7 million gallons a day sewer plant now handling 2.25 million with water pollution concerns. A 4.5 million gallon daily capacity addition is proposed at about 1.5 million dollars, with 1 million from locals and 0.5 million from a federal grant.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
Barrett
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Department of the Interior
Central Avenue
Waudbys Lose Bet Over First Baby Boy
Eugene McAllister makes a second attempt at growing a beard while schools plan year end parties and bleachers are set up at La Purisima Mission for a Sunday fiesta. Barrett notes a link between bed development and sewer plant expansion with a grant possible but prior attempts failed.
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George
Julie Waudby
Darrell
Bonnie Gabel
Eugene McAllister
la Purisima Mission
Final dress rehearsal for Apollo astronauts at Cape Kennedy
Apollo 10 crew Thomas Stafford John Young and Eugene Cernan prepare for a Sunday launch by practicing in simulators aboard Saturn 5. They will orbit the moon 32 times in an eight day mission to test navigation and the lunar landing craft.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Moon
Thomas P. Stafford
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Rocco A. Petrone
Cernan
Tracy
Stafford
Young
Houston
Lunar
Study Ordered on Moving SP Switch Operations
Southern Pacific will study relocating switching operations two blocks west at North A Street to improve safety after a public meeting with the Lompoc Valley Safety Council and city officials. Officials cited the intersection’s sophisticated signal system and an injury this year, while dismissing grade separation as too costly. The council also discussed fencing Miguelito Channel to protect children, noting possible future concrete lining by the Soil Conservation District.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Lompoc
RG. Thurston
Southern Pacific
JF. McAllister
Robert MacClure
Ray Robertson
Doug Soper
Donald Glick
Safety Council
MacClure
Thurston
Soper
Miguelito Channel
Max Wilson
Soil Conservation District
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Rogers
Washington
George Meany
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New York
W. Averell Harriman
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University
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