Memorial Day Observances and Office Closures in Lompoc
Local, county, state and federal offices plus many businesses close Monday for Memorial Day. Memorial services set for 11 a.m. at Lompoc Cemetery. Mail delivery halted. Record offices closed. library hours limited. pool hours 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. with no classes.
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Lompoc
American Legion
Joanna Crosby
Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
Miss Crosby
Justin Crosby
Sunbeam Rd
Vandenberg Village
Brezhnev Sends Nixon Possible Summit Message
President Nixon received a personal message from Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev in the Oval Office while a Soviet parliamentary delegation led by B N Ponomarev and included Anatoly F. Dobrynin spent 45 minutes with him. The White House kept the contents secret amid talk of a Moscow summit next month.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
Moscow
Brezhnev
B.N. Ponomarev
Oval Office
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
United States
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ponomarev
Ziegler
Hostage drama in Kowloon bank ends in standoff
Police sharpshooters surrounded a Kowloon bank where a man seized 12 hostages after a failed robbery. He threatened to kill all if his demand for two escape vehicles was not met and identified himself as "the big thief" in talks with UPI.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Kowloon
Kissinger discusses middle road plan to end Syria disengagement deadlock
Secretary of State Kissinger said three hours of talks with Prime Minister Meir made progress on a US mediated compromise to break the Syria troop disengagement deadlock. He planned to present the plan to President Assad in Damascus, as Israeli approval meetings were postponed and a Sunday start was considered.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Golda Meir
Syria
Kissinger
Israel
Damascus
Shimon Peres
Middle Road
Nixon Lawyer Says President Has "Disclosed Too Much"
James D. St. Clair argues from White House tape transcripts that Nixon has revealed more than he hid. He notes the president is subject to law after his term and cautions against applying ordinary criminal standards to impeachment proceedings. The filing deadline for appealing a 64 tape ruling nears.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
James D. St. Clair
Peachment
St. Clair
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Judge clears Ellsberg trial in security and publicity ruling
Federal Judge Gerhard Gesell dismisses all defense motions citing pre trial publicity and national security concerns and sets the Ellsberg break in trial for June 17. He rejects dismissals or venue changes and signals jury sequestration and enhanced challenges. The judge says Nixon lacked authority over the Fielding break in and that publicity stems from legitimate congressional and presidential actions.
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Washington
UPI
Ellsberg
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Nixon
Lewis Fielding
National Security
White House
John Ehrlichman
Charles W. Colson
Gesell
Nixon Wins Rounds in Watergate Tapes Subpoenas
UPI reports Nixon won a key appellate ruling limiting Senate subpoenas for five White House tape conversations with John Dean. Court said the Senate panel may read edited transcripts and await House Judiciary findings. Dash indicated possible further appeals as Nixon faces a 2 p.m. deadline in district court.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
House
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
John W. Dean III
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Watergate Committee
Sam Dash
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