Senate Rejects Compromise on Draft Extension
The Senate voted 67 to 8 against a draft bill compromise. Dominick failed to win an 18 month extension. debate moved to an EDt vote on eliminating the draft by June 30, 1972, with pay raises tied to boosting volunteers. The Joint Chiefs opposed less than a two year extension and favored current pay increases.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Peter H. Dominick
Rcolp
Congress
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Dominick
Nixon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Drug abuse lecture draws hundreds in Lompoc
Lompoc Valley residents packed the second in a series of public talks on drug abuse sponsored by the Lompoc Valley Drug Abuse Coordinating Council. About 500 heard judges, officers, and lawyers cover arrests, detention, and legal aspects as Rev. Richard Harris led the session.
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Lompoc Valley
Weather Forecast For Today And Thursday
Cloudy conditions with a chance of showers. Widespread showers possible with a thunderstorm tonight and Thursday. Temperatures reach the 60s in both days. Lows in the 40s tonight. West winds 12 to 25 mph rising to 15 to 30 mph by Thursday afternoon. Thursday tides: high 3.5 feet at 2 20 pm, lows around minus 1 foot at 7 20 am and 2.6 feet at 6 20 pm.
Bodies Found in Mission Hills Garage Tragedy
Authorities investigate a double death at 1430 Calle Marana in Mission Hills where Ernest Gilbert, 41, and his wife Elva, 30, were found in a running car in a closed garage. A note on a bathroom mirror and signs of a struggle are reported as police consider murder suicide or self-inflicted death. Six children aged 14 to 1 were placed with a neighbor.
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Mission Hills
Calle Marana
Richard Baldivier
Ernest Gilbert
Elva
Baldivier
Mother Walker
Alvin
Zook
Gilbert
Walker
Santa Barbara
Dorothy Rose
Calle Lindero
Demetria
Denise
Daryl
Donna
Evette
Julia
Rose
Mexican-born farm laborer arrested in Yuba City murders
Deputies found 12 mutilated migrant workers buried along the Feather River in a prune orchard near Yuba City California. Juan Corona 37 was arrested on nine counts of homicide after investigators tied him to the killings following grave digs and body discoveries.
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Yuba City
UPI
Eather
Juan V. Corona
Central Valley
California
Sutter County
Roy Whiteaker
Corona
Kelley
Coronas
Wilma Huff
Goro Kagehiro
Big James Sullivan Ranch
Egypt Seeks Soviet Backing After Sadat Purge
President Nikolai Podgorny reassured Egypt the Soviet Union will maintain economic political and military support in the fight to oust Israel from lands occupied in 1967. Al Ahram said the talks with Anwar Sadat stressed strengthening cooperation to eliminate Israeli aggression and restore occupied Arab territory.
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Cairo
UPI
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Egypt
Soviet Union
Israel
al Ahram
Podgorny
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Memorial Day services planned in Lompoc
Memorial Day services will be held Monday at Evergreen Cemetery in Lompoc by American Legion Post 211 starting 10 30 a m. Ken OConnor will open the ceremony with the Drum and Bugle Corps. Rev David Chamberlain will deliver the address and DAR will place a wreath. A Vandenberg firing squad will close the event. Stores observe the holiday with varied hours.
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American Legion
Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
Ken O'Connor
Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps
David Chamberlain
The
Valley Chapel
Daughters of the American Revolution
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lompoc Unified
Safeway
Jordanes
Williams Brothers
Thrifty Drug Store
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Cabrillo
Braves
Johnson
Pasadena
Gladys Nunez
Gilberts
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
Stewart Kellerman
Kellerman
U.S
da Nang
U.S. Command
Bill Harris
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