Memorial Day Observance in Lompoc by Legion Post 211
Memorial Day services will be held tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at Evergreen Cemetery Legion plot with Rev. Andrew McGrath speaker and Elmer Brown leading. The Lompoc Junior High Band, Vandenberg AFB firing squad, and wreath by Legion Auxiliary and DAR will be featured. Public offices close. some markets open. La Purisima church hosts masses at 8 and 9 a.m. The Lompoc Record will publish as usual.
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Post 211
American Legion
Legion
Evergreen Cemetery
Andrew McGrath
la Purisima Catholic Church
Elmer Brown
Lompoc
John Porter
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Thelma Harmon
The
Legion Auxiliary
Robert P. Wetzel
Daughters of the American Revolution
Walter Berry
Bobby Beard
Fidel Terrones
Drum and Bugle Corps
Lompoc Record
Moon landing rehearsal shown in Apollo 10 films
SPACE CENTER Houston reports Apollo 10 crews rehearsed the final lunar approach with mission control in Houston as if real. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin practiced the descent and landing scenes, filming 205 feet of movie footage and 86 color photographs for a roadmap to the July lunar touchdown. Site 2 lies in the Sea of Tranquility as camera jostling limited footage of the prime landing site.
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Cape Kennedy
Houston
Cape
Space Agency
John Dietrich
Trial transfer sought in bribery case
Los Angeles Superior Court must show cause by July 15 why the bribery and perjury trial of Lompos rancher Keith Smith should not move to another county. Smith faces a $12 million city contract dispute over a World Trade Center project at Los Angeles Harbor as his defense cites prejudicial media coverage. The earlier venue appeal was denied and trial was postponed pending the state court of appeal decision.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Superior Court
Mark Brandler
State Court of Appeal
Army reveals anthrax contamination at Dugway site
The Army disclosed it contaminated a 100 square yard area at Dugway Proving Grounds with a small amount of anthrax bacteria to study hazard duration. Officials deem the risk minimal due to remoteness, with the site fenced and signposted.
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Dugway, Utah
Upi
Dugway Proving Grounds
John G. Appel
Deseret Test Center
Utah
Marine resigns seeks sanctuary at Whittier church
Terrell Allan Chambers, 19, a Marine recruit, sought sanctuary at Whittier Unitarian Church two weeks after two servicemen were arrested there. The church granted sanctuary after a 66 to 17 vote by the congregation. Chambers said he would not serve in the armed forces or any violent organization citing brutality toward servicemen.
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Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Chambers
Tanks and aircraft hit Communist meeting near Saigon
U.S. troops aided by tanks, aircraft, and artillery attacked a Communist strategy meeting northwest of Saigon near Trang Bang during Buddha birthday truce. About 59 defenders were killed. 1 American dead and 4 wounded. The assault involved 800 U.S. troops from the 25th Division with air and ground support. The truce began 7 a.m. local time.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Trang Bang
Peace talks degenerate after sharp verbal battle in Paris
UPI report from Paris says the Vietnam peace talks collapsed into the strongest exchange yet with both sides denouncing the other's proposals. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge called the Communist demand for unilateral U.S. withdrawal unreasonable, while deputy negotiator Ha Van Lau rejected mutual withdrawal and attacked President Nixon's eight point plan.
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George Libera Paris
UPI
Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hanoi
Ha van Lau
Lodge
Republic of
South Vietnam
Paris
Nixon
Republic of Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Lau
Back to boards for Julio Garcia
A 14 year old, Julio Garcia, took the family car in Lompoc and hit a parked car on North Fifth Street then struck three more parked cars before stopping near Pine Avenue and Fifth Street. He was uninjured, the four parked cars sustained damage, and the incident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. No charges are listed.
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Julio Garcia
Julio
Lompoc
North Fifth Street
Pine Avenue
Fifth Street
Third St
Dale Lake
Fifth St
Elmer Hawkes
E. Oak Ave
Eddie Breen
Lupine Ave
Carmen Centofante
Constellation Rd
Vandenberg Village
Lompoc Officer Cited for Bravery in LA County Arrest
Vacationing Lompoc officer Richard De Lung, 29, cited for bravery in aiding a Torrance motorcycle officer during a narcotics arrest in Los Angeles County. Lt. Douglas Cook praised De Lung for risking his safety and helping capture two suspects, urging permanent inclusion of the letter in his personnel file. De Lung joined Lompoc Police on March 16, 1965.
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Lompoc
Torrance
Los Angeles
Richard Delung
Delang
Douglas C. Cook
DeLong
DeLung
Cook
Lompoc Police Department
Hearing set in Lompoc shooting case for June 6
James Tony Scalise 50 of Santa Barbara faces a Santa Maria Superior Court hearing June 6 on charges from the April 23 Lompoc shooting of Richard Smith 40. Scalise waived preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty after police seized a .32 caliber pistol. Smith was wounded in the leg and foot in the 100 block of North Street. Scalise was arrested nearby.
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James Tony Scalise
Santa Barbara
Santa Maria Superior Court
Lompoc
Richard Smith
Scalise
Scakise
Terrill F. Cox
Smith
N. N St
North Street
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Lady Bird Johnson
Citizens Advisory Committee
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Britain
Richard D. McCarthy
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Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Pacific Ocean
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Washington
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Virgil Stillwell
Francis Beattie, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
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Shopping Center Association
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Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
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