Deadly tornado outbreak devastates multiple states
A sprawling storm system spawned a record 160 tornadoes in 72 hours across the South and Midwest. At least 40 people died with last counts: eight in Alabama, including Brent, and others in Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi and Illinois. Major damage and power outages, with National Guardsmen aiding relief efforts in Brent and surrounding areas.
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Memorial Day Service Scenes at Lompoc Legion Post 211
Feature describes the quiet gathering at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery for Memorial Day. Police Explorer unit stands watch with M-1 rifles while Legionnaires, Auxiliary members, and visiting war veterans prepare gravesites and honor flags. Vandenberg AFB honor guards arrive as pebbled crowds form.
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Stan Tulledo
Lompoc
Skylab astronauts face heat issue may affect exercise test
Charles Conrad reports to mission control that Skylab temperatures hover in the 80s possibly hindering an important weightlessness exercise test. NASA notes temperatures still drop slowly as Kerwin and Weitz begin solar telescope work and Earth surveys on day five of the 28 day mission.
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King
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Goetz Oertel
Hunt proposed Castro assassination in 1961
Wa tergate conspirator and former CIA agent E. Howard Hunt says he recommended to CIA superiors that Fidel Castro be assassinated as part of the Bay of Pigs scheme. The proposal was not approved and Hunt details his role and Kennedy administration involvement in a forthcoming book.
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Heat Drives Local Sales Up As Lompoc Sees High Temps
Lompoc Valley endures a 92 degree day with Santa Ynez at 105 as ice cream and cold weather items surge while beer and soft drink sales climb about 50 percent. Liquor and wine drop. Police and sheriff staff wear light uniforms. Farmers irrigate more as heat eases briefly with cooler days ahead. municipal pool sees few swimmers.
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Santa Ynez
Lompoc
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