Oil pipeline blown up by Arab commandos
Arab commandos blew up a section of the pipeline carrying Aramco supplies from Saudi Arabia to Lebanon, halting pumping between Dhahran and Sidon. Israel fought fires in the Golan Heights as firefighting crews tackled the blaze near Baniyas. A 30 inch line runs via Jordan and Syria to Lebanon, earning Lebanon millions in transit taxes.
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United Press International
Arab American Oil Co
Aramaco
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Beirut
Israel
Golan Heights
Syria
Dhahran
Sidon
Baniyas
Caesare Phillips
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Quneitra
Trans Arabian Pipeline Co
Jordan
Iraq
Arab League
Nixon nears welfare decision amid court ruling
The Nixon Administration weighs two major welfare plans after a Supreme Court ruling erases state residency limits. Burns favors preserving and expanding AFDC with a national standard and cost-sharing. Finch backs a federal withdrawal and a broad family security system costing about 1.6 billion annually.
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Washington
UPI
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Nixon
Supreme Court
Arthur Burns
Robert H. Finch
Burns
Finch
AFDC
HEW
Senate
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Valley escapes Memorial Day traffic tolls unscathed
On the second day of the long Memorial Day weekend, nationwide traffic deaths rose to 256 by 11 a.m. EDT with total fatalities projected between 550 and 650 by Sunday night. The Lompoc Valley reported no serious accidents since Friday 6 p.m. Local tolls included Missouri 20, California and Michigan 18 each, Ohio 16, New York 15, Kansas 12, and Georgia 10. The 628-death record for four days stands from last year.
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Lompoc Valley
United Press International
Missouri
California
Michigan
Ohio
New York
Kansas
Georgia
National Safety Council
Rockefeller Ends Visit To Ecuador
Gov Nelson A Rockefeller wrapped up a two day violence marred tour in Ecuador and flew to Bolivia as the next stop on his Latin American fact finding mission for President Nixon An informed source said he left Quito around 7 am and was due in La Paz before noon local time
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Quiton
Ecuador
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Bolivia
Nixon
New York
Quito
la Paz
Flowers sweep Berkeley march with peaceful protests
In Berkeley thousands gathered for a Memorial Day march around the UC campus and nearby land, replacing barbed wire with daisies and turning the scene into a makeshift “People's Park” with green decor, flowers, and peaceful acts while police and guardsmen watched. Only two arrests reported amid a sunlit, nonviolent display as helicopters hovered above.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
University of California
University
Army clears Cordoba after two day clashes
Argentine army troops silenced the last snipers in Cordoba early Saturday and began removing barricades as cleanup crews cleared debris from two days of fighting. The nationwide 24 hour strike by unions disrupted services, with students joining protests. At least 12 people were killed in sniper battles as rifle and machinegun fire echoed through the night. The army, ordered to shoot to kill, used automatic weapons and bazookas to reduce sniper positions.
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Jose A. Soria
Cordoba
Argentina
UPI
Juan Carlos Ongania
Baccalaureate Services Set for Lompoc and Cabrillo High
Baccalaureate services for Lompoc and Cabrillo high schools scheduled Sunday at 2 p.m. in each campus gym to honor about 500 seniors. Lompoc invites all. Cabrillo initial seating by invitation with public seating later. Graduation ceremonies follow Friday at 2 p.m. at each school.
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Lompoc
Cabrillo High Schools
Lompoc High School
Cabrillo High School
Kenneth R. Boyd
Duane Baker
Larry Delinger
Richard Harris
Glen Newcomb
Jane Pilkington
Czechoslovakia Purges Top Officials After Invasion
Hardline Communist leader Gustav Husak announced purges from the central committee targeting former Deputy Premier Ota Sik and two others who opposed the Soviet occupation. He said reform advocates and signers of a June Appeal for Reform must leave the party as liberals face tighter control.
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Jong Amstutz
Prague
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Ota Sik
Gustav Husak
Alexander Dubcek
Central Committee
Husak
Sik
Trantisek Kriegal
Frantisek Vodslon
Dubcek
Basle
Switzerland
Baale
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Bombs strike Paris on eve of French election
Bombs exploded near Acting President Alain Poher's campaign headquarters and outside Socialist candidate Gaston Defferre's Paris apartment on the eve of the presidential vote. A street cleaner was injured. Defferre and Poher were away. Georges Pompidou led polling at 41 percent with a runoff threshold of 50 percent.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPI
Alain Poher
Gaston Defferre
France
Poher
Defferre
Charles de Gaulle
France Soir
Gaullist
Georges Pompidou
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Sudan
Gafar El-Numeiri
Khartoum
Sea of Galilee
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Evergreen Cemetery
American Legion and Auxiliary
Coopera
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Andrew McGrath
la Purisima Catholic Church
Legion Plot
Earl Kendall Taylor
Goleta
Vandenberg Village
Helen Amy Columbus
Antares Ave
Wye
Taylor
Terrill F. Cox
Columbus
California Highway Patrol
Rockefeller
Jalama Beach
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