GIs Freed by Viet Cong Return to Saigon for Steak Dinner
Three American GIs,Pfc James R Strickland Jr Pfc Coy R Tinsley and Spec 4 William A Watkins, were released by Viet Cong on the northern coast and arrived at Chu Lai for meals and medical exams. They will be sent home in two to three days.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Liberation Radio
Army
James R. Strickland Jr
Dunn, N.C
Coy R
Tinsley
Watkins
Strickland
Americal Division
United States
Vietnam
Lodge warns Communists over Vietnam peace talks and Nixon plan
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told Communist negotiators at the Vietnam Peace Conference that peace hinges on their willingness to negotiate. He described Nixon's alternative Vietnamization plan to end the war if talks fail and warned against expecting concessions. Lodge cited public support for Nixon's policy and noted troop reductions and reduced infiltration as factors backing the approach.
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Paris
UPI
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
Lodge
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnamese War Escalation Hits Duc Lap and Highlands
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces pressed attacks across Vietnam, striking the Duc Lap Green Beret camp near the Cambodian border and two American bases in the Central Highlands near Pleiku and Kontum. The surge followed a week of renewed offensives testing Saigon’s resolve. Casualties showed American deaths and WIA in the low hundreds for the week, with government losses higher against guerrilla forces.
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Saigon
VPI
Mekong Delta
Central Highlands
Duc Lap
U.S
UPI
Kent Potter
Nat Gibson
Cambodia
Gibson
Duc Lac
Vietnam
Nha Be
U.S. 4Th Infantry
Pleiku
Kontum
Seale Given Four Years for Contempt of Court
Black Panther leader Seale is sentenced to four years for 16 acts of contempt during the Chicago Eight conspiracy trial. Judge Hoffmann also set an April 23, 1970 new riot conspiracy trial date. Seale plans to appeal.
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Seale
Chicago
UPI
Bobby Seale
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
Garry
California
Bill H. Ray
San Mateo
Calif
San Francisco
Rain Douses Lompoc Valley As Winter Touch Arrives
Scattered showers dropped over half an inch of rain on Lompoc Valley as the first winter touch reached Southern California. Lompoc season total rose to .76 inch, down from 1.80 inches last year at this date. Cooler temperatures and gusty winds accompanied the rain. showers extended across a broad front to the Mexican border.
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Lompoc Valley
California
Lompoc
Dana Chatterley
Mother Ordered to Court in Missing Child Case
Betty Fouquet, mother of eight year old Jeffrey missing for months, is ordered to appear in Los Angeles Juvenile Court for questioning. The transfer from Bakersfield aims to compel Jeffrey’s location, while defender John Bowles warns against self incrimination.
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Jodys
LA Court
Los Angeles
UPI
Betty Lansdown Fouquet
Jeffrey
Joan Carney
Harold White
John Bowles
Goldwater warns Nixon critics warn about street protests
In Honolulu Senator Barry Goldwater told a GOP conference that the American public tires of street demonstrations more than the Vietnam war. He cited Vice President Agnew calling protest leaders impudent snobs and warned critics may find that disruption of schools angers citizens more than the war. Senate critics split over Nixon’s Monday address as hearings on Vietnam were debated.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Nixon
Vietnam
Goldwater
Spiro T. Agnew
Honolulu
E. Goldwater
Agnew
Senate
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
City considers annexation to include Pine Canyon Road
Lompoc officials move toward annexing land to add Pine Canyon Road area and the Federal Correctional Institution. City Administrator Wahlers says Army consent letter is needed, with LAFCO approval before finalizing. Annexation would expand city size and add 1,400 to 1,500 inmates plus FCI staff, boosting state revenue by about 20k to 25k annually. The city will take on road maintenance and police patrol duties after completion.
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Pine Canyon
Federal Correctional Institution
Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Department of Army
County Local Agency Formation Commission
LAFCO
FCI
Pine Canyon Road
Lompoc Sergeant arraigned in grand theft case
Sgt. William L. Williams of the Lompoc Police was arraigned in Lompoc Justice Court on grand theft charges after allegedly stealing 256 dollars in gate receipts from a Cabrillo High vs Righetti High football game on Oct. 31. He was released on his own recognizance as a hearing was set for next Wednesday. Williams resigns from the force amid ongoing investigation.
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Lompoc
William L. Williams
Williams
Justice Court
Terrill F. Cox
Atty
James Finley Jr
Attorney Mitchelson Arrives With New Evidence in Hijack Case
UPI reports American lawyer Marvin Mitchelson arrived in Rome to defend hijacker Raffaele Minichielo, claiming new evidence may bear on the case. He traveled with Minichielo’s mother Maria and sister Anna from Seattle and hinted at a possible psychiatric examination.
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Rome
UPI
Marvin Mitchelson
Raffaele Minichiello
Mitchelson
Minichiello
Maria
Anna
Seattle
Wash
Minichiel
Trans World Airlines
California
Italy
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