Cuba Ready to Negotiate Over Hijackers Return
United States and Cuba appeared ready to restart talks to curb airline hijackings to Cuba. ALPA warned pilots may strike early next year if airport security is not strengthened. Havana offered a broad agreement for the return of hijackers with conditions tied to Cuban refugees and U.S. actions against alleged sabotage raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
United States
Cuba
Air Line Pilots Association
ALPA
Washington
J. J. O'Donnell
Havana
Fidel Castro
Nixon Connally Meeting At Camp David Sparks Speculation
President Nixon met with John B. Connally at Camp David to discuss government reorganization and other matters. Connally's potential role in the new administration is widely discussed, though White House aides downplay the significance of the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
Lompoc bakeries gain from West Coast bread strike
The California bread strike boosts sales at Continental Pastries and Hollis Bakery in Lompoc with daily loaf sales rising from 80–90 to 400–500. Shops report strong bread demand, while Safeway and Williams Bros struggle to keep up. The strike, led by the International Bakery and Confectionary Workers Union, centers on two consecutive days off. talks stall with a threat to widen the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Tulledo
California
Lompoc
Jack Schat
Continental Pastries
North H Street
Schat
Louise Reynolds
Hollis Bakery
W. Ocean Ave
International Bakery and Confectionary Workers Union
Charles Mead
Safeway’s
Safeway
Mead
Weber and
Wonder Bread
Wonder Products
Jordano’s
Williams Bros
Langendorf
Poe
UPI
Laird Resigns as Defense Secretary After Four Years
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces his resignation at an Associated Press Managing Editors Convention. He cites convictions and talks with Robert McNamara, saying four years is long enough and that the nation moved from confrontation toward negotiation and peace. He did not specify resignation timing or future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
UPI
Melvin Laird
Laird
Associated Press
Robert McNamara
McNamara
Wet Lompoc Valley hits heavy rainfall and closures
More than an inch of rain drenched Lompoc Valley with 1.02 inches at the water treatment plant raising the season total to 3.91 inches and marking one of the wettest Novembers in years. A rock and mud slide briefly closed Highway 101 northbound near Santa Ana and another in the Rincon area north of Ventura with no serious injuries reported.
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Lompoc Valley
California
Lompoc
East North Avenue
Santa Ania
Rincon
Ventura
North Vietnam rejects basic cease-fire changes in Paris talks
North Vietnam rejects any major changes to the nine point cease-fire draft as Kissinger and Tho resume talks in Paris. White House optimism remains about peace, while Hanoi demands signing as is and Saigon presses for broader terms including Indochina-wide cease-fire and troop withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
North Vietnam
Vietnam
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Paris
Tho
Moscow
White House
Kissinger
Nguyen Thanh le
Washington
Porter
Thuy
Saigon
Nguyen Xuan Phong
Indochina
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
North
Parking protest halts front yard vehicle ban hearing
About 250 people filled the County Planning Commission chamber to oppose a proposed ordinance barring parking of cars airplanes and campers in front and side yards. The chair questioned the hearing but the crowd dominated. the measure was dropped from the agenda. Weather partly cloudy through Friday with scattered showers and mild temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Praul
County Planning Commission
Goleta Valley
Commission
M.V. Duncan
Lompoc
Britt Johnson
Johnson
Lompoc Man Arrested in Susanville Drug Roundup
A Lompoc man, Paul Anthony Ortiz, 19, was arrested in Susanville on narcotics charges tied to alleged Lompoc Valley offenses. Ortiz faces sale of marijuana and other narcotics counts with $10,000 bail. A coordinated task force detained 35 suspects, eight released with no charges, and four others freed yesterday. Preliminary hearings are set for some suspects on Nov 24.
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Lompoc
Paul Anthony Ortiz
Susanville
California
Lompoc Valley
James D. Smith
Ortiz
Smith
Robert Rocky Candaele
North E St
Bruce Allen Enemark
South I St
Dona Sue Martin
E. Locust Ave
Gerado Garite Jr
E. Peach Ave
Willie Castilla Gonzales
South U St
Gregory Harry Johnson
North J St
Randolph George Hicks
North G St
Bruce Charles Moore
W. Lime
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Baton Rouge
Southern University Administration
al Amiss
East Baton Rouge Parish
W. W. Dumas
Lompoc Bakeries
van de Kamp’s
Skelton
Jim Poe
Oro-Wheat
N. Viet
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
William J. Porter
Municipal Pool
Duncan
Joe Kennedy
Kennedy
Boyd Bettencourt
Santa Ynez Valley
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