Lompoc Soldier Killed by Land Mine in Vietnam
Spc.4 Clarence Roger Pritchard Jr., 20, of Lompoc, California, died when his truck hit a land mine in action in Vietnam. He had nearly finished a year in the Army and planned to marry his fiancée Cherie Vaczula. Funeral services are pending.
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C. R. Pritchard
S. R St
Vietnam
Spc
Clarence Roger Pritchard, Jr
Pritchard
Tank Corp
11Th Cavalry
U.S. Army
C.R. Pritchard
Lompoc
Belean Kroeger
Medford
Ore
L.L. Smith
Pondosa
Clifford Myers
Palm Springs
Ron Mysinger
Rainier
Rod Motley
Garden Grove
Evelyn
My Lai trial and Lunokhod moon mission summaries
Former Army photographer Haeberle testified about witnessing a soldier fire on civilians at My Lai 4 during Calley’s court martial. Southeast Asian combat fatalities and a separate report describe Lunokhod 1’s television footage and soil sampling on the moon, signaling Soviet space milestones amid global tension.
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FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
Ronald L. Haeberle
Los Angeles
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai 4
Haeberle
Calley
Jay Roberts
Barker
Aubrey M. Daniel II
Over consumption skews pollution and supplies a call to action
In a speaker list urging eco action, the piece notes the United States uses 40 to 60 percent of world resources with six percent of the population. It promotes recycling as a path to savings and outlines local drives: donations to The Thrift Shop, free fertilizer from Lompoc Sewage, Goodwill clothing drops, bottle reuse at Rotta Winery, and paper drives at Lompoc Museum, with hours and contact points for participation.
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United States
Henry VIII
Goodwill Industries
Williams Brothers
E. Ocean Ave
Vandenberg Afb
Vandenberg Village
Mission Hills
Lompoc
Goodwill
Santa Maria
Rotta Winery
San Luis Obispo
Lompoc Museum
South H Street
Cypress
House approves funds to train unemployed
The House passed a bill authorizing 1.4 billion dollars over three years to create public service jobs for chronically unemployed and provide training. It backs an 80 percent wage and training cost share with local agencies covering the rest, and includes a computerized job bank to match openings with skilled workers. The measure faces Senate reconciliation.
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Washigton
UPI
House
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
U.S. Treasury
Senate
House For Reconciliation of
Deferred compensation plan approved by City Council
Lompoc City Council approved a deferred compensation plan for city employees and officials. The plan allows withholding part of salary into a city fund to grow tax free until payout. IRS approval is in place and officials may switch to the plan once it becomes effective. Contingent start date set for year end. concerns over investment details noted. Also discussed were road paving denial for 1313 E Hickory Ave, meeting location delays, and a joint powers TOPICS program discussion.
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Johns-Manville
Lompoc
John Gadway
Gadway
Lompoc J-M
UPI
Russia
Lunok
Tass
Lunar
Lunokhod
Moon
James Longtin
Longtin
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Morris Sobham
Hickory Avenue
E.C. Stevens
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J-M
el Capitan Top
Yosemite
Harding
el Capitan
Argentina
Catamarca
Guillermo Brizuela
Maria Dora Pacheco
Aguero
Spe
Clarence R. Pritchard, Jr
Russ
Moonwalker
My Lai
Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
Tam Ky
Izvestia
Moscow Television
Earth
Beauty Parlor
Vandenberg
Poere
Robert Speers
Jerry Gray
Lompoc High School
Cabrillo High School
Gray
Speers
H Street
Ecology In Action
Thrift Snap
N. H St
Norman
the Health and Welfare
Bailey
Central
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