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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1969
Page
1
Henry Cabot Lodge resigns as Chief U.S. negotiator at the Paris peace talks and his deputy Lawrence Walsh also steps down. Philip Habib is named acting head of the American delegation. Nixon accepts the resignations effective Dec. 8.
The second pair of lunar veterans Charlie Conrad and Alan Bean lifted from the moon aboard Intrepid at 9 26 a m EST after a 32 hour surface visit. They docked with Yankee Clipper three and a half hours later rejoining Richard Gordon aboard the command ship. They walked 1 1/2 miles on the moon collected 80 to 90 pounds of rocks and left Old Glory and a plaque.
The county planning commission voted 6 to 1 to recommend approval of the Beattie family 251 acre agriculture preserve in Lompoc Valley west of Lompoc. Vice chair Lilley abstained, citing prior abstentions on other preserves. The panel criticized the county contract on preserves and the assessor’s methods, calling the agreement onerous and unnecessarily harsh.
Former Lompoc Police Sgt William L Williams pleaded guilty to stealing 256 from a high school athletic fund. He waived preliminary hearing, faces a Santa Maria Superior Court hearing on Nov 28. He was released on his own recognizance and has attorney James Finley.
Paris reports Communist accusations that the United States commits monstrous war crimes in South Vietnam and calls for total U S withdrawal. Madame Nguyen Thi Binh condemns U S actions as mass murder and rejects Nixon’s troop withdrawal timetable amid stalled peace talks.
Former Army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle says U S troops indiscriminately killed civilians in My Lai No 4 on March 16 1968. He describes women and children shot with M79 launchers as Calley and others face murder and assault charges in a new Army probe.
In Helsinki UPI reports United States and Soviet representatives led by Gerard C. Smith and Vladimir S. Semenov held a second secret session aiming to set procedure and agenda for wider SALT talks. Observers noted cordial exchanges and readiness to tackle nuclear arms limits amid ongoing diplomacy.
A Bureau of Reclamation study warns the safe annual groundwater yield in the Lompoc Plain will fall from about 12 900 acre feet this year to 5 900 acre feet for the next 50 years, with a gradual decline. The report, part of a three phase coastal water project, notes higher supplemental needs and revised reservoir flood control figures under review.
Private funeral services were held at St Francis Xavier Church for Joseph P Kennedy aged 61. Edward M Kennedy eulogized his father as Mrs Rose Kennedy led the family in a solemn Mass of Joy with white vestments amid heavy rain. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Caroline Kennedy attended as the casket was carried into the church.
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