Fraternity Kidnapping Tale Spurs Late Night Pajama Walk
An 18 year old UCLA pledge wearing only pajamas explains to Lompoc police patrolman Robert Hebert that his fraternity staged a mock kidnapping. He says members of the rival fraternity bound him blindfolded and drove him toward Ensenada as a prank. He was abandoned near College Avenue and A Street after being released in a vacant lot. His father later retrieved him.
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East Ocean Avenue
Lompoc
Robert Hebert
Hebert
UCLA
Ensenada
Mexico
College Avenue
Ontario
Nixon welfare bill killed in committee
The Senate Finance Committee voted 10 to 6 to kill President Nixon’s welfare reform proposal in a test vote. A limited one year trial of the plan and five alternative approaches were endorsed by a 10 to 3 vote. The outcome blocks the administration’s landmark plan to guarantee $1600 yearly to every poor family.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
Health, Education and Welfare Department
House
America
Senate
Fred Harris
D-Okla
U.S
Harris
Capitol
Bomb attacks target Americans in Lisbon Buenos Aires and London
United Press International reports terrorist bombings struck American sites in Lisbon including the U S Information Service Library wounding four others. A bomber died in an explosion near a police school. In Buenos Aires three attacks harmed Americans with one seriously wounded. Bombs also targeted homes of U S official Joseph Dodson and Du Pont consultant Charles Lingerfelt. a third device at Col George Jacobi’s doorstep failed to detonate.
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Portugal
Argentina
London
Lisbon
U.S. Information Service Library
National Security Police School
Buenos Aires
U.S
Joseph Dodson
Mojave
Calif
Charles Lingerfelt
The
du Pont Chemical Co
U.S. Air Force
George Jacobi
Jacobi
Panama City
Panama
Witness testifies to bodies in ditch at My Lai court martial
A civilian gunner testifies he saw Vietnamese civilians’ bodies in a My Lai irrigation ditch during the 1968 search and destroy mission as the Calley court martial opens. Prosecutor Daniel accuses Calley of ordering executions after forcing villagers into the ditch.
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FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
Army
My Lai
Aubrey M. Daniel III
Calley
David B. Hein
Janesville
Wis
Marines Involved In My Lai Case And Auto Theft Indictments
Testimony described soldiers at My Lai with shrapnel injuries while defense argues killings could be via artillery fragments. Separately, a Lompoc man and two Santa Maria men face grand theft charges in Santa Barbara Superior Court over selling three cars not owned by them.
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Lompoc
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
Grand Jury
William Murray
Ralph Hughes
Sam Farris
B & M Auto Sales
W. Ocean Avenue
Santa Barbara Superior Court
Zel Canter
Thomas Hunt
Lompoc Committee Approves Wye Plan With Widening Route
A Lompoc Valley citizens committee studying the county plan approved changing the Wye intersection plan by adding a bypass traffic link around the Wye from Lompoc to the Vandenberg AFB main gate. The group also urged a freeway design that preserves Grefco Inc. operations.
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Lompoc Valley
Wye
Lompoc
Vandenberg Afb
Lompoc-Casmalia
Harrison Grade
Statf
Grefco, Inc
General Assembly bars Red China from United Nations again
In a U N General Assembly vote the United States backed a resolution to bar Communist China from the United Nations for another year. The two thirds requirement for seating China was not met as the Peking seat was rejected 51 to 49 with 25 abstentions.
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United Nations
UPI
U. N. General Assembly
China
Peking
Taipei
General Assembly
Mainland
Taiwan
Moonwalker Lunokhod Trims Moon Surface Path
Lunokhod the moon rover dodged a deep crater and climbed a steep hill in a 4 hour 25 minute 90 yard run. Tass reports the robot has now traveled 217 yards since landing on Luna 17 and sits 125 meters from the landing stage as operators steer through 14 degree inclines.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
Tass
Lunok
Explorer
Lunokhod
Moon
Lompoc District Earns Notable Ecology Rating
Lompoc Unified School District ranks highly for ecological efforts with extensive playgrounds lawns and shrubs. Custodian chief Robert Harvey notes daily grounds policing and student groups help reduce litter, especially during field events and windy conditions.
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Huyck Stadium
Lompoc Unified School
Robert Harvey
Harvey
Lompoc
Lompoc Hospital Board Adopts Home Care Program After Visiting Nurses Exit
The Lompoc Hospital District board approves a home care program to replace the now defunct Visiting Nurses service after it ended Oct 15. Kenneth Wicks notes a potential patient care gap and costs are projected at about $15,000 with funds sought from patient fees gifts and donor groups. maximum prior VNA load was 42 in 1969. The board also hires Ansell Dexter and Associates of San Mateo to draft a growth master plan for $9,000, including a second story hospital addition.
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Lompoc
Visiting Nurses Association
Kenneth Wicks
Pasgeabene
Cancer
Heart and Tuberculosis Association
Aos
Ansell, Dexter and Associates
San Mateo
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Thoresen
Fresno
Louise Thoresen
William E. Thoresen III
Chicago
United Press International
Ditch In
City Hall
Lompoc Braves
Newbury Park
American Cancer Society
Charley Company
S. Hein
Hein
U.N
Moonwalker
Ray McCuen
Lompoc Unified
By Toda Lil
Home Nurse Services
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