Yuletide Santa arrives late to parade in Lompoc
A belated Santa rode a city fire engine to lead the Children's Christmas Parade through Lompoc from Lompoc Shopping Center to Ocean Avenue. Girl Scout Troop 157 won the Sweep ee Trophy. other winners included Americanettes, Scolariettes, and Cub Scout packs in a grand Jaycees event.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Valley
Lompoc
Ocean Avenue
Out
Scolariettes
Arlette Felix
Haley Kronenberg
Allyson, Zap
Heather Owens
Camp Fire Bluebirds
Pixie Troop
Ilene Rubinstein
Robin Key
Jan Mosby
Lompoc Valley Riders
Vandenberg Saddle Club
Bicentennial Committee
Lompoc Marlins
Train Derails in Kenya Floods 12 Die
The Mombasa Nairobi express derailed in a thunderstorm and flooded area near Kathekani Kenya. about 600 passengers were aboard and at least 12 are feared dead with around 70 injured. Rescue teams freed trapped travelers as a UNESCO conference party narrowly escaped injury.
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Kathekani
Kenya
UPI
Nairobi
Peace Corps
General Conference
Unesco
Ngameithia River
Former Lompoc man killed by deputy in Lancaster
Stephen L. Ham 27, recently moved from Mission Hills to Lancaster, was shot in the chest and killed when a deputy’s gun discharged while Ham and two companions raised their hands and complied with commands. Deputy William Quinlan Jr. said his elbow slipped as he adjusted his stance.
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Lompoc
Lancaster
Los Angeles
Ham
Richard
Bellflower
Richard A. Hamm
Upland
Stephen Ham
Sheriff's Department
William Quinlan Jr
Pump Island
Air Force
Hobby Sales
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Tension mounts in Mideast as US pressures on Israel over Lebanon
US delivers a demand to President Sarkis urging Israel to curb Palestinian guerrilla operations from south Lebanon and to allow Arab peacekeeping forces to advance south. Lane says Israel will act firmly if guerrillas persist. Arab force units from Syria UAE and Saudi Arabia expected to move toward Tyre Nabatiyeh south of the border.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
United States
Elias Sarkis
Israel
South
George Lane
Sarkis
Radio
Lane
Washington
U.S
Sarkison
Arab Command
United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia
Tyre
Nabatiyeh
Court agrees to decide Nixon issue and more
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Nixon papers and tape recordings case plus a Louisiana death penalty matter and several other actions. It will decide on abortion hospital requirements in Indiana, gender discrimination in state job rules, inner city school consolidation, and rights for Puyallup Indians to fish steelhead in Tacoma.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Louisiana
Indiana
Alabama
Wilmington
Del
Puyallup River
Tacoma
Wash
Trustees to unveil plan for school goal inputs
Lompoc Unified School District trustees will reveal a needs assessment plan to gather community input on general education goals and performance. About 12 000 brochures explain the program as 30 to 60 parents join committees in 16 schools and teachers and students rate goals.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Unified School District
North Act
Bob Thompson
Clarence Bloom
Bill Williams
Vandenberg Junior High School
Central Coast crime spree ends with one arrest and three sought
One woman remained in custody while another woman and two men were being sought after a Central Coast spree involving murder robbery and kidnapping. The suspects fled a party in Concord pinned a hostage and killed a liquor store clerk before multiple car exchanges and gun battles across Goleta Isla Vista Atascadero and Santa Barbara. A deputy was wounded and the woman captive was later freed.
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Central Coast
Long
Santa Maria
Concord-Pittsburgh
Concord
Gaviota Pass
Goleta
Atasacdero
San Luis Obispo
Coast
Carter names bankers to aid inauguration
President elect Jimmy Carter appoints three Atlanta bankers Richard L. Kattel Gordon Jones and Bert Lance as co chairs of the Inaugural Finance Committee to oversee funding for inauguration events. The panel will have 30 business leaders and two labor leaders and will operate without government funds. Contributions capped at 1000 per person and 5000 per association or labor group.
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Plains, GA
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Atlanta
Bardyl Tirana
Vicki Rogers
Richard L. Kattel
Citizens and Southern National Bank
Gordon Jones
Fulton National Bank
Bert Lance
National Bank of Georgia
Lance
Carter
Tirana
Rogers
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H Street
CUB Scout Pack 53
United Press International
Texas
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Florida
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Virginia
Appalachians
Miami International
New England
Moscow
Sheremetyevo
Aeroflot
Leningrad
Sochi
Mideast
Litani
Mediterranean
Nixon
The
Jaycees
Alcoholics Anonymous
Nebraska
Georgia Electric
Williams
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