D A to appeal heroin case decision in Lompoc
District Attorney David D Milner will appeal a Superior Court ruling that reduced a jury verdict of sale of heroin to possession. Ronald Riola 21 of Santa Maria was convicted by a Santa Maria jury for sale and possession of heroin and seconal near Lompoc High School. The judge cut the verdict to simple possession, affecting potential sentences of up to five years to life down to two to ten years.
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David D. Milner
Superior Court
Marion Smith
Lompoc
Ronald Raymond Riola
Santa Maria
Randy Lupton
Riola
Milier
Lupton
Smith
Communists push toward Phnom Penh as highways close
Advancing North Vietnamese forces move within 40 miles of Phnom Penh along Highway 4 after cutting major routes to Saigon and threatening Kompong Som oil supply. Combat reported near Battambang as rice harvest looms and authorities fear new fronts.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Saigon
Barney Seibert
Kompong Speu
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Highway 1
Battambang
Thailand
Koas Krala
Unemployment at highest level in nearly seven years
The unemployment rate rose to 5.5 percent in September, the highest in nearly seven years, with 4.3 million jobless. Most increases were among men aged 16 to 24, while overall non farm employment held at 70.4 million after seasonal adjustment. The report notes a typical fall in unemployment after August and predicts a possible downturn in the year’s end.
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Washington
UPI
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor
James D. Hodgson
Spaniards greet Nixon in tumultuous Madrid welcome
More than a million Spaniards cheered President Nixon as he rode with Francisco Franco through a canyon of supporters. The pair spoke at the Pardo on Mediterranean policy, security and economics while a vast crowd and ceremonial horsemen watched the Plaza.
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Madrid
Nixon
America
Mediterranean
Francisco Franco
Franco
Middle East
Spain
The
Pardo
Yugoslavia
Ireland
Kosygin meets Sadat and Sabry in Cairo for Egypt leadership talks
Soviet Premier Kosygin held talks at the Kabbeh Palace with acting President Anwar el Sadat and former Premier Aly Sabry amid Cairo funeral week. Officials say Sadat and Sabry recovered from heart attacks and Kosygin pledged support to boost Egypt military capacity.
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Cairo
UPI
Alexei N. Kosygin
Anwar el- Sadat
Aly Sabry
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Sabry
Sadat
Nasser
Kabbeh Republican Palace
Cairo Radio
Kosygin
Car smashes window. Walker arrested on drunken hit and run
Police arrested Charles Walden Walker, 27, of Vandenberg AFB after he rammed his car into the window of R J Meier Ltd at 135 N H St and fled. Bail set at 640 dollars. Walker faces charges of drunk driving hit and run and lane straddling. A separate accident on Refugio Road and Tiana Drive caused minor injuries to Ralph Mendez Hernandez and Billy Ray Taylor with major vehicle damage.
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Charles Walden Walker
Vandenberg Air Force Base
R.J. Meier Ltd
N. H St
Walker
CES
Lompoc
H Street
Cypress Avenue
G Street
Refugio Road
Tiana Drive
Santa Ynez
Ralph Mendez Hernandez
Billy Ray Taylor
Solvang
California Highway Patrol
Hernandez
Santa Ynez Valley Hospital
Taylor
Mayor refuses meet with New York prisoners
Mayor John V. Lindsay declined a noon session with rebellious inmates holding five guards at Queens House of Detention. Lindsay and prison officials planned a talks but he said he is adequately represented and the courts will decide the prisoners' fate.
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New York
UPI
John V. Lindsay
Queens House of Detention
Lindsay
George McGrath
Michael Dontzin
Dontzin
Sergeant jailed for assault in Lompoc case
Air Force Staff Sergeant Emmie Yearling age 25 faced court action in Lompoc on charges of assaulting his wife Linda Ann Yearling 20 and sister in law Ruby Jean Fritz 27 with a screwdriver during a martial dispute. Bail set at 3000 dollars after Yearling was booked at Lompoc Jail. Police said both women received puncture wounds and the weapon was seized.
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Air Force
Emmie Yearling
Lompoc
Yearling
Linda Ann Yearling
N. J St
Ruby Jean Fritz
Lompoc Hospital
Out of control brush blaze forces college evacuation
A 40,000 acre blaze driven by 70 mph desert winds forced the evacuation of 4,500 students at Chaffey Junior College in Cucamonga. The fire threatened Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests as crews fought to contain it. seven homes were destroyed and Mount Baldy village was evacuated. California’s Laguna fire near San Diego was contained at 80 percent.
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Cucamonga
Chaffey Junior College
Mount Baldy Village
State Forestry
Angeles National Forest
Here
San Bernardino National Forest
California
Hearst Castle
San Simeon
William Randolph Hearst
San Diego
Laguna
Cuyamaca State Park
Boulder Canyon
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William Organ
Bruce Sharpe
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J.C. Penney
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Gladys Stock
County Club
Labor Department
Paul W. McCracken
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Alfredo Sanchez Bella
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Christopher Columbus
K. C. Thaler
London
Hussein el-Shafei
Mohammed Fawzi
Sami Sharaf
al Ahram
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