Dawn House Dawn House Dawn House Drug Help Clinic
Editor notes the Lompoc Valley drug abuse council opened a de toxification clinic, later named Dawn House, in February to aid addicts seeking to quit. Volunteers from doctors nurses ministers and police supported operations, with daily patient intake rising to twenty in March before crises challenged the program.
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Lompoc
Harry J. Crompe
Lompoc Valley
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Wallace Ault
Vandenberg
Dawn House
Drug Abuse Coordinating Council
Thieu Wins Reelection in Landslide Victory in South Vietnam
President Nguyen Van Thieu secured a sweeping 91.5 percent of the vote in South Vietnam's uncontested presidential election, with an 87.7 percent turnout. Opponents labeled the poll a farce and called for halting U S support, criticizing police repression and the use of loyal province chiefs to mobilize votes.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Thieu
Ellsworth) Bunker
People’s Force
Government Election Information Center
Strike talks resume as ports stay shut on coasts
Longshoremen and shipping leaders meet on the East and West Coasts to resolve a 96 day walkout affecting Pacific ports. UMW policy makers join East Coast talks while ILA and New York Shipping Association resume negotiations after a weekend recess.
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United Press International
Longshoremen and Shipping Association
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
The
Pacific Maritime Association
J. Curtis Counts
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Counts
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
Hawaiian Islands
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
New York Shipping Association
Strikes Planned at Two McDonnell Douglas Plants
United Auto Workers chief Leonard Woodcock and Machinists head Floyd Smith plan strikes to force McDonnell Douglas to offer a new contract. They target the Canadian plant on Oct. 13, saying the industry has refused to bargain since the wage price freeze. The leaders say a 30 percent three year package is needed to match gains in other industries.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
McDonnell Douglas Corp
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
International Association of Machinists
Floyd Smith
McDonnell Douglas
Lompoc asks review of unemployment estimates
The city of Lompoc requests a Department of Human Resources review of unemployment estimates after being skipped in allocating $433,000 in supplementary jobless aid. City officials argue Lompoc Valley may have equal or higher rates than surrounding Santa Barbara County areas. Meanwhile six local positions and about $54,000 are funded from federal job programs, with Santa Maria slated to receive about $150,000 more.
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Lompoc
Department of Human Resources
Lompoc Valley
Paul Floyd
Dustin Griffith
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
Department of Labor
San Francisco
Santa Barbara County
Griffith
Floyd
Major U.S. troop cutback in Vietnam after election
UPI reports after the Saigon vote, U S forces begin one of the largest withdrawals in two years. Four full battalions and three smaller units end their combat roles reducing strength by 3,215 troops. It marks the first ground combat pullback since Sept 15 and the biggest since July 1, 1969 under Nixon.
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Saigon
U.S
Nixon
Senate approves second military pay raise to boost enlistments
The Senate approved a second military pay raise within a month costing 381.1 million annually to spur volunteers and recruit more. The measures, coming after a 2.4 billion prior boost, would take effect mid November after the wage price freeze ends. President Nixon backed the amendment and discussed with Sen. Gordon Allott his opposition to a two year draft continuance.
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UPI
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Nixon
White House
Gordon Allott
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John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Allott
Margaret Chase Smith
Rmaine
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