Earthquake Rocks Lompoc and Southern California
A moderately heavy quake centered about 40 miles offshore from Pt Arguello rumbled over Lompoc and a 75 mile stretch of Southern California. It struck at 3 52 p.m. and lasted about 10 minutes with no injuries or property damage reported.
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Lompoc
California
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Louis A. Baker
Santa Barbara
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Coast Guard
Pismo Beach
Los Angeles
Santa Rosa
Top Army sergeant refuses to testify at hearings
Sgt Maj William O Wooldridge refused to answer questions before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee citing the 5th Amendment. He and three other men are accused of profiting from enlisted clubs on Army bases and face possible prosecution. The Army then announced Wooldridge is being involuntarily released from the sergeants major program, barring future advisory roles.
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UPI
William O. Wooldridge
Wooldridge
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Army
Charles H. Percy
Jekyll
Hyde
Percy
U.S
Stanley R. Resor
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
M.set
William E. Higdon
1.C. Narvaez Hatcher
J.C. Seymour
Sandy’’ Lazar
David L. Thomas
Higdon
Narvaez
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Thomas
Ribicoff
Pentagon
Resor
Lodge storms out of talks in Paris Viet Nam peace conference
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge abruptly left the Paris Viet Nam peace talks saying the Communist negotiators showed a negative attitude. The move, described as a punctuation mark, aimed to attract world opinion while the talks adjourned for a week. North Vietnamese negotiator Xuan Thuy argued demonstrations could help break the deadlock.
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UPI
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
United States
Lodge
Xuan Thuy
Nixon
Candidates to Meet Tonight For District Seats
Three Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District candidates will face a newsman panel in a pre election Meet the Press program at the Lompoc Elks Lodge at 7 p.m. Nov 4 election covers Divisions 1 4 and 5 with Richard Henning Gary Dunlap William Laranjo Burt Jory Andrew Petersen Jack Moore among those slated to appear.
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Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District
Lompoc
Moore
Jory
Dunlap
Henning
John J. Dillon, Jr
Press Club
Commission completes park priority list
Parks and Recreation Commission finalized a priority list for Ryan Park improvements. Voted for southeast garden landscaping first, then recreational buildings and activity areas. Tennis courts remain top priority for funding already in the budget. Regular meeting dates set to the second and fourth Wednesdays with adjourned sessions. Youth Center decision tabled for further study.
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Ryan Park
Parks and Recreation Commission
Zodiac on TV Pleas for Help Fails to Keep Appointments
A man claiming to be the Zodiac phoned a San Francisco talk show for two hours seeking help and crying out I have to kill while frustrated by headaches. He missed two render appointments with attorney Melvin Belli in Daly City and did not appear for a clandestine afternoon meeting.
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San Francisco
UPI
Zodiac
Melvin Belli
Paul Stine
Stine
Martin Lee
San Francisco Police Department
Kgo-Tv
Iden
Sam
Jim Dunbar
Belli
Torney
John Ferdon
Ferdon
Daly City
Beckett Wins Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969
Samuel Beckett, 63, Dublin born, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for writing that forged new forms in the novel and drama within the theater of the absurd. The Swedish Academy credited Waiting for Godot as a forerunner of his style, noting its four characters and minimal action as emblematic of his work. Beckett, living in France, travels were noted as the announcement reached him. The prize carries a $72,712 award and will be presented December 10 in Stockholm.
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UPI
Samuel Beckett
Theater of the Absurd
Swedish Academy
Beckett
Academy
Paris
Germany
England
Broadway
Godot
James Joyce
Mediterranean
Italy
United States
Yasunaru Kawabata
International Labor Organization
Alfred Nobel
Gustav Adolf
Nobel
France
Moratorium on agricultural preserves may be lifted
Santa Barbara County supervisors considered lifting the May 12 moratorium on agricultural preserves after receiving a summary of the program which covers 18 percent of rural lands. Chief appraiser William Cook noted the two cent tax shift could rise to six or eight cents in five years, as the advisory committee presented findings. Supervisor Joe J. Callahan questioned the impact on urban taxpayers and urged more relief for nonfarmers to offset benefits to farmers.
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Board of Supervisors
William Cook
Cook
Joe J. Callahan
Santa Barbara
Callahan
George E. Goodall
Woman escapes Lompoc jail after arrest on traffic warrants
Linda Jean Stephen, 20, was arrested on three Lompoc Justice Court traffic warrants for speeding, failure to yield, and driving without plates. She allegedly ripped a phone from wall, set mattress on fire, and escaped during a routine call before being recaptured two hours later on East Walnut Avenue. Bail set at $3658. arraignment pending. Weather: low clouds, 60s highs, 50s tonight.
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Linda Jean Stephenson
S. I St
East Walnut Avenue
Lompoc Justice Court
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