Candidates discuss issues at Lompoc forum
About 40 people heard Assembly candidates Don MacGillivray and Ken Palmer and Sheriff Coroner hopeful John Carpenter. Palmer urged mobile town halls and job programs for aerospace workers while criticizing El Capitan and welfare rules. MacGillivray praised the El Capitan project and water funding. Carpenter warned of low morale and promised reforms and community relations strategies.
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Shoot to kill order sparks martial law in Chile
The Chilean government vows to punish attackers as martial law is imposed following a deadly assault. In California, John Linley Frazier, a 24 year old Santa Cruz mechanic, is arrested for the slayings of Dr. Victor M. Ohta and four others near the mountaintop mansion. Police indicate no other suspects are involved.
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Jean Drapeau
Front d’Action Politique
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Montreal
Paul Gregoire
Frei
Atacama Desert
Nixon invites Soviet leaders to a new road to peace
In a United Nations General Assembly address, President Nixon urged Soviet leaders to join in a peaceful competition. He proposed a "new road" away from arms buildup toward global progress by fighting hunger disease and human misery at home and abroad.
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Hanoi
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Separatists Call Off Montreal Vote Amid Kidnapping Crisis
In Montreal the Parti Quebecois urged cancelling Sunday's city election due to a climate of panic after the two week crisis. The FLQ held the fate of British diplomat James Cross uncertain as police report no new clues.
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UPI
Parti Quebecois
Quebec
James R. Cross
Front de Liberation du Quebec
FLQ
Cross
Pierre Laporte
J. K. Melancon
Congress
Allende
City Offices to Close For Veteran's Day Observance
City offices will close Monday October 26 to observe Veteran's Day. The article notes the date shift follows a national holiday schedule change not effective until next year, aimed at creating three day weekends by moving holidays to Mondays or Fridays.
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United States
Chamber hears speakers on El Capitan issue
At a Lompoc Valley Chamber luncheon on the El Capitan Ranch referendum many speakers argued both sides. Bruce Sharpe warned against continuous sprawl while Larry Crandell defended development noting school subsidies and planned recreation ahead of sales. About 100 attended chaired by Fred Smith.
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Egyptians begin preliminary work to reopen Suez Canal
In Cairo Aly Mahmoud of the Suez Canal authority said preliminary work to reopen the 103 mile waterway began after the August cease-fire but awaits developments after the November 5 expiry. He noted salvage firms were ready, with about 10 major international companies involved.
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Middle East
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