Testimony Concludes in Sheriff Promotion Test Case
The County Civil Service Commission heard appeals from six Sheriff's Department officers who claim oral tests for promotion were compromised by Sheriff John W. Carpenter's contacts with the board. Witnesses for both sides described the June 22 exam process as routine or biased, with potential court action discussed if a ruling favors the appellants.
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Dick Praul
County Civil Service Commission
Sheriff's Department
John W. Carpenter
Terence Bonham
Santa Barbara
Joel Honey
Isla Vista
Allen Streller
Streller
Carpenter
Floyd Tidwell
San Diego County
Donald Oliver
Walter R. Koenig
State Department of Justice
Tidwell
Richard Waugh
E.K. Smith
Ron Fisk
James Callis
Kenneth Stillman
Arden Petersen
Eleanor W. Wright
Leonard S. Petersen
Soviet observers in Middle East amid US alert during ceasefire crisis
The USSR says it sent civilian observers to the Middle East to monitor the cease-fire while the United States keeps most forces on alert. Brezhnev implies observers may be civilians, and Washington contemplates UN participation as a peacekeeping flight arrives in Egypt.
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Soviet Union
Middle East
United States
U.S
James R. Schlesinger
Mideast
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow
Washington
U.N
Security Council
Egypt
Corpus
West Bank
Suez Canal
Brezhnev
Israel
Nixon
Schlesinger
White House
United Nations
U.S. Southern Command
Central
South America
Alaska
Store owner slugged robbed of $10 in home attack
The 68-year-old Aurelio Bulosan co owner of LFE Market on South I Street was knocked unconscious and robbed of about $10 last night in his home near Cypress Avenue. He was found bound with surgical tape, suffered head and facial injuries, and was treated at Lompoc Hospital in good condition. A neighbor notified police after Bulosan freed himself and walked over. Police believe the assailant planned the break in as Bulosan walked home from the market with a bag of accounting papers rather than cash.
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Cypress Avenue
I Street
Aurelio Bulosan
Lompoc
Bulosan
LFE Market
South I St
Proxmire seeks suspension of Rebozo at Florida bank
Senator William Proxmire asks FDIC chair Frank Wille to suspend Charles G. Rebozo from his roles as chairman and president of Key Biscayne Bank and Trust Co citing a Washington Post report of a $91500 IBM stock sale tied to a claimed stock theft. Proxmire says FDIC can act on suspected illegal or unsafe conduct pending investigation.
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Washington
UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Nixon
Charles G
Bebe
Rebozo
Key Biscayne Bank and Trust Co
Florida
Proxmire
Senate Banking Committee
Frank Wille
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
IBM
Washington Post
Butz investigated over alleged political interference in FTC case
Washington reports Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz faced allegations he tried to delay an FTC challenge to Heublein Inc in the 1969 United Vintners acquisition to aid President Nixon in California. The Star-News cites sources and confirms a 1972 spring meeting with FTC chair Miles Kirkpatrick.
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Washington
UPI
Earl L. Butz
Federal Trade Commission
California
Heublein Inc
Washington Star-News
Butz
Miles Kirkpatrick
FTC
Heublein
United Vintners Inc
Bureau of Competition
Star-News
Kirkpatrick
Kirk
Violence erupts across Northern Ireland with widespread bombings
In Belfast and across Ulster a wave of terror unfolds with at least 17 bombs exploding and over 50 bomb scares. More than 100 vehicles hijacked, roads blocked by felled trees, and a Castledawson school evacuated after a suspicious car exploded. no casualties reported.
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Belfast
VPI
Northern Ireland
Ulster
President warned about vetoing bill on Watergate prosecutor
In Washington the Senate introduced a bipartisan plan to recreate a special Watergate prosecutor under Judge John J. Sirica. Nixon faced pressure as advisors weighed replacements for Archibald Cox after his firing. Byrd warned a veto could trigger another severe political crisis likely to be overridden. Buckley urged naming a special prosecutor subject to confirmation.
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Senate
Nixon
John J. Sirica
Archibald Cox
Byrd
James L. Buckley
R-N. Y
Nixon to hold televised news conference on Watergate
President Nixon schedules an 7 p.m. EDT White House East Room news conference to outline his stance on continuing Watergate investigations. He faces calls to appoint a new special prosecutor after firing Archibald Cox and may address the Middle East crisis and US readiness.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House East Room
Archibald Cox
Middle East
U. S
White House
Camp David
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Bruce Dodds
Bill Rodgers
Ussr
Sinai Desert
Dan Duffy
Barry Gustafson
League of California Cities
San Francisco
Watergate
Cox
N. Ireland
Castledawson
Londonderry
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Justice Department
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