North Vietnamese press demands treaty signing on October 31
North Vietnamese officials urge Nixon to override Thieu and press for the Paris signing date while Kissinger seeks one more session. Hanoi says peace hinges on a pen stroke and would welcome Kissinger for talks after signing. Thieu rejects peace without his signature and accuses Thieu of stalling.
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United Press International
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Vietnam
Nguyen Than le
Hanoi
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Xuan Thuy
Tho
Thuy
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Saigon
South Vietnam
Washington
United States
Escalating Vietnam War Fights Yield News of Casualties and Attacks
Heavy fighting surged to a five year high in South Vietnam with two Americans killed and four wounded in a Thursday battle. U.S. bombing continued below the 19th Parallel while Hanoi demands a Oct. 31 truce deadline. Communist attacks totaled 124 in 24 hours as Saigon backs Thieu against a coalition deal. A US F4 Phantom was shot down over North Vietnam and two crewmen were rescued. The destroyer Cochrane was damaged by artillery near Hanoi.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Central Highlands
U.S
19Th Parallel
Hanoi
National Assembly
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Independence Palace
Tonkin Gulf
Demilitarized Zone
North
Kontum
Cochrane
Seven of 55 declarations require impact study
A special county agency reviewing 55 negative declarations on proposed projects found seven require major Environmental Impact Studies, eight others are exempt, and four were continued. The panel, with county department reps, will issue do pass recommendations Monday before the new Environmental Quality Advisory Agency.
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Dick Praul
Goleta County
Coronado Drive
Brandon Drive
U.S. 101
Ellwood
Goleta Valley
Foxen Canyon
North County
Dearborn Pl
EEB Associates
Golea Valley
Bates
Rincon
Carpinteria
EQAA
Special Agency
Halloween weekend events and road work delays expected
A busy weekend hosts Halloween parties and carnivals while west Ocean Avenue road repairs may cause delays for drivers. Weather calls for overcast night and morning, clearing to sun Saturday with highs in the 60s to 70s and lows mid 40s to 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tides: highs 3.8 ft at 5 20 am and 5.1 ft at 3 23 pm. lows 3.2 ft at 9 25 am and 0.1 ft at 11 06 pm.
Voter party ambiguity grows in county election rolls
Final county registration figures show Democrats leading GOP by over 15 000 with 11 917 voters in the undisclosed column. Total registrations reach 146 919 as ballots prepare to go out. Peace and Freedom, American Independent and miscellaneous parties register smaller totals.
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Dick Praul
Democratic Party
GOP
JE. Lewis
Peace and Freedom Party
American
Independent
Coastal Initiative debate proves lively
The public forum at City Hall in Lompoc featured sharp exchanges on Proposition 20 the California Coastline Initiative. Participants included Robert Lamb and Fermin Fuerborn opposing Carroll Pursell and Bruce Sharpe with Pursell citing grassroots support and a state bar analysis.
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Lompoc
Democratic State Central Committee
W. Don MacGillivray
Assembly
David Hirschberg
Santa Barbara
Democratic Central Committee
Pat Blankenship
Anthony Way
KNEZ
State Central Committee
Hirschberg
California State Democratic Central Committee
Democratic Party
Steve LA Rue
Lompoc Valley Press Club
Robert Lamb
Ventura County
Citizens Against the Coastal Initiative
Fermin Fuerborn
Santa Barbara Building Trades Council
Orange County
Senate
James Mills
Pursell
California State Bar Journal
Coastal Initiative
San Francisco Bay Area Conservation and Development Commission
BCDC
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Loma Vista School
Lompoc Shopping Center
West Ocean Avenue
Santa Maria
Fuerborn
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