Kids urge Mayor for safer Halloween in La Canada
Fourth graders at La Canada Elementary appeal to Mayor Robert MacClure with 68 letters asking to keep Halloween free from threats. Mayor says police will patrol that night and offers safety tips such as traveling in groups, carrying flashlights, wearing light costumes, not entering strangers' homes, and checking treats before eating.
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Robert MacClure
MacClure
Ray Robertson
June Patton
Lompoc
Senators urged to avoid weapons debate by Rogers
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to skip a weapons development debate on the eve of U S Soviet talks on strategic arms. Rogers testified in a closed session as Vietnam hearings were postponed pending Nixon's address, with Mundt noting a resolution to halt multiwarhead missiles should also be delayed to not jeopardize talks opening November 17 in Helsinki.
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UPI
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Karl Mundt
R-S.d
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U.S
Helsinki
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Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
GE Talks Possible After UE Strike
Electrical union representatives and General Electric planned a 2 p.m. meeting to discuss the impact of a federal court ruling on the nationwide strike. The UE coalition of 13 unions began the walkout at midnight with no talks scheduled since.
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UPI
Electrical Union
General Electric Co
United Electrical Workers
Rural pupils to be bussed by district
School trustees approved a plan to bus all rural kindergarten students from Nov 10 through the end of the year at a cost of 9730 dollars, with 7000 from state funds and 2730 from local funds. Estimated cost per pupil is 101 dollars for the remaining year.
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Lompoc Council Open to Postponing License Ordinance Study
The Lompoc City Council voted to study postponing its review of business license ordinance amendments for an indefinite period. City Administrator Gene Wahlers will prepare a report on budget effects of a delay, including how a July to June fiscal year would affect revenue. Councilmembers cited potential economic changes from Vandenberg AFB cuts and proposed tax increases for small businesses.
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Ray McCuen
Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Nessmen
Jim Longtin
Brooks Speight
Speight
Regent urges Davis ouster over new academic freedom remarks
UC Regent John A. Canaday urged Angela Davis be removed from UCLA faculty citing utter contempt for true academic freedom. He asked UC President Hitch to have the Academic Senate review her fitness to teach after Davis criticized extending academic freedom to professors who suggest genetic racial differences.
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Miss Davis
Hitch
Black students protest at UCSB demand head of black studies fired
Sixty students walked out of a sociology class at the University of California Santa Barbara and marched to the administration building to demand the firing of Dr. Lethard Fisher, head of the black studies department. After about 45 minutes they dispersed as grievances would be considered.
Base awaits direction on personnel cuts at Vandenberg
Base officials report receipt of a directive to reduce civilian and military jobs following Congressman's call for 200 civilian and 1300 military positions. A Defense Department economy plan also includes scrapping 86 B58 bombers and inactivating fighter squadrons at George AFB and Homestead AFB.
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Vandenberg
Charles M. Teague
Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Air Force
George Afb
Homestead Afb, Fla
U S air power wipes out Viet Cong camps on Cambodia border
U S air power destroyed a Cambodian border camp used by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese for resupply and planning. In three hours of aerial strikes a huge complex with 20 tin warehouses and 60 bunkers was leveled. 12 defenders were killed while U S losses included one helicopter crewman killed and another wounded.
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Cambodia
Saigon
UPS
Attac
Tax break voted for single persons
The Senate Finance Committee backed a $600 million tax break for single earners, approving a Nixon Administration proposal to cap single tax burden at no more than 20 percent more than a married person with the same income. Senator Eugene J. McCarthy noted current law creates up to 40 percent extra taxes for singles in the $20,000 to $40,000 bracket. A separate proposal to ease taxes for singles was rejected.
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UPI
Senate Finance Committee
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
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