Valley pioneers mark 46th annual reunion in Lompoc
The 46th annual Lompoc Pioneer Society reunion opens with a sold out joint dinner with the Valley Historical Society at Grange Hall. Officers are installed, honors go to Honda School district alumni, and a 1922–23 high school class reunion is noted.
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Lompoc Pioneer Society
Pioneer Society
Valley Historical Society
Grange Hall
Old Honda
Lompoc Valley Historical Society
Earl Calvert
George Miller
Anne Calvert
Ethel Smith
Walter Spanne
Lester Bonchetti
James Magnuson
LeRoy Scolari
Dean Martin
Vance Newcomb
Leonard Casson
Jerome Dutra
Gilbert Martin
Wilma Thomas
Charlotte Benton
Joe Johnson
Lompoc
Fabing-McKay Spanne
The
Historical Society
Ryan Park
Lompoc High School
Domenico Signorelli
Perry Martin
Lompoc Museum
Charles Hice
U.S
Honda
Fischer Becomes World Chess Champion After Spassky Resigns
Bobby Fischer won the world chess championship after Boris Spassky resigned game 21 by telephone from Moscow. Spassky announced the resignation to arbiter Lothar Schmid, leading to a coronation ceremony at Fischer's hotel with Euwe and Schmid confirming Fischer’s title.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
UPI
Bobby Fischer
Russia
Boris Spassky
Spassky
Lothar Schmid
Fischer
Schmid
Bobby
Unemployment rate edges up after holding near low
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports unemployment at 5.6 percent in August, with 81.97 million employed and 4.887 million seeking work. Employment rose 290,000 driven mainly by adult women part time, while earnings rose $1.12 to 137.23 weekly, amid inflation. AFL CIO chief Meany denounces Nixon policies, warning of rising prices and unemployment.
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Washington
UPI
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Nixon
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Nixon Tanaka summit yields short term trade boost
In Honolulu President Nixon and Prime Minister Tanaka wrap a summit with a short term trade bonus for the United States. They pledge friendly ties with Peking and confirm Japan will honor its security treaty and accelerate purchases of U.S. goods totaling about 1.1 billion dollars. Labor Day closures announced for government offices.
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UPI
Nixon
Kakuei Tanaka
United States
Japan
Peking
Americas
Far East
Tanaka
Kailiman
Pacific
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Taiwan
Ziegler
Chou En-lai
Hawaii
Adm
John S. McCain Jr
Noel Gaylor
Hickam Afb
U.S
Lompoc Driver Killed As Truck Overturns Near Air Base
A Lompoc man, Robert Lester Jeffers, 22, died at Base Hospital after a pickup overturned on I-20 north of Vandenberg AFB while his brother Gary Nelson Jeffers, 24, suffered major injuries. The brothers were en route from Santa Maria to Lompoc when the vehicle veered, hit a dirt bank and rolled several times. Gary was listed in fair condition at Sierra Vista Hospital. Funeral services were pending at McPeek Mortuary.
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Lompoc
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Robert Lester Jeffers
North T St
Gary Nelson Jeffers
South V St
Sierra Vista Hospital
San Luis Obispo
Jeffers
Santa Maria
California Highway Patrol
Air Base
McPeek Mortuary
Communists Press Central Highlands Offensive in South Vietnam
Communist troops marked six months of their offensive by attacking government forces in the central highlands and engaging around Quang Tri City. Saigon said artillery and mortars hit marine positions, with 36 North Vietnamese killed in five skirmishes and 4 government dead and 5 wounded. Coastal fighting near Tam Quan saw 29 Communists killed and 26 South Vietnamese dead. US jets bombed Cam Pha and Haiphong area targets, destroying buildings and bridges and starting fires.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Quang Tri City
Ho Chi Minh
Quang Tri
Tam Quan
Cam Pha
United States
Haiphong
U.S
Dan Do
Hanoi
Mitchell denies advance knowledge of Demo bugging
John N Mitchell, Nixon campaign manager, says he had no advance knowledge of the Democratic offices bugging. He testified privately to lawyers for Democrats in a million-dollar suit against the Nixon re election committee. The session broke up before questions focused on his role. Mitchell pledged later deposition if arranged.
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UPI
John N Mitchell
Nixon
Mitchell
Edward Bennett Williams
Watergate
Mores
Florida
CIA
Bernard L. Barker
Finance Committee
Maurice Stans
White House
Miami Herald
Miami
Barker
Democratic National Committee
James McCord
Herald
Richard E. Gerstein
Dade County
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Valley Pioneers
Cindy Heber
Bell Gardens
Cindy
Dick Jeffers
Main Street
Disneyland
George Cotsenmeyer
Olivia
Elks Lodge
Clarence
Pop
Ruth
Robert C. Lilley
Jennie
Meany
Highland
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