Desegregation orders face protests and legal action
Federal judges resist revisions to desegregation orders in Pontiac and Richmond while threats and vandalism test the case. A Rhode Island plan for Charlotte Mecklenburg prompts a new plan in Georgia. Texas and California debates grow, with Boise upholding limits on religious school funding and a London quip on intelligent life.
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Detroit
Keith
National Action Group
Pontiac
Georgia
Alexander A. Lawrence
Rhode Island
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
N.C
Richmond
Augusta
Thieu vows resignation if lack of public confidence shown
President Nguyen Van Thieu said on television he would resign and not seek another term if the people lose confidence in him. He defended running alone to comply with the constitution and to pursue peace, while opposing communism. He clarified there would be one slate, Thieu-Huong, if peace returns.
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Saigon
UPS
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Thieu
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Nguyen Cao Ky
Duong van
Big’ Minh
Tran van Huong
Huong
Minh
Bunker
Hanoi Radio
NASA awards interim shuttle engine contract to Rocketdyne
NASA announces a four month interim contract of one million dollars per month to Rocketdyne division of North American Rockwell to begin basic engine design for the shuttle while a long term, 500 million dollar production contract is reviewed amid procurement disputes raised by Pratt & Whitney. The shuttle engine is to power a reusable craft for earth to space travel by 1978 pending GAO findings.
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Washington
UPI
Space Agency
North American
Rockwell
Rocketdyne
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
California
Agency
General Accounting Office
Congress
Pratt & Whitney
Earth
Space
Attorney may flee country in San Quentin case
Federal officials consider Stephen Mitchell Bingham a fugitive after a San Quentin escape attempt tied to George Jackson. A warrant was issued with potential extradition, while a material witness and Allan Mancino’s testimony are noted amid grand jury actions against inmates.
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San Francisco
UPN
Stephen Mitchell Bingham
San Quentin
FBI
Bingham
United States
U.S
James Buren
California
Buren
Connecticut
Soledad
George Jackson
San Quentin Prison
Jackson
Allan Mancino
Mancino
Marin County
Bruce Bales
Local newspaper masthead and staff credits
Entered as second class mail in Lompoc California under Act of ess Adjudicated legal newspaper under Superior Court Decree No 47065 Tim Conner Mechanical Superintendent Clete Lunny Advertising Manager Wesley A Huffman Circulation Manager Ray McCuen News Editor Betty Laurent Society Editor Scott Ostler Sports Editor Wilma Jack Feature Writer Vaughn Proctor Staff Writer Dan Duffy Photographer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rate 225 per month Home Delivery or Mail By Mail in advance Published daily except Sundays and Christmas Day
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Lompoc
California
Tim Conner
Clete Lunny
Wesley A Huffman
Ray McCuen
Betty Laurent
Scott Ostler
Wilma Jack
Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
Nixon calls for federal pay freeze to set example
President Nixon urged fiscal restraint in a Congress message, delaying a six month wage hike for about 4.85 million federal workers and military personnel from January to July, with a hint of possible October delays. He framed the move as leading by example for responsible industrial and labor leadership nationwide.
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San Clemente, Calif
UPN
Nixon
Congress
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Hollywood’s self styled Prince Romanoff dies at 78 or 81
Michael Romanoff famed for claiming White Russian nobility and running Romanoff's Restaurant in Beverly Hills died after a heart attack. He arrived in Hollywood in 1927 with an Oxford accent and Cyril his princely pose, later revealed to be a fraud about royalty.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Michael Romanoff
Hollywood
Good Samaritan Hospital
Romanoff
Oil spill cleaned up in San Diego beaches aftermath
A Navy tanker spill released about 229000 gallons off San Clemente Island near Oceanside. Cleanup crews swept 60 miles of shoreline while investigations and possible actions proceed. birds were found oiled though fish deaths were not reported.
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UPI
California
Navy
Manatee
Oceanside
Nixon
White House
First Fleet
Long Beach
San Clemente Island
Ticonderoga
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Santa Maria
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