Nixon to announce new Vietnam troop removal tomorrow
President Nixon will reveal the next stage of U S troop withdrawals from Vietnam in a White House briefing tomorrow morning. White House aides would not confirm the Ky figure of 40 500 more soldiers leaving by November and said the president will issue the actual numbers in a written statement.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Council reviews city housing element plan in October
Lompoc City Council slated to review the completed Housing Element in early October with a potential public hearing late in the month. CBD area financing prioritized, with emphasis on eliminating blight and exploring federal aid while inspecting and expanding housing options.
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Lompoc
H Street
Ocean Avenue
Clinton Sherrod
Lompoe
FHA
Amnesty Ends for Czech and Slovak Reformists
Amnesty expires at midnight for tens of thousands who fled west after the Warsaw Pact invasion ending the Prague Spring. Remaining reformists face purge from government and party offices at a Communist Party central committee meeting in coming weeks, a high CP official said Sunday.
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Prague
UPI
West
Communist Party Central Committee
Communist Party
Weather Outlook Coastal Region Through Tuesday
Fair to mostly fair skies with overcast mornings, highs in the 60s to 70s inland, coastal 60s. Low tonight in the 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Tides: high 3.6 ft at 1:20 am and 5.6 ft at 12:56 pm. Low 2.1 ft at 6:20 am and 0.9 ft at 8:26 pm.
Filing deadline nears for Santa Ynez district election
As the 5 p.m. deadline approached, two of five candidates had yet to file nominations for the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District election. Papers must be delivered to Deputy County Clerk Ann Sweet or County Clerk Jack Lewis, or filed in Santa Maria. By 11 a.m., three candidates had filed: Gary J. Dunlap Division 1, Alfred B. Jory Division 4, and William Laranjo Division 4. Outstanding were Andrew T. Petersen Division 1 and Richard Henning Division 1. Election is Nov 4 with three seats across divisions 1 2 and 3.
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Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District
Ann Sweet
Jack Lewis
Santa Maria
Lompoc
Gary J. Dunlap
Buellton
Alfred B. Jory
William Laranjo
Valley
Andrew T. Petersen
Richard Henning
Virgil Phelps
R. B. McClellan
Mass Pittsburgh march for jobs
More than 1,500 marchers blocked downtown Pittsburgh in a Black Monday demonstration to demand more construction jobs for Negroes. The orderly march began at Freedom Corner in the largely Black district and stretched seven blocks as police halted traffic and motorists blared horns.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Freedom Corner
Catholics to keep Irish barricades in Belfast
Roman Catholics behind their own barricades vote to keep them up until the British army accepts six demands. Protestants demand the army end what they call 'pus syfooting' and remove barricades by force. About 160 barricades remain along the Catholic area despite the army's wire peace line.
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Donal P. O’higgins
Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Ky cites plan to withdraw 40,500 U.S. troops from Vietnam by November
Vice President Ky said 40,500 Marines and other U.S. combat forces would depart South Vietnam by end of November with total withdrawals perhaps 150,000 to 200,000 by year end 1970 reducing U.S. strength to about 267,500 from 508,000. White House awaited Nixon statement.
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Nixon
U.S
Ziegler
White House
Creighton W. Abrams
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Abrams
Security Council
Paris
Daniel Southerland
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
United States
Washington
Vietnam
National Security Council
Midway Island
Hanoi
Egyptian forces foil Israeli plane attack
Egyptian forces intercepted an attempted Israeli air raid on Gulf of Suez west coast guard posts at Ras Barib Ras Zafarana and Rad Ghareb and fought Egyptian and Israeli forces along the Suez Canal for eight hours. Jordan and Syria reported clashes with Israeli forces while an ambush near the Golan Heights wounded two Israelis.
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United Press International
Gulf of Suez
Israel
Egypt
Ras Ba Riv
Ras Zafarana
Suez City
Gulf
Rad Ghareb
Ras Shukeir
Zafarana
Cairo
Suez Canal
Jordan
Asshuna
Sea of Galilee
Damasue
Syrian
Golan Heights
Suez Gulf
Four American women press North Vietnam for status at Paris talks
Four American wives of missing in action airmen traveled from Dallas to Paris to ask Hanoi whether their husbands are prisoners of war or missing. Hanoi refused to respond, while a U.S. delegation offered to meet them.
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George Libera
Paris
UPI
Dallas
Hanoi
U.S
Vietnam
Choisyle Rd
Thant calls for China in all disarmament talks
United Nations Secretary General Thant urged bringing Communist China into all disarmament negotiations as the arms race accelerates. He criticized the impasse with China, welcomed the Beijing Moscow airport talks, and urged restored U.S.-China relations for progress toward general and complete disarmament. He expressed cautious optimism on Vietnam and said a cease-fire was unlikely, but deescalation could bring peace.
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Bruce W. Mann
United Nations
UPI
Thant
China
General Assembly
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Manhattan completes Northwest Passage voyage milestone
The tanker Manhattan, sponsored by Humble Oil Refining Co, confirmed completion of the Northwest Passage becoming the first commercial ship to reach Sachs Harbour at midnight. After loading mail and supplies and transferring passengers, the vessel headed toward Barter Island with plans to enter the Beaufort Sea and reach Alaska's oil fields.
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New York
UPI
Manhattan
Northwest Passage
Humble Oil Refining Co
Sachs Harbour
Canada
Beaufort Sea
Alaska
Barter Island
Lompoc High Boosters Eye Cabrillo Color Prizes at Carnival
Glinting streets mark a morning drizzle as Lompoc High Booster Club members find Cabrillo colors in prizes for a school carnival. Children in local elementary schools wear south of the border costumes for the Mexican Independence celebration on Sept 15 and 16. Jean Richman of 233 Huntington Place plans to rent a cat to catch a mouse in her garage.
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John F. Vass
Lompoc High School
Lompoc High Booster Club
Jean Richman
Huntington Place
Weed cost hearing stated in Lompoc City Council agenda
Lompoc residents may object to weed abatement costs in a public hearing tomorrow at City Hall. Fire Chief John Baker will report on costs and work, and objections will be heard. council also reviews a revised business license ordinance and other items.
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Lompoc
City Hall
John Baker
Richard Jacoby
Santa Barbara County
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