North Vietnamese raiders kill 24 in Mai Linh village
A 200 man NVA raid on Mai Linh, 85 miles southwest of Da Nang, left 24 dead including three South Vietnamese militia. 170 homes burned and six civilians wounded. Ground fighting overall in South Vietnam remained at low levels as U S troop withdrawals were discussed in Saigon.
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Saigon
UPS
Mai Linh
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
White House
Vietnam
Final filing for SYRWCD election in Santa Ynez
Jack Moore a Santa Ynez businessman filed nomination papers in Santa Barbara to run for the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District in Division 5 to challenge incumbent Andrew Petersen and for the trustee at large seat in Improvement District 1. Moore lives at 1646 Refugio Road and has a long history in the valley including running a feed mill. Election date is November 5 with four year terms. other candidates filed in Divisions 1 2 and 4 amid a rare challenge era in the district.
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Jack Moore
Santa Ynez
Andrew T. Petersen
Division 5
Moore
Petersen
Improvement District
Santa Barbara
William Laranjo
Virgil Phelps
William Cooper
Lompoc
Refugio Road
Santa Ynez Valley
Los Angeles
Lompoc Residents Watch Second Showery Day
Lompoc Valley residents marvel at a second consecutive shower as children splash toy boats along the curb on N Second Street. The brief downpour disrupts activities but highlights the unsettled spring weather in the community.
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Lompoc Valley
Second Street
Weather outlook with coastal tide times and winds
Cloudy and overcast with fair inland afternoons through Wednesday. Highs in the 60s to 70s, lows tonight in the 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph afternoons. Wednesday tides include high tides of 3.1 feet at 2:50 am and 5.4 feet at 1:44 pm, low tides of 2.6 feet at 6:38 am and 0.9 feet at 9:56 pm.
Israeli air raids resume in Jordan Valley amid search for suspects
Reports say Israeli air force renewed bombing in the Jordan Valley after an explosion as officials hunted suspects. Gaza City and other areas saw clashes and deportations with two Arabs held for alleged terrorist ties. Al Ahram urged Big Four talks to push Israel to end aggressions while U S Soviet Britain and France prepared to meet at the UN.
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Kwasna
Egypt
al Ahram
Israel
United Nations
Middle East
Jordan
Hussein Bader
Ibrahim Kwasna
Bader
Hebron
Viet Cong denounce Nixon troop withdrawal in Vietnam
Paris officials report the Viet Cong denounce Nixon plan to pull 35,000 Marines by December 16 as a bid to placate world opinion while Hanoi insists on full American troop withdrawal. In Washington Nixon announces 35,000 more GIs to depart by December 16, totaling about 60,000 by mid December, and outlines conditions for further reductions.
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Saigon
Nixon
Vietnam
Thieu
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Paris
UPI
Viet Cong
Hanoi
Texas
North Vietnam
Dallas
Tex
Ha van Tau
Xuan Thuy
Bonnie Singleton
Jerry Singleton
Joy Jeffrey
Robert Jeffrey
Sandy McElhanon
Michael McElhanon
Paula Hartness
Gregg Hartness
Washington
White House
North county to join sewer study under county plan
County supervisors approved a contract with Boyle Engineering of Ventura for the South Coast water and sewer study using a $49,500 federal grant and $10,000 county aid. The plan will coordinate advance studies in Santa Maria and Lompoc and extend to north county areas as the program expands county wide.
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Santa Ynez Valley
Santa Maria
Lompoc
Herbert H. Diverbiss
Board of Supervisors
Ventura
Curtis Tunnell
Diverbiss
Boyle Engineering Co
Santa Barbara County Cities
Haynsworth denies conflict in Senate hearing
Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee there is no conflict of interest in his nomination to the Court. He said a 1963 ruling on an unfair labor practice case involving a textile firm had no link to his involvement with a vending machine company. He noted the contracts earned the company about $100 000 that year, and asserted the textile men did not know of his association. He was joined by Sen. Hollings and Sen. Thurmond in Washington.
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Nixon
United States
South Vietnam
4Th
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Haynsworth
Navy commander found negligent in Evans Melbourne collision
Cmdr. Albert S. McLemore skipper of the U S destroyer Frank E Evans convicted of negligence over the June 3 1970 collision with the Australian carrier Melbourne in the South China Sea during SEATO maneuvers. He received an official reprimand and faced possible two year hard labor and dismissal.
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Subic Bay
Philippines
UPI
Albert S. McLemore
U.S
Frank E. Evans
McLemore
Vallejo
Calif
Navy
Melbourne
Evans
James E. Keys
Kansas City
South China Sea
Southast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Cmdr
Robinson Lappin
Washington
J.g
Ronald C. Ramsey
Long Beach
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Rah
Syrwcd
Phelps
R.B. McClellan
Jordan Valley
Gaza City
Tel Aviv
Gaza Strip
Moscow
U.S. General Assembly
William P. Rogers
Andrei Gormyko
Michael Stewart
Maurice Schumann
Suez Canal
Gulf
Pentagon
House
Gerald R. Ford
South
Robert MacClure
Barbara Garza
la Honda
North County
Skippe
Keys
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