Senate approves bill to extend draft amid war pressure
The Senate passed a draft extension bill 55 to 30 after a seven month battle, abolishing college deferments, restoring draft calls, and approving a $2.4 billion military pay increase. The measure urges withdrawal of U.S. troops from Indochina but sets no hard end date. Inductions likely resume immediately with Nixon expected to sign.
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Lompoc Council to Study Cutting Refuse Pickup to Weekly
The Lompoc City Council will review a plan to reduce refuse collection from twice weekly to once weekly to save about 48000 dollars. City administrator Gene Wahlers notes 51 of 59 California cities already pick up weekly and 5 positions could be cut with 2 vacancies to reassign. An evaluation after 90 days would gauge citizen acceptance and effectiveness.
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Nixon
Flat 7 per cent tax credit approved by House committee
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a flat 7 percent investment tax credit for business equipment purchases to spur production, replacing Nixon's two stage plan. The 7 percent would subtract seven dollars per hundred for U S equipment, reversing a 1969 repeal. Consumer groups met Nixon urging price controls and quality policing to prevent avoidance.
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Egyptian Troops on High Alert as Middle East Tensions Persist
Cairo reports say Egyptian forces near the Suez Canal are on maximum alert for possible renewed conflict with Israel while Cairo’s Al Ahram notes artillery moves along front lines. Mahmoud Riad heads to New York to seek UN action isolating Israel as regional strains grow.
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Oil drilling plan overturned as environmental concerns cited
Interior Department reversed a plan to permit two offshore oil platforms in the Santa Barbara channel citing overriding environmental considerations. The decision followed a January 1968 blowout near the proposed sites that released 420000 gallons of oil. Local citizens gathered at Lompoc City Hall for planning meetings as six of seven committees worked to set community objectives under the Planning Commission.
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Planning Commission
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Vernon Copeland
Santa Barbara Channel
Rogers C.B. Morton
Probation Board Approves School District Support Pact
The Board of Supervisors approved a pact to provide Lompoc Unified School District with a full-time county probation officer amid truancy concerns. Chief Romer warned lack of a senior pay scale could delay filling the post, while county funding plans and other probation and delinquency roles were authorized. A SAC conference on drug abuse and race relations at Vandenberg AFB was also announced with Gen Chaffee as keynote speaker.
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Board of Supervisors
Clifford Romer
Romer
U S Air Force bombs North Vietnam in heavy raid
U S fighter-bombers pounded North Vietnam with more than 200 strikes reaching 35 miles above the DMZ in one of the heaviest raids since 1968. The operation targeted military sites though no SAMs were fired by Hanoi and no American aircraft were hit.
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