Lompoc Chamber hears on water needs and awards
E F Sullivan of the Federal Bureau of Reclamation warns the Lompoc area will need supplemental water within 30 years from multiple sources. He cites high costs and questions desalination. Francis J Underwood installs as 1969 70 Chamber president amid awards for G Cotsemeyer and Charlotte Benton Woman of the Year. Weather sunny with cool mornings and coastal 60s inland 70s.
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Lompoc
Chamber of Commerce
E. F
Sullivan
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Lompoc Narrows Dam
Feather River
Lom
Francis J. Underwood
General Telephone Company
Francis Beattie, Jr
G. G. Schucknecht
John Martins
George Cotsemeyer
Bank of America
Chamber
Cotsenmeyer
United Fund
Boy Scouts
la Purisima Mission
Rotary Club
Terrill Cox
Charlotte Benton
Jean Muns
Benton
Lompoc Valley
Justice Court
George Cotsenmeyer
Nixon rejects plan for Vietnam withdrawal date
President Nixon in a White House briefing rejects a Congress proposal to set a fixed date to withdraw all U.S. troops from Vietnam by December 1970 or by year end 1971. He argues such deadlines would hinder peace talks, undercut Paris negotiations, and prolong the war, while noting some progress in troop withdrawals and draft reductions.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Vietnam
White House
Paris
Charles S. Goodell
United States
Clement F. Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Laos
Goodell
Senate
America
Hanoi
Nixon pressed to drop Green Beret murder case
Defense lawyers accuse General Abrams of command influence and say CIA misled him about the murder. Capt. Robert Marasco and Col. Robert Rheault are named in motions. Bailey represents Marasco as the case seeks to prove a body exists. The body reportedly weighed and dumped in the South China Sea near Nha Trang.
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Long Binh
Vietnam
Marasco
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Boston
Robert B. Rheault
Green Berets
South China Sea
Nha Trang
Green Beret
Judge Advocate’s Office
Bolivian army chief ousts President in dawn coup
Army Chief Gen Alfredo Ovando overthrows constitutional President Luis A Siles in a dawn coup. Siles flees by private plane toward Chile as mobs rally in Cochabamba and Oruro. Ovando’s forces seize the palace congress and mayor’s office with little resistance.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
UPI
Alfredo Ovando
Luis A. Siles
Siles
Chile
Latin America
Ovando
Cochabamba
Oruro
Rene Barrientos
House of Congress
Armando Escobar
UF scores fund drive abuses by Vaughn Proctor
United Fund directors seek to curb abuses dimming the charity image on the eve of a $75,000 campaign for 14 member agencies. Chair Michael Siminski notes risks from agencies running their own door to door drives and outlines possible sanctions and policy steps to enforce unity and prevent duplicative solicitations.
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United Fund
Michael Siminski
Valley Club
Siminski
Red Cross
South
United Funds
Lou Garcia
Garcia
Nixon defense of Haynsworth nomination endures
President Nixon affirmed strong support for his pick Clement F. Haynsworth and predicted he would be a credit to the Supreme Court amid mounting opposition from labor and civil rights leaders over the judge’s background and rulings.
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Nixon
Haynsworth
Senate
Supreme Court
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Abe Fortas
John N. Mitchell
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Pope Paul VI Faces 72nd Birthday Turbulence
Vatican notes Pope Paul VI turning 72 amid upheaval in the Catholic Church over birth control and priestly celibacy. The pontiff’s birthday is marked with flags at St. Peter's and Rome’s churches as debates continue on church reform.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
St. Peter’s Basilica
Rome
Giovanni Battista Montini
Brescia
Italy
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New Chamber
Bill MacDougall
Elks Lodge
Russia
Ance
Beret
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Barrientos
Vaughn Proctor
Pope
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