Official doubts Matagorda Texas shuttle site viability
NASA Site Evaluation Board questions Matagorda as a viable base for shuttle launches to polar orbit. California advocate James Cook says the required seven degree plane change from Matagorda launch angles raises fuel and payload penalties, prompting serious SEB questions.
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Steve la Rue
NASA Site Evaluation Board
SEB
Matagorda
Texas
Gulf Coast
SAC
California
Shuttle
James Cook
NASA
Florida
Cook
Pilot testimony frames Isla Vista riot hearings
Adams and three other witnesses testified about Honey advising a youth to arm with a baseball bat and strike rioters from behind during Isla Vista disorders in April 1970. Lt. Kienast and Lt. Palmer described Honey with a mace, sword, and tear gas gear, while Palmer criticized the tactic and attire. A later alleged secret witness meeting at the Holiday Inn in Goleta was reported as part of the ongoing County Civil Service Commission hearing that could last six weeks.
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Adams
Honey
Isla Vista
Honey Monday
Beto Kienast
Los Angeles
Palmer
Palmer Lindsey
Lindsey
John W. Carpenter
Fritz Patterson
Santa Barbara
Sheriff's Department
Dennis Merenbach
County Civil Service Commission
County Engineering Bldg
Several Local Court, City Actions and Incidents Recorded
Robert Davis 25 of 525 North D St Apt 1 faced burglary charges after yesterday’s arrest. bail set at 2500. One of seven water commissioners attended a meeting. quorum failed and meeting adjourned. County fire blamed a gas leak from a pickup exhaust at 4134 Oakwood Ct for $200 vehicle damage. Lompoc Glass Co. vehicle involved. Police investigate theft from coin machine at Lompoc Junior High teachers lounge found after Easter vacation. 17 year old James Roy Fettes treated for minor injuries after a crash. girl fled scene then located at home. Betty Faye Keller 32 of 631 B N First St arrested for DUI. bail 720 reflecting prior conviction. Lewis Edward Scaggs 32 of 3922 Uranus Ave Vandenerg Village faces battery and disturbing the peace charges. bail 500. Jeanne Marie Kranig reports $150 stereo theft from 2168 First St. Fire officials probe incendiary bush fire at 1029 N Third St. fence charred.
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Robert Frederick Davis
North D St. Apt. 1
Oakwood Ct
Lompoc Glass Co
James Roy Fettes
W. Willow Ave
Treaed
Lompoc Hospital
South L Street
Betty Faye Keller
First St
North H St
Lewis Edward Scaggs
Uranus Ave
Vandenerg Village
South D Street
Site choices loom in NASA shuttle plans and California links
Congress considers space base locations and orbital strategies with emphasis on polar and equatorial orbits. Vandenberg AFB and Cape Kennedy vie for launches while Edwards AFB may host tests. timing for SEB site decision is unclear but expected before May hearings. In local news, Lompoc Valley Economic Development Association names a new board president and officers with term lengths set by lot.
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Cook
NASA
Vandenberg
Cape Kennedy
Matagorda
California
Edwards Air Force Base
Kern County
Aerospace Industry
SEB
Advocate
Senate
Lompoc Valley Economic Development Association
Joe Sesto
Sesto & Company Insurance
al Pico
Pico Sporting Goods
Tom Parks
Lot
Burger
Sunset Chevrolet
Oscar Johnson
Southern California Gas Company
Pico
Virgil Phelps
Union Sugar and
Sesto
Bob Kranig
Red Star Industrial Service
Bill Paulin
Paulin
Drainage Committee pushes for federal funding to repair Miguelito Channel
The group vows to renew efforts to seek 2.5 million in federal aid for the Miguelito Channel west of Lompoc. A letter to Congressman Teague will outline support while the city weighs priorities within a four region drainage plan and possible regional priorities. The committee also rewrites an agreement with the Resource Conservation District for city council consideration.
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Miguelito Channel
Lompoc
Charles M. Teague
Max Wilson
Congress
Sol Lefkowitz
William Fick
Lefkowitz
PLUS loses bid to appeal Lompoc lot split ruling
The Board of Supervisors ruled PLUS cannot appeal the planners lot split verdict. County counsel said only the subdivider can appeal. Flood control warned against lot splits in the Santa Ynez flood plain and officials debated potential ordinance changes to allow broader appeals.
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County Planning Commission
Lompoc Valley Flood Plain
Lompoc
PLUS
Board of Supervisors
Beverly Smith
Michael Dougherty
Dougherty
Mrs. Smith
Santa Ynez River
George H. Clyde
Charles F Catterlin
Planning Department and Subdivision Committee
Lompoc Valley
Clyde
Closing Stocks Report From Lompoc Market
Closing stock quotations are furnished by Rohrbaugh and Co. at 3865-F Constellation Road Lompoc RE 3 3551. The Record provides the latest market figures from the local exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohrbaugh and Co
Constellation Road
Lompoc
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Record
Emil Scolari
Lompoc Junior High School
Jeanne Marie Kranig
Theresa Odom
Third St
Francis M. Beattie
Public Works
Norman Caldwell
Beattie
Avco
Lavco Financial
W. Main St
Santa Maria
Alcoa
APECO
At&t
Anaconda
Bethlehe City
Dupont
D.W.G. Corp
Eastman Kodak
Ford Motor Geeral Dynamics
General Electric
Bbs
General Motors
General Telephone
Imperial Corp . J
International Papert&t
Johns’ Manville
Lear Siegler
Litton Indus
Lockheed McDonnell Douglas
Penn-Central
Philips Pe
United Aircraft
U.S. Steel
Sperry Rand
Califo Westinghouse
N.J
Woolworth
Telex
Texaco
Dow Jones
Textron
Times-Mirror
Ind
Trans America
Trans
Util
Union Oil
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