County crops reach all time high value in 1968 report
Agriculture in Santa Barbara County set a new 1968 record with total production valued at $90,295,460 up from $88,016,920 in 1967. Vegetable crops led with $23,610,400 from 27,263 acres, while fruit and nut crops rose to $16,040,500 and the cut flower sector jumped to $4,599,000 from 716 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Crompe
Santa Barbara County
Walter S. Cummings
Ducer
Lompoc Valley
Reform plan to cut property and income taxes in combat
A San Diego three judge panel hears a lawsuit seeking to stop California from withholding 25 percent of Federal Public Law 874 aid from military dependent districts including Lompoc Unified. The suit names State Public Instruction Director Max Rafferty and other officials. Santa Barbara officials expect a ruling in a few days.
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San Diego
Lompoc
Lompoc Unified
Max Rafferty
Ronald Reagan
Santa Barbara
Robert Curiel
Curiel
Virginia
California
Carlsbad
Santa Barbara County
Orcutt
Santa Maria
Los Angeles
Youth arrested after attack on sheriff deputy in Lompoc
A 19 year old from Lompoc was jailed on battery on a peace officer charge after a scuffle at the Lompoc Police Station. Deputy William Harris, 32, was cut on the lip in the incident near the rear station door. An 18 year old accomplice was booked on a drunkenness charge. Bolinger posted 1285 bail and was held at Lompoc Jail.
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Lompoc
George Elwood Bolinger
Sixth St
Foster Freeze
E Ocean Ave
William Harris
Bolinger
Harris
Tiger rides in truck with llamas to Royan Zoo
Zookeeper Jean Marcade put a tiger in his truck with two llamas during a return trip from Paris to Royan Zoo. The tiger killed one llama and rode in the cab, later devouring the other llama before being caged. Marcade suffered a nervous crisis and is recovering at home.
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Royan
France
UPI
Jean Marcade
Marcade
Paris
Royan Zoo
Michel Gaille
Zoo
Lady Clementine Churchill in fragile condition at hospital
London doctors report Lady Clementine Spencer Churchill aging widow of Sir Winston Churchill remains in fragile state after thigh fracture surgery. An official bulletin notes a comfortable night but ongoing anxiety about her recovery at Westminster Hospital.
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London
UPI
Clementine Spencer-Churchill
Winston Churchill
Westminister Hospital
Clemmie
Churchill
Teague to Visit Lompoc for Flood Damage Tour
Congressman Charles M. Teague will visit Lompoc on Wednesday during Easter break to view flood damaged areas from the Jan. 25 and Feb. 25 floods. He will fly in from Ojai by Air Force helicopter, tour the lower valley, inspect temporary bridges, and join a lunch with local officials before returning home.
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Lompoc
Charles M. Teague
Congress
Ojai
Air Force
Teague
Texan recounts Mexican prison escape and near execution
Texan Dykes A Simmons Jr. says guards at Nuevo Leon Penitentiary forced him to escape under threat of death. He described being assaulted during the attempted exit on December 8, 1960, and said he disguised as a woman to flee, later flown to Los Angeles with his attorney.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Dykes Askew Simmons Jr
Nuevo Leon
Lake Cachuma releases resume after rain delay
Rain storms last Saturday halted releases from Lake Cachuma. Releases resumed Saturday evening at about 900 cfs, lowering Cachuma Lake about one foot below full level to allow six days of dam repairs during a zero release window starting April 14 at 6 p.m.
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Cachuma
Cachuma Lake
Phil Macias
Bureau of Reclamation
Cachuma Dam
Macias
Tax refund forms explained by County Assessor Office
Officials urge homeowners to complete both white and pink forms for the $70 refund and a 1969 tax adjustment. Deadline is April 15. missing forms may cost the total amount. Veterans exemption affects eligibility. replace lost or unsigned forms by contacting RE 6-3411.
Kennedy denounces ABM plan as unwise Pentagon judgment
Senator Edward M Kennedy criticized Nixon’s ABM proposal as fear driven and illogical. He warned Congress often accepts Pentagon recommendations without scrutiny and said deployment would provoke the arms race and raise tensions. He spoke to the Detroit Economic Club.
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Detroit
UPI
Edward M
Kennedy
D-Mass
Nixon
Pentagon
Detroit Economic Club
Congress
ABM
Two escape injuries as Highway 1 wrecks occur
An Airman from Vandenberg AFB and a Playa Del Rey woman escaped injuries after separate Highway 1 rollovers. Susanne Akins 21 lost control south of Lompoc in a small foreign car at 3 30 a m drifting onto the shoulder and overturning. Airman J C Mark Randolph 22 north of Jalama Road at 4 a m lost control and the pickup rolled onto its top. Both vehicles sustained moderate damage.
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Playa del Rey
California Highway Patrol
Susanne Akins
Lompoc
J.C. Mark Randolph
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Jalama Road
Randolph
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Moretti
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By Wohl
Kitty
Trip
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Jim Ainsworth
Mark
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