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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1969
Page
1
School officials report the plan to move the junior high auditorium to the City of Lompoc is blocked by low bond interest limits. A music and arts annex would be needed before the transfer, with demolition and improvements estimated at about 30 000 dollars.
Lompoc Unified School Board approved joining National Defense Education Act grant proposals to fund about $20 000 in courses with roughly half covered by the federal government. The move includes industrial arts science and humanities classes and a state program covering $3 500 in instruction improvements. The board also renewed an insurance policy early to avoid a $10 000 mid year increase, transferring 24 900 from reserves to fund the renewal. Wegner will attend a national year round education conference. a district financial crisis update was received without comment.
Six U S B52 bombers answered Saigon shelling with a 500 ton raid on guerrilla hideouts near the capital. Five rockets struck the northern Saigon sector wounding nine South Vietnamese as U S troops killed 47 guerrillas 18 miles southwest. No U S losses reported in the engagement, part of a nationwide offensive now in its seventh salvo. Civilians killed totaled 46 from seven attacks on Saigon.
Unilateral U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam could start within 60 days if enemy activity remains low and Paris talks show progress. Officials caution on exact numbers and timing, with Vietnamization pressures and potential summer pullouts discussed despite no North Vietnamese reciprocity.
Clifford L. Alexander Jr. resigned today as chairman of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission citing Nixon Administration lax enforcement of anti discrimination laws. He will stay on the commission through July 1, 1972. The White House announced the replacement plan days earlier.
Ellsworth Bunker, U S ambassador to Saigon, will hold his first talks with Allied peace negotiators in Paris within two days. He arrives from Washington for a stopover on the way back to Saigon after U S conferences.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Signal Men threatens a 13 000 member strike at 6 01 am next Monday over a 20 cent per hour skilled worker differential. Carriers denounce the move as disaster for the U S economy while urging binding arbitration to settle the wage dispute and equalize pay with outside industries.
A draft final feasibility report on the Lompoc Narrows Dam project will reach the County Water Agency by its April 22 meeting. The review by Bureau of Reclamation officials includes comments from the County Water Agency Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District U S Air Force and City of Lompoc. The project costing 67 million dollars aims for water conservation flood control and recreation and remains deemed feasible.
The British supersonic airliner Concorde 002, built in Britain, flew 22 minutes from Filton near Bristol to Fairford with a six man crew. Pilot Brian Trubshaw said the aircraft was completely serviceable and had no troubles during the test.
City Hall erupted into disorder as anti oil demonstrators seized the chamber after a council meeting on Sterns Wharf. City Attorney Stanley Tomlinson called the scene pure anarchy while Mayor Firestone and six councillors fled. The Santa Barbara Wharf Co. franchise runs until 1973 when control reverts to the city.
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District directors ordered District engineer Thomas Stetson to update water needs for state Feather River water allocation. County seeks 57 700 acre feet with delivery slated for the 1970s or 80s.
Lompoc City Council endorsed the County Comprehensive Health Planning Assoc to conduct health planning under a new federal law. It asked association president Vernon Cheadle to add Lompoc representatives to the board. The council also reviewed proposed changes to the Personnel Rules and will study revisions before adoption.
A brief item notes Doris Miller tending tomato plants on her desk inside a police station. It mentions a private railroad car near Lompoc depot and Bill Cockshott attempting reverse psychology by wearing a raincoat to work.
Cloudy today and tonight with fair conditions Thursday. Highs in the mid 50s to low 60s, tonight lows in the low 40s to near 50. Light winds. April 10 tides show high tides of 4.7 feet at 4:20 a.m. and 0.9 feet at 7:02 p.m. Low tides at minus 0.5 feet at 11:56 a.m. and 2.3 feet at 11:56 p.m.
United Press International reports Jordanian and Israeli forces trading artillery and mortar fire for about 25 minutes along the cease fire line. Israel warned of blocking Aqaba if tensions rise, while Jordan said it silenced an Israeli position east of Abu El-sash Ford. Elath attacks prompted Israeli air raids on Aqaba positions as the unwritten 20 year truce between Elath and Aqaba is said to be over.
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