Race Begins for Queen of Festival in Lompoc
The 18th Annual Flower Festival in Lompoc California opens its queen contest with nine contestants presented at a Village Country Club tea. Each contestant must sell Coronation Ball tickets and earn bonus points to reach the top five, who join the Royal Court after the Ball June 19. The Ball draws city county and state officials plus Vandenberg Air Base officers and entertainers, crowning a Flower Festival Queen to reign during the festival week.
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Lompoc
California
Lom~poc
Vandenberg
Veterans and Navy Crews In Vietnam and Scotland
Army Specialist Four Kenneth Burke, 23, of Lompoc, assigned as a pole lineman with the 1st Signal Brigade in Vietnam. Navy Lieutenant David Lipscomb II, husband of Judith Sullivan of Lompoc, serves on the USS Thomas Jefferson at Holy Loch Scotland aboard a Blue Crew submarine. The two Polaris crews rotate three month on ship periods to stay combat ready.
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U. S. Army
Vietnam
Kenneth Burke
Shedrick Burke
North F. Street
Lompoc
1St Signal Brigade
Thomas Jefferson
David Lipscomb II
Judith M. Sullivan
Oakmont Ave
Holy Loch
Scotland
Bouquets of Harmony event set by Lompoc barbershop group
Lompoc’s Gents In A Chord hosts the 3rd Annual Bouquets of Harmony at 8 p.m. April 18 in the Lompoc Junior High School Auditorium with groups including South Bay chorus, Rebels from Simi California, and Sweet Adelines. Tickets are $2.50. State Controller Houston I Flournoy reports cigarette tax distributions for March 1970, including Santa Barbara County’s $13,920.94 and Lompoc City’s $6,203.24.
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Lompoc
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Simi
Calif
Sweet Adelines
Houston I. Flournoy
Santa Barbara
Orchid show opens tonight in Santa Barbara
The 25th Santa Barbara International Orchid Show begins tonight at 7 at Earl Warren Showgrounds with a ribbon ceremony. French and Australian growers bring rare plants as officials including Assemblyman W Don MacGillivray and Mayor Gerald Firestone join president Richard V Bean for the anniversary event. A three in one show features orchids with a fashion display by La Cumbre Plaza and models, with halls and theme Orchid Fashion Circus. Special guests include Stéphanie Christensen Miss Santa Barbara and notable orchid figures Maurice Lecoufle and Bert Schwartz alongside industry leaders.
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Santa Barbara
la Cumbre Plaza
Chapman College Registration Open at Vandenberg Center
April registration at Chapman College Vaandenberg Center is underway in Building 12307 with classes for military personnel dependents and civilians. Enrollment runs through April 17 with a wide list of courses including economics history education psychology and more plus graduate education offerings and a BA degree pathway.
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Chapman College
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Vandenberg
Chapman
Lompoc
Santa Maria
Vandenberg Center
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Chapman College Center
Nixon signs measure forcing railroad contract settlement
President Nixon signed a law to force a contract settlement on four railroad unions ending over a year of talks. Wildcat strikes are possible as sheet metal workers oppose a work rules change though three unions had accepted the deal. A Brink's Inc. truck delivery request in San Clemente involved no robbery or kidnapping.
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Boston
UPI
Mary Jo Kopechne
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Superior Court
Wilfred J. Paquet
Edgartown
James A. Boyle
Paquet
Washington
UPS
Nixon
U.S
Lousville & Nashville
Louisville
Wildcat
America
Fisher
Impala
Elks Foundation: Vandenberg Backs Parade and Rodeo Participation
The Elks Recreation Foundation announces with regret that due to efforts by a few local citizens Vandenberg Air Force Base will not take part in this year’s Parade or Rodeo activities. The decision affects scheduled participation and community events.
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Elks Recreation Foundation, Inc
Elks
Guadalupe
Nipomo
Orcutt
Sisquoc
Garey
Los Alamos
Buellton
Santa Ynez
Vandenberg Air Force Base
The
Elks Recreation Foundation
Milo Fermi, Sr
Leland Simas
John A. Murray
Harry Andrews
Elks Lodge
Jack Poole
Berford Travis
Louis C. Donati, Jr
Santa Maria
Edward Campodonico
Lawrence Wilson
Clarence Minetti
City of
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Institute of Logopedics
Wichita
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S.P.E.B.S.Q
Stephanie Christensen
Mercedes Flynn
Orval Bono
Maurice Lecoufle
Saint- Leger
France
Europe
Singapore
Bert Schwartz
Sydney
Australia
New South Wales Orchid Society
Middle East
Greater Britain
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
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Hugh A. Davis
Satellite Beach
Fla
Air Force
Bangkok
History of
Brinks Truck
P.S
Harry Morris Insurance
E. College Avenue
UFE & Casualty
Chevrolet
George
Cotsenmoyer
Elks Lodge No
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