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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1969
Page
3
The county assessor urges thousands of property owners to file for roughly 140 in rebates and concessions while the tax collector races to meet a Thursday deadline. About 3,000 returns arrived midweek. final mail-ins Friday could push delinquencies with a 6 percent penalty.
County and state officials postponed certification of the special census for two months to allow Santa Barbara Santa Maria and Lompoc to submit extra data on building permits group quarters and permanent residents in trailers. The figures affect state subventions tied to resident counts. In Turkey officials at the Middle East University threaten to close if student disorders continue.
The County Water Agency plans an all day meeting on Tuesday April 22 in the Administration Building Santa Barbara. Board of Supervisors directors will hear Water Consultant Robert M Edmonston and review the State Water Project progress along with local needs for north and south county areas tied to the Feather River Project. An afternoon session features the U S Army Corps of Engineers on the Santa Ynez River flood plain study and a year by year USGS program. Flood Control Engineer James Stubbner notes the first report covers the river from three miles west of Buellton to Cachuma Dam with a 2 p m presentation in the Board of Supervisors hearing room. Supervisor Curtis Tunnell chairs the meeting.
John Alward Page 78 died Wednesday afternoon of cancer at Santa Ynez Valley Hospital. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. tomorrow at Lompoc LDS chapel with interment at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. He was born August 9 1890 in Decatur Nebraska and married Adellia Leslie in 1934 in Winn er S A. Survived by his widow five children a sister and eight grandchildren. He belonged to the First Christian Church and lived in Lompoc for three years.
Sacramento UPI says Gov Ronald Reagan called the Thursday session with nine UC campus student body presidents successful. Press Secretary Paul Peck described the talks as a step toward improving communications between the governor and students.
The 60-acre Kenneth Adam County Park north of Lompoc is expected to open within a month. County Park Commission member Ray Stalker reports that recreation facilities including swings a merry go round horseshoe pits and volleyball courts are completed. Paving restrooms and wood chip covered walking trails are in place. The park will feature a barbecue area for about 100 people and twelve individual barbecue tables and pits for family use.
Daily records note five surf boards worth 75 dollars stolen yesterday from a war surplus amphibious vehicle parked near 4044 Capella Way, Capella area. One board blue nine feet long the other white with red stripes one hundred feet long. Also, Sound of Soul troupe performs tonight at Prophet Coffee House 414 W Ocean Ave starting 8 p.m. Admission 50 cents. A GI Forum chapter hosts a Menudo and Cake sale Sunday April 13 at La Purisima Parish Hall South I and Olive St from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Takeout available.
The Loyal Order of Moose will hold the monthly Birthday Booster Dinner on Saturday April 12 at 7 p.m. at the Moose lodge 921 West Laurel. Spaghetti dinner will cost 1.25 per person for members prospective members and guests.
U S Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Floyd E Dominy told Lompoc officials the feasibility report on the Lompoc Project from the Sacramento regional office will be submitted to Washington within a few weeks. He noted revisions are high priority and affected by new higher interest rates for federal water projects and recent floods highlighting flood control needs for the Santa Ynez River Basin.
Local groups schedule events across April including car washes bake sales rummage sales and dinners. Highlights include Village Hills Little League car wash April 12 Mission Hills ENCO station and multiple fundraisers in Lompoc such as menudo sale April 13 and spaghetti dinner April 14 at Grange Hall with open to public admission fees.
The Lompoc Record lists closing stock quotations furnished through James L. Biles Jr. of Rohrbaugh and Co. The report shows price changes for major firms including Alcoa American Can AT&T Ford General Electric IBM Texaco Sears Roebuck and others along with overall market figures: Ind 933.46 up Rails 239.48 down Util 128.32 down and closing volume 10,650,000.
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