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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1970
Page
3
Sonny Wickliffe wins the Lompoc competition and heads to face rivals from Santa Maria San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Lions Inn for a regional title. Public invited per Lompoc club official Karl Braun.
The county seeks a petroleum engineer successor after David K. Bickmore's resignation. Eighteen applicants from across five states are proposed by Third District Supervisor Daniel G. Grant to form a Goleta Valley general plan advisory committee. The board will consider appointments at the Administration Building. Grant notes the slate covers major valley regions plus agriculture industry utilities and schools.
The Institute for Strategic Studies reports the United States holds about 4 200 strategic warheads with a potential rise to 11 000 by 1975 while the Soviet stockpile stands near 1 880. The survey notes qualitative advances and missiles with multiple warheads, underscoring urgency for SALT talks.
Sacramento based Department of Parks and Recreation begins accepting campsite reservations by mail for May 3 and beyond after Computicket shutdown. Director William Penn Mott says April bookings are suspended to allow setup of a new system while Computicket’s parent company Computer Sciences, Inc. faces closure.
Dr. Thomas Paine lauds John L. Swigert as having unmatched command of the Apollo 13 spacecraft and says he literally wrote the book on handling problems. Separately, Kenneth Baker of Powhatan Point testifies he moonshined to support seven dependents after a coal mine shutdown, receiving two years probation for possession of a still and producing distilled spirits.
The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission will hold a 1:45 p m hearing on April 22 1970 in Room 17 to consider Leo and Delena Gnesa requests 70-AP-11 and 70-RZ-23. The action requests create an Agricultural Preserve under the California Land Conservation Act and amend Ordinance 661 to rezone parcels 99-160-35 99-170-32 and 99-210-01 near Drum Canyon Road Lompoc for agricultural preservation. Britt A. Johnson, Secretary. 1T-April 11, 1970.
A claim totaling 752 025 dollars is filed against the county and sheriff over the death of theatrical director Robert B. Sinclair. Heather Angel Sinclair and Anthony Sinclair allege the sheriff's department failed to keep violent suspect Billy McCoy Hunter in custody. Hunter stabbed Sinclair Jan 3 at Sinclair's Montecito home. he had prior arrests and was released before the fatal incident. The claim goes to the Board of Supervisors and then to county counsel and the county's insurer.
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