Thousands clean Stanislaus County in weekend effort
Thousands of volunteers tackled Stanislaus County roadways gathering 600 to 700 tons of litter in a four hour sweep along 1837 miles of highways and rural roads. Paul Philbin led the effort with cooperation from rubbish firms and Sierra Club members. County officials called it a complete success and predicted the county would be the cleanest in California by month’s end.
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Modesto
UPI
Stanislaus County
San Joaquin Valley
Paul Philbin
Sierra Club
Leonard Bartlett
Richard Vander Wall
California
Heavy UC Santa Barbara summer session enrollment expected
The University of California at Santa Barbara anticipates near 200 courses in 29 fields for a six week summer session from June 22 to July 1970. The Summer Sessions Office fields inquiries on eligibility registration and housing and a 55 page booklet is available.
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University of California At Santa Barbara
UCSB
University of California Extension
Ecologist Urges Halt On Water Projects To Protect Bay
SPRINGVILLE UP I A ecologist urges stopping state and federal water projects affecting San Francisco Bay until studies show they will not cause irreversible damage. Dr Ray B Krone UC Davis civil engineering chairman says the peripheral canal could drastically alter the San Joaquin Delta ecology and the bay by transferring water from the Sacramento River to the delta.
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Springville
UPI
San Francisco Bay
Ray B. Krone
University of California At Davis
San Joaquin Delta
Bay
Sacramento River
Nader urges students to quit beer cans and cigarettes for environmental fight
Ralph Nader told about 3,500 at the University of San Francisco that students should join a clean environment campaign, form public interest groups, and test living by their beliefs. He criticized corporate crimes and the Nixon administration’s anti pollution policies as rhetoric while urging student action against pollution.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ralph Nader
University of San Francisco
Nader
Nixon
United States
LERA Dinner Dance Plans Flower Themed Event
The Lockheed Employees Recreation Association hosts a chicken barbecue dinner dance at the Elks Lodge in Lompoc on Saturday April 18. Theme Flowers highlights the Flower Capital of the World as employees made tissue paper flowers. Cocktail hour 7, dinner 8, dancing 9 to 1. Tickets 2.25 per person from LERA reps.
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Lockheed Employees Recreation Association
LERA
Elks
IRS
Air Force awards cost reduction program at AFWTR
The Air Force Western Test Range now part of SAMTEC and Cost Reduction Monitor Eugene E. Cooper received Air Force Cost Reduction Program Certificates of Achievement. The center’s Program Management Award cited fiscal year 1969 accomplishments in cost reduction and management improvement. Cooper led an aggressive effort that exceeded goals for the sixth year, boosting operational effectiveness and contributing to the overall Air Force Cost Reduction Program.
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Air Force Western Test Range
AFWTR
The
Space and Missile Test Center
Samtec
Eugene E. Cooper
Air Force
Cooper
Coachella grape pickers vote for Chavez union
Grape pickers at two Coachella Valley ranches voted 152 to 2 for representation by the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. Cesar Chavez announced the tally at a municipal park gathering of about 100 as negotiations were set to begin with Kelvin Keene Larson and C. C. Larson. Larson cited earlier signed agreements and described difficulties from multi-ranch work, prompting a secret ballot election with church help due to absent agricultural election laws.
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Coachella
UPI
Coachella Valley
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Cesar Chavez
UFWOC
Chavez
Kelvin Keene Larson
C. C. Larson
Kelvin Larson
Dedication set for Toro Canyon Park near Carpinteria
County officials schedule a May 17 dedication at 2 p.m. for Toro Canyon Park north of Carpinteria. Park Director George H. Adams says it will be a day-use regional park opened daily 8 a.m. to dark with a resident ranger, on land bought on the Park Commission’s recommendation from Sue Borgatello.
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Toro Canyon Park
City of
Carpinteria
George H. Adams
Park Commission
Sue Borgatello
Toro Canyon Rd
Ventura County Judge and Attorney Feared Drowned in Sailboat Crash
A search continued for Superior Court Judge Philip West and attorney Hugh Gallagher missing since Saturday after their 21 foot sailboat split on rocks near Anacapa Island. Douglas Diehl, the third diver, swam ashore at Frenchy’s Cove and told of life jackets and a large wave that flipped the boat, with West and Gallagher last seen swimming against a current. Diehl, 28, deputy marshal, aided in the search as Coast Guard cutters and helicopters joined in at daybreak. West, 45, had been appointed to the Ventura County Superior Court last December by Gov. Reagan. Gallagher, 43, a prominent Santa Paula attorney. Diehl reported the two men disappeared around a cove point while trying to reach shore.
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Oxnard
UPI
Superior Court
Anacapa Island
Douglas Diehl
Philip West
Hugh Gallagher
West
Diehl
Frenchy’s Cove
Coast Guard
Ventura County Superior Court
Ronald Reagan
Ventura County
Fillmore
Gallagher
Santa Paula
Huntley calls race issue the nation’s top problem
NBC newsman Chet Huntley told the 100th California Dental Association meeting that racism is the dominant domestic issue and white Americans must recognize Black citizens as men. He urged dignity for Black and Spanish Americans, warned of ongoing conflict between generations, but expressed optimism for the future.
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San Francisco
UPI
America
Chet Huntley
California Dental Association
Lompoc Unified bids for school paving projects
The Lompoc Unified School District solicits sealed bids for asphalt and concrete paving slurry seal coat and related work at ten school sites. Bid documents require prevailing wage compliance with specified classifications, bonds, and a 2:00 PM deadline on April 27, 1970, with the district reserving the right to reject any bid.
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Lompoc Unified
Santa Barbara County
Noaely
H&w
Lompoc Unified School
North A
Lompoc
California
Lompoc Unified School District
Association to hear talk on investing
Miss Lorraine Howell a senior representative from California Investors will address Lockheed Van denberg Management Association members wives and guests at the Santa Maria Holiday Inn on Thursday April 16 The topic is The Economic Pause More Mileage for Your Dollar A social hour starts at 5 pm followed by dinner at 6 pm Also Deanna Suter of Lockheed will give a talk Better Secretaries Mean Better Business
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Lorraine Howell
California Investors
Los Angeles
Lockheed Vandenberg Management Association
Holiday Inn
Santa Maria
Miss Howell
Deanna Suter
Lockheed
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San Luis Obispo
Department of Speech
Dramatic Art Department
Committee On Arts
Hearst Castle
Toro Canyon
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Toros
Huntley
Cabrillo
Vandenberg JR
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Crestview
Westwings
Los Berros
LA Honda
Hapgood
Clarence Ruth
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London
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