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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1973
Page
2
The record provides closing stock notations furnished through Rohrbaugh and Co. of Lompoc California with a business address and contact number.
Marimus Christensen 68 died Monday at Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital. Private services and interment follow. Born 1904 in Denmark, he lived 14 years in Lompoc and last resided at 3781 Uranus Avenue Vandenberg Village. He worked as a missile inspector at Vandenberg AFB eight years. Survived by widow Virginia, three daughters Dagmar Benefiel San Bernardino Lydia Bonine and Mary Harrison of Lompoc, and son David Christensen of Lompoc. Arrangements by McPeek Family Mortuary.
Maundy Thursday services at United Church and First Presbyterian with Holy Communion and Tenebrae. Good Friday observances include the Lompoc Ministerial Association service and seven Word theme, plus Easter Sunrise at La Purisima Mission garden. Catholic Holy Week events span La Purisima, Queen of Angels with Masses, Veneration, Paschal candle blessing, and Easter Masses. Foursquare Church hosts The Revelators at Ryan Park and church services.
President Nixon gains one more year of authority to regulate wages and prices as Congress extends the wartime style controls. Treasury Secretary Shultz signals no broad across the board freeze and hints at possible tweaks to existing guidelines. A rent control provision failed in a proxy mishap leaving the extension to oversee existing measures.
Central coast Women in Construction donated 300 to Lompoc Unified School District for vocational education at Lompoc Junior High. The check was given to Gordon deMarrais during a WIC dinner in Guadalupe after a talk on district financing issues. Myrl Jenkins teased future support.
Indian force at Wounded Knee trades heavy gunfire with federal agents for hours. Two men inside the village are wounded, one in critical condition after a head wound, and two planes dropped supplies at dawn. Chief negotiator Stanley Pottinger described unilateral cease-fire attempts and repeated firing.
A Minuteman II ICBM was launched last night by a SAC crew from Ellsworth AFB South Dakota. The missile was reported on course at 8 25 p m. The story also notes local events including Moose Women serving hot turkey sandwiches and a Cub Scout meeting in Lompoc.
The Board of Supervisors endorsed a pact with the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District to buy Lake Cachuma water for county lake park recreation. The agreement sets a minimum purchase of 200 acre feet per year at about 8000 dollars, with up to 100 acre feet extra as an option, and allows renegotiation if costs rise. Also noted, Santa Ynez Valley officials seek county direction on the Santa Ynez Lighting District issue after conveyance to the community services district.
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