Lompoc Record Opens Columns to Public Opinions
The Lompoc Record invites reader input across its news and editorial pages. It states columns welcome all expressions of opinion consistent with good taste and legal standards while maintaining factual reporting in news coverage.
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Judiciary Committee Delivers Historic Constitutional Moment
The House Judiciary Committee advances toward the historic process with live coverage as 38 members scrutinize charges against the President. The deliberations are depicted as a defining act of American democracy and a fiducial moment for future generations.
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House Committee On the Judiciary
United States
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Peter Rodine
Washington calling by Marquis Childs Watergate Impeachment
Washington columnist Marquis Childs notes public weariness with Watergate and impeachment amid a debatable court ruling and presidential response. He cites voter disillusion, falling primary turnout, and calls for broad public debate while highlighting Edmund G Brown Jr. and William Rehnquist in the evolving political landscape.
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Supreme Court
California
William Matson Roth
Watergate
Edmund G. Brown Jr
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Nixon
William H. Rehnquist
Rare Coins and Town Pipes Spark Local Talk
A collection of pithy quips and social quibbles appears to reflect town life with comments on borrowing tobacco large pipes and the oddities of daily behavior. The tone suggests a Saturday police report style snapshot of small town manners.
Earl Warren Death Reflections On His Public Life
A reflective overview critiques Earl Warren, noting both commendations and faults. The piece discusses his roles as attorney general, governor, and Chief Justice, highlighting civil rights rulings, wartime actions, fiscal choices, and perceived political bargaining. It ends with a call to let history judge beyond initial sentiment.
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Earl Warren
Warren
California
Civil Defense Agency
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Readers vent about Santa Barbara County Fair and stolen Barbie
A Santa Barbara County Fair letter complains about dishonest behavior after a 10 year old Karin’s Barbie used in a junior flower arrangement was stolen. The writer questions why some take items and urges honesty. Another reader Clara Okruhlik Rosenberg thanks locals for the Record Flower Festival edition and praises Lompoc Valley’s blooms.
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Santa Barbara
Karin
Political Representatives Contact Sheet
Listing of U S senators and congressmen with office addresses in Washington D C and Sacramento California. Includes Alan Cranston John Tunney Robert Lagomarsino William Ketchum Omer Rains and W Don MacGillivray with their respective office locations and districts.
Lompoc Delays Zoning Hearing For Ocean Avenue Center
Public hearing on zoning to authorize a shopping center west of Ryan Park on Ocean Avenue has been continued to October 20. The action follows continued talks over a $3.03 million city budget, and other city matters from 1954 and 1964 are noted.
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Ocean Avenue
Lompoc
Division of Highways
Sacramento
West Ocean Avenue
Rhyme time A MATTER OF INTEREST
Poem notes a reader who abandons speed reading and resists hurry. The author Eugene McAllister reflects on reading fast then trying to forget what was read, signaling a deliberate pace in engagement with text.
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Eugene McAllister
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