State highway bids to widen Route 1 at Lompoc
State Division of Highways calls for bids opening Sept. 3 in Sacramento for widening a half mile of Route 1 in Lompoc at an estimated cost of 77 300 dollars. City beautification committee hosts noon meeting at Parks and Recreation Building to hear merchant improvement ideas from residents. County supervisors authorize extra funds for juveniles in outside facilities and designate the Thomas Hope mansion as a historical landmark. A bicycle motorist collision injures 8 year old George Brandon. unknown driver. Fire damages a large earth loading vehicle at Diamotic Chemical Corp. New York Girl Scouts sue over a pop poster asserting Be Prepared alleging libel valued at 1 million dollars.
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State Division of Highways
Sacramento
Lompoc
Santa Barbara
County Board of Supervisors
Probation Department
Francis H. Beattie
Beattie
Thomas Hope
County Historical Landmark Committee
George Brandon
Calle Lindero
Mission Hills
Rucker Road
Via Simi
California Highway Patrol
Illinois wrestles with electric chair problem
CHICAGO The Cook County jail will transfer its electric chair to Stateville Penitentiary after the county board ordered Sheriff Joseph I. Woods to move the device. Stateville inmates 14 on death row plus other parties had sought the chair though it has not worked. The last execution occurred August 24, 1964 for a 1956 murder.
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Cook County
Joseph I. Woods
Stateville Penitentiary
Joliet
Woods
Stateville
James E. Dukes
Lompoc Police Department Adopts POST Recommendations
City Administrator Gene Wahlers announced that several POST survey recommendations are now in use by the Lompoc Police Department. Implementations include a new watch rotation, traffic enforcement plan, narcotics officer training, standardized citation forms, and enhanced record keeping with focus on manpower development and pay raises beginning July 1.
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Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Los Angeles Police Department
Investigation Bureau
Closing stock quotations from Lompoc California Aug 5 1969
The Record lists closing prices from Rohrbaugh and Co with tickers and changes for major firms including Alcoa American Can Ford General Motors IBM RCA Texaco Exxon Westinghouse Sears Roebuck and more. Totals show 30 Ind 821.23 and 20 Rails 198.33 with a closing volume of 8 940 000 shares.
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Rohrbaugh and Co
Lompoc
American Air
American Motors
At&t
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Dupont
Eastman Kodak
Ford Motor
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
IBM
Imperial Corp
International Paper
It&t
Johns-Manville
Lockheed
McDonnell-Douglas
Minnesota Mining
Penn Central
Phillips Pet
Outboard Marine
Parke Davis
RCA
Dart Ind
Safeway
Screw & Bolt
Santa Fe Ind
Sears Roebuck
Cal Edison
Southern Pacific
Sperry Rand
Stand Oil of
Calif
Texaco
Textron
Times
TRW
Union Oil
United Aircraft
Uniroyal
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Util
Mrs Irene Kennedy Dies at 74 in Lompoc
Irene Kennedy a lifelong Lompoc resident died early yesterday morning at Lompoc District Hospital at age 74. Rosary tonight at 7 30 at McPeek Family Mortuary. Requiem mass tomorrow at 8 at La Purisima Church officiated by Father John Fitzgerald. Burial at Lom poc Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by daughter Helen Cohoon of Sacramento son Charles Kennedy of San Luis Obispo and four grandchildren.
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McPeek Family
Irene Kennedy
Lompoc
la Purisima Church
John Fitzgerald
Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
Kennedy
S. M St
la Purisima Catholic Church
Companions of the Forest
Eagles
Helen Cohoon
Sacramento
Charles Kennedy
San Luis Obispo
Couple arrested after weekend hit and run in San Jose
A man identified as Edward Galvan and a woman named Helen Zamilpa were arrested for hit and run and suspected drunken driving after their car struck 10 parked cars a tree and a house in San Jose. Police said they took turns driving during the incident.
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San Jose
Calif
Edward Galvan
Helen Zamilpa
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Manhattan
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Illinois
Chicago
Sheriff Woods
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Police Department
Ray Robertson
Uwe
Linnett's
Real
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