Preliminary plan for Ryan Park community center approved
The Parks and Recreation Commission approved a preliminary master plan for Ryan Park outlining a community center complex and a senior citizens recreation area. The plan includes a multiuse complex with gym, auditorium, arts and office buildings, and a youth center debate.
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Ryan Park
Parks and Recreation Commission
Richard Taylor
Santa Barbara
Craig Hines
N Street
Commission
al Walker
Lompoc Jaycees
Bill Cockshott
Dave Ecret
Jaycees
Ecret
Lompoc
Taylor
Senior Citizens
Nixon to honor Apollo 11 crew at Century Plaza dinner
President Nixon will host a banquet for the three Apollo 11 astronauts and 1,600 VIPs in Los Angeles. The dinner, described as the dinner of the decade, caps a day of celebration across three cities as the space voyagers are publicly acclaimed.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Nixon
Century Plaza Hotel
Investigation of Green Beret officers suspended
The Army has temporarily suspended its investigation of murder charges against seven Special Forces officers and a sergeant. Attorney George Gregory said the pre trial inquiry is about halfway done and the suspension aims to allow attorney coordination. The case could go to general or special court martial or be dismissed.
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Saigon
Gregory
Apollo 11 trio describes moon as strangely different place
Space Center Houston reports Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins described the lunar surface during the first manned Moon landing Their account highlighted the weak gravity and a landscape that looked friendly yet stark They spoke after the historic ascent and shared early thoughts on the mission and its significance for humanity.
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Armstrong
Aldrin
Michael Collins
Lunar
Columbia
Eagle
Collins
Nixon proposes comprehensive manpower training system
President Nixon asks Congress for a nationwide manpower training system as an economic stabilizer against unemployment and poverty. He envisions a national computerized job bank, automatic funding triggers, and coordinated federal state programs to expand worker skills and freedom of choice.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Congress
Lompoc NASA official invited to Astronaut Ball in Los Angeles
NASA manager Henry Van Goey of the Kennedy Space Center and his wife Patricia received a White House telegram and formal invitation to the Astronauts Ball honoring Apollo 11 moon pilots. The event, to be hosted by President Nixon, will be telecast by CBS with Walter Cronkite.
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Henry van Goey
Lompoc
Walt Dunden
NASA
Western Test Range
Nixon
Los Angeles
van Goey
Kennedy Space Center
Henry
Patricia van Goey
St. Annes Pl
White House
Century Plaza
Richard M. Nixon
CBS
Walter Cronkite
van Goeys
Pat
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexi
Rain storm halts removal of crash victims bodies
A rain and hail storm on Mt. Whitney halted the removal of 35 bodies from the Gamblers Special DC3 crash site. Eight bodies were moved to Bishop Monday. fifteen missing and possibly entombed inside the fuselage. Recovery to resume at daybreak if weather permits.
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Lone Pine
UPI
Mt. Whitney
Bishop
High Sierra
Hawthorne
Nev
Hollywood-Burbank
Gas station plans approved by city board
The Architectural Board of Review approved a Gulf service station at Ocean Avenue and R Street and a modification to Richfield Stations on Ocean Avenue and F Street. Planning Commission actions included a study order on service station location and zoning, with final decisions subject to appeal.
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Architectural Board of Review
Gulf
Ocean Avenue
R Street
Richfield
Planning Commission
City Council
College Avena
F Street
Nst
Valley Chapel, Inc
Brigido A. Alvarado
G St
C.W. Daniels
N. J St
Lompoc
Heen Smith
Pioneer Days Repeats History with Old Fashioned Events
Pioneer Days returns tomorrow through Aug 31 in Lompoc with tintypes to tandem bicycles on display and a no host breakfast at the Lion's Inn. Local merchants, the Chamber of Commerce and the Historical Societies organize a hoedown, square dancing, and a special Pioneer section in the Record.
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Jane Doe
Lompoc
Harry Looney
Robert W. Kelley
McPeek Mortuary
el Capitan
Yesteryear
Chamber of Commerce
Lion’s Inn
Vandenbere
Sweet
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U.S. Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Congressional Space Committees
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin Jr
United Nations
Thant
Kennedy International Airport
Air Force One
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Moon
Apollo
Propulsion Systems Development
Apollo Site
New Mexico
Jack Anderson
Anaheim
Babe Ruth
Security Pacific Bank
Moore’s Department Store
Braun’s Pharmacy
Cooper’s
Kammerer’s
Smerry Look
Linnett’s Shoes
Snack Shop
Pico’s
Village Coin-Op
Flowers By Frosty
Mr. Paintman
Pizza Palace
Stalker’s
Fashions At the Inn
Retail Merchants Division
The
Ner
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc Pioneer Society
Lompoc High School
Santa Rita Country School
Knights of Pythias Hall
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