International effort blocks U S dollar plunge after Nixon moves
Nations including Britain, Switzerland, Japan and Hong Kong acted to stabilize the dollar as Nixon announced measures. Tokyo opened with heavy selling, Singapore saw rapid declines, and Swiss and Italian controls limited dollar exchanges while financial markets worldwide faced confusion and a brush fire near Vandenberg prompted a county response.
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United Press International
Britain
Switzerland
Japan
Nixon
Bank of Japan
American Express
Membership of special committees revealed
Lompoc Planning Commission named private citizens to seven committees to study community needs across the Valley. Members were announced for a Aug. 23 confirmation, with work starting immediately toward a April 1, 1972 finish.
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Lompoc
N. X St
Edward Diaz
N. Y St
John Revelas
N. E St
Catholic strike shuts Londonderry shops and post offices
In Londonderry and other areas Catholic workers joined a protest against internment without trial, halting most post office operations and port activity. Gunfire wounded an army patrol member near the border. three men abducted and beat a policeman who was later hospitalized after being brought to Letterkenny. The action follows a call from 13 opposition NI MPs for civil disobedience targeting the policy.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Londonderry
Irish Republic
Letterkenny
Kiwanis Urges Traffic Survival School Expansion
Antelope Valley Kiwanis members traveled to Lompoc to promote the traffic survival school serving Vandenberg Village and surrounding areas. The program, started in 1965 with court cooperation, uses a 14 member board with CHP instructors and psychologists.
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Kiwanis Club
Antelope Valley
Lompoc
Vandenberg Village
Lompoc Valley
California Highway
Lancaster
Bernie Jacobson
George Pope
Art Helsinger
CHP
Jack Hannah
Jim Irwin
Sol Gallo
Francis Beattie
Fiddler extended run at Allan Hancock College
Fiddler On The Roof set a Broadway record and will be performed thrice on the final day of Allan Hancock College Pacific Conservatory season in Santa Maria with an added 5 15 p m show on Aug 22 due to high demand. Funeral services were held for Harold Wesley Riggs 38 at McPeek Family Mortuary Chapel after his death at Vandenberg AFB Hospital. He served 21 years in the U S Air Force and resided at 705 N F St
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Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts
Allan Hancock College
Santa Maria
Conservatory
Donovan Marley
Fiddler
McPeek Family
Harold Wesley Riggs
Vandenberg Afb Hospital
Williamette National Cemetery
Portland
Ore
Pampa
Tex
Riggs
U.S. Air Force
N. F St
Mitsuko
Doris Riggs
Bob Riggs
Torrance
Hershel Hicks
Pat Jones
Ridgecrest
William Riggs
Stillwater
Okla
Carmen Underwood
Legal action sought against salary law
The Sheriff's Relief and Benefit Assn will notify the Board of Supervisors Monday that it plans to file legal action to void Ordinance 2205. Richard D. Dicus says the ordinance offers no pay boosts for sheriff's deputies and only slim raises for some officers above deputy sheriff. Other unions study similar suits over eight comparable counties used to set Santa Barbara County salaries.
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Sheriff's Relief and Benefit Assn
Board of Supervisors
Richard D. Dicus
Association
County Employees Assn
Afl-Cio Social Workers Union
Santa Barbara
County seeks funds for patrols cut by federal grant trims
County officials report federal support for Isla Vista foot patrol and the north county methadone program will shrink. The request drops from 66,792 to 55,500 for the foot patrol and from 70,000 to 50,000 for the methadone program, forcing a funding choice if reversals fail.
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Isla Vista
Closing Stock Quotations Summary
The Record provides closing stock quotations via Rohrbaugh and Co. located at 3365-F Constellation Road Lompoc RE 3 3551.
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Rohrbaugh and Co
Constellation Road
Lompoc
Daily Record Arrests and Poisoning Incidents in Lompoc
Jay Magill Tanksley of San Francisco was arrested near 2 a.m. on multiple charges including drunk driving and evading arrest with bail set at 526 dollars. A poisoning case killed two dogs owned by Sybie May Wilke, with strychnine suspected. no clear intent established. Court actions include Felipe Garcia on battery and jail time suspended. other arrests involve Route 66 era locations and multiple suspects facing charges ranging from drug possession to domestic violence.
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Jay Magill Tanksley
San Francisco
Lompoc
Sybie May Wilke
E. Locust Ave
Frank Longley
Larry Jones
Animal Control Department
Third St
Ray Clarence Goddard
N. H St
Felipe Saena Garcia
John K. Elliott
Garcia
Union Sugar Avenue
William Louis MacLean
Canoga Park
Richard Ray Blake
Orilla
Mission Hills
Blake
Susan Sean Blake
Sheriff's
Increased Pressure Signals Possible Eruption At Kilauea
Geologists in Hilo report rising pressure under Kilauea Volcano as it erupts for 10 hours with 250-foot lava fountains. Volcanologist Don Peterson warns the pressure may foretell another eruption if vented through deep Mauna Loa plumbing, following activity that lit the caldera with glowing lava.
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Hilo
Hawaii
UPI
Kilauea
Don Peterson
The
Volcano Observatory
Mauna Loa
Lompoc High Sponsors Car Wash This Saturday
The freshman class of Lompoc High School hosts a car wash and vacuum event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the ARCO station on H Street and College Avenue. Charge is $1 per car.
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Lompoc High School
Arco Station
H Street
College Avenue
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