Navy decline looms as Buckley notes at Newport News
Editor William Buckley on vacation. James J. Kilpatrick fills in. Naval defense debate centers on maintenance funding, aging fleet, and Soviet growth. In Newport News, Rickover and other naval voices warn that modernization is essential while Congress withholds funds.
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William Buckley
James J. Kilpatrick
Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Newport News
Eisenhower
Washington
Senate
Defense
Laird
Congress
United States
Nimitz
Soviet Union
Lovell
Capitol Hill
Lompoc Clubs Meet and Campus Counselors Named
The Lompoc Baldwin Organ Club will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at 427 N. H Street with Doryce Telbot as guest artist. Gary Harwood and Jeff Martin were named student counselors for College of Idaho orientation, arriving Sept. 8 for pre orientation meetings. A landscaping and sign ordinance change was discussed by the City Beautification Committee. The first Public Opinion Award is set for Aug. 31. Allan Hancock College art show runs Sunday at Lion's Inn from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A car fire at 509 N. Second St. caused about 400 in damage. County fire units battled a grass fire near Santa Ynez River. No injuries or losses reported.
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Lompoc Baldwin Organ Club
N. H Street
Doryce Telbot
Gary Harwood
Jeff Martin
Lompoc
College of Idaho
Planning Commission
Allan Hancock College
Lion’s Inn
Hancock
Mark Thomas
Second St
North E Street
Vandenberg Village
Buellton
Santa Ynez River
H Street
Lompoc Planning Commission Reviews Fellowship House Return
The Lompoc Planning Commission will revisit a revised application for a Fellowship House for sober alcoholics at 214 216 EF Olive Ave. Mrs Ethel Pearl Theaman previously withdrew after errors in the proposed use were found. The agenda also includes delays on a Lompoc Plaza parking variance and an extension of PD zoning for A Street and North Avenue. The commission will review home occupation permits and the general plan as the city administrator recommends a continuance.
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Lompoc
William Harris
North Avenue
Fees rise at Cal Poly for fall and winter quarters
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo plans higher basic fees for students faculty and staff in fall 1970 and winter 1971 including a $9 per quarter on campus parking fee. For a typical six unit load total basic fees rise from $50 to $54 with part time students paying $51 versus $24.50 last year. A sliding materials and service fee shifts from $26.50 to $39 per quarter starting winter. A pancake breakfast funded by Project Handclasp runs Aug 30 at Vandenberg AFB to aid families at Christmas. Police in Bedford England review beard removal case as potential charges against five men.
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San Luis Obispo
California State Polytechnic College
Associated Students, Inc
Cal Poly
College Union
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Frank Doran
Chapel
Bedford
England
Letters about motorcycle wedding and water concerns in Lompoc
A jury of readers weighs in on a motorcycle wedding in Lompoc with descriptions of revelry and locals, followed by a response urging reliance on the County Water Agency library and federal data to assess Santa Ynez River watershed issues. A Vietnam veteran’s mother shares her son’s letters and views on war coverage andFront Page Mrs. Walter Dickard.
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Dynamite
Lompoc
Vietnam
Walter Dickard
Ten Commandments sermons at First Southern Baptist Church
Dr W B Timberlake continues a series on the Ten Commandments at 10 am Sunday worship with the title Clean Heart Clean Tongue. Evening message How Were the 5 000 Feds will examine miracles. Ed Littlejohn to lead congregational singing. Mrs Bennie Nimmo directs a special musical. Vacation Bible School week two runs 9 12 am for K-6 and 6 30 9 pm for teens under June Callan and a 50 member faculty.
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W. B. Timberlake
First Southern Baptist Church
Ed Littlejohn
Bennie Nimmo
June
Training Union
Whittaker visits VAFB briefing and base tour
Philip N. Whittaker assistant secretary of the Air Force visited Vandenberg AFB this week for a briefing and tour. Maj. Gen. Garland welcomed him and the tour included the 51st Munitions Maintenance Squadron and Minuteman Launch Control Facility EO. Whittaker assumed the role May 7 1969 after serving as NASA assistant administrator for Industry Affairs.
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The
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Istrad
51St
Minuteman
Wittaker
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
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