Flooding Deepens After Camille Hit Virginia Towns
Rescue crews sift muddy James River banks seeking bodies as floodwaters from hurricane Camille sweep through Nelson County Virginia. Officials report 56 dead with wider tolls expected. Mason towns Massies Mill and Wood’s Mill destroyed. damage exceeds 90 million dollars and vaccines are distributed for health precautions.
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Lovingston
UPI
James River
Civil Defense
Richmond
Mills E. Godwin
Camille
United States
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Virginia
Allegheny
Blue Ridge Mountains
Mississippi
Louisiana
West Virginia
Camile
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Debbie
Bermuda
England
Jamestown
Phil Payne
Nelson County
Payne
Massie’s Mill
Wood’s Mill
Virginia Association of Rescue Squads
Murder suspect led erratic sex life
Paul R. Ferguson elder brother in the Ramon Navarro murder case described by defense psychiatrist as having an erratic sex life from youth including a 16 year old marriage to a 42 year old woman and later homosexual activity with older men. He testified Ferguson has a brain disease causing violent behavior after alcohol and Oct 30 alcohol use linked to Navarro death. A diminished capacity defense could reduce murder degree.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Paul R. Ferguson
Ramon Novarro
Vernon J. Miller
Paul Ferguson
Thomas Ferguson
Navarro
Paul
Major Southern California brush fires threaten communities
Eleven major brush fires scorched nearly 50,000 acres in San Diego Riverside and San Bernardino counties. De Luz near Oceanside evacuated as a 25,000 acre blaze advanced from Camp Pendleton. Temecula Rainbow Valley and other towns faced evacuations and property losses amid wind driven flames.
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San Diego
Calif
Camp Pendleton Military Reservation
Sacramento
California
Riverside
San Bernardino
Temecula
Rainbow Valley
Lompoc United Fund Advances New $75,000 Goal
Mike Siminski announces a $75,000 1970 campaign goal for Lompoc United Fund to fund 14 health welfare and youth agencies including a new addition the Lompoc Girls' Club. Allocations list totals for Red Cross Catholic Welfare Family Service Agency and others with regional funding sources and October drive.
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Lompoc United Fund
Mike Siminski
Siminski
Lompoc Girls’ Club
United Fund
Lou Garcia
American Red Cross
Catholic Welfare
Family Service Agency
Committee On
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire
Children’s Home Society
Boys’ Club
YMCA
Children’s Hospital
Girls’ Club
Salvation Army
Visiting Nurses Association
Vandenberg
Associated-In-Group
Lompoc
California surplus funds total 79.8 million to aid schools
State Controller Houston Flournoy reports a 79.8 million dollar surplus, 60 million more than Reagan projected. Democrats credit the higher funds to pressuring the Governor for increased school aid, while Weinberger and Reagan dispute exact figures. Republicans say final totals may vary within five million.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Ronald Reagan
Houston Flournoy
Reagan
Flournoy
Assembly Democratic
Jess Unruh
Assembly Democrats
Caspar W. Weinberger
California
Robert Moretti
Unruh
Weinberger
Pacific Palisades
Tax protest surge hits county tax assessments
County supervisors face a wave of assessment protest applications as residents rush to file before the August 26 deadline. J E Lewis says at least 60 people have taken forms, with many requesting multiple filings, and offices in Santa Barbara Lompoc and Santa Maria reporting activity. Western Oil and Gas Assa and Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. each have numerous sets filed to protest possessor y taxation.
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J. E. Lewis
Howard Menzel
Santa Barbara
Western Oil and Gas Assa
Atlantic-Richfield Oil Co
Robber uses telephone booth in Bel Air Liquor heist
Lompoc police report two men robbed Bel Air Liquor Store at 11 41 p m yesterday pulling $822. One man stood at the counter while the other spoke by phone. A white male suspect 20 to 25, 5 9, 170 to 180 pounds, blond hair, pockmarked, wore a white hat. The clerk’s phone was off the hook and the alarm failed to ring. It took 5 to 6 minutes to alert the police.
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Bel Air
Lompoc
Bel Air Liquor
Assessor Relies on Sale Prices to Value Land
In a multi part interview County Assessor Harry Holmquist explains using comparable property sales to set land assessments. He addresses concerns that speculators may skew apparent values and tax burdens compared with non speculators.
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Vaughn Proctor
Harry Holmquist
Speculative Sales and Market Value in Ranch Lands
In a forthcoming uplayment, Holmquist discusses how assessor view speculative land sales. He says sales are the basis, with cash deals common. He notes courts focus on sale rather than speculation and describes using a middle band of comparable sales to establish market value.
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Holmquist
Santa Ynez Valley
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