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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1970
Page
6
In a UPI report from San Francisco dated Aug 25 1970, Detroit auto makers adjust 1971 engines to run on a new low lead gasoline. The shift aims to meet evolving fuel standards as vehicles roll off assembly lines nationwide.
County Board of Supervisors will hear appeals Sept 21 at 2 p.m. challenging a Macco Corp recreational project west of Gaviota and a Isla Vista medical facility trailer complex. Adjacent landowner Mrs. Adolf Peditto and Scenic Shoreline Preservation Conference member Fred Eissler, Jr. join in the Macco appeal. Ruby Bliss of Gammi Xi Sorority appeals the Isla Vista case with UCSB support for the facility.
The Lompoc Valley Boys Club seeks daily newspaper donations with drop sites at Jim's Mobile Ocean Ave S and S Market A Vandenberg Village Kailani Village and Boys Club. CSU San Luis Obispo honors list includes 13 Lompoc undergrads. Orientation corrections and freshmen meetings set for local high schools. A minor auto collision on East Ocean involves Yolanda Bjorkman and Brenda Smith. County planning hearings and five advertising contracts totaling 8860 are approved.
Industry tests show major oil firms including Standard Oil, Union, Humble and Texaco introducing low lead and lead free gas variants by September. Standard Oil plans stations nationwide by Sept 1 with three fuel types available as regulators push toward eliminating lead from auto fuel by 1974.
Canadian authorities backed by the FBI checked a group of Americans headed for Cuba but found no trace of Angela Davis who faces U S murder charges. A woman aboard the Cuban ship Conrado Benitez was identified as Mrs Fania Davis Jordan, Davis's sister, amid 500 Americans bound for Havana. RCMP confirmed an active search with a nationwide alert and special precautions, while a reporter was restrained.
The Senate Ethics Committee advised members to terminate car lease arrangements with automakers after a UPI probe found many senators and some House members paid far below market rates for top models. Ford Motor Co. pledged to follow the recommendations and cancel leases on request.
The El Capitan Ranch rezoning referendum trial continued into week three before Judge Arden Jensen at the Santa Barbara Courthouse. Jurors heard claims of invalid student signatures and varied petition handling procedures from county registrars and clerks across San Luis Obispo, Ventura, and Los Angeles counties.
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