Spectacular West Coast sky shows light up evening
West Coast residents saw two dramatic sky displays Tuesday. A Minuteman II missile emitted a luminous ice-crystal contrail at 7:35 p.m. from Vandenberg. At 8:58 p.m. a bright light across California Nevada and Colorado was likely a meteor or space junk entering the atmosphere. The FAA and NORAD offered cautious explanations.
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San Francisco
UPI
West Coast
Space Garage
Air Force
Vandenberg Aerospace
California
Nevada
Colorado
Federal Aviation Administration
Space Tracking Center
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Assessor hints change in high assessments
County Assessor Harry Holmquist discusses the impact of agriculture preserves and signals possible downward adjustments in recent property tax revaluations. He defends existing assessments as confiscatory yet supports preserves to allow farming, while noting frustration over preserves limits.
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Vaughn Proctor
Harry Holmquist
Holmquist
Lompoc
County Tax Appeal Hearings Set Amid Record Iden Assessments
The County Board of Equalization faces a record 156 tax assessment appeal filings as of mid morning with more expected by mail. The Fourth District leads with 73 filings, ranchers protesting higher notices, while other districts report 26, 21, 18, and 13 filings. The board kept the $2.32 per $100 rate while scheduling hearings for next month.
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County Board of Equalization
Howard Menzel
North County
Harry Holmquist
Veril Campbell
Lompoc Valley
Menzel
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Santa Ynez Valley
Board of Equalization
Board of Supervisors
County approves 1969 70 tax rate set at $2.32
The Board of Supervisors approved a $2.32 county tax rate for 1969-70 following County Auditor A T Eaves Jr. The rate matches last year after a 20 cent rise. Guadalupe lowers its city rate to 1.40 while Carpinteria stays 0.61 and Lompoc 1.24. Santa Maria remains 1.00. Santa Barbara rate pending. Lompoc Unified School District tax rises to 5.15 from 4.30.
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Board of Supervisors
A.T. Eaves Jr
Eaves
Lompoc
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
Lompoc Unified School District
Nasser Urges Arab Summit for Military Action
President Gamel Abdel Nasser demands an urgent Arab summit to plan military action against Israel after the Jerusalem mosque fire. Arab ministers meet in Cairo to discuss mobilizing Arab military strength and coordinating Palestinian guerrilla efforts ahead of a broader, all Muslim summit.
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United Press International
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Israal
Ala Aqsa
Jerusalem
Nasser
Cairo
Turkey
Iran
Hussein
Jordan
Israel
Yigall Allen
United Nations
Security Council
Lebanon
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Hassan
Morocco
Arab League
Joint Defense Council
Silent Soviet crash leaves 112 aboard in mystery
Moscow reports no foreigners on board while fire trucks rush to Vnukovo after a fiery crash landing of a Soviet turboprop IL18 from Sochi. Unofficial accounts mention victims as ambulances depart for Moscow. Aeroflot and Intourist have no casualty word.
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Edward J. Shields
Moscow
UPI
Foreign Ministry
Vnukovo
Aeroflot
Black Sea
Sochi
Intourist
Kids Theater Day Benefits Boys Club
A Lompoc Theater event offers youngsters a 50 cent admission for the film Kings of the Sun and five car toons, with first 100 youths at 10 am and 2 pm receiving a free record. Box office opens 30 minutes before showtimes, proceeds aiding the Lompoc Boys Club.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Boys Club
Warden Bogan to shift to Washington post
Federal Correctional Institution Warden J. B. Bogan will move to Washington D C to serve as deputy assistant director of the Bureau of Prisons. He has led the local prison since January 1967 succeeding Olin Minton. Frank Kenton will become warden here with Bogan leaving September 20 and Kenton taking over October 1.
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Federal Correctional Institution
J. B. Bogan
Washington, D.C
Bureau of Prisons
Bogan
Olin Minton
Frank Kenton
Danbury
Connecticut
Lompoc Council Sets Public Hearing on License Changes
The Lompoc City Council moved to hold a public hearing on revisions to the business license ordinance though a date will be set at the next meeting on Sept 2. Changes include tax method based on gross receipts with a 30 to 200 dollars range for fixed businesses and flat rates for itinerant firms, plus exemptions and prorating rules.
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Ray McCuen
Lompoc
James Longtin
Longtin
Brooks Speight
Robert MacClure
Richard Jacoby
Kennedy warned to appear at inquest into Kopechne death
District Judge James A. Boyle warned Sen. Edward M. Kennedy to appear on Sept. 3 for the Chappaquiddick inquest or face a subpoena. The hearing set rule ground rules for cross examination and scope as the case probes Mary Jo Kopechne’s death and any unlawful act.
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Philip Balboni
Edgartown
Mass
UPI
James A. Boyle
Edward M. Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Kennedy
Boyle
Robert G. Clark Jr
Miss Kopechne
Chappaquiddick Island
Dist
Edmund S. Dinis
Dinis
Commonwealth
Nixon and Johnsons Celebrate LBJ Birthday at Western White House
The Nixons host a 61st birthday for Lyndon B Johnson at the Western White House in San Clemente. A morning luncheon precedes an afternoon trip to Redwood National Forest to dedicate Lady Bird Johnson Grove. The party includes Lynda Bird Robb and Luci Nugent with their husbands.
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San Clemente
UPI
Nixons
Johnsons
White House
Redwood National Forest
California
Lady Bird Johnson
Johnson
Nixon
Pacific
Texas
Arcata
Redwood Grove
Lynda Bird Robb
Luci Nugent
Glimpses of Morning Street Scenes in Town
Readable fragments show plastic dolls rolling on North H Street and a tricycle caravan along the 600 block of North Third. A young woman walks in fog along Walnut Avenue sipping from a pop bottle this morning.
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North H Street
North Third
Walnut Avenue
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House of Representatives
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George L. Hart Jr
U.S
Heard Island
South Indian Ocean
Russian Arctic Observatory
Heiss Island
Franz Josef Archipelago
Kids Theater
Boys Club
Warden Bogan
Kenton
LBJ
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