Church and community events fill Lompoc weekend
St Marys Episcopal rummage sale at 209 E Central Ave runs today and Saturday with hours 10 to 7 and 9 to 3. Tri Count ies Blood Bank visit Alpha Club today 4 30 to 6 30 p.m. Donors should fast four hours. Moose Lodge hosts fish baked potato and salad dinner 6 to 7 30 p.m. Adults 1 35, children 50 cents. Lompoc Sr High sophomore car wash Saturday 10 to 4 at Pauls Arco and Enco Station donation 1. WSCS bake and rummage sale Saturday 10 to 4 at First United Methodist. Pack 55 Cub Scouts and Webco’s picnic Saturday 1 30 p.m. at Ken Adam Park. Lions Club zone picnic Sunday at Waller Park and golf tournament 7 45 a.m. at Rancho Maria Golf Course for Lions regions. Lompoc Valley AAUW public lecture Sept 1 7 30 p.m. County Planning and Conservation with Pearl Chase at Lompoc Lib multi‑purpose room. Foster Family Association rummage Sept 4 9 to 3 at Veterans Memorial Building to fund Disneyland trip. Donations requested. pickups RE3-1928 or RE3-2563. Lompoc Chamber annual installation banquet Sept 9 at Lompoc Elks Hall with speakers John T. Hay and James Cook. space shuttle update. Women’s Division banquet Sept 17 at Village Country Club with Capt Jillian D Tate speaking. Reservations RE6-4614 or 6-2547. Column notes to call RE6 series before 5 p.m. Wednesday for items.
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Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Lompoc Sr. High School
Paul's Arco
North
H Street
College Ave
Enco
West Ocean Ave
Lompoc Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Village Country Club
Jillian D. Tate
Space and Missile Test Center
Norma Stillman
Tropical Storm Doria Aims at Wilmington N C
The nation’s weather centers note Tropical Storm Doria with near hurricane winds and heavy rain heading toward Wilmington North Carolina. The National Hurricane Center projects landfall near noon with gale winds around 70 mph and tides 3 to 5 feet above normal. Elsewhere mild conditions prevail from the Midwest to the northern Rockies, while the Southwest and Southern California see near 90 degrees. Thunderstorms drenched Akron Ohio with over two inches of rain and Detroit traffic stalled when the Chrysler Freeway flooded to roof height during rush hour.
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Doria
Wilmington
N.C
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Midwest
Rockies
Desert
California
Detroit
Gun used by Jackson traced to outside San Quentin
San Quentin warden said the gun Jackson used in the escape attempt was traced to a source outside the prison. Nine attorneys visiting inmates alleged beatings and claimed Jackson was set up to be murdered, with officials denying this. State officials and lawmakers planned to visit to review conditions at the facility.
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San Quentin, Calif
UPI
San Quentin Prison
George Jackson
Jackson
San Quentin
Nelson
Berkeley
Ron Dellums
Youths Clash at California State Fair Fourth Night Of Trouble
Police clashed with rock throwing youths at the California State Fair for a third night. Five arrested as CS gas clears a congested parking area after a windmill and wagon were set afire. Officials cut hours early and 300 officers kept a hard line amid ongoing violence and parking lot fires.
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Sacramento
UPI
Aquarius
Fair General
Thomas E. Bair
Governor's Office
Hughes Must Face Nevada Officials Over Casino Restructure
Gov. Mike O’Callaghan said Howard Hughes must appear in person or send a verified letter to push changes in Hughes controlled Nevada casinos after the State Gaming Commission denied a restructuring plan for seven properties. The panel demanded Hughes’s personal input or a face to face interview before any reapplication.
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Carson City
Nev
UPI
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Mike O'Callaghan
State Gaming Commission
Hughes
Las Vegas
Reno
New York
Chester Davis
Bahamas
The
Gaming Commission
O'Callaghan
Harolds Club
Davis
Progress in dock strike talks on West Coast efforts
Negotiators from the Longshoremen's union and shippers met privately for a third time in as many days amid hopes for progress in the West Coast dock strike. A Treasury Department notice announced a new 10 percent import surcharge on cargoes unable to unload due to the strike, effective Aug 16.
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San Francisco
UPI
Treasury Department
Washington
Nixon
U.S
West
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
The
Pacific Maritime Association
Soledad Brothers pretrial hearing erupts in San Francisco
Surviving Soledad Brothers faced seven defense motions as a disrupted hearing paused after rioters and spectators clashed with riot police behind a bullet proof barrier. Mrs. Doris Maxwell, mother of John Clutchette, shouted obscenities prompting arrests and a bailiff removal order while officers cleaned blood from deputies. The session resumed with Judge Carl Allen denying the motions.
Russia may gain military technological superiority
UPI reports Dr. John S. Foster told the House Appropriations Committee that the Soviet Union is increasing its military R&D budget by about 3 billion dollars annually, with a 40 to 50 percent larger program than the United States. He warned of potential surprises within two to three years as Moscow shifts funds from space to military tech.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
U.S
Moscow
Pentagon
John S. Foster
House Appropriations Committee
Soviet Union
Foster
United States
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Watson case rests as Grogan trial halted by threat
UPI reports the state rested against Carlos Tex Watson in the Tate-LaBianca killings while Steve Grogan’s trial paused after defense counsel received a threat by phone. Deputy DA Bugliosi read 47 witnesses in Watson case. Watson’s defense prep resumes next Tuesday.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Carlos
Tex’’ Watson
Tate-LaBianca
Charles Manson
Vincent T. Bugliosie
Watson
McKinney, Tex
Superior Court
Adolph Alexander
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Lions Club
Waller Park
Santa Maria
Rancho Maria Golf Course
Orcutt
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Lompoc
American Association of University Women
Miss Pearl Chase
Lompoc Public Library
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Veterans Memorial Building
Disneyland
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Betty Stone
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Akron
Ohio
Columbia
S.C
Act of Congress
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Lawrence C. Grossman
J. Donald Adam
Gaylen Jackson
Tim Conner
Clete Lunny
Wesley A Huffman
Ray McCuen
Betty Laurent
Scott Ostler
Wilma Jack
Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
California News Publishers Association
International Press Institute
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Camille
Parkaire Theatre
Willard
Tower of
Moscow University
Louis S. Nelson
Soledad Brothers
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Carl Allen
Maxwell
Windigo
the Music Box
No. H St
Hugh Hefner
Radley Metzger
Eppertree
Donovan
N.Y
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Nino Castelnuovo
Tate
Manson
Bugliosi
Steve Grogan
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Charles Weedman
Gov
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Grogan
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Valle
Cour
Miya Theatre
H” Street
Sean Connery
Er Robert Weitman
Guthon
Anderson Tapes
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