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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1970
Page
3
Lompoc police say phone bomb threats were made to Moore Mill and Lumber Co. at 320 N. D St and to Penney’s in the Lompoc Shopping Center on North H Street. Both threats turned out to be pranks, authorities stated.
J B Averitt, longtime Santa Barbara County resident and former Vandenberg Village supervisor, is appointed manager of the Solvang branch at 1714 Mission Drive. He succeeds Robert H. Baehr, who transfers to the Los Angeles head office with commercial loan duties after leading the Solvang branch. Averitt previously ran the Turnpike Center, and held roles at Vandenberg Village and Lompoc branches. He joined Security Pacific in 1962 after 22 years in the Army Air Corps and Air Force, retiring as a chief master sergeant in 1961. He and his wife Mary Gray Williams reside on Alisal Road in Solvang with three sons.
The Air Force began shakedown launches of the Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg AFB. A Strategic Air Command crew launched the 76,000 pound, three stage solid fuel vehicle down the Western Test Range at 2 a.m. EDT. The missile, intended to replace older models, has a range beyond 7,000 nautical miles and speeds over 15,000 mph.
Sheriff's officers arrest a 22 year old former Florida resident in connection with the kidnapping of a judge's daughter. The suspect is in custody as the investigation continues.
Police confiscated heroin and marijuana and arrested six people in two narcotics investigations. Juvenile Hall took the 16 year old wives of two men. The suspects face narcotics, paraphernalia, and dangerous drugs charges with varied bail. A separate kidnapping case in Santa Barbara led to the arrest of Michael Fogle, identified by a child in a lineup, with motive suspected as molestation. Agricultural scientists in Davis claim a tomato shaped like a hot dog could fit mechanical harvesters.
Cesar Chavez announced negotiations with Interharvest Inc. as farm workers' mobilization strains the Grower Shipper Association. He warned growers and the public that injunctions and state pressure are being used to break the walkout while lettuce supplies dwindle.
The Lompoc Record provides closing stock quotations for Friday August 28, 1970 supplied through Rohrbaugh and Co. at 3865-F Constellation Road in Lompoc. The notice lists stock values and market data for the day.
Capenhurst England UPI reports the army will assist Norma Sampson, a newlywed wife of a soldier, in locating her wedding ring lost in a clover field. A mine detector expert will conduct the search on Sunday. An Army spokesman said the force is happy to help a soldier's wife.
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