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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1969
Page
3
The Record accidentally left off Bob Titus in the Lompoc High School honor roll published Friday. Titus, a freshman, earned six A’s and a B to make the list. Also notes a Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District meeting and a high school locker fire causing about 200 dollars in damage.
The Lompoc Valley Chess Club held its first annual awards ceremony at the public library with Mayor Robert D. MacClure praising chess as a global equalizer. Dignitaries presented trophies to Gene Bromley as champion and Tim Bum as junior champion, with awards also honoring Capt. James R. Nicholls and other contributors.
The California State Department of Public Health redeclared a rabies area for Monterey San Benito San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara and Ventura counties effective Tuesday for one year. Dr Louis F Saylor said 16 animal cases this year spurred the action with skunks most involved and two bat cases reported. Santa Cruz was excluded due to no cases.
Former Defense secretary Robert S. McNamara a Nobel Prize winning scientist and space technology authority was elected to Caltech's board of trustees along with Dr. George W. Beadle and Dr. Ruben F. Mettler. The announcement followed his work with Caltech's president Dr. Harold Brown.
A six acre Ambrose Mill and Lumber yard fire on Highway 101 caused an estimated 500000 in damage to finished lumber and building materials. Two Santa Barbara firefighters were injured and several diesel trucks and sheds burned as flames were seen for miles along the coast.
The Misfit Toys from Club Arcturus captured the sweepstakes award at the Lom poc Christmas parade, part of the 80 entries from 1,500 youngsters kickstarting the Lompoc season. Awards followed the parade, with honors for marching bands, walking groups, and many youth organizations.
James Keltz reports former Eldridge Cleaver aide Andrew Ferrell says Cleaver promised to denounce Fidel Castro’s government as racist but reneged after leaving Cuba. Ferrell, 29, now deemed a Panther traitor, claims the Cubans targeted revolutionaries to preserve support. Ferrell says they departed Cuba after realizing its true nature.
Closing stock quotations list values for major companies such as Alcoa American Can Ford General Electric GM and Texaco. The report credits Rohrbaugh and Co for the figures and includes closing volumes totaling 9 950 000 with numerous percentage changes.
The First Western Space Congress plans in Santa Maria for October 1970 announced a theme Space Sciences Future Applications For Mane kind.William F Sparks as general chairman notes the theme is comprehensive and challenging. The congress will invite technical scientific and academic authors to submit papers for discussion by leading scientists engineers and managers.
Mrs. Leo Katte, wife of a 27 year old railroad worker, says she is divorcing him because his passion for growing 1 417 cactus plants leaves no room for their marriage. She notes he will choose the cacti over her.
In Los Angeles two men were arrested as federal agents seized 62 foreign made machine guns and 50 000 rounds of ammunition in a California raid described as the largest of its kind. Gary Stella and Charles Hatfield were to face charges linked to planned purchases by an undercover agent. A Maywood warehouse yielded 45 machine guns from Japan Russia Germany and Czech sources along with pistols hand stocks and silencers.
The Montana Milk Control Board promised coffee for participants and newsmen at hearings in Helena but ran out of cream. Only a powder substitute was available on the first day of the hearings.
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