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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1970
Page
3
An official spokesman in Amman said Arab guerrillas ambushed a Jordanian army patrol at a road fork outside Jerash, 24 miles north of Amman. One vehicle was destroyed. no army casualties reported amid renewed tensions around the cease fire.
The Buellton California Highway Patrol reported November traffic data showing 53 total accidents, 34 injuries, and no fatalities, a 22 percent drop from last year. Drunk-driver arrests fell 52 percent to 13, while year-to-date deaths rose from 1969 figures, with 14 deaths and higher arrests in the January through November period. The patrols cover county highways and streets from Las Cruces to Harris Grade, excluding Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Daily Record lists marriage licenses issued in Lompoc for multiple couples from Lompoc Santa Maria and Solvang including Darrah Meek Haney Polton Ware Talbot Aylesworth Shepard Esparza Galindo Jackson Chambers and Bruns White Barber. Fire hydrant testing set for Dec 13 in several streets with water discoloration warning. Theft report notes $332 in clothing and wigs stolen from 718 N Second St. ITOS A weather satellite launch rescheduled for 3 35 am tomorrow with prior delays. Minuteman II III launches set a year record at Vandenberg AFB with 18 25 10 launches this year and notable shakedown and salvo events.
Sheriffs, posses and Pinkerton detectives pursued the Jesse James gang across more than 100 counties in 12 states for bank, train, railway and stagecoach robberies and related killings.
George Delos Lowe Jr. 49 died Friday at Vandenberg AFB Hospital. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at McPeek Family Chapel with Chaplin Robert Jensen officiating. Military honors at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Survivors include his widow two stepdaughters a daughter and a son. He lived at 321 W North Ave in Lompoc and served 20 years in the military.
London reports a 24 hour general strike. power stations slow, newspapers, docks, and markets halt. Prime Minister Heath condemns the action as grave hardship to the nation while government refuses troop takeover. Northern Ireland declares a local state of emergency to conserve electricity.
The County Welfare Department will end the 50 percent first month purchase discount for new food stamp participants effective January 1971. The move, conveyed by Welfare Director Arthur W. Nelson, follows guidance from the U S Department of Agriculture. The program began in Santa Barbara County on November 1 this year. A district Medi Cal office will open December 15 to serve three counties, replacing prior Medi Cal and Medical Review Team duties, with eligibility determinations continuing under state supervision.
Rev. Walter Fauntroy and Rev. Douglas Moore assault J Edgar Hoover as senile for doubting Dr. Martin Luther King’s Nobel Prize worth. They call Hoover statements about meeting King untrue and condemn his conduct. House panel releases Hoover’s closed testimony on Kent State killings.
County supervisors signaled a move to craft rules in the new unified civil service system to bar any private law practice by county government attorneys. Bar Association leaders urged an emergency ordinance amid unverified complaints of side work by staff from the District Attorney, County Counsel, and Public Defender offices.
The Santa Barbara County Water Agency refuses the September 1970 Bureau of Reclamation redraft of the Cachuma Operation and Maintenance Contract. It rejects keeping the $80,000 operating cost cap and seeks $100,000, arguing inflation and rising costs are not unforeseen contingencies. The agency notes an earlier 1969 draft allowing increases was dropped and insists on a flexible allowance to cover needs above $100,000.
Santa Maria Civic Theatre opened with laughter on Friday as Send Me No Flowers drew a capacity crowd at 1660 N. McClelland. Eleven cast members delivered a lighthearted plot about hypochondria and a supposed terminal illness with Base personnel and contractors among the performers. Curtain times run 8:30 p.m. December 11 12 13 18 and 19 with tickets at Weaver's Camera Shop Oak Knoll Pharmacy or at the door. Reservations via WA 2 4442.
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