Burning permit mix up causes smoke over Lompoc Valley
A city county fire department dispute allowed Ely Keenberg of Ekico Metals Co. to burn insulated copper wire in river bottom north of East Barton Avenue. The site lay in county land, prompting a permit switch from Lompoc to Van Denberg Fire Dept. The burn produced a large black smoke plume toward Vandenberg AFB. officials postponed the permit until regulations are met.
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Los Angeles Metal Company
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Vandenberg Village
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Eko Metals Co
Washington Blvd
Los Angeles
John Baker
Keenberg
Baker
South Vietnamese Fire First Border Artillery Duel Without U.S. Aid
South Vietnam and North Vietnam fought a 30 minute artillery exchange near Cai Cai on the Cambodia border with about 100 rounds from South Vietnam and 12 from North Vietnam. The clash marked the first border duel without U.S. air or artillery support as 60,000 U.S. troops prepare to withdraw.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Cambodia
South Vietnam
LAFCO to Decide Annexation for Lompoc
Lompoc seeks to annex the Federal Correctional Institution but faces a possible denial by LAFCO. City Administrator Gene Wahlers says no appeal to the Board of Supervisors if denied. A special 5:30 PM council meeting was set to send the issue to LAFCO with a Dec 31 census deadline looming.
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County
Formation Commission
Lompoc
Federal Correctional Institution
Santa Barbara
Gene Wahlers
Board of Supervisors
Wahlers
Ray Johnson
Johnson
LAFCO
U.S. Bureau of Census
Board Corrects Salary Errors Over Point Value
The school board reduced the value of an academic point from 30.10 to 29.71 to fix a June omission that left department heads out of a 600000 pay raise package. Beginning teachers lose about 87 dollars, with larger losses at higher steps. Dispersal starts Jan 1, funded by state aid and unspent district amounts.
Massive corruption indictments eyed in New Jersey crackdown
UPI report Notes federal push to nab Mafia linked gambling and public officials. Mitchell predicts statewide indictments within a week to 10 days and targets Newark officials amid probe into municipal corruption. Sills weighs using a state law to oust Mayor Addonizio for Fifth Amendment refusals. legality debated.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
U.S
John Mitchell
Florida
New Jersey
Arthur J. Sills
Hugh Addonizino
Mitchell
Investment Bankers Association of America
Boca Raton
Garden
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Washington
Senate Near Passage of Tax Reform Bill
The Senate moved toward approving its tax reform measure with a call for major cost reductions. Senator John J. Williams urged deletion of eight amendments and warned the bill could burden the government, while President Nixon threatened a veto. The bill shifts tax cuts to next year and 1971, with conference talks to reconcile with the House version.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
John J. Williams
Senate Finance Committee
GOP
Williams
Finance Committee
Sens
Gordon Allott
Cole
Charles E. Goodell
N.Y
Nixon
U.S
House - Senate
House
Planners Back Lewis Preserve 60 Acre Lompoc Preserve
The County Planning Commission overruled the Agriculture Preserve Advisory Committee and recommended approval of J. E. Lewis and family for a 60 acre agricultural preserve west of Lompoc. They urged rezoning from 8 F 1 0 to 20 acre limited agricultural district with oil drilling regs. The land along State Highway 154 near Bailey Ave. was seen as farmed, leased for beans sugar beets and mustard, with an assessed value of 22 500. Lewis cited a $20 000 sewer charge tied to the project.
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County Planning Commission
County Agricultural Preserve Advisory Committee
J.E. Lewis
City of
Lompoc
Commission
Lewi
Bailey Ave
Apollo 12 crew freed from quarantine in Houston
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean walked from the Lunar Receiving Laboratory after 28 days in confinement. Sunlit cheers greeted them as they signed autographs spoke of the mission and expressed relief at returning home. The release came with 25 others ending the quarantine period and Apollo 13 mission plans were announced for March 12 with Lovell Mattingly and Haise.
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Houston
Conrad
Gordon
Bean
Sue
Moon Rock
Charles A. Berry
Space Agency
U.S
Fra Mauro
Lunar Highlands
James A. Lovell
Thomas K. Mattingly
Fred W. Haise
Black groups plan one day strike and rally at city hall
In Los Angeles NAACP and Urban League support a one day general strike and march on city hall to protest police repression of the black community following a gunbattle that wounded three officers and injured five Black Panthers.
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Los Angeles
UPI
NAACP
City Hall
Urban League
FDA shakeup leads to Ley replacement by Edwards
Dr. Herbert L. Ley Jr. resigns as head of the FDA after a government career ending with the Friday close of business. Dr. Charles C. Edwards is named successor effective Feb. 1, signaling a shift toward greater industry cooperation while enforcement details remain unclear.
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Washington
UPI
Herbert L. Ley Jr
Food and Drug Administration
Ley
Roger O. Egeberg
Health, Education and Welfare Department
FDA High Command
Charles C. Edwards
FDA
Food and Drug Law Institute
Sam D. Fine
Lompoc Officials Travel to LAFCO Meeting in Santa Barbara
Lompoc officials set for LAFCO discussion in Santa Barbara as Eagle Scouts receive a special recorded message from the nation's top scout executive praising their achievement and enthusiasm.
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Lompoc
LAFCO
Santa Barbara
Eagle
Weather forecast clouds and rain with strong southerly winds
The outlook calls for increasing cloudiness with rain likely on and off tonight into Friday. High temperatures near 60 both days, lows in the 50s. Southerly winds rise to 25 to 30 mph tonight and Friday. Tides include a high of 6.4 feet at 11 20 a.m and lows of 2.5 feet at 5 02 a.m and 1 1 feet at 6 56 p.m.
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Herb Perry
Gene Forbes
Charlotte Benton
Carnegie Library
South H Street
S. Viet
Buena Vista Pta
N. Korea
Seoul
Wonsan
Red Cross
Duane R. Kinas
Kangnun
Kinas
Downers Grove
Ill
N Jersey
U.S. Supreme Court
Sills
Lewis
Edwards
Food and Drug Industries
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